1953 Fargo-Moorhead Twins Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 86-39
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Zeke Bonura (0-0), Santo Luberto (0-0), Zeke Bonura (0-0)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Moorhead, Minnesota; Fargo, North Dakota
Ballpark: Barnett Field
Attendance: 108,210, Avg. 1,731

1953 Fargo-Moorhead Twins Roster

Playoffs - Fargo-Moorhead Twins 2 games, St. Cloud Rox 0
Finals - Fargo-Moorhead Twins 3 games, Duluth Dukes 2

The Fargo-Moorhead Twins of the Northern League ended the 1953 season with a record of 86 wins and 39 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Fargo- Twins scored 915 runs, most in the league. Moorhead yielded 646 runs. Santo Luberto led all regular batters with a .361 average. Donald Nance and Raymond Seif topped the squad with 20 wins each, while Raymond Seif recorded a 2.52 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Roger Maris played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Fargo-Moorhead Twins to do so.

Zeke Bonura, Santo Luberto and Zeke Bonura 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
Raymond Seif	20	5	.800	2.52	32	28					257.0	222	96	72	12	96
Donald Nance	20	9	.690	3.81	30	22					201.0	196	108	85	12	90
Donald Wolf	13	4	.765	5.42	25	20					156.0	157	105	94	7	129
Robert Borovicka	10	2	.833	4.50	29	9					108.0	102	62	54	8	57
Wilfrid Sirois	8	3	.727	5.35	21	12					106.0	85	78	63	4	130
Herb Damico	4	3	.571	4.12	7	5					48.0	49	31	22	6	30
Richard Wenger	4	4	.500	5.27	13	11					70.0	68	49	41	7	64
Ken Elliott	2	5	.286	8.13	10	9					52.0	75	59	47	8	33
Totals	81	35	.698	4.31	167	116	0	0	0	0	998.0	954	588	478	64	629	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
Frank Gravino	125	471	471		166	23	12	52						.352	.352	.783	1.136	369
Santo Luberto	126	457	457		165	29	5	5						.361	.361	.479	.840	219
Joe Camacho	126	533	533		158	35	7	11						.296	.296	.450	.747	240
Roger Maris	114	418	418		136	18	13	9						.325	.325	.495	.821	207
Kenneth Braeseke	101	405	405		124	18	8	1						.306	.306	.398	.704	161
John Morse	108	369	369		118	12	10	2						.320	.320	.423	.743	156
Ray Mendoza	126	426	426		115	23	5	16						.270	.270	.460	.730	196
Bobby Melton	97	304	304		79	13	5	13						.260	.260	.464	.724	141
Jerry Mehlisch	45	151	151		56	8	1	1						.371	.371	.457	.828	69
Galen Fiss	52	171	171		47	9	4	3						.275	.275	.427	.702	73
Robert Borovicka	41	77	77		15	3	1	0						.195	.195	.260	.455	20
Raymond Seif	32	102	102		14	6	1	0						.137	.137	.216	.353	22
Donald Wolf	26	60	60		9	0	3	0						.150	.150	.250	.400	15
Wilfrid Sirois	25	46	46		8	1	0	2						.174	.174	.326	.500	15
Donald Nance	32	72	72		8	0	1	0						.111	.111	.139	.250	10
Richard Wenger	14	26	26		2	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	2
Ken Elliott	10	19	19		1	0	0	0						.053	.053	.053	.105	1
Totals	1200	4107	4107	0	1221	198	76	115	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.297	.467	.764	1916	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Raymond Seif	P	32					.000
Donald Nance	P	30					.000
Robert Borovicka	P	29					.000
Donald Wolf	P	25					.000
Wilfrid Sirois	P	21					.000
Richard Wenger	P	13					.000
Ken Elliott	P	10					.000
Herb Damico	P	7					.000
Totals		167	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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