1953 Decatur Commodores Statistics

Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 68-50
Finished 1st in the MOVL
Manager: Ray Taylor (68-50)
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 96,337, Avg. 1,633

1953 Decatur Commodores Roster

Playoffs - Decatur Commodores 3 games, Hannibal Cardinals 0
Finals - Decatur Commodores 3 games, Paris Lakers 2

The Decatur Commodores of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1953 season with a record of 68 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the MOVL.

The Commodores plated 627 runs and gave up 559 runs. Andy Smith led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .334 clip. Juan Garcia topped Decatur with 18 wins, while Luis Herrera, too added 15 or more wins, too Luis Herrera recorded a 2.87 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Carlos Paula and Ramon Garcia both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Ray Taylor 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
Juan Garcia	18	6	.750	3.28	29	24					200.0	186	86	73	5	54
Luis Herrera	17	9	.654	2.87	35	21					213.0	198	90	68	7	108
Guillermo Grajeda	12	8	.600	3.97	26	21					170.0	167	97	75	5	82
Amancio Ferro	6	0	1.000	1.95	7	7					60.0	48	21	13	9	22
Alfonso Lopez	5	3	.625	3.97	25	4					102.0	105	52	45	3	47
Pedro Naranjo	3	6	.333	4.67	10	9					54.0	57	35	28	1	27
Miguel Hernandez	2	3	.400	2.54	6	6					46.0	40	20	13	1	16
Robert Appleby	2	4	.333	5.90	14	8					58.0	61	42	38	1	35
Sidney Goreham	2	5	.286	5.08	10	9					62.0	61	44	35	1	41
Totals	67	44	.604	3.62	162	109	0	0	0	0	965.0	923	487	388	33	432	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
Andy Smith	115	440	440		147	22	15	1						.334	.334	.459	.793	202
Ray Taylor	118	449	449		143	15	6	1						.318	.318	.385	.704	173
Gonzalo Chenard	115	444	444		131	20	3	0						.295	.295	.354	.649	157
Sergio Martinez	117	459	459		125	10	4	0						.272	.272	.312	.584	143
Jim Freeman	117	430	430		123	24	4	10						.286	.286	.430	.716	185
Manuel Valdez	118	431	431		114	16	12	1						.265	.265	.364	.629	157
Andres DeLaFuente	72	226	226		47	5	4	1						.208	.208	.279	.487	63
Herman Niehaus	51	198	198		46	10	1	4						.232	.232	.354	.586	70
Raul Olivares	27	95	95		26	8	0	2						.274	.274	.421	.695	40
Carlos Paula	26	98	98		26	7	3	3						.265	.265	.490	.755	48
Juan Garcia	31	84	84		19	2	1	0						.226	.226	.274	.500	23
Luis Herrera	37	93	93		17	4	1	0						.183	.183	.247	.430	23
Clarence Hall	30	57	57		13	1	0	0						.228	.228	.246	.474	14
Alfonso Lopez	25	46	46		9	0	0	0						.196	.196	.196	.391	9
Amancio Ferro	10	29	29		8	3	0	0						.276	.276	.379	.655	11
Guillermo Grajeda	26	53	53		7	1	0	0						.132	.132	.151	.283	8
Robert Appleby	14	26	26		4	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308	4
Pedro Naranjo	11	20	20		3	1	0	0						.150	.150	.200	.350	4
Sidney Goreham	10	17	17		2	0	0	0						.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Totals	1070	3695	3695	0	1010	149	54	23	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.362	.635	1336	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Luis Herrera	P	35					.000
Juan Garcia	P	29					.000
Guillermo Grajeda	P	26					.000
Alfonso Lopez	P	25					.000
Robert Appleby	P	14					.000
Pedro Naranjo	P	10					.000
Sidney Goreham	P	10					.000
Amancio Ferro	P	7					.000
Miguel Hernandez	P	6					.000
Totals		162	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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