1953 Fort Lauderdale Lions Statistics

Florida International League (FIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 92-46
Finished 1st in the FIL
Manager: Pepper Martin (92-46)
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Westside Ball Park
Attendance: 61,330, Avg. 889
1953 Fort Lauderdale Lions Roster

Playoffs - Fort Lauderdale Lions 3 games, Havana Cubanos 1
Finals - Fort Lauderdale Lions 4 games, St. Petersburg Saints 2

The Fort Lauderdale Lions of the Florida International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 92 wins and 46 losses, finishing first in the FIL.

The Lions paced the circuit with 858 runs, powered by 130 home runs. Fort Lauderdale allowed 610 runs. Ray Williams led hitters with significant playing time with a .336 average. Winston Brown topped the team with 18 wins, while Walt Nothe and Bill Currie also added 15 or more victories also Winston Brown recorded a 2.78 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Dave Barnhill, Ed Charles, Chet Covington, Bill Currie, Johnny Davis, George Handy and Jesse Levan were all players from the 1953 Fort Lauderdale Lions who played in the Majors during their careers.

Pepper Martin 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
Winston Brown188.6922.784124217.016897676164
Bill Currie168.6672.944026211.018891691585
Walt Nothe157.6823.433824194.019398741188
Norman Chandler103.7693.673215125.01227051856
Andrew Elko75.5832.65279102.0934830555
Ernesto Morillas43.5715.2816146.0583427716
Dave Barnhill11.50040.0
Chet Covington11.5002.77313.014647
Totals7236.6673.19201990000908.083644432252471000000

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
Jesse Levan13854254217531916.323.323.502.825272
Johnny Davis14051451416518235.321.321.568.889292
George Handy13050050015732313.314.314.468.782234
Ray Williams11741441413927417.336.336.543.879225
Frank Smith1244704701391998.296.296.426.721200
Charles Ehlman12540840810811112.265.265.385.650157
George Wehmeyer99346346961165.277.277.387.665134
Mario Marsalisi111349349911824.261.261.358.619125
Ed Charles63261261811278.310.310.502.812131
Elmer Smith8119419439246.201.201.345.54667
Charles Graham4010810824310.222.222.269.49129
Bill Currie41767620402.263.263.395.65830
Humberto Lopez28494915210.306.306.388.69419
Sylvester Henry38616115100.246.246.262.50816
Winston Brown46797914301.177.177.253.43020
Walt Nothe41787811000.141.141.141.28211
Ernesto Morillas2020207101.350.350.550.90011
Andrew Elko2839397101.179.179.282.46211
Wendell Forbes1530305200.167.167.233.4007
Norman Chandler3338385000.132.132.132.2635
Mauro Iacavello1630304100.133.133.167.3005
Jorge Prieto1410102001.200.200.500.7005
Totals148846164616013191994913000000.286.286.435.720200600000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Mario Marsalisi1B876773413.9828.172
George Handy2B8022919315.9665.275
Charles Graham2B38787912.9294.132
Ray Williams3B1179623325.9292.812
Wendell Forbes3B126164.8461.833
Charles EhlmanC1236236619.9735.602
Sylvester HenryC268754.9583.538
Jorge PrietoC132021.9571.692
Johnny DavisOF140234247.9741.843
Frank SmithOF1212781611.9642.430
Jesse LevanOF8114823.9801.852
Humberto LopezOF221822.909.909
Mauro IacavelloOF121712.9001.500
Winston BrownP41.000
Bill CurrieP40.000
Walt NotheP38.000
Norman ChandlerP32.000
Andrew ElkoP27.000
Ernesto MorillasP16.000
Dave BarnhillP4.000
Chet CovingtonP3.000
George WehmeyerSS6913423820.9495.391
Ed CharlesSS456814023.9004.622
Elmer SmithSS335811617.9115.273
Totals1220277111671780.9573.228

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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