1953 Victoria Tyees Statistics

Western International League (WIL) - Class: A
Team Record: 57-81
Finished 10th in the WIL
Manager: Cecil Garriott (57-81)
Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Ballpark: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 55,352, Avg. 802

1953 Victoria Tyees Roster

The Victoria Tyees of the Western International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 57 wins and 81 losses, finishing tenth in the WIL.

The Tyees plated 776 runs and conceded 857 runs, most in the circuit. Don Pries topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .329. Bill Prior led Victoria with 15 wins and a team-best 4.64 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1953 Victoria Tyees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Clark, Nap Gulley and Cecil Garriott.

Cecil Garriott 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
Bill Prior	15	16	.484	4.64	42	22					233.0	256	146	120	12	140
Bob Drilling	14	18	.438	4.71	38	32					258.0	337	178	135	13	72
Bill Bottler	10	14	.417	4.69	37	26					209.0	194	141	109	8	186
Donald Hopp	6	2	.750	3.20	11	6					59.0	51	30	21	1	51
Berlyn Hodges	3	5	.375	9.13	26	7					67.0	90	77	68	6	61
Zeb Walker	2	8	.200	6.41	38	11					94.0	122	80	67	13	71
Totals	50	63	.442	5.09	192	104	0	0	0	0	920.0	1050	652	520	53	581	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
Don Pries	133	523	523		172	34	9	3						.329	.329	.446	.774	233
Bob Moniz	124	479	479		134	24	4	5						.280	.280	.378	.658	181
Luther Branham	129	496	496		132	24	4	2						.266	.266	.343	.609	170
Milt Martin	125	427	427		131	20	5	6						.307	.307	.419	.726	179
Granny Gladstone	85	310	310		108	23	2	19						.348	.348	.619	.968	192
Dewey Helbig	90	345	345		104	18	4	13						.301	.301	.490	.791	169
Cecil Garriott	113	335	335		95	24	4	8						.284	.284	.451	.734	151
Chuck Abernathy	94	321	321		86	13	8	4						.268	.268	.396	.664	127
Nap Gulley	28	89	89		24	6	0	4						.270	.270	.472	.742	42
Bill Bottler	48	91	91		21	4	0	0						.231	.231	.275	.505	25
Bill Prior	55	100	100		21	0	2	0						.210	.210	.250	.460	25
Bob Drilling	38	89	89		11	1	0	0						.124	.124	.135	.258	12
Benjamin Jeffey	19	49	49		10	1	1	1						.204	.204	.327	.531	16
Ronald Odekirk	15	48	48		8	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	8
Berlyn Hodges	41	49	49		8	1	0	0						.163	.163	.184	.347	9
Sam Brusa	15	30	30		5	0	1	0						.167	.167	.233	.400	7
Herman Charles	18	46	46		5	0	1	0						.109	.109	.152	.261	7
Donald Hopp	11	20	20		4	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	4
Zeb Walker	38	25	25		3	0	0	0						.120	.120	.120	.240	3
Benjamin Williams	11	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1230	3876	3876	0	1082	193	45	65	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.279	.402	.682	1560	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Chuck Abernathy	1B	90	764	32	18		.978	8.844
Luther Branham	2B	97	267	284	17		.970	5.680
Don Pries	3B	52	62	106	13		.928	3.231
Herman Charles	3B	11	8	16	8		.750	2.182
Milt Martin	C	108	451	84	14		.974	4.954
Sam Brusa	C	14	42	11	1		.981	3.786
Bob Moniz	OF	98	139	12	5		.968	1.541
Cecil Garriott	OF	98	279	10	9		.970	2.949
Dewey Helbig	OF	88	189	12	10		.953	2.284
Granny Gladstone	OF	67	132	17	15		.909	2.224
Nap Gulley	OF	25	34	4	8		.826	1.520
Bill Prior	P	42						.000
Zeb Walker	P	38						.000
Bob Drilling	P	38						.000
Bill Bottler	P	37						.000
Berlyn Hodges	P	26						.000
Donald Hopp	P	11						.000
Ronald Odekirk	SS	14	27	30	3		.950	4.071
Totals		954	2394	618	121	0	.961	3.157

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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