1953 Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings Statistics
Team Record: 59-80
Finished 5th in the AAL
Manager: Syd Cohen (59-80)
Location: Bisbee, Arizona; Douglas, Arizona
Ballpark: Copper King Park, Warren Park
Attendance: 44,650, Avg. 642
The Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings of the Arizona-Texas League ended the 1953 season with a record of 59 wins and 80 losses, finishing fifth in the AAL.
The Kings plated 857 runs and allowed 952 runs. Manuel Magallón paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .368 clip. Ron Smith earned 23 wins on the mound for Bisbee-Douglas, while Manuel Morales also added 15 or more wins also Ron Smith earned a 4.36 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1953 Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Syd Cohen, Benny Valenzuela and Earl Wilson.
Syd Cohen served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Smith | 23 | 22 | .511 | 4.36 | 51 | 39 | 330.0 | 398 | 201 | 160 | 17 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Manuel Morales | 15 | 19 | .441 | 4.48 | 43 | 35 | 277.0 | 326 | 186 | 138 | 23 | 114 | ||||||||||
| Arnulfo Manzo | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5.61 | 28 | 17 | 168.3 | 226 | 149 | 105 | 10 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Donald Seamans | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.11 | 19 | 9 | 81.0 | 83 | 72 | 55 | 1 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Earl Wilson | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.80 | 14 | 12 | 85.3 | 76 | 49 | 36 | 6 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Donald Terry | 4 | 10 | .286 | 6.64 | 23 | 16 | 118.0 | 135 | 109 | 87 | 3 | 123 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 57 | 71 | .445 | 4.93 | 178 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1059.7 | 1244 | 766 | 581 | 60 | 541 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Magallón | 132 | 544 | 544 | 200 | 40 | 4 | 20 | .368 | .368 | .566 | .934 | 308 | |||||||||||
| Jimmy Cantu | 131 | 544 | 544 | 161 | 18 | 14 | 0 | .296 | .296 | .381 | .676 | 207 | |||||||||||
| Vernon Highfield | 94 | 370 | 370 | 121 | 16 | 4 | 2 | .327 | .327 | .408 | .735 | 151 | |||||||||||
| Melvin Gemberling | 94 | 357 | 357 | 110 | 9 | 5 | 3 | .308 | .308 | .387 | .695 | 138 | |||||||||||
| Jose Castillo | 100 | 394 | 394 | 106 | 12 | 7 | 4 | .269 | .269 | .365 | .635 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Ted Dean | 92 | 356 | 356 | 89 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .329 | .579 | 117 | |||||||||||
| Richard Steinhauer | 64 | 255 | 255 | 82 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .322 | .322 | .416 | .737 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Stephen Hill | 74 | 277 | 277 | 67 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .300 | .542 | 83 | |||||||||||
| Arnulfo Manzo | 82 | 237 | 237 | 62 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .316 | .578 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Benny Valenzuela | 44 | 176 | 176 | 61 | 10 | 5 | 6 | .347 | .347 | .562 | .909 | 99 | |||||||||||
| Guillermo Frayde | 77 | 231 | 231 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .260 | .260 | .320 | .580 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Bill Eastburn | 58 | 219 | 219 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .247 | .247 | .384 | .630 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Ron Smith | 52 | 126 | 126 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .310 | .579 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Manuel Morales | 69 | 135 | 135 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .252 | .252 | .319 | .570 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Louis Bogdanovich | 35 | 113 | 113 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .248 | .248 | .345 | .593 | 39 | |||||||||||
| German Bay | 37 | 105 | 105 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .238 | .238 | .314 | .552 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Domingo Sepulveda | 17 | 65 | 65 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .292 | .292 | .462 | .754 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Earl Wilson | 33 | 76 | 76 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .329 | .566 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Chadwick Bradbury | 10 | 35 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .171 | .343 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Donald Kenway | 23 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Donald Seamans | 19 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .103 | .207 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Donald Terry | 24 | 46 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .043 | .043 | .087 | .130 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1361 | 4709 | 4709 | 0 | 1345 | 187 | 63 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .385 | .670 | 1811 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Magallón | 1B | 103 | 866 | 40 | 12 | .987 | 8.796 | |
| Chadwick Bradbury | 1B | 10 | 73 | 3 | 2 | .974 | 7.600 | |
| Ted Dean | 2B | 71 | 200 | 205 | 28 | .935 | 5.704 | |
| Domingo Sepulveda | 2B | 17 | 46 | 44 | 8 | .918 | 5.294 | |
| Benny Valenzuela | 3B | 38 | 38 | 63 | 22 | .821 | 2.658 | |
| Stephen Hill | 3B | 37 | 29 | 89 | 13 | .901 | 3.189 | |
| Vernon Highfield | C | 56 | 360 | 42 | 9 | .978 | 7.179 | |
| Guillermo Frayde | C | 54 | 232 | 38 | 10 | .964 | 5.000 | |
| German Bay | C | 36 | 185 | 22 | 6 | .972 | 5.750 | |
| Jimmy Cantu | OF | 130 | 263 | 19 | 18 | .940 | 2.169 | |
| Richard Steinhauer | OF | 63 | 101 | 4 | 5 | .955 | 1.667 | |
| Bill Eastburn | OF | 53 | 138 | 11 | 5 | .968 | 2.811 | |
| Jose Castillo | OF | 52 | 85 | 7 | 6 | .939 | 1.769 | |
| Louis Bogdanovich | OF | 34 | 67 | 3 | 6 | .921 | 2.059 | |
| Ron Smith | P | 51 | .000 | |||||
| Manuel Morales | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Terry | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Seamans | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Melvin Gemberling | SS | 93 | 148 | 314 | 22 | .955 | 4.968 | |
| Totals | 983 | 2831 | 904 | 172 | 0 | .956 | 3.800 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
