1953 Yakima Bears Statistics

Western International League (WIL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-74
Finished 6th in the WIL
Manager: Dario Lodigiani (0-0), Walt Novick (0-0)
Location: Yakima, Washington
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 59,100, Avg. 821

1953 Yakima Bears Roster

The Yakima Bears of the Western International League ended the 1953 season with a record of 70 wins and 74 losses, finishing sixth in the WIL.

The Bears plated 717 runs and gave up 789 runs. Bob Wellman led hitters with significant playing time with a .350 average. Daniel Ríos topped Yakima with 19 wins, while Arthur Edmunds registered a 3.82 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1953 Yakima Bears who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Andy Anderson, Bob Wellman, Dario Lodigiani, Fuzz White and Eddie Locke.

Dario Lodigiani and Walt Novick 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
Daniel Ríos	19	10	.655	4.04	33	27					234.0	241	127	105	4	115
Arthur Edmunds	9	6	.600	3.82	20	15					120.0	122	60	51	7	57
Tom Del Sarto	9	13	.409	4.14	31	20					148.0	152	80	68	6	91
Hal Flinn	8	9	.471	4.92	22	19					139.0	141	91	76	11	70
John Rial	6	6	.500	5.23	39	12					124.0	131	78	72	4	84
Jack Thompson	4	6	.400	4.20	26	5					90.0	87	51	42	3	54
Richard Young	2	0	1.000	6.26	22	0					46.0	41	41	32	3	32
Jack Schaening	2	5	.286	6.49	13	9					61.0	80	52	44	6	35
Eddie Locke	1	5	.167		9						0.0
Totals	60	60	.500	4.58	215	107	0	0	0	0	962.0	995	580	490	44	538	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
Len Noren	141	571	571		187	29	5	3						.327	.327	.412	.739	235
Lefty Lewis	144	568	568		161	34	5	16						.283	.283	.445	.729	253
Bob Wellman	112	432	432		151	39	2	26						.350	.350	.630	.979	272
Fuzz White	83	339	339		98	16	4	1						.289	.289	.369	.658	125
Philip Steinberg	74	282	282		78	12	5	4						.277	.277	.397	.674	112
Jim McNamara	76	288	288		58	5	4	0						.201	.201	.247	.448	71
John Albini	58	196	196		56	13	3	12						.286	.286	.566	.852	111
Elmer Clow	65	241	241		50	10	4	1						.207	.207	.295	.502	71
Walt Novick	70	198	198		39	9	1	1						.197	.197	.268	.465	53
Daniel Ríos	62	150	150		38	5	2	8						.253	.253	.473	.727	71
Dario Lodigiani	38	129	129		37	5	1	1						.287	.287	.364	.651	47
Ernie Gammino	24	78	78		21	4	0	2						.269	.269	.397	.667	31
William Maupin	28	83	83		16	2	0	3						.193	.193	.325	.518	27
Eddie Locke	21	44	44		12	2	1	0						.273	.273	.364	.636	16
Arthur Edmunds	21	35	35		8	1	0	0						.229	.229	.257	.486	9
Hal Flinn	22	53	53		7	1	1	0						.132	.132	.189	.321	10
Jack Thompson	26	32	32		6	1	0	0						.188	.188	.219	.406	7
John Rial	40	35	35		6	0	0	0						.171	.171	.171	.343	6
Bob Day	17	41	41		5	1	0	0						.122	.122	.146	.268	6
Tom Del Sarto	31	51	51		4	0	0	0						.078	.078	.078	.157	4
Jack Schaening	13	19	19		3	0	0	0						.158	.158	.158	.316	3
Richard Young	22	12	12		2	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Totals	1188	3877	3877	0	1043	189	38	78	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.269	.398	.667	1542	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Len Noren	1B	141	1264	89	12		.991	9.596
Philip Steinberg	3B	72	65	135	26		.885	2.778
Dario Lodigiani	3B	38	24	60	9		.903	2.211
Walt Novick	C	63	277	45	6		.982	5.111
John Albini	C	54	234	38	13		.954	5.037
Bob Day	C	17	65	9	3		.961	4.353
William Maupin	C	11	39	3	3		.933	3.818
Lefty Lewis	OF	141	304	17	16		.953	2.277
Bob Wellman	OF	112	219	12	7		.971	2.062
Fuzz White	OF	83	207	6	4		.982	2.566
Ernie Gammino	OF	23	26	0	3		.897	1.130
John Rial	P	39						.000
Daniel Ríos	P	33						.000
Tom Del Sarto	P	31						.000
Jack Thompson	P	26						.000
Richard Young	P	22						.000
Hal Flinn	P	22						.000
Arthur Edmunds	P	20						.000
Jack Schaening	P	13						.000
Jim McNamara	SS	76	148	201	26		.931	4.592
Elmer Clow	SS	53	115	187	33		.901	5.698
Totals		1090	2987	802	161	0	.959	3.476

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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