1953 Dallas Eagles Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 88-66
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Dutch Meyer (88-66)
Location: Dallas, Texas
Ballpark: Eagles Stadium
Attendance: 207,676, Avg. 2,697
1953 Dallas Eagles Roster

Playoffs - Dallas Eagles 4 games, Oklahoma City Indians 3
Finals - Dallas Eagles 4 games, Tulsa Oilers 1

The Dallas Eagles of the Texas League ended the 1953 season with a record of 88 wins and 66 losses, finishing first in the TL.

The Eagles led the league with just 624 runs allowed. Dallas scored 692 runs. Willard Brown paced the team with 23 home runs, while Ben Taylor and Buzz Clarkson walloped 15 or more as well. Willard Brown drove in 108 runs. Buzz Clarkson topped all regular batters with a .330 average. Red Murff paced the squad with 17 wins, and Wayne McLeland also added 15 or more wins also Howard Anderson registered a 3.35 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1953 Dallas Eagles who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jodie Beeler, Willard Brown, Buzz Clarkson, Harley Hisner, Phil Masi, Wayne McLeland, Dutch Meyer, Red Murff, José Santiago, Jim Suchecki and Ben Taylor.

Dutch Meyer 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
Red Murff1713.5673.433729161239.02291029117116123612
Wayne McLeland159.6253.583333143231.023299921891122401
Howard Anderson139.5913.353727105188.01597870910498325
José Santiago1311.5423.473124104184.017083711577161405
Joe Kotrany129.5713.53332282181.0182877177166103
Homer Gibson77.5001.914500080.073221753433202
Pete Mazar63.6675.364821094.01185756113063102
Vic Stryska101.0003.052431062.060352152126302
Jodie Phipps12.333120.0
Totals8563.5743.503001400601501259.01223563489875440692243220

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
Eddie Knoblauch154699592981802370446510247.304.410.367.77621741
Willard Brown1385615229116236223108323552.310.357.519.87627131
Buzz Clarkson13755344591147321188711510051.330.459.528.98723562
Wilcy Moore14761054360147278669724549.271.332.383.715208517
Ben Taylor133536476691323031670225568.277.356.454.81021632
Frank Tornay12951244555130372651445251.292.373.425.797189510
Al Stringer14160752176125184573015458.240.315.319.633166329
Jodie Beeler12941037842103223765312945.272.324.402.72615203
Phil Masi1063602994780221635435734.268.388.408.79612222
Bob Bareford822552201946111126003133.209.307.282.5896204
Bob Bundy35115106101840172065.170.214.236.4502503
Red Murff3788781116200600315.205.235.231.4651807
Claudio Barcelo24554989300200413.184.245.245.4901202
Joe Kotrany36695939000200326.153.206.153.359916
José Santiago31716028000200314.133.175.133.308808
Howard Anderson37736648100300313.121.159.136.296904
Vic Stryska2419172510000022.294.368.353.721600
Frank Gallardo1025231410010013.174.240.217.457510
Pete Mazar4924222200000007.091.091.091.182202
Wayne McLeland33947712000100543.026.085.026.1112012
Jodie Phipps12430100000001.333.333.333.667101
Homer Gibson4522201100010009.050.050.050.100102
Totals166957625021693133527032896534225590639.266.347.386.732193603311800


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Ben Taylor1B131111493993.9939.214
Jodie Beeler1B3122216219.9927.677
Frank Tornay2B922292051154.9754.717
Jodie Beeler2B327758713.9514.219
Bob Bundy2B285967510.9624.500
Claudio Barcelo2B175228112.9884.706
Buzz Clarkson3B1281152942223.9493.195
Frank Tornay3B32266445.9572.812
Jodie Beeler3B1082373.8163.100
Phil MasiC1004844534.9945.2903
Bob BarefordC663262732.9925.3482
Eddie KnoblauchCF153370773.9822.464
Wilcy MooreLF1432981863.9812.210
Jodie BeelerLF18220001.0001.222
Pete MazarP4882012.966.583
Homer GibsonP45010011.000.222
Red MurffP37266376.9272.405
Howard AndersonP3762321.935.784
Wayne McLelandP33133142.9171.333
Joe KotranyP33104342.9301.606
José SantiagoP3152621.9391.000
Vic StryskaP2451120.889.667
Jodie PhippsP120000.000
Willard BrownRF133230863.9751.789
Jodie BeelerRF2831110.9701.143
Al StringerSS1372053993264.9504.409
Frank TornaySS14213447.9323.929
Totals159339621614152333.9733.500500

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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