1953
| H/A/N | Games | Wins | Losses | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 13 | 6 | 7 | .462 |
| Home | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 |
| Away | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 |
| Date | Rank | Opponent | Opp. Rank | Conf. | Site | Location | H/A | Innings | WVU | Opp | W/L | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10 | William & Mary | * | Evansdale Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 9 | 2 | 3 | L | 100 | ||
| Apr 10 | William & Mary | * | Evansdale Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 9 | 1 | 0 | W | 100 | ||
| Apr 15 | Bethany | Rine Fields | Bethany, WV | A | 9 | 12 | 6 | W | 100 | |||
| Apr 22 | Pitt | Mellon Park | Pittsburgh, PA | A | 9 | 1 | 7 | L | 100 | |||
| Apr 24 | George Washington | * | Griffith Stadium | Washington, DC | A | 9 | 0 | 7 | L | 100 | ||
| Apr 24 | George Washington | * | Griffith Stadium | Washington, DC | A | 9 | 7 | 8 | L | 100 | ||
| Apr 25 | Maryland | * | Terrapin Field | College Park, MD | A | 8 | 3 | 4 | L | 100 | ||
| Apr 25 | Maryland | * | Terrapin Field | College Park, MD | A | 9 | 0 | 8 | L | 100 | ||
| Apr 29 | Richmond | * | Millhiser Field | Richmond, VA | A | 9 | 5 | 2 | W | 100 | ||
| May 8 | West Virginia Wesleyan | Evansdale Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 9 | 6 | 3 | W | 100 | |||
| May 9 | Bethany | Evansdale Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 9 | 6 | 2 | W | 100 | |||
| May 20 | Penn State | Evansdale Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 12 | 4 | 5 | L | 100 | |||
| May 20 | Penn State | Evansdale Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 9 | 3 | 0 | W | 100 |
Batting
Pitching
Fielding
| # | Name | Avg | GP | GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | Slg% | BB | HP | SO | Ob% | SH | SB | SBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .211 | 13 | 13 | 389 | 50 | 82 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 105 | .270 | 42 | 3 | 70 | .293 | 10 | 22 | 22 | ||
| 24 | Jack Wellington | .286 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .314 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .342 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Chester Cooper | .279 | 13 | 13 | 43 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .349 | 9 | 0 | 10 | .404 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 16 | Jack Rabbits | .273 | 12 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .409 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .304 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | David Osburn | .273 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .545 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Bobby Wallace | .268 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .293 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .318 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Wilbur Stanley | .225 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .325 | 9 | 0 | 7 | .367 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 20 | John Strycula | .222 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | .311 | 5 | 1 | 9 | .314 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Harry Sweeney | .212 | 13 | 11 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .235 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Bill Franko | .200 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Joe Starcher | .189 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .189 | 2 | 0 | 7 | .231 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Jim Heise | .133 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .188 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Bob Tannehill | .111 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Carl Norman | .111 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Charles McKown | .080 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .080 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .179 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Richard Leposky | .000 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Christy Kaltenecker | .000 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Don Firestone | .000 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Floyd Wilcox | .000 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Len Perroots | .000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Bill Gannon | .000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Fred Wyant | .000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Jack Clingman | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ronnie LaNeve | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Louis Schaper | .000 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Alfred Maggiacomo | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Leo Coceano | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Name | ERA | W | L | APP | GS | CG | SHO | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | HP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.53 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 104.2 | 71 | 55 | 41 | 74 | 85 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 25 | Floyd Wilcox | .00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Leo Coceano | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Carl Norman | 1.54 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23.1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Jim Heise | 1.67 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 43.0 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 37 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Louis Schaper | 3.86 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | David Osburn | 5.06 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Richard Leposky | 5.68 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Alfred Maggiacomo | 27.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Len Perroots | 81.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Name | C | PO | A | E | Fld% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 483 | 314 | 147 | 22 | .954 | ||
| 22 | Bob Tannehill | 31 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 3 | Chester Cooper | 24 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 11 | Charles McKown | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 26 | Fred Wyant | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 17 | Louis Schaper | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 5 | Bill Franko | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 20 | John Strycula | 115 | 108 | 5 | 2 | .983 |
| 23 | Bobby Wallace | 61 | 39 | 20 | 2 | .967 |
| 24 | Jack Wellington | 75 | 64 | 8 | 3 | .960 |
| 7 | Jim Heise | 17 | 2 | 14 | 1 | .941 |
| 19 | Joe Starcher | 33 | 9 | 22 | 2 | .939 |
| 18 | Wilbur Stanley | 60 | 13 | 43 | 4 | .933 |
| 13 | Carl Norman | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .889 |
| 21 | Harry Sweeney | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | .867 |
| 10 | Richard Leposky | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .833 |
| 16 | Jack Rabbits | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .833 |
| 14 | David Osburn | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .800 |
| 8 | Christy Kaltenecker | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .778 |
| 1 | Jack Clingman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 25 | Floyd Wilcox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 6 | Bill Gannon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 15 | Len Perroots | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 12 | Alfred Maggiacomo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2 | Leo Coceano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 4 | Don Firestone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 9 | Ronnie LaNeve | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| # | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Class | Letter | Captain | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Clingman | OF | 6' 0" | 170 | So | East Bank, WV | ||
| 2 | Leo Coceano | P | 5' 9" | 170 | Fr | Farmington, WV | ||
| 3 | Chester Cooper | OF | 6' 0" | 180 | Sr | * | Washington, DC | |
| 4 | Don Firestone | 3B | 5' 9" | 150 | Fr | West Bridgewater, PA | ||
| 5 | Bill Franko | OF | 6' 0" | 178 | Fr | Republic, PA | ||
| 6 | Bill Gannon | 3B | 6' 3" | 180 | Jr | Piedmont, WV | ||
| 7 | Jim Heise | P | 6' 0" | 185 | Fr | * | Scottsdale, PA | |
| 8 | Christy Kaltenecker | 2B | 5' 8" | 155 | So | Parkersburg, WV | ||
| 9 | Ronnie LaNeve | SS | 6' 2" | 175 | Fr | Newell, WV | ||
| 10 | Richard Leposky | P | 6' 1" | 175 | Sr | * | Ellwood City, PA | |
| 11 | Charles McKown | OF | 5' 10" | 185 | Fr | Wayne, WV | ||
| 12 | Alfred Maggiacomo | P | 6' 1" | 175 | Sr | Poughkeepsie, NY | ||
| 13 | Carl Norman | P | 5' 8" | 175 | So | * | Valley Grove, WV | |
| 14 | David Osburn | P | 6' 1" | 175 | So | Buckhannon, WV | ||
| 15 | Len Perroots | P | 5' 11" | 155 | So | Morgantown, WV | ||
| 16 | Jack Rabbits | OF | 5' 9" | 162 | Fr | Jeannette, PA | ||
| 17 | Louis Schaper | P | 5' 10" | 160 | Jr | * | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 18 | Wilbur Stanley | SS | 5' 8" | 145 | Sr | * | Bessemer, PA | |
| 19 | Joe Starcher | 3B | 5' 10" | 160 | Sr | * | Spencer, WV | |
| 20 | John Strycula | 1B | 6' 0" | 178 | Sr | * | Brownsville, PA | |
| 21 | Harry Sweeney | OF | 5' 10" | 170 | So | * | Wheeling, WV | |
| 22 | Bob Tannehill | C | 5' 10" | 175 | So | Connellsville, PA | ||
| 23 | Bobby Wallace | 2B | 5' 11" | 170 | Sr | * | Aliquippa, PA | |
| 24 | Jack Wellington | C | 5' 10" | 182 | Sr | * | Carmichaels, PA | |
| 25 | Floyd Wilcox | P | 6' 0" | 175 | So | Pittsburgh, PA | ||
| 26 | Fred Wyant | 1B | 5' 11" | 195 | Fr | Weston, WV |
Southern Conference Standings
| # | Team | Conf. Games | W | L | T | % | Overall | W | L | T | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Washington | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Maryland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Richmond | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| West Virginia | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .462 | |
| William & Mary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 |