1953 Texarkana Bears Statistics

Big State League (BSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 78-68
Finished 3rd in the BSL
Manager: Chuck Hawley (78-68)
Location: Texarkana, Texas
Ballpark: City League Ball Park
Attendance: 89,604, Avg. 1,227

1953 Texarkana Bears Roster

Playoffs - Tyler East Texans 4 games, Texarkana Bears 1

The Texarkana Bears of the Big State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 78 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the BSL.

The Bears scored 823 runs and allowed 711 runs. Oran Davis led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .334. Pat Scantlebury earned 24 wins on the mound for Texarkana, while Jack Bumgarner also added 15 or more wins also Pat Scantlebury registered a 3.37 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1953 Texarkana Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Floyd Speer, Pat Scantlebury and Al Gerheauser.

Chuck Hawley 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
Pat Scantlebury	24	11	.686	3.37	39	33					286.0	314	135	107	16	69
Jack Bumgarner	15	6	.714	4.07	61	7					210.0	226	125	95	9	95
Chuck Hawley	12	5	.706	4.91	27	17					132.0	149	84	72	9	81
Floyd Speer	10	12	.455	4.73	29	27					198.0	242	128	104	21	45
John Manopoli	8	11	.421	5.12	33	21					188.0	193	113	107	15	89
John Herr	4	5	.444	3.60	9	9					65.0	61	50	26	5	38
Al Gerheauser	1	5	.167	4.31	6	6					48.0	61	32	23	3	10
Tex Sanner	0	1	.000	0.00	1						3.0
Totals	74	56	.569	4.25	205	120	0	0	0	0	1130.0	1246	667	534	78	427	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
Oran Davis	137	530	530		177	45	6	9						.334	.334	.492	.826	261
Tex Sanner	130	505	505		168	33	1	20						.333	.333	.521	.853	263
Bill Ankoviak	145	514	514		158	29	3	9						.307	.307	.428	.735	220
Walt Dunkovich	139	544	544		154	32	7	9						.283	.283	.417	.700	227
Leonard Hunt	129	454	454		142	20	9	7						.313	.313	.443	.756	201
Moe Santomauro	133	510	510		137	23	2	20						.269	.269	.439	.708	224
Steve Karas	113	414	414		102	17	3	12						.246	.246	.389	.635	161
Bob Signaigo	107	324	324		91	20	0	7						.281	.281	.407	.688	132
Aureliano Patino	43	170	170		46	16	3	1						.271	.271	.418	.688	71
Pat Scantlebury	75	167	167		44	10	0	5						.263	.263	.413	.677	69
Bernard Coulter	49	159	159		30	5	0	0						.189	.189	.220	.409	35
Oscar Solorzano	34	109	109		24	3	0	1						.220	.220	.275	.495	30
Jack Bumgarner	77	111	111		21	4	1	0						.189	.189	.243	.432	27
Chuck Hawley	34	61	61		12	2	0	1						.197	.197	.279	.475	17
Gib Phillips	19	45	45		7	1	0	1						.156	.156	.244	.400	11
John Manopoli	35	62	62		7	1	0	0						.113	.113	.129	.242	8
Floyd Speer	29	72	72		4	0	0	0						.056	.056	.056	.111	4
John Herr	10	28	28		3	1	0	0						.107	.107	.143	.250	4
Totals	1438	4779	4779	0	1327	262	35	102	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.411	.689	1965	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bill Ankoviak	1B	145	1287	82	18		.987	9.441
Moe Santomauro	2B	76	207	177	14		.965	5.053
Oran Davis	3B	117	110	281	35		.918	3.342
Steve Karas	C	113	506	69	18		.970	5.088
Aureliano Patino	C	22	83	12	2		.979	4.318
Walt Dunkovich	OF	138	385	15	15		.964	2.899
Tex Sanner	OF	130	158	10	13		.928	1.292
Leonard Hunt	OF	126	212	16	4		.983	1.810
Jack Bumgarner	P	61						.000
Pat Scantlebury	P	39						.000
John Manopoli	P	33						.000
Floyd Speer	P	29						.000
Chuck Hawley	P	27						.000
John Herr	P	9						.000
Al Gerheauser	P	6						.000
Bernard Coulter	SS	47	76	152	17		.931	4.851
Bob Signaigo	SS	34	43	91	15		.899	3.941
Oscar Solorzano	SS	28	42	73	15		.885	4.107
Totals		1180	3109	978	166	0	.961	3.464

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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