1953 Dallas Eagles Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 88-66
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Dutch Meyer (88-66)
Location: Dallas, Texas
Ballpark: Eagles Stadium
Attendance: 207,676, Avg. 2,697

1953 Dallas Eagles Roster

Playoffs - Dallas Eagles 4 games, Oklahoma City Indians 3
Finals - Dallas Eagles 4 games, Tulsa Oilers 1

The Dallas Eagles of the Texas League ended the 1953 season with a record of 88 wins and 66 losses, finishing first in the TL.

The Eagles led the league with just 624 runs allowed. Dallas scored 692 runs. Willard Brown paced the team with 23 home runs, while Ben Taylor and Buzz Clarkson walloped 15 or more as well. Willard Brown drove in 108 runs. Buzz Clarkson topped all regular batters with a .330 average. Red Murff paced the squad with 17 wins, and Wayne McLeland added 15 or more wins also Howard Anderson registered a 3.35 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1953 Dallas Eagles who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Phil Masi, Jodie Beeler, Red Murff, Jim Suchecki, Harley Hisner, Dutch Meyer, Buzz Clarkson, José Santiago, Wayne McLeland, Ben Taylor and Willard Brown.

Dutch Meyer 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
Red Murff	17	13	.567	3.43	37	29		16	1		239.0	229	102	91	17	116		123	6	1	2
Wayne McLeland	15	9	.625	3.58	33	33		14	3		231.0	232	99	92	18	91		122	4	0	1
Howard Anderson	13	9	.591	3.35	37	27		10	5		188.0	159	78	70	9	104		98	3	2	5
José Santiago	13	11	.542	3.47	31	24		10	4		184.0	170	83	71	15	77		161	4	0	5
Joe Kotrany	12	9	.571	3.53	33	22		8	2		181.0	182	87	71	7	71		66	1	0	3
Homer Gibson	7	7	.500	1.91	45	0		0	0		80.0	73	22	17	5	34		33	2	0	2
Pete Mazar	6	3	.667	5.36	48	2		1	0		94.0	118	57	56	11	30		63	1	0	2
Vic Stryska	1	0	1.000	3.05	24	3		1	0		62.0	60	35	21	5	21		26	3	0	2
Jodie Phipps	1	2	.333		12						0.0
Totals	85	63	.574	3.50	300	140	0	60	15	0	1259.0	1223	563	489	87	544	0	692	24	3	22	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
Eddie Knoblauch	154	699	592	98	180	23	7	0	44	6	5	102	47	.304	.410	.367	.776	217		4	1
Willard Brown	138	561	522	91	162	36	2	23	108	3	2	35	52	.310	.357	.519	.876	271		3	1
Buzz Clarkson	137	553	445	91	147	32	1	18	87	11	5	100	51	.330	.459	.528	.987	235		6	2
Wilcy Moore	147	610	543	60	147	27	8	6	69	7	2	45	49	.271	.332	.383	.715	208		5	17
Ben Taylor	133	536	476	69	132	30	3	16	70	2	2	55	68	.277	.356	.454	.810	216		3	2
Frank Tornay	129	512	445	55	130	37	2	6	51	4	4	52	51	.292	.373	.425	.797	189		5	10
Al Stringer	141	607	521	76	125	18	4	5	73	0	1	54	58	.240	.315	.319	.633	166		3	29
Jodie Beeler	129	410	378	42	103	22	3	7	65	3	1	29	45	.272	.324	.402	.726	152		0	3
Phil Masi	106	360	299	47	80	22	1	6	35	4	3	57	34	.268	.388	.408	.796	122		2	2
Bob Bareford	82	255	220	19	46	11	1	1	26	0	0	31	33	.209	.307	.282	.589	62		0	4
Bob Bundy	35	115	106	10	18	4	0	1	7	2	0	6	5	.170	.214	.236	.450	25		0	3
Red Murff	37	88	78	11	16	2	0	0	6	0	0	3	15	.205	.235	.231	.465	18		0	7
Claudio Barcelo	24	55	49	8	9	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	.184	.245	.245	.490	12		0	2
Joe Kotrany	36	69	59	3	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	26	.153	.206	.153	.359	9		1	6
José Santiago	31	71	60	2	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	14	.133	.175	.133	.308	8		0	8
Howard Anderson	37	73	66	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	13	.121	.159	.136	.296	9		0	4
Vic Stryska	24	19	17	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.294	.368	.353	.721	6		0	0
Frank Gallardo	10	25	23	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.174	.240	.217	.457	5		1	0
Pete Mazar	49	24	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.091	.091	.091	.182	2		0	2
Wayne McLeland	33	94	77	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	43	.026	.085	.026	.111	2		0	12
Jodie Phipps	12	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	1
Homer Gibson	45	22	20	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.050	.050	.050	.100	1		0	2
Totals	1669	5762	5021	693	1335	270	32	89	653	42	25	590	639	.266	.347	.386	.732	1936	0	33	118	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ben Taylor	1B	131	1114	93	9	93	.993	9.214
Jodie Beeler	1B	31	222	16	2	19	.992	7.677
Frank Tornay	2B	92	229	205	11	54	.975	4.717
Jodie Beeler	2B	32	77	58	7	13	.951	4.219
Bob Bundy	2B	28	59	67	5	10	.962	4.500
Claudio Barcelo	2B	17	52	28	1	12	.988	4.706
Buzz Clarkson	3B	128	115	294	22	23	.949	3.195
Frank Tornay	3B	32	26	64	4	5	.957	2.812
Jodie Beeler	3B	10	8	23	7	3	.816	3.100
Phil Masi	C	100	484	45	3	4	.994	5.290	3
Bob Bareford	C	66	326	27	3	2	.992	5.348	2
Eddie Knoblauch	CF	153	370	7	7	3	.982	2.464
Wilcy Moore	LF	143	298	18	6	3	.981	2.210
Jodie Beeler	LF	18	22	0	0	0	1.000	1.222
Pete Mazar	P	48	8	20	1	2	.966	.583
Homer Gibson	P	45	0	10	0	1	1.000	.222
Red Murff	P	37	26	63	7	6	.927	2.405
Howard Anderson	P	37	6	23	2	1	.935	.784
Wayne McLeland	P	33	13	31	4	2	.917	1.333
Joe Kotrany	P	33	10	43	4	2	.930	1.606
José Santiago	P	31	5	26	2	1	.939	1.000
Vic Stryska	P	24	5	11	2	0	.889	.667
Jodie Phipps	P	12	0	0	0	0		.000
Willard Brown	RF	133	230	8	6	3	.975	1.789
Jodie Beeler	RF	28	31	1	1	0	.970	1.143
Al Stringer	SS	137	205	399	32	64	.950	4.409
Frank Tornay	SS	14	21	34	4	7	.932	3.929
Totals		1593	3962	1614	152	333	.973	3.500	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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