1953 Fort Smith-Van Buren Twins Statistics

Western Association (WA) - Class: C
Team Record: 49-90
Finished 6th in the WA
Manager: Edwin Walls (0-0), Edwin Dickson (0-0)
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas; Van Buren, Arkansas
Ballpark: Andrews Field
Attendance: 30,901, Avg. 445

1953 Fort Smith-Van Buren Twins Roster

The Fort Smith-Van Buren Twins of the Western Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 49 wins and 90 losses, finishing sixth in the WA.

The Twins scored 514 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 784 runs, most in the circuit. Pete Traina led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .271. Delmar Edwards topped Fort with 20 wins and a team-best 2.56 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Edwin Walls and Edwin Dickson 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
Delmar Edwards	20	13	.606	2.56	37	34					281.0	226	143	80	9	171
James Lilly	8	21	.276	4.62	44	26					228.0	220	167	117	16	147
Bobby Roberts	7	17	.292	4.24	33	22					189.0	207	137	89	16	77
Russell Needham	6	6	.500	2.23	13	13					105.0	107	38	26	5	34
Hubert Brooks	3	12	.200	5.43	25	16					106.0	119	82	64	6	69
Bob Yanen	2	4	.333	2.77	6	6					52.0	49	26	16	6	11
William Starns	2	8	.200	5.11	26	11					118.0	163	95	67	5	52
Totals	48	81	.372	3.83	184	128	0	0	0	0	1079.0	1091	688	459	63	561	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
Pete Traina	142	517	517		140	36	3	2						.271	.271	.364	.634	188
Emmett McAfee	140	503	503		134	20	3	1						.266	.266	.324	.590	163
Edwin Dickson	143	557	557		130	20	2	1						.233	.233	.282	.515	157
Jim Charles	79	268	268		86	11	3	16						.321	.321	.563	.884	151
Lawrence Baker	90	316	316		83	14	0	0						.263	.263	.307	.570	97
Carl Weatherton	98	344	344		68	10	2	0						.198	.198	.238	.436	82
Lyndell Foster	132	392	392		68	12	1	3						.173	.173	.232	.406	91
Shapard Pryor	87	281	281		51	6	3	0						.181	.181	.224	.406	63
William Puckett	51	188	188		38	3	3	0						.202	.202	.250	.452	47
Robert Brown	38	139	139		30	8	2	0						.216	.216	.302	.518	42
Clayton Dolan	48	130	130		29	5	0	1						.223	.223	.285	.508	37
Al White	27	90	90		21	6	0	2						.233	.233	.367	.600	33
Delmar Edwards	51	134	134		20	6	2	0						.149	.149	.224	.373	30
Teddy Tate	23	75	75		14	1	0	0						.187	.187	.200	.387	15
Bobby Roberts	40	69	69		10	0	0	0						.145	.145	.145	.290	10
Everett Sellars	13	43	43		9	0	1	0						.209	.209	.256	.465	11
James Lilly	46	80	80		9	0	0	0						.112	.112	.112	.225	9
Russell Needham	14	38	38		8	2	0	0						.211	.211	.263	.474	10
William Starns	26	43	43		7	2	0	0						.163	.163	.209	.372	9
Jesse Nelms	10	16	16		5	1	0	0						.312	.312	.375	.688	6
Edward Bateman	19	54	54		5	0	1	0						.093	.093	.130	.222	7
James Richardson	12	41	41		3	0	0	0						.073	.073	.073	.146	3
Hubert Brooks	25	34	34		1	0	0	0						.029	.029	.029	.059	1
Totals	1354	4352	4352	0	969	163	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.223	.290	.513	1262	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
James Lilly	P	44					.000
Delmar Edwards	P	37					.000
Bobby Roberts	P	33					.000
William Starns	P	26					.000
Hubert Brooks	P	25					.000
Russell Needham	P	13					.000
Bob Yanen	P	6					.000
Totals		184	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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