1953 San Francisco Seals Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 91-89
Finished 5th in the PCL
Manager: Tommy Heath (91-89)
Location: San Francisco, California
Ballpark: Seals Stadium
Attendance: 175,459, Avg. 1,950

1953 San Francisco Seals Roster

The San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1953 season with a record of 91 wins and 89 losses, finishing fifth in the PCL.

The Seals scored 733 runs and allowed 711 runs. Al Lyons led San Francisco with 22 home runs, while Frank Kalin and Jerry Zuvela walloped 15 or more as well. Sam Vico recorded 93 runs batted in. Reno Cheso paced all regular batters by connecting at a .297 clip. Elmer Singleton topped the team with 15 wins, and Bob Muncrief recorded a 2.68 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1953 San Francisco Seals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Elmer Singleton, Windy McCall, Bill Bradford, Dave Melton, Frank Kalin, Joe Grace, Bob Savage, Sam Vico, Lou Stringer, John O'Neil, Al Lyons and Bob Muncrief.

Tommy Heath 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
Elmer Singleton	15	17	.469	3.23	37	34		19	3		253.3	239	102	91	21	74		126	6	0	5
Windy McCall	12	7	.632	3.05	36	21		9	4		150.7	145	61	51	6	55		91	6	0	1
Al Lien	12	8	.600	4.07	33	25		5	0		152.7	181	74	69	15	37		43	2	0	2
Bill Bradford	10	8	.556	3.35	39	26		4	1		191.0	183	77	71	15	74		69	0	0	3
Bob Muncrief	10	12	.455	2.67	61	7		3	0		168.7	156	85	50	11	39		83	3	0	2
Ted Shandor	9	9	.500	4.16	47	12		2	0		153.7	170	70	71	20	61		44	1	0	3
Tony Ponce	8	0	1.000	1.31	10	6		6	1		62.0	58	11	9	1	15		19	1	0	0
Bill Boemler	8	17	.320	4.27	34	29		8	2		164.3	163	84	78	7	90		97	6	1	7
Clifford Coggin	4	4	.500	2.58	14	12		3	2		83.7	70	29	24	4	54		33	1	1	1
Walt Clough	3	6	.333	3.79	48	7		1	0		135.3	148	91	57	12	49		36	1	0	3
Hal Flinn	0	0		6.00	5	0		0	0		9.0	8	6	6	1	8		7	1	0	1
Bud Guldborg	0	0		6.75	3	0		0	0		2.7	7	5	2	0	1		1	0	0	0
Ken Wright	0	0		9.00	2	1		0	0		7.0	11	7	7	1	6		2	0	0	0
Ray McNulty	0	0		9.64	2	0		0	0		4.7	6	6	5	1	2		1	2	0	0
Bob Savage	0	0		9.95	3	0		0	0		6.3	9	9	7	1	7		2	0	0	0
Chuck Eisenmann	0	1	.000	5.40	3	0		0	0		6.7	8	7	4	0	10		3	0	0	1
Totals	91	89	.506	3.49	377	180	0	60	13	0	1551.7	1562	724	602	116	582	0	657	30	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
Reno Cheso	155	609	529	80	157	33	5	11	80	1		71	45	.297	.381	.440	.821	233	16	1	8
Jimmy Moran	152	639	582	69	155	19	5	3	44	6		35	35	.266	.309	.332	.641	193	14	1	21
Sam Vico	163	660	582	60	152	22	0	11	93	2		64	56	.261	.335	.356	.691	207	12	1	13
Al Lyons	143	579	510	58	137	25	1	22	77	2		57	81	.269	.346	.451	.797	230	14	3	9
Charles Righetti	150	598	532	50	137	21	1	3	61	0		51	39	.258	.325	.318	.642	169	15	2	13
Sal Taormina	156	551	448	69	133	28	4	8	62	3		94	57	.297	.422	.431	.853	193	7	3	6
Jerry Zuvela	136	441	385	69	105	16	6	16	50	1		51	43	.273	.359	.470	.829	181	2	1	4
Frank Kalin	116	422	355	59	104	20	2	16	55	1		62	38	.293	.402	.496	.898	176	13	3	2
Tony Tornay	136	422	396	28	91	21	0	2	34	3		25	35	.230	.277	.298	.575	118	12	1	0
Dale McCawley	123	400	350	59	88	16	1	3	45	0		38	44	.251	.332	.329	.660	115	3	4	8
Lou Stringer	101	352	317	49	82	20	4	1	20	1		32	44	.259	.330	.356	.687	113	7	2	1
Will Tiesiera	78	192	168	9	36	9	0	1	16	1		19	12	.214	.294	.286	.580	48	2	0	5
Dave Melton	37	116	103	17	22	6	1	1	6	2		13	12	.214	.302	.320	.622	33	1	0	0
Windy McCall	48	72	68	5	15	2	0	2	9	0		3	16	.221	.254	.338	.592	23	0	0	1
Bill Boemler	34	63	58	5	14	3	0	1	4	0		3	19	.241	.279	.345	.624	20	0	0	2
John O'Neil	14	50	47	6	13	0	0	0	1	1		1	1	.277	.292	.277	.568	13	0	0	2
Al Lien	33	57	48	5	13	0	0	2	8	0		4	17	.271	.327	.396	.723	19	0	0	5
Elmer Singleton	42	98	83	8	13	1	0	0	4	0		9	25	.157	.239	.169	.408	14	0	0	6
Bill Bradford	39	65	59	4	10	4	0	0	6	0		1	13	.169	.197	.237	.434	14	1	1	4
Clifford Coggin	16	33	31	2	8	0	0	0	4	0		1	8	.258	.281	.258	.539	8	0	0	1
Joe Grace	21	57	52	2	7	2	0	0	4	0		4	4	.135	.196	.173	.370	9	1	0	1
Ted Shandor	48	52	38	5	6	1	0	0	3	0		6	7	.158	.304	.184	.489	7	0	2	6
Bob Muncrief	61	53	49	1	6	0	0	0	1	0		1	17	.122	.140	.122	.262	6	0	0	3
John Albini	11	26	19	5	4	0	1	0	3	0		6	5	.211	.423	.316	.739	6	0	1	0
Augie Amorena	11	22	21	1	3	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	3	1	0	1
Jose Perez	10	15	13	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.154	.267	.154	.421	2	0	0	0
Tony Ponce	10	25	23	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	4	.087	.160	.087	.247	2	0	0	0
Walt Clough	48	39	31	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		5	7	.065	.194	.097	.291	3	0	0	3
Chuck Eisenmann	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Hal Flinn	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ray McNulty	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ken Wright	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bob Savage	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals	2107	6714	5903	733	1517	270	31	103	693	24	0	660	688	.257	.334	.366	.700	2158	121	26	125	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Sam Vico	1B	163	1380	114	16	142	.989	9.166
Sal Taormina	1B	14	91	7	2	7	.980	7.000
Augie Amorena	1B	7	42	3	0	6	1.000	6.429
Jose Perez	1B	2	11	1	0	1	1.000	6.000
Frank Kalin	1B	2	15	1	2	0	.889	8.000
Jimmy Moran	2B	150	393	421	10	110	.988	5.427
Reno Cheso	2B	2	3	9	0	1	1.000	6.000
Reno Cheso	3B	142	160	285	24	38	.949	3.134
Sal Taormina	3B	2	2	2	1	0	.800	2.000
Charles Righetti	3B	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Dave Melton	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Tony Tornay	C	136	492	82	9	0	.985	4.221	7		29	100.0
Will Tiesiera	C	75	225	40	5	7	.981	3.533	3		13	100.0
John Albini	C	8	15	3	1	0	.947	2.250	0		2	100.0
Al Lyons	OF	140	379	9	8	2	.980	2.771
Sal Taormina	OF	129	276	5	2	0	.993	2.178
Frank Kalin	OF	101	149	3	6	2	.962	1.505
Dale McCawley	OF	99	225	8	1	0	.996	2.354
Jerry Zuvela	OF	98	161	9	1	2	.994	1.735
Reno Cheso	OF	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
John Albini	OF	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Jose Perez	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Bob Muncrief	P	61	5	18	1	1	.958	.377
Walt Clough	P	48	5	28	1	2	.971	.688
Ted Shandor	P	47	21	21	2	1	.955	.894
Bill Bradford	P	39	9	31	2	0	.952	1.026
Elmer Singleton	P	37	25	48	1	3	.986	1.973
Windy McCall	P	36	4	23	3	2	.900	.750
Bill Boemler	P	34	12	28	3	3	.930	1.176
Al Lien	P	33	5	20	1	0	.962	.758
Clifford Coggin	P	14						.000
Tony Ponce	P	10	1	9	1	0	.909	1.000
Hal Flinn	P	5	0	3	1	0	.750	.600
Bob Savage	P	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	.667
Bud Guldborg	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Chuck Eisenmann	P	3						.000
Ken Wright	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ray McNulty	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Charles Righetti	SS	148	322	418	30	90	.961	5.000
Dave Melton	SS	33	45	80	6	18	.954	3.788
Jimmy Moran	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		1837	4478	1735	141	438	.978	3.382	10	0	44	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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