1953 St. Petersburg Saints Statistics
Team Record: 72-62
Finished 3rd in the FIL
Manager: Bill Herring (0-0), William Seal (0-0)
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 33,385, Avg. 498
Playoffs - St. Petersburg Saints 3 games, Miami Sun Sox 0
Finals - Fort Lauderdale Lions 4 games, St. Petersburg Saints 2
The St. Petersburg Saints of the Florida International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 72 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the FIL.
The Saints scored 642 runs and yielded 606 runs. Gene Hassell led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .318 average. Hooks Iott topped St. Petersburg with 15 wins and a team-best 1.99 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1953 St. Petersburg Saints who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Carlos Santiago, Hooks Iott, Roger McKee and Vicente Amor.
Bill Herring and William Seal served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hooks Iott | 15 | 6 | .714 | 1.99 | 30 | 24 | 176.0 | 138 | 59 | 39 | 10 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Denis Jent | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.46 | 44 | 20 | 169.0 | 162 | 76 | 65 | 5 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Vicente Amor | 13 | 13 | .500 | 3.85 | 43 | 28 | 220.0 | 225 | 116 | 94 | 10 | 86 | ||||||||||
| Stan Milankovich | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.70 | 28 | 18 | 146.0 | 144 | 72 | 60 | 5 | 68 | ||||||||||
| George Vidal | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.46 | 18 | 16 | 113.0 | 117 | 67 | 56 | 8 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Marshall Long | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.06 | 20 | 12 | 103.0 | 74 | 40 | 35 | 1 | 45 | ||||||||||
| George Greene | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.42 | 14 | 8 | 59.0 | 63 | 36 | 29 | 4 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Marshall O'Coine | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.62 | 19 | 5 | 53.0 | 65 | 41 | 39 | 18 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Natalio Irizarry | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.78 | 10 | 4 | 49.0 | 54 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 72 | 55 | .567 | 3.66 | 226 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1088.0 | 1042 | 539 | 443 | 66 | 507 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Hassell | 132 | 456 | 456 | 145 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .318 | .318 | .379 | .697 | 173 | |||||||||||
| Carlos Santiago | 133 | 465 | 465 | 122 | 13 | 6 | 8 | .262 | .262 | .368 | .630 | 171 | |||||||||||
| William Seal | 135 | 462 | 462 | 121 | 17 | 4 | 20 | .262 | .262 | .446 | .708 | 206 | |||||||||||
| Robert Stowe | 107 | 357 | 357 | 99 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .277 | .277 | .361 | .639 | 129 | |||||||||||
| Otoniel Ortiz | 83 | 327 | 327 | 97 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .297 | .297 | .364 | .661 | 119 | |||||||||||
| Donald Richards | 118 | 372 | 372 | 92 | 14 | 6 | 3 | .247 | .247 | .341 | .589 | 127 | |||||||||||
| Robert Suba | 75 | 287 | 287 | 85 | 9 | 4 | 4 | .296 | .296 | .397 | .693 | 114 | |||||||||||
| German Pizarro | 87 | 273 | 273 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 7 | .242 | .242 | .377 | .619 | 103 | |||||||||||
| Harry Anderson | 55 | 212 | 212 | 65 | 11 | 4 | 6 | .307 | .307 | .481 | .788 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Pete Stroud | 98 | 264 | 264 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .170 | .170 | .189 | .360 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Morton Smith | 53 | 148 | 148 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .203 | .203 | .243 | .446 | 36 | |||||||||||
| George Vidal | 37 | 89 | 89 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .157 | .157 | .169 | .326 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Roger McKee | 27 | 74 | 74 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .176 | .176 | .257 | .432 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Stan Milankovich | 28 | 53 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .226 | .245 | .472 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Vicente Amor | 43 | 67 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .149 | .164 | .313 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Donald Pope | 10 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .273 | .273 | .485 | .758 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Denis Jent | 56 | 62 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .145 | .145 | .161 | .306 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Hooks Iott | 36 | 51 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .157 | .157 | .255 | .412 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Marshall Long | 21 | 34 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .206 | .206 | .206 | .412 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Gilberto Valdivia | 17 | 35 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Wilfredo Calvino | 11 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .240 | .480 | 6 | |||||||||||
| James Batchelor | 14 | 39 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .128 | .128 | .256 | 5 | |||||||||||
| George Greene | 14 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Marshall O'Coine | 19 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .176 | .294 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Justin Dorosky | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Natalio Irizarry | 10 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1432 | 4236 | 4236 | 0 | 1073 | 132 | 46 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .253 | .344 | .598 | 1459 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Suba | 1B | 75 | 654 | 44 | 10 | .986 | 9.307 | |
| Harry Anderson | 1B | 55 | 548 | 31 | 6 | .990 | 1.527 | |
| Gene Hassell | 2B | 130 | 364 | 420 | 17 | .979 | 6.031 | |
| Otoniel Ortiz | 3B | 82 | 95 | 194 | 18 | .941 | 3.524 | |
| Pete Stroud | C | 92 | 405 | 46 | 8 | .983 | 4.902 | |
| Gilberto Valdivia | C | 15 | 54 | 11 | 2 | .970 | 4.333 | |
| James Batchelor | C | 14 | 47 | 6 | 1 | .981 | 3.786 | |
| Wilfredo Calvino | C | 10 | 40 | 4 | 1 | .978 | 4.400 | |
| Donald Richards | OF | 98 | 179 | 14 | 8 | .960 | 1.969 | |
| Robert Stowe | OF | 97 | 180 | 8 | 1 | .995 | 1.938 | |
| William Seal | OF | 84 | 111 | 7 | 4 | .967 | 1.405 | |
| German Pizarro | OF | 79 | 134 | 7 | 6 | .959 | 1.785 | |
| Morton Smith | OF | 32 | 43 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 1.375 | |
| Roger McKee | OF | 24 | 49 | 3 | 1 | .981 | 2.167 | |
| Denis Jent | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Vicente Amor | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Hooks Iott | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Stan Milankovich | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Marshall Long | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Marshall O'Coine | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| George Greene | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Natalio Irizarry | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Carlos Santiago | SS | 127 | 253 | 411 | 49 | .931 | 5.228 | |
| Totals | 1222 | 3156 | 1207 | 134 | 0 | .970 | 3.570 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
