1953 Albany Cardinals Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 82-56
Finished 4th in the GGL
Manager: Russell McGovern (82-56)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Albany, Georgia
Ballpark: Cardinal Stadium
Attendance: 51,870, Avg. 752

1953 Albany Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Thomasville Dodgers 4 games, Albany Cardinals 2

The Albany Cardinals of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1953 season with a record of 82 wins and 56 losses, finishing fourth in the GGL.

The Cardinals paced the circuit with 868 runs, ignited by 45 home runs. Albany allowed 672 runs. Kenny Hilyer led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .334. Joseph Bourgeois topped the team with 16 wins, while Julian Joyner recorded a 2.2 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Phil Clark and Tom Cheney both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Russell McGovern 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
Joseph Bourgeois	16	7	.696	3.16	34	20					185.0	169	87	65	4	69
Joe Ostopchuk	11	3	.786	3.09	27	16					128.0	92	58	44	2	85
Floyd Shiver	11	7	.611	4.25	26	21					142.0	140	83	67	1	76
Tom Cheney	9	12	.429	3.61	35	19					172.0	147	96	69	6	85
Max Slike	7	4	.636	4.04	18	15					122.7	125	72	55	3	59
Julian Joyner	7	10	.412	2.20	22	17					131.0	124	58	32	1	47
William Keggereis	4	1	.800	5.45	21	6					69.3	54	43	42	3	60
Totals	65	44	.596	3.54	183	114	0	0	0	0	950.0	851	497	374	20	481	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
Kenny Hilyer	136	512	512		171	30	5	15						.334	.334	.500	.834	256
Heaford McKinney	137	480	480		152	28	12	4						.317	.317	.450	.767	216
Herman Grabert	131	496	496		148	26	5	9						.298	.298	.425	.724	211
Gene Davis	131	532	532		148	30	14	5						.278	.278	.415	.694	221
Russell McGovern	132	479	479		131	22	6	0						.273	.273	.344	.618	165
Robert Rand	122	438	438		117	20	8	8						.267	.267	.404	.671	177
Jack Bisesi	132	474	474		107	8	3	1						.226	.226	.262	.487	124
Norm Rohs	103	358	358		89	11	3	1						.249	.249	.304	.553	109
Bob Skelton	37	122	122		31	4	3	2						.254	.254	.385	.639	47
Donald Fleisch	49	141	141		30	2	3	0						.213	.213	.270	.482	38
Joseph Bourgeois	49	105	105		22	4	0	0						.210	.210	.248	.457	26
Ronald Steele	38	57	57		18	2	0	0						.316	.316	.351	.667	20
Tom Cheney	36	65	65		13	2	0	0						.200	.200	.231	.431	15
William Ivey	19	63	63		12	1	1	0						.190	.190	.238	.429	15
Max Slike	18	49	49		10	0	0	0						.204	.204	.204	.408	10
Julian Joyner	23	44	44		9	1	0	0						.205	.205	.227	.432	10
Joe Ostopchuk	27	49	49		9	2	1	0						.184	.184	.265	.449	13
Floyd Shiver	26	56	56		9	2	0	0						.161	.161	.196	.357	11
James Flanigan	10	16	16		3	1	0	0						.188	.188	.250	.438	4
William Keggereis	21	25	25		3	0	0	0						.120	.120	.120	.240	3
Totals	1377	4561	4561	0	1232	196	64	45	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.270	.371	.641	1691	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Tom Cheney	P	35					.000
Joseph Bourgeois	P	34					.000
Joe Ostopchuk	P	27					.000
Floyd Shiver	P	26					.000
Julian Joyner	P	22					.000
William Keggereis	P	21					.000
Max Slike	P	18					.000
Totals		183	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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