1953 St. Petersburg Saints Roster
Team Record: 72-62
Finished 3rd in the FIL
Manager: Bill Herring (0-0), William Seal (0-0)
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 33,385, Avg. 498
Playoffs - St. Petersburg Saints 3 games, Miami Sun Sox 0
Finals - Fort Lauderdale Lions 4 games, St. Petersburg Saints 2
The St. Petersburg Saints of the Florida International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 72 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the FIL.
The Saints scored 642 runs and yielded 606 runs. Gene Hassell led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .318 average. Hooks Iott topped St. Petersburg with 15 wins and a team-best 1.99 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1953 St. Petersburg Saints who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Carlos Santiago, Hooks Iott, Roger McKee and Vicente Amor.
Bill Herring and William Seal served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicente Amor | R | R | August 8, 1932 | 6'3" | 182 | La Habana, La Habana CU |
| Harry Anderson | R | 6'0" | 180 | |||
| Bachy | ||||||
| James Batchelor | R | September 22, 1924 | 6'0" | 170 | Nashville, TN US | |
| Wilfredo Calvino | R | R | ||||
| Paul Crawford | L | May 23, 1924 | 5'9" | 190 | ||
| Carmen Donato | L | L | July 16, 1929 | 5'11" | 165 | Newburgh, NY US |
| Justin Dorosky | May 22, 1927 | 192 | Luzerne, PA US | |||
| George Greene | R | R | March 10, 1925 | 6'0" | 170 | |
| Gene Harvey | R | 5'11" | 165 | Savannah, GA US | ||
| Gene Hassell | L | R | June 15, 1928 | 5'8" | 155 | Rivermines, MO US |
| Bill Herring | R | R | September 24, 1911 | 6'2" | 195 | Seven Springs, SC US |
| Hooks Iott | S | L | December 3, 1919 | 6'2" | 200 | Mountain Grove, MO US |
| Natalio Irizarry | R | R | September 30, 1929 | 6'1" | 185 | |
| Denis Jent | L | L | January 17, 1930 | 6'0" | 160 | |
| Marshall Long | R | R | 5'10" | 165 | Wilson County, NC US | |
| Miguel Lopez | R | R | 5'11" | 165 | ||
| LaVerne Mayer | L | 5'11" | 175 | |||
| Roger McKee | L | L | September 16, 1926 | 6'1" | 160 | Shelby, NC US |
| Stan Milankovich | R | R | November 6, 1923 | 6'0" | 200 | |
| Marshall O'Coine | R | R | March 19, 1925 | 6'4" | 185 | Windsor, ON CA |
| Otoniel Ortiz | R | 5'11" | 170 | |||
| Wilson Osborne | ||||||
| Bob Palmer | R | R | 5'10" | 175 | ||
| German Pizarro | R | R | May 28, 1933 | 6'1" | 195 | |
| Donald Pope | L | 6'0" | 190 | |||
| Donald Richards | L | 5'10" | 160 | |||
| Carlos Santiago | R | R | March 2, 1926 | 5'11" | 170 | Mayaguez, PR |
| Warren Saye | L | July 11, 1925 | 192 | Collinsville, AL US | ||
| William Seal | R | 5'9" | 170 | |||
| Charlie Senger | Brooklyn, NY US | |||||
| Manuel Seoane | ||||||
| Morton Smith | L | November 16, 1922 | 6'1" | 190 | ||
| Greg Solis | R | 5'11" | 190 | |||
| Robert Stowe | R | February 13, 1927 | 5'11" | 165 | Greenville, SC US | |
| Pete Stroud | R | June 21, 1930 | 6'0" | 180 | Greenville, SC US | |
| Robert Suba | L | 6'2" | 195 | |||
| Gilberto Valdivia | R | October 14, 1914 | 5'5" | 155 | ||
| George Vidal | R | L | February 6, 1926 | 5'11" | 165 |
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.
