1953 Oakland Oaks Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 77-103
Finished 7th in the PCL
Manager: Augie Galan (77-103)
Location: Oakland, California
Ballpark: Oaks' Park
Attendance: 135,784, Avg. 1,509

1953 Oakland Oaks Roster

The Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1953 season with a record of 77 wins and 103 losses, finishing seventh in the PCL.

The Oaks plated 777 runs and gave up 889 runs, most in the league. Bill Howerton walloped 32 home runs for Oakland, while Sam Chapman and Jim Marshall swatted 15 or more as well. Bill Howerton drove in 106 runs. Pete Milne led all regular batters with a .323 average. Al Gettel earned 24 wins on the mound for the team, and George Bamberger added 15 or more victories also Al Gettel earned a 3.2 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1953 Oakland Oaks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ray Dandridge, James Atkins, Johnny Van Cuyk, Pete Milne, Johnny Bero, John O'Neil, Hal Gregg, Con Dempsey, George Bamberger, Lorenzo Davis, Eddie Lake, Don Ferrarese, Jesse Flores, Hank Schenz, Bill Ayers, Sam Chapman, Lloyd Hittle, Jack Salveson, Spider Jorgensen, Al Gettel, Neill Sheridan, Ernie Broglio, Bill Howerton, Milo Candini and Jim Marshall.

Augie Galan 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
Al Gettel	24	14	.632	3.20	42	38		30	5		309.0	293	125	110	20	75		141	6	0	2
George Bamberger	15	16	.484	5.00	47	35		12	4		245.0	289	146	136	22	100		111	3	1	3
James Atkins	9	15	.375	4.08	26	24		14	2		170.0	171	80	77	16	62		58	3	0	5
Jesse Flores	8	7	.533	3.78	24	18		11	4		126.3	145	66	53	10	28		29	0	0	0
Billy Joe Waters	5	11	.312	4.27	37	16		7	0		160.3	192	85	76	5	50		40	2	0	2
Don Ferrarese	4	4	.500	6.25	25	11		4	0		86.3	76	65	60	9	84		56	0	0	1
Bob Murphy	4	5	.444	4.15	21	10		3	0		82.3	83	45	38	5	45		33	1	0	4
Con Dempsey	4	10	.286	5.18	40	5		0	0		106.0	117	79	61	12	61		62	1	0	0
Ernie Broglio	2	4	.333	6.89	11	5		2	0		47.0	68	39	36	4	33		21	0	2	4
Lloyd Hittle	1	2	.333	5.76	10	3		0	0		25.0	35	16	16	4	4		3	1	0	1
Jack Salveson	1	4	.200	6.10	8	7		2	0		38.3	52	26	26	5	9		9	1	0	0
Jay Ragni	0	0		3.38	3	0		0	0		2.7	3	3	1	1	5		1	0	0	0
Hal Gregg	0	0		4.50	1	1		0	0		2.0	2	1	1	0	2		1	0	0	0
Eddie Lake	0	0		4.50	1	0		0	0		2.0	2	1	1	0	1		1	0	0	1
Johnny Van Cuyk	0	0		4.85	17	1		0	0		26.0	31	21	14	3	18		12	0	0	0
Matt Zidich	0	0		6.43	5	0		0	0		14.0	14	11	10	4	5		6	0	0	0
Milo Candini	0	0		10.61	18	0		0	0		18.7	31	28	22	5	12		8	0	0	0
Bill Ayers	0	1	.000	6.16	6	4		0	0		19.0	21	14	13	4	18		4	1	0	0
Chuck Eisenmann	0	2	.000	1.50	5	0		0	0		6.0	6	6	1	0	7		3	0	0	0
Joe Chez	0	3	.000	8.38	8	0		0	0		9.7	10	12	9	2	16		2	0	0	0
Dave Mann	0	5	.000	5.93	11	3		0	0		30.3	35	28	20	1	23		4	1	1	2
Totals	77	103	.428	4.61	366	181	0	85	15	0	1526.0	1676	897	781	132	658	0	605	20	4	25	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
Pete Milne	174	729	650	110	210	40	13	4	66	10		70	52	.323	.391	.443	.834	288	9	2	7
Lorenzo Davis	174	706	670	90	198	39	8	13	97	1		22	34	.296	.320	.436	.756	292	24	2	12
Spider Jorgensen	170	708	610	103	170	25	3	13	70	4		82	26	.279	.368	.393	.761	240	10	4	12
Sam Chapman	174	678	617	77	162	31	6	22	93	2		54	45	.263	.324	.439	.763	271	22	2	5
Jim Marshall	151	612	556	73	152	27	8	24	99	6		50	51	.273	.336	.480	.816	267	8	2	4
Lenny Neal	173	640	603	56	144	27	1	9	69	2		26	30	.239	.274	.332	.605	200	27	3	8
Bill Howerton	159	567	500	71	128	19	1	32	106	2		62	71	.256	.340	.490	.830	245	10	2	3
Johnny Bero	111	346	297	38	62	6	1	9	32	0		45	43	.209	.315	.327	.641	97	4	1	3
Eddie Lake	105	328	262	41	59	13	0	2	15	0		62	33	.225	.373	.298	.671	78	3	0	4
Ray Dandridge	63	193	178	19	48	8	1	0	11	0		9	12	.270	.305	.326	.631	58	7	0	6
John O'Neil	62	199	180	12	46	7	0	0	19	1		11	6	.256	.298	.294	.593	53	3	0	8
Art Cuitti	58	142	130	16	38	9	1	1	14	1		8	14	.292	.338	.400	.738	52	3	1	3
Hank Schenz	32	120	106	19	34	5	1	0	9	0		8	1	.321	.379	.387	.766	41	4	2	4
Al Gettel	51	134	129	14	31	4	0	1	9	0		0	11	.240	.246	.295	.541	38	6	1	4
James Atkins	36	66	60	6	13	1	0	0	2	0		4	8	.217	.266	.233	.499	14	0	0	2
George Bamberger	47	87	72	9	9	2	0	0	3	0		7	23	.125	.203	.153	.355	11	2	0	8
Jesse Flores	24	47	39	3	7	1	0	0	5	0		5	8	.179	.273	.205	.478	8	0	0	3
Billy Joe Waters	37	59	54	3	7	2	0	0	1	0		5	19	.130	.203	.167	.370	9	1	0	0
Dave Mann	22	20	18	3	4	1	0	0	2	0		1	5	.222	.263	.278	.541	5	0	0	1
Jay Ragni	17	15	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	3	0	0	0
Don Ferrarese	28	30	27	4	3	1	0	0	2	0		2	3	.111	.172	.148	.321	4	0	0	1
Bob Murphy	21	27	27	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	3	1	0	0
Tommy Munoz	20	32	28	2	3	1	0	0	2	0		3	13	.107	.194	.143	.336	4	0	0	1
Babe Fuhrman	10	13	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	1	0
Jack Salveson	8	14	12	2	2	0	0	0	3	0		2	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	2	0	0	0
Harry Bartolomei	12	21	21	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	2	.095	.095	.095	.190	2	0	0	0
Con Dempsey	40	24	24	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	5	.083	.083	.083	.167	2	1	0	0
Matt Zidich	5	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0
Bill Ayers	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Ernie Broglio	11	17	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.062	.062	.062	.125	1	0	0	1
Joe Chez	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Milo Candini	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Neill Sheridan	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Johnny Van Cuyk	17	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	.000	.600	.000	.600	0	0	0	0
Lloyd Hittle	10	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		2	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	0	0	0
Chuck Eisenmann	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1.000			0	0	1	0
Totals	2061	6603	5936	777	1545	270	44	130	736	29	0	543	540	.260	.325	.386	.711	2293	145	24	100	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Jim Marshall	1B	150	1241	120	11	120	.992	9.073
Lorenzo Davis	1B	29	206	18	3	17	.987	7.724
Tommy Munoz	1B	6	36	1	0	6	1.000	6.167
Lorenzo Davis	2B	105	224	275	12	60	.977	4.752
Eddie Lake	2B	34	69	72	6	19	.959	4.147
Babe Fuhrman	2B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Spider Jorgensen	3B	168	202	369	30	33	.950	3.399
Eddie Lake	3B	3	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.333
Lorenzo Davis	3B	3	4	2	1	1	.857	2.000
Babe Fuhrman	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Lenny Neal	C	173	644	62	7	9	.990	4.081	6		24	100.0
Art Cuitti	C	11	24	2	1	0	.963	2.364	0		0
Harry Bartolomei	C	9	14	2	0	0	1.000	1.778	0		0
Pete Milne	OF	174	418	16	12	3	.973	2.494
Sam Chapman	OF	172	513	25	11	2	.980	3.128
Bill Howerton	OF	149	254	7	5	2	.981	1.752
Lorenzo Davis	OF	43	64	4	2	1	.971	1.581
Art Cuitti	OF	28	49	4	0	1	1.000	1.893
Eddie Lake	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Al Gettel	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dave Mann	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
George Bamberger	P	47	15	33	1	2	.980	1.021
Al Gettel	P	42	21	43	4	1	.941	1.524
Con Dempsey	P	40	5	18	2	1	.920	.575
Billy Joe Waters	P	37						.000
James Atkins	P	26	10	33	2	3	.956	1.654
Don Ferrarese	P	25	7	7	2	2	.875	.560
Jesse Flores	P	24						.000
Bob Murphy	P	21	7	14	0	3	1.000	1.000
Milo Candini	P	18						.000
Johnny Van Cuyk	P	17	0	5	3	0	.625	.294
Dave Mann	P	11	4	10	1	0	.933	1.273
Ernie Broglio	P	11	1	7	0	0	1.000	.727
Lloyd Hittle	P	10						.000
Jack Salveson	P	8						.000
Joe Chez	P	8	0	5	0	1	1.000	.625
Bill Ayers	P	6	2	4	2	0	.750	1.000
Matt Zidich	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Chuck Eisenmann	P	5						.000
Jay Ragni	P	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Eddie Lake	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Hal Gregg	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Johnny Bero	SS	106	172	232	21	55	.951	3.811
Eddie Lake	SS	46	83	79	9	19	.947	3.522
Totals		1782	4301	1474	148	361	.975	3.241	6	0	24	100.0

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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