1953 Austin Pioneers Statistics

Big State League (BSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 69-77
Finished 7th in the BSL
Manager: Al Unser (69-77)
Location: Austin, Texas
Ballpark: Disch-Falk Field
Attendance: 73,229, Avg. 1,003

1953 Austin Pioneers Roster

The Austin Pioneers of the Big State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 69 wins and 77 losses, finishing seventh in the BSL.

The Pioneers scored 620 runs and conceded 598 runs. Donald Mason and Mel Nunes paced all regular batters by hitting .285. Dean Franks and Coy Taylor topped Austin with 17 wins each, while Dean Franks recorded a 2.72 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1953 Austin Pioneers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Al LaMacchia, Tom Kirk and Al Unser.

Al Unser served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Coy Taylor	17	17	.500	2.81	37	28					269.0	251	103	84	11	82
Dean Franks	17	18	.486	2.72	43	39					301.0	287	98	91	10	59
Al LaMacchia	13	15	.464	3.23	30	27					220.0	227	101	79	16	43
Roger May	10	8	.556	3.57	31	25					179.0	181	84	71	9	59
Robert McNeal	5	1	.833	5.05	24	7					73.0	85	43	41	2	32
Dale Myrland	4	4	.500	3.65	11	8					69.0	74	34	28	9	27
Dick Roberson	3	6	.333	4.96	20	9					78.0	89	50	43	2	33
Joseph Chuka	1	1	.500	1.72	17	0					47.0	47	23	9	4	12
George Socha	1	5	.167	5.25	24	2					48.0	53	35	28	3	27
Totals	71	75	.486	3.32	237	145	0	0	0	0	1284.0	1294	571	474	66	374	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
Donald Mason	142	543	543		155	19	2	0						.285	.285	.328	.613	178
Mel Nunes	130	494	494		141	20	4	6						.285	.285	.379	.664	187
Billy Ashley	146	509	509		125	16	6	8						.246	.246	.348	.593	177
Billy Jack Wynns	141	498	498		122	13	3	2						.245	.245	.295	.540	147
Russell Mays	121	424	424		102	13	2	2						.241	.241	.295	.535	125
Lee Jenkins	81	310	310		96	17	6	0						.310	.310	.403	.713	125
Kenneth Mapes	80	308	308		79	12	2	4						.256	.256	.347	.604	107
Edward Wayne	79	262	262		71	13	4	1						.271	.271	.363	.634	95
Paul Weeks	84	265	265		70	11	1	0						.264	.264	.313	.577	83
Al Unser	77	210	210		60	10	0	8						.286	.286	.448	.733	94
Tom Kirk	65	240	240		60	11	4	8						.250	.250	.429	.679	103
Dan Watson	93	275	275		56	9	1	0						.204	.204	.244	.447	67
Coy Taylor	67	154	154		39	4	2	5						.253	.253	.403	.656	62
Dean Franks	46	116	116		28	7	0	1						.241	.241	.328	.569	38
Roger May	33	67	67		14	0	0	1						.209	.209	.254	.463	17
Dick Roberson	30	45	45		9	3	0	0						.200	.200	.267	.467	12
Al LaMacchia	30	60	60		4	1	0	0						.067	.067	.083	.150	5
Robert McNeal	24	22	22		3	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273	3
Dale Myrland	13	22	22		3	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273	3
George Socha	24	9	9		1	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Joseph Chuka	17	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Totals	1523	4843	4843	0	1239	179	37	46	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.256	.337	.592	1630	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Billy Ashley	1B	145	1301	78	23		.984	9.510
Russell Mays	2B	82	198	176	19		.952	4.561
Mel Nunes	3B	78	79	205	8		.973	3.641
Dan Watson	C	93	269	48	7		.978	3.409
Al Unser	C	69	306	30	6		.982	4.870
Donald Mason	OF	116	349	17	7		.981	3.155
Kenneth Mapes	OF	80	188	8	1		.995	2.450
Lee Jenkins	OF	80	193	6	7		.966	2.488
Edward Wayne	OF	73	144	10	10		.939	2.110
Tom Kirk	OF	64	119	10	4		.970	2.016
Paul Weeks	OF	24	39	3	2		.955	1.750
Dean Franks	P	43						.000
Coy Taylor	P	37						.000
Roger May	P	31						.000
Al LaMacchia	P	30						.000
George Socha	P	24						.000
Robert McNeal	P	24						.000
Dick Roberson	P	20						.000
Joseph Chuka	P	17						.000
Dale Myrland	P	11						.000
Billy Jack Wynns	SS	133	212	435	39		.943	4.865
Totals		1274	3397	1026	133	0	.971	3.472

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.

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