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 Al Gerheauser, Pat Scantlebury and Floyd Speer.

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 Scantlebury2411.6863.373933286.03141351071669
Jack Bumgarner156.7144.07617210.022612595995
Chuck Hawley125.7064.912717132.01498472981
Floyd Speer1012.4554.732927198.02421281042145
John Manopoli811.4215.123321188.01931131071589
John Herr45.4443.609965.0615026538
Al Gerheauser15.1674.316648.0613223310
Tex Sanner01.0000.0013.0
Totals7456.5694.2520512000001130.0124666753478427000000

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 Davis1375305301774569.334.334.492.826261
Tex Sanner13050550516833120.333.333.521.853263
Bill Ankoviak1455145141582939.307.307.428.735220
Walt Dunkovich1395445441543279.283.283.417.700227
Leonard Hunt1294544541422097.313.313.443.756201
Moe Santomauro13351051013723220.269.269.439.708224
Steve Karas11341441410217312.246.246.389.635161
Bob Signaigo107324324912007.281.281.407.688132
Aureliano Patino43170170461631.271.271.418.68871
Pat Scantlebury75167167441005.263.263.413.67769
Bernard Coulter4915915930500.189.189.220.40935
Oscar Solorzano3410910924301.220.220.275.49530
Jack Bumgarner7711111121410.189.189.243.43227
Chuck Hawley34616112201.197.197.279.47517
Gib Phillips1945457101.156.156.244.40011
John Manopoli3562627100.113.113.129.2428
Floyd Speer2972724000.056.056.056.1114
John Herr1028283100.107.107.143.2504
Totals143847794779013272623510200000.278.278.411.689196500000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Bill Ankoviak1B14512878218.9879.441
Moe Santomauro2B7620717714.9655.053
Oran Davis3B11711028135.9183.342
Steve KarasC1135066918.9705.088
Aureliano PatinoC2283122.9794.318
Walt DunkovichOF1383851515.9642.899
Tex SannerOF1301581013.9281.292
Leonard HuntOF126212164.9831.810
Jack BumgarnerP61.000
Pat ScantleburyP39.000
John ManopoliP33.000
Floyd SpeerP29.000
Chuck HawleyP27.000
John HerrP9.000
Al GerheauserP6.000
Bernard CoulterSS477615217.9314.851
Bob SignaigoSS34439115.8993.941
Oscar SolorzanoSS28427315.8854.107
Totals118031099781660.9613.464

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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