1953 Drummondville Royals Statistics

Provincial League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 42-79
Finished 8th in the PL
Manager: Al Gionfriddo (0-0), Joe Oliffe (0-0)
Location: Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
Ballpark: Civic Center
Attendance: 35,202, Avg. 582

1953 Drummondville Royals Roster

The Drummondville Royals of the Provincial League ended the 1953 season with a record of 42 wins and 79 losses, finishing eighth in the PL.

The Royals scored 560 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 797 runs. Joe Oliffe led all regular batters with a .288 average. Tom Smith topped Drummondville with 9 wins, while Gerard Lefebvre registered a 3.71 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1953 Drummondville Royals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Dan Bankhead, Lennie Pearson, Al Gionfriddo, Maurice Peatros and Fireman Anderson.

Al Gionfriddo and Joe Oliffe 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
Tom Smith	9	6	.600	4.01	19	16					119.0	135	70	53	1	54
Dante Cozzi	6	11	.353	5.60	28	16					127.0	155	106	79	8	76
Fireman Anderson	4	5	.444	5.22	56	8					188.0	235	136	109	10	57
Stanley Deneka	4	7	.364	5.18	17	13					73.0	61	51	42	4	51
James Kelly	3	8	.273	6.30	14	13					60.0	57	53	42	3	50
Gerard Lefebvre	3	11	.214	3.71	22	8					97.0	88	53	40	4	47
Ed Tracy	2	2	.500	7.50	10	6					48.0	53	46	40	4	43
Tito Fioravanti	2	9	.182	4.78	15	10					79.0	95	57	42	6	29
Dan Bankhead	0	0		0.00	47						45.0	46				26
Totals	33	59	.359	4.81	228	90	0	0	0	0	836.0	925	572	447	40	433	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
Joe Oliffe	122	468	468		135	33	7	3						.288	.288	.408	.697	191
Lennie Pearson	76	280	280		82	13	1	16						.293	.293	.518	.811	145
Ed Tracy	105	353	353		78	12	0	0						.221	.221	.255	.476	90
Al Gionfriddo	74	233	233		57	7	0	4						.245	.245	.326	.571	76
Dan Bankhead	47	167	167		46	8	3	3						.275	.275	.413	.689	69
Maurice Peatros	36	124	124		36	3	1	2						.290	.290	.379	.669	47
Kenny Bowles	46	165	165		34	3	1	0						.206	.206	.236	.442	39
Jean-Paul Goulet	30	89	89		24	6	1	0						.270	.270	.360	.629	32
Marcel St. Pierre	23	69	69		15	4	0	0						.217	.217	.275	.493	19
Ismet Baker	24	63	63		11	2	0	0						.175	.175	.206	.381	13
Pierre Nantel	18	54	54		8	2	0	0						.148	.148	.185	.333	10
Gerard Lefebvre	29	36	36		7	0	1	0						.194	.194	.250	.444	9
Tom Smith	19	42	42		7	2	0	0						.167	.167	.214	.381	9
James Kelly	14	22	22		6	1	0	0						.273	.273	.318	.591	7
Richard Lenzi	12	33	33		6	1	0	0						.182	.182	.212	.394	7
Fireman Anderson	54	67	67		6	0	0	0						.090	.090	.090	.179	6
Thomas Fauci	13	36	36		5	1	0	0						.139	.139	.167	.306	6
Tito Fioravanti	24	41	41		5	2	0	0						.122	.122	.171	.293	7
Stanley Deneka	16	23	23		3	1	0	0						.130	.130	.174	.304	4
Dante Cozzi	24	36	36		2	0	0	0						.056	.056	.056	.111	2
Totals	806	2401	2401	0	573	101	15	28	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.239	.328	.567	788	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Fireman Anderson	P	56					.000
Dan Bankhead	P	47					.000
Dante Cozzi	P	28					.000
Gerard Lefebvre	P	22					.000
Tom Smith	P	19					.000
Stanley Deneka	P	17					.000
Tito Fioravanti	P	15					.000
James Kelly	P	14					.000
Totals		218	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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