1953 Tyler East Texans Statistics
Team Record: 81-63
Finished 2nd in the BSL
Manager: Billy Capps (81-63)
Location: Tyler, Texas
Ballpark: East Texan Park
Attendance: 50,273, Avg. 698
Playoffs - Tyler East Texans 4 games, Texarkana Bears 1
Finals - Wichita Falls Spudders 4 games, Tyler East Texans 3
The Tyler East Texans of the Big State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 81 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the BSL.
The East Texans paced the league with just 572 runs allowed. Tyler scored 611 runs. Dean Stafford led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .341 clip. Edward Bowles and Gale Pringle topped the team with 17 wins each, while Gale Pringle recorded a 2.27 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1953 Tyler East Texans who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Hank Wyse, Jim Kirby and George Walker.
Billy Capps served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Pringle | 17 | 9 | .654 | 2.27 | 34 | 24 | 238.0 | 189 | 70 | 60 | 9 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Edward Bowles | 17 | 12 | .586 | 3.17 | 40 | 28 | 210.0 | 182 | 91 | 74 | 12 | 88 | ||||||||||
| Hank Wyse | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.12 | 21 | 21 | 156.0 | 145 | 69 | 54 | 4 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Salvatore Federico | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.85 | 23 | 17 | 138.0 | 134 | 61 | 59 | 10 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Alex Patterson | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.91 | 20 | 16 | 106.0 | 97 | 53 | 46 | 9 | 38 | ||||||||||
| George Walker | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.57 | 41 | 3 | 98.0 | 93 | 35 | 28 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Ernest Sadler | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.59 | 29 | 10 | 98.0 | 90 | 60 | 50 | 5 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Rene Vega | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.06 | 6 | 5 | 48.0 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 55 | .574 | 3.15 | 214 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1092.0 | 961 | 454 | 382 | 53 | 378 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Stafford | 144 | 539 | 539 | 184 | 25 | 2 | 25 | .341 | .341 | .534 | .876 | 288 | |||||||||||
| Jim Kirby | 141 | 540 | 540 | 172 | 30 | 3 | 8 | .319 | .319 | .430 | .748 | 232 | |||||||||||
| Harold Pinson | 144 | 523 | 523 | 147 | 33 | 9 | 4 | .281 | .281 | .402 | .683 | 210 | |||||||||||
| Irving Carlson | 140 | 516 | 516 | 127 | 23 | 9 | 1 | .246 | .246 | .331 | .578 | 171 | |||||||||||
| Billy Capps | 110 | 398 | 398 | 101 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .254 | .254 | .327 | .580 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Campbell | 93 | 347 | 347 | 100 | 18 | 2 | 12 | .288 | .288 | .455 | .744 | 158 | |||||||||||
| Harold Haddican | 96 | 371 | 371 | 84 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .226 | .226 | .272 | .499 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Mike Dooley | 135 | 438 | 438 | 84 | 19 | 1 | 11 | .192 | .192 | .315 | .507 | 138 | |||||||||||
| William James | 96 | 299 | 299 | 82 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .274 | .274 | .338 | .612 | 101 | |||||||||||
| William Golibart | 45 | 121 | 121 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .248 | .248 | .289 | .537 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Gale Pringle | 39 | 100 | 100 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .180 | .180 | .240 | .420 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Hank Wyse | 30 | 72 | 72 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .236 | .236 | .250 | .486 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Edward Bowles | 42 | 86 | 86 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .198 | .198 | .221 | .419 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Salvatore Federico | 28 | 58 | 58 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .224 | .224 | .448 | .672 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Moose Vucelich | 11 | 43 | 43 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .279 | .279 | .465 | .744 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Rene Vega | 14 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .281 | .281 | .344 | .625 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Frank Calo | 12 | 31 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .226 | .290 | .516 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Alex Patterson | 20 | 39 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .205 | .385 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Julio Ramos | 20 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 3 | |||||||||||
| George Walker | 41 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .094 | .094 | .125 | .219 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Ernest Sadler | 30 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .062 | .062 | .156 | .219 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1431 | 4638 | 4638 | 0 | 1219 | 220 | 34 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .369 | .632 | 1711 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Pinson | 1B | 136 | 1286 | 57 | 25 | .982 | 9.875 | |
| Billy Capps | 2B | 105 | 101 | 212 | 22 | .934 | 2.981 | |
| Harold Haddican | 2B | 95 | 216 | 242 | 13 | .972 | 4.821 | |
| Joseph Campbell | 3B | 47 | 33 | 99 | 13 | .910 | 2.809 | |
| Mike Dooley | C | 128 | 597 | 84 | 16 | .977 | 5.320 | |
| Jim Kirby | OF | 140 | 343 | 10 | 10 | .972 | 2.521 | |
| Dean Stafford | OF | 138 | 279 | 16 | 8 | .974 | 2.138 | |
| William James | OF | 83 | 141 | 3 | 4 | .973 | 1.735 | |
| William Golibart | OF | 21 | 37 | 7 | 1 | .978 | 2.095 | |
| Moose Vucelich | OF | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | |
| George Walker | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Bowles | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Gale Pringle | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Ernest Sadler | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Salvatore Federico | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Hank Wyse | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Alex Patterson | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Irving Carlson | SS | 140 | 256 | 442 | 42 | .943 | 4.986 | |
| Totals | 1251 | 3301 | 1172 | 154 | 0 | .967 | 3.576 |
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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