1953 Abilene Blue Sox Statistics

West Texas-New Mexico League (WTNML) - Class: C
Team Record: 43-97
Finished 8th in the WTNML
Manager: Ike Palmer (0-0), Hersh Martin (0-0), Ike Palmer (0-0)
Location: Abilene, Texas
Ballpark: Blue Sox Stadium
Attendance: 44,148, Avg. 631

1953 Abilene Blue Sox Roster

The Abilene Blue Sox of the West Texas-New Mexico League ended the 1953 season with a record of 43 wins and 97 losses, finishing eighth in the WTNML.

Ike Palmer, Hersh Martin and Ike Palmer 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
Larry Cummins	13	18	.419	6.54	37	28					216.0	280	180	157	28	105
Michael Gazella	8	23	.258	5.30	34	31					244.3	282	175	144	20	99
Eddie Carnett	4	7	.364	4.07	12	12					104.0	110	58	47	10	34
Walt Novak	2	6	.250	7.17	14	9					70.3	108	75	56	8	26
Loba Gibson	1	5	.167	7.35	14	5					67.3	88	67	55	8	35
Totals	28	59	.322	5.88	111	85	0	0	0	0	702.0	868	555	459	74	299	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
Ike Palmer	138	547	547		201	56	7	23						.367	.367	.622	.989	340
Hershel Steele	140	591	591		169	26	5	13						.286	.286	.413	.699	244
William Plante	95	392	392		98	20	4	6						.250	.250	.367	.617	144
Larry White	91	361	361		96	13	4	8						.266	.266	.391	.657	141
Eddie Carnett	63	247	247		84	22	0	0						.340	.340	.429	.769	106
Edwin Bucz	60	221	221		64	12	4	6						.290	.290	.462	.751	102
John Webster	62	228	228		52	13	0	1						.228	.228	.298	.526	68
William Akins	45	172	172		47	10	2	7						.273	.273	.477	.750	82
Lloyd Pearson	48	174	174		46	10	0	6						.264	.264	.425	.690	74
Paul Zubak	34	135	135		41	9	1	3						.304	.304	.452	.756	61
Curt Borrett	50	164	164		40	6	1	1						.244	.244	.311	.555	51
Larry Cummins	69	175	175		34	6	0	0						.194	.194	.229	.423	40
Donald Carline	28	94	94		33	4	1	1						.351	.351	.447	.798	42
Juan Mejido	27	98	98		31	9	2	1						.316	.316	.480	.796	47
Bryan Conn	35	107	107		28	1	0	1						.262	.262	.299	.561	32
Weldon Day	23	77	77		18	3	2	2						.234	.234	.403	.636	31
Jerry Morris	25	84	84	6	16	4	0	0	2	3				.190	.190	.238	.429	20
Quintin Basco	13	50	50		14	0	0	0						.280	.280	.280	.560	14
Michael Gazella	39	92	92		13	2	1	0						.141	.141	.185	.326	17
George Forkerway	17	35	35		10	1	0	0						.286	.286	.314	.600	11
Walt Novak	16	33	33		8	1	0	0						.242	.242	.273	.515	9
Loba Gibson	14	25	25		5	2	0	0						.200	.200	.280	.480	7
John Singleton	11	9	9		3	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	3
William Pitcher	15	18	18		1	0	0	0						.056	.056	.056	.111	1
Drennon Daves	13	26	26		1	0	0	0						.038	.038	.038	.077	1
Totals	1171	4155	4155	6	1153	230	34	79	2	3	0	0	0	.277	.277	.406	.684	1688	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Larry Cummins	P	37					.000
Michael Gazella	P	34					.000
Walt Novak	P	14					.000
Loba Gibson	P	14					.000
Totals		99	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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