1953 Eau Claire Bears Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 49-77
Finished 8th in the NL
Manager: Rex Carr (49-77)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Carson Park
Attendance: 35,853, Avg. 569

1953 Eau Claire Bears Roster

The Eau Claire Bears of the Northern League ended the 1953 season with a record of 49 wins and 77 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.

The Bears plated 557 runs, worst in the circuit, and surrendered 744 runs. Lantz Blaney led all regular batters by hitting .300. Ron Del Piano topped Eau Claire with 11 wins, while Donald Straub recorded a 3.54 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Julie Bowers played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Eau Claire Bears to do so.

Rex Carr 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
Ron Del Piano	11	8	.579	4.31	37	16					192.0	193	113	92	15	76
Donald Straub	9	7	.562	3.54	22	17					140.0	151	74	55	9	54
Jack Lutz	9	7	.562	4.32	18	17					123.0	123	69	59	4	81
George Edwards	6	8	.429	4.72	21	14					101.0	94	72	53	5	113
Charles Wrinn	6	11	.353	4.04	23	15					127.0	125	86	57	9	68
William Colby	3	7	.300	4.63	31	13					107.0	105	80	55	4	91
Totals	44	48	.478	4.23	152	92	0	0	0	0	790.0	791	494	371	46	483	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
Lantz Blaney	126	466	466		140	21	4	8						.300	.300	.414	.715	193
Joseph Stopa	116	442	442		126	22	4	12						.285	.285	.434	.719	192
Ray Harbaugh	120	430	430		112	32	3	4						.260	.260	.377	.637	162
Julie Bowers	109	326	326		100	22	4	10						.307	.307	.491	.798	160
Samuel Long	68	259	259		64	15	0	7						.247	.247	.386	.633	100
Bill McKeon	77	253	253		58	14	2	3						.229	.229	.336	.565	85
Wes Sell	62	226	226		56	4	0	0						.248	.248	.265	.513	60
Thomas Ballinger	45	169	169		52	8	1	0						.308	.308	.367	.675	62
Bernard McLaughlin	52	175	175		42	8	2	2						.240	.240	.343	.583	60
Wendell Davis	36	140	140		41	9	0	7						.293	.293	.507	.800	71
Bud Belardi	53	172	172		40	8	0	5						.233	.233	.366	.599	63
Neil Howard	27	108	108		26	4	2	2						.241	.241	.370	.611	40
Walter Cusack	34	95	95		23	5	0	1						.242	.242	.326	.568	31
Ed Redmond	27	104	104		21	1	1	1						.202	.202	.260	.462	27
Ron Del Piano	47	84	84		20	2	1	1						.238	.238	.321	.560	27
Rex Carr	32	76	76		18	0	0	0						.237	.237	.237	.474	18
Virgil Tieken	20	52	52		12	1	0	0						.231	.231	.250	.481	13
Jack Lutz	24	41	41		9	2	0	0						.220	.220	.268	.488	11
Ervin Ford	10	26	26		8	1	0	0						.308	.308	.346	.654	9
Donald Straub	22	51	51		7	1	0	0						.137	.137	.157	.294	8
John Fuscoe	12	39	39		6	2	0	0						.154	.154	.205	.359	8
Charles Wrinn	25	54	54		6	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	6
Donald Cross	12	31	31		5	1	0	1						.161	.161	.290	.452	9
George Edwards	22	35	35		5	2	0	2						.143	.143	.371	.514	13
Hal Luddy	10	16	16		4	3	0	0						.250	.250	.438	.688	7
William Colby	32	26	26		4	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308	4
Sonny Palcek	15	16	16		1	0	0	1						.062	.062	.250	.312	4
Totals	1235	3912	3912	0	1006	188	24	67	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.257	.369	.626	1443	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Ron Del Piano	P	37					.000
William Colby	P	31					.000
Charles Wrinn	P	23					.000
Donald Straub	P	22					.000
George Edwards	P	21					.000
Jack Lutz	P	18					.000
Totals		152	0	0	0	0	.000

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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