1953 Portland Beavers Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 92-88
Finished 4th in the PCL
Manager: Clay Hopper (92-88)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Ballpark: Vaughn Street Park
Attendance: 236,762, Avg. 2,631

1953 Portland Beavers Roster

The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1953 season with a record of 92 wins and 88 losses, finishing fourth in the PCL.

The Beavers scored 703 runs and allowed 712 runs. Hank Arft led Portland with 21 home runs and recorded 64 runs batted in. Frankie Austin paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .280. Royce Lint topped the squad with 22 wins, while Jay Heard as well added 15 or more victories as well Glenn Elliott recorded a 3.02 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Willie Ramsdell, Frankie Austin, Bill Fleming, Don Kolloway, Hank Arft, Jay Heard, Roy Welmaker, Herman Reich, Glenn Elliott, Eddie Basinski, Dino Restelli, Jim Russell, Lyman Linde, Jim Gladd, Royce Lint, Aaron Robinson, Red Adams, Bob Marquis and Fred Sanford were all players from the 1953 Portland Beavers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Clay Hopper 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
Royce Lint	22	10	.688	3.10	46	27		15	1		249.3	242	104	86	11	67		100	6	0	11
Jay Heard	16	12	.571	3.19	40	30		12	0		226.0	203	97	80	17	92		85	7	2	5
Lyman Linde	13	10	.565	3.36	36	27		12	2		203.3	203	83	76	16	64		66	3	1	2
Glenn Elliott	12	14	.462	3.02	38	33		13	4		226.7	215	81	76	16	45		112	1	0	5
Red Adams	9	10	.474	4.38	37	23		8	2		176.7	176	92	86	14	63		82	1	0	4
Fred Sanford	7	11	.389	3.93	27	23		5	1		135.0	146	62	59	10	59		53	2	0	2
Dick Waibel	6	8	.429	3.95	47	4		2	0		123.0	137	73	54	12	24		36	0	0	3
Larry Ward	5	11	.312	3.90	40	12		5	0		140.7	129	65	61	6	55		64	2	0	2
Bill Fleming	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0		0	0		5.0	4	0	0	0	3		2	0	0	0
Roy Welmaker	1	2	.333	4.66	25	0		0	0		63.7	76	44	33	6	21		36	0	0	3
Willie Ramsdell	0	0		7.15	5	0		0	0		11.3	16	10	9	0	4		2	2	0	0
Totals	92	88	.511	3.58	343	179	0	72	10	0	1560.7	1547	711	620	108	497	0	638	24	3	37	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
Frankie Austin	180	809	739	91	207	39	1	7	62	14		56	42	.280	.331	.364	.695	269	12	0	14
Fletcher Robbe	144	528	472	59	149	31	1	7	52	1		49	29	.316	.381	.430	.811	203	3	1	6
Eddie Basinski	156	599	529	49	127	18	1	6	61	2		56	63	.240	.317	.312	.629	165	16	4	10
Jim Russell	142	548	470	61	123	21	2	6	37	8		69	43	.262	.356	.353	.709	166	15	0	9
Herman Reich	125	431	399	37	118	12	1	12	53	1		26	31	.296	.339	.421	.760	168	12	0	6
Hank Arft	141	554	490	80	111	17	5	21	64	2		60	81	.227	.312	.410	.722	201	7	1	3
Don Eggert	134	485	434	55	102	21	4	14	56	2		44	48	.235	.308	.399	.707	173	10	2	5
Jim Gladd	109	378	347	36	98	12	2	3	49	2		28	48	.282	.336	.354	.690	123	12	0	3
Dino Restelli	73	278	256	47	87	21	1	12	41	7		18	21	.340	.388	.570	.958	146	4	2	2
Aaron Robinson	105	347	274	33	68	6	2	13	39	0		72	38	.248	.405	.427	.832	117	10	0	1
Don Kolloway	82	281	259	26	65	15	0	3	33	0		15	25	.251	.295	.344	.638	89	5	1	6
Granny Gladstone	69	269	244	21	60	9	1	5	33	0		20	43	.246	.308	.352	.661	86	7	2	3
Bob Marquis	61	230	210	30	57	7	3	6	24	4		18	27	.271	.332	.419	.751	88	3	1	1
Charley Grant	84	289	259	26	56	12	0	13	29	0		26	53	.216	.288	.413	.701	107	4	0	4
Royce Lint	59	110	101	6	24	9	0	1	12	0		2	18	.238	.252	.356	.609	36	2	0	7
Bob Moniz	19	80	70	10	23	2	1	0	5	3		10	2	.329	.412	.386	.798	27	2	0	0
Jay Heard	44	88	77	11	19	2	0	0	6	0		6	21	.247	.301	.273	.574	21	0	0	5
Red Adams	37	67	62	5	12	2	0	0	4	0		3	18	.194	.231	.226	.457	14	1	0	2
Larry Ward	40	46	43	6	9	1	0	0	1	0		1	6	.209	.227	.233	.460	10	3	0	2
Lyman Linde	36	76	73	5	9	3	0	1	2	0		0	29	.123	.123	.205	.329	15	2	0	3
Fred Sanford	27	47	42	2	5	2	0	0	1	0		2	10	.119	.159	.167	.326	7	1	0	3
Glenn Elliott	38	80	62	2	5	0	0	0	1	0		8	28	.081	.186	.081	.266	5	0	0	10
Roy Welmaker	25	18	15	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.267	.312	.267	.579	4	0	0	2
Dick Waibel	47	37	33	3	4	0	0	0	3	0		1	9	.121	.147	.121	.268	4	0	0	3
Willie Ramsdell	5	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0
Ron Bottler	3	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	2	0	0
Totals	1985	6690	5975	701	1545	262	25	130	668	46	0	591	738	.259	.327	.376	.703	2247	133	14	110	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Hank Arft	1B	135	1191	74	7	133	.994	9.370
Don Kolloway	1B	33	264	29	1	33	.997	8.879
Herman Reich	1B	28	211	24	3	22	.987	8.393
Eddie Basinski	2B	155	408	493	18	139	.980	5.813
Charley Grant	2B	32	71	93	4	17	.976	5.125
Don Eggert	3B	101	81	210	24	17	.924	2.881
Charley Grant	3B	48	29	96	8	9	.940	2.604
Don Kolloway	3B	37	32	62	13	1	.879	2.541
Fletcher Robbe	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Jim Gladd	C	101	396	51	6	5	.987	4.426	8		19	100.0
Aaron Robinson	C	90	306	40	8	7	.977	3.844	3		11	100.0
Ron Bottler	C	3	4	0	1	0	.800	1.333	0		0
Fletcher Robbe	OF	126	252	11	10	0	.963	2.087
Jim Russell	OF	124	276	10	2	2	.993	2.306
Herman Reich	OF	82	127	7	1	0	.993	1.634
Dino Restelli	OF	67	130	1	2	0	.985	1.955
Granny Gladstone	OF	67	178	7	2	2	.989	2.761
Bob Marquis	OF	61	152	0	1	0	.993	2.492
Don Eggert	OF	25	55	5	0	2	1.000	2.400
Bob Moniz	OF	17	29	0	0	0	1.000	1.706
Royce Lint	OF	4	2	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Dick Waibel	P	47	7	22	0	2	1.000	.617
Royce Lint	P	46	24	56	1	5	.988	1.739
Larry Ward	P	40	9	17	2	2	.929	.650
Jay Heard	P	40	12	45	4	3	.934	1.425
Glenn Elliott	P	38	13	36	0	3	1.000	1.289
Red Adams	P	37	15	32	0	0	1.000	1.270
Lyman Linde	P	36	9	45	1	1	.982	1.500
Fred Sanford	P	27	17	26	3	1	.935	1.593
Roy Welmaker	P	25						.000
Willie Ramsdell	P	5						.000
Bill Fleming	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Frankie Austin	SS	180	357	608	30	141	.970	5.361
Charley Grant	SS	3	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.667
Totals		1864	4658	2105	152	547	.978	3.628	11	0	30	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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