1953 St. Jean Canadians Statistics

Provincial League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 57-65
Finished 6th in the PL
Manager: George Genovese (57-65)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: St. Jean sur Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 39,607, Avg. 649

1953 St. Jean Canadians Roster

The St. Jean Canadians of the Provincial League ended the 1953 season with a record of 57 wins and 65 losses, finishing sixth in the PL.

The Canadians tallied 669 runs and yielded 775 runs. Herbert Bush led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .332 clip. Herbert Taylor topped St. Jean with 10 wins and a team-best 4.07 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

George Genovese and R C Stevens both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

George Genovese 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
Herbert Taylor	10	5	.667	4.07	36	16					146.0	137	74	66	2	93
James McGee	8	5	.615	5.12	35	7					144.0	144	104	82	8	91
Benny Malcolm	8	9	.471	4.66	34	21					172.0	155	123	89	8	153
Cleo Lewright	7	9	.438	4.22	21	11					111.0	112	66	52	5	71
Florencio Rivera	6	8	.429	6.66	23	18					127.0	156	108	94	15	121
Harold Woods	5	9	.357	4.31	22	15					121.0	101	68	58	2	128
Harry Gilbert	4	4	.500	7.35	14	9					60.0	82	66	49	6	61
Russel Betts	2	3	.400	7.10	11	7					52.0	56	54	41	3	63
Totals	50	52	.490	5.12	196	104	0	0	0	0	933.0	943	663	531	49	781	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
Herbert Bush	121	461	461		153	23	5	14						.332	.332	.495	.826	228
R C Stevens	121	448	448		140	26	5	12						.312	.312	.473	.786	212
Bill Urbanski	122	467	467		126	22	1	1						.270	.270	.328	.597	153
George Genovese	117	384	384		105	18	3	2						.273	.273	.352	.625	135
Bill Onuska	93	328	328		80	14	0	9						.244	.244	.369	.613	121
Harry Williams	77	274	274		66	14	1	6						.241	.241	.365	.606	100
Joseph DiLorenzo	94	291	291		48	9	1	5						.165	.165	.254	.419	74
Daniel Howard	33	123	123		41	8	7	3						.333	.333	.585	.919	72
John Cook	41	162	162		38	5	1	1						.235	.235	.296	.531	48
Florencio Rivera	49	122	122		31	6	0	2						.254	.254	.352	.607	43
John Kowaleski	31	103	103		26	3	0	0						.252	.252	.282	.534	29
Bill Cayavec	32	108	108		23	8	1	1						.213	.213	.333	.546	36
Herbie Gilbert	26	85	85		22	1	1	0						.259	.259	.294	.553	25
Benny Malcolm	52	110	110		21	8	0	0						.191	.191	.264	.455	29
Donald Swanson	25	82	82		19	5	2	0						.232	.232	.341	.573	28
John Paszek	27	72	72		17	5	1	0						.236	.236	.333	.569	24
John Moriskiewicz	23	72	72		15	2	0	2						.208	.208	.319	.528	23
James McGee	44	64	64		14	3	0	1						.219	.219	.312	.531	20
Harold Woods	26	49	49		11	2	0	1						.224	.224	.327	.551	16
Cleo Lewright	22	39	39		9	2	1	0						.231	.231	.333	.564	13
Herbert Taylor	46	72	72		9	1	2	0						.125	.125	.194	.319	14
Harry Gilbert	14	26	26		6	0	0	0						.231	.231	.231	.462	6
Russel Betts	11	18	18		4	0	0	0						.222	.222	.222	.444	4
Robert Long	10	10	10		1	1	0	0						.100	.100	.200	.300	2
Totals	1257	3970	3970	0	1025	186	32	60	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.258	.366	.625	1455	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Herbert Taylor	P	36					.000
James McGee	P	35					.000
Benny Malcolm	P	34					.000
Harold Woods	P	22					.000
Cleo Lewright	P	21					.000
Harry Gilbert	P	14					.000
Russel Betts	P	11					.000
Totals		173	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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