1953 Mexicali Eagles Statistics
Team Record: 77-62
Finished 2nd in the AAL
Manager: Art Lilly (77-62)
Location: Mexicali, Mexico, Mexico
Ballpark: Parque Hidalgo
Attendance: 68,719, Avg. 989
The Mexicali Eagles of the Arizona-Texas League ended the 1953 season with a record of 77 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the AAL.
The Eagles scored 910 runs and surrendered 873 runs. Moises Camacho paced all regular hitters by hitting .341. Nate Moreland topped Mexicali with 20 wins, while Jesus Armenta added 15 or more wins, too Jesus Armenta recorded a 3.52 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Nate Moreland and Rex Cecil both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Art Lilly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nate Moreland | 20 | 13 | .606 | 4.28 | 41 | 32 | 267.0 | 303 | 172 | 127 | 16 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Jesus Armenta | 18 | 10 | .643 | 3.52 | 35 | 32 | 243.0 | 244 | 128 | 95 | 8 | 99 | ||||||||||
| Francisco Ramirez | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.54 | 12 | 12 | 94.0 | 95 | 45 | 37 | 4 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Norm Mathews | 4 | 7 | .364 | 9.65 | 28 | 10 | 92.3 | 132 | 113 | 99 | 12 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 49 | .588 | 4.58 | 160 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 993.3 | 1115 | 654 | 506 | 59 | 349 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moises Camacho | 139 | 589 | 589 | 201 | 35 | 9 | 13 | .341 | .341 | .497 | .839 | 293 | |||||||||||
| Art Lilly | 137 | 476 | 476 | 162 | 30 | 13 | 22 | .340 | .340 | .597 | .937 | 284 | |||||||||||
| Gustavo Fernandez | 116 | 469 | 469 | 138 | 16 | 12 | 10 | .294 | .294 | .443 | .738 | 208 | |||||||||||
| Eduardo Escalante | 121 | 472 | 472 | 138 | 19 | 8 | 12 | .292 | .292 | .443 | .735 | 209 | |||||||||||
| Gerardo Cortez | 123 | 452 | 452 | 133 | 16 | 2 | 7 | .294 | .294 | .385 | .679 | 174 | |||||||||||
| Refugio Bernal | 120 | 432 | 432 | 117 | 22 | 6 | 11 | .271 | .271 | .426 | .697 | 184 | |||||||||||
| Ricardo Garza | 123 | 426 | 426 | 111 | 21 | 7 | 17 | .261 | .261 | .462 | .723 | 197 | |||||||||||
| Ray Zonta | 103 | 391 | 391 | 110 | 34 | 0 | 17 | .281 | .281 | .499 | .780 | 195 | |||||||||||
| Manuel Serrano | 54 | 203 | 203 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .271 | .271 | .379 | .650 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Luis Mendez | 42 | 185 | 185 | 54 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .292 | .292 | .416 | .708 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Jay Wright | 73 | 208 | 208 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .178 | .178 | .236 | .413 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Nate Moreland | 56 | 119 | 119 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .252 | .252 | .286 | .538 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Jesus Armenta | 35 | 84 | 84 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .274 | .274 | .381 | .655 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Ramon Sandoval | 16 | 50 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .260 | .480 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Ronny Camacho | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .412 | .706 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Francisco Ramirez | 12 | 38 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .132 | .237 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Norm Mathews | 28 | 35 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .086 | .086 | .086 | .171 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Miguel Sotelo | 26 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jose Ibarra | 15 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1391 | 4795 | 4795 | 0 | 1355 | 236 | 66 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 | .283 | .432 | .714 | 2071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerardo Cortez | 1B | 83 | 777 | 36 | 21 | .975 | 9.795 | |
| Eduardo Escalante | 1B | 60 | 505 | 21 | 16 | .970 | 8.767 | |
| Moises Camacho | 2B | 138 | 347 | 397 | 54 | .932 | 5.391 | |
| Luis Mendez | 3B | 42 | 41 | 63 | 20 | .839 | 2.476 | |
| Refugio Bernal | C | 77 | 325 | 32 | 15 | .960 | 4.636 | |
| Jay Wright | C | 63 | 410 | 29 | 6 | .987 | 6.968 | |
| Ramon Sandoval | C | 14 | 69 | 9 | 4 | .951 | 5.571 | |
| Gustavo Fernandez | OF | 112 | 293 | 20 | 14 | .957 | 2.795 | |
| Ray Zonta | OF | 103 | 240 | 19 | 14 | .949 | 2.515 | |
| Ricardo Garza | OF | 73 | 99 | 11 | 10 | .917 | 1.507 | |
| Nate Moreland | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Jesus Armenta | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Norm Mathews | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Francisco Ramirez | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Art Lilly | SS | 98 | 161 | 330 | 44 | .918 | 5.010 | |
| Manuel Serrano | SS | 42 | 79 | 138 | 15 | .935 | 5.167 | |
| Totals | 1065 | 3346 | 1105 | 233 | 0 | .950 | 4.179 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
