1953 Lexington Indians Statistics

Tar Heel League (THL) - Class: D
Team Record: 59-54
Finished 4th in the THL
Manager: Alex Monchak (59-54)
Location: Lexington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Holt-Moffitt Field
Attendance: 39,453, Avg. 698

1953 Lexington Indians Roster

Playoffs - Lexington Indians 4 games, Forest City Owls 2
Finals - Lexington Indians 4 games, Marion Marauders 2

The Lexington Indians of the Tar Heel League ended the 1953 season with a record of 59 wins and 54 losses, finishing fourth in the THL.

The Indians scored 611 runs and allowed 600 runs. Gene Armbruster paced all regular batters by connecting at a .276 clip. Monk Poole topped Lexington with 15 wins, while Bill Forgay recorded a 2.76 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Whammy Douglas and Alex Monchak both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Alex Monchak 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
Monk Poole	15	9	.625	3.10	27	25					203.0	193	86	70	8	51
George Burrell	10	6	.625	3.94	44	4					176.0	187	99	77	9	65
Bill Forgay	10	7	.588	2.76	22	18					140.0	140	64	43	5	53
Whammy Douglas	9	7	.562	3.56	21	18					134.0	122	68	53	9	62
Plaskie McCree	3	4	.429	5.49	10	10					59.0	74	42	36	5	22
Robert Barnes	2	2	.500	5.60	10	10					53.0	60	40	33	3	35
Totals	49	35	.583	3.67	134	85	0	0	0	0	765.0	776	399	312	39	288	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
Alex Monchak	112	388	388		90	18	5	7						.232	.232	.358	.590	139
Gene Armbruster	82	308	308		85	15	2	12						.276	.276	.455	.731	140
Charles Greenhill	102	341	341		82	24	3	8						.240	.240	.399	.639	136
James Melvin	65	213	213		65	7	0	0						.305	.305	.338	.643	72
James McCrary	57	227	227		51	14	2	0						.225	.225	.304	.529	69
Bill Spirko	71	217	217		48	7	4	0						.221	.221	.290	.512	63
Antonio Aguilar	38	153	153		34	7	1	0						.222	.222	.281	.503	43
Max Bost	29	89	89		25	5	1	0						.281	.281	.360	.640	32
Pasquale Vastano	28	103	103		19	4	1	0						.184	.184	.243	.427	25
Owen Linn	17	51	51		14	3	1	2						.275	.275	.490	.765	25
George Burrell	45	72	72		14	0	0	0						.194	.194	.194	.389	14
Emilio Delgado	25	79	79		14	5	0	0						.177	.177	.241	.418	19
Monk Poole	27	67	67		12	2	0	0						.179	.179	.209	.388	14
Bill Forgay	22	45	45		8	0	1	0						.178	.178	.222	.400	10
Robert Beck	10	28	28		6	2	0	0						.214	.214	.286	.500	8
Whammy Douglas	21	48	48		6	1	0	0						.125	.125	.146	.271	7
Wade Brown	11	19	19		5	0	1	0						.263	.263	.368	.632	7
Robert Barnes	11	24	24		3	1	0	0						.125	.125	.167	.292	4
Plaskie McCree	12	19	19		2	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	2
Totals	785	2491	2491	0	583	115	22	29	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.234	.333	.567	829	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
George Burrell	P	44					.000
Monk Poole	P	27					.000
Bill Forgay	P	22					.000
Whammy Douglas	P	21					.000
Plaskie McCree	P	10					.000
Robert Barnes	P	10					.000
Totals		134	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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