1953 Montreal Royals Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 89-63
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Walter Alston (89-63)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ballpark: Delorimier Stadium
Attendance: 285,552, Avg. 3,757

1953 Montreal Royals Roster

Playoffs - Montreal Royals 4 games, Buffalo Bisons 2
Finals - Montreal Royals 4 games, Rochester Red Wings 0

The Montreal Royals of the International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 89 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the IL.

The Royals allowed 590 runs, least in the league. Montreal plated 768 runs. Rocky Nelson walloped 34 home runs for the team, while Sandy Amorós swatted 15 or more, too. Rocky Nelson drove in 136 runs. Sandy Amorós led all regular hitters by hitting .353. Tom Lasorda topped the team with 17 wins, plus Ed Roebuck, too added 15 or more wins, too Tom Lasorda recorded a 2.81 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Al Epperly, Roy Hartsfield, Tom Lasorda, Chico Fernández, Ken Wood, Bob Alexander, Walt Moryn, Earl Mossor, Stan Rojek, Tim Thompson, Ed Roebuck, Dick Whitman, Glenn Mickens, Dick Williams, Sandy Amorós, Don Hoak, Rocky Nelson and Ken Lehman were all players from the 1953 Montreal Royals who played in the Majors during their careers.

Walter Alston 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
Tom Lasorda	17	8	.680	2.81	36	29		12	3		208.0	171	77	65	9	94		122	4	0	14
Ed Roebuck	15	14	.517	3.07	40	26		14	2		220.0	202	84	75	21	70		83	4	0	4
Ken Lehman	13	9	.591	3.84	30	26		14	2		176.0	153	82	75	7	68		94	0	0	2
Earl Mossor	10	9	.526	3.96	32	16		5	1		159.0	165	78	70	11	74		64	3	0	4
Hampton Coleman	8	4	.667	4.37	36	16		7	0		134.0	144	68	65	14	63		63	1	0	6
Gilbert Mills	7	5	.583	3.91	23	9		3	1		76.0	70	35	33	4	37		40	5	0	2
Robert Ludwick	6	6	.500	3.23	29	20		5	3		128.0	110	57	46	9	62		33	3	0	3
Bob Alexander	5	4	.556	4.76	20	7		2	0		70.0	78	40	37	6	36		30	1	0	2
Arthur Fabbro	3	1	.750		20						0.0
Ronnie Lee	2	3	.400	4.85	33	2		1	1		65.0	78	39	35	2	33		24	4	0	3
Al Epperly	1	0	1.000		10						0.0
Totals	87	63	.580	3.65	309	151	0	63	13	0	1236.0	1171	560	501	83	537	0	553	25	0	40	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
Sandy Amorós	150	648	539	128	190	40	11	23	100	11		96	63	.353	.457	.596	1.053	321		8	5
Rocky Nelson	154	663	542	117	167	33	9	34	136	2		106	37	.308	.431	.590	1.021	320		11	4
Don Hoak	138	600	509	84	137	25	8	6	48	13		78	54	.269	.368	.385	.753	196		2	11
Chico Fernández	145	559	519	63	128	21	2	2	34	9		31	51	.247	.289	.306	.595	159		0	9
Roy Hartsfield	135	597	538	74	125	30	8	3	46	5		48	67	.232	.295	.335	.630	180		0	11
Tim Thompson	109	417	372	59	109	13	5	10	59	1		39	17	.293	.360	.435	.796	162		0	6
Frank Marchio	103	317	280	30	78	12	4	2	44	1		30	33	.279	.350	.371	.722	104		1	6
Dick Whitman	73	272	240	42	76	16	4	7	32	1		25	11	.317	.381	.504	.885	121		0	7
Ken Wood	95	317	277	36	65	12	3	8	45	2		33	33	.235	.321	.386	.707	107		2	5
Dick Williams	66	248	230	28	64	12	1	2	33	1		13	31	.278	.322	.365	.688	84		2	3
Ernest Yelen	71	235	211	19	60	12	2	1	23	0		21	14	.284	.349	.374	.724	79		0	3
Stan Rojek	66	217	198	24	54	9	2	1	31	0		16	13	.273	.327	.354	.681	70		0	3
Walt Moryn	45	172	145	19	36	6	0	2	18	2		21	17	.248	.351	.331	.682	48		2	4
Earl Mossor	34	72	65	9	17	2	0	3	12	0		4	9	.262	.314	.431	.745	28		1	2
Ken Lehman	31	72	69	5	17	5	0	0	12	0		2	4	.246	.268	.319	.586	22		0	1
Tom Lasorda	37	83	72	3	17	2	0	0	10	1		5	2	.236	.286	.264	.550	19		0	6
Ed Roebuck	52	91	81	7	15	2	1	1	6	0		9	8	.185	.267	.272	.538	22		0	1
Calvin Felix	11	41	36	6	9	0	1	1	5	0		4	3	.250	.325	.389	.714	14		0	1
Hampton Coleman	36	50	42	4	8	0	0	0	9	0		6	5	.190	.292	.190	.482	8		0	2
Gilbert Mills	25	28	27	4	7	2	1	0	2	0		0	6	.259	.259	.407	.667	11		0	1
Robert Ludwick	31	45	37	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		4	6	.135	.220	.162	.382	6		0	4
Arthur Fabbro	21	8	7	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		0	1	.429	.429	.571	1.000	4		0	1
Ronnie Lee	33	12	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	4	.100	.250	.200	.450	2		0	0
Bob Alexander	21	23	18	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	4	.056	.150	.056	.206	1		0	3
Al Epperly	10	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0
Totals	1692	5793	5069	767	1389	257	62	106	708	50	0	596	496	.274	.354	.412	.766	2088	0	29	99	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Rocky Nelson	1B	154	1423	106	13	130	.992	9.929
Roy Hartsfield	2B	134	276	395	18	82	.974	5.007
Stan Rojek	2B	22	37	54	4	13	.958	4.136
Don Hoak	3B	134	150	345	17	32	.967	3.694
Stan Rojek	3B	23	23	39	4	6	.939	2.696
Tim Thompson	C	102	443	38	11	7	.978	4.716	10
Ernest Yelen	C	57	224	21	1	4	.996	4.298	3
Sandy Amorós	OF	149	355	12	8	1	.979	2.463
Ken Wood	OF	81	167	12	1	1	.994	2.210
Frank Marchio	OF	80	152	6	3	1	.981	1.975
Dick Whitman	OF	62	120	8	2	2	.985	2.065
Dick Williams	OF	60	111	3	2	0	.983	1.900
Walt Moryn	OF	41	90	3	1	1	.989	2.268
Calvin Felix	OF	10	12	4	0	0	1.000	1.600
Ed Roebuck	P	40	18	52	0	5	1.000	1.750
Tom Lasorda	P	36	9	40	1	3	.980	1.361
Hampton Coleman	P	36	9	22	1	2	.969	.861
Ronnie Lee	P	33	0	12	0	2	1.000	.364
Earl Mossor	P	32	6	37	3	1	.935	1.344
Ken Lehman	P	30	5	33	0	0	1.000	1.267
Robert Ludwick	P	29	7	21	2	1	.933	.966
Gilbert Mills	P	23	4	9	0	0	1.000	.565
Arthur Fabbro	P	20	6	11	0	0	1.000	.850
Bob Alexander	P	20	3	16	2	2	.905	.950
Al Epperly	P	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	.100
Chico Fernández	SS	145	272	399	34	94	.952	4.628
Stan Rojek	SS	17	21	31	1	7	.981	3.059
Totals		1580	3943	1730	129	397	.978	3.591	13	0	0

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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