1953 Wytheville Statesmen Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 48-78
Finished 5th in the AL
Manager: John O'Donnell (48-78)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Wytheville, Virginia
Ballpark: Withers Field
Attendance: 28,250, Avg. 448

1953 Wytheville Statesmen Roster

The Wytheville Statesmen of the Appalachian League ended the 1953 season with a record of 48 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Statesmen tallied 739 runs and conceded 967 runs, most in the league. Benny Speares led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .327 average. John O'Donnell topped Wytheville with 12 wins, while Alan Weber recorded a 3.85 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers. John O'Donnell 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
John O'Donnell	12	4	.750	4.80	32	13					163.0	182	99	87	17	41
Alan Weber	9	8	.529	3.85	30	20					152.0	159	93	65	12	83
Russell McDonald	9	11	.450	6.88	31	24					161.0	186	154	123	8	168
Robert Hanlin	8	13	.381	5.77	32	21					181.0	216	155	116	15	114
Russell Gramlow	3	9	.250	6.35	24	11					112.0	146	97	79	15	44
Donald Hinrichs	2	7	.222	6.75	18	8					56.0	75	58	42	4	41
Roger Weberg	1	8	.111	7.23	19	12					66.0	95	80	53	4	67
Totals	44	60	.423	5.71	186	109	0	0	0	0	891.0	1059	736	565	75	558	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
Benny Speares	124	493	493		161	31	9	11						.327	.327	.493	.819	243
John Maltagliati	122	464	464		128	28	3	11						.276	.276	.420	.696	195
William Hain	127	467	467		126	16	12	10						.270	.270	.420	.690	196
Richard Ebeling	117	403	403		110	14	11	3						.273	.273	.385	.658	155
Sam Wiggins	87	319	319		97	30	6	7						.304	.304	.502	.806	160
Jerold Dodds	102	371	371		86	11	8	5						.232	.232	.345	.577	128
Larry Jonesi	94	303	303		85	8	3	2						.281	.281	.347	.627	105
John O'Donnell	96	314	314		81	11	8	3						.258	.258	.373	.631	117
Dan Gatta	69	203	203		54	10	1	5						.266	.266	.399	.665	81
Leonard Schuermann	49	158	158		46	9	4	1						.291	.291	.418	.709	66
Thomas Bass	38	141	141		35	3	4	1						.248	.248	.348	.596	49
Christy Carabina	27	94	94		18	4	0	1						.191	.191	.266	.457	25
Robert Hanlin	47	103	103		16	3	0	0						.155	.155	.184	.340	19
Russell Gramlow	32	65	65		14	0	0	0						.215	.215	.215	.431	14
Howard Fagan	20	74	74		14	1	1	1						.189	.189	.270	.459	20
Alan Weber	30	54	54		11	0	1	0						.204	.204	.241	.444	13
Martin Herr	10	32	32		8	0	1	0						.250	.250	.312	.562	10
Russell McDonald	33	56	56		7	0	1	0						.125	.125	.161	.286	9
James Karrigan	13	24	24		4	1	0	0						.167	.167	.208	.375	5
Donald Hinrichs	18	20	20		3	0	0	0						.150	.150	.150	.300	3
Roger Weberg	20	18	18		2	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Carlton Melander	10	12	12		1	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	1
Charles Camilleri	11	16	16		1	0	1	0						.062	.062	.188	.250	3
Totals	1296	4204	4204	0	1108	180	74	61	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.264	.385	.649	1619	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Robert Hanlin	P	32					.000
Russell McDonald	P	31					.000
Alan Weber	P	30					.000
Russell Gramlow	P	24					.000
Roger Weberg	P	19					.000
Donald Hinrichs	P	18					.000
Totals		154	0	0	0	0	.000

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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