1953 Paris Lakers Statistics

Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 66-53
Finished 2nd in the MOVL
Manager: Tom Sunkel (66-53)
Location: Paris, Illinois
Ballpark: Laker Stadium
Attendance: 35,000, Avg. 588

1953 Paris Lakers Roster

Playoffs - Paris Lakers 3 games, Mattoon Phillies 0
Finals - Decatur Commodores 3 games, Paris Lakers 2

The Paris Lakers of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1953 season with a record of 66 wins and 53 losses, finishing second in the MOVL.

The Lakers plated 668 runs, tops in the circuit. Paris conceded 577 runs. Bob Staton led all regular batters with a .317 average. George Case topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.04 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Quincy Smith and Doc Bracken both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Tom Sunkel 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
George Case	15	6	.714	3.04	27	26					207.0	203	90	70	8	74
Neil Maxa	13	8	.619	3.90	32	19					173.0	190	87	75	8	45
Herold Gordon	12	12	.500	4.19	32	23					191.0	211	108	89	5	80
Donald Lewis	9	10	.474	3.69	29	21					183.0	197	94	75	9	39
William MacKinnon	6	6	.500	4.58	23	14					106.0	113	75	54	3	52
Totals	55	42	.567	3.80	143	103	0	0	0	0	860.0	914	454	363	33	290	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
Bob Staton	120	454	454		144	30	8	7						.317	.317	.465	.782	211
Quincy Smith	117	443	443		139	32	10	7						.314	.314	.479	.792	212
Edward Rouse	120	448	448		134	26	11	5						.299	.299	.440	.739	197
Jim Granneman	112	404	404		116	20	8	0						.287	.287	.376	.663	152
Leonard Marion	112	417	417		116	15	8	2						.278	.278	.367	.645	153
Kenneth Payne	103	420	420		115	20	12	16						.274	.274	.493	.767	207
Wayne Platz	89	324	324		86	6	6	3						.265	.265	.349	.614	113
Pasquale Capachione	116	382	382		86	21	3	1						.225	.225	.304	.529	116
James Miller	28	72	72		16	2	1	0						.222	.222	.278	.500	20
Herold Gordon	35	68	68		15	1	0	0						.221	.221	.235	.456	16
Russ Gilmore	28	85	85		15	4	0	1						.176	.176	.259	.435	22
Neil Maxa	32	65	65		10	1	0	0						.154	.154	.169	.323	11
George Case	27	69	69		10	1	0	0						.145	.145	.159	.304	11
Donald Lewis	33	79	79		10	2	0	1						.127	.127	.190	.316	15
Tommie Hester	10	37	37		7	0	0	0						.189	.189	.189	.378	7
Paul Crain	18	51	51		5	2	0	0						.098	.098	.137	.235	7
William MacKinnon	23	36	36		3	1	0	0						.083	.083	.111	.194	4
Totals	1123	3854	3854	0	1027	184	67	43	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.266	.382	.649	1474	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Neil Maxa	P	32					.000
Herold Gordon	P	32					.000
Donald Lewis	P	29					.000
George Case	P	27					.000
William MacKinnon	P	23					.000
Totals		143	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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