1953 Montreal Royals

1953 > Class AAA > 1953 International League
Overall: 89-63
Scored 768 runs, Allowed 590 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-58

Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers-NL
Manager: Walter Alston
Represented: Montreal, QC, CA
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	HBP	SH
1	Bob Alexander	30	21	23	18	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	.056	.150	.056	.206	1	0	3
2	Sandy Amoros*	23	150	648	539	128	190	40	11	23	100	11	96	63	.353	.457	.596	1.053	321	8	5
3	Hampton Coleman	25	36	50	42	4	8	0	0	0	9	0	6	5	.190	.292	.190	.482	8	0	2
4	Al Epperly*	35	10	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0
5	Arthur Fabbro	26	21	8	7	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.429	.429	.571	1.000	4	0	1
6	Calvin Felix	27	11	41	36	6	9	0	1	1	5	0	4	3	.250	.325	.389	.714	14	0	1
7	Chico Fernandez	21	145	559	519	63	128	21	2	2	34	9	31	51	.247	.289	.306	.595	159	0	9
8	Roy Hartsfield	27	135	597	538	74	125	30	8	3	46	5	48	67	.232	.295	.335	.630	180	0	11
9	Don Hoak	25	138	600	509	84	137	25	8	6	48	13	78	54	.269	.368	.385	.753	196	2	11
10	Tom Lasorda*	25	37	83	72	3	17	2	0	0	10	1	5	2	.236	.286	.264	.550	19	0	6
11	Ronnie Lee	24	33	12	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	.100	.250	.200	.450	2	0	0
12	Ken Lehman*	25	31	72	69	5	17	5	0	0	12	0	2	4	.246	.268	.319	.586	22	0	1
13	Robert Ludwick	25	31	45	37	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	4	6	.135	.220	.162	.382	6	0	4
14	Frank Marchio	25	103	317	280	30	78	12	4	2	44	1	30	33	.279	.350	.371	.722	104	1	6
15	Gilbert Mills	26	25	28	27	4	7	2	1	0	2	0	0	6	.259	.259	.407	.667	11	0	1
16	Walt Moryn*	27	45	172	145	19	36	6	0	2	18	2	21	17	.248	.351	.331	.682	48	2	4
17	Earl Mossor*	27	34	72	65	9	17	2	0	3	12	0	4	9	.262	.314	.431	.745	28	1	2
18	Rocky Nelson*	28	154	663	542	117	167	33	9	34	136	2	106	37	.308	.431	.590	1.021	320	11	4
19	Ed Roebuck	21	52	91	81	7	15	2	1	1	6	0	9	8	.185	.267	.272	.538	22	0	1
20	Stan Rojek	34	66	217	198	24	54	9	2	1	31	0	16	13	.273	.327	.354	.681	70	0	3
21	Tim Thompson*	29	109	417	372	59	109	13	5	10	59	1	39	17	.293	.360	.435	.796	162	0	6
22	Dick Whitman*	32	73	272	240	42	76	16	4	7	32	1	25	11	.317	.381	.504	.885	121	0	7
23	Dick Williams	24	66	248	230	28	64	12	1	2	33	1	13	31	.278	.322	.365	.688	84	2	3
24	Ken Wood	28	95	317	277	36	65	12	3	8	45	2	33	33	.235	.321	.386	.707	107	2	5
25	Ernest Yelen	28	71	235	211	19	60	12	2	1	23	0	21	14	.284	.349	.374	.724	79	0	3
	25 Players	26.2	154	5801	5078	768	1390	258	62	106	710	50	593	506	.274	.353	.412	.765	2090	30	100

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	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Bob Alexander	30	5	4	.556	4.76	20	7	2	0	70.0	78	40	37	6	36	30	1	0	2	1.629	10.0	0.8	4.6	3.9	0.83
2	Hampton Coleman	25	8	4	.667	4.37	36	16	7	0	134.0	144	68	65	14	63	63	1	0	6	1.545	9.7	0.9	4.2	4.2	1.00
3	Al Epperly	35	1	0	1.000		10
4	Arthur Fabbro	26	3	1	.750		20
5	Tom Lasorda*	25	17	8	.680	2.81	36	29	12	3	208.0	171	77	65	9	94	122	4	0	14	1.274	7.4	0.4	4.1	5.3	1.30
6	Ronnie Lee*	24	2	3	.400	4.85	33	2	1	1	65.0	78	39	35	2	33	24	4	0	3	1.708	10.8	0.3	4.6	3.3	0.73
7	Ken Lehman*	25	13	9	.591	3.84	30	26	14	2	176.0	153	82	75	7	68	94	0	0	2	1.256	7.8	0.4	3.5	4.8	1.38
8	Robert Ludwick*	25	6	6	.500	3.23	29	20	5	3	128.0	110	57	46	9	62	33	3	0	3	1.344	7.7	0.6	4.4	2.3	0.53
9	Gilbert Mills	26	7	5	.583	3.91	23	9	3	1	76.0	70	35	33	4	37	40	5	0	2	1.408	8.3	0.5	4.4	4.7	1.08
10	Earl Mossor	27	10	9	.526	3.96	32	16	5	1	159.0	165	78	70	11	74	64	3	0	4	1.503	9.3	0.6	4.2	3.6	0.86
11	Ed Roebuck	21	15	14	.517	3.07	40	26	14	2	220.0	202	84	75	21	70	83	4	0	4	1.236	8.3	0.9	2.9	3.4	1.19
	11 Players	25.2	89	63	.586		154	154					590

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
Tim Thompson	102		443	38	11	7	.978	4.72	10
Ernest Yelen	57		224	21	1	4	.996	4.30	3

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Rocky Nelson	154		1423	106	13	130	.992	9.93

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Roy Hartsfield	134		276	395	18	82	.974	5.01
Stan Rojek	22		37	54	4	13	.958	4.14

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Don Hoak	134		150	345	17	32	.967	3.69
Stan Rojek	23		23	39	4	6	.939	2.70

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Chico Fernandez	145		272	399	34	94	.952	4.63
Stan Rojek	17		21	31	1	7	.981	3.06

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Sandy Amoros	149	355	12	8	1	.979	2.46
Ken Wood	81	167	12	1	1	.994	2.21
Frank Marchio	80	152	6	3	1	.981	1.98
Dick Whitman	62	120	8	2	2	.985	2.06
Dick Williams	60	111	3	2	0	.983	1.90
Walt Moryn	41	90	3	1	1	.989	2.27
Calvin Felix	10	12	4	0	0	1.000	1.60

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ed Roebuck	40	18	52	0	5	1.000	1.75
Hampton Coleman	36	9	22	1	2	.969	0.86
Tom Lasorda	36	9	40	1	3	.980	1.36
Ronnie Lee	33	0	12	0	2	1.000	0.36
Earl Mossor	32	6	37	3	1	.935	1.34
Ken Lehman	30	5	33	0	0	1.000	1.27
Robert Ludwick	29	7	21	2	1	.933	0.97
Gilbert Mills	23	4	9	0	0	1.000	0.57
Bob Alexander	20	3	16	2	2	.905	0.95
Arthur Fabbro	20	6	11	0	0	1.000	0.85
Al Epperly	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.10

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Bob Alexander	30	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Aug 7, 1922	Vancouver, BC, CA
Sandy Amoros	23	L	L	5' 7.0"	170	Jan 30, 1930	La Habana, La Habana, CU
Hampton Coleman	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Feb 12, 1928	Red Springs, NC, US
Al Epperly	35	L	R	6' 2.0"	194	May 7, 1918	Glidden, IA, US
Arthur Fabbro	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	1927
Calvin Felix	27	R		6' 0.0"	180	Nov 13, 1925
Chico Fernandez	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Mar 2, 1932	La Habana, La Habana, CU
Roy Hartsfield	27	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Oct 25, 1925	Chattahoochee, GA, US
Don Hoak	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Feb 5, 1928	Roulette, PA, US
Tom Lasorda	25	L	L	5' 10.0"	175	Sep 22, 1927	Norristown, PA, US
Ronnie Lee	24	R	L	6' 0.0"	190	1929
Ken Lehman	25	L	L	6' 0.0"	170	Jun 10, 1928	Seattle, WA, US
Robert Ludwick	25	R	L	6' 0.0"	160	Apr 24, 1928	West Chester, PA, US
Frank Marchio	25	R		6' 0.0"	190	Nov 16, 1927
Glenn Mickens	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 26, 1930	Wilmar, CA, US
Gilbert Mills	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	1927
Walt Moryn	27	L	R	6' 2.0"	205	Apr 12, 1926	St. Paul, MN, US
Earl Mossor	27	L	R	6' 1.0"	175	Jul 21, 1925	Forbus, TN, US
Rocky Nelson	28	L	L	5' 10.0"	175	Nov 18, 1924	Portsmouth, OH, US
Ed Roebuck	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Jul 3, 1931	East Millsboro, PA, US
Stan Rojek	34	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Apr 21, 1919	North Tonawanda, NY, US
Tim Thompson	29	L	R	5' 11.0"	190	Mar 1, 1924	Coalport, PA, US
Dick Whitman	32	L	R	5' 11.0"	170	Nov 9, 1920	Woodburn, OR, US
Dick Williams	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	May 7, 1929	St. Louis, MO, US
Ken Wood	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Jul 1, 1924	Lincolnton, NC, US
Ernest Yelen	28	R		6' 0.0"	185	1925

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