1953 Crowley Millers Statistics

Evangeline League (EL) - Class: C
Team Record: 84-54
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Tony York (84-54)
Location: Crowley, Louisiana
Ballpark: Miller Field
Attendance: 100,239, Avg. 1,453

1953 Crowley Millers Roster

Playoffs - Lafayette Bulls 4 games, Crowley Millers 2

The Crowley Millers of the Evangeline League ended the 1953 season with a record of 84 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the EL.

The Millers scored 864 runs, most in the league. Crowley gave up 709 runs. Juan Izaguirre paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .339. Marvin Holleman earned 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Gilson Ross and Charles Nelson added 15 or more wins, too Charles Nelson registered a 3.23 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

Tony York played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Crowley Millers to do so.

Tony York 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
Marvin Holleman	24	10	.706	4.23	38	32					283.0	301	170	133	17	166
Gilson Ross	22	11	.667	3.29	34	2					271.0	244	133	99	14	136
Charles Nelson	20	10	.667	3.23	40	10					262.0	289	127	94	16	79
Melvin Burgess	9	9	.500	4.78	27	23					169.3	203	135	90	13	90
Cletus Younger	8	13	.381	4.33	35	17					172.7	184	103	83	11	65
Totals	83	53	.610	3.88	174	84	0	0	0	0	1158.0	1221	668	499	71	536	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
Juan Izaguirre	136	551	551		187	36	4	13						.339	.339	.490	.829	270
James Moore	131	549	549		168	34	2	23						.306	.306	.501	.807	275
Art Edinger	134	523	523		160	24	3	25						.306	.306	.507	.813	265
Conk Meriwether	134	525	525		160	21	1	42						.305	.305	.589	.893	309
Don Keeter	132	483	483		150	19	2	3						.311	.311	.377	.687	182
Mel Stein	136	488	488		136	23	6	10						.279	.279	.412	.691	201
Michael Scivoletti	122	464	464		125	16	6	1						.269	.269	.336	.606	156
Tony York	98	321	321		104	19	0	11						.324	.324	.486	.810	156
Frederick Demourelle	75	235	235		43	9	0	0						.183	.183	.221	.404	52
Gilson Ross	35	109	109		29	2	0	2						.266	.266	.339	.606	37
Marvin Holleman	36	108	108		27	1	0	1						.250	.250	.287	.537	31
Charles Nelson	41	105	105		23	2	3	2						.219	.219	.352	.571	37
Nicholas Sciaretta	26	63	63		16	5	0	1						.254	.254	.381	.635	24
Bernard Wolfe	29	54	54		10	1	0	1						.185	.185	.259	.444	14
Melvin Burgess	27	64	64		8	1	0	0						.125	.125	.141	.266	9
Cletus Younger	35	58	58		6	0	0	0						.103	.103	.103	.207	6
Totals	1327	4700	4700	0	1352	213	27	135	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.288	.431	.718	2024	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Charles Nelson	P	40					.000
Marvin Holleman	P	38					.000
Cletus Younger	P	35					.000
Gilson Ross	P	34					.000
Melvin Burgess	P	27					.000
Totals		174	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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