1953 Mobile Bears Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 66-87
Finished 7th in the SA
Manager: Ed Head (66-87)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Ballpark: Hartwell Field
Attendance: 77,621, Avg. 1,015

1953 Mobile Bears Roster

The Mobile Bears of the Southern Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 66 wins and 87 losses, finishing seventh in the SA.

The Bears scored 645 runs and conceded 788 runs, most in the circuit. Bert Hamric paced Mobile with 18 home runs Ray Shearer drove in 84 runs. William Kerr led all regular hitters with a .320 average. Bill Harris topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.48 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Bill Harris, Wally Hood, Ray Shearer, Dick Teed, Rudy Rufer, Norm Larker, Stan Rojek and Bert Hamric were all players from the 1953 Mobile Bears who played in the Majors during their careers.

Ed Head 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
Bill Harris	11	10	.524	3.48	30	21		15	1		168.0	178	72	65	17	45		85	0	1	1
Jim Melton	10	10	.500	4.40	32	21		12	2		172.0	191	96	84	22	43		68	2	1	1
Wally Hood	8	12	.400	4.22	27	23		8	2		179.0	171	90	84	18	93		83	1	1	3
Mel Himes	7	12	.368	4.78	29	22		7	0		162.0	177	99	86	15	74		45	2	0	3
Hugh Oser	6	5	.545	3.94	14	9		3	0		64.0	69	39	28	3	31		34	1	0	6
Al Bennett	6	7	.462	4.42	38	10		2	1		120.0	118	69	59	10	62		66	3	0	6
Bud Fustin	3	5	.375	4.15	40	1		0	0		89.0	72	50	41	10	48		42	2	0	6
George Thomas	3	5	.375	7.48	24	7		1	0		65.0	72	63	54	4	67		32	3	0	5
Vicente Lopez	2	0	1.000	2.45	4						11.0	20	11	3		3		7
Jay Ver Crouse	2	4	.333	3.48	25	9		2	0		88.0	83	40	34	6	19		30	0	0	1
Mike Lemish	2	5	.286	4.65	15	8		3	1		60.0	70	37	31	6	25		11	0	0	1
William Glane	1	1	.500	4.30	4						23.0	15	5	11		11		14
Donald Otten	1	2	.333	6.48	5						25.0	34	17	18		18		4
Tom Lakos	1	3	.250	6.22	30	0		0	0		55.0	60	47	38	3	37		16	0	0	4
Peter Nicolis					16						0.0
Totals	63	81	.438	4.47	333	131	0	53	7	0	1281.0	1330	735	636	114	576	0	537	14	3	37	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
Ray Shearer	150	624	542	84	166	31	10	12	84	3		77	88	.306	.393	.467	.859	253		0	5
Norm Larker	146	646	568	78	156	24	8	13	72	11		66	50	.275	.355	.414	.769	235		5	7
William Kerr	138	559	482	72	154	23	8	2	63	13		74	71	.320	.411	.413	.824	199		1	2
Bert Hamric	144	557	516	76	154	20	12	18	83	10		38	74	.298	.347	.488	.835	252		0	3
Robert Crain	140	628	579	68	150	23	4	5	50	4		43	58	.259	.311	.339	.650	196		1	5
Ashton Heckel	134	527	457	54	112	14	1	0	46	11		53	42	.245	.329	.280	.609	128		4	13
Walter Fiala	115	435	394	31	110	15	3	2	45	3		35	30	.279	.341	.348	.689	137		2	4
Dick Teed	112	415	364	49	100	9	2	13	43	0		43	45	.275	.356	.418	.774	152		3	5
Lyle Olsen	74	297	281	28	82	13	3	2	32	0		15	19	.292	.330	.381	.711	107		1	0
Bill Sharman	90	267	228	21	48	8	1	5	17	0		30	26	.211	.310	.320	.631	73		3	6
Rudy Rufer	51	195	176	22	43	4	2	0	9	10		17	24	.244	.318	.290	.608	51		2	0
Ewing Turner	50	156	130	16	30	2	0	1	12	2		24	25	.231	.359	.269	.628	35		2	0
Ray McLeod	13	50	46	3	14	1	1	0	6	0		4	4	.304	.360	.370	.730	17		0	0
Jim Melton	32	76	68	6	12	0	0	0	4	0		1	21	.176	.188	.176	.365	12		0	7
Mel Himes	31	64	54	4	11	5	0	0	9	0		6	16	.204	.283	.296	.580	16		0	4
Wally Hood	27	66	52	7	9	2	0	0	2	0		8	11	.173	.283	.212	.495	11		0	6
Bill Harris	33	64	53	9	7	2	0	0	2	0		6	12	.132	.220	.170	.390	9		0	5
Calvin Felix	13	33	29	6	6	0	0	0	2	0		3	3	.207	.303	.207	.510	6		1	0
Al Bennett	38	34	31	1	5	0	0	0	2	0		1	7	.161	.212	.161	.373	5		1	1
Donald Otten	5	12	12	1	4	1	0	0	0	1				.333	.333	.417	.750	5
George Thomas	24	26	17	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	9	.176	.300	.235	.535	4		1	6
Mike Lemish	15	21	19	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	5	.158	.200	.158	.358	3		0	1
Bud Fustin	40	22	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.100	.100	.100	.200	2		0	2
Jay Ver Crouse	25	23	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.095	.095	.095	.190	2		0	2
Fred Storck	5	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1				.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Jimmy Williams	2	4	4		1	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Tom Lakos	30	10	9	0	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	1	.111	.111	.222	.333	2		0	1
Stan Rojek	4	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0				.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Hugh Oser	14	22	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.053	.053	.053	.105	1		0	3
William Glane	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jack Lindsey	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1700	5849	5187	643	1388	199	55	73	587	69	0	547	657	.268	.341	.369	.710	1916	0	27	88	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Norm Larker	1B	144	1250	121	15	136	.989	9.521
Walter Fiala	1B	11	85	3	0	8	1.000	8.000
Robert Crain	2B	127	336	341	19	95	.973	5.331
Walter Fiala	2B	29	63	66	2	15	.985	4.448
Ashton Heckel	3B	125	130	261	23	23	.944	3.128
Walter Fiala	3B	21	23	35	2	4	.967	2.762
Robert Crain	3B	11	10	21	4	1	.886	2.818
Dick Teed	C	105	600	61	4	8	.994	6.295	10
Ewing Turner	C	42	141	8	4	0	.974	3.548	4
Ray McLeod	C	13	44	3	1	1	.979	3.615	1
Ray Shearer	OF	144	334	19	6	3	.983	2.451
William Kerr	OF	130	240	13	12	3	.955	1.946
Bert Hamric	OF	128	352	16	19	1	.951	2.875
Bill Sharman	OF	56	136	6	2	1	.986	2.536
Bud Fustin	P	40	9	12	0	2	1.000	.525
Al Bennett	P	38	5	17	0	2	1.000	.579
Jim Melton	P	32	12	22	2	3	.944	1.062
Tom Lakos	P	30	1	10	0	0	1.000	.367
Bill Harris	P	30	4	23	3	1	.900	.900
Mel Himes	P	29	13	24	1	2	.974	1.276
Wally Hood	P	27	13	34	1	5	.979	1.741
Jay Ver Crouse	P	25	2	24	1	1	.963	1.040
George Thomas	P	24	8	8	1	0	.941	.667
Peter Nicolis	P	16						.000
Mike Lemish	P	15	4	7	1	0	.917	.733
Hugh Oser	P	14	9	12	2	1	.913	1.500
Donald Otten	P	5						.000
Vicente Lopez	P	4						.000
William Glane	P	4						.000
Lyle Olsen	SS	73	145	235	24	47	.941	5.205
Rudy Rufer	SS	41	72	118	11	31	.945	4.634
Walter Fiala	SS	21	23	35	2	4	.967	2.762
Totals		1554	4064	1555	162	398	.972	3.616	15	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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