1953 Augusta Rams Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 65-74
Finished 6th in the SAL
Manager: Lou Fitzgerald (0-0), Bobby Wilkins (0-0)
Location: Augusta, Georgia
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 96,776, Avg. 1,392

1953 Augusta Rams Roster

The Augusta Rams of the South Atlantic League ended the 1953 season with a record of 65 wins and 74 losses, finishing sixth in the SAL.

The Rams plated 576 runs and conceded 618 runs. Omer Tolson led all regular batters with a .302 average. Ray Knoblauch topped Augusta with 15 wins, while Mel Tappe earned a 2.66 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Dan Lewandowski and Bobby Wilkins both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Lou Fitzgerald and Bobby Wilkins served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ray Knoblauch	15	9	.625	3.88	29	28					195.0	206	98	84	7	92
Bill Hair	13	17	.433	3.68	40	29					225.0	223	104	92	12	79
Ottis Jacobs	11	14	.440	3.79	39	19					183.0	174	85	77	6	106
Dan Lewandowski	8	9	.471	3.84	34	18					197.0	225	102	84	9	64
Mel Tappe	7	8	.467	2.66	26	16					122.0	116	48	36	5	43
John Hoffman	2	3	.400	4.32	7	7					50.0	54	28	24	0	36
George Starrette	2	4	.333	3.40	33	2					82.0	75	38	31	7	26
Bill Chambers	2	4	.333	5.92	19	9					73.0	87	56	48	3	50
Totals	60	68	.469	3.80	227	128	0	0	0	0	1127.0	1160	559	476	49	496	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
George Brown	137	518	518		135	28	5	7						.261	.261	.375	.635	194
Omer Tolson	109	411	411		124	19	5	4						.302	.302	.401	.703	165
Bobby Wilkins	129	490	490		118	18	2	0						.241	.241	.286	.527	140
Elbie Flint	139	479	479		113	20	1	4						.236	.236	.307	.543	147
Oscar Garmendia	113	383	383		100	15	2	6						.261	.261	.358	.619	137
John O'Lari	114	367	367		82	11	0	3						.223	.223	.278	.501	102
John Liptak	88	310	310		79	12	2	4						.255	.255	.345	.600	107
Robert Belford	110	368	368		76	12	3	2						.207	.207	.272	.478	100
Charlie Ray	74	268	268		58	11	1	2						.216	.216	.287	.504	77
Lou Fitzgerald	42	167	167		47	4	0	0						.281	.281	.305	.587	51
Max Davidson	26	96	96		25	5	0	1						.260	.260	.344	.604	33
Jack Elkins	32	101	101		19	5	2	0						.188	.188	.277	.465	28
Bill Hair	40	80	80		16	2	0	0						.200	.200	.225	.425	18
Ottis Jacobs	39	64	64		13	2	1	1						.203	.203	.312	.516	20
Dan Lewandowski	35	75	75		13	2	2	0						.173	.173	.253	.427	19
Jim Ackers	15	49	49		12	2	1	0						.245	.245	.327	.571	16
Ray Knoblauch	30	68	68		12	1	1	0						.176	.176	.221	.397	15
James Burns	21	43	43		10	2	1	0						.233	.233	.326	.558	14
Jesse Van Winkle	14	48	48		10	3	1	0						.208	.208	.312	.521	15
Bill Chambers	21	29	29		9	0	0	0						.310	.310	.310	.621	9
Mel Tappe	30	51	51		9	2	0	0						.176	.176	.216	.392	11
Eli Russo	15	43	43		8	5	0	0						.186	.186	.302	.488	13
George Starrette	33	20	20		2	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	2
Mack Cothren	23	38	38		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1429	4566	4566	0	1090	181	30	34	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.239	.314	.553	1433	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Robert Belford	1B	107	998	83	15		.986	1.103
James Burns	1B	15	112	6	3		.975	7.867
Elbie Flint	2B	87	215	258	13		.973	5.437
Lou Fitzgerald	2B	40	106	119	6		.974	5.625
John Liptak	3B	86	80	228	19		.942	3.581
Eli Russo	3B	10	11	30	8		.837	4.100
John O'Lari	C	108	450	61	9		.983	4.731
Jack Elkins	C	27	101	9	6		.948	4.074
Mack Cothren	C	14	52	8	1		.984	4.286
George Brown	OF	137	240	13	11		.958	1.847
Omer Tolson	OF	108	266	13	15		.949	2.583
Oscar Garmendia	OF	70	153	4	17		.902	2.243
Charlie Ray	OF	68	132	9	1		.993	2.074
Max Davidson	OF	26	42	2	5		.898	1.692
Jim Ackers	OF	11	29	1	0		1.000	2.727
Bill Hair	P	40						.000
Ottis Jacobs	P	39						.000
Dan Lewandowski	P	34						.000
George Starrette	P	33						.000
Ray Knoblauch	P	29						.000
Mel Tappe	P	26						.000
Bill Chambers	P	19						.000
John Hoffman	P	7						.000
Bobby Wilkins	SS	129	254	409	26		.962	5.140
Totals		1270	3241	1253	155	0	.967	3.539

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.

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