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1953 New Orleans Pelicans
Record: 69-75
Finish: 3rd in PL South Division
Runs Scored: 778
Runs Allowed: 805
Exp W-L: 70-74
 
Ballpark: Higgins Park
Attendance: 1,415,485
Manager: Brad Huber

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 48-79, 10th in the Pioneer League
AA: 57-70, 10th in the Pioneer League
A: 73-54, 2nd in the Pioneer League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF  Osvaldo Paredes 37 140 502 115 149 21 2 36 95 36 6 110 72 .297 .424 .562 .986 122.6 24.5 2.5
2B  Sabino Martinez 27 144 538 63 116 25 4 2 54 24 4 41 75 .216 .274 .288 .562 45.1 0.2 7.9
CF  John Heaps 30 131 497 91 164 22 0 15 81 25 10 59 50 .330 .404 .465 .869 94.5 17.0 3.7
2B *Walter Salgado 27 138 486 87 152 30 3 14 94 14 14 55 58 .313 .383 .473 .856 81.9 13.9 6.5
RF  David Colucci 34 134 490 63 151 24 3 4 76 0 2 39 57 .308 .362 .394 .756 65.1 9.4 2.8
1B #Erubiel Ibaņez 24 135 480 64 129 23 0 17 89 0 3 36 75 .269 .326 .423 .749 63.2 7.8 1.2
C  Jimmy Hildreth 28 123 486 76 152 31 2 13 74 0 2 20 69 .313 .345 .465 .810 70.0 10.5 3.3
3B  Paul Davis 29 111 407 83 110 24 2 20 72 6 1 67 45 .270 .376 .486 .862 73.1 12.0 2.9
CF #Randy Nieto 26 83 196 38 53 17 4 4 25 8 1 28 41 .270 .366 .459 .825 32.3 5.1 0.9
C  Ryan Brown 34 42 141 18 30 6 0 1 8 1 0 13 36 .213 .284 .277 .560 11.0 0.0 1.4
1B  Arthur Folsom 22 70 112 15 39 9 0 1 26 0 0 10 17 .348 .407 .455 .862 19.2 3.6 0.3
P  Richard Bush 32 38 110 9 16 2 0 1 4 4 0 3 37 .145 .168 .191 .359 2.6 0.0 0.0
CF *Eric Ferrill 28 60 104 18 28 9 2 0 15 13 4 10 19 .269 .339 .394 .733 13.9 1.9 0.6
P  Alexis Aguiar 22 36 99 5 5 2 0 2 9 0 0 2 43 .051 .078 .131 .210 -3.4 0.0 0.0
2B  Adam Washington 28 44 97 9 22 11 1 1 9 0 0 10 22 .227 .296 .392 .688 11.4 1.1 1.0
P *Chester Belue 31 36 90 9 15 3 0 2 12 0 0 2 35 .167 .185 .267 .451 3.9 0.0 0.0
P  Vincent Vivian 26 30 82 10 23 3 0 0 7 3 2 3 19 .280 .306 .317 .623 7.6 0.2 0.0
P  Thomas Crystal 29 7 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.5 0.0 0.0
LF *Charles Core 29 15 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .231 .231 .231 .462 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  David Cilley 32 37 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bryan Crossett 26 8 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 0.7 0.2 0.0
P *Robert Tally 29 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Newton Biondi 26 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 1605 4953 778 1359 262 23 133 750 134 49 509 779 .274 .345 .417 .762 713.9 107.5 34.9
  Rank among 10 PL teams 9 6 8 8 9 4 6 10 2 7 3 8 7 6 6 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Richard Bush 32 18 15 .545 38 38 0 292.3 306 158 38 64 161 4.86 17.1
 Alexis Aguiar 22 16 16 .500 36 36 0 271.7 305 146 34 97 130 4.84 14.0
 Chester Belue 31 11 18 .379 36 36 0 257.3 341 170 24 97 132 5.95 6.6
 Vincent Vivian 26 14 13 .519 29 29 0 211.0 227 137 24 116 164 5.84 8.1
*Willie Cunningham 25 3 2 .600 50 0 2 56.0 42 17 3 16 40 2.73 8.5
 John Fobbs 30 1 2 .333 47 0 33 44.7 60 27 6 19 38 5.44 4.6
 David Cilley 32 2 1 .667 37 0 1 44.7 44 21 3 32 24 4.23 3.4
 Thomas Crystal 29 1 2 .333 6 4 1 35.0 40 18 0 25 17 4.63 2.0
*Robert Tally 29 2 3 .400 23 0 0 24.3 37 23 5 19 18 8.51 0.0
 Newton Biondi 26 0 2 .000 20 0 0 20.0 27 20 5 13 15 9.00 0.0
 Bryan Crossett 26 1 1 .500 8 1 0 16.7 22 13 3 4 9 7.02 0.2
Team Totals 28.0 69 75 .479 330 144 37 1273.6 1451 750 145 502 748 5.30 64.6
Rank among 10 PL teams 6 6 2 6 8 6 9 7 4 7 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 26.8
J.Hildreth 977.0 109 118 598 49 12 1 .982 15.2
R.Brown 296.7 35 37 174 32 2 1 .990 44.2
Team Total 1273.7 144 155 772 81 14 2 .984 20.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 10.03
E.Ibaņez 1109.7 131 132 1128 92 7 106 .994 9.89
A.Folsom 161.0 13 35 181 13 3 17 .985 10.84
A.Washington 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
E.Ferrill 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1273.7 144 169 1312 106 10 123 .993 10.02
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.23
W.Salgado 1093.0 123 130 236 431 5 82 .993 5.49
A.Washington 178.7 21 25 45 57 1 15 .990 5.14
S.Martinez 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1273.7 144 156 282 488 6 97 .992 5.44
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .943 2.42
P.Davis 956.3 111 111 74 176 17 15 .936 2.35
O.Paredes 198.0 22 22 17 29 2 0 .958 2.09
A.Folsom 54.3 5 7 3 7 1 0 .909 1.66
J.Heaps 28.3 3 3 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.86
R.Nieto 17.3 1 2 3 4 0 0 1.000 3.64
W.Salgado 8.3 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
D.Colucci 8.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13
A.Washington 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1273.7 144 148 103 224 20 15 .942 2.31
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.54
S.Martinez 1262.0 144 144 204 460 18 92 .974 4.74
W.Salgado 7.7 0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.70
A.Washington 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
R.Nieto 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1273.7 144 150 206 463 18 94 .974 4.73
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.13
O.Paredes 966.7 110 115 226 8 6 1 .975 2.18
R.Nieto 287.0 33 37 69 1 6 0 .921 2.20
C.Core 20.0 1 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1273.7 144 159 299 9 12 1 .963 2.18
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.75
J.Heaps 1085.0 124 125 375 1 4 1 .989 3.12
E.Ferrill 97.0 11 13 28 2 0 0 1.000 2.78
R.Nieto 89.7 9 12 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
C.Core 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1273.7 144 151 429 3 4 1 .991 3.05
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.25
D.Colucci 1139.7 131 133 289 10 0 2 1.000 2.36
E.Ferrill 127.3 13 23 36 1 4 0 .902 2.62
O.Paredes 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Heaps 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Core 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1273.7 144 159 326 11 4 2 .988 2.38
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.04
R.Bush 292.3 38 38 26 55 2 1 .976 2.49
A.Aguiar 271.7 36 36 20 53 1 4 .986 2.42
C.Belue 257.3 36 36 16 40 3 4 .949 1.96
V.Vivian 211.0 29 29 9 35 4 1 .917 1.88
W.Cunningham 56.0 0 50 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Fobbs 44.7 0 47 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.81
D.Cilley 44.7 0 37 0 6 1 1 .857 1.21
T.Crystal 35.0 4 6 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.83
R.Tally 24.3 0 23 1 5 1 0 .857 2.22
N.Biondi 20.0 0 20 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Crossett 16.7 1 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1273.6 144 330 83 215 12 11 .961 2.11
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Heaps .330
On-Base Pct Paredes .424
Slugging Pct Paredes .562
OPS Paredes .986
XR Paredes 122.6
Games Martinez 144
At-Bats Martinez 538
Runs Paredes 115
Hits Heaps 164
Total Bases Paredes 282
Singles Heaps 127
Doubles Hildreth 31
Triples Martinez, Nieto 4
Homeruns Paredes 36
RBIs Paredes 95
Stolen Bases Paredes 36
Caught Stealing Salgado 14
Walks Paredes 110
Strikeouts Ibaņez, Martinez 75
ERA Aguiar 4.84
Wins Bush 18
Losses Belue 18
Winning Pct Bush .545
Saves Fobbs 33
Games Pitched Cunningham 50
Games Started Bush 38
Complete Games Bush 14
Shutouts Bush 3
Innings Pitched Bush 292.3
Hits Allowed Belue 341
Homeruns Allowed Bush 38
Strikeouts Vivian 164
Walks Allowed Vivian 116
Walks per 9IP Bush 2.0
Hits per 9IP Bush 9.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Vivian 7.0
WHiP Bush 1.27
OAVG Bush .272
OOBP Bush .320
OSLG Bush .440
OOPS Bush .759
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Osvaldo Paredes $ 9,550,000
Paul Davis $ 8,960,000
John Heaps $ 7,430,000
Jimmy Hildreth $ 6,600,000
Sabino Martinez $ 4,200,000
David Colucci $ 4,060,000
Richard Bush $ 3,900,000
Walter Salgado $ 3,850,000
Chester Belue $ 2,050,000
John Fobbs $ 2,050,000
Thomas Crystal $ 2,050,000
Adam Washington $ 1,430,000
Vincent Vivian $ 1,200,000
Randy Nieto $ 1,000,000
Ryan Brown $ 550,000
Kenneth Thompson $ 421,429
Rueben Watson $ 410,000
Newton Biondi $ 350,000
David Cilley $ 300,000
Charles Core $ 300,000
Bryan Crossett $ 300,000
Willie Cunningham $ 300,000
Alexis Aguiar $ 300,000
Arthur Folsom $ 300,000
Erubiel Ibaņez $ 300,000
Robert Tally $ 300,000
Eric Ferrill $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/15 Traded Nathan Kappler Hollywood David Cilley
 
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