1953 Gainesville Owls Roster
1953 Gainesville Owls StatisticsThe Gainesville Owls of the Sooner State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 36 wins and 102 losses, finishing eighth in the SSL.
The Owls scored 565 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 1028 runs, most in the circuit. Lindy Middleton paced all regular batters by hitting .234. Luis Munoz topped Gainesville with 10 wins and a team-best 3.79 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Eddie Haas and Jesse Landrum both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
James Grigg, Ernest Shadid and Jesse Landrum served as manager.
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| Player |
Bats |
Throws |
Birth Date |
Height |
Weight |
Hometown |
| Julio Acosta | L | L | August 12, 1916 | 5'11" | 200 | |
| Dick Adams | L | L | March 23, 1932 | 6'0" | 185 | Whittier, CA US |
| Charles Battle | | | | | | |
| Don Brocato | R | R | March 14, 1934 | 6'3" | 190 | |
| Clem Bruning | | | | | | |
| Earl Castellow | R | | March 24, 1932 | 6'1" | 180 | |
| Donald Chamberlain | | | | | | |
| James Chaney | | | | | | |
| Charlie Charles | | | September 5, 1931 | | | |
| George Cockrell | R | R | | 6'0" | 150 | |
| Paul Cole | | | | | | |
| Cecil Curry | | | | | | |
| George Davis | | | | | | |
| Jim Dayen | R | R | April 4, 1935 | 6'3" | 190 | Longview, WA US |
| Andrew DeGeorge | | | | | | |
| Ricardo Dieguez | R | | | 5'8" | 142 | |
| Stan Domikaitis | | | March 20, 1934 | | | |
| Alfred Dreizler | L | L | | 5'10" | 170 | |
| Charles Duffield | | | | | | |
| Joe Edmonds | | | | | | |
| Robert Erickson | | | | | | |
| Donnie Ford | R | | August 22, 1934 | 6'0" | 175 | |
| Garcia | | | | | | |
| Ray Giannelli | R | | | 5'10" | 170 | |
| Clarence Gibson | R | R | May 9, 1934 | 6'0" | 180 | Madera, CA US |
| Frank Glazier | | | | | | |
| Roy Gonzales | | | | | | |
| Clifford Gookin | L | R | | 6'2" | 180 | |
| Gregg | | | | | | |
| James Grigg | R | | | 5'11" | 170 | |
| Eddie Haas | L | R | May 26, 1935 | 5'11" | 178 | Paducah, KY US |
| Ray Harding | | | December 23, 1928 | | | |
| Freddie Harrist | R | | | 6'1" | 185 | |
| Connie Heard | R | | | 5'8" | 160 | |
| Gary Hicks | L | | August 3, 1931 | 5'9" | 160 | Sioux City, IA US |
| Ezra Hill | L | | | 5'11" | | |
| Leo Hotard | R | R | | 6'1" | 185 | |
| Crawford Howard | R | | January 16, 1920 | 5'11" | 170 | Chickamauga, GA US |
| Edward Hughes | R | L | | 6'4" | 205 | |
| Robert Humphrey | | | | | | |
| Hutto | | | | | | |
| Gerald Johnson | | | | | | |
| Robert Kirkpatrick | | | | | | |
| Terry Labins | | | | | | |
| Jesse Landrum | R | R | July 31, 1912 | 5'11" | 175 | Crockett, TX US |
| Joseph Langhamer | R | R | May 8, 1935 | 6'3" | 195 | |
| James Lemons | S | R | | 6'0" | 160 | |
| James Leonard | | | | | | |
| Ray Litton | R | R | July 8, 1931 | 6'0" | 175 | |
| Lively | | | | | | |
| Francisco Marrero | | | | | | |
| Joe McCormick | | L | May 8, 1934 | | | |
| Lindy Middleton | L | | | 5'11" | 160 | |
| Maurice Mirman | | | | | | |
| Harvey Mosher | | | | | | |
| Luis Munoz | R | R | | 5'10" | 149 | |
| Philip Newell | | | | | | |
| Kenneth Phillips | R | | August 10, 1933 | 5'11" | 170 | Chicago, IL US |
| Tommie Phillips | | | | | | |
| A. C. Quarles | | | July 27, 1932 | | | Anderson County, TX US |
| Joe Riley | | | | | | |
| Jimmy Ruff | R | R | March 24, 1934 | 5'10" | 155 | |
| Joseph Samalion | L | | | 5'8" | 165 | |
| Arlington Seymour | | | | | | |
| Bob Shank | R | R | November 19, 1934 | 6'2" | 200 | Sacramento, CA US |
| Theodore Solomon | L | | | 6'0" | 158 | |
| James Tetkrick | | | | | | |
| James Tunnell | | | | | | |
| Robert Wagner | | | | | | |
| James Weindel | R | | | 5'11" | 180 | |
| Ward Wilson | R | R | January 2, 1935 | 6'1" | 185 | |
| Carroll Wood | | | | | | |
| Ben Yates | | | April 22, 1934 | | | |
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.
