1953 Beaumont Exporters Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 65-89
Finished 8th in the TL
Manager: Al Vincent (65-89)
Location: Beaumont, Texas
Ballpark: Stuart Stadium
Attendance: 102,802, Avg. 1,335

1953 Beaumont Exporters Roster

The Beaumont Exporters of the Texas League ended the 1953 season with a record of 65 wins and 89 losses, finishing eighth in the TL.

The Exporters plated 657 runs and yielded 735 runs. Les Fleming paced Beaumont with 25 home runs, and Fred Taylor walloped 15 or more, too. Les Fleming drove in 97 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .317 clip. Don Fracchia led the team with 15 wins, while Don Swartz recorded a 3.45 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1953 Beaumont Exporters who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Al LaMacchia, George Eyrich, Steve Mesner, Jack Creel, Walt Lanfranconi, Ray Hamrick, Clarence Beers, Tom Kirk, Fred Taylor, Les Fleming and Earle Brucker.

Al Vincent 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
Don Fracchia	15	12	.556	3.68	37	32		16	3		240.0	228	111	98	16	90		76	4	1	3
Don Swartz	12	17	.414	3.45	43	30		18	0		284.0	305	137	109	24	88		105	4	0	5
Edward Konick	11	13	.458	3.87	35	24		13	2		200.0	228	93	86	22	64		57	1	1	3
Burton Smith	8	10	.444	3.76	35	19		8	3		146.0	136	70	61	13	95		52	1	0	4
Jack Creel	8	15	.348	5.20	34	25		9	1		166.0	197	108	96	18	69		61	9	0	6
George Eyrich	5	8	.385	4.58	40	8		2	0		116.0	136	72	59	13	48		38	0	0	5
Clarence Beers	3	2	.600	4.22	9	5		3	0		49.0	57	23	23	5	9		16	0	0	1
Bill Hockenbury	1	6	.143	5.75	15	5		2	0		61.0	70	43	39	8	43		18	0	0	5
Totals	63	83	.432	4.07	248	148	0	71	9	0	1262.0	1357	657	571	119	506	0	423	19	2	32	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
Billy Costa	141	625	536	73	157	21	5	1	64	5	5	82	35	.293	.388	.356	.744	191		1	6
Les Fleming	142	613	483	91	153	30	1	25	97	1	5	128	38	.317	.461	.538	.999	260		1	1
Fred Taylor	138	558	485	85	122	19	2	22	80	8	4	60	47	.252	.338	.435	.773	211		3	10
Ray Hamrick	142	559	505	47	121	16	2	3	56	10	2	46	52	.240	.308	.297	.605	150		4	4
Jack Maupin	137	564	477	82	114	16	0	7	46	14	6	73	65	.239	.347	.317	.664	151		6	8
Milt Joffe	140	544	453	61	113	23	5	11	50	7	4	76	77	.249	.360	.395	.755	179		2	13
Earle Brucker	111	392	332	44	101	27	0	11	57	0	2	52	34	.304	.406	.485	.891	161		5	3
John Grice	78	288	240	26	57	9	0	0	14	3	4	38	30	.238	.344	.275	.619	66		1	9
Charlie Ray	56	236	208	28	51	10	0	3	20	1	2	24	18	.245	.323	.337	.660	70		0	4
Bob Van Eman	30	120	110	12	35	7	0	3	23	2	2	9	10	.318	.370	.464	.833	51		0	1
Steve Mesner	63	157	128	11	35	4	0	0	16	1	0	27	16	.273	.400	.305	.705	39		0	2
Ronald Curnan	82	200	187	11	32	3	1	1	18	1	2	11	16	.171	.217	.214	.431	40		0	2
John Metkovich	28	112	96	12	22	2	1	1	8	4	0	12	18	.229	.327	.302	.629	29		2	2
Don Swartz	47	118	98	10	21	3	0	0	11	1	1	13	9	.214	.312	.245	.557	24		1	6
Ray Williams	21	84	82	6	19	2	2	0	9	4	0	2	7	.232	.250	.305	.555	25		0	0
Don Fracchia	41	94	84	8	17	6	0	0	8	1	0	9	12	.202	.280	.274	.553	23		0	1
Jim Fiscalini	44	117	101	10	17	3	0	1	8	0	0	13	15	.168	.263	.228	.491	23		0	3
Harry Martin	10	42	39	7	16	2	1	4	12	1	0	3	9	.410	.452	.821	1.273	32		0	0
Edward Konick	35	83	70	4	14	1	1	0	6	0	1	7	23	.200	.273	.243	.516	17		0	6
James Brown	18	66	57	1	12	3	0	0	3	0	0	5	10	.211	.297	.263	.560	15		2	2
Moose Vucelich	11	43	38	6	11	2	1	0	3	0	0	5	4	.289	.372	.395	.767	15		0	0
Burton Smith	35	56	51	2	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	14	.196	.241	.216	.456	11		0	2
Jack Creel	36	64	55	4	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	.182	.224	.182	.406	10		0	6
Bill Hockenbury	15	23	21	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.286	.318	.286	.604	6		0	1
George Eyrich	40	43	34	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	19	.059	.179	.059	.238	2		0	4
Totals	1641	5801	4970	647	1268	210	22	93	613	64	40	707	589	.255	.351	.362	.713	1801	0	28	96	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Les Fleming	1B	138	1214	98	11	131	.992	9.507
Fred Taylor	1B	13	67	8	1	8	.987	5.769
Ray Hamrick	2B	112	337	275	10	88	.984	5.464
Billy Costa	2B	22	78	52	0	12	1.000	5.909
James Brown	2B	16	47	35	5	13	.943	5.125
Steve Mesner	2B	12	25	22	1	9	.979	3.917
Jack Maupin	3B	101	113	206	15	27	.955	3.158
Steve Mesner	3B	27	19	54	5	6	.936	2.704
Ray Williams	3B	21	39	40	5	9	.940	3.762
Ray Hamrick	3B	17	18	40	2	4	.967	3.412
Earle Brucker	C	97	315	41	12	9	.967	3.670	4
Ronald Curnan	C	48	124	21	1	0	.993	3.021	0
Jim Fiscalini	C	40	113	14	5	4	.962	3.175	1
Milt Joffe	CF	118	356	15	9	5	.976	3.144
John Grice	CF	30	74	3	1	0	.987	2.567
John Metkovich	CF	13	29	1	0	0	1.000	2.308
John Grice	LF	42	100	4	2	1	.981	2.476
Charlie Ray	LF	37	93	7	4	1	.962	2.703
Bob Van Eman	LF	29	54	2	1	0	.982	1.931
Milt Joffe	LF	24	14	2	2	0	.889	.667
John Metkovich	LF	17	48	4	0	1	1.000	3.059
Don Swartz	P	43	19	57	3	3	.962	1.767
George Eyrich	P	40	8	21	1	3	.967	.725
Don Fracchia	P	37	6	56	2	4	.969	1.676
Burton Smith	P	35	9	23	4	0	.889	.914
Edward Konick	P	35	11	32	0	1	1.000	1.229
Jack Creel	P	34	12	30	0	3	1.000	1.235
Bill Hockenbury	P	15	3	15	0	0	1.000	1.200
Clarence Beers	P	9						.000
Fred Taylor	RF	123	170	17	4	4	.979	1.520
Charlie Ray	RF	16	23	3	1	0	.963	1.625
Billy Costa	SS	119	192	396	29	60	.953	4.941
Jack Maupin	SS	35	79	141	12	27	.948	6.286
Totals		1515	3809	1735	148	433	.974	3.659	5	0	0

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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