1953 Hagerstown Braves

1953 > Class B > 1953 Piedmont League
Overall: 78-53
Scored 727 runs, Allowed 519 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-46

Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves-NL
Manager: Fred Dorman, Jimmy Zinn and Billy Jurges
Represented: Hagerstown, MD
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1952 / 1954

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1	Billy Barrett	25	119		418		109	25	9	5					.261		.400		167
2	Ralph Bernardini	24	17		46		8	2	0	0					.174		.217		10
3	Joe Blake*	26	114		394		117	26	7	5					.297		.437		172
4	Raymond Bortz	23	12		44		13	2	0	1					.295		.409		18
5	Cliff Collins	24	20		62		13	3	0	0					.210		.258		16		Stats for 2 teams
6	Jack Concannon	24	61		209		50	12	2	2					.239		.344		72
7	Donald Damiano	20	85		276		65	14	2	1					.236		.312		86
8	Wendell Davis*	22	49		189		47	8	3	1					.249		.339		64
9	James Fairchild	24	18		69		17	1	1	2					.246		.377		26
10	Cecil Fogleman?	26	12		49		9	0	1	0					.184		.224		11
11	Richard Guyton	27	80		296		88	11	2	1					.297		.358		106
12	Earl Hersh*	21	79		259		65	9	5	6					.251		.394		102
13	Arnold Hersom	28	28		94		22	6	1	0					.234		.319		30
14	Charles Higham*	24	11		16		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
15	Thomas Horton	27	22		56		14	4	1	0					.250		.357		20
16	James Hull*	22	66		206		58	7	3	0					.282		.345		71		Stats for 2 teams
17	Ford Jordan*	25	31		93		22	3	0	1					.237		.301		28
18	Theodore Laguna	20	90		332		96	24	1	9					.289		.449		149
19	Jack Larson*	22	28		69		10	2	0	0					.145		.174		12
20	Edward Lenthe	24	27		57		11	3	0	1					.193		.298		17
21	William Loos*	25	29		103		30	6	2	2					.291		.447		46
22	Charley Miller	31	39		80		15	0	0	0					.188		.188		15
23	Jim Morelli*	25	30		101		19	1	1	0					.188		.218		22
24	Robert Myers*	23	88		322		83	18	8	5					.258		.410		132
25	Richard Notermann*	21	23		65		15	3	0	1					.231		.323		21
26	Vincent Pizzitola	21	13		48		11	2	3	0					.229		.396		19
27	Stanley Slack	23	32		77		15	3	2	0					.195		.286		22
28	William Wilson	24	36		64		14	1	0	0					.219		.234		15
29	James Zinn*	28	120		485		122	20	9	1					.252		.336		163
	29 Players	24.1	132	5186	4397	727	1107	211	60	44	631	79	721	598	.252	.357	.357	.714	1570	68

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9
1	Charles Higham*	24	1	2	.333	3.46	11	6	52.0	45	25	20	3	34	1.519	7.8	0.5	5.9
2	Thomas Horton	27	12	4	.750	2.11	21	18	141.0	105	48	33	1	84	1.340	6.7	0.1	5.4
3	Jack Larson	22	13	7	.650	3.30	26	23	180.0	152	77	66	7	118	1.500	7.6	0.4	5.9
4	Edward Lenthe	24	13	6	.684	3.78	26	18	143.0	146	73	60	9	77	1.559	9.2	0.6	4.8
5	Charley Miller	31	14	14	.500	2.67	39	22	226.0	219	85	67	9	71	1.283	8.7	0.4	2.8
6	Stanley Slack	23	15	10	.600	2.99	31	24	205.0	179	93	68	12	76	1.244	7.9	0.5	3.3
7	William Wilson*	24	10	9	.526	4.05	33	20	171.0	155	96	77	10	115	1.579	8.2	0.5	6.1
	7 Players	25.2	78	53	.595		132	132			519

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Theodore Laguna	87	341	50	9	.978	4.49
James Hull	60	261	37	13	.958	4.97	Stats for 2 teams
Arnold Hersom	27	95	8	3	.972	3.81
Ralph Bernardini	17	62	6	3	.958	4.00

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Robert Myers	88		836	62	13		.986	10.20
Wendell Davis	44		431	24	4		.991	10.34

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
James Zinn	120		373	410	22		.973	6.53

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Joe Blake	108		104	257	41		.898	3.34
Ford Jordan	16		13	36	3		.942	3.06

SS

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Jack Concannon	59	101	188	18	.941	4.90
Donald Damiano	56	87	163	24	.912	4.46
James Fairchild	18	32	55	7	.926	4.83

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Billy Barrett	119	290	19	8	.975	2.60
Richard Guyton	77	145	9	6	.963	2.00
Earl Hersh	73	135	5	6	.959	1.92
Jim Morelli	30	56	1	2	.966	1.90
William Loos	28	56	0	3	.949	2.00
Richard Notermann	18	19	1	4	.833	1.11
Cliff Collins	17	18	1	0	1.000	1.12	Stats for 2 teams
Vincent Pizzitola	13	23	0	3	.885	1.77
Cecil Fogleman	12	39	0	1	.975	3.25

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Charley Miller	39							0.00
William Wilson	33							0.00
Stanley Slack	31							0.00
Jack Larson	26							0.00
Edward Lenthe	26							0.00
Thomas Horton	21							0.00
Charles Higham	11							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Billy Barrett	25	R		6' 1.0"	170	1928
Ralph Bernardini	24	R		5' 10.0"	165	Oct 3, 1928	New Haven, CT, US
Joe Blake	26	L	R	6' 3.0"	185	Sep 22, 1926	Howe, OK, US
Raymond Bortz	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	160	Oct 12, 1929	Quakertown, PA, US
Cliff Collins	24	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Dec 29, 1928	Hollywood, CA, US
Jack Concannon	24	R		5' 10.0"	160	1929
Donald Damiano	20	R		5' 11.0"	175	1933
Leslie Davis	21	R	L	5' 9.0"	170	Nov 13, 1931	Stowe, VT, US
Wendell Davis	22	L		6' 1.0"	185	1931
James Fairchild	24	R		5' 10.0"	160	1929
Cecil Fogleman	26					Nov 15, 1926
Richard Guyton	27	R		5' 11.0"	170	1926
Earl Hersh	21	L	L	6' 0.0"	205	May 21, 1932	Ebbvale, MD, US
Arnold Hersom	28	R		5' 11.0"	183	Mar 12, 1925	Groveton, NH, US
Charles Higham	24	L	L	6' 3.0"	180	Sep 18, 1928	Woodbury, NJ, US
Thomas Horton	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	1926
James Hull	22	L		6' 0.0"	180	1931
Ford Jordan	25	L	R	6' 0.0"	175	Sep 4, 1927	Raleigh, NC, US
George Kornack	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Apr 25, 1930	Chelsea, MA, US
Theodore Laguna	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	176	Sep 6, 1932	Newark, NJ, US
Jack Larson	22	L	R	6' 1.0"	190	Jun 2, 1931	Green Bay, WI, US
Edward Lenthe	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	180	Aug 10, 1928	Union City, NJ, US
William Loos	25	L		6' 3.0"	170	1928
Charley Miller	31	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Jan 11, 1922	Keareysville, WV, US
Art Moore	30	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jun 20, 1923	Willard, OH, US
Jim Morelli	25	L	L	5' 9.0"	165	Sep 25, 1927	Charleston, SC, US
Robert Myers	23	L	L	5' 10.0"	175	1930
Richard Notermann	21	L		5' 11.0"	185	1932
Sonny Palcek	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Feb 28, 1929	Chicago Heights, IL, US
Vincent Pizzitola	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Mar 17, 1932	Birmingham, AL, US
Stanley Slack	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	1930
Lynn Southworth	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	195	1927
Richard VanOstrand	--					Unknown
William Wilson	24	R	L	5' 11.0"	180	1929
James Zinn	28	L	R	5' 11.0"	170	Aug 31, 1924	Kansas City, MO, US

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