1953 Shawnee Hawks Statistics

Sooner State League (SSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 86-53
Finished 2nd in the SSL
Manager: Boyd Bartley (86-53)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Shawnee, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 39,441, Avg. 567

1953 Shawnee Hawks Roster

Playoffs - Ada Herefords 3 games, Shawnee Hawks 1

The Shawnee Hawks of the Sooner State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 86 wins and 53 losses, finishing second in the SSL.

The Hawks paced the league with just 622 runs allowed. Shawnee scored 764 runs. William Davidson topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .282 average. Donald Huffman led the squad with 20 wins, while James Peterson added 15 or more wins also James Peterson registered a 1.94 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Don Demeter played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Shawnee Hawks to do so.

Boyd Bartley 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
Donald Huffman	20	8	.714	2.51	36	28					244.0	169	83	68	4	122
James Peterson	19	5	.792	1.94	26	23					190.0	115	65	41	3	145
Frank Golob	10	5	.667	3.42	43	6					158.0	135	72	60	9	75
Jerry Wright	8	2	.800	2.23	12	9					93.0	56	25	23	4	56
Derald Wooton	7	2	.778	3.83	15	13					87.0	72	46	37	3	88
James Sprankle	5	2	.714	3.14	11	10					66.0	53	28	23	7	46
Charles Greer	5	3	.625	3.32	18	9					95.0	91	46	35	6	54
Hilbert Tooley	4	2	.667	4.12	8	6					48.0	34	30	22	2	49
Leonard Tucker	4	10	.286	3.48	19	13					106.0	99	61	41	5	62
Totals	82	39	.678	2.90	188	117	0	0	0	0	1087.0	824	456	350	43	697	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
Richard Akers	132	499	499		125	22	5	3						.251	.251	.333	.583	166
Tom Sleeper	126	457	457		123	32	14	11						.269	.269	.473	.742	216
William Davidson	102	429	429		121	20	8	2						.282	.282	.380	.662	163
Clarence Pillow	123	421	421		105	29	4	7						.249	.249	.387	.637	163
Jimmy Davis	103	422	422		103	7	4	2						.244	.244	.294	.538	124
Clyde Gisclair	93	355	355		98	11	13	6						.276	.276	.431	.707	153
Don Demeter	104	363	363		81	12	6	9						.223	.223	.364	.587	132
Jack Milaskey	112	339	339		71	9	10	1						.209	.209	.304	.513	103
Norv Ritchey	40	134	134		43	5	3	0						.321	.321	.403	.724	54
Bill Fennessey	35	158	158		38	6	2	1						.241	.241	.323	.563	51
Frank Golob	74	152	152		30	4	2	0						.197	.197	.250	.447	38
James Baldacci	34	112	112		27	6	0	0						.241	.241	.295	.536	33
Gene Wallace	22	80	80		23	4	1	0						.288	.288	.362	.650	29
Donald Huffman	38	83	83		18	2	0	0						.217	.217	.241	.458	20
Harold Thompson	33	111	111		16	5	0	0						.144	.144	.189	.333	21
Charles Rogers	35	97	97		14	3	0	1						.144	.144	.206	.351	20
Jerry Wright	13	39	39		10	2	0	0						.256	.256	.308	.564	12
Derald Wooton	17	35	35		8	2	0	0						.229	.229	.286	.514	10
Charles Greer	19	37	37		7	0	0	0						.189	.189	.189	.378	7
James Peterson	30	64	64		7	0	0	1						.109	.109	.156	.266	10
Leonard Tucker	20	30	30		6	1	0	0						.200	.200	.233	.433	7
Donald Kenway	13	43	43		4	2	0	0						.093	.093	.140	.233	6
James Sprankle	11	25	25		2	1	0	0						.080	.080	.120	.200	3
Totals	1329	4485	4485	0	1080	185	72	44	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.241	.344	.584	1541	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Frank Golob	P	43					.000
Donald Huffman	P	36					.000
James Peterson	P	26					.000
Leonard Tucker	P	19					.000
Charles Greer	P	18					.000
Derald Wooton	P	15					.000
Jerry Wright	P	12					.000
James Sprankle	P	11					.000
Hilbert Tooley	P	8					.000
Totals		188	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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