1953 Forest City Owls Statistics
Team Record: 72-40
Finished 2nd in the THL
Manager: Leonard Cross (0-0), Robert McGimsey (0-0)
Location: Forest City, North Carolina
Ballpark: Memorial Park
Attendance: 48,812, Avg. 872
Playoffs - Lexington Indians 4 games, Forest City Owls 2
The Forest City Owls of the Tar Heel League ended the 1953 season with a record of 72 wins and 40 losses, finishing second in the THL.
The Owls scored 711 runs and allowed 602 runs. Robert McGimsey paced all regular hitters by hitting .299. Jack Williamson topped Forest City with 13 wins, while Woody Rich recorded a 2.65 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Kirby Higbe and Woody Rich both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Leonard Cross and Robert McGimsey 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Williamson | 13 | 3 | .812 | 4.35 | 27 | 9 | 120.0 | 132 | 70 | 58 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
William Greene | 12 | 7 | .632 | 4.43 | 23 | 18 | 132.0 | 144 | 76 | 65 | 7 | 55 | ||||||||||
Woody Rich | 11 | 2 | .846 | 2.65 | 18 | 15 | 136.0 | 119 | 47 | 40 | 5 | 48 | ||||||||||
Lloyd Rochester | 7 | 6 | .538 | 5.60 | 25 | 14 | 98.0 | 103 | 76 | 61 | 6 | 63 | ||||||||||
Kirby Higbe | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.45 | 9 | 6 | 60.0 | 57 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
Norman Reinhardt | 5 | 11 | .312 | 5.86 | 19 | 14 | 109.0 | 87 | 82 | 71 | 3 | 108 | ||||||||||
John Cathey | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.85 | 17 | 11 | 91.0 | 107 | 70 | 49 | 5 | 55 | ||||||||||
Totals | 58 | 37 | .611 | 4.43 | 138 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 746.0 | 749 | 446 | 367 | 37 | 395 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robert Cross | 109 | 453 | 453 | 131 | 27 | 10 | 5 | .289 | .289 | .426 | .715 | 193 | |||||||||||
Jose Castillo | 112 | 419 | 419 | 113 | 23 | 10 | 11 | .270 | .270 | .451 | .721 | 189 | |||||||||||
Robert McGimsey | 105 | 374 | 374 | 112 | 26 | 5 | 1 | .299 | .299 | .404 | .703 | 151 | |||||||||||
Billie Hare | 113 | 372 | 372 | 108 | 15 | 3 | 7 | .290 | .290 | .403 | .694 | 150 | |||||||||||
Gene Robinson | 92 | 385 | 385 | 96 | 13 | 6 | 3 | .249 | .249 | .338 | .587 | 130 | |||||||||||
George Oates | 101 | 346 | 346 | 89 | 14 | 6 | 5 | .257 | .257 | .376 | .633 | 130 | |||||||||||
Jerry Robinson | 56 | 175 | 175 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 3 | .206 | .206 | .360 | .566 | 63 | |||||||||||
Leonard Cross | 27 | 96 | 96 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .219 | .219 | .458 | .677 | 44 | |||||||||||
Jack Williamson | 34 | 50 | 50 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .360 | .360 | .420 | .780 | 21 | |||||||||||
John Cathey | 21 | 46 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .283 | .283 | .500 | .783 | 23 | |||||||||||
Kirby Higbe | 14 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .343 | .343 | .543 | .886 | 19 | |||||||||||
Woody Rich | 22 | 54 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .241 | .463 | 13 | |||||||||||
Thomas Wycoff | 32 | 45 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .311 | .556 | 14 | |||||||||||
Hal Owens | 15 | 47 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .255 | .489 | 12 | |||||||||||
Dick Williams | 13 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .278 | .528 | 10 | |||||||||||
William Greene | 23 | 46 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .196 | .370 | 9 | |||||||||||
Norman Reinhardt | 22 | 39 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .179 | .359 | 7 | |||||||||||
Lloyd Rochester | 31 | 42 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .286 | .452 | 12 | |||||||||||
Harold Reid | 10 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .292 | .458 | 7 | |||||||||||
Gerald Brackett | 14 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | |||||||||||
Totals | 966 | 3096 | 3096 | 0 | 820 | 145 | 51 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .387 | .652 | 1199 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Williamson | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
Lloyd Rochester | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
William Greene | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
Norman Reinhardt | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
Woody Rich | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
John Cathey | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
Kirby Higbe | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 138 | 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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