1953 Montgomery Grays Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 50-90
Finished 8th in the SAL
Manager: Charlie Metro (50-90)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Ballpark: Paterson Field
Attendance: 64,279, Avg. 918

1953 Montgomery Grays Roster

The Montgomery Grays of the South Atlantic League ended the 1953 season with a record of 50 wins and 90 losses, finishing eighth in the SAL.

The Grays scored 540 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 656 runs. Pierce McWhorter accounted for 42 RBI. George Risley led all regular batters by hitting .277. Gene Host and Roger Higgins topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Gene Host earned a 3.15 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Gene Host, Lou Lombardo, John Baumgartner, Charlie Metro, Coot Veal, Walt Streuli and Bobo Osborne were all players from the 1953 Montgomery Grays who played in the Majors during their careers.

Charlie Metro 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
Roger Higgins	10	10	.500	3.30	27	24					188.0	187	89	69	12	44
Gene Host	10	13	.435	3.15	31	23					183.0	185	90	64	5	111
Marcus Davis	6	3	.667	2.54	37	1					71.0	70	31	20	3	34
Bill Furlong	6	11	.353	4.53	29	22					153.0	159	87	77	8	80
Andrew Prieboy	6	14	.300	3.64	32	20					168.0	165	98	68	5	108
Harry Coe	4	10	.286	3.25	18	14					108.0	109	51	39	5	28
Ewell Utley	3	6	.333	3.95	24	7					82.0	94	54	36	3	37
Bill Letchworth	2	4	.333	3.21	18	9					84.0	72	37	30	2	41
Ernest Lawrence	2	10	.167	5.25	17	11					84.0	84	55	49	10	36
Totals	49	81	.377	3.63	233	131	0	0	0	0	1121.0	1125	592	452	53	519	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
George Risley	138	505	505		140	13	1	6						.277	.277	.343	.620	173
Richard Lisiecki	128	486	486		115	16	1	0						.237	.237	.274	.510	133
Keith Jones	113	389	389		102	20	5	0						.262	.262	.339	.602	132
Don Morrow	110	380	380		84	14	2	4						.221	.221	.300	.521	114
Edwin Little	91	303	303		72	24	1	8						.238	.238	.403	.640	122
Pierce McWhorter	109	297	297	31	66	11	1	6	42	1				.222	.222	.327	.549	97
John Baumgartner	68	248	248		61	5	3	4						.246	.246	.339	.585	84
Kenneth Humphrey	59	220	220		60	11	2	0						.273	.273	.341	.614	75
Billy Lynn	50	193	193		54	6	2	0						.280	.280	.332	.611	64
Jack Schultz	55	180	180		38	9	2	1						.211	.211	.300	.511	54
Patrick O'Neill	32	125	125		34	6	1	1						.272	.272	.360	.632	45
Bobo Osborne	58	171	171		32	6	1	1						.187	.187	.251	.439	43
Walt Streuli	36	92	92		23	3	0	2						.250	.250	.348	.598	32
Gene Host	36	71	71		22	3	1	2						.310	.310	.465	.775	33
Ray Cabanaw	23	76	76		22	3	2	1						.289	.289	.421	.711	32
Ewell Utley	49	65	65		19	3	0	3						.292	.292	.477	.769	31
John Radulovich	22	81	81		19	6	0	0						.235	.235	.309	.543	25
Frederick Flemming	32	105	105		19	5	0	3						.181	.181	.314	.495	33
William McDowell	22	81	81		18	4	1	0						.222	.222	.296	.519	24
Roger Higgins	30	67	67		15	3	0	0						.224	.224	.269	.493	18
Robert McCullough	20	59	59		14	1	0	0						.237	.237	.254	.492	15
Coot Veal	21	58	58		13	0	0	0						.224	.224	.224	.448	13
Charlie Richison	12	28	28		11	3	1	0						.393	.393	.571	.964	16
Jimmy Sady	18	50	50		10	3	0	0						.200	.200	.260	.460	13
Andrew Prieboy	34	52	52		9	1	0	0						.173	.173	.192	.365	10
Bill Furlong	30	52	52		9	1	0	0						.173	.173	.192	.365	10
Lou Lombardo	24	30	30		8	1	0	0						.267	.267	.300	.567	9
Ernest Lawrence	17	25	25		6	0	0	0						.240	.240	.240	.480	6
Marcus Davis	38	17	17		5	2	0	0						.294	.294	.412	.706	7
Harry Coe	20	35	35		5	1	0	0						.143	.143	.171	.314	6
James Martin	10	15	15		4	0	0	0						.267	.267	.267	.533	4
Bill Letchworth	18	29	29		2	0	0	0						.069	.069	.069	.138	2
Charlie Metro	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1524	4586	4586	31	1111	184	27	42	42	1	0	0	0	.242	.242	.322	.564	1475	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Edwin Little	1B	75	606	32	11		.983	8.507
Bobo Osborne	1B	35	267	16	9		.969	8.086
John Radulovich	1B	21	194	8	7		.967	9.619
Richard Lisiecki	2B	104	306	289	23		.963	5.721
Ray Cabanaw	2B	18	41	59	3		.971	5.556
George Risley	3B	138	147	311	30		.939	3.319
Pierce McWhorter	C	88	366	51	5		.988	4.739
Walt Streuli	C	34	140	11	8		.950	4.441
Robert McCullough	C	18	73	3	0		1.000	4.222
Jimmy Sady	C	16	74	10	4		.955	5.250
Keith Jones	OF	111	346	14	6		.984	3.243
John Baumgartner	OF	65	143	7	4		.974	2.308
Kenneth Humphrey	OF	56	101	5	4		.964	1.893
Billy Lynn	OF	46	78	1	3		.963	1.717
Jack Schultz	OF	44	83	9	3		.968	2.091
Patrick O'Neill	OF	32	41	6	7		.870	1.469
Frederick Flemming	OF	27	36	4	9		.816	1.481
William McDowell	OF	21	42	2	1		.978	2.095
Marcus Davis	P	37						.000
Andrew Prieboy	P	32						.000
Gene Host	P	31						.000
Bill Furlong	P	29						.000
Roger Higgins	P	27						.000
Bill Letchworth	P	18						.000
Harry Coe	P	18						.000
Ernest Lawrence	P	17						.000
Don Morrow	SS	102	157	307	29		.941	4.549
Coot Veal	SS	18	29	64	6		.939	5.167
Totals		1278	3270	1209	172	0	.963	3.505

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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