1953 Ventura Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 52-88
Finished 8th in the CL
Manager: Jose Perez (0-0), Dario Lodigiani (0-0)
Location: Ventura, California
Ballpark: Babe Ruth Field
Attendance: 30,632, Avg. 438
The Ventura Oilers of the California League ended the 1953 season with a record of 52 wins and 88 losses, finishing eighth in the CL.
The Oilers plated 636 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 910 runs. Jose Perez led all regular batters by hitting .373. Tony Ponce topped Ventura with 15 wins and a team-best 4.42 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1953 Ventura Oilers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dick Adams, Dave Melton and Dario Lodigiani.
Jose Perez and Dario Lodigiani served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Ponce | 15 | 20 | .429 | 4.42 | 42 | 32 | 279.0 | 320 | 186 | 137 | 17 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Ken Wright | 14 | 14 | .500 | 4.65 | 36 | 30 | 238.0 | 245 | 154 | 123 | 12 | 143 | ||||||||||
| Jim Collins | 9 | 15 | .375 | 4.88 | 38 | 27 | 199.0 | 211 | 138 | 108 | 13 | 98 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Donley | 5 | 11 | .312 | 5.55 | 46 | 15 | 181.7 | 218 | 130 | 112 | 16 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Harry Higgins | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.46 | 17 | 3 | 47.3 | 61 | 43 | 34 | 6 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 43 | 62 | .410 | 4.90 | 179 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 945.0 | 1055 | 651 | 514 | 64 | 410 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Perez | 116 | 440 | 440 | 164 | 26 | 8 | 2 | .373 | .373 | .482 | .855 | 212 | |||||||||||
| Donald Domenichelli | 128 | 490 | 490 | 112 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .259 | .488 | 127 | |||||||||||
| Augie Amorena | 69 | 275 | 275 | 83 | 12 | 4 | 2 | .302 | .302 | .396 | .698 | 109 | |||||||||||
| Dick Adams | 72 | 279 | 279 | 70 | 12 | 4 | 4 | .251 | .251 | .366 | .616 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Stan Stewart | 88 | 314 | 314 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .220 | .220 | .258 | .478 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Stan Fabiano | 74 | 259 | 259 | 63 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .243 | .243 | .320 | .564 | 83 | |||||||||||
| Dave Melton | 51 | 200 | 200 | 62 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .310 | .310 | .410 | .720 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Dario Lodigiani | 53 | 164 | 164 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .293 | .293 | .378 | .671 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Pete Nitrini | 48 | 172 | 172 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .250 | .384 | .634 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Tony Ponce | 64 | 114 | 114 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .325 | .325 | .430 | .754 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Al Neufeld | 59 | 188 | 188 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .191 | .191 | .261 | .452 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Ken Wright | 50 | 122 | 122 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .230 | .230 | .287 | .516 | 35 | |||||||||||
| John Noce | 39 | 110 | 110 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .227 | .227 | .273 | .500 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Jack Taylor | 16 | 46 | 46 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .413 | .413 | .522 | .935 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Jim Collins | 41 | 73 | 73 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .247 | .247 | .329 | .575 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Shelly Edwards | 21 | 76 | 76 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .342 | .579 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Michael Moore | 27 | 88 | 88 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .193 | .193 | .261 | .455 | 23 | |||||||||||
| John Thomas | 31 | 92 | 92 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .163 | .163 | .261 | .424 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Robert Poole | 19 | 66 | 66 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .242 | .455 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Pinky Vargas | 21 | 83 | 83 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .157 | .157 | .181 | .337 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Billy Girdley | 17 | 56 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .179 | .339 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Donley | 47 | 66 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Robert Perry | 17 | 44 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .114 | .114 | .159 | .273 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Harry Higgins | 18 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1186 | 3833 | 3833 | 0 | 978 | 139 | 37 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .330 | .585 | 1266 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augie Amorena | 1B | 69 | 542 | 31 | 13 | .978 | 8.304 | |
| Robert Perry | 1B | 17 | 122 | 7 | 2 | .985 | 7.588 | |
| Donald Domenichelli | 2B | 102 | 271 | 249 | 22 | .959 | 5.098 | |
| Dario Lodigiani | 3B | 48 | 47 | 89 | 9 | .938 | 2.833 | |
| Dave Melton | 3B | 31 | 30 | 58 | 7 | .926 | 2.839 | |
| Al Neufeld | C | 57 | 283 | 38 | 17 | .950 | 5.632 | |
| John Noce | C | 34 | 197 | 13 | 11 | .950 | 6.176 | |
| John Thomas | C | 26 | 155 | 22 | 3 | .983 | 6.808 | |
| Robert Poole | C | 18 | 114 | 16 | 4 | .970 | 7.222 | |
| Stan Fabiano | OF | 69 | 150 | 10 | 16 | .909 | 2.319 | |
| Jose Perez | OF | 62 | 122 | 9 | 4 | .970 | 2.113 | |
| Dick Adams | OF | 60 | 92 | 3 | 4 | .960 | 1.583 | |
| Michael Moore | OF | 27 | 43 | 3 | 4 | .920 | 1.704 | |
| Pinky Vargas | OF | 21 | 39 | 5 | 9 | .830 | 2.095 | |
| Shelly Edwards | OF | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | .889 | 1.263 | |
| Billy Girdley | OF | 17 | 34 | 2 | 2 | .947 | 2.118 | |
| Chuck Donley | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Tony Ponce | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Collins | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Wright | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Higgins | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Stan Stewart | SS | 88 | 138 | 248 | 40 | .906 | 4.386 | |
| Pete Nitrini | SS | 37 | 69 | 113 | 10 | .948 | 4.919 | |
| Totals | 981 | 2467 | 921 | 180 | 0 | .950 | 3.454 |
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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