1953 Miami Sun Sox Statistics
Team Record: 76-58
Finished 2nd in the FIL
Manager: Andrew Alexson (76-58)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Miami, Florida
Ballpark: Miami Stadium
Attendance: 67,572, Avg. 1,009
Playoffs - St. Petersburg Saints 3 games, Miami Sun Sox 0
The Miami Sun Sox of the Florida International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 76 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the FIL.
The Sun Sox scored 672 runs and allowed 601 runs. Asdrubal Baro led all regular batters with a .320 average. Richard Lovell topped Miami with 15 wins, while Arturo Seijas recorded a 2.68 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1953 Miami Sun Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Clyde Parris, Fred Kipp and Maury Wills.
Andrew Alexson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Lovell | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.15 | 43 | 21 | 183.0 | 157 | 83 | 64 | 0 | 140 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Gushanas | 13 | 8 | .619 | 4.19 | 36 | 23 | 191.0 | 168 | 121 | 89 | 7 | 143 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Bernier | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.12 | 36 | 12 | 127.0 | 114 | 58 | 44 | 5 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Arthur Raynor | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.55 | 23 | 19 | 152.0 | 139 | 70 | 60 | 4 | 84 | ||||||||||
| Arturo Seijas | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.68 | 34 | 18 | 158.0 | 166 | 67 | 47 | 5 | 67 | ||||||||||
| Danny Hayling | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.67 | 16 | 11 | 91.0 | 70 | 44 | 27 | 2 | 67 | ||||||||||
| Eleuterio Lopez | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.19 | 26 | 13 | 101.0 | 85 | 61 | 47 | 6 | 82 | ||||||||||
| McKinley Mosley | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.80 | 22 | 9 | 71.0 | 61 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Maury Wills | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Fred Kipp | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.00 | 3 | 9.0 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 53 | .583 | 3.46 | 240 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1087.0 | 974 | 549 | 418 | 31 | 705 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Armstrong | 134 | 516 | 516 | 160 | 28 | 2 | 5 | .310 | .310 | .401 | .711 | 207 | |||||||||||
| Asdrubal Baro | 136 | 472 | 472 | 151 | 19 | 9 | 5 | .320 | .320 | .430 | .750 | 203 | |||||||||||
| Clyde Parris | 132 | 476 | 476 | 136 | 22 | 10 | 6 | .286 | .286 | .412 | .697 | 196 | |||||||||||
| Oscar Sierra | 129 | 447 | 447 | 132 | 24 | 0 | 13 | .295 | .295 | .436 | .732 | 195 | |||||||||||
| Willie Davis | 126 | 451 | 451 | 115 | 16 | 4 | 19 | .255 | .255 | .435 | .690 | 196 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Didier | 106 | 380 | 380 | 100 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .263 | .263 | .311 | .574 | 118 | |||||||||||
| Maury Wills | 93 | 343 | 343 | 98 | 16 | 5 | 6 | .286 | .286 | .414 | .700 | 142 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Alexson | 118 | 355 | 355 | 84 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .301 | .538 | 107 | |||||||||||
| Edward Little | 104 | 305 | 305 | 72 | 8 | 1 | 4 | .236 | .236 | .308 | .544 | 94 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Gushanas | 54 | 90 | 90 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .322 | .322 | .444 | .767 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Huey Rhodes | 40 | 83 | 83 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .241 | .241 | .373 | .614 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Joe Gulvas | 25 | 75 | 75 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .253 | .253 | .307 | .560 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Dacko | 37 | 92 | 92 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .217 | .391 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Bernier | 36 | 39 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .256 | .513 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Jasper Spears | 20 | 50 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Raynor | 26 | 57 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .175 | .175 | .193 | .368 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Morris Mack | 11 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .257 | .514 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Danny Hayling | 20 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .194 | .389 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Arturo Seijas | 40 | 59 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .119 | .119 | .169 | .288 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Eleuterio Lopez | 27 | 34 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .147 | .176 | .324 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Richard Lovell | 51 | 57 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .070 | .070 | .088 | .158 | 5 | |||||||||||
| McKinley Mosley | 22 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .080 | .080 | .080 | .160 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1487 | 4477 | 4477 | 0 | 1196 | 175 | 42 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .368 | .635 | 1647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Alexson | 1B | 108 | 780 | 60 | 13 | .985 | 7.778 | |
| Gerald Didier | 2B | 100 | 280 | 255 | 22 | .961 | 5.350 | |
| Clyde Parris | 3B | 125 | 142 | 273 | 22 | .950 | 3.320 | |
| Edward Little | C | 101 | 401 | 60 | 6 | .987 | 4.564 | |
| Ronald Dacko | C | 31 | 92 | 15 | 2 | .982 | 3.452 | |
| Huey Rhodes | C | 28 | 79 | 13 | 6 | .939 | 3.286 | |
| Asdrubal Baro | OF | 133 | 251 | 20 | 6 | .978 | 2.038 | |
| Paul Armstrong | OF | 115 | 221 | 10 | 8 | .967 | 2.009 | |
| Oscar Sierra | OF | 107 | 222 | 15 | 6 | .975 | 2.215 | |
| Joe Gulvas | OF | 20 | 49 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 2.550 | |
| Richard Lovell | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Gushanas | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Bernier | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Arturo Seijas | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Eleuterio Lopez | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Arthur Raynor | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| McKinley Mosley | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Danny Hayling | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Kipp | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Willie Davis | SS | 72 | 164 | 208 | 32 | .921 | 5.167 | |
| Maury Wills | SS | 56 | 111 | 178 | 24 | .923 | 5.161 | |
| Totals | 1235 | 2792 | 1109 | 148 | 0 | .963 | 3.159 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
