1953 Lafayette Bulls Statistics

Evangeline League (EL) - Class: C
Team Record: 68-69
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: Earl Caldwell (68-69)
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
Ballpark: Braham Stadium
Attendance: 62,525, Avg. 913

1953 Lafayette Bulls Roster

Playoffs - Lafayette Bulls 4 games, Crowley Millers 2
Finals - Thibodaux Giants 4 games, Lafayette Bulls 1

The Lafayette Bulls of the Evangeline League ended the 1953 season with a record of 68 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.

The Bulls scored 831 runs and gave up 759 runs. Freddie Barocco paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .338. J. B. Richard topped Lafayette with 16 wins, while Earl Caldwell recorded a 2.08 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Earl Caldwell played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lafayette Bulls to do so.

Earl Caldwell 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
J. B. Richard	16	6	.727	4.11	28	21					164.3	197	109	75	10	50
Earl Caldwell	11	10	.524	2.08	31	16					169.0	145	56	39	4	40
William Mills	8	6	.571	4.57	29	12					128.0	144	100	65	7	61
Bobby German	6	17	.261	5.19	22	16					118.0	131	83	68	10	72
Shag Shahid	5	2	.714	5.12	9	8					58.0	76	41	33	5	27
Ramón Roger	5	6	.455	3.66	13	11					96.0	122	50	39	2	21
Don Gabor	4	4	.500	4.41	16	10					87.7	87	53	43	9	44
James Troutman	1	4	.200	5.84	13	9					74.0	79	57	48	9	53
Totals	56	55	.505	4.12	161	103	0	0	0	0	895.0	981	549	410	56	368	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
Benny Leonard	139	561	561		176	40	11	14						.314	.314	.499	.813	280
Freddie Barocco	127	480	480		162	23	1	4						.338	.338	.415	.752	199
Richard Anderson	137	491	491		143	31	3	14						.291	.291	.452	.743	222
Juan Garcia	129	471	471		139	26	3	5						.295	.295	.395	.690	186
Tomas Centeno	127	458	458		132	17	6	7						.288	.288	.397	.686	182
Eugene Gignac	99	363	363		104	11	2	1						.287	.287	.336	.623	122
Joe Turk	87	309	309		98	17	2	6						.317	.317	.443	.761	137
Pete Thomassie	73	296	296		83	9	2	2						.280	.280	.345	.625	102
Julio Acosta	62	200	200		49	9	0	1						.245	.245	.305	.550	61
Gary Tuggle	34	114	114		33	3	1	2						.289	.289	.386	.675	44
Earl Caldwell	39	104	104		24	9	0	1						.231	.231	.346	.577	36
Earl Caldwell	33	73	73		18	2	0	1						.247	.247	.315	.562	23
Don Gabor	22	42	42		10	2	1	0						.238	.238	.333	.571	14
Shag Shahid	11	29	29		9	2	0	0						.310	.310	.379	.690	11
Bobby German	24	47	47		9	1	0	0						.191	.191	.213	.404	10
William Mills	29	47	47		8	0	0	0						.170	.170	.170	.340	8
J. B. Richard	29	57	57		7	0	0	0						.123	.123	.123	.246	7
Donald Lavigne	12	21	21		6	1	0	2						.286	.286	.619	.905	13
James Troutman	14	28	28		5	0	0	0						.179	.179	.179	.357	5
Ramón Roger	14	39	39		5	1	0	0						.128	.128	.154	.282	6
Totals	1241	4230	4230	0	1220	204	32	60	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.288	.394	.683	1668	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Earl Caldwell	P	31					.000
William Mills	P	29					.000
J. B. Richard	P	28					.000
Bobby German	P	22					.000
Don Gabor	P	16					.000
James Troutman	P	13					.000
Ramón Roger	P	13					.000
Shag Shahid	P	9					.000
Totals		161	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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