1953 Jacksonville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 93-44
Finished 1st in the SAL
Manager: Ben Geraghty (93-44)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Red Cap Stadium
Attendance: 142,721, Avg. 2,084
Playoffs - Jacksonville Braves 3 games, Savannah Indians 1
Finals - Columbia Reds 4 games, Jacksonville Braves 3
The Jacksonville Braves of the South Atlantic League ended the 1953 season with a record of 93 wins and 44 losses, finishing first in the SAL.
The Braves led the league with 764 runs, sparked by 97 home runs. Jacksonville allowed 552 runs. Hank Aaron paced all regular batters by connecting at a .362 clip. Larry Lassalle and Ray Crone topped the team with 19 wins each, while Dick Kelly added 15 or more wins, too Larry Lassalle registered a 2.34 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1953 Jacksonville Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Buddy Lively, Félix Mantilla, Curt Raydon, Hank Aaron and Ray Crone.
Ben Geraghty 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 Lassalle | 19 | 5 | .792 | 2.34 | 29 | 24 | 204.0 | 152 | 70 | 53 | 9 | 105 | ||||||||||
| Ray Crone | 19 | 11 | .633 | 2.38 | 33 | 31 | 253.0 | 200 | 93 | 67 | 7 | 104 | ||||||||||
| Dick Kelly | 17 | 6 | .739 | 3.16 | 32 | 26 | 188.0 | 174 | 84 | 66 | 9 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Curt Raydon | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.50 | 32 | 20 | 162.0 | 148 | 87 | 63 | 8 | 91 | ||||||||||
| Carlson Maloney | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.88 | 27 | 4 | 65.0 | 58 | 35 | 28 | 4 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Vince DiLorenzo | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.86 | 31 | 14 | 133.0 | 132 | 77 | 57 | 4 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Buddy Lively | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.31 | 12 | 10 | 74.0 | 50 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 83 | 39 | .680 | 2.94 | 196 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1079.0 | 914 | 469 | 353 | 44 | 489 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Aaron | 137 | 574 | 574 | 208 | 36 | 14 | 22 | .362 | .362 | .589 | .951 | 338 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Andrews | 129 | 479 | 479 | 149 | 28 | 0 | 8 | .311 | .311 | .420 | .731 | 201 | |||||||||||
| Jim Frey | 117 | 429 | 429 | 136 | 25 | 4 | 2 | .317 | .317 | .408 | .725 | 175 | |||||||||||
| Félix Mantilla | 129 | 490 | 490 | 136 | 22 | 6 | 6 | .278 | .278 | .384 | .661 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Horace Garner | 120 | 426 | 426 | 130 | 25 | 5 | 15 | .305 | .305 | .493 | .798 | 210 | |||||||||||
| Bill Porter | 112 | 424 | 424 | 123 | 25 | 6 | 2 | .290 | .290 | .392 | .682 | 166 | |||||||||||
| Leonard Morrison | 114 | 363 | 363 | 97 | 19 | 1 | 15 | .267 | .267 | .449 | .716 | 163 | |||||||||||
| William Casey | 107 | 360 | 360 | 91 | 18 | 3 | 14 | .253 | .253 | .436 | .689 | 157 | |||||||||||
| Harry Warner | 92 | 263 | 263 | 68 | 16 | 4 | 4 | .259 | .259 | .395 | .654 | 104 | |||||||||||
| Chester Morgan | 68 | 202 | 202 | 55 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .272 | .272 | .371 | .644 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Turco | 50 | 184 | 184 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .277 | .277 | .418 | .696 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Kennedy | 47 | 135 | 135 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .230 | .230 | .333 | .563 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Ray Crone | 35 | 87 | 87 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .207 | .207 | .414 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Larry Lassalle | 29 | 76 | 76 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .171 | .342 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Curt Raydon | 32 | 56 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .161 | .161 | .250 | .411 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Vince DiLorenzo | 32 | 51 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .157 | .157 | .176 | .333 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Dick Kelly | 33 | 73 | 73 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .110 | .110 | .137 | .247 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Buddy Lively | 14 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Alvin Aucoin | 15 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .407 | .630 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Carlson Maloney | 27 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .273 | .500 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Don Schmidt | 20 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .571 | .571 | .714 | 1.286 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Pete Mondorff | 11 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .417 | .750 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Tom Horton | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1481 | 4777 | 4777 | 0 | 1356 | 247 | 51 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .284 | .418 | .702 | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Andrews | 1B | 121 | 925 | 62 | 13 | .987 | 8.157 | |
| Harry Warner | 1B | 26 | 152 | 9 | 1 | .994 | 6.192 | |
| Hank Aaron | 2B | 135 | 330 | 310 | 36 | .947 | 4.741 | |
| Bill Porter | 3B | 98 | 97 | 148 | 22 | .918 | 2.500 | |
| William Casey | C | 104 | 612 | 33 | 13 | .980 | 6.202 | |
| Ralph Kennedy | C | 45 | 231 | 17 | 5 | .980 | 5.511 | |
| Horace Garner | OF | 116 | 217 | 9 | 11 | .954 | 1.948 | |
| Jim Frey | OF | 110 | 241 | 18 | 2 | .992 | 2.355 | |
| Leonard Morrison | OF | 101 | 177 | 8 | 6 | .969 | 1.832 | |
| Chester Morgan | OF | 60 | 168 | 4 | 6 | .966 | 2.867 | |
| Johnny Turco | OF | 48 | 117 | 2 | 8 | .937 | 2.479 | |
| Ray Crone | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Curt Raydon | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Kelly | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Vince DiLorenzo | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Lassalle | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Carlson Maloney | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Buddy Lively | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Félix Mantilla | SS | 128 | 228 | 307 | 35 | .939 | 4.180 | |
| Totals | 1288 | 3495 | 927 | 158 | 0 | .966 | 3.433 |
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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