1953 Lake Charles Lakers Statistics

Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: B
Team Record: 54-89
Finished 8th in the GCL
Manager: Buddy Hancken (54-89)
Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana
Ballpark: American Legion Park
Attendance: 52,669, Avg. 737

1953 Lake Charles Lakers Roster

The Lake Charles Lakers of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1953 season with a record of 54 wins and 89 losses, finishing eighth in the GCL.

Buddy Hancken 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
Miguel Lopez	15	10	.600	3.06	28	17					194.0	194	78	66		80
Harry Grubb	6	11	.353	4.76	21	11					119.0	150	75	63		27
Billy Boyette	5	9	.357	3.91	16	6					99.0	103	56	43		44
Leo Tyson	4	7	.364	3.97	35	2					118.0	129	60	52		48
Ken Bennett	4	7	.364	5.75	13	4					72.0	82	48	46		51
Morris Shipman	3	5	.375	4.88	15	4					83.0	105	55	45		33
Vic Michalec	3	8	.273	5.60	18	3					82.0	107	67	51		63
Paul Middleton	2	1	.667	4.98	14	1					47.0	53	28	26		36
Samuel Fowlkes	0	4	.000	5.09	12	0					53.0	49	42	30		40
Totals	42	62	.404	4.38	172	48	0	0	0	0	867.0	972	509	422	0	422	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
Ted Lewandowski	116	439	439		117	9	2	1						.267	.267	.303	.569	133
Hardie Nettles	103	495	495		117	21	4	14						.236	.236	.380	.616	188
James Dean	108	392	392		113	18	2	1						.288	.288	.352	.640	138
Lloyd Freund	106	428	428		112	16	6	7						.262	.262	.376	.638	161
Troy Mitchell	76	284	284		77	16	2	5						.271	.271	.394	.665	112
Guss Hrncir	73	279	279		74	11	2	7						.265	.265	.394	.659	110
Bob Betz	64	235	235		67	9	1	3						.285	.285	.370	.655	87
Lamar Cagle	48	183	183		55	13	3	1						.301	.301	.421	.721	77
Michael Jezierski	28	96	96		31	3	0	0						.323	.323	.354	.677	34
Moose Vucelich	27	94	94		28	3	0	1						.298	.298	.362	.660	34
Desiderio Concepcion	35	108	108		28	4	2	1						.259	.259	.361	.620	39
Leo Tyson	57	93	93		23	1	1	4						.247	.247	.409	.656	38
Ernest Chretian	22	56	56		13	2	0	0						.232	.232	.268	.500	15
Billy Boyette	21	59	59		13	1	0	0						.220	.220	.237	.458	14
Vic Michalec	24	40	40		12	4	0	0						.300	.300	.400	.700	16
Morris Shipman	41	88	88		12	1	0	2						.136	.136	.216	.352	19
Harry Grubb	23	45	45		11	0	1	0						.244	.244	.289	.533	13
Miguel Lopez	28	64	64		9	0	1	1						.141	.141	.219	.359	14
Doug Walker	11	35	35		8	2	2	0						.229	.229	.400	.629	14
Donald Pope	10	40	40		8	2	0	0						.200	.200	.250	.450	10
Ken Bennett	14	25	25		6	0	0	0						.240	.240	.240	.480	6
Rafael Zavalla	16	44	44		6	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273	6
Buddy Hancken	15	20	20		3	1	0	0						.150	.150	.200	.350	4
Paul Middleton	14	21	21		2	0	0	0						.095	.095	.095	.190	2
Samuel Fowlkes	12	17	17		1	0	0	0						.059	.059	.059	.118	1
Totals	1092	3680	3680	0	946	137	29	48	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.257	.349	.606	1285	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Hardie Nettles	1B	68	581	45	21		.968	9.206
Desiderio Concepcion	1B	30	278	9	5		.983	9.567
Donald Pope	1B	10	79	8	2		.978	8.700
Lloyd Freund	2B	98	283	251	24		.957	5.449
Doug Walker	2B	10	28	27	4		.932	5.500
James Dean	3B	93	95	202	30		.908	3.194
Troy Mitchell	C	71	273	52	12		.964	4.577
Rafael Zavalla	C	16	67	10	5		.939	4.812
Buddy Hancken	C	13	25	3	1		.966	2.154
Guss Hrncir	OF	73	159	9	11		.939	2.301
Bob Betz	OF	64	92	5	5		.951	1.516
Lamar Cagle	OF	57	111	13	6		.954	2.175
Moose Vucelich	OF	27	38	2	4		.909	1.481
Michael Jezierski	OF	26	53	1	2		.964	2.077
Leo Tyson	P	35						.000
Miguel Lopez	P	28						.000
Harry Grubb	P	21						.000
Vic Michalec	P	18						.000
Billy Boyette	P	16						.000
Paul Middleton	P	14						.000
Ken Bennett	P	13						.000
Samuel Fowlkes	P	12						.000
Ted Lewandowski	SS	115	190	364	36		.939	4.817
Totals		928	2352	1001	168	0	.952	3.613

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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