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1953 West Palm Beach Indians

1953 > Class B > 1953 Florida International League
Overall: 57-80
Scored 513 runs, Allowed 620 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-80

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Whitey Platt
Represented: West Palm Beach, FL
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1952 / 1954

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Ken Beardslee 22 21 38 9 2 0 1 .237 .368 14
2 Billy Boyette 25 17 31 9 0 0 0 .290 .290 9
3 Gordon Bragg* 26 135 524 158 11 11 2 .302 .376 197 Stats for 2 teams
4 Paul Crawford* 29 31 87 19 2 2 2 .218 .356 31 Stats for 2 teams
5 James Durkin 23 27 78 17 3 2 0 .218 .308 24
6 Hector Faberlle# 25 20 47 10 2 0 0 .213 .255 12
7 Bubba Harris 27 45 107 18 0 0 0 .168 .168 18
8 Gene Harvey 22 121 398 100 15 3 1 .251 .312 124 Stats for 2 teams
9 Louis Job 23 25 47 3 2 0 0 .064 .106 5
10 John Jones* 22 15 53 11 3 0 0 .208 .264 14
11 Jules LeBoff? 26 26 63 16 1 0 0 .254 .270 17
12 Fred Luciano 29 19 29 9 3 0 0 .310 .414 12
13 Carmelo Maldonado* 24 18 16 3 0 0 0 .188 .188 3
14 John McCulloch? -- 10 13 1 0 0 0 .077 .077 1
15 Mack Meeks* 25 83 293 70 14 4 5 .239 .365 107 Stats for 2 teams
16 Gus Montalbano 25 123 420 105 22 3 3 .250 .338 142
17 Glenn Noback* 24 114 415 93 15 3 1 .224 .282 117 Stats for 2 teams
18 Pasquale Pescitelli* 24 49 180 30 3 1 0 .167 .194 35
19 Don Plarski 23 136 464 113 11 5 2 .244 .302 140
20 Whitey Platt 32 133 472 142 26 1 16 .301 .462 218
21 Ralph Prince 20 23 76 17 1 0 0 .224 .237 18
22 Roger Rada* 24 15 24 7 1 0 0 .292 .333 8
23 Ralph Rosado 23 22 38 12 1 0 1 .316 .421 16
24 Lilburn Smith 24 41 57 5 0 0 0 .088 .088 5
25 Rene Solis 27 32 81 19 3 0 0 .235 .272 22
26 George Sopko 27 18 47 9 0 0 0 .191 .191 9
27 Sherman Stewart* 24 132 462 124 18 1 5 .268 .344 159
28 Frank Sulkowski* 24 41 58 5 3 0 0 .086 .138 8
29 Thomas Venn 27 112 310 56 9 0 2 .181 .229 71 Stats for 2 teams
29 Players 25.2 137 5100 4373 513 1041 155 29 36 432 58 633 651 .238 .334 .311 .646 1362 94
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Ken Beardslee 22 6 5 .545 2.66 15 13 105.0 89 36 31 1 49 1.314 7.6 0.1 4.2
2 Billy Boyette 25 2 9 .182 4.16 14 10 80.0 93 52 37 4 42 1.688 10.5 0.4 4.7
3 Bubba Harris 27 18 16 .529 2.70 43 33 280.0 275 98 84 11 77 1.257 8.8 0.4 2.5
4 Louis Job 23 7 8 .467 3.52 24 15 133.0 115 63 52 2 81 1.474 7.8 0.1 5.5
5 Fred Luciano 29 5 5 .500 5.45 13 11 76.0 97 63 46 6 46 1.882 11.5 0.7 5.4
6 Al Reitz 49 0 0 6
7 Lilburn Smith 24 5 15 .250 3.95 36 19 173.0 172 97 76 4 107 1.613 8.9 0.2 5.6
8 Frank Sulkowski* 24 9 12 .429 3.66 38 25 172.0 209 97 70 10 89 1.733 10.9 0.5 4.7
8 Players 25.4 57 80 .416 137 137 620

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Thomas Venn 105 429 81 17 .968 4.86 Stats for 2 teams
Paul Crawford 31 105 11 2 .983 3.74 Stats for 2 teams
James Durkin 23 125 14 6 .959 6.04
Ralph Rosado 15 34 11 3 .938 3.00

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Sherman Stewart 118 929 65 10 .990 8.42
John Jones 14 122 12 0 1.000 9.57

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Gene Harvey 71 196 171 16 .958 5.17 Stats for 2 teams
Jules LeBoff 21 59 41 2 .980 4.76
George Sopko 18 47 49 3 .970 5.33

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Glenn Noback 103 107 161 15 .947 2.60 Stats for 2 teams
Pasquale Pescitelli 35 43 75 6 .952 3.37

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Gus Montalbano 100 189 342 32 .943 5.31
Ralph Prince 13 20 49 3 .958 5.31

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Don Plarski 136 426 23 6 .987 3.30
Whitey Platt 128 231 7 10 .960 1.86
Gordon Bragg 108 208 10 6 .973 2.02 Stats for 2 teams
Mack Meeks 83 131 2 11 .924 1.60 Stats for 2 teams
Hector Faberlle 16 21 3 6 .800 1.50

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bubba Harris 43 0.00
Frank Sulkowski 38 0.00
Lilburn Smith 36 0.00
Louis Job 24 0.00
Ken Beardslee 15 0.00
Billy Boyette 14 0.00
Fred Luciano 13 0.00
Al Reitz 6 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Kenneth Adams 21 R R 5' 11.0" 190 1932
Ken Beardslee 22 R R 6' 1.0" 165 Dec 7, 1930 Woodville, MI, US
Billy Boyette 25 R R 5' 11.0" 155 Apr 13, 1928 Charlotte, NC, US
Gordon Bragg 26 L 5' 11.0" 170 1927
James Brown -- Unknown
Donald Callaway 21 L 6' 0.0" 171 1932
Paul Crawford 29 L 5' 9.0" 190 May 23, 1924
Richard Dotson 23 L R 6' 1.0" 185 1930
James Durkin 23 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Jun 1, 1930
Hector Faberlle 25 S 5' 9.0" 165 1928
Emmett Groover 22 R 6' 2.0" 190 1931
Bubba Harris 27 R R 6' 4.0" 204 Feb 15, 1926 Sulligent, AL, US
Robert Harris -- Unknown
Gene Harvey 22 R 5' 11.0" 165 1931 Savannah, GA, US
Julius Hlava -- Unknown
Louis Job 23 R R 5' 11.0" 185 1930
John Jones 22 L 5' 10.0" 178 1931
Jules LeBoff 26 May 5, 1927 Elizabeth, NJ, US
Fred Luciano 29 R R 5' 10.0" 175 1924
John Lyons 23 L L 6' 3.0" 195 1930
Carmelo Maldonado 24 L L 5' 6.0" 150 1929
John McCants -- Unknown
John McCulloch -- Unknown
Mack Meeks 25 L 6' 2.0" 195 1928
Gus Montalbano 25 R 5' 10.0" 180 Jul 11, 1927 Bronx, NY, US
Glenn Noback 24 L 6' 0.0" 175 1929
Pasquale Pescitelli 24 L 5' 8.0" 160 May 6, 1929 Amityville, NY, US
Don Plarski 23 R R 5' 6.0" 160 Nov 9, 1929 Chicago, IL, US
Whitey Platt 32 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Aug 21, 1920 West Palm Beach, FL, US
Ralph Prince 20 R 5' 10.0" 155 1933
Roger Rada 24 L 6' 1.0" 195 1929
Al Reitz 49 R R 5' 9.0" 155 Feb 10, 1904 Evansville, IN, US
Ralph Rosado 23 R R 5' 9.0" 160 1930
Lilburn Smith 24 R R 6' 1.0" 175 1929
Rene Solis 27 R R 5' 11.0" 170 1926
George Sopko 27 R 5' 8.0" 160 1926
Sherman Stewart 24 L 6' 1.0" 180 1929
Frank Sulkowski 24 L L 5' 11.0" 180 1929
Syd Thrift 24 L L 6' 3.0" 203 Feb 25, 1929 Locust Hill, VA, US
Thomas Venn 27 R R 6' 2.0" 183 1926

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