1953 Tampa Smokers Statistics

Florida International League (FIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 46-91
Finished 6th in the FIL
Manager: Ben Chapman (0-0), Art Rebel (0-0)
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Plant Field
Attendance: 39,234, Avg. 573

1953 Tampa Smokers Roster

The Tampa Smokers of the Florida International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 46 wins and 91 losses, finishing sixth in the FIL.

The Smokers scored 525 runs and allowed 741 runs, most in the circuit. Mike Ilitch led all regular batters with a .310 average. Dale Matthewson topped Tampa with 15 wins and a team-best 3.25 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1953 Tampa Smokers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Dale Matthewson, José Zardón, Gready McKinnis, Rogelio Martínez and Bert Shepard.

Ben Chapman and Art Rebel 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
Dale Matthewson	15	12	.556	3.25	38	27					244.0	210	102	88	17	80
Humberto Baez	6	8	.429	4.81	29	13					131.0	162	84	70	10	45
Dick Baxter	4	3	.571	3.65	25	3					74.0	89	50	30	1	57
Bill Tosheff	3	5	.375	3.09	11	8					70.0	73	36	24	1	37
Jose Lopez	3	10	.231	4.97	27	17					105.0	118	75	58	3	63
Robert Christophel	2	6	.250	5.02	10	5					52.0	56	35	29	6	26
Gerald Kleinsmith	2	8	.200	5.75	19	10					61.0	55	52	39	2	72
James Martin	2	11	.154	4.08	19	14					108.0	110	63	49	7	76
Allen Chester	1	3	.250	3.98	20	4					52.0	50	28	23	1	47
Gready McKinnis	1	4	.200		13						0.0
Rogelio Martínez	1	7	.125	7.69	12	8					48.0	75	45	41	8	16
Totals	40	77	.342	4.30	223	109	0	0	0	0	945.0	998	570	451	56	519	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
Hiram Gonzalez	133	492	492		146	18	8	1						.297	.297	.372	.669	183
Leonard Pecou	122	463	463		135	12	7	1						.292	.292	.354	.646	164
Mike Ilitch	115	432	432		134	18	5	1						.310	.310	.382	.692	165
Luis Garcia	81	316	316		96	19	1	10						.304	.304	.465	.769	147
Gerald Ackerman	94	269	269		75	12	2	0						.279	.279	.338	.617	91
Harold Pfeiffer	47	166	166		42	14	0	4						.253	.253	.410	.663	68
Benny Fernandez	51	177	177		41	7	0	2						.232	.232	.305	.537	54
Humberto Baez	80	178	178		38	9	0	0						.213	.213	.264	.478	47
Isaac Seaone	47	153	153		33	6	1	0						.216	.216	.268	.484	41
Bob Shaulis	46	143	143		29	9	2	4						.203	.203	.378	.580	54
Grady Watts	28	100	100		26	5	0	1						.260	.260	.340	.600	34
José Zardón	35	130	130		26	3	0	0						.200	.200	.223	.423	29
Carlos DeSouza	34	114	114		22	2	0	1						.193	.193	.237	.430	27
James Martin	46	90	90		20	1	0	0						.222	.222	.233	.456	21
Andy Piesik	21	75	75		19	2	0	0						.253	.253	.280	.533	21
Ben Owens	44	83	83		19	3	0	0						.229	.229	.265	.494	22
Jack Escarra	27	62	62		18	4	0	0						.290	.290	.355	.645	22
Mike Romello	28	87	87		18	3	1	0						.207	.207	.264	.471	23
Bill Tosheff	23	38	38		16	4	1	0						.421	.421	.579	1.000	22
Dale Matthewson	45	83	83		12	0	0	0						.145	.145	.145	.289	12
Tom Falk	13	42	42		10	1	0	0						.238	.238	.262	.500	11
Felipe Jiminez	16	47	47		9	0	0	0						.191	.191	.191	.383	9
Hank Anderssohn	19	53	53		8	1	0	0						.151	.151	.170	.321	9
Jose Lopez	28	37	37		5	0	0	0						.135	.135	.135	.270	5
Rogelio Martínez	12	14	14		4	0	0	0						.286	.286	.286	.571	4
Adam Young	11	20	20		4	0	1	0						.200	.200	.300	.500	6
Dick Baxter	27	21	21		4	0	0	0						.190	.190	.190	.381	4
Bob Manning	12	41	41		4	0	0	0						.098	.098	.098	.195	4
Harry Clark	10	11	11		2	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Gready McKinnis	13	12	12		2	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Robert Christophel	10	13	13		1	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Allen Chester	21	15	15		1	0	0	0						.067	.067	.067	.133	1
Gerald Kleinsmith	20	16	16		1	0	0	0						.062	.062	.062	.125	1
Totals	1359	3993	3993	0	1020	153	29	25	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.255	.327	.583	1306	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Benny Fernandez	1B	50	448	21	3		.994	9.380
Harold Pfeiffer	1B	47	435	19	6		.987	9.660
Grady Watts	1B	20	156	12	2		.988	8.400
Tom Falk	1B	12	86	6	3		.968	7.667
Mike Ilitch	2B	109	298	308	16		.974	5.560
Carlos DeSouza	2B	22	52	54	2		.981	4.818
Andy Piesik	3B	21	22	45	4		.944	3.190
Humberto Baez	3B	20	18	45	5		.926	3.150
Gerald Ackerman	C	83	341	45	12		.970	4.651
Ben Owens	C	34	107	18	9		.933	3.676
Isaac Seaone	C	28	127	16	1		.993	5.107
Jack Escarra	C	12	51	8	6		.908	4.917
Hiram Gonzalez	OF	129	320	17	4		.988	2.612
Leonard Pecou	OF	115	199	9	6		.972	1.809
Bob Shaulis	OF	40	63	4	6		.918	1.675
José Zardón	OF	33	85	5	3		.968	2.727
Dale Matthewson	P	38						.000
Jose Lopez	P	27						.000
Dick Baxter	P	25						.000
Allen Chester	P	20						.000
Gerald Kleinsmith	P	19						.000
Gready McKinnis	P	13						.000
Rogelio Martínez	P	12						.000
Robert Christophel	P	10						.000
Luis Garcia	SS	46	80	172	14		.947	5.478
Mike Romello	SS	28	47	70	6		.951	4.179
Bob Manning	SS	12	18	35	5		.914	4.417
Hank Anderssohn	SS	11	18	22	11		.784	3.636
Totals		1036	2971	931	124	0	.969	3.766

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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