1953 Dothan Rebels Statistics

Alabama-Florida League (AAL) - Class: D
Team Record: 59-58
Finished 3rd in the AAL
Manager: Ray Wilson (59-58)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Dothan, Alabama
Ballpark: Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 35,799, Avg. 612

1953 Dothan Rebels Roster

Playoffs - Dothan Rebels 4 games, Panama City Fliers 3
Finals - Dothan Rebels 4 games, Graceville Oilers 2

The Dothan Rebels of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1953 season with a record of 59 wins and 58 losses, finishing third in the AAL.

The Rebels scored 710 runs and conceded 707 runs. Marvin Sheridan and Ray Wilson led all regular hitters with a .323 average. Spencer Davis topped Dothan with 22 wins and a team-best 1.21 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Tom Patton played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Dothan Rebels to do so.

Ray Wilson 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
Spencer Davis	22	4	.846	1.21	32	22					231.0	151	65	31	3	94
Ronnie Leandri	9	4	.692	2.68	19	11					114.0	102	48	34	4	53
John Allen	7	2	.778	4.23	17	5					66.0	61	41	31	4	58
Al Sanders	5	6	.455	3.69	22	16					127.0	119	73	52	4	67
Myron Garland	2	4	.333	6.00	11	7					48.0	52	41	32	4	33
Totals	45	20	.692	2.76	101	61	0	0	0	0	586.0	485	268	180	19	305	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
Ray Wilson	115	421	421		136	20	5	5						.323	.323	.430	.753	181
Jimmie Cantrell	17	455	455		135	17	16	9						.297	.297	.464	.760	211
Samuel Williams	104	356	356		95	3	5	1						.267	.267	.312	.579	111
David Garcia	69	299	299		92	12	1	1						.308	.308	.365	.672	109
Paul Leslie	53	211	211		67	13	4	4						.318	.318	.474	.791	100
Donald Camden	67	238	238		61	11	2	2						.256	.256	.345	.601	82
Norman Plitt	49	177	177		59	7	1	3						.333	.333	.435	.768	77
Spencer Davis	67	181	181		55	8	1	6						.304	.304	.459	.762	83
Tom Patton	58	178	178		35	7	2	2						.197	.197	.292	.489	52
Joseph Dudziec	36	123	123		31	5	3	0						.252	.252	.341	.593	42
George Fisher	26	100	100		28	1	2	4						.280	.280	.450	.730	45
John Riddle	40	134	134		22	0	2	0						.164	.164	.194	.358	26
Nick Demus	24	87	87		19	2	2	1						.218	.218	.322	.540	28
John Horn	16	61	61		17	2	1	1						.279	.279	.393	.672	24
Harry Clark	10	21	21		11	3	0	0						.524	.524	.667	1.190	14
Al Sanders	24	49	49		10	1	0	0						.204	.204	.224	.429	11
John Graves	23	53	53		10	0	0	0						.189	.189	.189	.377	10
Bobby Matthews	12	37	37		8	0	0	0						.216	.216	.216	.432	8
Miguel Marquez	11	38	38		8	3	0	0						.211	.211	.289	.500	11
Myron Garland	12	18	18		6	2	0	0						.333	.333	.444	.778	8
John Allen	18	23	23		4	0	0	0						.174	.174	.174	.348	4
Ronnie Leandri	19	34	34		3	0	0	0						.088	.088	.088	.176	3
Totals	870	3294	3294	0	912	117	47	39	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.277	.376	.653	1240	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Al Sanders	P	22					.000
Ronnie Leandri	P	19					.000
John Allen	P	17					.000
Myron Garland	P	11					.000
Totals		69	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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