1953 Greenville Bucks Statistics

Cotton States League (CSL) - Class: C
Team Record: 63-62
Finished 6th in the CSL
Manager: Chuck Lindquist (0-0), Chet Morgan (0-0), William Maughn (0-0)
Location: Greenville, Mississippi
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park
Attendance: 51,090, Avg. 817

1953 Greenville Bucks Roster

The Greenville Bucks of the Cotton States League ended the 1953 season with a record of 63 wins and 62 losses, finishing sixth in the CSL.

The Bucks scored 645 runs and yielded 635 runs. Ray Posipanka led all regular batters by hitting .334. Tommy Pollet topped Greenville with 16 wins, while Larry Miller recorded a 2.17 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Chuck Lindquist, Chet Morgan and William Maughn 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
Tommy Pollet	16	11	.593	3.76	37	27					218.0	206	132	91	7	134
Chuck Lindquist	14	10	.583	3.30	37	26					210.0	215	100	77	10	124
Larry Miller	8	4	.667	2.17	18	14					124.7	112	40	30	1	41
Hermenio Cortes	8	8	.500	4.30	22	18					127.7	96	88	61	6	114
Joe Drach	7	9	.438	4.47	41	8					137.0	153	87	68	13	64
Owen Dougherty	3	3	.500	4.69	7	6					48.0	47	32	25	3	29
Tony Sarmiento	3	5	.375	4.38	12	9					61.7	73	39	30	2	22
James Callaghan	0	5	.000	5.40	12	6					50.0	65	48	30	1	36
Totals	59	55	.518	3.80	186	114	0	0	0	0	977.0	967	566	412	43	564	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
Ray Posipanka	125	458	458		153	31	7	10						.334	.334	.498	.832	228
Michael Garone	124	458	458		142	25	5	5						.310	.310	.419	.729	192
Ty Braziel	122	437	437		126	28	4	7						.288	.288	.419	.707	183
Roger Rada	99	382	382		125	14	6	1						.327	.327	.403	.730	154
Donald Strickland	106	346	346		88	22	4	3						.254	.254	.367	.621	127
Luther Tucker	103	327	327		87	13	4	6						.266	.266	.385	.651	126
Bob Coluni	77	315	315		70	10	2	5						.222	.222	.314	.537	99
Ralph Torres	83	303	303		62	8	5	0						.205	.205	.264	.469	80
Hermenio Cortes	54	132	132		50	7	3	3						.379	.379	.545	.924	72
Tommy Pollet	47	95	95		24	3	1	0						.253	.253	.305	.558	29
M. O. Lagrone	41	108	108		24	3	1	0						.222	.222	.269	.491	29
Owen Dougherty	16	39	39		14	2	0	1						.359	.359	.487	.846	19
Harry Neighbors	18	52	52		14	5	1	0						.269	.269	.404	.673	21
Bill De Roker	17	64	64		13	0	0	1						.203	.203	.250	.453	16
Stanley Budin	18	69	69		13	1	0	0						.188	.188	.203	.391	14
Richard Stone	11	36	36		8	0	0	0						.222	.222	.222	.444	8
Joe Drach	42	54	54		8	2	0	0						.148	.148	.185	.333	10
Chuck Lindquist	38	71	71		5	0	1	0						.070	.070	.099	.169	7
Tony Sarmiento	12	19	19		3	0	0	1						.158	.158	.316	.474	6
Royce Thiebaud	11	36	36		3	1	1	0						.083	.083	.167	.250	6
Larry Miller	18	41	41		3	0	0	0						.073	.073	.073	.146	3
James Callaghan	13	19	19		2	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	2
Vincent Zerda	13	9	9		1	1	0	0						.111	.111	.222	.333	2
Totals	1208	3870	3870	0	1038	176	45	43	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.268	.370	.639	1433	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Roger Rada	1B	97	593	63	11		.984	6.763
Bob Coluni	2B	77	222	194	20		.954	5.403
Ray Posipanka	3B	87	81	178	25		.912	2.977
Bill De Roker	3B	17	19	52	11		.866	4.176
Luther Tucker	C	102	527	51	15		.975	5.667
M. O. Lagrone	C	30	128	8	6		.958	4.533
Michael Garone	OF	124	369	11	12		.969	3.065
Donald Strickland	OF	102	154	12	12		.933	1.627
Ty Braziel	OF	93	171	6	4		.978	1.903
Stanley Budin	OF	18	34	4	1		.974	2.111
Harry Neighbors	OF	15	21	6	2		.931	1.800
Joe Drach	P	41						.000
Tommy Pollet	P	37						.000
Chuck Lindquist	P	37						.000
Larry Miller	P	18						.000
Tony Sarmiento	P	12						.000
James Callaghan	P	12						.000
Ralph Torres	SS	83	148	230	46		.892	4.554
Royce Thiebaud	SS	11	13	29	10		.808	3.818
Richard Stone	SS	11	14	27	7		.854	3.727
Totals		1024	2494	871	182	0	.949	3.286

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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