1953 Baton Rouge Red Sticks Statistics

Evangeline League (EL) - Class: C
Team Record: 69-69
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: George Spears (69-69)
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Ballpark: City Park
Attendance: 53,670, Avg. 778

1953 Baton Rouge Red Sticks Roster

Playoffs - Thibodaux Giants 4 games, Baton Rouge Red Sticks 3

The Baton Rouge Red Sticks of the Evangeline League ended the 1953 season with a record of 69 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the EL.

The Red Sticks scored 735 runs and allowed 832 runs, most in the circuit. George Spears led all regular batters with a .322 average. Paul Aube topped Baton Rouge with 13 wins, while John Karpinski registered a 4.2 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Roger McKee played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Baton Rouge Red Sticks to do so.

George Spears 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
Paul Aube	13	11	.542	4.45	38	26					190.0	208	128	94	9	100
John Karpinski	12	10	.545	4.20	30	24					180.0	168	102	84	11	102
William Torres	8	8	.500	5.19	31	20					149.0	165	98	86	9	101
Max Gnagy	6	0	1.000	4.86	21	1					50.0	41	33	27	2	44
James Copeland	6	2	.750	7.51	34	2					80.3	93	70	67	6	63
Natalio Irizarry	6	7	.462	3.45	19	14					109.7	102	54	42	2	45
Vic Michalec	5	7	.417	4.88	24	15					94.0	117	74	51	6	74
Eddie Hughes	4	3	.571	3.19	7	7					53.7	38	24	19	0	49
Willie Lavallo	4	3	.571	5.62	15	7					56.0	65	42	35	5	48
Benjamin Odem	1	6	.143	5.46	23	4					64.3	68	48	39	5	51
Totals	65	57	.533	4.77	242	120	0	0	0	0	1027.0	1065	673	544	55	677	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
Lee Hedges	134	533	533		161	25	4	6						.302	.302	.398	.700	212
George Spears	131	482	482		155	26	3	3						.322	.322	.407	.728	196
Jose Garcia	133	522	522		154	28	3	8						.295	.295	.406	.701	212
Guillermo Vega	117	468	468		142	20	1	2						.303	.303	.363	.667	170
Max Gnagy	132	484	484		131	18	2	1						.271	.271	.322	.593	156
Robert Akenhead	137	490	490		126	17	3	9						.257	.257	.359	.616	176
Roger McKee	94	319	319		114	20	12	13						.357	.357	.618	.975	197
John Karpinski	111	397	397		99	17	0	16						.249	.249	.413	.662	164
Gyles Russell	45	161	161		49	5	1	0						.304	.304	.348	.652	56
Manuel Rojas	64	188	188		46	10	1	3						.245	.245	.356	.601	67
Corbett Carlisle	30	88	88		25	3	1	0						.284	.284	.341	.625	30
Paul Aube	60	100	100		25	2	0	1						.250	.250	.300	.550	30
James Griffey	22	63	63		19	1	0	1						.302	.302	.365	.667	23
Edmund Rossin	23	60	60		17	0	0	1						.283	.283	.333	.617	20
Vic Michalec	40	55	55		16	2	0	1						.291	.291	.382	.673	21
Natalio Irizarry	21	42	42		9	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	9
William Torres	35	64	64		9	2	0	0						.141	.141	.172	.312	11
James Copeland	35	32	32		8	0	1	0						.250	.250	.312	.562	10
Benjamin Odem	25	21	21		5	0	0	0						.238	.238	.238	.476	5
Willie Lavallo	15	22	22		5	0	0	0						.227	.227	.227	.455	5
Wilson Osborne	12	29	29		3	0	0	0						.103	.103	.103	.207	3
Totals	1416	4620	4620	0	1318	196	32	65	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.285	.384	.669	1773	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Paul Aube	P	38					.000
James Copeland	P	34					.000
William Torres	P	31					.000
Vic Michalec	P	24					.000
Benjamin Odem	P	23					.000
Natalio Irizarry	P	19					.000
Willie Lavallo	P	15					.000
Eddie Hughes	P	7					.000
Totals		191	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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