1953 Salt Lake City Bees Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 69-62
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: Ed Murphy (0-0), Charlie Gassaway (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Ballpark: Derks Field
Attendance: 93,161, Avg. 1,422

1953 Salt Lake City Bees Roster

Playoffs - Salt Lake City Bees 2 games, Ogden Reds 0
Finals - Salt Lake City Bees 3 games, Great Falls Electrics 0

The Salt Lake City Bees of the Pioneer League ended the 1953 season with a record of 69 wins and 62 losses, finishing fourth in the PL.

The Bees plated 706 runs and allowed 662 runs. John Moskus led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .317 clip. Clyde DeWitt topped Salt Lake City with 19 wins, while Burt Barkelew recorded a 2.58 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Lee Tate and Ed Murphy both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Ed Murphy and Charlie Gassaway 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
Clyde DeWitt	19	8	.704	3.25	33	26					219.0	180	96	79	5	130
Burt Barkelew	12	3	.800	2.58	24	14					122.0	102	49	35	8	33
Richard Descalso	9	7	.562	3.18	24	20					164.0	165	90	58	10	98
Clifford Stewart	7	11	.389	5.11	30	18					141.0	154	104	80	3	86
Gordon Palm	4	6	.400	6.45	18	9					67.0	84	62	48	1	45
Robert McFarlane	4	7	.364	4.62	31	6					111.0	121	72	57	5	70
Totals	55	42	.567	3.90	160	93	0	0	0	0	824.0	806	473	357	32	462	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 Moskus	131	504	504		160	23	9	28						.317	.317	.565	.883	285
Lee Tate	129	485	485		139	18	7	1						.287	.287	.359	.645	174
Jack Hasten	120	427	427		124	30	7	2						.290	.290	.407	.698	174
Ellsworth Dean	121	444	444		120	17	5	1						.270	.270	.338	.608	150
Charles Kitsman	126	464	464		101	16	2	4						.218	.218	.287	.504	133
Chet Ashman	76	294	294		80	14	3	2						.272	.272	.361	.633	106
Raymond Khoury	87	290	290		79	12	1	2						.272	.272	.341	.614	99
Jerry Streeter	99	343	343		78	14	7	4						.227	.227	.344	.571	118
Robert Byrne	54	184	184		50	10	4	3						.272	.272	.418	.690	77
John Speier	46	161	161		41	1	1	2						.255	.255	.311	.565	50
Edward Rommel	22	90	90		26	2	2	0						.289	.289	.356	.644	32
Clyde DeWitt	45	96	96		23	3	2	1						.240	.240	.344	.583	33
Dick Milne	24	82	82		18	3	1	0						.220	.220	.280	.500	23
Clifford Stewart	37	57	57		11	1	0	0						.193	.193	.211	.404	12
Richard Descalso	24	54	54		10	0	0	0						.185	.185	.185	.370	10
Mike Woods	23	57	57		10	3	0	0						.175	.175	.228	.404	13
Burt Barkelew	24	41	41		9	2	0	0						.220	.220	.268	.488	11
Gordon Palm	19	21	21		4	0	0	0						.190	.190	.190	.381	4
Robert McFarlane	32	43	43		4	0	0	0						.093	.093	.093	.186	4
Roy Peery	19	18	18		2	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Totals	1258	4155	4155	0	1089	169	51	50	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.262	.363	.626	1510	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Clyde DeWitt	P	33					.000
Robert McFarlane	P	31					.000
Clifford Stewart	P	30					.000
Richard Descalso	P	24					.000
Burt Barkelew	P	24					.000
Gordon Palm	P	18					.000
Totals		160	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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