1953 Lafayette Bulls Statistics

Evangeline League (EL) - Class: C
Team Record: 68-69
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: Earl Caldwell (68-69)
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
Ballpark: Braham Stadium
Attendance: 62,525, Avg. 913
1953 Lafayette Bulls Roster

Playoffs - Lafayette Bulls 4 games, Crowley Millers 2
Finals - Thibodaux Giants 4 games, Lafayette Bulls 1

The Lafayette Bulls of the Evangeline League ended the 1953 season with a record of 68 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.

The Bulls scored 831 runs and gave up 759 runs. Freddie Barocco paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .338. J. B. Richard topped Lafayette with 16 wins, while Earl Caldwell recorded a 2.08 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Earl Caldwell played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lafayette Bulls to do so.

Earl Caldwell 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
J. B. Richard166.7274.112821164.3197109751050
Earl Caldwell1110.5242.083116169.01455639440
William Mills86.5714.572912128.014410065761
Bobby German617.2615.192216118.013183681072
Shag Shahid52.7145.129858.0764133527
Ramón Roger56.4553.66131196.01225039221
Don Gabor44.5004.41161087.7875343944
James Troutman14.2005.8413974.0795748953
Totals5655.5054.121611030000895.098154941056368000000

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
Benny Leonard139561561176401114.314.314.499.813280
Freddie Barocco1274804801622314.338.338.415.752199
Richard Anderson13749149114331314.291.291.452.743222
Juan Garcia1294714711392635.295.295.395.690186
Tomas Centeno1274584581321767.288.288.397.686182
Eugene Gignac993633631041121.287.287.336.623122
Joe Turk87309309981726.317.317.443.761137
Pete Thomassie7329629683922.280.280.345.625102
Julio Acosta6220020049901.245.245.305.55061
Gary Tuggle3411411433312.289.289.386.67544
Earl Caldwell3910410424901.231.231.346.57736
Earl Caldwell33737318201.247.247.315.56223
Don Gabor22424210210.238.238.333.57114
Shag Shahid1129299200.310.310.379.69011
Bobby German2447479100.191.191.213.40410
William Mills2947478000.170.170.170.3408
J. B. Richard2957577000.123.123.123.2467
Donald Lavigne1221216102.286.286.619.90513
James Troutman1428285000.179.179.179.3575
Ramón Roger1439395100.128.128.154.2826
Totals12414230423001220204326000000.288.288.394.683166800000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Earl CaldwellP31.000
William MillsP29.000
J. B. RichardP28.000
Bobby GermanP22.000
Don GaborP16.000
James TroutmanP13.000
Ramón RogerP13.000
Shag ShahidP9.000
Totals1610000.000

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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