1953 Greenville/Bryan Majors Statistics
Team Record: 70-77
Finished 6th in the BSL
Manager: Jimmy Adair (0-0), Clyde McDowell (0-0)
Location: Bryan, Texas; Greenville, Texas
Ballpark: Majors Stadium, Bomber Park
Attendance: 30,051, Avg. 409
The Greenville/Bryan Majors of the Big State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 70 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the BSL.Greenville (39-28) transferred to Bryan June 25.
The Majors plated 617 runs and allowed 712 runs. Wes Gibson led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .296 average. Jodie Phipps topped Greenville/Bryan with 16 wins and a team-best 2.19 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Monty Stratton played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Greenville/Bryan Majors to do so.
Jimmy Adair and Clyde McDowell served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jodie Phipps | 16 | 8 | .667 | 2.19 | 27 | 21 | 189.0 | 157 | 58 | 46 | 11 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Vic Stryska | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1.49 | 18 | 9 | 115.0 | 84 | 36 | 19 | 3 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Harry Young | 9 | 12 | .429 | 4.39 | 43 | 19 | 203.0 | 214 | 126 | 99 | 9 | 120 | ||||||||||
| Joe Pipak | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3.79 | 36 | 23 | 190.0 | 197 | 101 | 80 | 14 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Bart DiMaggio | 7 | 13 | .350 | 4.57 | 37 | 24 | 183.0 | 173 | 117 | 93 | 16 | 89 | ||||||||||
| Bill Hockenbury | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.34 | 12 | 10 | 83.0 | 82 | 46 | 40 | 4 | 35 | ||||||||||
| William Lenihan | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.74 | 19 | 13 | 91.0 | 90 | 70 | 58 | 9 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Lee Starr | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.87 | 26 | 5 | 61.0 | 63 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Monty Stratton | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 70 | .462 | 3.77 | 219 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1116.0 | 1065 | 591 | 468 | 70 | 500 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Gibson | 120 | 456 | 456 | 135 | 27 | 8 | 5 | .296 | .296 | .423 | .719 | 193 | |||||||||||
| Bob Saulsberry | 129 | 487 | 487 | 133 | 18 | 5 | 15 | .273 | .273 | .423 | .696 | 206 | |||||||||||
| Robert Cullins | 135 | 490 | 490 | 126 | 20 | 3 | 11 | .257 | .257 | .378 | .635 | 185 | |||||||||||
| Robert Smartt | 117 | 450 | 450 | 117 | 19 | 4 | 3 | .260 | .260 | .340 | .600 | 153 | |||||||||||
| Allan Maul | 136 | 437 | 437 | 100 | 12 | 1 | 19 | .229 | .229 | .391 | .620 | 171 | |||||||||||
| John Goodell | 84 | 329 | 329 | 99 | 17 | 11 | 2 | .301 | .301 | .438 | .739 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Frank Gallardo | 54 | 204 | 204 | 56 | 14 | 0 | 4 | .275 | .275 | .402 | .676 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Hernan Gomez | 59 | 186 | 186 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .274 | .274 | .349 | .624 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Bill Hockenbury | 48 | 148 | 148 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .284 | .284 | .351 | .635 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Rafael Fernandez | 56 | 189 | 189 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .217 | .217 | .265 | .481 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Spradlin | 55 | 172 | 172 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .192 | .192 | .244 | .436 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Bart DiMaggio | 65 | 128 | 128 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .195 | .195 | .258 | .453 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Donald Carline | 49 | 111 | 111 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .207 | .207 | .243 | .450 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Bob Bundy | 14 | 52 | 52 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .385 | .385 | .423 | .808 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Claudio Barcelo | 25 | 86 | 86 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .244 | .430 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Vic Stryska | 25 | 53 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .283 | .528 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Bryan Conn | 10 | 40 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .375 | .650 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Lou Fitzgerald | 11 | 47 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .213 | .234 | .447 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Joe Pipak | 44 | 59 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .169 | .169 | .169 | .339 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Donald Herb | 13 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .286 | .543 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Tommie Phillips | 27 | 40 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Harry Young | 44 | 67 | 67 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .119 | .134 | .254 | 9 | |||||||||||
| William Lenihan | 19 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .207 | .207 | .379 | .586 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Jodie Phipps | 28 | 62 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .065 | .065 | .065 | .129 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Lee Starr | 26 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .267 | .467 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1393 | 4372 | 4372 | 0 | 1099 | 176 | 38 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 | .251 | .353 | .604 | 1543 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Maul | 1B | 134 | 1080 | 64 | 20 | .983 | 8.537 | |
| Frank Gallardo | 2B | 54 | 129 | 119 | 4 | .984 | 4.593 | |
| Robert Cullins | 2B | 42 | 99 | 92 | 13 | .936 | 4.548 | |
| Bob Bundy | 2B | 14 | 33 | 20 | 5 | .914 | 3.786 | |
| Bryan Conn | 2B | 10 | 18 | 20 | 2 | .950 | 3.800 | |
| John Goodell | 3B | 48 | 46 | 101 | 17 | .896 | 3.062 | |
| Bill Hockenbury | 3B | 21 | 19 | 40 | 6 | .908 | 2.810 | |
| Lou Fitzgerald | 3B | 11 | 10 | 24 | 3 | .919 | 3.091 | |
| Rafael Fernandez | C | 56 | 267 | 35 | 5 | .984 | 5.393 | |
| Ronald Spradlin | C | 54 | 267 | 29 | 3 | .990 | 5.481 | |
| Donald Carline | C | 26 | 112 | 4 | 4 | .967 | 4.462 | |
| Tommie Phillips | C | 11 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.727 | |
| Donald Herb | C | 10 | 52 | 5 | 2 | .966 | 5.700 | |
| Bob Saulsberry | OF | 128 | 230 | 6 | 10 | .959 | 1.844 | |
| Wes Gibson | OF | 117 | 202 | 10 | 7 | .968 | 1.812 | |
| Harry Young | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Bart DiMaggio | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Pipak | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Jodie Phipps | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Lee Starr | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| William Lenihan | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Vic Stryska | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Smartt | SS | 81 | 154 | 230 | 33 | .921 | 4.741 | |
| Hernan Gomez | SS | 50 | 72 | 141 | 16 | .930 | 4.260 | |
| Claudio Barcelo | SS | 23 | 47 | 66 | 11 | .911 | 4.913 | |
| Totals | 1096 | 2862 | 1011 | 161 | 0 | .960 | 3.534 |
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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