1953 Temple Eagles Statistics

Big State League (BSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 72-73
Finished 5th in the BSL
Manager: Salty Parker (0-0), Lon Goldstein (0-0)
Location: Temple, Texas
Ballpark: American Legion Park
Attendance: 66,341, Avg. 915

1953 Temple Eagles Roster

The Temple Eagles of the Big State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 72 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the BSL.

The Eagles scored 581 runs and yielded 636 runs. Al Hunt topped hitters with significant playing time with a .306 average. Jesse Priest and Chris Nicolosi led Temple with 15 wins each, while Chris Nicolosi registered a 2.75 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Tommy Warren and Lon Goldstein both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Salty Parker and Lon Goldstein 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
Jesse Priest	15	8	.652	2.92	33	25					213.0	193	83	69	13	48
Chris Nicolosi	15	11	.577	2.75	45	24					236.0	203	87	72	15	95
Len Pillar	9	9	.500	3.51	30	21					187.0	185	88	73	17	63
Fred Smith	6	5	.545	3.84	18	11					89.0	93	42	38	1	34
Tommy Warren	4	3	.571	3.10	16	2					61.0	55	27	21	3	10
Herbert Dwire	3	8	.273	4.40	21	12					92.0	94	58	45	8	60
Mike Rainey	2	5	.286	8.06	13	4					48.0	64	51	43	8	21
Totals	54	49	.524	3.51	176	99	0	0	0	0	926.0	887	436	361	65	331	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
Al Hunt	145	602	602		184	29	4	2						.306	.306	.377	.683	227
Ted Browning	145	597	597		176	27	10	5						.295	.295	.399	.693	238
Jack Wilkinson	144	577	577		160	26	3	5						.277	.277	.359	.636	207
Lon Goldstein	117	446	446		124	25	0	4						.278	.278	.361	.639	161
Gerald Kaires	115	424	424		87	16	6	3						.205	.205	.292	.498	124
Charlie Tuttle	62	231	231		62	10	0	11						.268	.268	.455	.723	105
Billy DeLoach	57	195	195		57	6	3	1						.292	.292	.369	.662	72
Teddy Tate	65	222	222		46	7	0	0						.207	.207	.239	.446	53
Emil Schroeder	53	166	166		43	9	0	2						.259	.259	.349	.608	58
Tommy Warren	42	108	108		24	4	1	2						.222	.222	.333	.556	36
Gordon Tanner	61	145	145		24	5	1	1						.166	.166	.234	.400	34
Len Pillar	55	104	104		23	5	0	5						.221	.221	.413	.635	43
Bill Turk	23	84	84		22	4	0	0						.262	.262	.310	.571	26
John Harrington	23	84	84		20	4	1	0						.238	.238	.310	.548	26
Bill McClain	22	76	76		19	5	0	0						.250	.250	.316	.566	24
Chris Nicolosi	52	84	84		19	3	0	0						.226	.226	.262	.488	22
Jim Ackers	22	80	80		18	6	1	1						.225	.225	.362	.588	29
Jesse Priest	39	82	82		17	3	0	0						.207	.207	.244	.451	20
Robert Adcock	15	43	43		12	2	1	1						.279	.279	.442	.721	19
Kenny Jones	26	59	59		9	1	0	0						.153	.153	.169	.322	10
Fred Smith	19	35	35		7	1	0	0						.200	.200	.229	.429	8
Lester White	19	38	38		7	2	0	2						.184	.184	.395	.579	15
Mike Rainey	15	17	17		3	0	0	0						.176	.176	.176	.353	3
Herbert Dwire	21	27	27		3	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	3
M. O. Lagrone	11	20	20		1	0	0	0						.050	.050	.050	.100	1
Jerry Morris	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Max Newcom	17	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1463	4834	4834	0	1233	214	36	53	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.255	.347	.602	1678	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Lon Goldstein	1B	117	1283	70	12		.991	11.564
Al Hunt	2B	79	211	196	10		.976	5.152
Gerald Kaires	2B	65	167	154	9		.973	4.938
Bill Turk	3B	23	32	47	3		.963	3.435
John Harrington	3B	15	22	42	6		.914	4.267
Teddy Tate	C	65	372	40	4		.990	6.338
Gordon Tanner	C	60	200	20	5		.978	3.667
M. O. Lagrone	C	11	19	6	0		1.000	2.273
Ted Browning	OF	145	436	6	5		.989	3.048
Charlie Tuttle	OF	59	121	5	6		.955	2.136
Billy DeLoach	OF	49	99	3	0		1.000	2.082
Emil Schroeder	OF	32	48	1	2		.961	1.531
Tommy Warren	OF	23	30	2	1		.970	1.391
Jim Ackers	OF	22	49	2	1		.981	2.318
Bill McClain	OF	20	21	4	0		1.000	1.250
Lester White	OF	17	38	2	1		.976	2.353
Robert Adcock	OF	14	23	2	0		1.000	1.786
Chris Nicolosi	P	45						.000
Jesse Priest	P	33						.000
Len Pillar	P	30						.000
Herbert Dwire	P	21						.000
Fred Smith	P	18						.000
Mike Rainey	P	13						.000
Jack Wilkinson	SS	81	140	258	23		.945	4.914
Totals		1110	3386	871	89	0	.980	3.835

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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