1953 Graceville Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 64-53
Finished 2nd in the AAL
Manager: Holt Milner (64-53)
Location: Graceville, Florida
Ballpark: Sportsman Park
Attendance: 35,687, Avg. 610
Playoffs - Graceville Oilers 4 games, Andalusia Arrows 1
Finals - Dothan Rebels 4 games, Graceville Oilers 2
The Graceville Oilers of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1953 season with a record of 64 wins and 53 losses, finishing second in the AAL.
The Oilers conceded 658 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Graceville plated 687 runs. Marvin Heckert paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .310 clip. Nicholas Berbesia topped the team with 15 wins, while Wayne Berg recorded a 3.68 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers. Holt Milner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Berbesia | 15 | 6 | .714 | 4.48 | 36 | 17 | 213.0 | 254 | 130 | 106 | 13 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Berg | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.68 | 32 | 20 | 203.0 | 195 | 128 | 83 | 4 | 101 | ||||||||||
| Mickey Henson | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.26 | 24 | 18 | 131.0 | 133 | 85 | 62 | 5 | 96 | ||||||||||
| Jack Weeks | 10 | 13 | .435 | 5.36 | 33 | 27 | 198.0 | 210 | 147 | 118 | 8 | 128 | ||||||||||
| Robert Whitfield | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.47 | 7 | 6 | 51.0 | 47 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Billie Pouncey | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.75 | 12 | 7 | 48.0 | 73 | 45 | 36 | 4 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 52 | 46 | .531 | 4.47 | 144 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 844.0 | 912 | 559 | 419 | 35 | 429 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Heckert | 101 | 397 | 397 | 123 | 14 | 5 | 5 | .310 | .310 | .408 | .718 | 162 | |||||||||||
| Carey Philpott | 99 | 397 | 397 | 110 | 19 | 8 | 3 | .277 | .277 | .388 | .665 | 154 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Pacanowski | 91 | 314 | 314 | 91 | 20 | 3 | 9 | .290 | .290 | .459 | .748 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Frank Hartman | 90 | 324 | 324 | 86 | 18 | 3 | 6 | .265 | .265 | .395 | .660 | 128 | |||||||||||
| Robert Odenheimer | 93 | 305 | 305 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 5 | .226 | .226 | .318 | .544 | 97 | |||||||||||
| Claude Ezell | 57 | 186 | 186 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .301 | .301 | .425 | .726 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Robert Davidson | 28 | 111 | 111 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .306 | .306 | .369 | .676 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Robert Newby | 26 | 97 | 97 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .299 | .299 | .402 | .701 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Pete Adair | 35 | 106 | 106 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .311 | .557 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Nicholas Berbesia | 48 | 102 | 102 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .265 | .510 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Berg | 35 | 89 | 89 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .236 | .236 | .270 | .506 | 24 | |||||||||||
| John Poletto | 33 | 113 | 113 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .186 | .186 | .248 | .434 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Don Harter | 19 | 76 | 76 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .316 | .566 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Mickey Henson | 25 | 49 | 49 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 | .306 | .306 | .612 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Jack Weeks | 33 | 73 | 73 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .178 | .192 | .370 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Robert Berry | 24 | 54 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .315 | .500 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Harris | 18 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .296 | .296 | .444 | .741 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Billie Pouncey | 13 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 868 | 2837 | 2837 | 0 | 759 | 118 | 28 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .268 | .367 | .634 | 1041 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Berbesia | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Weeks | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Wayne Berg | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Mickey Henson | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Billie Pouncey | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Whitfield | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 144 | 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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