1953 El Dorado Oilers Statistics

Cotton States League (CSL) - Class: C
Team Record: 67-59
Finished 2nd in the CSL
Manager: Bill Adair (67-59)
Location: El Dorado, Arkansas
Ballpark: Jim Griffith Field
Attendance: 47,938, Avg. 761

1953 El Dorado Oilers Roster

Playoffs - El Dorado Oilers 4 games, Pine Bluff Judges 0
Finals - Meridian Millers 4 games, El Dorado Oilers 0

The El Dorado Oilers of the Cotton States League ended the 1953 season with a record of 67 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the CSL.

The Oilers scored 675 runs and yielded 675 runs. Patrick O'Keefe paced all regular batters by hitting .340. Robert Brown topped El Dorado with 15 wins and a team-best 3.18 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Bill Adair 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
Robert Brown	15	10	.600	3.18	29	20					187.0	181	90	66	7	76
Charles Slaber	12	10	.545	3.24	41	22					203.0	202	113	73	6	101
Milt Ardrey	12	11	.522	4.42	35	24					169.0	188	109	83	6	72
Bill Brightwell	11	6	.647	3.41	25	9					116.0	96	48	44	4	37
Richard Royce	3	11	.214	4.82	31	18					142.0	127	99	76	4	96
Totals	53	48	.525	3.77	161	93	0	0	0	0	817.0	794	459	342	27	382	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
William Carr	123	474	474		129	25	1	18						.272	.272	.443	.715	210
Patrick O'Keefe	105	377	377		128	29	4	6						.340	.340	.485	.825	183
Pel Austin	102	403	403		126	17	3	19						.313	.313	.511	.824	206
Bill Adair	108	352	352		104	16	0	29						.295	.295	.588	.884	207
Neil Howard	86	339	339		91	9	7	1						.268	.268	.345	.614	117
Bobby Scott	97	300	300		82	6	3	2						.273	.273	.333	.607	100
Bill Brightwell	100	289	289		74	15	0	1						.256	.256	.318	.574	92
Jimmy Morgan	63	236	236		64	9	3	3						.271	.271	.373	.644	88
Gyles Russell	43	154	154		39	3	0	2						.253	.253	.312	.565	48
Richard Rostenkowski	33	100	100		25	4	2	0						.250	.250	.330	.580	33
Curtis Ray	17	62	62		19	5	2	3						.306	.306	.597	.903	37
Thomas Weaver	34	84	84		19	5	0	0						.226	.226	.286	.512	24
Charles Slaber	47	84	84		13	4	0	0						.155	.155	.202	.357	17
Richard Kolomay	24	75	75		12	1	0	0						.160	.160	.173	.333	13
Joseph Slaber	11	38	38		9	2	0	0						.237	.237	.289	.526	11
Robert Brown	29	63	63		9	3	0	0						.143	.143	.190	.333	12
Milt Ardrey	37	63	63		7	1	0	0						.111	.111	.127	.238	8
Richard Royce	31	49	49		6	2	0	0						.122	.122	.163	.286	8
Alberto Larraz	12	37	37		5	0	0	2						.135	.135	.297	.432	11
Totals	1102	3579	3579	0	961	156	25	86	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.269	.398	.667	1425	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Patrick O'Keefe	1B	105	813	58	17		.981	8.295
Curtis Ray	1B	17	136	8	7		.954	8.471
Bill Adair	2B	98	393	211	9		.985	6.163
Bobby Scott	3B	56	70	90	16		.909	2.857
Richard Kolomay	3B	22	14	42	3		.949	2.545
Bill Brightwell	C	45	181	20	6		.971	4.467
Gyles Russell	C	42	182	11	9		.955	4.595
Richard Rostenkowski	C	33	159	24	2		.989	5.545
Alberto Larraz	C	12	53	11	2		.970	5.333
Pel Austin	OF	102	211	4	3		.986	2.108
Neil Howard	OF	86	233	9	8		.968	2.814
Thomas Weaver	OF	29	66	5	2		.973	2.448
Joseph Slaber	OF	10	15	0	0		1.000	1.500
Charles Slaber	P	41						.000
Milt Ardrey	P	35						.000
Richard Royce	P	31						.000
Robert Brown	P	29						.000
Jimmy Morgan	SS	63	96	108	30		.872	3.238
William Carr	SS	62	138	157	28		.913	4.758
Totals		918	2760	758	142	0	.961	3.832

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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