1953 Leesburg Lakers Statistics
Team Record: 56-77
Finished 6th in the FSL
Manager: Ralph Dulaney (0-0), Frank Barrett (0-0)
Location: Leesburg, Florida
Ballpark: Venetian Gardens
Attendance: 17,000, Avg. 256
The Leesburg Lakers of the Florida State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 56 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the FSL.
The Lakers tallied 619 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 685 runs. Raul Fundora led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .303. Rolando Ortega topped Leesburg with 18 wins and a team-best 2.58 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Ray Yochim played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Leesburg Lakers to do so.
Ralph Dulaney and Frank Barrett served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolando Ortega | 18 | 12 | .600 | 2.58 | 35 | 31 | 262.0 | 211 | 95 | 75 | 7 | 97 | ||||||||||
| Don Urquhart | 8 | 1 | .889 | 4.07 | 11 | 9 | 84.0 | 85 | 49 | 38 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Bill Phillips | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.40 | 15 | 11 | 106.0 | 118 | 57 | 40 | 3 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Fred Gaines | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.13 | 15 | 13 | 98.0 | 104 | 63 | 45 | 7 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Ray Yochim | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.60 | 13 | 10 | 95.0 | 85 | 49 | 38 | 3 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Syd Thrift | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.50 | 9 | 7 | 58.0 | 66 | 37 | 29 | 5 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Curtis Rogers | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.62 | 13 | 10 | 74.0 | 71 | 47 | 38 | 3 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Edward McGuire | 0 | 6 | .000 | 8.02 | 15 | 6 | 46.0 | 51 | 53 | 41 | 3 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 47 | 50 | .485 | 3.76 | 126 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 823.0 | 791 | 450 | 344 | 31 | 363 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Collins | 123 | 491 | 491 | 147 | 26 | 3 | 3 | .299 | .299 | .383 | .682 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Claude Ramsey | 106 | 408 | 408 | 117 | 19 | 4 | 4 | .287 | .287 | .382 | .669 | 156 | |||||||||||
| Raul Fundora | 101 | 366 | 366 | 111 | 20 | 3 | 5 | .303 | .303 | .415 | .719 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Gandolfi | 119 | 391 | 391 | 93 | 15 | 7 | 3 | .238 | .238 | .335 | .573 | 131 | |||||||||||
| Lincoln Boyd | 88 | 323 | 323 | 77 | 15 | 1 | 8 | .238 | .238 | .365 | .604 | 118 | |||||||||||
| Jewel Walker | 53 | 198 | 198 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .303 | .303 | .333 | .636 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Syd Thrift | 72 | 260 | 260 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .323 | .554 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Billy Wyatt | 49 | 198 | 198 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .278 | .520 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Pruett | 88 | 305 | 305 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .157 | .157 | .213 | .370 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Tom Dunbar | 47 | 170 | 170 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 4 | .218 | .218 | .365 | .582 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Edward McGuire | 35 | 104 | 104 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .298 | .558 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Fred Gaines | 43 | 134 | 134 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .187 | .187 | .194 | .381 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Rolando Ortega | 67 | 152 | 152 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .164 | .164 | .191 | .355 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Kelly | 33 | 99 | 99 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .232 | .455 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Ray Yochim | 20 | 50 | 50 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .380 | .380 | .560 | .940 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Don Urquhart | 21 | 59 | 59 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .220 | .441 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Curtis Rogers | 19 | 40 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Harry Green | 21 | 60 | 60 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .183 | .317 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Bill Phillips | 15 | 42 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .190 | .357 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Norman Miller | 12 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Vincent Cimmino | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1145 | 3894 | 3894 | 0 | 959 | 158 | 24 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .324 | .570 | 1261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolando Ortega | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Phillips | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Yochim | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Curtis Rogers | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Don Urquhart | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 87 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
