1953 Idaho Falls Russets Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 68-64
Finished 5th in the PL
Manager: Svend Jessen (68-64)
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Highland Park
Attendance: 52,083, Avg. 789

1953 Idaho Falls Russets Roster

The Idaho Falls Russets of the Pioneer League ended the 1953 season with a record of 68 wins and 64 losses, finishing fifth in the PL.

The Russets scored 743 runs and allowed 722 runs. Pete Estrada led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .314 clip. Reno Barbisan topped Idaho Falls with 17 wins, while Earl Escalante also added 15 or more wins also Reno Barbisan and Earl Escalante recorded a 3.86 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Cuno Barragan and John Briggs both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Svend Jessen 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
Reno Barbisan	17	12	.586	3.86	40	29					238.0	271	132	102	9	74
Earl Escalante	16	12	.571	3.86	39	32					266.0	269	144	114	12	91
John Briggs	10	8	.556	4.58	34	21					177.0	179	107	90	10	115
Del Bandy	10	9	.526	4.24	32	16					163.3	188	94	77	12	52
Gene Johnson	9	12	.429	5.07	30	21					151.0	162	111	85	4	121
Glenn Lierman	3	7	.300	5.84	13	10					61.7	76	49	40	9	27
Joel Whitlock	2	1	.667	6.27	13	0					47.3	54	38	33	4	54
Totals	67	61	.523	4.41	201	129	0	0	0	0	1104.3	1199	675	541	60	534	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
John Hack	129	507	507		156	23	0	7						.308	.308	.394	.702	200
Pete Estrada	116	477	477		150	28	6	5						.314	.314	.430	.744	205
Joe Borich	126	466	466		146	29	3	5						.313	.313	.421	.734	196
Les Corcoran	129	507	507		140	15	4	0						.276	.276	.321	.598	163
Svend Jessen	119	418	418		131	31	4	11						.313	.313	.486	.799	203
Phil Staehle	122	463	463		122	13	13	4						.263	.263	.374	.637	173
Ernie Sierra	101	367	367		98	6	8	0						.267	.267	.327	.594	120
Cuno Barragan	67	182	182		49	8	1	0						.269	.269	.324	.593	59
Vincent Sganga	39	125	125		27	3	1	1						.216	.216	.280	.496	35
Al Anicich	39	131	131		27	6	0	2						.206	.206	.298	.504	39
Ronald Smith	45	119	119		26	2	0	1						.218	.218	.261	.479	31
Reno Barbisan	40	89	89		24	2	0	0						.270	.270	.292	.562	26
Lawrence Nenna	36	102	102		23	4	0	1						.225	.225	.294	.520	30
Curt Schmidt	24	68	68		19	4	0	1						.279	.279	.382	.662	26
Stan Stewart	20	68	68		17	1	0	0						.250	.250	.265	.515	18
Earl Escalante	41	96	96		14	1	0	2						.146	.146	.219	.365	21
John Briggs	37	65	65		11	2	0	0						.169	.169	.200	.369	13
Del Bandy	40	62	62		10	1	1	0						.161	.161	.210	.371	13
Arch Nebron	15	46	46		8	0	0	0						.174	.174	.174	.348	8
Gene Johnson	30	54	54		7	1	1	0						.130	.130	.185	.315	10
Glenn Lierman	14	22	22		6	1	0	0						.273	.273	.318	.591	7
James Landis	10	19	19		3	0	1	0						.158	.158	.263	.421	5
Joel Whitlock	16	17	17		1	1	0	0						.059	.059	.118	.176	2
Totals	1355	4470	4470	0	1215	182	43	40	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.272	.359	.630	1603	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Reno Barbisan	P	40					.000
Earl Escalante	P	39					.000
John Briggs	P	34					.000
Del Bandy	P	32					.000
Gene Johnson	P	30					.000
Joel Whitlock	P	13					.000
Glenn Lierman	P	13					.000
Totals		201	0	0	0	0	.000

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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