1953 Winston-Salem Cardinals Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 69-70
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Jimmy Brown (69-70)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Ballpark: Southside Park, Ernie Shore Stadium (Field)
Attendance: 53,700, Avg. 773

1953 Winston-Salem Cardinals Roster

The Winston-Salem Cardinals of the Carolina League ended the 1953 season with a record of 69 wins and 70 losses, finishing sixth in the CL.

The Cardinals plated 626 runs and conceded 597 runs. Don Blasingame paced all regular hitters with a .290 average. Ted Wieand and Harry Hoitsma topped Winston-Salem with 12 wins each, while Ted Wieand recorded a 2.31 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1953 Winston-Salem Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ted Wieand, Don Lassetter and Don Blasingame.

Jimmy Brown served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ted Wieand	12	5	.706	2.31	26	21					175.0	133	61	45	9	102
Harry Hoitsma	12	6	.667	2.85	23	22					177.0	145	70	56	9	69
Carmon Dugger	10	10	.500	3.68	34	24					186.0	176	91	76	15	107
Joe Ford	9	10	.474	3.37	25	20					155.0	155	79	58	11	70
Donald Ford	9	15	.375	3.31	28	24					174.0	180	101	64	10	94
Robert Betancourt	8	9	.471	3.31	35	13					144.0	121	70	53	13	92
Ted Beck	4	4	.500	3.00	37	0					96.0	73	39	32	6	39
Enso Zanatta	2	3	.400	4.78	14	5					49.0	47	30	26	3	31
Totals	66	62	.516	3.19	222	129	0	0	0	0	1156.0	1030	541	410	76	604	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Don Blasingame	131	486	486		141	26	4	7						.290	.290	.403	.693	196
James Beavers	137	530	530		138	27	3	13						.260	.260	.396	.657	210
Ralph Lageman	131	495	495		137	27	5	2						.277	.277	.364	.640	180
Mike Trapani	136	516	516		131	30	2	2						.254	.254	.331	.585	171
Bill Paolisso	90	373	373		108	27	2	0						.290	.290	.373	.662	139
Alton Miller	119	403	403		100	22	2	11						.248	.248	.395	.643	159
George Schachle	98	366	366		97	16	4	19						.265	.265	.486	.751	178
Les Pinkham	62	226	226		62	17	3	5						.274	.274	.442	.717	100
Don Lassetter	53	203	203		51	8	0	4						.251	.251	.350	.601	71
Sam Goodsoozian	41	178	178		43	2	2	0						.242	.242	.275	.517	49
Preston Shepherd	39	114	114		37	7	1	1						.325	.325	.430	.754	49
Joseph DiMartino	45	164	164		37	7	0	3						.226	.226	.323	.549	53
Bill Hinson	39	108	108		25	4	1	0						.231	.231	.287	.519	31
Donald Niedringhaus	18	59	59		13	2	1	2						.220	.220	.390	.610	23
Harry Hoitsma	23	63	63		13	2	0	4						.206	.206	.429	.635	27
Carmon Dugger	35	62	62		12	2	0	1						.194	.194	.274	.468	17
Ralph Torres	16	48	48		11	3	2	0						.229	.229	.375	.604	18
Joe Ford	25	55	55		11	4	0	0						.200	.200	.273	.473	15
Ted Wieand	26	62	62		11	2	0	0						.177	.177	.210	.387	13
Robert Betancourt	40	48	48		10	0	0	1						.208	.208	.271	.479	13
Donald Ford	28	54	54		7	0	0	0						.130	.130	.130	.259	7
Ted Beck	40	30	30		6	1	0	0						.200	.200	.233	.433	7
Lew Carpenter	10	14	14		4	0	0	0						.286	.286	.286	.571	4
Enso Zanatta	14	12	12		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1396	4669	4669	0	1205	236	32	75	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.258	.371	.629	1730	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
James Beavers	1B	133	1176	85	15		.988	9.481
Bill Paolisso	2B	90	233	269	21		.960	5.578
Sam Goodsoozian	2B	41	100	119	13		.944	5.341
Alton Miller	3B	105	113	193	28		.916	2.914
Joseph DiMartino	3B	27	30	49	10		.888	2.926
Les Pinkham	C	51	298	23	4		.988	6.294
Bill Hinson	C	33	192	17	3		.986	6.333
Preston Shepherd	C	30	180	19	10		.952	6.633
Donald Niedringhaus	C	17	106	9	1		.991	6.765
Mike Trapani	OF	135	171	14	6		.969	1.370
Ralph Lageman	OF	131	319	19	16		.955	2.580
George Schachle	OF	95	172	9	5		.973	1.905
Don Lassetter	OF	47	80	10	2		.978	1.915
Ted Beck	P	37						.000
Robert Betancourt	P	35						.000
Carmon Dugger	P	34						.000
Donald Ford	P	28						.000
Ted Wieand	P	26						.000
Joe Ford	P	25						.000
Harry Hoitsma	P	23						.000
Enso Zanatta	P	14						.000
Don Blasingame	SS	128	253	407	62		.914	5.156
Ralph Torres	SS	12	25	45	11		.864	5.833
Totals		1297	3448	1287	207	0	.958	3.651

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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