1953 Texas City Texans Statistics

Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: B
Team Record: 87-57
Finished 2nd in the GCL
Manager: Malone Sanders (87-57)
Location: Texas City, Texas
Ballpark: Texan Park
Attendance: 36,354, Avg. 505

1953 Texas City Texans Roster

Playoffs - Texas City Texans 4 games, Harlingen Capitols 3
Finals - Texas City Texans 4 games, Galveston White Caps 2

The Texas City Texans of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1953 season with a record of 87 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the GCL.

Malone Sanders 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
Billy Joe Bagwell	26	7	.788	3.05	38	25					283.0	258	124	96		113
Stan Karpinski	12	3	.800	4.62	27	3					111.0	124	69	57		57
John Francis	10	14	.417	6.84	39	8					150.0	197	128	114		106
Humberto Bernal	6	7	.462	5.30	29	3					107.0	119	79	63		78
Wilfredo Roca	1	3	.250	5.58	12	1					50.0	49	39	31		31
Totals	55	34	.618	4.63	145	40	0	0	0	0	701.0	747	439	361	0	385	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
Delton Childs	139	538	538		188	34	12	0						.349	.349	.457	.807	246
Manny Perez	134	493	493		159	19	6	0						.323	.323	.385	.708	190
Joaquin Nodar	123	476	476		151	12	8	0						.317	.317	.376	.693	179
Francisco Salfran	113	494	494		140	21	8	5						.283	.283	.389	.672	192
Earl Richmond	119	409	409		129	19	4	3						.315	.315	.403	.719	165
Felix Gomez	115	446	446		116	11	5	6						.260	.260	.348	.608	155
Emilio Mozo	138	472	472		113	18	0	6						.239	.239	.316	.555	149
Manuel Mantaras	82	285	285		67	7	0	2						.235	.235	.281	.516	80
Stan Karpinski	38	85	85		23	6	0	0						.271	.271	.341	.612	29
Dub Graves	15	55	55		18	2	1	0						.327	.327	.400	.727	22
Raymond Sowins	32	94	94		17	5	1	2						.181	.181	.319	.500	30
Carlos Bell	28	71	71		16	1	0	0						.225	.225	.239	.465	17
Billy Joe Bagwell	39	100	100		13	7	0	1						.130	.130	.230	.360	23
Humberto Bernal	29	43	43		12	2	0	1						.279	.279	.395	.674	17
John Francis	41	83	83		10	1	0	0						.120	.120	.133	.253	11
Malone Sanders	14	48	48		8	1	0	1						.167	.167	.250	.417	12
Lavance Anthony	15	29	29		6	1	0	0						.207	.207	.241	.448	7
Wilfredo Roca	13	17	17		4	0	0	0						.235	.235	.235	.471	4
Totals	1227	4238	4238	0	1190	167	45	27	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.281	.361	.641	1528	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Earl Richmond	1B	119	1007	43	11		.990	8.824
Malone Sanders	1B	13	100	4	3		.972	8.000
Manny Perez	2B	118	318	294	33		.949	5.186
Francisco Salfran	3B	101	114	215	29		.919	3.257
Manuel Mantaras	C	79	366	57	11		.975	5.354
Delton Childs	OF	136	277	14	12		.960	2.140
Joaquin Nodar	OF	119	327	23	3		.992	2.941
Felix Gomez	OF	112	156	15	10		.945	1.527
Raymond Sowins	OF	28	64	2	1		.985	2.357
Carlos Bell	OF	14	15	2	2		.895	1.214
John Francis	P	39						.000
Billy Joe Bagwell	P	38						.000
Humberto Bernal	P	29						.000
Stan Karpinski	P	27						.000
Wilfredo Roca	P	12						.000
Emilio Mozo	SS	117	172	334	44		.920	4.325
Totals		1101	2916	1003	159	0	.961	3.559

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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