
1953 Fort Smith-Van Buren Twins Statistics
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
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 |
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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 | Fld% | 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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