Statistics, 1953         

SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE

1953 Stats(Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 29 August 1953)
Hiram Marshall of Regina Caps has been declared batting champion of the Western Canada Baseball League with a .353 average.

Marshall, who played left field and third base besides taking a turn behind the plate, had 42 hits in 199 trips to the plate.

Slugging specialist was Bob Herron of North Battleford who led in total bases with 139; in doubles, with 17; in runs batted in, with 60; and in home runs, with 12. His average of .341 was also good for runner-up spot to Marshall.

Herron tied with teammate Curtis Tate and Moose Jaw's Johnny Ford for the lead in triples, with five apiece. Base-stealing champion was Mario Herrera of Saskatoon with 19.

Behind Herron in the home run department came Percy Trimont of Regina and Roy Dean of North Battleford, each with seven. Dean and Tate were prominent in runs batted in, each with 43.

Regina had the best hitting club with a .278 percentage, followed by North Battleford with .273, Moose Jaw with .249 and Saskatoon with .240. Beavers hit the most home runs, 38, which was 17 better than the runner-up Caps.

In team fielding, North Battleford led with .942 while Saskatoon rated at .935 and Moose Jaw and Regina had identical .915 marks.  Beavers led the league in double plays with 58.

Lefty Mike Dzingelowski was the loop's top hurler with four wins and no defeats.  Chuck Holdaway of Beavers and Mike Kanshin of Saskatoon had 5-1 marks.  In strikeouts, Bennie Griggs of Saskatoon nosed out teammate Ted Wills, 92-91

Average : Hiram Marshall RGC - .353  
Runs : Curtis Tate NB - 67
Hits : Tate NB - 80
Doubles : Bob Herron NB - 17
Triples : Herron NB, Tate NB & John Ford MMA - 5
Home Runs : Herron NB - 12
RBI - Herron NB - 60
Stolen Bases : Mario Herrera SKG - 19 SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Marshall Hiram RGC 119 21 42 .353 Herron Bob NB 223 44 76 17 5 12 60 .341 Dean Roy NB 151 31 51 7 43 .338 Trimont Percy RGC 145 36 49 7 .338 Reyes Leopoldo SKG 152 28 51 .336 Tyler Walt MMA 152 20 50 .329 Gary Charles RGC 177 35 57 .322 Williams Roy RGC 147 32 47 .320 Nelson Ken NB 255 59 79 .310 Tate Curtis NB 264 67 80 5 43 .303 Latham Horace RGC 117 17 35 .299 Blackman Jesse NB 197 39 58 .294 Henry Al MMA 126 22 37 .294 Lloyd Johnny RGC 175 30 50 .286 Watrous Sherman SKG 186 37 52 .280 Ryan James SKG 176 35 49 .278 Zayas Roberto SKG-MMA 132 27 36 .273 Ford Johnny MMA 214 36 57 5 .266 Rodness Bob NB 141 23 37 .262 Thompson John MMA 196 38 51 .260 Breckner Len SKG 154 16 40 .260 Snead Sylvester RGC-SKG 116 14 30 .259 Robinette Rip MMA 159 24 40 .252 Johnson Harold SKG-MMA 147 25 37 .252 Karlson Len SKG 184 28 46 .250 Herrera Mario SKG 19 Source : Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 29 August 1953 Wins : Coleman NB & Griggs SKG - 9 Strikeouts : Griggs SKG - 92 SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA Coleman Johnny NB 9 4 .692 34 68 Griggs Bennie SKG 9 7 .563 67 92 Dean Les NB 8 4 .667 47 48 Blackman Jesse NB 7 6 .538 70 68 Wills Ted SKG 6 3 .667 40 91 Wilder Bill RGC 6 3 .667 33 55 Holdaway Chuck NB 5 1 .833 44 43 Kanshin Mike SKG 5 1 .833 16 45 Morrow Jim SKG 5 2 .714 17 27 Pickens Frank RGC 5 5 .500 33 60 Dzingelowski Mike NB 4 0 1.000 18 51 Vera Jose SKC-RGC 3 2 .600 37 26 (a) Mike Dzingelowski would later be known as Mike Dayne. NB = North Battleford Beavers, SKG = Saskatoon Gems, RGC = Regina Caps, MMA = Moose Jaw Maples


SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE

Jim Burge of the Weyburn Beavers captured the 1953 batting championship of the Southern Baseball League with a .437 average. Burge topped teammate Jack Shupe who finished at .377.  Hank Mitchell of Milestone was third, at .345.

Lionel Hap L'Heureux of Notre Dame Hounds was the leading pitcher with 6 wins in 10 starts. Lloyd Woolley of the Regina Caps had the best percentage with a perfect 5-0 won-lost mark.

 

Average : Jim Burge WY - .437 
Runs : Bob Turner RGR - 21
Hits : Burge WY - 31 SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Burge Jim WY 71 31 .437 Shupe Jack WY 69 26 .377 Mitchell Hank MA 58 20 .345 Helfrick Johnny WY 59 20 .339 Turner Bob RGR 93 30 .323 Campbell Garnet AV 69 22 .319 Germann Frank ND 67 21 .313 Coleshaw John MA 62 19 .306 Covert Keith WY 72 22 .306 Campbell Gordon AV 85 26 .306
Royal Caps Clark Wendell RRC 41 4 7 .171 Felton Jackie RRC 66 14 17 .258 Harrison Cliff RRC 30 6 6 .200 Hingley Doug RRC 63 12 18 .286 Kyle Bill RRC 59 7 11 .186 Larter Ron RRC 38 2 5 .132 Lawson Johnny RRC 19 0 4 .211 Lysack Lou RRC 64 8 13 .203 McKenzie R. RRC 5 0 0 .000 McMurtry Pete RRC 5 1 1 .200 Rothermal Clarie RRC 44 7 10 .227 Sherran Don RRC 12 2 3 .250 Smith Bunny RRC 57 19 12 .211 Wall Vic RRC 59 12 17 .288 Wooley Don RRC 34 3 7 .206 Woolley Lloyd RRC 44 10 14 .318 Weyburn Burge Jim WY 71 8 31 .437 Casemore Russ WY 25 3 6 .240 Covert Keith WY 72 13 22 .306 Gemmell Bud WY 11 0 2 .182 Helfrick John WY 59 9 20 .339 Hogg Ralph WY 28 2 4 .143 Mayor Frank WY 17 3 3 .176 Sampson Keith WY 61 8 12 .197 Sather J. WY 20 1 2 .100 Scoles B. WY 14 1 5 .357 Shupe B. WY 24 1 6 .250 Shupe Doug WY 67 17 14 .209 Shupe Gayle WY 42 7 8 .190 Shupe Jack WY 69 16 26 .377 Wallin Roy WY 34 3 4 .118 Wilder Les WY 13 2 4 .308 Regina Red Sox Belick Art RGR 29 5 7 .241 Booth Frank RGR 11 0 1 .091 Cochrane Denny RGR 47 6 11 .234 Elbourne Gord RGR 1 1 0 .000 Franks Ernie RGR 5 1 2 .400 Goff W. RGR 0 0 0 .000 Goodhue Sam RGR 74 7 18 .243 Janis Lawrence RGR 5 1 1 .200 Leverick Tom RGR 20 1 1 .050 McEachern Ken RGR 76 18 14 .184 McFadyen J. RGR 50 3 11 .220 McLean Jake RGR 72 13 20 .278 Mitchellmore H. RGR 6 1 2 .333 Off Orville RGR 25 3 5 .200 Prosofsky Ed RGR 68 12 20 .294 Rennie Art RGR 70 8 10 .143 Richardson Wes RGR 22 2 4 .182 Scoyac Van RGR 2 0 0 .000 Stimpson Bill RGR 41 1 4 .098 Turner Bob RGR 93 21 30 .323 Notre Dame Bell Dean ND 58 9 15 .259 Claggett Bus ND 26 3 3 .115 Daley Tim ND 20 2 3 .150 Donald Bob ND 45 9 14 .311 Dornstauder Hank ND 10 1 2 .200 Faford B. ND 26 2 8 .308 Germann Frank ND 67 9 21 .313 Huck Murray ND 64 11 13 .203 Kunard Gary ND 6 2 2 .333 L'Heureux Lionel ND 37 5 8 .216 Magis C. ND 51 12 13 .255 McNiven Ed ND 64 7 11 .172 Mooney ND 1 0 0 .000 Padewski John ND 60 10 19 .317 Pindera ND 3 1 0 .000 Ruddy ND 1 1 1 1.000 Schiebelbein Rudy ND 6 1 2 .333 Steele Dale ND 13 1 3 .231 Sterzer Al ND 14 1 3 .214 Woodard George ND 11 2 3 .273 Zolinski ND 4 0 0 .000 Avonlea Buttgereit Walt AV 14 0 1 .071 Campbell Don AV 13 0 1 .077 Campbell Garnet AV 69 16 22 .319 Campbell Gordon AV 85 14 26 .306 Dombowsky Hugo AV 30 3 6 .200 Dornstauder Al AV 3 0 1 .333 Erdelyan John AV 73 10 18 .247 Ewan AV 3 0 0 .000 Forer Don AV 58 10 13 .224 Johnson AV 2 0 0 .000 Kirkpatrick C. AV 21 5 7 .333 Lawrence AV 14 3 3 .214 Lee Everett AV 52 6 11 .212 Lee K. AV 7 1 3 .429 Lee Lloyd AV 61 14 17 .279 McRorie Eric AV 18 2 2 .111 Sanderson Archie AV 77 12 22 .286 Sanderson H. AV 21 2 1 .048 Scott Dick AV 13 1 3 .231 Smith Al AV 3 1 1 .333 Smukovich F. AV 10 4 6 .600 Sorenson Cliff AV 27 6 8 .296 Tysdal Elmer AV 1 0 0 .000 Milestone Abel MA 4 0 0 .000 Bell Bob MA 11 0 1 .091 Buckmayer Tony MA 48 3 11 .229 Coleshaw John MA 62 7 19 .306 Connellan Terry MA 9 0 2 .222 Diehl Lawrence MA 1 0 0 .000 Dieter Lawrence MA 7 0 1 .143 Doerksen MA 1 0 0 .000 Ebbeson Ken MA 5 0 2 .400 Froelich MA 0 0 0 .000 Grad MA 6 0 1 .167 Hayes Bill MA 39 2 7 .179 Hayes Garth MA 2 0 0 .000 Heidt Ed MA 23 5 6 .261 Hoeft Fritz MA 36 1 9 .250 Hysop B. MA 2 0 0 .000 Hysop Morley MA 65 6 17 .262 Ivany MA 1 2 0 .000 Klinck Wayne MA 9 2 2 .222 Kober Ken MA 9 1 2 .222 Leskun Bill MA 41 4 8 .195 McNabb Morris MA 14 1 3 .214 Mitchell Hank MA 58 12 20 .345 Pow Ashley MA 28 4 8 .286 Sakeris MA 6 0 1 .167 Seed MA 11 0 1 .091 Shaw Lorne MA 31 2 6 .194 Slinn MA 2 1 1 .500 Snell Erick MA 65 4 19 .292 Solosky MA 1 0 0 .000 Stirr MA 26 1 5 .192
Source : Regina Leader-Post, August 19, 1953
Wins : Lionel L'Heureux ND - 6 
Won-Lost Pct : Lloyd Woolley RRC - 5-0, 1.000 
Games : Gordon Campbell AV - 13 
Games Started : L'Heureux ND, Campbell AV - 10 
Complete Games : L'Heureuz ND, Campbell AV - 8 

SOUTHERN LEAGUE              G GS CG  W  L   PCT   IP   H   R ER BB  SO HB WP   ERA
L'Heureux Lionel ND 12 10 8 6 4 .600
Shupe Gayle WY 10 7 7 5 3 .625
Campbell Gordon AV 13 10 8 5 6 .455
Woolley Lloyd RRC 9 6 4 5 0 1.000
Leverick Tom RGR 7 7 5 4 2 .667
Harrison Cliff RRC 9 7 4 4 3 .571
Hogg Ralph WY 9 8 6 4 4 .500
Richardson Wes RGR 6 5 3 3 1 .750
Dombowsky Hugo AV 6 6 5 3 2 .600
Wall Vic RRC 7 6 5 3 3 .500
Gemmell Bud WY 2 2 0 2 0 1.000
Larter Ron RRC 4 3 3 2 1 .667
Mitchelmore Don RGR 5 3 2 2 1 .667
Steele Dale ND 8 5 4 2 2 .500
Mitchell Hank MA 9 6 6 2 4 .333
Covert Keith WY 3 2 1 1 0 1.000
Schiebelbein Rudy ND 2 2 0 1 1 .500
Germann Frank ND 2 1 0 1 1 .500
Bell Bob MA 3 3 2 1 1 .500
McFadyen George RGR 7 3 3 1 2 .333
Janis Lawrence RGR 4 2 0 1 3 .250
Sterzer Al ND 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Booth Frank RGR 2 1 0 0 0 .000
Goff RGR 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Tysdal Elmer AV 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Scott Dick AV 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Buttgereit Walter AV 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Daley Tim ND 1 1 1 0 1 .000
Dornstauder Hank ND 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Diehl Lawrence MA 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Grad MA 1 1 1 0 1 .000
Kober Ken MA 1 1 1 0 1 .000
Dieter Lawrence MA 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Snell Eric MA 2 1 1 0 1 .000
Hoeft Fritz MA 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Campbell Garnet AV 3 3 1 0 2 .000
Heidt Ed MA 6 4 2 0 4 .000 RRC = Regina Royal Caps, WY = Weyburn Beavers, RGR = Regina Red Sox, ND = Notre Dame Hounds, AV = Avonlea Arrows, MA = Milestone Athletics.


CHINOOK (ALBERTA) LEAGUE

Fennessey Leads Chinook Batsmen (The Calgary Herald, August 25, 1953)

Bill Fennessey of Purity 99, coming on with a rush in the late stages of the campaign, took the Chinook Baseball League batting crown away from Gus Kyle of Universal Mercurys, the leader right up to last week.

Fennessey garnered 41 hits in an even 100 times at bat and was well ahead of Kyle who boasted a .394 average.  All players with 70 or more times at bat qualified for the batting title and the trophy that goes with it.

Kyle, on the other hand, was the leader in hits 50; runs batted in 52; and doubles 10.  Ron Stewart of Mercurys scored the most runs 35, and had the most triples, four. Cyril Ing of Red Deer, now with the pro Stampeders, led the pack with 10 home runs. [Although the stats printed show Ing with just 7 homers.]  Hank Bassen stole the most bases, 17.

In the pitching department, Bert Lahey of Purity 99 boasted the best earned runs average 1.62.  Pitchers who had taken part in five games or more qualified for honors.

Don Kirk, Carstairs southpaw ace, was the leader in all other departments.  He had the best record of all, 15-1, and had the most strikeouts, 168. 

 

Average : Bill Fennessey C99 - .410 
Hits : Gus Kyle CGM - 50 
Doubles : Kyle CGM - 10 
Triples : Ron Stewart CGM - 4 
Home Runs : Cyril Ing RD - 7 
RBI : Kyle CGM - 52 
Runs : Stewart CGM - 35 
Stolen Bases : Hank Bassen CGM - 17 

CHINOOK LEAGUE FINAL              G  AB   R   H  2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI   PCT
Fennessey Bill C99 25 100 24 41 7 0 6 15 22 .410
Kyle Gus CGM 31 127 31 50 10 3 6 7 52 .394
Ing Cyril RD 25 113 21 40 3 0 7 4 21 .354
Stewart Ron CGM 27 108 35 38 8 4 6 14 28 .352
Torrence Babe CS 20 71 17 25 3 3 4 4 17 .352
Abel Dave CGM 27 123 22 41 8 1 6 1 36 .333
Dunning Bernie RD 23 99 18 33 8 1 2 3 9 .333
Shields CGM 23 84 27 28 5 0 0 15 7 .333
McKinnon Jim DH 25 107 16 35 5 0 2 6 25 .327
VanWassenhove Reg C99 31 138 30 45 6 0 0 7 9 .326
Service Bill RD 26 111 15 36 6 1 2 3 27 .324
Bassen Hank CGM 21 81 31 26 3 1 0 17 18 .321
Wylie Harvey CGM 22 89 26 28 2 1 2 14 10 .315
Saville Jim DH 24 97 20 30 8 0 0 0 15 .309
Casebeer Mernus CS 29 125 25 37 5 1 1 4 11 .296
Smith RD 26 115 26 33 5 0 2 0 13 .287
Lahey Bert C99 26 94 9 27 1 0 0 4 15 .287
Weaver Bing C99 23 84 14 23 5 0 0 5 6 .274
Bond Leroy C99 22 73 14 20 7 0 0 3 9 .274
Andronyk Jack DH 26 111 27 30 1 0 2 8 17 .270
Noble Harold CS 27 100 20 27 2 0 5 0 15 .270
Sparrow Bill DH 22 75 17 20 9 0 0 4 7 .267
Thederahn Bill C99 25 93 12 24 2 0 3 4 14 .258
Loewen Don CS 29 129 21 33 4 0 3 7 15 .256 Source : The Calgary Herald, August 25, 1953 Wins : Kirk CS - 15 Games : Kirk CS - 19 Innings : Kirk CS - 143 Strikeouts : Kirk CS - 168 ERA - Lahey C99 - 1.57 CHINOOK LEAGUE FINAL G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Lahey Bert C99 5 1 3 .250 29 26 17 5 5 18 2 1 1.57
Kruger Pete RD 9 2 3 .400 49 41 18 10 9 42 3 2 1.83
Kirk Don CS 19 15 1 .938 143 103 40 30 40 168 3 3 1.88
MacEwen Bentley CGM 18 13 2 .867 119 79 40 27 41 157 10 6 2.03
Lauer Bert CGM 9 7 2 .778 80 64 25 19 38 79 5 4 2.14
Bradley Lloyd C99 7 4 1 .800 47 63 29 12 11 41 0 1 2.28
Stone Frank C99 15 4 4 .500 108 92 51 30 35 58 0 9 2.48
Knight RD 7 2 2 .500 45 37 20 14 18 13 0 2 2.80
Nociar Rudy DH 12 4 7 .364 102 90 56 32 20 67 4 4 2.82
Martin Dave RD 13 6 5 .545 105 98 54 34 23 74 2 2 2.91
Gazely Pete RD 12 4 4 .500 70 62 45 25 31 50 3 3 3.20
Ryan Ernie C99 7 1 2 .333 32 33 20 12 8 13 5 9 3.38
Brian Ken CS 7 2 3 .400 47 34 24 18 23 27 6 0 3.45
Casebeer Lloyd CS 7 2 0 1.000 35 30 20 14 10 7 3 1 3.63
Neilsen Dale DH 13 2 6 .250 96 96 68 39 44 57 15 5 3.65
Gibson Brian C99 9 4 4 .500 59 54 37 25 32 31 0 4 3.79
Boesse DH 5 1 1 .500 23 23 16 11 8 11 2 0 4.24
Berlando Jim DH 6 3 2 .600 36 30 24 18 20 39 2 4 4.50 * Players' first names were not included in the newspaper report, added through additional research RD = Red Deer Dodgers, C99 = Calgary Purity 99, DH = Drumheller Miners, CGM = Calgary Universal Mercurys, CS = Carstairs Cardinals


FOOTHILLS (ALBERTA) BASEBALL LEAGUE

The only Foothills statistics unearthed thus far for the 1953 season are the batting and pitching stats for import Hubert Glenn of the Claresholm Meteors.

Glenn was the hitting and pitching star of the league, batting .450 with 13 home runs and fashioning a 16-7 won-lost record on the mound.

 

FOOTHILLS LEAGUE                  G  AB   R   H  2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI   PCT
Glenn Hubert CL 62 14 6 13 12 .450 Source : Lethbridge Herald, September 16, 1953
FOOTHILLS LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Glenn Hubert CL 16 7 .696


 MANDAK LEAGUE

The Winnipeg Free Press reported (September 4, 1953, p.24)

SCARBOROUGH TOPS HITTERS

Dean Scarborough, the slugging first baseman of the Minot Mallards is the ManDak Baseball League batting champion for 1953, according to statistics released by Stan Pepler.

Scarborough, who joined the Mallards when Mickey Rocco was released to Winnipeg Royals, took over with great gusto, and at one time was hitting the ball at well over .400.  But that was too great a pace for anyone to keep up.

The closest man to Scarborough was Lester Lockett of Carman Cardinals, who met the apple at a highly respectable .332 pace, and one point back of Lockett at .331 was another Mallard, Duke Bowman.

The selections were based on 150 or more times at bat.  Actually, Carlos Forten, young pitcher with Winnipeg, was tops with .375, but he batted only 24 times.  Sugar Cain of Minot, and the league's winningest pitcher, hit .357 at 112 times at bat.

Big Pete Hughes of the Royals, the most walked man in the league, although it doesn't show up in the statistics, apparently wasn't being given those passes for nothing.  Besides ending up sixth in the batting race with a .324 average, he set an all-time league record for home runs in one season by polling 13 circuit clouts.  One top of that, he led the league with runs batted in with 66, 11 more than his nearest rival, Lyman Bostock of Carman, who had 55.

Curly Williams, who joined Carman Cardinals after they had played about 15 games, could quite feasibly have beaten Hughes in home run production had he been in the league all season. He was only one homer behind Hughes. 

Bob Strader of Royals, after a slow start, came on to top the league in doubles with 24, seven more than Herb Souell of Carman, Connie Juelke and Chuck Carroll of Minot and Bill Spaeter of Royals.

Cowan Hyde, who doesn't appear big enough to hit the ball out of the infield, proved quite a power to the Brandon Greys as he laced 10 triples to pace the loop.

Jesse Douglas, who started the season with Winnipeg, but finished with Brandon, showed his prowess on the base paths with 13 stolen bases, one more than teammate Clarence King.

The pitching statistics present a problem.  Which pitcher is the best?  Going strictly on percentage, Ed Albosta, manager and relief ace of Minot, would appear to have the title with eight victories and two defeats for an .800 average.  But somehow Sugar Cain seems to be tops with the most wins 12, as against five losses for a .706 average.  There is no earned run average listed.  Here are the complete records.

 

Average : Dean Scarborough MI - .356 
Hits : John Washington BR - 98 
Doubles : Bob Strader WR - 24 
Triples : Cowan Hyde BR - 10 
Home Runs : Pete Hughes WR - 12 
Runs : Lyman Bostock CA - 62 
RBI : Hughes WR - 66 
Stolen Bases : Jesse Douglas BR - 13 

MANDAK FINAL                      G  AB   R   H  2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI   PCT
Scarborough Dean MI 49 222 49 79 10 2 2 4 17 .356
Rocco Mickey WR 12 16 .333 b
Lockett Lester CA 56 232 34 77 11 1 1 2 30 .332
Bowman Duke MI 70 281 46 93 15 7 2 6 49 .331
Washington John BR 71 300 46 98 12 1 4 7 45 .327
Robinson Norm CA 64 243 43 79 9 0 1 10 35 .325
Hughes Pete WR 74 241 54 78 13 0 13 0 66 .324
Longest Chick CA 57 221 53 71 12 2 6 6 40 .321
Bostock Lyman CA 72 307 62 97 16 4 2 7 55 .316
Valentine James BR 55 216 20 66 12 1 1 2 25 .306
Souell Herb CA 72 318 58 96 17 3 5 7 39 .302
Cleveland Bill WR 52 165 28 49 12 3 1 4 18 .297
Atkins Joe CA 55 197 40 58 9 1 7 1 40 .294
King Clarence BR 70 277 51 81 16 6 4 12 46 .292
Hyde Cowan BR 63 271 48 79 16 10 0 9 30 .292
Juelke Connie MI 59 245 42 71 17 2 11 0 49 .290
Carroll Chuck MI 66 266 51 77 17 3 3 2 38 .289
Williams Willie Curly CA 57 199 45 57 15 1 12 4 40 .286
Corcoran Don MI 59 204 37 58 8 8 3 0 22 .284
Renfroe Othello MI 64 219 43 60 11 2 3 3 45 .274
McLean Zoonie MI 45 173 24 47 8 4 2 0 20 .272
Mitchell Joseph BR 60 209 34 56 6 5 2 5 34 .268
Andrews Sonny CA 62 239 51 64 9 1 5 3 29 .268
Strader Bob WR 73 318 57 83 24 0 8 3 48 .261
Rittenberg Bob WR 69 258 36 67 16 2 1 2 40 .260
Wilson Chuck BR 66 247 48 64 12 7 9 6 45 .259
Spaeter Bill WR 56 230 37 59 17 2 5 1 41 .257
Douglas Jesse BR 53 206 40 52 14 2 2 13 25 .252
Louden Lou WR 65 274 48 69 8 1 2 1 32 .252
Massaro Joe MI 59 251 35 63 9 1 2 1 35 .251
Andux Orlando BR 67 233 42 57 16 5 0 6 17 .245
Bowman Ed MI 60 218 35 53 7 0 0 2 21 .243
Butcher Dick WR 74 279 45 62 8 0 7 5 33 .222
Cabrera Rafe WR 57 189 30 42 5 2 4 8 27 .222
Turner Bob CA 54 201 26 41 6 2 1 1 33 .204 (Fewer than 150 ABs)
Forten Carlos WR 21 24 2 9 0 0 0 0 1 .375
Cash Bill BR 30 102 26 37 6 23 .363 a
Cain Sugar MI 40 112 18 40 10 1 2 0 18 .357
Fields Wilmer BR 24 101 36 6 4 35 .356 c
Griffith Bob BR 23 49 7 17 4 0 0 0 9 .347
McKerlie Almer CA 21 76 11 26 7 0 2 1 7 .342
Rhodes Harry CA 40 93 15 30 8 4 1 1 16 .323
Brown Barney BR 18 49 8 15 2 0 0 0 10 .306
Lott Benjamin CA 37 136 25 41 9 4 1 7 21 .301
Martin Warren MI 11 27 6 8 1 0 0 0 1 .296
Parker Tom BR 20 49 7 14 3 0 0 1 9 .286
Moore Dee WR 39 121 17 34 6 0 0 1 15 .281
Banks Jim BR 33 76 13 21 3 2 1 0 18 .276
Easterling Howard BR 14 60 9 16 1 5 .267 a
Brown Danny WPG 16 53 8 14 0 3 .264 a
Cooper Jack MI 14 38 8 10 0 4 .263 a
Hutchinson Willie CA 16 36 4 9 1 0 0 0 3 .250
Wells Sr Willie BR 21 47 3 11 2 0 0 0 4 .234
Parker Fred WR 14 30 4 7 1 0 1 0 5 .233
Gibbons Dirk WR 23 56 12 13 2 0 0 0 3 .232
Albosta Ed MI 20 28 2 6 1 1 0 1 2 .214
Newberry James CA 31 50 8 10 0 0 0 0 5 .200
McKinnis Gread BR 26 35 4 7 1 0 1 0 5 .200
Dempsey Larry MI 21 31 9 6 1 0 0 0 3 .194
Price Hal WR 20 45 5 7 1 0 0 0 3 .156
Jenkins PeeWee BR 18 22 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 .136
Letau Niel MI 6 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .133
McCoy Walter CA 23 53 5 6 3 0 0 0 3 .113
Washburn Bill WR 23 57 2 6 3 0 0 0 3 .105
Preston Al CA 16 20 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 .100
Merrill Rollie WR 22 45 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 .089
Amaro Mario BR 15 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .050
Pine Felix CA 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Triplett Mel MI
Source : Winnipeg Free Press, September 4, 1953, p.24
(a) To July 1st. Bill Cash stats final as he left previous to July 1st.
(b) Winnipeg Free Press, August 22, 1953, p.24
(c) Compiled from game reports/box scores Wins : Cain MI - 12 Games : Newberry CA - 30 Games Started : Washburn WG - 20 Complete Games : Cain MI - 15 Innings : Cain MI - 156 Strikeouts : Cain MI - 123 MANDAK FINAL G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Cain, Sugar MI 17 17 15 12 5 .706 156 124 70 48 123
Gibbons, Dirk WG 19 16 8 11 5 .688 123 149 91 55 75
Washburn, Bill WG 21 20 12 10 7 .588 151 140 83 68 95
McCoy, Walter CA 21 14 9 10 8 .556 134 162 106 69 89
Brown, Barney BR 15 11 7 9 4 .692 122 116 60 53 76
Albosta, Ed MI 26 3 2 8 4 .667 85 72 52 63 54
Griffith, Bob BR 18 3 3 8 2 .800 82 73 37 18 48
Rhodes, Harry CA 21 14 6 8 6 .571 118 119 69 34 53
McKinnis, Gread BR 25 11 3 7 5 .583 100 98 45 39 78
Parker, Tom BR 16 7 2 5 2 .714 57 52 40 37 28
Parker, Fred WG 12 11 6 6 4 .600 87 85 44 38 62
Jenkins, PeeWee BR 12 5 1 5 3 .625 68 70 39 25 41
Newberry, James CA 30 15 6 5 9 .357 137 193 102 43 64
Merrill, Rollie WG 21 17 7 5 13 .278 134 151 88 46 62
Kanshin, Mike WG 11 5 2 4 0 1.000 a
Lettau, Neil MI 6 5 3 4 1 .800 44 39 18 25 37
Price, Hal WG 14 10 6 4 2 .667 89 58 58 42 54
Martin, Warren MI 10 9 5 4 3 .571 66 71 35 30 28
Porter, Andy CA 13 12 4 4 4 .500 a
Preston, Al CA 16 11 2 4 5 .444 69 86 68 65 43
Forten, Carlos WG 19 8 2 3 5 .375 67 85 49 27 46
Dempsey, Larry MI 14 8 4 3 5 .375 72 75 40 26 27
Hutchinson, Willie CA 12 9 5 3 6 .333 91 100 62 41 49
Gowett, Chuck WG 6 2 2 2 0 1.000 a
Murray, Mal MI 5 4 1 2 1 .667 a
Whitcher, Bob MI 10 6 4 2 3 .400 a
Amaro, Mario BR 15 7 1 2 6 .250 64 64 43 54 31
Pine, Felix CA 5 5 1 1 2 .333 26 18 19 23 3
Lowe, Tom MI 3 3 1 1 2 .333 a
Moore, Dee WG 4 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Williams, Mike MI/WG 4 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Wells, Willie BR 4 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Brewer, Chet CA 3 2 0 0 0 .000 a
Scarborough, Dean MI 3 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Landsen, Whitey MI 2 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Fields, Wilmer BR 2 1 0 0 0 .000 a
Longest, Chick CA 1 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Cobbe, Gerald CA 1 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Cowan, WG 1 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Murray, John CA 1 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Beck, Paul WG 1 0 0 0 0 .000 a
Banks, Jim BR 14 3 1 0 1 .000 49 49 37 38 49
Chapman, Roy MI 5 1 0 0 1 .000 a
McCoy, Ray CA 3 3 0 0 1 .000 a
Kelly, John MI 2 2 0 0 1 .000 a
Renfroe, Othello MI 1 1 0 0 1 .000 a
Klaudt, Roy MI 1 1 0 0 1 .000 a
Lombardo, Lou MI 6 3 2 0 3 .000 a
Cleveland, Bill WG 9 3 2 0 5 .000 a * Winnipeg Free Press, September 4, 1953, p.24
* G, GS, CG, W, L compiled from game reports, box scores
* There were some minor differences between the published stats and the game-by-game analysis. The published report had Albosta with 19 games, Price 16, Gibbons 20, Tom Parker 13, McKinnis 26, Dempsey 13, Forten 20, Merrill 22. Lettau was shown with a 3-1 record, Gibbons 10-6, Martin 5-3, Griffith 8-5, Pine 1-1, Newberry 5-10, Forten 3-6. MI = Minot Mallards, BR = Brandon Greys, CA = Carman Cardinals, WR = Winnipeg Royals


INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE

Billy Flick of the Waterloo Tigers won the batting title in the Intercounty League, with an average of .349.  Ed Steele, a former Negro Leaguer, paced the loop in home runs with 14.   Eudie Napier of Guelph was the RBI leader driving in 53 runs to match the mark set by Galt's Vern Kaiser in 1949. Oshawa's Butch Lawing was tops in extra base hits with 27.

Mel Duncan of the Kitchener Panthers and Gentry Jessup of Galt Terriers led the moundsmen.  Duncan had the best percentage with a 12-4 record, while Jessup won the most games, 15, and had the most strikeouts, 140.

 


 INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE              GP  AB   R   H  TB  2B  3B  HR  SB RBI   PCT
 Flick Bill WAT                     252  38  88                      40  .349
 Steele Ed GT                       173  38  59              14      43  .341
 Welker Dick KR                     231  58  78                  38  38  .338
 Lawing Butch osh                   215  47  72                      49  .335
 Evon Russ LDN                      241  51  79                      42  .328
 Oberholzer Don WAT                 178  32  52                      24  .326  *      
 Biasatti Hank WAT                  222  42  71                      30  .324  *  
 Halkard Jim LDN                    200  45  64                      37  .320
 Wilkes Jimmy BRS                   151  23  48                      14  .318
 O'Connor Ted OS                    202  44  63                      28  .312
 Napier Eudie GU                                             11      53
 Kvasnak Alex KIR                                                    49
 Cline Gerry GT                                              12
 Source :  Brantford Expositor, September 1 & 9, 1953
     
* Oberholzer was shown with the .326 average, but also shown with 52 hits which would have produced a .292 average. With the hits and at bats shown Biasatti would have had a .320 average.


Average : Flick WAT - .349 
Hits : Flick WAT - 88 
Home Runs :  Steele Ed GT - 14 
RBI : Napier Eddie GU - 53 
Stolen Bases : Welker Dick KR - 38 

Source : Intercounty Record Book

Wins : Jessup Gentry GT - 15 
Won-Lost Pct : Duncan KR - .750 Strikeouts : Jessup GT - 140 INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA

Duncan Mel KR 12 4 .750 Source : Intercounty Record Book BRS=Brantford Red Sox, GT=Galt Terriers, GU=Guelph Maple Leafs, KR=Kitchener Panthers, LDN=London Majors, STT=St. Thomas Elgins, WAT=Waterloo Tigers, OS=Oshawa Merchants


BASIN LEAGUE

Fletcher winsRay Fletcher of Winner, with a .381 mark, topped hitters in the Basin League.  Teammate Jack Shaeffer was the runner-up at .362.  Carroll Hardy of Pierre was third, at .356.  Fletcher also topped the loop in runs batted in with 19.

Harry Northrup of Winner was the leading pitcher, winning five of six decisions.  Wendell Hill, also of the Pheasants, took the earned-run crown, posted an ERA of 1.57. Pete Fox of Winner finished at 4-1.  Bob Ridenour of Valentine had an ERA of 1.65.  Northrup was third at 1.92.

 

Average : Fletcher WP - .381 
RBI : Fletcher WP - 19 
Home Runs : Williams CB, Moore WP - 3 

BASIN LEAGUE FINAL                G  AB   R   H  2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI   PCT
Fletcher Ray WP 16 63 24 19 .381
Shaeffer Jack WP 14 58 21 14 .362
Hardy Carroll PC 16 59 21 .356
Boettcher Mike CB 11 44 15 .341
Wellman Guy MK 14 49 15 .306
Burkley Dick WP 12
Musgrave Bob PC 12
Moore Homer WP 3 10
Williams Bob CB 3
Source : The Daily Republic, Mitchell, SD, August 24, 1953 Wins : Northrup WP - 5 ERA : Hill WP - 1.57 BASIN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Northrup Harry WP 5 1 .833 1.92
Fox Pete WP 4 1 .800 3.58
Sabalaskey John MK 4 3 .571
Huffstetler John VH 4 3 .571
Quayle Don PC 4 4 .500
Hill Wendell WP 2 2 .500 1.57
Jensen Merle CB 2 2 .500
Ridenour Bob VH 1.66
Cook Ed PC 2.31 WP=Winner Pheasants, PC=Pierre Cowboys, VH=Valentine Hearts, MK=Mitchell Kernels, CB=Chamberlain Chiefs


OKANAGAN MAINLINE BASEBALL LEAGUE

Bill Raptis of the champion Penticton Athletics captured the 1953 batting title with a .411 batting mark. Tony Brummet of Vernon was the runner-up at .390. Brummet tied for the lead in homers with Johnny Lingor and Bob Campbell of Kelowna, each with five. Len Gatin of Kamloops was the top hurler with a 10-2 won/lost record.  Young Ted Bowsfield of Penticton finished at 5-1 in 57 innings before suffering a sore arm. He allowed just 24 hits and fanned 87.  Campbell was named Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player of the Kelowna Orioles.

In mid-September, it was announced that the league executive had reversed an earlier ruling (not to include tie-breaking playoff games in the final statistics) and thus, Brummet would be the batting champion with a .400 average and Raptis would be second at .383.  However, Raptis' team, Penticton, announced it would protest the decision. It is not known what happened to the protest.

 

OKANAGAN MAINLINE LEAGUE       GP  AB  R   H 2B 3B HR SB RBI   PCT
Raptis Bill PEN                    56     23                  .411
Brummet Tony VER                   77     30                  .390
Source : Kamloops Sentinel, September 16, 1953
PENTICTON ATHLETICS            GP  AB  R   H 2B 3B HR SB RBI   PCT
Clifton Wendell PEN                16  2   7           0      .438
Raptis Bill PEN                    56 17  23           3      .411
Russell Bud PEN                    58 15  22           6      .379
Edwards Les PEN                    39  9  13           1      .333
Jones Gordon PEN                    3  0   1           1      .333
Backor Wally PEN                   22  3   7           0      .318
Moore Doug PEN                     73 13  19           1      .260
Hebenton Sholto PEN                66  8  17           2      .258
Burgart Lloyd PEN                  75 13  19           6      .253
Bowsfield Ted PEN                  24  4   6           0      .250
Drossos Sam PEN                    32  7   8           1      .250
Mori Elmer PEN                     52 11  13           4      .250
Nieves Bill PEN                    24  1   6           1      .250
Powell Aubrey PEN                  55  4  13           1      .236
Getz George PEN                    13  1   3           1      .231
McDonald Ross PEN                   9  3   2           0      .222
Collins Mac PEN                    53  5   9           0      .170
Jordan Larry PEN                    7  0   1           0      .143
Karrar Bob PEN                      7  0   1           0      .143
O'Connell Kev PEN                  31  4   4           2      .129
Beale Jackie PEN                    1  0   0           0      .000
Charnes Pat PEN                     1  0   0           0      .000
Garnett Eddie PEN                   4  1   0           0      .000
Source : Penticton Herald, September 9, 1953

VERNON CANADIANS GP AB R H 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Brummet Tony VER 77 30 5 2 5 .390 (1) Graff Russell VER 72 27 6 .375 Johnston Bob VER 19 7 2 1 .368 Stecyk Tom VER 70 24 4 1 .343 Spelay Tony VER 74 17 .230 Jackson Ike VER 35 8 .229 Adams Ray VER 79 17 2 2 .215 (2) Inglis Bill VER 24 5 .208 Lucchini Leo VER 10 2 .200 Pawluk Ray VER 58 11 .190 Munk Al VER 47 6 .128 Correale Gordon VER 24 3 .125 Schaeffer Hap VER 8 1 .125 Dye Vern VER 9 1 .111 Leismeister Wally VER 32 3 .094 Dye George VER 11 1 .091 Keckalo Walter VER 11 1 .091 Crandlemeier Ken VER 5 0 .000 Reghenois R. VER 6 0 .000 Pawluk Pat VER 1 0 .000 (1) Shown in the paper with 70 ABs, but 77 needed for average shown.
(2) Shown with 19 ABs in the newspaper, 79 brings the average closer to that shown.
Source : Vernon News, August 27, 1953
OKANAGAN MAINLINE LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB ERA 1953 OMBL Gatin Len KO 10 2 .833 1953 OMBL Bowsfield Ted PEN 5 1 .833 57 24 87
VERNON CANADIANS
1953 OMBL  Jackson Ike VER                        4  4  .500   71  81  38 15  18  36  3  1.90
1953 OMBL  Leismeister Wally VER                  5  4  .556   76  76  48 29  21  70  5  3.43
1953 OMBL  Dye George VER                         0  2  .000    9  13  10  4  10   3  1  4.00
1953 OMBL  Brummet Tony VER                       0  0  .000    2   2   5  0   4   1  0  0.00


CENTRAL INTERIOR / PRINCE GEORGE & DISTRICT LEAGUE

(August 20)  Willie McDermid of the Willow River Red Sox is the 1953 batting champion of the Central Interior Baseball League according to figures released on this date. The peppery Red Sox backstop finished the regular season with a .433 batting average, seven percentage points ahead of Ken Koyami of the Quesnel Lumbermen. McDermid also led the circuit in home runs, connecting for four. Howie Martin of the Red Sox was the league's leading hurler with at least eight straight wins without a loss (four Willow River victories did not list a winning pitcher).


  McDermid Willie WRR		       		.433 
Koyami Kadi(Ken) QLM .426
Robinson Leo WRR .420
Oliver George QCP .389
Church Mike WRR .377
Blair Roy QLM .370
Keen Billy QLM .368
Silverson F. QCP .365
Dickson Dick PGM .341
Munk Otto QLM .333

Source : Prince George Citizen, August 20, 1953

PGA=Prince George Athletics, PGM=Prince George Merchants, QCP=Quesnel Clippers, QLM=Quesnel Lumbermen, VHF=Vanderhoof Cubs, WRR=Willow River Red Sox


COMOX DISTRICT LEAGUE 

Johnny Haramboure of the Campbell River Athletics captured the batting crown in the Comox District League for 1953 with an outstanding mark of .447 in 76 at bats.  Earl Woods of Courtenay Legion was close behind with a .436 average and Charlie Boyd of the A's finished third batting .425.  Vern Ferguson of the Cougars, .400, and Frank Bezanson of Courtenay Legion, at .371, rounded out the top five.

   COMOX DISTRICT LEAGUE           GP  AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR  SB RBI   PCT
   Haramboure Johnny CR                76      34                      .447
   Woods Earl CNL                      39      17                      .436
   Boyd Charlie CR                     52      22                      .423
   Ferguson V. CRC                     65      26                      .400
   Bezanson Frank CNL                  70      26                      .371
   Kanik Joe CR                        70      24                      .343
   Marshall Don(Smoothie) CRC          67      21                      .313
   Telosky Andy CR                     46      14                      .304
   Lund Ron UB                         71      21                      .296
   Burtt Vic CNL                       54      15                      .278
   Haramboure Johnny CR                76      34                      .447
   Boyd Charlie CR                     52      22                      .423
   Kanik Joe CR                        70      24                      .343
   Telosky Andy CR                     46      14                      .304
   Cameron Jack CR                     79      20                      .253  (1)
   Younger Jack CR                     56      14                      .250
   Fiscus Bob/Bud CR                   33       8                      .242
   Nagle Naz CR                        51      12                      .235
   Cameron Ron CR                      34       6                      .176
   Fredericks Bill CR                  36       5                      .139
   Ferguson V. CRC                     65      26                      .400
   Marshall Don(Smoothie) CRC          67      21                      .313
   Thulin Harry CRC                    65      18                      .277
   Motion Russ CRC                     46      12                      .261  (2)
   Korsa Joe CRC                       66      16                      .242
   McDonald Skip CRC                   68      16                      .235
   Turcotte Al CRC                     63      14                      .222
   Dobson B. CRC                       45      10                      .222
   Moore Roy COM                       45      12                      .267
   Marshall Ray COM                    59      12                      .203
   Smith Jack COM                      40       8                      .200
   Jackson E. COM                      46       8                      .174
   Hawkins John COM                    51       8                      .157
   Gunter Bob COM                      32       4                      .125
   Forster Wayne COM                   37       3                      .081
   Woods Earl CNL                      39      17                      .436
   Bezanson Frank CNL                  70      26                      .371
   Burtt Vic CNL                       54      15                      .278
   McKenzie Lyle CNL                   45      12                      .267
   Chalmers Junior CNL                 55      13                      .236
   Downey Ray CNL                      55      13                      .236
   Orr Freddy CNL                      58       9                      .155
   Downey Dick CNL                     66      10                      .152  (3)
   Coleman Lou CNL                     39       5                      .128
   McIvor R.(Shorty) CNL               30       3                      .100
   Currie Garnie CNL                   31       3                      .097
   Murphy G. CUC                       45      12                      .267
   Patterson E. CUC                    36       8                      .222
   Moncrief B. CUC                     31       6                      .194
   Welsh Doug CUC                      33       6                      .182
   Bulatovich Pete CUC                 36       6                      .167
   Aitken R. CUC                       37       6                      .162
   Ciprick Bill POW                    58      16                      .276  (4)
   Biasutti R. POW                     60      13                      .217
   Hildebrand Danny POW                53      11                      .208
   Somerville Art POW                  34       7                      .206
   Johnson Gerry POW                   44       9                      .205
   McCormick J. POW                    34       6                      .176
   Cochlan J. POW                      47       6                      .128
   Lund Ron UB                         71      21                      .296
   Montgomery Skip UB                  59      15                      .254
   Shillito Ed UB                      45      10                      .222
   Pratt Ron UB                        37       8                      .216
   Stevenson Cy UB                     54      11                      .204
   McKay Joe UB                        71      14                      .197
   Geary Bob UB                        33       5                      .152
   Shillito B. UB                      38       4                      .105
   Kennedy A. UB                       49       5                      .102
   Source :  Comox District Free Press,  September 3rd
 * There were four significant differences between the published averages and the numbers which arise
   from the ABs and Hits shown - Cameron was published at .304, but the numbers show .253;  Motion .249;
   Downey .186; and Ciprick .286.
   CR=Campbell River Athletics, CNL=Courtenay Legion, COM=Comox Tigers, CRC=Campbell River Cougars,
   CUC=Cumberland Cubs, POW=Powell River Rodmays, UB=Union Bay Braves


SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE 

Augie Schlaffer of the Faribault Lakers has captured his second straight batting championship swatting the ball at a .390 clip in 177 at bats. He won the crown in 1952 with a .362 mark. Sam Hill of Rochester was the runner-up, hitting .373, with Norm Snyder of Winona third, at .360, Andy Baud of Waseca, .358, and Wally Jako of the Braves at .348.  Mankato's Art Seguso led the loop in homers with 20 and RBI with 52.  Ernie Davis of Albert Lee was tops in two baggers, with 15 and Austin's Olin Martin had the most triples, four.

   SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE       GP  AB   R   H  TB  2B  3B  HR  SB RBI   PCT
   Thomas Dave FAR                      1       1       0   0   0       0 1.000
   Leak MAK                             4       2       0   0   0       1  .500
   Kneeskern Ralph ROC                  2       1       0   0   0       1  .500
   Kenney Jack WSA                      2       1       0   0   0       0  .500
   Schlaffer Augie FAR                177      69      14   0   6      33  .390
   House Sam AUS                       37      14       4   1   0       8  .378
   Polka Roy ROC                        8       3       1   0   0       1  .375
   Hill Sam ROC                       185      69      12   3  10      37  .373
   Seltz Dick AUS                      36      13       1   0   2       9  .361
   Snyder Norm WIN                    164      59       6   0  10      46  .360
   Baud Andy WSA                      187      67      11   2   7      35  .358
   Marquardt Rollie LEA                17       6       2   0   0       3  .353
   Jako Wally WSA                     178      62      14   0  11      47  .348
   Everhardt Ken OW                   159      55       7   1   8      28  .346
   Dahlberg Clint(Timber) ROC         168      58       8   0  13      49  .345
   Watson Jim LEA                     166      57       7   0  13      45  .343
   Furseth Paul ROC                    35      12       4   0   1       5  .343
   McCarthy Jerry FAR                 146      50       7   2   6      15  .342
   Hormann Gabby WIN                  163      55      12   2   8      32  .337
   Raso Joe AUS                       167      56       7   1   4      25  .335
   Campeau Bill AUS                   170      57       9   2   9      38  .335
   Jensen Babe LEA                     90      30       7   1   1      17  .333
   Miller R.(Bob) WIN                   3       1       0   1   0       1  .333
   Costa Al WSA                         3       1       0   0   0       0  .333
   Marquardt Del LEA                  151      50       9   2   3      30  .331
   Wheeler Don ROC                    152      50       7   0   5      20  .329
   Petschaw Don MAK                   116      37       5   0   6      16  .319
   Barnacle Bill ROC                  135      43       9   0   3      26  .319
   Leach Bill WIN                     170      54      10   0   6      28  .318
   Gilbert Al MAK                     183      57      12   0   9      30  .311
   Seguso Art MAK                     162      50       6   0  20      52  .309
   Martin Olin AUS                    201      62       9   4   3      30  .308
   Modica Joe WIN                     169      52      10   1   7      24  .308
   Vondrashek George OW-WIN            13       4       1   0   0       0  .308
   Barrett Red MAK                     46      14       2   0   0       6  .304
   Harpuder Mel LEA                    96      29       7   1   2      14  .302
   Scalise Joe AUS                    189      57       6   0   7      27  .302
   Sebastian Marty ROC                 50      15       3   0   0       6  .300
   Gilchrist Verdon LEA               154      46       7   1   0      21  .299
   Blanchard Don LEA                   27       8       1   0   0       3  .296
   Sturdevant Joe WSA                 183      54      12   2   8      32  .295
   Shargey Stan WIN                   156      46       5   0   6      27  .295
   Wilkins Dewey LEA                   48      14       2   0   0       6  .292
   Bitti ROC                           24       7       1   0   1       5  .292
   Gittens Eddie WIN-ROC              134      39      10   0   5      19  .291
   Scarborough Dean ROC                55      16       1   0   0       4  .291  (1)
   Gilmore Roy AUS                    187      54       8   0  10      33  .289
   Vitous Lou LEA                     170      49       8   1   9      30  .288
   Lindgren Red AUS                   177      51       9   1   1      24  .288
   Davis Ernie LEA                    175      50      15   1   2      18  .286
   Magula Steve LEA                   175      50      10   0  11      37  .286
   Rosenbaum Ray AUS                   49      14       0   1   0       2  .286
   Martin Warren ROC                   21       6       0   0   0       1  .286
   Joyce Roy WIN-FAR                   21       6       0   0   0       1  .286
   Phipps Jim WIN-LEA                  21       6       0   0   0       0  .286
   Laga Frank WSA-ROC                  14       4       1   0   0       0  .286
   Thompson Adrian FAR                176      50      10   1   6      26  .284
   Ludwig Bob FAR                      82      23       0   2   1       5  .280
   Stange Don WIN                      77      21       0   0   2      11  .273
   Bartholomew Bob AUS                191      52       9   0   1      21  .272
   Thomas Carl ROC                     52      14       3   0   2       6  .269
   Olive Gene WSA                     188      50       6   2   7      25  .266
   Freund Johnny ROC                  147      39      10   1   4      31  .265
   Miller Frank MAK                   170      45       6   0  12      34  .265
   Hawkins Bob FAR                     19       5       2   0   0       3  .263
   Giebel Arnie OW-WIN                164      43       3   1   6      28  .262
   Reed/Reid Wally OW-WIN             188      49       9   0   5      15  .261
   Oates Red WSA                      139      36       6   1   2      16  .259
   Ashford Carl MAK                   143      37       6   0   2      12  .259
   Gendreau Ronnie WSA                124      32       9   1   1      18  .258
   Elkind Dick FAR                     43      11       1   0   0       1  .256
   Baker Willard MAK                  135      34       8   0   1       9  .252
   Sack Jim OW-WIN                    175      44       5   0   1      14  .251
   Nascak Emil WIN                    176      44       9   0   2      18  .250
   Thomas Gene WSA                    148      37       3   0  16      45  .250
   Mealey Hockey FAR                  120      30       4   0   5      17  .250
   Carlson Ray ROC-WIN                 92      23       4   1   2      11  .250
   Brawner Ralph MAK                   24       6       1   0   0       0  .250
   Balance Bob WSA                     16       4       0   0   0       2  .250
   Danielson Bob MAK                    8       2       0   0   1       2  .250
   Heinbigner Len WSA                   4       1       0   0   0       0  .250
   McCabe Bob LEA                     189      47       5   1   1      26  .249
   Cannuli Nick ROC                   125      31       5   0   0      10  .248
   Kaess Dick FAR                     148      36       4   1   3      15  .243
   Weygandt Al OW                      74      18       3   1   3      11  .243
   Mathews Chuck ROC                   99      24       2   1   1       9  .242
   Verespy George OW                  178      43       6   2   4      22  .242
   Grass Paul OW                      117      28       3   1   0      10  .239
   Deem Pete FAR                      138      33       4   0   5      27  .239
   Mansfield Bill ROC                  21       5       2   0   0       0  .238
   Milich Tom WIN                     148      35       7   0   4      19  .236
   Peterson Bob FAR                    72      17       2   0   0       5  .236
   Elbert Bill MAK                     30       7       1   0   0       2  .233
   Selbo Glen WIN                      30       7       1   0   0       5  .233
   Wieczorek R.(Butch) WIN             13       3       1   0   0       3  .231
   LaVelle Jack OW                    154      35       5   0   7      29  .227
   Johnston Gordy MAK                 110      25       4   0   1       6  .227
   Gomez Pedro MAK                    121      27       3   1   1      14  .223
   Kraupa Arleigh WSA                  45      10       1   0   0       1  .222
   Price Hal ROC                        9       2       0   0   0       0  .222
   Loomis Dick MAK                    161      35       7   1   6      17  .217
   Thurnblad Jack FAR                  51      11       1   0   0       2  .216
   Tobias Claire OW                    61      13       0   0   2       6  .213
   VanAmberg Fred OW                   66      14       4   0   0       5  .212
   Sebastian John AUS                 162      33       7   1   3      23  .204
   Wells Leo FAR                      164      33      11   0   2      15  .201
   Hare Jimmy OW                       30       6       1   0   0       1  .200
   Churchill Bob WIN                   25       5       1   1   0       5  .200
   Lundquist Jack OW                   20       4       1   0   0       0  .200
   Fleiner Al AUS                      10       2       0   0   0       0  .200
   Younghans Hal WSA                  178      35       6   0   0      17  .197
   DeRose Carl AUS                     79      15       4   0   1       7  .190
   Will Bobby MAK                      74      14       2   1   2      11  .189
   Jones LeRoy(Stumpy) LEA             53      10       2   1   0       6  .189
   Shillings Alger(Corky) WIN          16       3       0   0   0       1  .188
   Kubiski Al FAR                      33       6       1   0   2       3  .182
   Green Frank WIN                     11       2       1   0   0       0  .182
   Lucken Ole FAR                      67      12       2   0   4       9  .179
   Giebel Gordy OW                     67      12       5   0   0       5  .179
   Orphan Hugh WIN                     40       7       1   0   0       4  .175
   Cassidy Dick WSA                    29       5       1   0   0       1  .172
   Conroy Bill WSA                     29       5       0   0   0       3  .172
   Treichel Al WIN                     24       4       1   1   0       2  .167
   Moore Tom WIN                       19       3       0   0   0       2  .158
   Sagedahl Manny FAR                  14       2       1   0   0       0  .143
   Nowka Jack OW                        7       1       0   0   0       2  .143
   Edmonds Vern WSA                    43       6       2   0   1       3  .140
   O'Coine Marshall ROC                29       4       1   0   0       4  .138
   Albrecht Ed MAK                     15       2       0   0   0       0  .133
   Faber Bob OW-ROC                    15       2       0   0   0       0  .133
   Gheta George AUS-OW                 55       7       0   0   0       3  .127
   Saul Frank(Pep) FAR                 50       6       1   0   0       1  .120
   Clark Otis ROC                       9       1       0   0   0       1  .111
   Powell Spike ROCH                    9       1       0   0   0       2  .111
   Chmiel Herb FAR                     46       4       0   0   0       1  .087
   McMullan Hugh WSA                   24       2       0   0   0       0  .083
   Czaplewski Dick WIN                 13       1       0   0   0       0  .077
   Ferullo Carmen LEA                  39       1       0   0   0       0  .026
   Turck  Don LEA                       0       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Hastings Bob AUS                     1       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Rader Dick WIN                       1       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Guse Bill OW                         2       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Maddox Roy ROC                       2       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Nehring Merlin(Hambone) WIN          2       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Wieczorek Chester WIN                2       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Koval George WSA                     3       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Platzer Don ROC                      4       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Krueger OW                           5       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Schultz Al OW                        5       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Smith Jack OW                        5       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Angelo Carl WIN                      5       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Sierra Andy FAR                      6       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Hoeft Fred ROC                       7       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Smith Carlee MAK                     8       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Spady Dick MAK                      10       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Idzkowski Dick ROC                  14       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Lombardo Lou ROC                    14       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Moraga Eddie WSA                    14       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   Helme Cal WIN                       20       0       0   0   0       0  .000
   (1) The published figures shown Scarborough with a .273 average, but with 
16 hits in 55 at bats (.291). Source : The Winona Republican Herald, September 5, 1953
 


HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE

Second-baseman Jack Turney of the league champion Stellarton Albions has displaced teammate Joe Fulghum as batting champion of the Halifax and District Baseball League.  Official averages for qualifiers with 100 at bats show Turney with a mark of .330.  Second was Truro’s Freddie Dale with .320, Leo Christopher was third at .319.  Joe Fulghum at .318 and Kentville’s Steve Korcheck .316 rounded out the top five. Korcheck led most of the season, but Turney, Dale and Fulghum put on terrific spurts to take over.

Other league leaders were: Doubles, Paul Brissette, Liverpool, 13; Triples, Korcheck, Kentville, 9; Home Runs, Al Griggs, Kentville, 12.  In runs batted in, the leader was Griggs with 44, and in runs scored Liverpool’s Gene Schiller topped the field with 49.  Matt Maetoza, Kentville was the stolen base leader with 15 swipes.

Liverpool was the leading team on defense with a .957 team fielding percentage.

In pitching the leaders were Dave Stenhouse, Kentville, with a 12-5 record; Don Swanson , Liverpool, 11-3; Liverpool’s Ron Jirsa, 11-4; and Truro’s Chalmers Port, 11-4.  Stenhouse led in strikeouts with 126 in 130 innings pitched.

HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE       GP  AB   R   H  TB  2B  3B  HR  SB RBI   PCT
LIVERPOOL LARRUPERS
Brissette Paul                     208  26  64      13   0   1  10  28  .308
Schiller Eugene                    196  49  59       8   6   8   8  14  .301
Mulcahy Jack                       206  29  57      10   5   2  11  34  .277
Sczesny Matt                       164  26  44      10   5   3  11  20  .268
McGuiken Charles                   199  19  51       5   0   1   4  16  .256
Gastall Tom                        178  25  39       5   2   1  13  16  .219
Bowers Mac                         117      25       4   1   3   2   8  .214
Conti Lou                           15       3                          .200
Buss Ray                           114  15  19       4   3   1   4  10  .167
Boudreau Don                        37       6       1   1   1   1   5  .162
Satalino Marty                      16       2                          .125
Seaman Danny                        21       2                          .095
Stabile Don                         13       1                          .077
Swanson Don                         19
Oster Bill(Wild Bill)               18
Jirsa Ron                           15
Heerlein Charles(Chuck)             13
Cote Ron                            10
Buchanan                             8
Tarpey Phil                          6
Lewis Tom                            3
Melkonian Hal                        2
       
KENTVILLE WILDCATS
D'Avanzo (Buzz)                     47   9  15       2   1   0   4   4  .319
Korcheck Steve                     215  33  68       9   9   7  13  31  .316
Tripp Bob                          136  14  39       6   0   6   0  22  .287
Griggs Alvin                       245  41  61       5   2  12   6  44  .249
DeMonge Don                        216  19  50       7   5   4   5  33  .231
Maetoza Matt                       201  28  46       3   4   0  15  10  .229
Tonery Chris                       180  19  41       1   3   0   3  20  .228
Prohovich Don                      200  35  45       8   2   4   7  31  .225
Kearns Bill                        206  37  41       7   3   3   5  19  .199
Saffer John                         55   7   9       1   0   1   0   1  .164
Hornyak John                         2   5   0       0   0   0   0   0  .000
Stenhouse Dave
Perry Ron
Tominaga Hank
Bunker Dick
Kennefic Dick
Douglas Bob
Lillios Steve
       
TRURO BEARCATS
Dale Fred                          222  28  71       9   3   5   3  26  .320
Stowe Robert(Fred)                 193  17  51       7   1   4   3  18  .264
Frye Will                          164  25  43       6   0   7   5  21  .262
Norskey Al                         211  29  54       4   3   5   1  29  .256
Lloyd HarryLee                     227  32  57       9   5   1   9  24  .251
Harris Dickie                      178  28  40       5   4   2   6  13  .225
Horbelt Ed                         156  30  34       8   1   9   3  17  .218
Hoch Art                           175  26  36       6   1   5   4  19  .206
Kelly Jim                           77   8  16       2   1   1   1   6  .208
Warfield Donald(Tex) 27 1 4 0 0 0 0 .148 Wilkins Dick 37 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 .135 England Dick Lore Bill Marbry Don Port Chalmers Walsh Billy Zych Alex STELLARTON ALBIONS Turney Jack 173 19 57 10 2 2 3 27 .329 (1) Fulghum Joe 223 35 71 12 1 7 1 37 .318 Rogers Kay 220 25 66 9 6 1 1 22 .300 Parker Frank 29 8 .276 Stewart Bob 224 36 59 9 4 5 0 25 .263 Brooks Bill 168 25 43 5 1 5 0 21 .256 Werber Bill 154 21 39 6 1 3 6 15 .253 Reekie Harry 159 23 40 3 1 1 3 8 .252 Heath Cecil 227 31 54 8 0 4 4 14 .238 Vogt Pete 110 26 .236 Way(Sonny) 169 14 38 6 1 1 1 18 .225 Hansil John(Shady) 37 8 2 0 0 .216 Hooks Ed 45 9 .200 Harkey Tom Brown BobbyLee Yvars Jack Raines John(Monk) Long Vance Nesbitt Ray Williams Rudy MacVicar Jim(Lefty) Foote Amby Carver George DARTMOUTH ARROWS Sticka Charley 13 6 .462 Morton Herb 46 5 14 1 1 1 2 7 .304 Beaver Reg 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Lay Joe 7 0 2 0 .286 Mullane Bill 7 1 2 0 .286 (1) Hurley Ed 203 25 56 2 3 1 0 22 .276 Goldfader Syd 217 33 57 10 1 8 2 24 .263 Weidenhammer Ron 222 28 55 5 3 3 5 18 .248 Guidotti Hugo 101 14 25 4 0 2 1 8 .248 Tarr John(Jake) 197 25 48 3 6 5 3 17 .244 Josephson Harry 125 16 29 7 1 5 1 24 .232 Hogan Dick 207 25 46 6 2 4 3 18 .222 Beaver Bob 9 2 .222 Emaars Duane 38 5 8 2 0 2 0 6 .211 Limato Lou 81 4 15 2 0 0 7 0 .185 Riley Jack 63 8 10 2 1 1 0 5 .159 Eason Ron 109 7 17 1 1 0 0 6 .156 Gray Jim 17 1 .059 (1) Conrad 1 0 0 0 .000 Beaton Harry 1 .000 Blackburn Tom Boganzi John Bowers Fran Dobbins Ed Eason Don Emaars Juane Fahey Norm King Jim HALIFAX CAPITALS Taormina Paul 14 5 .357 Boyd Bob 15 5 .333 Christopher Leo 119 17 38 7 0 0 0 10 .319 Spangler Al 43 9 13 1 1 0 2 1 .302 Yasensky Tom 40 11 .275 Christof Ed 57 15 .263 O'Brien Stu 55 5 14 3 1 0 0 5 .255 Caiafa Gene 44 2 11 0 2 0 2 5 .250 Weinstock Art 83 10 20 3 1 0 0 7 .241 Carter Billy 187 20 45 8 1 6 4 19 .241 Parisi Tony 113 15 27 5 1 4 0 17 .239 Erickson Stu 182 27 43 5 3 7 2 24 .236 Dalton Mike 73 5 17 3 0 0 1 4 .233 Falwell Johnny 169 23 34 7 2 0 4 6 .201 Clark Johnny 184 20 36 3 2 2 7 12 .196 Roland Perry 17 3 3 0 1 0 0 4 .176 Easterbrook Bob 30 1 3 .100 Weinberg Dan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cohen Jim 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Condy W.A.(Buddy) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stroelein Jackie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Feldman Joe 6 Bagdonovich Dan 7 Heller Jim(Smokey) 8 Iceton Warren 13 Foote Amby 16 Kreutzer Frank 17 Beaton Harry Brophy Art Buonato Bob Cameron Don Eastman Mike Krall John Psome Creon Strychnewicz Ed (1) Paper showed Turney at .333, with at bats & hits shown would be .329. Gray .109,
should be .059, Mullane shown at .000, should have been .286. Source: Halifax Chronicle Herald
HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE        G  W  L   PCT  IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO   ERA
LIVERPOOL LARRUPERS
Melkonian Hal                       1  0 1.000   4   5   5       3   1
Lewis Tom                           1  0 1.000  13  11   3       7   9
Heerlein Charles(Chuck)             8  1  .889  78  71  24      28  27
Swanson Don                        11  3  .786 119  86  29      45  79
Jirsa Ron                          11  4  .733 101  79  34      61  70
Buchanan                            2  2  .500  44  38  17      11  16
Tarpey Phil                         1  1  .500  29  27  15      14  10
Cote Ron                            1  2  .333  49  45  25      38  32
Oster Bill(Wild Bill)               2  6  .250  51  45  31      30  60
       
KENTVILLE WILDCATS
Stenhouse Dave                     12  5  .706 130  97  47      70 126
Tominaga Hank                       8  4  .667  92  95  46      32  28
Perry Ron                           8  5  .615 122 108  36      25  88
Kennefic Dick                       1  1  .500  38  40  23      17  13
Bunker Dick                         3  5  .375  80  69  39      42  54
Douglas Bob                         1  3  .250  42  40  22      19  20
Lillios Steve                       0  2  .000  25  22  19      12  15
       
TRURO BEARCATS
Port Chalmers                      11  4  .733 111  96  37      29  80
Zych Alex                           8  3  .727 105  80  32      40  45
Marbry Don                          4  3  .571  58  63  44      27  30
England Dick                        2  2  .500  27  34  12      10  20
Horbelt Ed                          2  3  .400  55  60  42      27  34
Lore Bill                           3  5  .375  67  77  39      11  24
Walsh Billy                         1  6  .143  52  50  29      21  37
      
StELLARTON ALBIONS
Carver George                       2  0 1.000  19  24  16       8  17
Raines John(Monk)                   4  1  .800  39  30  11      12  32
King Jim                            7  7  .500 113  91  49      45  73
Brown BobbyLee                      6  6  .500  85  57  40      54  46
Eason Don                           6  6  .500 108  88  37      17  82
Yvars Jack                          3  3  .500  50  49  30      25  30
MacVicar Jim(Lefty)                 1  1  .500  21  17  11      12  10
Harkey Tom                          5  6  .455  94  65  48      62  53
Boganzi John                        5  7  .417 104  75  44      55  65
Long Vance                          2  3  .400  36  43  24       8  21
Williams Rudy                       1  2  .333  24  25  15      15   8
Nesbitt Ray                         1  5  .167  29  30  18      18  22
Foote Amby                          0  1  .000  21  19  19      16  12
Beaver Reg                          0  1  .000   9   5   4       4   7
       
DARTMOUTH ARROWS
Bowers Fran                         1  0 1.000  20  10  11      12  25
Emaars Juane                        3  2  .600  35  32  15      18  18
Blackburn Tom                       2  3  .400  48  56  26      19  22
Dobbins Ed                          0  0  .000   5   6   5       3   4
Beaton Harry                        0  0  .000   4   2   1       0   5
Fahey Norm                          0  3  .000  37  43  24      20  13
      
HALIFAX CAPITALS
Krall John                          3  1  .750  34  42  21       1   8
Kreutzer Frank                      2  1  .667  58  63  38      31  16
Buonato Bob                         4  5  .444  68  56  34      33  25
Heller Jim(Smokey)                  3  4  .429  50  49  21      13  37
Feldman Joe                         2  3  .400  38  37  19      14   8
Iceton Warren                       3  5  .375  39  43  24      21  15
Foote Amby                          1  3  .250  65  46  35      32  28
Bagdonovich Dan                     1  4  .200  38  43  33      31  26
Beaton Harry                        0  0  .000   4   2   1       5   0
Cameron Don                         0  0  .000   1   4   4       4   1
Brophy Art                          0  1  .000  28  44  25      12  12
Psome Creon                         0  1  .000  21  23  15      10   4
Eastman Mike                        0  1  .000   5  12  13       2   8
Strychnewicz Ed                     0  1  .000   3   5   4       0   0