1953 Baton Rouge Red Sticks Roster
Team Record: 69-69
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: George Spears (69-69)
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Ballpark: City Park
Attendance: 53,670, Avg. 778
Playoffs - Thibodaux Giants 4 games, Baton Rouge Red Sticks 3
The Baton Rouge Red Sticks of the Evangeline League ended the 1953 season with a record of 69 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the EL.
The Red Sticks scored 735 runs and allowed 832 runs, most in the circuit. George Spears led all regular batters with a .322 average. Paul Aube topped Baton Rouge with 13 wins, while John Karpinski registered a 4.2 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Roger McKee played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Baton Rouge Red Sticks to do so.
George Spears served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Akenhead | S | L | August 14, 1927 | 5'8" | 185 | |
| Paul Aube | October 19, 1929 | Montreal, QC CA | ||||
| Warren Bourgeois | L | L | 6'1" | 185 | New Orleans, LA US | |
| Corbett Carlisle | ||||||
| Earl Castille | R | R | 6'4" | 180 | ||
| Cecil Connolly | ||||||
| James Copeland | June 25, 1933 | Fort Wayne, IN US | ||||
| Jose Garcia | R | R | 5'8" | 180 | ||
| Max Gnagy | L | R | 5'11" | 160 | ||
| James Griffey | R | R | 5'10" | 180 | ||
| Lee Hedges | November 2, 1929 | |||||
| Eddie Hughes | L | L | December 19, 1929 | 5'11" | 170 | San Pedro, CA US |
| Natalio Irizarry | R | R | September 30, 1929 | 6'1" | 185 | |
| John Karpinski | R | R | 5'9" | 180 | ||
| Robert Kirkpatrick | ||||||
| Willie Lavallo | ||||||
| James Liness | R | 6'0" | 184 | |||
| Roger McKee | L | L | September 16, 1926 | 6'1" | 160 | Shelby, NC US |
| Vic Michalec | L | L | June 13, 1928 | 6'1" | 185 | Shiner, TX US |
| Benjamin Odem | L | January 6, 1930 | Corpus Christi, TX US | |||
| Wilson Osborne | ||||||
| Donald Paulson | R | R | 5'10" | 175 | ||
| Joseph Powers | R | R | 6'2" | 185 | ||
| Manuel Rojas | ||||||
| Edmund Rossin | 193 | |||||
| Gyles Russell | R | May 16, 1913 | 5'11" | 180 | ||
| Tom Soja | January 22, 1934 | |||||
| George Spears | R | October 1, 1918 | 5'9" | 165 | ||
| William Torres | R | R | 5'8" | 165 | ||
| Guillermo Vega | R | 5'8" | 160 | |||
| Carl White | R | R | 5'11" | 174 |
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.
