1953 Waycross Bears Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 59-78
Finished 6th in the GGL
Manager: Morton Smith (0-0), Alvin Aucoin (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Waycross, Georgia
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 27,994, Avg. 409

1953 Waycross Bears Roster

The Waycross Bears of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1953 season with a record of 59 wins and 78 losses, finishing sixth in the GGL.

The Bears scored 570 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 655 runs. Roy Cato topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .255. Duell Foster led Waycross with 13 wins and a team-best 2.79 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Jim Umbricht played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Waycross Bears to do so.

Morton Smith and Alvin Aucoin 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
Duell Foster	13	12	.520	2.79	31	24					203.0	189	84	63	4	56
George Utley	11	15	.423	3.78	31	28					205.0	219	113	86	3	65
Bill Allen	9	17	.346	3.28	36	26					225.3	200	125	82	0	128
John Adams	8	10	.444	3.57	25	15					169.0	164	92	67	4	71
Jim Umbricht	4	3	.571	2.87	10	8					69.0	65	27	22	2	41
Alvin Aucoin	3	1	.750	5.79	13	4					60.7	74	45	39	4	36
Robert Hopkins	2	7	.222	5.67	13	11					54.0	65	43	34	4	42
Totals	50	65	.435	3.59	159	116	0	0	0	0	986.0	976	529	393	21	439	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
Roy Cato	127	444	444		113	17	8	3						.255	.255	.349	.604	155
Alfred Cash	112	425	425		108	19	4	0						.254	.254	.318	.572	135
Joseph Dacus	79	309	309		89	8	2	1						.288	.288	.337	.625	104
Alvin Aucoin	82	258	258		82	20	0	0						.318	.318	.395	.713	102
John Clifton	82	306	306		82	14	4	2						.268	.268	.359	.627	110
Ortelio Bosch	74	291	291		77	9	4	0						.265	.265	.323	.588	94
Billy Walters	77	277	277		70	9	4	2						.253	.253	.336	.588	93
Hoyt McCravy	79	281	281		70	12	3	1						.249	.249	.324	.573	91
Frank Smith	79	269	269		58	6	0	1						.216	.216	.249	.465	67
Morton Smith	52	199	199		49	9	2	0						.246	.246	.312	.558	62
Jim Umbricht	54	179	179		44	8	1	0						.246	.246	.302	.547	54
William Smith	58	212	212		40	9	1	1						.189	.189	.255	.443	54
John Bachar	50	177	177		38	0	0	1						.215	.215	.232	.446	41
Clifford Powell	37	128	128		33	4	2	0						.258	.258	.320	.578	41
Billy Bearden	31	106	106		22	2	1	3						.208	.208	.330	.538	35
Earl Gillam	38	117	117		21	2	1	0						.179	.179	.214	.393	25
Bill Allen	59	122	122		21	2	0	0						.172	.172	.189	.361	23
Duell Foster	35	79	79		17	2	0	0						.215	.215	.241	.456	19
John Adams	30	69	69		15	2	0	0						.217	.217	.246	.464	17
George Utley	39	92	92		14	1	0	0						.152	.152	.163	.315	15
James Pope	23	50	50		10	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	10
Pete Adair	21	56	56		8	1	0	0						.143	.143	.161	.304	9
Eugene Vinson	11	19	19		6	1	0	0						.316	.316	.368	.684	7
Robert Hopkins	13	18	18		2	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Totals	1342	4483	4483	0	1089	157	37	15	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.243	.304	.547	1365	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bill Allen	P	36					.000
George Utley	P	31					.000
Duell Foster	P	31					.000
John Adams	P	25					.000
Robert Hopkins	P	13					.000
Totals		136	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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