1947 El Centro Imperials Statistics

Sunset League (SL) - Class: C
Team Record: 53-86
Finished 6th in the SL
Manager: Bob Boken (0-0), Ray Viers (0-0)
Location: El Centro, California
Ballpark: Stark Field
Attendance: 45,429, Avg. 654

1947 El Centro Imperials Roster

The El Centro Imperials of the Sunset League ended the 1947 season with a record of 53 wins and 86 losses, finishing sixth in the SL.

The Imperials scored 874 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 1080 runs. Ray Viers led El Centro with 20 home runs Gale Bishop drove in 108 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .365 clip. Nate Moreland paced the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 4.33 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bob Boken and Nate Moreland both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Bob Boken and Ray Viers 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
Nate Moreland	20	12	.625	4.33	42			19	1		241.0	267	161	116		68		154	7		8
Richard Smith	6	12	.333	5.84	31			9	0		171.0	223	142	111		98		80	8		5
Paul McMahan	5	5	.500	5.66	18			4	0		89.0	109	69	56		45		61	0		5
Ramon Palacio	4	6	.400	3.38	13			5	0		80.0	94	55	30		40		53	2		1
Glenn Thompson	3	9	.250	6.41	19			3	1		94.0	87	81	67		87		119	6		14
Carlos Padilla	1	1	.500	0.00	3			0	0		17.0	21	13			14		6
Ray Viers	1	1	.500	0.00	10			1	0		38.0	74	62			25		12
Jim Rusich	1	3	.250	0.00	7			1	0		25.0	39	30			16		13
Alejandro Garciglia	1	8	.111	6.92	16			6	0		78.0	105	77	60		32		52	2		1
Wayland Ashcraft	0	0			1			0	0		0.0	1	1			3		0
Chuck Gowett					22						0.0
Peter Castro					15						0.0
Frank Froggatte	0	0			1			0	0		0.0	0	1			2		0
William Skeber	0	0		0.00	2			0	0		4.0	6	5			5		3
Vincent Bianchini	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		2.0					0		1
Donald Brammer	0	0		0.00	3			0	0		12.0							8
Gale Bishop	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		0.7	3	3			1		1
Jim Neeley	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		1.0	2	2			1		1
John Constantino	0	1	.000	0.00	2			0	0		4.0	9	10			4		0
Paul Wastchak	0	1	.000	0.00	6			0	0		15.0	31	21			11		8
Jerry Folkman	0	1	.000	0.00	8			0	0		25.0	48	43			13		14
Robert White	0	2	.000	0.00	2			0	0		2.0	5	10			6		2
Bob Boken	0	3	.000	0.00	5			0	0		7.0	13	15			8		6
Lonnie Simmons	0	3	.000	0.00	4			0	0		19.0	31	18			9		4
Ralph Samaha	0	3	.000	0.00	7			1	0		29.0	42	35			16		9
Ben Lorino	0	4	.000	0.00	5			2	0		17.0	24	27			13		13
Totals	42	75	.359	4.08	245	0	0	51	2	0	970.7	1234	881	440	0	517	0	620	25	0	34	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
Robert Jaderlund	133	627	548	126	178	30	12	7	58	13		74	65	.325	.407	.462	.869	253		2	3
Dale Leedy	130	567	506	102	167	26	16	10	99	10		51	72	.330	.401	.504	.905	255		9	1
Gale Bishop	104	450	411	73	150	19	8	10	108	10		36	44	.365	.417	.523	.941	215		1	2
Jerry Folkman	125	534	448	87	127	14	4	7	60	6		82	67	.283	.395	.379	.775	170		1	3
Ray Viers	98	353	317	63	104	11	2	20	72	0		35	55	.328	.395	.565	.960	179		0	1
William Jackson	83	379	344	56	96	8	1	2	35	0		30	52	.279	.337	.326	.662	112		0	5
Don Grigg	106	413	384	31	96	14	0	2	51	0		28	53	.250	.301	.302	.603	116		0	1
Wayland Ashcraft	84	287	271	44	82	17	3	8	43	4		8	57	.303	.335	.476	.811	129		5	3
Manuel Fuentes	96	402	338	58	79	11	5	11	60	0		58	69	.234	.354	.393	.748	133		5	1
Walter Ransom	81	337	291	43	61	9	3	6	29	5		40	58	.210	.311	.323	.634	94		3	3
Bob Boken	23	87	83	11	30	4	2	3	21	1		4	3	.361	.391	.566	.957	47		0	0
Nate Moreland	50	122	105	15	26	7	1	1	20	0		16	19	.248	.347	.362	.709	38		0	1
Bill Alhouse	24	114	80	22	18	4	1	3	12	3		32	23	.225	.451	.412	.864	33		1	1
Charles Clayton	22	98	76	15	17	3	0	0	6	0		13	14	.224	.366	.263	.629	20		4	5
William Skeber	31	129	92	22	17	5	0	0	10	2		32	26	.185	.400	.239	.639	22		1	4
Carlos Padilla	17	60	53	12	16	2	0	0	5	2		6	14	.302	.373	.340	.713	18		0	1
Richard Smith	33	74	69	6	16	1	0	0	4	0		4	21	.232	.274	.246	.520	17		0	1
Paul McMahan	20	43	39	5	13	1	0	0	4	1		3	6	.333	.381	.359	.740	14		0	1
Donald Brammer	12	47	36	9	12	5	0	0	7	1		8	5	.333	.489	.472	.962	17		3	0
Billy Garrison	8	30	30	10	10	0	1	1	5	0				.333	.333	.500	.833	15
Byron Fleischmann	9	33	33	6	10	3	0	0	6	0				.303	.303	.394	.697	13
Glenn Thompson	19	38	37	6	10	4	0	1	3	0		0	18	.270	.270	.459	.730	17		0	1
Dick Stoeffler	7	21	21	6	9	1	1	0	5	0				.429	.429	.571	1.000	12
Vincent Bianchini	10	32	29	5	9	1	0	0	7	0		1	4	.310	.333	.345	.678	10		0	2
Luis Villanueva	13	39	32	7	9	0	0	0	4	0		7	4	.281	.410	.281	.692	9		0	0
Frank Froggatte	16	43	34	5	6	2	1	0	4	0		7	11	.176	.317	.294	.611	10		0	2
Otis Hunt	9	15	15	3	5	0	1	0	2	2				.333	.333	.467	.800	7
Alejandro Garciglia	16	29	26	1	5	0	0	0	3	0		2	4	.192	.250	.192	.442	5		0	1
Daris Farley	4	17	17	3	4	0	1	0	2					.235	.235	.353	.588	6
Ramon Palacio	13	33	26	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		7	8	.154	.333	.154	.487	4		0	0
Ralph Samaha	14	31	27	4	4	1	0	0	2	0		1	6	.148	.207	.185	.392	5		1	2
Ben Lorino	5	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0					.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Jim Rusich	7	8	8	3	1	0	0	0	0					.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Lonnie Simmons	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0					.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Constantino	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0					.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Paul Wastchak	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0					.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1435	5507	4841	860	1392	203	63	92	748	60	0	585	778	.288	.369	.413	.781	1997	0	36	45	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
William Jackson	1B	83	628	23	10	54	.985	7.843
Charles Clayton	1B	22	179	11	5	14	.974	8.636
Wayland Ashcraft	1B	18	123	2	6	10	.954	6.944
Ray Viers	2B	70	170	152	17	44	.950	4.600
Bill Alhouse	2B	24	54	62	11	10	.913	4.833
William Skeber	2B	18	44	32	2	10	.974	4.222
Manuel Fuentes	2B	15	20	22	6	5	.875	2.800
Walter Ransom	2B	14	28	26	8	8	.871	3.857
Bob Boken	2B	11	32	27	3	7	.952	5.364
Jerry Folkman	3B	122	153	229	42	28	.901	3.131
Don Grigg	C	99	594	62	28	4	.959	6.626	8
Wayland Ashcraft	C	31	147	12	13	3	.924	5.129	4
Luis Villanueva	C	12	40	3	3	0	.935	3.583	3
Frank Froggatte	C	11	42	7	2	0	.961	4.455	1
Robert Jaderlund	OF	133	379	18	10	3	.975	2.985
Dale Leedy	OF	125	155	12	26	0	.865	1.336
Gale Bishop	OF	99	167	11	12	0	.937	1.798
Wayland Ashcraft	OF	29	35	1	1	0	.973	1.241
Carlos Padilla	OF	14	17	3	1	1	.952	1.429
Nate Moreland	P	42	4	60	6	2	.914	1.524
Richard Smith	P	31	6	28	2	1	.944	1.097
Chuck Gowett	P	22						.000
Glenn Thompson	P	19	3	20	3	1	.885	1.211
Paul McMahan	P	18	1	12	1	1	.929	.722
Alejandro Garciglia	P	16	2	11	1	1	.929	.812
Peter Castro	P	15						.000
Ramon Palacio	P	13	8	15	4	0	.852	1.769
Ray Viers	P	10	1	8	1	1	.900	.900
Jerry Folkman	P	8						.000
Ralph Samaha	P	7						.000
Jim Rusich	P	7						.000
Paul Wastchak	P	6						.000
Ben Lorino	P	5						.000
Bob Boken	P	5						.000
Lonnie Simmons	P	4						.000
Carlos Padilla	P	3						.000
Donald Brammer	P	3						.000
Robert White	P	2						.000
William Skeber	P	2						.000
John Constantino	P	2						.000
Jim Neeley	P	1						.000
Frank Froggatte	P	1						.000
Gale Bishop	P	1						.000
Vincent Bianchini	P	1						.000
Wayland Ashcraft	P	1						.000
Manuel Fuentes	SS	80	110	217	44	37	.881	4.088
Walter Ransom	SS	59	86	129	36	21	.857	3.644
Totals		1334	3228	1215	304	266	.936	3.331	16	0	0

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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