1953 Plainview Ponies Statistics

West Texas-New Mexico League (WTNML) - Class: C
Team Record: 80-62
Finished 4th in the WTNML
Manager: Jackie Sullivan (80-62)
Location: Plainview, Texas
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 79,780, Avg. 1,124

1953 Plainview Ponies Roster

Playoffs - Clovis Pioneers 4 games, Plainview Ponies 2

The Plainview Ponies of the West Texas-New Mexico League ended the 1953 season with a record of 80 wins and 62 losses, finishing fourth in the WTNML.

Jackie Sullivan 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
Edward Arthur	22	13	.629	4.57	45	32					274.0	314	174	139	27	106
Lee Gatewood	16	14	.533	6.40	41	26					201.0	219	172	143	27	138
Cecil Davis	13	10	.565	4.12	29	19					166.0	191	103	76	15	57
Oran Stoker	6	5	.545	6.16	39	12					121.3	164	110	83	16	42
Totals	57	42	.576	5.21	154	89	0	0	0	0	762.3	888	559	441	85	343	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
Don Stokes	141	568	568		242	64	6	27						.426	.426	.702	1.129	399
Frosty Kennedy	142	549	549		225	43	4	38						.410	.410	.710	1.120	390
James Calahan	142	590	590		178	37	6	13						.302	.302	.451	.753	266
John Warren	123	464	464		130	30	2	5						.280	.280	.386	.666	179
Jackie Sullivan	84	339	339		118	27	1	15						.348	.348	.566	.914	192
Robert Brown	85	374	374		105	18	11	9						.281	.281	.460	.741	172
Francis Green	54	223	223		67	14	2	18						.300	.300	.623	.924	139
Cecil Davis	48	116	116		39	5	0	2						.336	.336	.431	.767	50
Edward Arthur	47	106	106		27	3	0	1						.255	.255	.311	.566	33
Lester White	37	112	112		27	8	0	2						.241	.241	.366	.607	41
Lee Gatewood	69	121	121		27	2	1	1						.223	.223	.281	.504	34
Cliff Gustafson	28	104	104		24	5	0	1						.231	.231	.308	.538	32
Travis Shaw	28	86	86		23	6	1	1						.267	.267	.395	.663	34
Wallace Hanna	30	103	103		23	5	0	2						.223	.223	.330	.553	34
Manuel Tornay	16	56	56		20	2	0	3						.357	.357	.554	.911	31
James DiTolla	10	28	28		9	1	0	0						.321	.321	.357	.679	10
Howard Maley	11	30	30		9	0	1	1						.300	.300	.467	.767	14
Jesse Buchanan	10	39	39		8	1	0	2						.205	.205	.385	.590	15
Stanley DeBusk	10	17	17		4	2	0	0						.235	.235	.353	.588	6
Ray Litton	14	5	5		1	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Oran Stoker	40	40	40		1	0	0	0						.025	.025	.025	.050	1
Totals	1169	4070	4070	0	1307	273	35	141	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.321	.509	.830	2073	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Edward Arthur	P	45					.000
Lee Gatewood	P	41					.000
Oran Stoker	P	39					.000
Cecil Davis	P	29					.000
Totals		154	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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