1953 Sandersville Wacos Statistics

Georgia State League (GSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 48-77
Finished 6th in the GSL
Manager: Perley Grant (0-0), Parnell Ruark (0-0), Lucius Morgan (0-0), Julian Morgan (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Sandersville, Georgia
Ballpark: Sandersville Baseball Park
Attendance: 33,895, Avg. 542

1953 Sandersville Wacos Roster

The Sandersville Wacos of the Georgia State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 48 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the GSL.

The Wacos plated 727 runs and allowed 960 runs, most in the league. Lucius Morgan led all regular batters by connecting at a .330 clip. Sam Yearty topped Sandersville with 6 wins, while Willie Parrott registered a 5.76 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Rayford Finch played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Sandersville Wacos to do so.

Perley Grant, Parnell Ruark, Lucius Morgan and Julian Morgan 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
Sam Yearty	6	6	.500	4.70	19	8					92.0	104	60	48	6	34
Willie Parrott	5	8	.385	5.76	22	11					100.0	125	81	64	2	63
Ray Garmon	3	4	.429	4.35	12	6					62.0	76	41	30	3	24
Jim Freeman	3	5	.375	7.74	12	8					50.0	64	51	43	6	26
Willard Moore	3	7	.300	7.20	18	10					80.0	103	81	64	7	60
Craig Hoyal	2	4	.333	6.30	14	5					60.0	75	46	42	4	28
Totals	22	34	.393	5.90	97	48	0	0	0	0	444.0	547	360	291	28	235	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
Cecil Herringdine	122	476	476		137	23	2	21						.288	.288	.477	.765	227
Lucius Morgan	105	394	394		130	24	7	16						.330	.330	.548	.878	216
Robert Ford	87	379	379		100	16	4	3						.264	.264	.351	.615	133
Jesus Garcia	60	232	232		60	9	2	0						.259	.259	.315	.573	73
John Dobek	63	210	210		56	13	1	13						.267	.267	.524	.790	110
Perley Grant	53	189	189		55	12	4	1						.291	.291	.413	.704	78
Bob Breidt	65	226	226		49	5	2	0						.217	.217	.257	.473	58
Sherman Kenny	36	128	128		34	5	0	1						.266	.266	.328	.594	42
Sidney Johnson	27	101	101		32	4	3	0						.317	.317	.416	.733	42
Harry Babcock	27	104	104		29	4	5	1						.279	.279	.442	.721	46
Herbert Horowitz	36	118	118		27	5	2	1						.229	.229	.331	.559	39
Henry Sanders	33	98	98		24	7	1	0						.245	.245	.337	.582	33
Chuck Doehler	31	85	85		20	1	1	0						.235	.235	.271	.506	23
Jim Freeman	42	60	60		16	1	0	0						.267	.267	.283	.550	17
Craig Hoyal	48	104	104		15	1	2	0						.144	.144	.192	.337	20
Max Smith	20	65	65		14	3	0	0						.215	.215	.262	.477	17
Willie Parrott	26	55	55		13	0	0	0						.236	.236	.236	.473	13
Ray Garmon	19	36	36		12	1	1	0						.333	.333	.417	.750	15
Sam Yearty	25	50	50		8	0	0	0						.160	.160	.160	.320	8
Willard Moore	19	26	26		4	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308	4
Patrick Boggs	13	39	39		4	0	0	0						.103	.103	.103	.205	4
William Allen	10	24	24		3	1	0	0						.125	.125	.167	.292	4
Totals	967	3199	3199	0	842	135	37	57	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.382	.645	1222	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Willie Parrott	P	22					.000
Sam Yearty	P	19					.000
Willard Moore	P	18					.000
Ray Garmon	P	12					.000
Totals		71	0	0	0	0	.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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