1953 Santa Barbara Dodgers Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 74-66
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: George Scherger (74-66)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Ballpark: Laguna Park
Attendance: 29,007, Avg. 414

1953 Santa Barbara Dodgers Roster

Playoffs - San Jose Red Sox 3 games, Santa Barbara Dodgers 0

The Santa Barbara Dodgers of the California League ended the 1953 season with a record of 74 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the CL.

The Dodgers scored 725 runs and gave up 659 runs. Bob Dallas led all regular batters with a .341 average. Charlie Adams and Richard Jacquier topped Santa Barbara with 12 wins each, while Glenn McMinn recorded a 2.72 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1953 Santa Barbara Dodgers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Red Witt, Larry Sherry, Sparky Anderson and Ralph Mauriello.

George Scherger 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
Richard Jacquier	12	8	.600	3.15	30	24					203.0	191	96	71	19	79
Charlie Adams	12	17	.414	4.01	39	30					202.0	181	113	90	12	148
Glenn McMinn	11	6	.647	2.72	20	18					152.0	127	54	46	9	40
Alexander Ropek	8	8	.500	3.91	38	15					138.0	107	72	60	5	92
Red Witt	7	3	.700	2.65	13	12					85.0	57	32	25	5	43
Billy Cornsilk	7	3	.700	3.35	27	9					86.0	78	53	32	3	64
Ralph Mauriello	6	4	.600	2.49	15	10					83.0	60	25	23	3	55
Larry Sherry	1	2	.333	4.54	9	3					41.7	48	27	21		33
William Clark	1	7	.125	4.34	31	4					91.3	65	54	44	7	78
Totals	65	58	.528	3.43	222	125	0	0	0	0	1082.0	914	526	412	63	632	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
Sparky Anderson	141	598	598		157	21	4	5						.263	.263	.336	.599	201
Gene Johnson	126	507	507		153	18	6	9						.302	.302	.414	.716	210
Bob Dallas	132	437	437		149	29	2	1						.341	.341	.423	.764	185
Don Musto	129	497	497		127	28	3	4						.256	.256	.348	.604	173
Albert Karan	119	433	433		119	22	1	13						.275	.275	.420	.695	182
Dale Johnston	119	421	421		109	12	3	0						.259	.259	.302	.561	127
Don Stewart	92	323	323		88	14	9	4						.272	.272	.409	.681	132
Fred Sommers	54	147	147		41	7	3	3						.279	.279	.429	.707	63
William Gill	52	163	163		40	6	1	3						.245	.245	.350	.595	57
Joe Gulvas	28	112	112		31	6	1	0						.277	.277	.348	.625	39
Ronald Stuart	44	131	131		31	5	1	1						.237	.237	.313	.550	41
Herb Olson	28	81	81		25	7	1	5						.309	.309	.605	.914	49
Ronald Dacko	37	112	112		23	3	1	1						.205	.205	.277	.482	31
Eugene Hurych	35	82	82		19	6	1	1						.232	.232	.366	.598	30
Glenn McMinn	20	53	53		15	5	0	1						.283	.283	.434	.717	23
Charlie Adams	40	65	65		15	1	0	0						.231	.231	.246	.477	16
George Scherger	31	79	79		15	1	1	0						.190	.190	.228	.418	18
Richard Jacquier	30	76	76		13	0	0	1						.171	.171	.211	.382	16
Arthur McBride	17	46	46		11	2	0	2						.239	.239	.413	.652	19
Red Witt	23	43	43		10	2	1	0						.233	.233	.326	.558	14
Donald Kenway	22	66	66		10	3	0	0						.152	.152	.197	.348	13
Billy Cornsilk	27	33	33		9	2	0	0						.273	.273	.333	.606	11
Jack Fiskness	18	49	49		8	0	0	0						.163	.163	.163	.327	8
Vernon Highfield	12	28	28		7	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	7
Edmund Thile	13	24	24		5	3	0	0						.208	.208	.333	.542	8
Dan Ahtipis	12	14	14		4	0	0	0						.286	.286	.286	.571	4
William Clark	32	27	27		4	2	0	0						.148	.148	.222	.370	6
Ralph Mauriello	15	29	29		3	0	0	0						.103	.103	.103	.207	3
Alexander Ropek	38	47	47		3	0	0	0						.064	.064	.064	.128	3
David Williams	10	9	9		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1496	4732	4732	0	1244	205	39	54	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.357	.620	1689	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bob Dallas	1B	113	847	41	17		.981	7.858
Jack Fiskness	1B	17	109	6	3		.975	6.765
Dale Johnston	2B	117	336	233	31		.948	4.863
George Scherger	2B	27	72	55	2		.984	4.704
Albert Karan	3B	119	135	231	32		.920	3.076
William Gill	C	45	336	43	9		.977	8.422
Fred Sommers	C	37	243	27	8		.971	7.297
Ronald Dacko	C	34	215	21	7		.971	6.941
Herb Olson	C	25	187	28	1		.995	8.600
Gene Johnson	OF	125	259	12	9		.968	2.168
Don Musto	OF	118	170	8	5		.973	1.508
Don Stewart	OF	83	112	7	7		.944	1.434
Ronald Stuart	OF	36	78	1	1		.988	2.194
Joe Gulvas	OF	26	42	3	3		.938	1.731
Eugene Hurych	OF	25	22	2	3		.889	.960
Donald Kenway	OF	17	27	1	2		.933	1.647
Arthur McBride	OF	13	17	0	2		.895	1.308
Charlie Adams	P	39						.000
Alexander Ropek	P	38						.000
William Clark	P	31						.000
Richard Jacquier	P	30						.000
Billy Cornsilk	P	27						.000
Glenn McMinn	P	20						.000
Ralph Mauriello	P	15						.000
Red Witt	P	13						.000
Larry Sherry	P	9						.000
Sparky Anderson	SS	140	277	395	32		.955	4.800
Totals		1339	3484	1114	174	0	.964	3.434

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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