1953 Fort Lauderdale Lions Statistics

Florida International League (FIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 92-46
Finished 1st in the FIL
Manager: Pepper Martin (92-46)
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Westside Ball Park
Attendance: 61,330, Avg. 889

1953 Fort Lauderdale Lions Roster

Playoffs - Fort Lauderdale Lions 3 games, Havana Cubanos 1
Finals - Fort Lauderdale Lions 4 games, St. Petersburg Saints 2

The Fort Lauderdale Lions of the Florida International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 92 wins and 46 losses, finishing first in the FIL.

The Lions paced the circuit with 858 runs, powered by 130 home runs. Fort Lauderdale allowed 610 runs. Ray Williams led hitters with significant playing time with a .336 average. Winston Brown topped the team with 18 wins, while Walt Nothe and Bill Currie added 15 or more victories also Winston Brown recorded a 2.78 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Chet Covington, Dave Barnhill, George Handy, Ed Charles, Jesse Levan, Bill Currie and Johnny Davis were all players from the 1953 Fort Lauderdale Lions who played in the Majors during their careers.

Pepper Martin 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
Winston Brown	18	8	.692	2.78	41	24					217.0	168	97	67	6	164
Bill Currie	16	8	.667	2.94	40	26					211.0	188	91	69	15	85
Walt Nothe	15	7	.682	3.43	38	24					194.0	193	98	74	11	88
Norman Chandler	10	3	.769	3.67	32	15					125.0	122	70	51	8	56
Andrew Elko	7	5	.583	2.65	27	9					102.0	93	48	30	5	55
Ernesto Morillas	4	3	.571	5.28	16	1					46.0	58	34	27	7	16
Dave Barnhill	1	1	.500		4						0.0
Chet Covington	1	1	.500	2.77	3						13.0	14	6	4		7
Totals	72	36	.667	3.19	201	99	0	0	0	0	908.0	836	444	322	52	471	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
Jesse Levan	138	542	542		175	31	9	16						.323	.323	.502	.825	272
Johnny Davis	140	514	514		165	18	2	35						.321	.321	.568	.889	292
George Handy	130	500	500		157	32	3	13						.314	.314	.468	.782	234
Ray Williams	117	414	414		139	27	4	17						.336	.336	.543	.879	225
Frank Smith	124	470	470		139	19	9	8						.296	.296	.426	.721	200
Charles Ehlman	125	408	408		108	11	1	12						.265	.265	.385	.650	157
George Wehmeyer	99	346	346		96	11	6	5						.277	.277	.387	.665	134
Mario Marsalisi	111	349	349		91	18	2	4						.261	.261	.358	.619	125
Ed Charles	63	261	261		81	12	7	8						.310	.310	.502	.812	131
Elmer Smith	81	194	194		39	2	4	6						.201	.201	.345	.546	67
Charles Graham	40	108	108		24	3	1	0						.222	.222	.269	.491	29
Bill Currie	41	76	76		20	4	0	2						.263	.263	.395	.658	30
Humberto Lopez	28	49	49		15	2	1	0						.306	.306	.388	.694	19
Sylvester Henry	38	61	61		15	1	0	0						.246	.246	.262	.508	16
Winston Brown	46	79	79		14	3	0	1						.177	.177	.253	.430	20
Walt Nothe	41	78	78		11	0	0	0						.141	.141	.141	.282	11
Ernesto Morillas	20	20	20		7	1	0	1						.350	.350	.550	.900	11
Andrew Elko	28	39	39		7	1	0	1						.179	.179	.282	.462	11
Wendell Forbes	15	30	30		5	2	0	0						.167	.167	.233	.400	7
Norman Chandler	33	38	38		5	0	0	0						.132	.132	.132	.263	5
Mauro Iacavello	16	30	30		4	1	0	0						.133	.133	.167	.300	5
Jorge Prieto	14	10	10		2	0	0	1						.200	.200	.500	.700	5
Totals	1488	4616	4616	0	1319	199	49	130	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.435	.720	2006	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Mario Marsalisi	1B	87	677	34	13		.982	8.172
George Handy	2B	80	229	193	15		.966	5.275
Charles Graham	2B	38	78	79	12		.929	4.132
Ray Williams	3B	117	96	233	25		.929	2.812
Wendell Forbes	3B	12	6	16	4		.846	1.833
Charles Ehlman	C	123	623	66	19		.973	5.602
Sylvester Henry	C	26	87	5	4		.958	3.538
Jorge Prieto	C	13	20	2	1		.957	1.692
Johnny Davis	OF	140	234	24	7		.974	1.843
Frank Smith	OF	121	278	16	11		.964	2.430
Jesse Levan	OF	81	148	2	3		.980	1.852
Humberto Lopez	OF	22	18	2	2		.909	.909
Mauro Iacavello	OF	12	17	1	2		.900	1.500
Winston Brown	P	41						.000
Bill Currie	P	40						.000
Walt Nothe	P	38						.000
Norman Chandler	P	32						.000
Andrew Elko	P	27						.000
Ernesto Morillas	P	16						.000
Dave Barnhill	P	4						.000
Chet Covington	P	3						.000
George Wehmeyer	SS	69	134	238	20		.949	5.391
Ed Charles	SS	45	68	140	23		.900	4.622
Elmer Smith	SS	33	58	116	17		.911	5.273
Totals		1220	2771	1167	178	0	.957	3.228

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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