1953 West Palm Beach Indians Statistics
Team Record: 57-80
Finished 5th in the FIL
Manager: Whitey Platt (0-0), Bubba Harris (0-0)
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Connie Mack Field
Attendance: 52,077, Avg. 760
The West Palm Beach Indians of the Florida International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 57 wins and 80 losses, finishing fifth in the FIL.
The Indians scored 513 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 620 runs. Whitey Platt led hitters with significant playing time with a .301 average. Bubba Harris topped West Palm Beach with 18 wins and a team-best 2.7 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1953 West Palm Beach Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bubba Harris, Whitey Platt and Don Plarski.
Whitey Platt and Bubba Harris 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubba Harris | 18 | 16 | .529 | 2.70 | 43 | 33 | 280.0 | 275 | 98 | 84 | 11 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Frank Sulkowski | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.66 | 38 | 25 | 172.0 | 209 | 97 | 70 | 10 | 89 | ||||||||||
| Louis Job | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.52 | 24 | 15 | 133.0 | 115 | 63 | 52 | 2 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Ken Beardslee | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.66 | 15 | 13 | 105.0 | 89 | 36 | 31 | 1 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Fred Luciano | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.45 | 13 | 11 | 76.0 | 97 | 63 | 46 | 6 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Lilburn Smith | 5 | 15 | .250 | 3.95 | 36 | 19 | 173.0 | 172 | 97 | 76 | 4 | 107 | ||||||||||
| Billy Boyette | 2 | 9 | .182 | 4.16 | 14 | 10 | 80.0 | 93 | 52 | 37 | 4 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Al Reitz | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 52 | 70 | .426 | 3.50 | 189 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1019.0 | 1050 | 506 | 396 | 38 | 491 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitey Platt | 133 | 472 | 472 | 142 | 26 | 1 | 16 | .301 | .301 | .462 | .763 | 218 | |||||||||||
| Gene Stewart | 132 | 462 | 462 | 124 | 18 | 1 | 5 | .268 | .268 | .344 | .613 | 159 | |||||||||||
| Don Plarski | 136 | 464 | 464 | 113 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .244 | .244 | .302 | .545 | 140 | |||||||||||
| Gus Montalbano | 123 | 420 | 420 | 105 | 22 | 3 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .338 | .588 | 142 | |||||||||||
| Pasquale Pescitelli | 49 | 180 | 180 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .194 | .361 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Rene Solis | 32 | 81 | 81 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .272 | .506 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Bubba Harris | 45 | 107 | 107 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .168 | .168 | .168 | .336 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Prince | 23 | 76 | 76 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .237 | .461 | 18 | |||||||||||
| James Durkin | 27 | 78 | 78 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .218 | .218 | .308 | .526 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Jules LeBoff | 26 | 63 | 63 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .254 | .270 | .524 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Rosado | 22 | 38 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .316 | .316 | .421 | .737 | 16 | |||||||||||
| John Jones | 15 | 53 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .264 | .472 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Hector Faberlle | 20 | 47 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .213 | .255 | .468 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Fred Luciano | 19 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .310 | .310 | .414 | .724 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Billy Boyette | 17 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 | .290 | .290 | .581 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Ken Beardslee | 21 | 38 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .368 | .605 | 14 | |||||||||||
| George Sopko | 18 | 47 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .191 | .191 | .383 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Roger Rada | 15 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .292 | .333 | .625 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Lilburn Smith | 41 | 57 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .088 | .088 | .088 | .175 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Frank Sulkowski | 41 | 58 | 58 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .086 | .086 | .138 | .224 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Carmelo Maldonado | 18 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Louis Job | 25 | 47 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .064 | .064 | .106 | .170 | 5 | |||||||||||
| John McCulloch | 10 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1008 | 2901 | 2901 | 0 | 694 | 105 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .313 | .553 | 909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Stewart | 1B | 118 | 929 | 65 | 10 | .990 | 8.424 | |
| John Jones | 1B | 14 | 122 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.571 | |
| Jules LeBoff | 2B | 21 | 59 | 41 | 2 | .980 | 4.762 | |
| George Sopko | 2B | 18 | 47 | 49 | 3 | .970 | 5.333 | |
| Pasquale Pescitelli | 3B | 35 | 43 | 75 | 6 | .952 | 3.371 | |
| James Durkin | C | 23 | 125 | 14 | 6 | .959 | 6.043 | |
| Ralph Rosado | C | 15 | 34 | 11 | 3 | .938 | 3.000 | |
| Don Plarski | OF | 136 | 426 | 23 | 6 | .987 | 3.301 | |
| Whitey Platt | OF | 128 | 231 | 7 | 10 | .960 | 1.859 | |
| Hector Faberlle | OF | 16 | 21 | 3 | 6 | .800 | 1.500 | |
| Bubba Harris | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Sulkowski | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Lilburn Smith | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Louis Job | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Beardslee | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Boyette | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Luciano | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Al Reitz | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Gus Montalbano | SS | 100 | 189 | 342 | 32 | .943 | 5.310 | |
| Ralph Prince | SS | 13 | 20 | 49 | 3 | .958 | 5.308 | |
| Totals | 826 | 2246 | 691 | 87 | 0 | .971 | 3.556 |
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.
