1953 Evansville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 70-59
Finished 3rd in the IIIL
Manager: Bob Coleman (70-59)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 88,438, Avg. 1,371
Playoffs - Evansville Braves 3 games, Terre Haute Phillies 2
Finals - Quincy Gems 3 games, Evansville Braves 0
The Evansville Braves of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1953 season with a record of 70 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the IIIL.
The Braves plated 668 runs and surrendered 674 runs. Leonard Williams paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .306 clip. Humberto Robinson topped Evansville with 17 wins and a team-best 2.68 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1953 Evansville Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Nat Peeples, Wes Covington, Johnny Goryl, Joe Morgan, Humberto Robinson and Don McMahon.
Bob Coleman served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humberto Robinson | 17 | 8 | .680 | 2.68 | 31 | 29 | 198.0 | 168 | 85 | 59 | 6 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Paul Cave | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.24 | 28 | 23 | 172.0 | 139 | 85 | 62 | 10 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Jack Scott | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.68 | 15 | 3 | 50.0 | 59 | 28 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Don McMahon | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.50 | 26 | 12 | 114.0 | 113 | 69 | 57 | 5 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Stewart Alton | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.92 | 30 | 13 | 124.0 | 98 | 73 | 54 | 9 | 93 | ||||||||||
| Eugene Leach | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.36 | 30 | 21 | 161.0 | 191 | 105 | 78 | 9 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Matthew Peoplis | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.07 | 30 | 16 | 115.0 | 98 | 73 | 52 | 4 | 127 | ||||||||||
| Jack Schlarb | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7.18 | 27 | 4 | 74.0 | 66 | 63 | 59 | 7 | 104 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 61 | 53 | .535 | 3.99 | 217 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1008.0 | 932 | 581 | 447 | 50 | 643 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Williams | 130 | 494 | 494 | 151 | 15 | 14 | 24 | .306 | .306 | .538 | .844 | 266 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Turco | 80 | 316 | 316 | 105 | 23 | 5 | 5 | .332 | .332 | .484 | .816 | 153 | |||||||||||
| Larry Pennell | 111 | 366 | 366 | 101 | 10 | 11 | 16 | .276 | .276 | .495 | .770 | 181 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Goryl | 116 | 398 | 398 | 98 | 21 | 5 | 12 | .246 | .246 | .415 | .661 | 165 | |||||||||||
| Arnie Hallgren | 107 | 382 | 382 | 95 | 17 | 8 | 9 | .249 | .249 | .406 | .654 | 155 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Riddle | 91 | 346 | 346 | 80 | 9 | 5 | 6 | .231 | .231 | .338 | .569 | 117 | |||||||||||
| Bill Wells | 97 | 308 | 308 | 79 | 16 | 4 | 13 | .256 | .256 | .461 | .718 | 142 | |||||||||||
| Joe Morgan | 78 | 301 | 301 | 74 | 10 | 5 | 4 | .246 | .246 | .352 | .598 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Ted Forsyth | 85 | 286 | 286 | 69 | 9 | 3 | 5 | .241 | .241 | .346 | .587 | 99 | |||||||||||
| Wes Covington | 42 | 177 | 177 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 5 | .277 | .277 | .424 | .701 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Pete Swain | 37 | 143 | 143 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .252 | .252 | .364 | .615 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Ron Gendreau | 34 | 151 | 151 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .212 | .212 | .305 | .517 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Walter Ford | 60 | 127 | 127 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .252 | .472 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Jack Schlarb | 39 | 51 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .333 | .627 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Humberto Robinson | 38 | 77 | 77 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .169 | .169 | .182 | .351 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Don McMahon | 28 | 43 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .256 | .512 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Paul Cave | 29 | 56 | 56 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .268 | .464 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Bud Belardi | 16 | 49 | 49 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .204 | .204 | .306 | .510 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Wes Sell | 21 | 39 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .205 | .205 | .231 | .436 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Matthew Peoplis | 30 | 33 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .152 | .303 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Bill Conroy | 10 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Don Schmidt | 14 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Jack Scott | 15 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Stewart Alton | 42 | 38 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .079 | .079 | .132 | .211 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Leach | 30 | 54 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .037 | .037 | .056 | .093 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1380 | 4284 | 4284 | 0 | 1085 | 164 | 66 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .253 | .395 | .648 | 1693 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Riddle | 1B | 89 | 693 | 65 | 13 | .983 | 8.517 | |
| Leonard Williams | 2B | 123 | 275 | 308 | 25 | .959 | 4.740 | |
| Wes Sell | 2B | 10 | 38 | 24 | 5 | .925 | 6.200 | |
| Johnny Goryl | 3B | 116 | 137 | 215 | 22 | .941 | 3.034 | |
| Ted Forsyth | C | 73 | 470 | 55 | 8 | .985 | 7.192 | |
| Bill Wells | C | 64 | 385 | 25 | 6 | .986 | 6.406 | |
| Arnie Hallgren | OF | 104 | 209 | 7 | 17 | .927 | 2.077 | |
| Johnny Turco | OF | 80 | 186 | 9 | 8 | .961 | 2.438 | |
| Larry Pennell | OF | 59 | 83 | 6 | 5 | .947 | 1.508 | |
| Walter Ford | OF | 48 | 54 | 4 | 6 | .906 | 1.208 | |
| Wes Covington | OF | 42 | 59 | 3 | 6 | .912 | 1.476 | |
| Pete Swain | OF | 37 | 63 | 7 | 5 | .933 | 1.892 | |
| Humberto Robinson | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Matthew Peoplis | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Leach | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Stewart Alton | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Cave | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Schlarb | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Don McMahon | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Scott | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Morgan | SS | 75 | 157 | 228 | 24 | .941 | 5.133 | |
| Ron Gendreau | SS | 34 | 69 | 89 | 23 | .873 | 4.647 | |
| Bud Belardi | SS | 15 | 24 | 34 | 4 | .935 | 3.867 | |
| Totals | 1186 | 2902 | 1079 | 177 | 0 | .957 | 3.357 |
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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