1953 Mooresville Moors Statistics

Tar Heel League (THL) - Class: D
Team Record: 58-55
Finished 5th in the THL
Manager: Jim Mills (58-55)
Location: Mooresville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Mooresville Park
Attendance: 19,413, Avg. 344

1953 Mooresville Moors Roster

The Mooresville Moors of the Tar Heel League ended the 1953 season with a record of 58 wins and 55 losses, finishing fifth in the THL.

The Moors scored 681 runs and yielded 615 runs. Norm Small led all regular hitters by connecting at a .340 clip. Lacy James topped Mooresville with 13 wins and a team-best 3.47 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Tony Daniels played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Mooresville Moors to do so.

Jim Mills 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
Lacy James	13	12	.520	3.47	29	22					197.0	183	96	76	12	68
Dutch Hengeveld	12	13	.480	4.76	29	26					204.0	216	139	108	19	108
Cole Jacobs	10	8	.556	4.22	30	20					162.0	169	89	76	12	52
Howard Oldershaw	5	2	.714	4.74	11	8					76.0	74	45	40	3	37
Raymond Sugg	5	5	.500	4.55	24	7					89.0	100	60	45	5	35
Ernie Novack	5	5	.500	5.22	19	11					81.0	94	49	47	6	20
Totals	50	45	.526	4.36	142	94	0	0	0	0	809.0	836	478	392	57	320	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
Wade Martin	105	451	451		144	32	4	12						.319	.319	.488	.807	220
Norm Small	95	385	385		131	31	1	14						.340	.340	.535	.875	206
Jim Mills	112	394	394		127	21	4	1						.322	.322	.404	.726	159
Tony Daniels	96	385	385		113	25	4	4						.294	.294	.410	.704	158
Thomas Jones	82	321	321		98	17	8	10						.305	.305	.502	.807	161
Joe Brookshire	99	321	321		67	12	2	0						.209	.209	.259	.467	83
Wiley Warren	47	158	158		40	11	1	2						.253	.253	.373	.627	59
Billy Megginson	24	90	90		27	3	0	0						.300	.300	.333	.633	30
Lacy James	39	84	84		20	4	0	0						.238	.238	.286	.524	24
Ralph Evans	25	95	95		19	2	0	4						.200	.200	.347	.547	33
Alton Brooks	32	101	101		17	5	1	0						.168	.168	.238	.406	24
Dutch Hengeveld	36	76	76		16	2	0	0						.211	.211	.237	.447	18
Larry Blue	13	38	38		10	4	1	0						.263	.263	.421	.684	16
Henry Howell	16	43	43		9	1	0	0						.209	.209	.233	.442	10
Ernie Novack	19	31	31		7	3	0	0						.226	.226	.323	.548	10
Joe Mills	10	38	38		7	0	0	0						.184	.184	.184	.368	7
Cole Jacobs	30	51	51		7	0	0	0						.137	.137	.137	.275	7
Howard Oldershaw	11	24	24		6	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	6
Raymond Sugg	27	29	29		5	0	0	0						.172	.172	.172	.345	5
Marion Butler	11	14	14		4	1	0	0						.286	.286	.357	.643	5
Arnold Whisnent	17	21	21		2	0	0	0						.095	.095	.095	.190	2
Totals	946	3150	3150	0	876	174	26	47	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.395	.673	1243	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Cole Jacobs	P	30					.000
Lacy James	P	29					.000
Dutch Hengeveld	P	29					.000
Raymond Sugg	P	24					.000
Ernie Novack	P	19					.000
Howard Oldershaw	P	11					.000
Totals		142	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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