1953 Cocoa Indians Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 78-59
Finished 3rd in the FSL
Manager: Bama Rowell (78-59)
Location: Cocoa, Florida
Ballpark: Charles D. Provost Park
Attendance: 24,579, Avg. 359

1953 Cocoa Indians Roster

The Cocoa Indians of the Florida State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 78 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the FSL.

The Indians scored 810 runs and surrendered 773 runs. Bama Rowell led batters with significant playing time with a .345 average. Virgil Frazier topped Cocoa with 18 wins, while Bill Letchworth registered a 2.3 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bama Rowell and Ray Daviault both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Bama Rowell 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
Virgil Frazier	18	10	.643	3.69	36	29					254.0	289	158	104	10	100
Bama Rowell	11	8	.579	2.95	30	5					128.0	124	72	42	5	45
Bill Letchworth	10	6	.625	2.30	18	15					133.0	119	54	34	1	36
Ray Daviault	10	8	.556	3.25	18	19					144.0	131	73	52	6	93
Francisco Lopez	10	8	.556	4.90	28	23					158.0	190	116	86	4	80
Donald Crosson	7	4	.636	4.16	23	18					119.0	137	78	55	5	57
Totals	66	44	.600	3.59	153	109	0	0	0	0	936.0	990	551	373	31	411	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
Bama Rowell	126	498	498		172	26	5	12						.345	.345	.490	.835	244
George Hughes	135	517	517		170	32	2	4						.329	.329	.422	.750	218
Domingo Lopez	123	499	499		145	23	3	5						.291	.291	.379	.669	189
Dewey Thurman	133	513	513		137	27	4	5						.267	.267	.365	.632	187
Edward Vadimsky	118	412	412		96	13	0	3						.233	.233	.286	.519	118
Walter Busma	80	265	265		70	11	0	2						.264	.264	.328	.592	87
Robert Jones	49	188	188		41	6	0	0						.218	.218	.250	.468	47
Virgil Frazier	69	165	165		31	6	1	0						.188	.188	.236	.424	39
Donald Callaway	59	175	175		31	4	1	3						.177	.177	.263	.440	46
Francisco Lopez	48	117	117		26	2	1	1						.222	.222	.282	.504	33
Orland Johnson	16	68	68		15	0	0	0						.221	.221	.221	.441	15
Ray Daviault	19	55	55		9	3	0	0						.164	.164	.218	.382	12
Donald Crosson	23	41	41		8	2	0	0						.195	.195	.244	.439	10
Charles Zaia	11	27	27		5	0	0	0						.185	.185	.185	.370	5
Bill Letchworth	18	45	45		3	0	0	0						.067	.067	.067	.133	3
Totals	1027	3585	3585	0	959	155	17	35	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.268	.350	.617	1253	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Virgil Frazier	P	36					.000
Francisco Lopez	P	28					.000
Donald Crosson	P	23					.000
Bill Letchworth	P	18					.000
Ray Daviault	P	18					.000
Totals		123	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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