1953 Wenatchee Chiefs Statistics

Western International League (WIL) - Class: A
Team Record: 59-80
Finished 9th in the WIL
Manager: Mike McCormick (59-80)
Location: Wenatchee, Washington
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 64,036, Avg. 921

1953 Wenatchee Chiefs Roster

The Wenatchee Chiefs of the Western International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 59 wins and 80 losses, finishing ninth in the WIL.

The Chiefs scored 682 runs and allowed 772 runs. Donald Stanford paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .294. Charlie Oubre topped Wenatchee with 14 wins, while Keith Bowman recorded a 3.4 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1953 Wenatchee Chiefs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mike McCormick, Charlie Beamon, Frank Dasso and Pumpsie Green.

Mike McCormick 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
Charlie Oubre	14	15	.483	4.42	35	29					240.0	249	141	118	9	122
Rick Botelho	11	10	.524	3.79	31	23					185.0	173	95	78	9	122
Charlie Beamon	10	14	.417	6.27	34	22					158.0	172	126	110	6	151
Keith Bowman	8	9	.471	3.40	21	19					159.0	135	83	60	5	82
Frank DeCarolis	7	8	.467	5.28	29	11					121.0	114	82	71	4	98
Jack Klein	2	11	.154	5.61	33	11					122.0	120	89	76	7	96
Frank Dasso	1	1	.500	5.68	3						19.0	25	16	12		14
Laurie Monroe	1	6	.143	5.19	26	9					85.0	90	58	49	3	78
Totals	54	74	.422	4.74	212	124	0	0	0	0	1089.0	1078	690	574	43	763	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
Ross McCormack	137	552	552		161	24	8	12						.292	.292	.429	.721	237
Donald Stanford	116	436	436		128	21	2	0						.294	.294	.351	.644	153
Harry Bartolomei	114	426	426		123	15	2	6						.289	.289	.376	.664	160
Tommy Munoz	95	338	338		102	17	9	8						.302	.302	.476	.778	161
Mike McCormick	85	280	280		89	11	1	4						.318	.318	.407	.725	114
Chuck Malmberg	99	371	371		84	14	0	1						.226	.226	.272	.499	101
Pumpsie Green	88	303	303		74	12	2	2						.244	.244	.317	.561	96
Babe Fuhrman	99	340	340		74	6	4	2						.218	.218	.276	.494	94
Mike Richert	82	273	273		64	10	1	0						.234	.234	.278	.513	76
Laurie Monroe	79	196	196		49	8	3	0						.250	.250	.321	.571	63
Lyle Palmer	40	133	133		46	9	0	0						.346	.346	.414	.759	55
Rick Botelho	38	78	78		20	3	1	0						.256	.256	.321	.577	25
Charles Neal	15	54	54		19	1	0	0						.352	.352	.370	.722	20
Charlie Beamon	38	75	75		16	2	1	0						.213	.213	.267	.480	20
Charlie Oubre	35	87	87		16	2	0	0						.184	.184	.207	.391	18
Keith Bowman	21	61	61		14	2	0	0						.230	.230	.262	.492	16
Frank DeCarolis	30	44	44		11	1	0	0						.250	.250	.273	.523	12
Jack Klein	33	39	39		10	2	0	0						.256	.256	.308	.564	12
Jay Ragni	12	41	41		9	2	1	0						.220	.220	.317	.537	13
Art Cuitti	14	50	50		9	3	0	0						.180	.180	.240	.420	12
Bud Bauhofer	11	14	14		3	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Totals	1281	4191	4191	0	1121	165	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.349	.616	1461	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tommy Munoz	1B	94	713	55	11		.986	8.170
Charles Neal	1B	15	139	5	8		.947	9.600
Chuck Malmberg	2B	98	303	230	20		.964	5.439
Pumpsie Green	3B	47	57	95	13		.921	3.234
Babe Fuhrman	3B	41	45	65	10		.917	2.683
Harry Bartolomei	C	114	586	77	21		.969	5.816
Art Cuitti	C	13	70	10	3		.964	6.154
Ross McCormack	OF	137	266	20	14		.953	2.088
Mike Richert	OF	72	135	8	4		.973	1.986
Mike McCormick	OF	71	191	10	5		.976	2.831
Lyle Palmer	OF	37	64	3	1		.985	1.811
Charlie Oubre	P	35						.000
Charlie Beamon	P	34						.000
Jack Klein	P	33						.000
Rick Botelho	P	31						.000
Frank DeCarolis	P	29						.000
Keith Bowman	P	21						.000
Frank Dasso	P	3						.000
Donald Stanford	SS	93	197	262	31		.937	4.935
Totals		1018	2766	840	141	0	.962	3.542

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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