1953 Tri-City Braves Statistics

Western International League (WIL) - Class: A
Team Record: 59-77
Finished 8th in the WIL
Manager: Edo Vanni (59-77)
Location: Kennewick, Washington; Pasco, Washington; Richland, Washington
Ballpark: Sanders-Jacobs Field
Attendance: 70,638, Avg. 1,039

1953 Tri-City Braves Roster

The Tri-City Braves of the Western International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 59 wins and 77 losses, finishing eighth in the WIL.

The Braves plated 758 runs and yielded 856 runs. Jack Warren led all regular batters by hitting .354. Bob Snyder topped Tri-City with 15 wins, while Jess Dobernic recorded a 3.76 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Jess Dobernic played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Tri-City Braves to do so.

Edo Vanni 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
Bob Snyder	15	19	.441	5.01	40	33					255.0	306	175	142	18	104
Donald Robertson	14	9	.609	4.21	30	26					216.0	243	124	101	12	100
Jess Dobernic	13	7	.650	3.76	50	11					165.0	158	83	69	15	56
Dale Bloom	7	11	.389	4.78	36	18					160.0	185	113	85	9	73
Kenneth Michelson	2	11	.154	7.17	30	12					113.0	147	107	90	16	95
Totals	51	57	.472	4.82	186	100	0	0	0	0	909.0	1039	602	487	70	428	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
Vic Buccola	136	532	532		164	22	2	1						.308	.308	.363	.671	193
Jack Warren	120	443	443		157	29	0	8						.354	.354	.474	.828	210
Terrence Carroll	136	524	524		145	12	7	2						.277	.277	.338	.615	177
Len Tran	133	481	481		141	23	4	8						.293	.293	.407	.701	196
Ray Tran	130	457	457		138	19	0	1						.302	.302	.350	.652	160
Edo Vanni	108	402	402		123	18	4	2						.306	.306	.386	.692	155
Desmond Charouhas	110	378	378		111	14	8	1						.294	.294	.381	.675	144
Nick Pesut	105	351	351		101	17	0	2						.288	.288	.353	.641	124
Ernie Hockaday	96	295	295		77	9	1	0						.261	.261	.298	.559	88
Donald Robertson	35	80	80		16	2	0	0						.200	.200	.225	.425	18
Jess Dobernic	51	59	59		14	2	1	0						.237	.237	.305	.542	18
Kenneth Michelson	37	58	58		12	0	0	1						.207	.207	.259	.466	15
Tom Marier	21	58	58	12	12	1	0	2	10	1				.207	.207	.328	.534	19
Bob Snyder	40	37	37		11	1	0	0						.297	.297	.324	.622	12
Dale Bloom	38	56	56		9	1	0	0						.161	.161	.179	.339	10
Ernie Sierra	11	30	30		5	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	5
Ronald Johnson	10	13	13		4	1	0	0						.308	.308	.385	.692	5
Dick Piedmonte	13	9	9		1	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Totals	1330	4263	4263	12	1241	171	27	28	10	1	0	0	0	.291	.291	.364	.655	1550	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Vic Buccola	1B	136	1160	75	8		.994	9.081
Len Tran	2B	114	150	129	8		.972	2.447
Tom Marier	3B	20	22	46	6		.919	3.400
Nick Pesut	C	82	349	45	12		.970	4.805
Jack Warren	C	59	242	32	6		.979	4.644
Desmond Charouhas	OF	109	346	14	9		.976	3.303
Edo Vanni	OF	100	186	9	7		.965	1.950
Ernie Hockaday	OF	77	120	11	5		.963	1.701
Jess Dobernic	P	50						.000
Bob Snyder	P	40						.000
Dale Bloom	P	36						.000
Donald Robertson	P	30						.000
Kenneth Michelson	P	30						.000
Ray Tran	SS	92	181	237	23		.948	4.543
Terrence Carroll	SS	48	74	126	30		.870	4.167
Totals		1023	2830	724	114	0	.969	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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