1953 Lexington Indians Statistics

Tar Heel League (THL) - Class: D
Team Record: 59-54
Finished 4th in the THL
Manager: Alex Monchak (59-54)
Location: Lexington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Holt-Moffitt Field
Attendance: 39,453, Avg. 698
1953 Lexington Indians Roster

Playoffs - Lexington Indians 4 games, Forest City Owls 2
Finals - Lexington Indians 4 games, Marion Marauders 2

The Lexington Indians of the Tar Heel League ended the 1953 season with a record of 59 wins and 54 losses, finishing fourth in the THL.

The Indians scored 611 runs and allowed 600 runs. Gene Armbruster paced all regular batters by connecting at a .276 clip. Monk Poole topped Lexington with 15 wins, while Bill Forgay recorded a 2.76 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Whammy Douglas and Alex Monchak both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Alex Monchak 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
Monk Poole159.6253.102725203.01938670851
George Burrell106.6253.94444176.01879977965
Bill Forgay107.5882.762218140.01406443553
Whammy Douglas97.5623.562118134.01226853962
Plaskie McCree34.4295.49101059.0744236522
Robert Barnes22.5005.60101053.0604033335
Totals4935.5833.67134850000765.077639931239288000000

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
Alex Monchak112388388901857.232.232.358.590139
Gene Armbruster823083088515212.276.276.455.731140
Charles Greenhill102341341822438.240.240.399.639136
James Melvin6521321365700.305.305.338.64372
James McCrary57227227511420.225.225.304.52969
Bill Spirko7121721748740.221.221.290.51263
Antonio Aguilar3815315334710.222.222.281.50343
Max Bost29898925510.281.281.360.64032
Pasquale Vastano2810310319410.184.184.243.42725
Owen Linn17515114312.275.275.490.76525
George Burrell45727214000.194.194.194.38914
Emilio Delgado25797914500.177.177.241.41819
Monk Poole27676712200.179.179.209.38814
Bill Forgay2245458010.178.178.222.40010
Robert Beck1028286200.214.214.286.5008
Whammy Douglas2148486100.125.125.146.2717
Wade Brown1119195010.263.263.368.6327
Robert Barnes1124243100.125.125.167.2924
Plaskie McCree1219192000.105.105.105.2112
Totals785249124910583115222900000.234.234.333.56782900000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
George BurrellP44.000
Monk PooleP27.000
Bill ForgayP22.000
Whammy DouglasP21.000
Plaskie McCreeP10.000
Robert BarnesP10.000
Totals1340000.000

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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