1953 Fort Walton Beach Jets Statistics
Team Record: 54-63
Finished 5th in the AAL
Manager: Charles Quimby (0-0), Ralph Hendrix (0-0), John Streza (0-0)
Location: Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 16,801, Avg. 287
The Fort Walton Beach Jets of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1953 season with a record of 54 wins and 63 losses, finishing fifth in the AAL.
The Jets plated 717 runs and yielded 785 runs, most in the league. Robert Lilla led all regular batters with a .305 average. Larry Worlinsky topped Fort Walton Beach with 13 wins, while Austin McCluskey registered a 3.58 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. Charles Quimby, Ralph Hendrix and John Streza served as manager.
Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Worlinsky | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.69 | 35 | 20 | 190.0 | 213 | 108 | 78 | 2 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Austin McCluskey | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.58 | 22 | 16 | 108.0 | 87 | 58 | 43 | 8 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Gene Wolfe | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.91 | 32 | 24 | 163.0 | 157 | 107 | 89 | 3 | 132 | ||||||||||
| Donald Paulson | 5 | 9 | .357 | 6.54 | 26 | 12 | 106.0 | 134 | 99 | 77 | 11 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Charles Cooper | 5 | 14 | .263 | 5.66 | 34 | 13 | 151.0 | 182 | 120 | 95 | 7 | 102 | ||||||||||
| Dick Archer | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.50 | 9 | 6 | 54.0 | 38 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Lee Johnson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.33 | 26 | 0 | 67.0 | 86 | 66 | 62 | 7 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 45 | 49 | .479 | 4.92 | 184 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 839.0 | 897 | 579 | 459 | 40 | 527 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Howell | 111 | 459 | 459 | 138 | 23 | 11 | 18 | .301 | .301 | .516 | .817 | 237 | |||||||||||
| Robert Lilla | 98 | 367 | 367 | 112 | 21 | 6 | 6 | .305 | .305 | .444 | .749 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Rafael Rodriguez | 113 | 452 | 452 | 106 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .274 | .509 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Dick Hicks | 109 | 396 | 396 | 102 | 15 | 5 | 5 | .258 | .258 | .359 | .616 | 142 | |||||||||||
| Neal Cobb | 72 | 253 | 253 | 85 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .336 | .336 | .415 | .751 | 105 | |||||||||||
| John Streza | 64 | 250 | 250 | 82 | 19 | 3 | 12 | .328 | .328 | .572 | .900 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Walter Way | 56 | 241 | 241 | 66 | 14 | 3 | 5 | .274 | .274 | .419 | .693 | 101 | |||||||||||
| James Kolker | 32 | 132 | 132 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .371 | .371 | .508 | .879 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Donald Burns | 43 | 148 | 148 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .223 | .223 | .243 | .466 | 36 | |||||||||||
| William Adkinson | 32 | 104 | 104 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .240 | .240 | .394 | .635 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Lee Johnson | 55 | 112 | 112 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .241 | .455 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Virgil Petty | 30 | 76 | 76 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .289 | .289 | .368 | .658 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Greg Solis | 27 | 76 | 76 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .289 | .526 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Charles Cooper | 40 | 69 | 69 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .232 | .290 | .522 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Gil Barrow | 16 | 64 | 64 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .219 | .219 | .375 | .594 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Larry Worlinsky | 41 | 75 | 75 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .187 | .187 | .267 | .453 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Ignacio Mena | 24 | 80 | 80 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .175 | .175 | .288 | .462 | 23 | |||||||||||
| James Liness | 26 | 84 | 84 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .226 | .393 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Gene Wolfe | 38 | 67 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .194 | .373 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Austin McCluskey | 25 | 54 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .204 | .204 | .222 | .426 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Charles Willis | 13 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .400 | .657 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Donald Paulson | 28 | 39 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .128 | .128 | .179 | .308 | 7 | |||||||||||
| John DeChant | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1105 | 3643 | 3643 | 0 | 973 | 155 | 44 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .382 | .649 | 1390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Worlinsky | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Cooper | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Wolfe | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Paulson | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Austin McCluskey | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Archer | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 158 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
