1953 San Diego Padres Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 88-92
Finished 6th in the PCL
Manager: Lefty O'Doul (88-92)
Location: San Diego, California
Ballpark: Lane Field
Attendance: 168,617, Avg. 1,874

1953 San Diego Padres Roster

The San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1953 season with a record of 88 wins and 92 losses, finishing sixth in the PCL.

The Padres scored 704 runs and allowed 741 runs. Earl Rapp led San Diego with 24 home runs, while Dick Faber and Tom Alston walloped 15 or more also. Earl Rapp recorded 108 runs batted in and topped all regular batters by hitting .311. Memo Luna paced the team with 17 wins, plus Bob Kerrigan, too added 15 or more wins, too Memo Luna earned a 2.67 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Tom Alston, Dain Clay, Al Federoff, Joe Grace, Moe Franklin, Lonnie Summers, Bob Malloy, Buddy Peterson, Jack Merson, Al Benton, Memo Luna, Earle Brucker, Milt Smith, Jack Salveson, Lou Stringer, Herb Gorman, Cliff Fannin, Earl Rapp and Theolic Smith were all players from the 1953 San Diego Padres who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Lefty O'Doul 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
Memo Luna	17	12	.586	2.67	39	35		16	2		263.3	240	92	78	12	98		90	2	0	3
Bob Kerrigan	16	16	.500	3.19	38	35		10	1		259.3	256	103	92	22	79		103	8	0	2
Cliff Fannin	14	12	.538	3.24	31	28		16	2		213.7	180	80	77	19	70		137	0	0	3
Theolic Smith	13	16	.448	4.52	39	28		10	0		185.0	185	101	93	21	84		80	0	0	1
William Thomason	11	10	.524	3.99	37	28		9	1		194.0	199	113	86	18	101		104	3	0	6
Lloyd Dickey	7	9	.438	3.01	25	17		10	0		131.7	128	52	44	14	41		50	3	0	8
Al Benton	6	6	.500	2.85	50	0		0	0		82.0	77	52	26	3	28		24	1	0	0
Bob Malloy	4	3	.571	4.47	51	1		0	0		104.7	116	65	52	12	41		31	4	0	1
Tommy Herrera	0	0		4.37	7	0		0	0		22.7	23	11	11	0	15		10	2	0	2
Chris Nicolosi	0	0		7.71	2	0		0	0		4.7	7	7	4	0	5		2	0	1	1
Bob Schulte	0	1	.000	16.20	5	1		0	0		3.3	5	6	6	0	7		3	0	0	0
Jose Rayle	0	2	.000	5.24	5	2		0	0		22.3	24	14	13	1	11		7	0	0	1
Dave Dahle	0	2	.000	8.12	15	2		1	0		37.7	61	35	34	4	16		9	1	0	1
Jack Salveson	0	3	.000	5.40	4	4		0	0		21.7	23	16	13	4	13		7	0	1	0
Totals	88	92	.489	3.66	348	181	0	72	6	0	1546.0	1524	747	629	130	609	0	657	24	2	29	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
Tom Alston	180	764	697	101	207	25	5	23	101	8		53	82	.297	.353	.446	.799	311	11	7	7
Earl Rapp	180	737	630	104	196	32	7	24	108	11		99	65	.311	.408	.498	.906	314	15	4	4
Buddy Peterson	179	736	666	76	186	31	5	5	60	7		56	37	.279	.336	.363	.699	242	10	1	13
Dick Faber	175	693	634	89	161	23	9	19	92	8		41	97	.254	.304	.409	.713	259	10	5	13
Al Federoff	136	595	531	66	147	22	0	0	30	9		53	34	.277	.350	.318	.669	169	5	7	4
Walt Pocekay	133	443	401	55	112	20	1	14	58	0		38	20	.279	.342	.439	.781	176	10	0	4
Red Mathis	136	440	407	37	91	21	5	6	47	2		25	36	.224	.269	.344	.612	140	19	0	8
Jack Merson	104	371	327	28	75	15	0	4	44	1		32	22	.229	.300	.312	.612	102	10	1	11
Frank Murray	105	310	275	34	60	8	2	1	19	7		33	21	.218	.304	.273	.577	75	4	1	1
Joe Grace	55	189	169	12	44	11	1	1	16	2		17	13	.260	.328	.355	.683	60	5	0	3
Milt Smith	55	171	144	20	39	5	1	3	10	1		22	26	.271	.379	.382	.761	55	2	3	2
Moe Franklin	49	141	119	15	29	2	0	1	11	0		15	17	.244	.333	.286	.619	34	4	1	6
Cliff Fannin	37	93	87	8	23	0	0	0	4	0		4	15	.264	.297	.264	.561	23	1	0	2
Bob Van Eman	43	118	101	6	21	1	0	2	11	0		11	11	.208	.304	.277	.582	28	1	3	3
Lou Stringer	26	89	79	8	20	4	0	1	10	2		9	9	.253	.330	.342	.671	27	1	0	1
Theolic Smith	41	64	55	6	14	0	1	1	7	0		5	5	.255	.317	.345	.662	19	0	0	4
Lonnie Summers	43	93	85	6	14	2	0	1	7	0		5	14	.165	.211	.224	.435	19	4	0	3
Memo Luna	40	97	77	8	8	0	0	0	3	0		6	18	.104	.169	.104	.273	8	1	0	14
Ev Hall	9	31	28	2	7	2	0	0	2	0		1	2	.250	.276	.321	.597	9	2	0	2
Lloyd Dickey	31	52	44	5	7	2	0	0	3	0		4	15	.159	.245	.205	.449	9	0	1	3
Remy LeBlanc	30	56	49	4	7	2	1	1	5	1		6	11	.143	.236	.286	.522	14	0	0	1
William Thomason	38	67	61	3	7	0	0	0	6	0		2	17	.115	.143	.115	.258	7	0	0	4
Bob Kerrigan	38	93	78	4	7	0	0	0	4	0		6	28	.090	.165	.090	.254	7	1	1	8
Dain Clay	16	43	38	3	6	2	0	0	3	0		4	3	.158	.238	.211	.449	8	1	0	1
Bob Malloy	51	28	25	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		3	3	.160	.250	.160	.410	4	1	0	0
Herb Gorman	4	5	4	0	3	2	0	0	1	0		1	0	.750	.800	1.250	2.050	5	0	0	0
Jose Rayle	5	8	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	2	.286	.375	.429	.804	3	0	0	0
Al Benton	50	19	17	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	7	.118	.167	.118	.284	2	0	0	1
Earle Brucker	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0
Jack Salveson	4	6	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		1	0	.200	.333	.800	1.133	4	0	0	0
Tommy Herrera	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Chris Nicolosi	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dave Dahle	15	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0	1
Totals	2020	6569	5854	705	1501	233	38	108	666	59	0	556	633	.256	.325	.365	.689	2134	118	35	124	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Tom Alston	1B	180	1531	102	21	144	.987	9.072
Al Federoff	2B	136	360	307	19	86	.972	4.904
Frank Murray	2B	37	93	105	2	29	.990	5.351
Ev Hall	2B	7	14	23	2	6	.949	5.286
Jack Merson	3B	100	94	202	13	20	.958	2.960
Milt Smith	3B	43	39	81	15	6	.889	2.791
Frank Murray	3B	30	21	56	7	5	.917	2.567
Walt Pocekay	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Red Mathis	C	132	489	60	14	7	.975	4.159	6		23	100.0
Walt Pocekay	C	44	146	8	4	1	.975	3.500	6		1	100.0
Lonnie Summers	C	28	87	7	0	2	1.000	3.357	1		3	100.0
Moe Franklin	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0		0
Earl Rapp	OF	180	319	9	4	4	.988	1.822
Dick Faber	OF	174	539	16	5	4	.991	3.190
Walt Pocekay	OF	69	153	7	7	0	.958	2.319
Bob Van Eman	OF	29	52	2	2	0	.964	1.862
Remy LeBlanc	OF	15	38	2	0	0	1.000	2.667
Dain Clay	OF	10	19	2	0	0	1.000	2.100
Milt Smith	OF	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Frank Murray	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Herb Gorman	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bob Malloy	P	51	7	11	1	1	.947	.353
Al Benton	P	50	3	9	2	1	.857	.240
Theolic Smith	P	39	8	33	2	2	.953	1.051
Memo Luna	P	39	11	50	1	3	.984	1.564
Bob Kerrigan	P	38	10	46	2	2	.966	1.474
William Thomason	P	37	10	27	2	0	.949	1.000
Cliff Fannin	P	31	5	30	0	1	1.000	1.129
Lloyd Dickey	P	25	4	26	2	3	.938	1.200
Dave Dahle	P	15	2	10	2	0	.857	.800
Tommy Herrera	P	7	3	5	0	1	1.000	1.143
Bob Schulte	P	5	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Jose Rayle	P	5	1	2	0	1	1.000	.600
Jack Salveson	P	4						.000
Chris Nicolosi	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Buddy Peterson	SS	177	314	571	44	101	.953	5.000
Moe Franklin	SS	4	11	11	1	3	.957	5.500
Totals		1755	4394	1820	175	433	.973	3.541	13	0	27	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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