1953 Waco/Longview Pirates Statistics

Big State League (BSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 77-68
Finished 4th in the BSL
Manager: Buster Chatham (77-68)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Longview, Texas; Waco, Texas
Ballpark: Cherokee Park, Katy Park
Attendance: 32,646, Avg. 450

1953 Waco/Longview Pirates Roster

Playoffs - Wichita Falls Spudders 4 games, Waco/Longview Pirates 0

The Waco/Longview Pirates of the Big State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 77 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the BSL.Waco (16-17) transfered to Longview May 22 after a tornado destroyed Katy Park in Waco.

The Pirates scored 752 runs and allowed 690 runs. Jacques Monette paced batters with significant playing time with a .314 average. Don Dangleis topped Waco/Longview with 16 wins, while Ramon Salgado recorded a 1.71 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1953 Waco/Longview Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Sonny Senerchia, Bob Garber, Fred Green, Dick Hall and Brandy Davis.

Buster Chatham 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
Don Dangleis	16	7	.696	3.31	26	23					182.0	172	96	67	18	53
Dick Drilling	14	11	.560	3.32	28	27					217.0	196	92	80	12	74
Fred Green	13	8	.619	3.24	28	25					203.0	185	85	73	12	107
Don Spyker	11	16	.407	3.32	39	30					244.0	260	122	90	10	81
Ramon Salgado	10	4	.714	1.71	16	13					116.0	77	30	22	2	44
Nico Genesta	7	6	.538	3.38	30	5					112.0	114	53	42	6	36
Ed McLish	7	9	.438	4.67	21	15					129.0	149	81	67	9	65
Francis Holleran	4	5	.444	2.76	11	10					75.0	75	29	23	6	26
Cleo Lewright	2	4	.333	4.22	11	9					64.0	58	32	30	2	40
Wes Curtis	2	8	.200	4.29	15	7					65.0	67	42	31	2	41
Bob Garber	1	0	1.000	0.00	6						26.0					15
Dick Hall	0	0		0.00	1						2.0	2	0	0		0
Totals	87	78	.527	3.29	232	164	0	0	0	0	1435.0	1355	662	525	79	582	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
Jacques Monette	133	510	510		160	25	14	20						.314	.314	.535	.849	273
Ralph Wilcox	145	546	546		128	23	5	13						.234	.234	.366	.601	200
John Baas	110	396	396		122	23	7	3						.308	.308	.424	.732	168
Tom Vangelas	136	455	455		117	16	5	22						.257	.257	.459	.716	209
Ernesto García	110	418	418		115	23	1	3						.275	.275	.356	.632	149
Robert Wuesthoff	92	337	337		92	16	4	4						.273	.273	.380	.653	128
Dick Hall	95	333	333		82	10	9	6						.246	.246	.384	.631	128
Michael Turturro	85	325	325		76	14	1	3						.234	.234	.311	.545	101
Ed Sallis	105	338	338		73	11	0	1						.216	.216	.257	.473	87
Neil Huff	26	98	98		31	7	2	0						.316	.316	.429	.745	42
Robert Wigle	33	112	112		30	7	1	0						.268	.268	.348	.616	39
Oscar Rodriguez	29	87	87		28	4	0	1						.322	.322	.402	.724	35
Don Dahlke	27	94	94		28	7	3	0						.298	.298	.436	.734	41
Marcos Cobos	40	113	113		28	6	2	3						.248	.248	.416	.664	47
Don Spyker	39	90	90		18	4	0	1						.200	.200	.278	.478	25
Fred Green	30	78	78		17	5	0	1						.218	.218	.321	.538	25
Don Dangleis	27	70	70		15	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	15
Sonny Senerchia	17	71	71		15	2	0	2						.211	.211	.324	.535	23
Donald Riley	17	58	58		14	1	2	0						.241	.241	.328	.569	19
Ramon Salgado	17	44	44		13	5	0	0						.295	.295	.409	.705	18
Dick Drilling	28	82	82		10	2	0	0						.122	.122	.146	.268	12
Nico Genesta	30	35	35		7	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	7
Francis Holleran	11	28	28		5	1	0	0						.179	.179	.214	.393	6
Wes Curtis	15	26	26		4	0	1	1						.154	.154	.346	.500	9
John Meyers	10	29	29		4	1	0	0						.138	.138	.172	.310	5
Ed McLish	21	49	49		3	0	0	0						.061	.061	.061	.122	3
Cleo Lewright	11	19	19		1	1	0	0						.053	.053	.105	.158	2
Totals	1439	4841	4841	0	1236	214	57	84	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.255	.375	.630	1816	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tom Vangelas	1B	134	1048	49	23		.979	8.187
Ernesto García	2B	107	253	232	19		.962	4.533
Ralph Wilcox	3B	144	160	248	37		.917	2.833
Ed Sallis	C	105	555	62	12		.981	5.876
Marcos Cobos	C	30	178	12	5		.974	6.333
John Meyers	C	10	43	7	3		.943	5.000
Jacques Monette	OF	132	240	13	8		.969	1.917
John Baas	OF	100	188	5	10		.951	1.930
Robert Wuesthoff	OF	92	234	6	3		.988	2.609
Dick Hall	OF	55	142	3	5		.967	2.636
Robert Wigle	OF	33	50	6	2		.966	1.697
Donald Riley	OF	16	25	1	3		.897	1.625
Oscar Rodriguez	OF	15	53	0	2		.964	3.533
Don Spyker	P	39						.000
Nico Genesta	P	30						.000
Fred Green	P	28						.000
Dick Drilling	P	28						.000
Don Dangleis	P	26						.000
Ed McLish	P	21						.000
Ramon Salgado	P	16						.000
Wes Curtis	P	15						.000
Cleo Lewright	P	11						.000
Francis Holleran	P	11						.000
Bob Garber	P	6						.000
Michael Turturro	SS	74	111	177	13		.957	3.892
Don Dahlke	SS	27	46	82	7		.948	4.741
Neil Huff	SS	23	33	73	11		.906	4.609
Sonny Senerchia	SS	17	25	34	10		.855	3.471
Totals		1345	3384	1010	173	0	.962	3.267

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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