1953 El Paso Texans Roster
Team Record: 60-80
Finished 4th in the AAL
Manager: Diamond Cecil (60-80)
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 52,501, Avg. 750
The El Paso Texans of the Arizona-Texas League ended the 1953 season with a record of 60 wins and 80 losses, finishing fourth in the AAL.
The Texans scored 814 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 972 runs. Gonzalo Garcia paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .337. Jimmy Ochoa topped El Paso with 16 wins, while Marcelino Solis registered a 5.25 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Rex Cecil and Marcelino Solis both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Diamond Cecil served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Aguilar | R | R | July 7, 1920 | 5'10" | 170 | |
| Leonel Aldama | R | R | July 20, 1924 | 5'11" | 170 | Arabas Colon, CU |
| Santiago Ayala | L | R | August 25, 1926 | 5'10" | 176 | |
| Bill Blackburn | L | R | July 10, 1926 | 6'1" | 170 | Long Beach, CA US |
| David Brien | R | R | March 26, 1933 | 6'0" | 180 | |
| Joseph Brown | ||||||
| Frederico Camacho | ||||||
| Diamond Cecil | L | 6'0" | 173 | |||
| Rex Cecil | L | R | October 8, 1916 | 6'3" | 195 | Lindsay, OK US |
| Joseph Cochran | ||||||
| Jose Dominguez | ||||||
| Humberto Estrada | R | R | 6'2" | 170 | ||
| Manolo Fortés | S | R | April 8, 1913 | 6'2" | 192 | Perico, CU |
| Gonzalo Garcia | R | May 25, 1931 | 5'8" | 180 | La Union, NM US | |
| Bernard Heitner | R | R | 6'2" | 200 | ||
| Manuel Juárez | R | January 16, 1927 | 5'9" | 167 | ||
| Dean Kime | R | R | July 10, 1933 | 6'1" | 170 | Macomb, OK US |
| R. B. King | ||||||
| Alton Lee | R | R | 6'1" | 170 | ||
| Edward Marquez | ||||||
| Francisco Marroquin | ||||||
| Leopoldo Martinez | ||||||
| Victor Medina | ||||||
| Ramón Mendoza | R | October 12, 1920 | 6'0" | 165 | ||
| Napoleon Morales | R | 5'7" | 154 | |||
| Ventura Morales | R | R | July 7, 1928 | 5'7" | 165 | Hermosillo, Sonora MX |
| Alejandro Moreno | R | R | June 6, 1932 | 5'8" | 160 | |
| Arch Nebron | R | R | 6'3" | 200 | ||
| Jimmy Ochoa | R | R | July 14, 1930 | 6'1" | 200 | , MX |
| Modesto Perez | R | 6'0" | 175 | |||
| Duane Peters | ||||||
| Oscar Reguera | R | R | 6'1" | 170 | ||
| Claire Rhoer | R | 5'9" | 170 | |||
| Robert Schnabel | L | 5'8" | 155 | |||
| Marcelino Solis | L | L | July 19, 1930 | 6'1" | 185 | Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosi MX |
| Jesus Sosa | ||||||
| Romualdo Urias | R | 5'11" | 172 | |||
| Charles Way | R | 5'8" | 170 | |||
| William Williams | R | 5'11" | 180 | |||
| Raymond Woods | R | R | September 19, 1930 | 6'1" | 175 | Fort Scott, KS US |
| Kenneth Yoke | L | L | 5'11" | 175 |
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.
