1953 New Orleans Pelicans Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 76-78
Finished 5th in the SA
Manager: Danny Murtaugh (76-78)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Ballpark: Pelican Stadium
Attendance: 123,905, Avg. 1,609

1953 New Orleans Pelicans Roster

The New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the SA.

The Pelicans scored 775 runs and allowed 742 runs. Al Grunwald paced New Orleans with 18 home runs, and Felipe Montemayor walloped 15 or more also. Al Grunwald drove in 111 runs. Lou Klein topped hitters with significant playing time with a .311 average. Len Yochim led the team with 14 wins, while Bob Schultz recorded a 2.74 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1953 New Orleans Pelicans who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Len Yochim, Brandy Davis, Erv Dusak, Bill Hall, Chuck Churn, Gail Henley, Lou Klein, Bob Purkey, Gair Allie, Danny Murtaugh, Ed Wolfe, Dick Smith, Felipe Montemayor, Dick Manville, Paul Pettit, Bob Garber, Al Grunwald, Bob Schultz, Dain Clay, Don Carlsen and Sonny Senerchia.

Danny Murtaugh 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
Len Yochim	14	14	.500	3.59	37	29		17	2		233.0	242	100	93	11	116		117	4	0	4
Bob Purkey	11	13	.458	3.41	30	27		11	1		198.0	190	106	75	6	93		95	12	0	7
Bob Schultz	9	4	.692	2.74	18	14		10	2		128.0	105	47	39	5	51		83	1	0	0
Lee Anthony	9	6	.600	4.61	49	1		0	0		84.0	107	52	43	8	25		51	0	1	2
Preston Elkins	8	4	.667	3.38	34	13		6	1		141.0	150	65	53	8	52		83	5	1	3
Don Carlsen	8	6	.571	3.23	19	18		8	0		131.0	150	69	47	15	35		87	7	0	2
Charles Sipple	3	4	.429	4.33	12	8		2	1		54.0	45	31	26	9	23		16	0	0	1
William LaThorpe	3	4	.429	4.38	29	8		4	0		78.0	101	51	38	8	37		50	2	0	1
Paul Pettit	3	5	.375	6.95	10						44.0	52	25	34		34		25
Ed Wolfe	2	2	.500	5.68	8						38.0	33	20	24		24		18
Dick Manville	2	4	.333	5.88	14	5		0	0		52.0	58	42	34	4	33		26	2	0	5
Chuck Churn	1	2	.333	4.70	7						23.0	34	20	12		12		14
Peter Nicolis					8						0.0
Albert Gibb	0	0		0.00	3						5.0
Jack Brown	0	0		0.00	3						4.0
Donald Cochran	0	0		6.00	1						6.0	6	4	4		4		3
Erv Dusak	0	1	.000	3.27	3						11.0	13	3	4		4		8
Joseph Stelmack	0	1	.000	6.43	3						14.0	12	5	10		10		5
George Dries	0	2	.000	6.23	3						13.0	22	12	9		9		3
Bob Garber	0	3	.000	6.83	11						29.0	36	27	22		22		19
Totals	73	75	.493	3.97	302	123	0	58	7	0	1286.0	1356	679	567	74	584	0	703	33	2	25	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
Al Grunwald	154	658	591	86	173	28	7	18	111	4		64	104	.293	.363	.455	.818	269		1	2
Gail Henley	151	652	579	98	168	32	3	12	82	11		62	53	.290	.363	.418	.781	242		4	7
Dick Smith	147	677	587	104	165	33	7	3	45	24		85	55	.281	.374	.376	.750	221		2	3
Lou Klein	143	590	517	78	161	33	2	14	89	3		67	47	.311	.394	.464	.858	240		3	3
Brandy Davis	136	599	515	86	140	25	1	4	48	36		67	75	.272	.361	.348	.709	179		5	12
Mel Brookey	108	392	357	33	95	8	1	2	52	2		27	33	.266	.318	.311	.629	111		0	8
Dain Clay	82	316	270	47	82	7	1	1	30	2		35	30	.304	.392	.348	.740	94		4	7
Erv Dusak	81	288	242	46	73	10	1	5	44	5		42	35	.302	.409	.413	.822	100		2	2
Sonny Senerchia	74	301	276	36	71	13	2	10	51	4		21	39	.257	.319	.428	.746	118		4	0
Felipe Montemayor	76	306	259	55	61	7	8	16	50	6		43	58	.236	.351	.510	.860	132		3	1
Bill Hall	69	234	210	23	59	8	1	1	23	2		24	18	.281	.355	.343	.698	72		0	0
James Monahan	46	175	157	24	44	6	2	2	22	0		12	20	.280	.347	.382	.729	60		4	2
Gair Allie	32	104	91	7	22	2	0	1	12	2		13	16	.242	.337	.297	.633	27		0	0
Len Yochim	37	92	84	7	17	3	1	0	4	0		4	11	.202	.239	.262	.501	22		0	4
Preston Elkins	47	52	50	4	11	4	0	1	4	0		1	9	.220	.235	.360	.595	18		0	1
Bob Purkey	31	81	69	8	11	0	0	1	5	0		6	22	.159	.237	.203	.440	14		1	5
Ernesto García	17	57	53	7	9	2	0	0	2	1		3	5	.170	.214	.208	.422	11		0	1
Bob Schultz	18	51	47	1	8	0	0	0	6	0		1	16	.170	.188	.170	.358	8		0	3
John Baas	11	19	16	3	7	1	0	1	2	0		3	0	.438	.526	.688	1.214	11		0	0
Michael Turturro	15	41	31	5	7	2	0	0	1	1		9	8	.226	.400	.290	.690	9		0	1
Don Carlsen	19	53	49	2	7	0	0	0	1	0		2	7	.143	.192	.143	.335	7		1	1
Don Beitter	11	26	23	3	5	1	1	1	2	0		2	2	.217	.308	.478	.786	11		1	0
Roy LeFevre	14	26	24	5	5	2	0	0	3	0		2	1	.208	.269	.292	.561	7		0	0
Ed Wolfe	10	18	17	3	4	1	0	0	4	0		1	1	.235	.278	.294	.572	5		0	0
Dick Manville	14	18	17	3	4	2	0	0	2	0		0	3	.235	.235	.353	.588	6		0	1
Paul Pettit	18	26	22	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		3	2	.182	.308	.182	.490	4		1	0
George Dries	3	3	3		2									.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
Duane Eckert	3	3	3		2									.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
Lee Anthony	49	22	18	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.111	.158	.111	.269	2		0	3
William LaThorpe	29	25	25	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	11	.080	.080	.120	.200	3		0	0
Albert Gibb	3	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Danny Murtaugh	3	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Garber	11	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	3
Charles Sipple	12	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	2
Totals	1674	5936	5226	776	1421	231	38	93	698	103	0	602	689	.272	.351	.384	.735	2007	0	36	72	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Al Grunwald	1B	154	1270	123	18	126	.987	9.045
Lou Klein	2B	63	151	183	12	43	.965	5.302
Erv Dusak	2B	57	143	144	4	22	.986	5.035
Dick Smith	2B	18	39	49	2	14	.978	4.889
Ernesto García	2B	15	41	28	1	6	.986	4.600
Lou Klein	3B	90	79	126	8	15	.962	2.278
Sonny Senerchia	3B	73	58	145	22	12	.902	2.781
Mel Brookey	C	102	490	51	15	10	.973	5.304	5
Bill Hall	C	61	311	29	10	2	.971	5.574	2
Gail Henley	OF	150	398	21	14	4	.968	2.793
Brandy Davis	OF	131	276	10	11	0	.963	2.183
Felipe Montemayor	OF	71	96	5	3	1	.971	1.423
Dain Clay	OF	69	122	11	1	1	.993	1.928
James Monahan	OF	38	76	6	1	2	.988	2.158
Lee Anthony	P	49	4	12	1	0	.941	.327
Len Yochim	P	37	13	58	1	1	.986	1.919
Preston Elkins	P	34	6	35	2	4	.953	1.206
Bob Purkey	P	30	19	48	2	3	.971	2.233
William LaThorpe	P	29	5	7	2	1	.857	.414
Don Carlsen	P	19	7	13	0	1	1.000	1.053
Bob Schultz	P	18	6	10	2	0	.889	.889
Dick Manville	P	14	3	13	0	0	1.000	1.143
Charles Sipple	P	12	2	16	1	1	.947	1.500
Bob Garber	P	11	3	4	0	1	1.000	.636
Ed Wolfe	P	10						.000
Paul Pettit	P	10	4	13	1	1	.944	1.700
Peter Nicolis	P	8						.000
Chuck Churn	P	7						.000
Joseph Stelmack	P	3						.000
Albert Gibb	P	3						.000
Erv Dusak	P	3						.000
George Dries	P	3						.000
Jack Brown	P	3						.000
Donald Cochran	P	1						.000
Dick Smith	SS	130	256	374	35	70	.947	4.846
Gair Allie	SS	20	48	63	7	19	.941	5.550
Michael Turturro	SS	10	11	24	2	9	.946	3.500
Totals		1556	3937	1621	178	369	.969	3.572	7	0	0

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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