1953 Fresno Cardinals Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 64-77
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Roland LeBlanc (64-77)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Fresno, California
Ballpark: John Euless Park
Attendance: 71,313, Avg. 1,012

1953 Fresno Cardinals Roster

The Fresno Cardinals of the California League ended the 1953 season with a record of 64 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the CL.

The Cardinals scored 753 runs and yielded 915 runs, most in the circuit. William Burton paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .310. Leverette Spencer topped Fresno with 16 wins, while Don Townsend recorded a 3.6 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Gene Green and Bobby Smith both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Roland LeBlanc 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
Leverette Spencer	16	10	.615	4.49	36	29					210.3	245	130	105	16	95
Bernard Geels	12	10	.545	5.92	33	23					146.0	182	112	96	12	89
Chuck Forrest	10	9	.526	4.50	33	20					172.0	176	112	86	15	96
Don Townsend	6	7	.462	3.60	22	14					135.0	148	80	54	7	62
Hoyt Benedict	4	10	.286	6.50	17	13					88.7	96	67	64	9	50
Chris Christin	3	5	.375	5.38	23	6					95.3	94	68	57	3	50
Richard Ryan	1	7	.125	5.45	18	7					77.7	92	64	47	6	49
Richard Ban	0	4	.000	4.96	19	3					52.7	56	44	29	8	55
Totals	52	62	.456	4.95	201	115	0	0	0	0	977.7	1089	677	538	76	546	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
William Burton	102	426	426		132	13	11	4						.310	.310	.420	.730	179
Gene Green	115	473	473		130	24	7	12						.275	.275	.431	.706	204
Roland LeBlanc	113	379	379		120	26	3	12						.317	.317	.496	.813	188
Len Tucker	97	379	379		108	13	9	11						.285	.285	.454	.739	172
Ronny Camacho	100	357	357		89	12	1	11						.249	.249	.381	.630	136
William White	78	324	324		79	12	2	5						.244	.244	.340	.583	110
Charles Keller	61	260	260		76	13	5	0						.292	.292	.381	.673	99
Dick Barnhart	78	293	293		74	12	6	2						.253	.253	.355	.608	104
Ed Olsen	74	253	253		57	8	4	2						.225	.225	.312	.538	79
Bob Shawver	38	140	140		48	8	3	1						.343	.343	.464	.807	65
Donald Hudson	65	200	200		46	8	3	4						.230	.230	.360	.590	72
Bobby Smith	33	132	132		36	6	1	0						.273	.273	.333	.606	44
Leverette Spencer	50	103	103		30	8	1	0						.291	.291	.388	.680	40
Robert Jenkins	20	66	66		25	7	1	3						.379	.379	.652	1.030	43
Richard Defazio	26	95	95		24	7	0	1						.253	.253	.358	.611	34
Chuck Staniland	40	121	121		24	2	0	3						.198	.198	.289	.488	35
Billy Weddle	33	111	111		22	3	0	0						.198	.198	.225	.423	25
Bill Hicks	37	103	103		20	2	0	0						.194	.194	.214	.408	22
Rick Herrera	14	25	25		11	3	0	1						.440	.440	.680	1.120	17
Chuck Forrest	33	61	61		10	0	0	0						.164	.164	.164	.328	10
Victor Fraser	13	25	25		9	0	0	0						.360	.360	.360	.720	9
Frank Ball	13	35	35		8	0	0	0						.229	.229	.229	.457	8
Richard Ryan	18	27	27		7	1	0	0						.259	.259	.296	.556	8
Don Townsend	24	53	53		7	5	0	0						.132	.132	.226	.358	12
Bernard Geels	38	52	52		5	0	1	0						.096	.096	.135	.231	7
Richard Ban	20	12	12		3	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Bob Cloud	12	12	12		3	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Chris Christin	23	25	25		3	1	0	0						.120	.120	.160	.280	4
Larry Bolger	14	20	20		2	1	0	0						.100	.100	.150	.250	3
Hoyt Benedict	17	25	25		2	0	0	0						.080	.080	.080	.160	2
Totals	1399	4587	4587	0	1210	195	58	72	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.264	.379	.642	1737	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dick Barnhart	1B	78	582	42	10		.984	8.000
Charles Keller	1B	61	455	30	4		.992	7.951
Ronny Camacho	2B	89	234	203	25		.946	4.910
Richard Defazio	2B	20	63	36	2		.980	4.950
Ed Olsen	3B	61	47	103	28		.843	2.459
Billy Weddle	3B	31	37	54	11		.892	2.935
Bob Shawver	3B	16	12	39	5		.911	3.188
Frank Ball	3B	10	9	19	3		.903	2.800
Roland LeBlanc	C	91	514	66	12		.980	6.374
Chuck Staniland	C	34	191	18	4		.981	6.147
Robert Jenkins	C	14	98	13	5		.957	7.929
Gene Green	OF	114	314	15	16		.954	2.886
Len Tucker	OF	97	173	6	10		.947	1.845
William White	OF	78	190	15	10		.953	2.628
Donald Hudson	OF	57	102	2	6		.945	1.825
Bobby Smith	OF	32	66	6	6		.923	2.250
Bill Hicks	OF	16	13	4	0		1.000	1.062
Leverette Spencer	P	36						.000
Bernard Geels	P	33						.000
Chuck Forrest	P	33						.000
Chris Christin	P	23						.000
Don Townsend	P	22						.000
Richard Ban	P	19						.000
Richard Ryan	P	18						.000
Hoyt Benedict	P	17						.000
William Burton	SS	101	207	297	43		.921	4.990
Totals		1201	3307	968	200	0	.955	3.560

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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