1953 Visalia Stars Statistics
Team Record: 67-73
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Jerry Gardner (67-73)
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 53,396, Avg. 763
The Visalia Stars of the California League ended the 1953 season with a record of 67 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.
The Stars scored 810 runs, best in the league. Visalia conceded 848 runs. Jack O'Keefe led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .328 average. Loyal Bloxam topped the team with 17 wins, while Solon Shaw added 15 or more wins, too Loyal Bloxam recorded a 2.93 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Howie Goss played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Visalia Stars to do so.
Jerry Gardner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyal Bloxam | 17 | 9 | .654 | 2.93 | 33 | 26 | 221.0 | 212 | 97 | 72 | 15 | 105 | ||||||||||
| Solon Shaw | 15 | 12 | .556 | 4.36 | 39 | 30 | 227.0 | 250 | 141 | 110 | 27 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Ray O'Connor | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.93 | 39 | 18 | 166.0 | 160 | 112 | 91 | 17 | 119 | ||||||||||
| Richard Schroyer | 9 | 16 | .360 | 5.33 | 38 | 29 | 201.0 | 204 | 142 | 119 | 16 | 171 | ||||||||||
| Don Corella | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.87 | 21 | 17 | 105.3 | 119 | 78 | 57 | 6 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Jose Roman | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.59 | 21 | 1 | 56.3 | 72 | 41 | 35 | 8 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 58 | .508 | 4.46 | 191 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 976.7 | 1017 | 611 | 484 | 89 | 549 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack O'Keefe | 138 | 534 | 534 | 175 | 37 | 4 | 33 | .328 | .328 | .597 | .925 | 319 | |||||||||||
| Bill Jackson | 140 | 537 | 537 | 137 | 29 | 2 | 15 | .255 | .255 | .400 | .655 | 215 | |||||||||||
| Jack Spence | 133 | 473 | 473 | 118 | 27 | 5 | 8 | .249 | .249 | .378 | .628 | 179 | |||||||||||
| Jay Roundy | 107 | 420 | 420 | 116 | 18 | 12 | 15 | .276 | .276 | .483 | .760 | 203 | |||||||||||
| Reginaldo Grenald | 62 | 246 | 246 | 80 | 12 | 3 | 4 | .325 | .325 | .447 | .772 | 110 | |||||||||||
| Howie Goss | 86 | 308 | 308 | 76 | 12 | 1 | 18 | .247 | .247 | .468 | .714 | 144 | |||||||||||
| John McDevitt | 73 | 284 | 284 | 74 | 15 | 3 | 8 | .261 | .261 | .419 | .680 | 119 | |||||||||||
| Donald Alfano | 75 | 288 | 288 | 60 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .264 | .472 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Barnes | 88 | 296 | 296 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 7 | .182 | .182 | .287 | .470 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Gardner | 75 | 231 | 231 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 5 | .199 | .199 | .316 | .515 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Solon Shaw | 55 | 95 | 95 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .263 | .505 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Del Johnston | 35 | 133 | 133 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .165 | .165 | .226 | .391 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Neil Huff | 20 | 69 | 69 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .232 | .261 | .493 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Loyal Bloxam | 33 | 81 | 81 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .198 | .198 | .210 | .407 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Ray O'Connor | 49 | 74 | 74 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .176 | .176 | .230 | .405 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Jose Roman | 21 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .474 | .474 | .737 | 1.211 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Robert Wuesthoff | 11 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Red Montgomery | 23 | 78 | 78 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .103 | .205 | 8 | |||||||||||
| James Hanson | 18 | 38 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .184 | .184 | .342 | .526 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Richard Schroyer | 38 | 69 | 69 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .101 | .101 | .174 | .275 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Harry Weakley | 13 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .444 | .778 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Don Corella | 21 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 4 | |||||||||||
| James Hinson | 10 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .148 | .259 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Rollin Wortley | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1335 | 4386 | 4386 | 0 | 1078 | 190 | 41 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .388 | .634 | 1701 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack O'Keefe | 1B | 138 | 1133 | 63 | 18 | .985 | 8.667 | |
| Red Montgomery | 2B | 17 | 45 | 31 | 3 | .962 | 4.471 | |
| Bill Jackson | 3B | 125 | 127 | 293 | 36 | .921 | 3.360 | |
| Charlie Barnes | C | 82 | 489 | 68 | 15 | .974 | 6.793 | |
| Jerry Gardner | C | 66 | 420 | 49 | 10 | .979 | 7.106 | |
| Jack Spence | OF | 125 | 346 | 12 | 17 | .955 | 2.864 | |
| Jay Roundy | OF | 107 | 179 | 13 | 6 | .970 | 1.794 | |
| Howie Goss | OF | 77 | 143 | 15 | 8 | .952 | 2.052 | |
| Reginaldo Grenald | OF | 62 | 100 | 7 | 5 | .955 | 1.726 | |
| Del Johnston | OF | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | .773 | .895 | |
| Robert Wuesthoff | OF | 11 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.727 | |
| Solon Shaw | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Ray O'Connor | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Schroyer | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Loyal Bloxam | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Roman | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Don Corella | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| John McDevitt | SS | 68 | 103 | 196 | 33 | .901 | 4.397 | |
| Donald Alfano | SS | 50 | 66 | 118 | 20 | .902 | 3.680 | |
| Neil Huff | SS | 18 | 20 | 47 | 8 | .893 | 3.722 | |
| Totals | 1156 | 3203 | 916 | 184 | 0 | .957 | 3.563 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
