1953 Sanford Giants Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 66-63
Finished 4th in the FSL
Manager: J. C. Dunn (66-63)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Sanford, Florida
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 37,378, Avg. 580

1953 Sanford Giants Roster

The Sanford Giants of the Florida State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 66 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the FSL.

The Giants scored 780 runs and yielded 766 runs. Thomas Leonard paced all regular batters by hitting .380. Ernest Palmieri topped Sanford with 19 wins and a team-best 3.65 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. J. C. Dunn 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
Ernest Palmieri	19	10	.655	3.65	36	27					227.0	215	127	92	3	122
Clarence Ingram	12	11	.522	4.09	33	23					187.0	208	123	85	9	68
Paul Smith	7	12	.368	5.02	38	15					163.0	143	134	91	4	168
David Leonard	6	8	.429	4.93	25	18					135.0	147	89	74	6	97
Harry Melia	5	4	.556	3.92	36	6					101.0	95	75	44	4	72
James Flanigan	5	5	.500	4.18	12	12					84.0	72	56	39	1	75
Murray Byrd	3	5	.375	5.24	10	8					67.0	91	55	39	7	21
Totals	57	55	.509	4.33	190	109	0	0	0	0	964.0	971	659	464	34	623	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
Thomas Leonard	127	502	502		191	27	4	2						.380	.380	.462	.843	232
J. C. Dunn	128	516	516		179	29	8	20						.347	.347	.550	.897	284
Bill Batty	129	474	474		140	13	13	3						.295	.295	.397	.692	188
William Silverthorne	107	402	402		122	26	2	4						.303	.303	.408	.711	164
William Harris	94	378	378		104	18	3	3						.275	.275	.362	.638	137
Anthony Barone	92	309	309		72	10	0	0						.233	.233	.265	.498	82
Cletus Benedict	57	189	189		45	4	2	1						.238	.238	.296	.534	56
Robert Wagner	37	140	140		44	3	1	0						.314	.314	.350	.664	49
Price Westbrook	43	150	150		41	11	2	0						.273	.273	.373	.647	56
William Samuels	62	212	212		39	5	1	2						.184	.184	.245	.429	52
Ernest Palmieri	56	129	129		27	6	0	0						.209	.209	.256	.465	33
Louis Gary	42	155	155		25	3	0	0						.161	.161	.181	.342	28
Bob Skelton	25	78	78		22	3	2	0						.282	.282	.372	.654	29
Merle Wise	27	92	92		22	2	0	2						.239	.239	.326	.565	30
Frank Hartman	21	62	62		16	6	0	0						.258	.258	.355	.613	22
Clarence Ingram	38	78	78		15	2	0	0						.192	.192	.218	.410	17
Thomas Nix	16	67	67		12	0	1	0						.179	.179	.209	.388	14
Robert Folkert	16	63	63		10	0	0	0						.159	.159	.159	.317	10
David Leonard	25	51	51		6	1	0	0						.118	.118	.137	.255	7
Murray Byrd	10	28	28		5	0	0	0						.179	.179	.179	.357	5
James Flanigan	12	31	31		3	1	1	0						.097	.097	.194	.290	6
Paul Smith	44	66	66		2	0	0	0						.030	.030	.030	.061	2
Harry Melia	36	34	34		1	0	0	0						.029	.029	.029	.059	1
Paul Corbett	10	9	9		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1254	4215	4215	0	1143	170	40	37	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.271	.357	.628	1504	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Paul Smith	P	38					.000
Ernest Palmieri	P	36					.000
Harry Melia	P	36					.000
Clarence Ingram	P	33					.000
David Leonard	P	25					.000
James Flanigan	P	12					.000
Murray Byrd	P	10					.000
Totals		190	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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