1953 Greenville/Bryan Majors Roster
Team Record: 70-77
Finished 6th in the BSL
Manager: Jimmy Adair (0-0), Clyde McDowell (0-0)
Location: Bryan, Texas; Greenville, Texas
Ballpark: Majors Stadium, Bomber Park
Attendance: 30,051, Avg. 409
The Greenville/Bryan Majors of the Big State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 70 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the BSL.Greenville (39-28) transferred to Bryan June 25.
The Majors plated 617 runs and allowed 712 runs. Wes Gibson led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .296 average. Jodie Phipps topped Greenville/Bryan with 16 wins and a team-best 2.19 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Monty Stratton played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Greenville/Bryan Majors to do so.
Jimmy Adair and Clyde McDowell served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Albers | L | L | August 30, 1929 | 6'2" | 165 | |
| Claudio Barcelo | R | 5'9" | 160 | |||
| Bob Bareford | R | R | April 21, 1925 | 5'11" | 185 | Springfield, MO US |
| Bob Beran | R | R | March 16, 1930 | 5'10" | 180 | Larned, KS US |
| Bob Bundy | R | R | March 23, 1924 | 5'8" | 165 | Kansas City, MO US |
| Melvin Burgess | R | May 27, 1928 | 5'11" | 178 | ||
| Donald Carline | R | 5'10" | 180 | |||
| Bryan Conn | ||||||
| Robert Cullins | R | December 10, 1924 | 5'10" | 185 | Memphis, TN US | |
| Bart DiMaggio | R | R | December 25, 1927 | 6'2" | 185 | |
| Oral Dryden | R | R | 6'1" | 184 | ||
| Rafael Fernandez | R | R | 6'1" | 183 | ||
| Lou Fitzgerald | L | R | August 25, 1919 | 6'0" | 160 | Cleveland, TN US |
| Richard Flynn | R | |||||
| Frank Gallardo | R | 5'8" | 167 | |||
| Homer Gibson | R | R | April 19, 1918 | 6'0" | 175 | |
| Wes Gibson | R | 5'11" | 180 | |||
| Leonardo Goicoechea | L | L | 5'11" | 200 | ||
| Hernan Gomez | R | 5'6" | 165 | |||
| John Goodell | L | May 18, 1930 | 6'0" | 175 | ||
| Donald Herb | S | 5'10" | 175 | |||
| Robert Herron | R | R | March 13, 1926 | 6'2" | 220 | McKinney, TX US |
| Bill Hockenbury | R | R | June 11, 1924 | 6'2" | 200 | |
| James Kelly | ||||||
| Remy LeBlanc | R | R | March 7, 1925 | 6'2" | 175 | New Iberia, LA US |
| William Lenihan | ||||||
| Allan Maul | L | L | November 27, 1923 | 6'3" | 200 | Seattle, WA US |
| Tommie Phillips | ||||||
| Jodie Phipps | R | R | February 19, 1919 | 6'3" | 190 | Okay, OK US |
| Joe Pipak | R | R | April 25, 1928 | 6'1" | 170 | |
| Fred Pollock | L | L | January 24, 1929 | 5'10" | 180 | |
| Bob Saulsberry | L | September 29, 1927 | 6'1" | 180 | Shawnee, OK US | |
| Frank Scarpace | L | 5'10" | 160 | |||
| George Shell | L | L | August 22, 1921 | 5'11" | 185 | |
| Robert Smartt | R | R | July 22, 1925 | 5'11" | 160 | |
| Ronald Spradlin | June 30, 1930 | |||||
| Lee Starr | R | R | December 5, 1929 | 6'2" | 195 | |
| Monty Stratton | R | R | May 21, 1912 | 6'5" | 180 | Wagner, TX US |
| Vic Stryska | L | R | 6'0" | 180 | ||
| Everett Sullivan | R | R | July 11, 1929 | 6'0" | 165 | |
| Harry Young | L | R | October 26, 1929 | 6'2" | 190 | Hardin, TX US |
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.
