1953 Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings Statistics

Arizona-Texas League (AAL) - Class: C
Team Record: 59-80
Finished 5th in the AAL
Manager: Syd Cohen (59-80)
Location: Bisbee, Arizona; Douglas, Arizona
Ballpark: Copper King Park, Warren Park
Attendance: 44,650, Avg. 642
1953 Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings Roster

The Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings of the Arizona-Texas League ended the 1953 season with a record of 59 wins and 80 losses, finishing fifth in the AAL.

The Kings plated 857 runs and allowed 952 runs. Manuel Magallón paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .368 clip. Ron Smith earned 23 wins on the mound for Bisbee-Douglas, while Manuel Morales also added 15 or more wins also Ron Smith earned a 4.36 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Members of the 1953 Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Syd Cohen, Benny Valenzuela and Earl Wilson.

Syd Cohen 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
Ron Smith2322.5114.365139330.03982011601783
Manuel Morales1519.4414.484335277.032618613823114
Arnulfo Manzo711.3895.612817168.32261491051080
Donald Seamans44.5006.1119981.0837255180
Earl Wilson45.4443.80141285.3764936661
Donald Terry410.2866.642316118.0135109873123
Totals5771.4454.9317812800001059.7124476658160541000000

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
Manuel Magallón13254454420040420.368.368.566.934308
Jimmy Cantu13154454416118140.296.296.381.676207
Vernon Highfield943703701211642.327.327.408.735151
Melvin Gemberling94357357110953.308.308.387.695138
Jose Castillo1003943941061274.269.269.365.635144
Ted Dean92356356891822.250.250.329.579117
Richard Steinhauer64255255821422.322.322.416.737106
Stephen Hill7427727767650.242.242.300.54283
Arnulfo Manzo8223723762540.262.262.316.57875
Benny Valenzuela44176176611056.347.347.562.90999
Guillermo Frayde7723123160802.260.260.320.58074
Bill Eastburn5821921954826.247.247.384.63084
Ron Smith5212612634310.270.270.310.57939
Manuel Morales6913513534710.252.252.319.57043
Louis Bogdanovich3511311328720.248.248.345.59339
German Bay3710510525121.238.238.314.55233
Domingo Sepulveda17656519312.292.292.462.75430
Earl Wilson33767618211.237.237.329.56625
Chadwick Bradbury1035356000.171.171.171.3436
Donald Kenway2319193000.158.158.158.3163
Donald Seamans1929293000.103.103.103.2073
Donald Terry2446462010.043.043.087.1304
Totals13614709470901345187635100000.286.286.385.670181100000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Manuel Magallón1B1038664012.9878.796
Chadwick Bradbury1B107332.9747.600
Ted Dean2B7120020528.9355.704
Domingo Sepulveda2B1746448.9185.294
Benny Valenzuela3B38386322.8212.658
Stephen Hill3B37298913.9013.189
Vernon HighfieldC56360429.9787.179
Guillermo FraydeC542323810.9645.000
German BayC36185226.9725.750
Jimmy CantuOF1302631918.9402.169
Richard SteinhauerOF6310145.9551.667
Bill EastburnOF53138115.9682.811
Jose CastilloOF528576.9391.769
Louis BogdanovichOF346736.9212.059
Ron SmithP51.000
Manuel MoralesP43.000
Donald TerryP23.000
Donald SeamansP19.000
Melvin GemberlingSS9314831422.9554.968
Totals98328319041720.9563.800

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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