1953 Carlsbad Potashers Statistics

Longhorn League (LL) - Class: C
Team Record: 80-52
Finished 1st in the LL
Manager: Pat McLaughlin (80-52)
Location: Carlsbad, New Mexico
Ballpark: Montgomery Field
Attendance: 83,462, Avg. 1,265

1953 Carlsbad Potashers Roster

Playoffs - Carlsbad Potashers 4 games, Artesia Drillers 3
Finals - Carlsbad Potashers 4 games, Midland Indians 2

The Carlsbad Potashers of the Longhorn League ended the 1953 season with a record of 80 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the LL.

Pat McLaughlin 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
Audie Malone	25	6	.806	3.94	50	24					281.0	286	166	123	20	113
Merlin Williams	19	10	.655	4.00	33	27					209.0	215	108	93	13	101
Gene Wulf	17	9	.654	5.15	40	22					213.0	267	148	122	23	70
Marshall Epperson	15	10	.600	3.85	40	29					248.0	217	134	106	16	115
Clint Rogas	2	7	.222	5.71	18	14					93.0	98	72	59	8	52
Totals	78	42	.650	4.34	181	116	0	0	0	0	1044.0	1083	628	503	80	451	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
Ike Jackson	122	490	490		190	28	12	18						.388	.388	.604	.992	296
Elias Osorio	123	481	481		179	26	19	16						.372	.372	.605	.977	291
Jack Treece	129	533	533		159	30	11	7						.298	.298	.435	.734	232
Carroll Gholson	119	460	460		155	38	8	20						.337	.337	.585	.922	269
James Grant	132	551	551		153	21	9	0						.278	.278	.348	.626	192
Merv Connors	127	493	493		151	29	4	34						.306	.306	.588	.895	290
Bob Hobbs	80	400	400		125	11	6	20						.312	.312	.520	.832	208
Pedro Osorio	89	340	340		106	24	8	4						.312	.312	.465	.776	158
Woodrow Pennington	83	275	275		77	11	4	1						.280	.280	.360	.640	99
Donald Riley	34	124	124		34	6	0	8						.274	.274	.516	.790	64
Audie Malone	53	132	132		31	6	3	3						.235	.235	.394	.629	52
Merlin Williams	33	88	88		20	0	0	2						.227	.227	.295	.523	26
Gene Wulf	42	89	89		20	1	0	3						.225	.225	.337	.562	30
Marshall Epperson	39	93	93		16	3	0	1						.172	.172	.237	.409	22
William Akins	19	71	71		13	5	0	2						.183	.183	.338	.521	24
John Shaw	21	29	29		8	2	1	0						.276	.276	.414	.690	12
Clint Rogas	18	32	32		8	3	0	0						.250	.250	.344	.594	11
Totals	1263	4681	4681	0	1445	244	85	139	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.309	.486	.795	2276	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Audie Malone	P	50					.000
Gene Wulf	P	40					.000
Marshall Epperson	P	40					.000
Merlin Williams	P	33					.000
Clint Rogas	P	18					.000
Totals		181	0	0	0	0	.000

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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