1953 Jacksonville Braves

1953 > Class A > 1953 South Atlantic League
Overall: 93-44
Scored 764 runs, Allowed 552 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-49

Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves-NL
Manager: Ben Geraghty
Represented: Jacksonville, 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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1	Hank Aaron	19	137		574		208	36	14	22					.362		.589		338
2	Joseph Andrews	21	129		479		149	28	0	8					.311		.420		201
3	Alvin Aucoin	27	15		27		6	2	0	1					.222		.407		11
4	William Casey	22	107		360		91	18	3	14					.253		.436		157
5	Ray Crone	21	35		87		18	0	0	0					.207		.207		18
6	Vincent DiLorenzo*	25	32		51		8	1	0	0					.157		.176		9
7	Jim Frey*	22	117		429		136	25	4	2					.317		.408		175
8	Horace Garner	29	120		426		130	25	5	15					.305		.493		210
9	Thomas Horton	27	11		11		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
10	Dick Kelly	25	33		73		8	0	1	0					.110		.137		10
11	Ralph Kennedy	29	47		135		31	5	0	3					.230		.333		45
12	Larry Lassalle	23	29		76		13	0	0	0					.171		.171		13
13	Buddy Lively	28	14		26		6	0	0	0					.231		.231		6
14	Carlson Maloney	24	27		22		5	1	0	0					.227		.273		6
15	Felix Mantilla	18	129		490		136	22	6	6					.278		.384		188
16	Pete Mondorff	35	11		12		4	1	0	0					.333		.417		5
17	Chester Morgan*	21	68		202		55	8	3	2					.272		.371		75
18	Leonard Morrison*	30	114		363		97	19	1	15					.267		.449		163
19	William Porter	25	112		424		123	25	6	2					.290		.392		166
20	Curt Raydon	19	32		56		9	0	1	1					.161		.250		14
21	Don Schmidt	28	20		7		4	1	0	0					.571		.714		5
22	John Turco	22	50		184		51	14	3	2					.277		.418		77
23	Harry Warner*	24	92		263		68	16	4	4					.259		.395		104
	23 Players	23.1	138	5436	4806	764	1357	245	51	97	679	56	557	545	.282	.357	.415	.772	1995	73

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	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9
1	Ray Crone	21	19	11	.633	2.38	33	31	253.0	200	93	67	7	104	1.202	7.1	0.2	3.7
2	Vincent DiLorenzo*	25	6	6	.500	3.86	31	14	133.0	132	77	57	4	53	1.391	8.9	0.3	3.6
3	Dick Kelly*	25	17	6	.739	3.16	32	26	188.0	174	84	66	9	73	1.314	8.3	0.4	3.5
4	Larry Lassalle*	23	19	5	.792	2.34	29	24	204.0	152	70	53	9	105	1.260	6.7	0.4	4.6
5	Buddy Lively	28	5	3	.625	2.31	12	10	74.0	50	23	19	3	29	1.068	6.1	0.4	3.5
6	Carlson Maloney	24	6	1	.857	3.88	27	4	65.0	58	35	28	4	34	1.415	8.0	0.6	4.7
7	Curt Raydon	19	11	7	.611	3.50	32	20	162.0	148	87	63	8	91	1.475	8.2	0.4	5.1
	7 Players	23.0	93	44	.679		138	138			552

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
William Casey	104		612	33	13		.980	6.20
Ralph Kennedy	45		231	17	5		.980	5.51

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Joseph Andrews	121		925	62	13		.987	8.16
Harry Warner	26		152	9	1		.994	6.19

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Hank Aaron	135		330	310	36		.947	4.74

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
William Porter	98		97	148	22		.918	2.50

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Felix Mantilla	128		228	307	35		.939	4.18

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Horace Garner	116	217	9	11	.954	1.95
Jim Frey	110	241	18	2	.992	2.35
Leonard Morrison	101	177	8	6	.969	1.83
Chester Morgan	60	168	4	6	.966	2.87
John Turco	48	117	2	8	.937	2.48

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ray Crone	33							0.00
Dick Kelly	32							0.00
Curt Raydon	32							0.00
Vincent DiLorenzo	31							0.00
Larry Lassalle	29							0.00
Carlson Maloney	27							0.00
Buddy Lively	12							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Hank Aaron	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Feb 5, 1934	Mobile, AL, US
Stewart Alton	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	1931
Joseph Andrews	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Jan 9, 1932	Fall River, MA, US
Alvin Aucoin	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Sep 15, 1925	Port Arthur, TX, US
Albert Belinsky	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Nov 21, 1927	Norwalk, CT, US
William Casey	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Jul 14, 1930	Parkin, AR, US
Paul Cave	19	L	R	6' 1.0"	179	Nov 2, 1933	New Canton, VA, US
Ray Crone	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	165	Aug 7, 1931	Memphis, TN, US
Vincent DiLorenzo	25	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	1928
Jim Frey	22	L	L	5' 9.0"	170	May 26, 1931	Cleveland, OH, US
Horace Garner	29	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Jul 17, 1923
Thomas Horton	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	1926
Dick Kelly	25	R	L	6' 2.0"	180	Oct 7, 1927	Quincy, MA, US
Ralph Kennedy	29	R		6' 0.0"	190	1924
Larry Lassalle	23	R	L	5' 10.0"	188	Mar 18, 1930	New Orleans, LA, US
Buddy Lively	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Feb 14, 1925	Birmingham, AL, US
James Long	32	R		6' 1.0"	180	Dec 18, 1920	Griffin, GA, US
Carlson Maloney	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	1929
Felix Mantilla	18	R	R	6' 0.0"	160	Jul 29, 1934	Isabella, PR
Pete Mondorff	35	R	R	6' 0.0"	220	Apr 18, 1918	Emmitsburg, MD, US
Chester Morgan	21	L	R	6' 3.0"	175	Mar 26, 1932	Skene, MS, US
Leonard Morrison	30	L		5' 9.0"	175	1923
William Porter	25	R	R	5' 8.0"	155	May 23, 1928	Lynn, MA, US
Curt Raydon	19	R	R	6' 4.0"	190	Nov 18, 1933	Bloomington, IL, US
Dale Sanner	26	R		5' 11.0"	175	1927
Don Schmidt	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Jul 20, 1924	Plainfield, NJ, US
John Turco	22	R		5' 10.0"	175	1931
Harry Warner	24	L	R	6' 2.0"	195	Dec 11, 1928	Reeders, PA, US
William Wilson	24	R	L	5' 11.0"	180	1929
Hugh Wise	23	R		6' 0.0"	172	1930

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