1953 Lewiston Broncs Statistics

Western International League (WIL) - Class: A
Team Record: 78-55
Finished 1st in the WIL
Manager: Bill Brenner (78-55)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Lewiston, Idaho
Ballpark: Bengal Field
Attendance: 81,914, Avg. 1,232

1953 Lewiston Broncs Roster

The Lewiston Broncs of the Western International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 78 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the WIL.

The Broncs plated 806 runs and yielded 655 runs. Larry Barton drove in 64 runs. Arthur Wilson led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .311. Bill Brenner topped the squad with 22 wins, while John Marshall added 15 or more wins, too John Marshall recorded a 3.68 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Al Heist and Ken Richardson both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Bill Brenner 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
Bill Brenner	22	12	.647	4.36	47	31					283.0	336	167	137	16	64
John Marshall	21	12	.636	3.68	44	28					274.0	269	135	112	15	142
Russ Butler	12	10	.545	3.70	34	28					209.0	207	109	86	13	89
Manny Pérez	12	12	.500	4.83	32	26					177.0	200	108	95	10	69
Dean Kime	6	2	.750	3.81	17	9					78.0	82	44	33	4	42
Totals	73	48	.603	4.08	174	122	0	0	0	0	1021.0	1094	563	463	58	406	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
Arthur Wilson	134	508	508		158	34	5	6						.311	.311	.433	.744	220
Al Heist	133	488	488		140	38	17	8						.287	.287	.484	.770	236
Mel Wasley	132	516	516		140	25	1	10						.271	.271	.382	.653	197
Ken Richardson	133	458	458		138	27	0	15						.301	.301	.459	.760	210
Glen Tuckett	134	498	498		124	20	4	6						.249	.249	.341	.590	170
Larry Barton	108	409	409	66	117	20	2	6	64	1				.286	.286	.389	.675	159
Clint Cameron	106	371	371		113	27	4	8						.305	.305	.464	.768	172
Gabby Williams	80	259	259		94	22	0	8						.363	.363	.541	.903	140
Edward Garay	59	183	183		54	11	3	0						.295	.295	.388	.683	71
Bill Brenner	54	126	126		37	6	0	8						.294	.294	.532	.825	67
Dominic Cannuli	36	136	136		28	4	1	0						.206	.206	.250	.456	34
John Marshall	45	111	111		23	5	2	1						.207	.207	.315	.523	35
Russ Butler	35	81	81		16	3	0	0						.198	.198	.235	.432	19
Manny Pérez	32	57	57		10	0	0	2						.175	.175	.281	.456	16
Rich Neal	10	28	28		8	2	0	2						.286	.286	.571	.857	16
Dean Kime	17	31	31		7	0	0	1						.226	.226	.323	.548	10
Rich Bergen	18	42	42		6	1	0	0						.143	.143	.167	.310	7
George Ruddell	20	7	7		1	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Totals	1286	4309	4309	66	1214	245	39	81	64	1	0	0	0	.282	.282	.413	.695	1780	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Larry Barton	1B	108	1045	55	15		.987	1.185
Glen Tuckett	2B	134	347	417	22		.972	5.701
Ken Richardson	3B	133	120	305	33		.928	3.195
Clint Cameron	C	90	405	35	4		.991	4.889
Edward Garay	C	43	187	19	11		.949	4.791
Rich Neal	C	10	56	5	4		.938	6.100
Al Heist	OF	133	370	22	8		.980	2.947
Mel Wasley	OF	132	236	14	7		.973	1.894
Gabby Williams	OF	50	51	4	1		.982	1.100
Bill Brenner	P	47						.000
John Marshall	P	44						.000
Russ Butler	P	34						.000
Manny Pérez	P	32						.000
Dean Kime	P	17						.000
Arthur Wilson	SS	69	123	208	23		.935	4.797
Dominic Cannuli	SS	36	63	120	11		.943	5.083
Rich Bergen	SS	11	16	19	5		.875	3.182
Totals		1123	3019	1223	144	0	.967	3.777

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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