1953 Texas League Batting Leaders

1952 Season 1954 Season

Classification: AA

Overall: 620 games, 8 teams, approx. 155 games in season

Attendance: 2,186,733 (3,526/game)

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Joe Frazier	30	OKC	AA		152	654	548	109	182	55	2	22	113	2	1	105	39	.332	.440	.560	1.001	307	1	0
2	Buster Clarkson	38	DAL	AA		137	553	445	91	147	32	1	18	87	11	5	100	51	.330	.459	.528	.987	235	6	2
3	Harry Elliott	29	HSN	AA	STL	115	497	439	64	144	31	2	8	63	11	4	43	13	.328	.396	.462	.858	203	6	9
4	Les Fleming*	37	BMT	AA		142	613	483	91	153	30	1	25	97	1	5	128	38	.317	.461	.538	.999	260	1	1
5	Gale Wade	24	FTW	AA	BRO	113	457	414	69	130	22	5	6	31	31	3	28	43	.314	.368	.435	.802	180	7	8
6	Chuck Harmon	29	TUL	AA	CIN	143	615	566	86	176	24	11	14	83	25	5	36	41	.311	.353	.466	.820	264	1	12
7	Willard Brown	38	DAL	AA		138	561	522	91	162	36	2	23	108	3	2	35	52	.310	.357	.519	.876	271	3	1
8	George Lerchen	30	TUL	AA	CIN	80	325	275	50	85	25	6	3	39	3	2	47	37	.309	.414	.476	.890	131	2	1
9	Vic Marasco?	24	FTW	AA	BRO	141	596	546	70	167	23	1	14	89	7	4	31	37	.306	.347	.429	.775	234	3	16
10	Eddie Phillips	22	HSN	AA	STL	110	466	409	54	125	21	4	9	35	5	3	53	47	.306	.388	.443	.830	181	2	2
11	Nino Escalera*	23	TUL	AA	CIN	133	617	532	95	162	22	19	6	47	17	6	72	35	.305	.389	.451	.841	240	2	11
12	Chico García	28	SHV	AA		155	705	601	82	183	34	4	2	51	8	9	88	23	.305	.394	.384	.779	231	1	15
13	Earle Brucker	27	BMT	AA		111	392	332	44	101	27	0	11	57	0	2	52	34	.304	.406	.485	.891	161	5	3
14	Larry Ciaffone	28	HSN	AA	STL	141	568	513	55	156	33	1	5	66	0	6	38	16	.304	.359	.402	.761	206	6	11
15	Eddie Knoblauch*	37	DAL	AA		154	699	592	98	180	23	7	0	44	6	5	102	47	.304	.410	.367	.776	217	4	1
16	Danny Ozark	29	FTW	AA	BRO	134	568	494	90	148	25	2	23	89	11	3	64	65	.300	.385	.498	.883	246	5	5
17	Bud Hutson	27	TUL	AA	CIN	119	443	373	65	111	19	4	13	69	4	2	59	70	.298	.403	.475	.878	177	7	4
18	Ed Mickelson	26	SAN	AA	SLB	119	519	453	60	134	23	8	7	61	1	1	57	60	.296	.376	.428	.804	194	1	8
19	Billy Costa?	33	BMT	AA		141	625	536	73	157	21	5	1	64	5	5	82	35	.293	.388	.356	.744	191	1	6
20	Jim Fridley	28	SAN	AA	SLB	155	666	580	89	170	31	6	26	96	2	0	83	92	.293	.384	.502	.885	291	2	1
21	Frank Tornay?	26	DAL	AA		129	512	445	55	130	37	2	6	51	4	4	52	51	.292	.373	.425	.797	189	5	10
22	Pat Tomkinson?	27	OKC	AA		72	236	214	26	62	11	1	3	20	0	0	17	32	.290	.345	.393	.737	84	1	4
23	Frank Kellert	28	OKC	AA		134	560	477	87	138	28	2	23	90	1	3	77	36	.289	.390	.501	.891	239	2	4
24	Mickey Rutner	34	OKC	AA		46	190	164	24	47	12	2	1	18	1	0	22	14	.287	.374	.402	.777	66	1	3
25	Larry Miggins	27	HSN	AA	STL	42	179	162	23	46	11	1	7	27	0	0	16	24	.284	.352	.494	.846	80	1	0
26	Dick Rand	22	HSN	AA	STL	114	427	373	37	106	23	1	4	46	2	0	53	67	.284	.373	.383	.757	143	0	1
27	Calvin Felix	27	FTW	AA	BRO	99	383	336	49	95	18	3	7	48	3	5	40	44	.283	.364	.417	.781	140	3	4
28	Joe Damato	31	OKC	AA		153	618	560	72	158	25	4	17	79	8	3	48	84	.282	.340	.432	.772	242	1	9
29	Spook Jacobs	27	FTW	AA	BRO	154	714	645	102	182	23	5	0	40	28	15	58	37	.282	.342	.333	.676	215	1	10
30	Ziggy Jasinski	27	TUL	AA	CIN	62	234	216	21	61	11	1	0	19	1	1	13	24	.282	.323	.343	.666	74	0	5
31	Bob Prentice	24	TUL	AA	CIN	147	627	546	92	154	23	5	24	78	7	2	73	71	.282	.367	.474	.841	259	0	8
32	Donald Spencer	25	HSN	AA	STL	68	281	246	34	69	11	1	9	25	2	5	28	29	.281	.356	.443	.800	109	1	6
33	James Ackeret	28	SHV	AA		156	632	546	73	153	23	2	8	63	9	2	77	53	.280	.375	.374	.749	204	6	3
34	Ben Taylor*	25	DAL	AA		133	536	476	69	132	30	3	16	70	2	2	55	68	.277	.356	.454	.810	216	3	2
35	Bobby Balcena*	27	SAN	AA	SLB	151	683	595	101	163	24	7	21	58	2	7	75	86	.274	.360	.444	.804	264	5	8
36	Rusty Burns	35	OKC	AA		153	651	562	87	154	34	2	29	124	1	1	84	67	.274	.371	.496	.868	279	3	2
37	Charlie White	25	SAN	AA	SLB	108	411	358	30	98	23	1	4	46	5	3	51	35	.274	.366	.377	.743	135	1	1
38	Jodie Beeler	32	DAL	AA		129	410	378	42	103	22	3	7	65	3	1	29	45	.273	.324	.402	.726	152	0	3
39	Joe Szekely	28	SHV	AA		151	631	531	77	145	20	2	20	83	9	7	90	60	.273	.384	.431	.816	229	6	4
40	Bob Hazle	22	TUL	AA	CIN	57	217	191	26	52	15	3	3	24	1	0	20	25	.272	.347	.429	.777	82	2	4
41	Wilcy Moore	23	DAL	AA		147	610	543	60	147	27	8	6	69	7	2	45	49	.271	.332	.383	.715	208	5	17
42	Michael Lutz	25	TUL	AA	CIN	89	343	293	49	79	17	0	11	68	3	2	44	49	.270	.372	.440	.813	129	4	2
43	Jim Baxes	24	FTW	AA	BRO	152	633	551	76	148	22	2	30	107	1	5	73	103	.269	.358	.479	.837	264	4	5
44	Bud Heslet	33	SHV	AA		150	614	543	79	146	30	0	41	100	0	4	68	95	.269	.350	.551	.901	299	0	3
45	J.W. Jones	23	SHV	AA		128	438	388	42	104	18	1	5	47	1	3	41	17	.268	.341	.358	.699	139	2	7
46	Phil Masi	37	DAL	AA		106	360	299	47	80	22	1	6	35	4	3	57	34	.268	.388	.408	.796	122	2	2
47	Robert Caffery	23	SAN	AA	SLB	152	652	556	72	148	20	9	5	68	8	1	82	52	.266	.367	.362	.728	201	6	8
48	Harry Schwegman	25	SAN	AA	SLB	151	710	601	83	160	25	6	4	55	9	7	88	23	.266	.361	.348	.709	209	1	20
49	Ed Barr	32	TUL	AA	CIN	134	502	411	72	108	22	5	12	75	16	5	73	87	.263	.387	.428	.815	176	10	8
50	Mel McGaha	26	SHV	AA		114	406	372	63	97	16	1	10	66	4	1	29	28	.261	.318	.390	.707	145	2	3
51	Fred McAlister	25	HSN	AA	STL	63	247	220	20	57	13	0	5	33	0	1	23	25	.259	.335	.386	.721	85	2	2
52	Al Cihocki	29	SAN	AA	SLB	68	297	283	28	73	13	2	3	32	3	3	10	29	.258	.286	.350	.636	99	1	3
53	Howie Phillips?	23	HSN	AA	STL	155	710	596	90	153	33	2	6	51	8	5	107	54	.257	.372	.349	.721	208	2	5
54	Harry Scherting*	26	FTW	AA	BRO	99	353	327	42	83	22	3	6	45	2	3	21	54	.254	.299	.395	.693	129	0	5
55	Fred Marolewski	24	HSN	AA	STL	123	498	447	61	113	22	4	23	65	1	6	47	104	.253	.325	.474	.800	212	1	3
56	Fred Taylor	28	BMT	AA		138	558	485	85	122	19	2	22	80	8	4	60	47	.252	.338	.435	.773	211	3	10
57	Roy Broome	32	HSN	AA	STL	71	263	232	23	58	14	1	3	27	2	3	25	28	.250	.326	.358	.683	83	1	5
58	Allan Cross	29	OKC	AA		107	313	272	48	68	12	0	3	25	4	0	32	26	.250	.331	.327	.658	89	1	8
59	Milt Joffe	26	BMT	AA		140	544	453	61	113	23	5	11	50	7	4	76	77	.249	.360	.395	.755	179	2	13
60	John Jones*	25	SHV	AA		130	460	401	56	100	16	8	2	37	9	9	48	31	.249	.331	.344	.675	138	1	10
61	Thomas Lind	26	OKC	AA		153	595	533	48	132	26	5	8	64	5	0	47	96	.248	.310	.360	.670	192	1	14
62	Al Ronning	26	FTW	AA	BRO	109	397	347	38	86	13	0	3	41	3	2	48	26	.248	.339	.311	.650	108	0	2
63	Vern Benson	28	HSN	AA	STL	58	242	194	32	48	7	2	7	22	0	6	39	23	.247	.376	.412	.789	80	1	8
64	Charlie Ray?	33	BMT	AA		56	236	208	28	51	10	0	3	20	1	2	24	18	.245	.323	.337	.660	70	0	4
65	Vann Harrington?	35	HSN	AA	STL	81	196	172	24	42	10	1	0	14	3	1	19	5	.244	.326	.314	.640	54	2	3
66	Tommy Tatum	33	OKC	AA		96	357	312	48	76	15	1	5	27	10	1	40	20	.244	.330	.346	.676	108	0	5
67	Ed Bailey	22	TUL	AA	CIN	147	572	485	62	118	26	4	21	88	0	3	77	104	.243	.352	.443	.795	215	4	6
68	Ray Hamrick	31	BMT	AA		142	559	505	47	121	16	2	3	56	10	2	46	52	.240	.308	.297	.605	150	4	4
69	Al Stringer	29	DAL	AA		141	607	521	76	125	18	4	5	73	0	1	54	58	.240	.315	.319	.634	166	3	29
70	Jack Maupin?	31	BMT	AA		137	564	477	82	114	16	0	7	46	14	6	73	65	.239	.347	.317	.664	151	6	8
71	John Grice	29	BMT	AA		78	288	240	26	57	9	0	0	14	3	4	38	30	.238	.344	.275	.619	66	1	9
72	Frank Mancuso	35	HSN	AA	STL	63	187	166	8	39	8	0	2	13	0	0	19	23	.235	.314	.319	.633	53	0	2
73	Rocco Ippolito	24	SAN	AA	SLB	147	621	509	85	119	22	2	25	84	13	4	107	91	.234	.370	.432	.802	220	3	2
74	Les Layton	31	SHV	AA		141	579	507	69	118	18	1	22	69	6	5	66	64	.233	.322	.402	.725	204	1	5
75	Salvatore Zunno*	26	OKC	AA		126	353	274	54	63	4	4	1	18	6	6	75	52	.230	.395	.285	.680	78	0	4
76	Joseph Torpey?	25	TUL	AA	CIN	132	509	445	38	101	15	0	0	43	1	4	60	33	.227	.319	.261	.580	116	0	4
77	Ken Staples	26	FTW	AA	BRO	64	208	160	29	36	7	1	7	22	0	0	44	35	.225	.392	.413	.805	66	0	4
78	Russ Rose	25	FTW	AA	BRO	155	669	593	68	131	27	1	1	44	9	6	62	27	.221	.298	.275	.573	163	3	11
79	Charlie Hopkins?	26	SAN	AA	SLB	95	331	297	31	65	13	1	4	33	1	0	32	62	.219	.299	.310	.609	92	2	0
80	Jack Conway	34	SHV	AA		54	193	166	23	35	6	1	4	15	1	2	26	31	.211	.318	.331	.649	55	0	1
81	Bob Bareford	28	DAL	AA		82	255	220	19	46	11	1	1	26	0	0	31	33	.209	.307	.282	.589	62	0	4
82	Joe Koppe	22	SHV	AA		126	509	402	65	78	10	0	3	30	9	9	95	71	.194	.349	.241	.591	97	1	11
83	Bud Thomas	24	SAN	AA	SLB	77	243	233	17	45	6	1	1	12	1	1	6	37	.193	.213	.240	.454	56	0	4
84	George Kress?	27	SAN	AA	SLB	68	173	158	22	28	8	0	4	20	0	1	14	31	.177	.249	.304	.552	48	1	0
85	Ronald Curnan?	27	BMT	AA		82	200	187	11	32	3	1	1	18	1	2	11	16	.171	.217	.214	.431	40	0	2