1953 Salem Senators Statistics

Western International League (WIL) - Class: A
Team Record: 79-58
Finished 2nd in the WIL
Manager: Hal Luby (79-58)
Location: Salem, Oregon
Ballpark: George E. Waters Field
Attendance: 81,305, Avg. 1,187

1953 Salem Senators Roster

Playoffs - Spokane Indians 4 games, Salem Senators 2

The Salem Senators of the Western International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 79 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the WIL.

The Senators tallied 739 runs and surrendered 624 runs. Jim Deyo topped all regular batters by hitting .333. Gene Roenspie paced Salem with 19 wins, while John Hemphill, too added 15 or more wins, too Gene Roenspie recorded a 3.32 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1953 Salem Senators who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Hal Luby, Max Marshall, Bill Bevens, Chuck Essegian, Les Witherspoon and Milt Smith.

Hal Luby 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
Gene Roenspie	19	5	.792	3.32	31	20					198.0	188	88	73	9	77
John Hemphill	15	12	.556	4.08	39	28					225.0	239	124	102	21	105
Robert Collins	9	9	.500	4.23	32	25					164.0	179	88	77	11	101
Larry Barst	7	8	.467	4.78	35	9					128.0	114	82	68	9	71
Dave Dahle	6	10	.375	3.34	21	19					148.0	160	64	55	7	46
Totals	56	44	.560	3.91	158	101	0	0	0	0	863.0	880	446	375	57	400	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
Gene Tanselli	137	562	562		166	30	7	11						.295	.295	.432	.728	243
Jim Deyo	124	475	475		158	23	1	1						.333	.333	.392	.724	186
Conrado Pérez	135	510	510		153	21	6	13						.300	.300	.441	.741	225
Les Witherspoon	120	408	408		135	27	7	4						.331	.331	.461	.792	188
Hal Luby	94	316	316		100	14	3	1						.316	.316	.389	.706	123
Dick Sabatini	110	364	364		90	6	2	1						.247	.247	.283	.530	103
Jerry Ballard	84	310	310		89	13	0	11						.287	.287	.435	.723	135
Milt Smith	56	202	202		79	10	7	7						.391	.391	.614	1.005	124
Robert Nelson	91	269	269		71	9	1	1						.264	.264	.316	.580	85
Don Masterson	69	236	236		63	7	4	0						.267	.267	.331	.597	78
Chuck Essegian	54	175	175		42	5	0	2						.240	.240	.303	.543	53
John Hemphill	39	84	84		17	2	0	0						.202	.202	.226	.429	19
Max Marshall	17	50	50		8	1	1	0						.160	.160	.220	.380	11
Gene Roenspie	31	70	70		8	0	0	0						.114	.114	.114	.229	8
Dave Dahle	21	49	49		7	1	0	0						.143	.143	.163	.306	8
Robert Collins	32	54	54		7	1	0	0						.130	.130	.148	.278	8
Larry Barst	35	41	41		6	1	0	0						.146	.146	.171	.317	7
Donald Taylor	10	40	40		5	2	0	0						.125	.125	.175	.300	7
Ray Stratton	12	27	27		4	0	0	0						.148	.148	.148	.296	4
Totals	1271	4242	4242	0	1208	173	39	52	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.285	.381	.665	1615	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jerry Ballard	1B	84	676	48	13		.982	8.619
Hal Luby	2B	88	228	263	12		.976	5.580
Dick Sabatini	2B	60	123	122	8		.968	4.083
Conrado Pérez	3B	78	74	125	10		.952	2.551
Milt Smith	3B	56	62	138	19		.913	3.571
Robert Nelson	C	78	345	47	10		.975	5.026
Don Masterson	C	63	275	42	8		.975	5.032
Jim Deyo	OF	124	298	8	8		.975	2.468
Les Witherspoon	OF	107	180	7	6		.969	1.748
Chuck Essegian	OF	54	96	3	3		.971	1.833
Max Marshall	OF	13	24	0	0		1.000	1.846
Donald Taylor	OF	10	16	0	1		.941	1.600
John Hemphill	P	39						.000
Larry Barst	P	35						.000
Robert Collins	P	32						.000
Gene Roenspie	P	31						.000
Dave Dahle	P	21						.000
Gene Tanselli	SS	136	253	400	62		.913	4.801
Totals		1109	2650	1203	160	0	.960	3.474

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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