1953 Pacific Coast League
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
North
Team W L WPct GB
San Francisco 84 60 .583 --
Portland 80 64 .556 4
Seattle 73 71 .507 11
Vancouver 67 77 .465 17
Oakland 51 93 .354 33
South
Team W L WPct GB
San Diego 82 62 .569 --
Sacramento 74 70 .514 8
Hollywood 73 71 .507 9
Los Angeles 72 72 .500 10
Long Beach 64 80 .444 18
 
Post-Season Results
Series of the West (4-3) Salt Lake City Locusts over San Diego Breakers
CL League Championship Serie (4-0) San Diego Breakers over San Francisco Seals
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
SF 5.6 809 144 5040 1419 331 39 126 500 943 .282 .346 .438 .784
POR 5.5 792 144 5047 1438 264 62 103 473 887 .285 .346 .423 .769
VAN 5.3 765 144 5071 1441 274 47 140 442 858 .284 .342 .440 .781
SD 5.3 762 144 5015 1396 290 32 152 455 890 .278 .338 .440 .778
LAA 5.2 746 144 4998 1386 261 34 120 469 803 .277 .339 .415 .754
SEA 5.2 742 144 4918 1331 254 35 131 465 927 .271 .334 .416 .750
SAC 5.1 730 144 5122 1436 291 31 104 486 876 .280 .343 .410 .753
HOL 4.8 692 144 4973 1331 266 46 107 461 825 .268 .330 .404 .734
LB 4.7 672 144 4975 1320 266 42 129 397 963 .265 .320 .413 .733
OAK 4.3 616 144 4904 1230 262 42 77 410 966 .251 .309 .368 .677
Totals 5.1 7326 1440 50063 13728 2759 410 1189 4558 8938 .274 .335 .417 .752
Average   733 144 5006 1373 276 41 119 456 894  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
SD 4.6 656 144 4.18 1293.7 1250 8.7 455 3.2 917 6.4 44
POR 4.7 672 144 4.21 1297.7 1344 9.3 390 2.7 867 6.0 35
SF 4.9 699 144 4.42 1292.0 1355 9.4 413 2.9 810 5.6 36
SEA 4.9 708 144 4.46 1284.7 1384 9.6 402 2.8 937 6.5 29
LB 5.0 722 144 4.63 1281.7 1350 9.4 579 4.0 940 6.5 31
SAC 5.0 726 144 4.56 1298.0 1475 10.2 364 2.5 796 5.5 32
LAA 5.1 737 144 4.72 1283.3 1372 9.5 474 3.3 997 6.9 28
HOL 5.4 771 144 5.00 1286.3 1353 9.4 520 3.6 947 6.6 31
VAN 5.4 783 144 5.10 1293.3 1417 9.8 487 3.4 884 6.1 29
OAK 5.9 852 144 5.40 1264.7 1428 9.9 474 3.3 843 5.9 30
Totals 5.1 7326 1440 4.67 12875.3 13728 9.5 4558 3.2 8938 6.2 325
Average   733 144   1288 1373   456   894   32
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
POR 83 61 -3 5 5 0 0 0 2 0.98 1.10 2,216,132   Malachi High Stockings Brown
SD 82 62 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 1.10 0.84 2,929,086  
HOL 65 79 8 3 4 0 0 0 0 0.92 1.13 2,149,115   Pi The Cat Martin
LB 67 77 -3 3 4 0 0 0 0 1.10 1.06 1,652,165   Chris Joyce
LAA 73 71 -1 2 7 1 2 0 3 0.94 1.14 2,742,354   Jacob Collins
SEA 75 69 -2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0.92 1.00 2,298,097   Fred Hutchinson
SF 82 62 2 2 4 0 0 0 5 1.12 0.89 2,391,826   Paddy Hong
VAN 70 74 -3 2 4 0 0 1 4 0.95 0.95 2,308,305   Earl Weaver Jr
OAK 51 93 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 1.02 1.07 1,839,365   MissChatter
SAC 72 72 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1.00 0.92 2,373,699  
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
SF 252 116.82 93.05 42.10 8.56 1.75 7.42 4.62 6.70 13.05
SD 246 102.94 96.60 46.43 9.44 2.49 5.94 4.10 7.66 16.82
POR 240 116.90 85.14 37.92 5.37 2.49 5.54 5.75 6.09 12.69
SAC 222 104.46 83.09 34.42 7.15 2.24 6.64 3.99 5.73 8.68
SEA 219 111.92 75.65 31.40 6.05 3.14 7.30 1.96 6.96 5.99
HOL 219 113.84 72.99 32.15 7.05 2.35 3.15 5.12 5.65 8.85
LAA 216 114.29 70.02 31.64 4.21 2.90 7.59 4.76 5.43 6.76
VAN 201 112.47 57.63 30.87 5.42 1.64 1.39 5.24 6.82 10.37
LB 192 75.01 76.10 40.85 8.02 1.97 6.99 5.72 6.68 11.48
OAK 153 74.61 51.92 26.43 5.15 2.00 4.04 2.13 5.74 7.39
League Award Winners
Big Stick: Faustino Castaneda LAA .333, 11 HR, 40 RBI
Golden Arm: Michael Knepper LAA 25-8, 3.41, 308.7 IP, 296 K
Young Buck: Austin Deel SAC 12-6, 3.92, 165.3 IP, 66 K
 
Platinum Glove Award Winners
 
P Juan Daggett OAK .978, 13 PO, 31 A, 1 E
C Thomas Harmon SD .979, 607 PO, 78 A, 15 E
30.9% (50-162) Runners Thrown Out
1B Clifford Morrone POR .993, 1250 PO, 97 A, 10 E
2B Toby Paschke LAA .989, 244 PO, 503 A, 8 E
3B Brian Westberry VAN .967, 100 PO, 226 A, 11 E
SS Ray Card LAA .978, 49 PO, 131 A, 4 E
LF Daniel Gates VAN .986, 274 PO, 10 A, 4 E
CF Michael Van Pelt SF .997, 383 PO, 4 A, 1 E
RF Jeramy Henderson VAN .997, 303 PO, 5 A, 1 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
GendreauSAC.372
TeskeSD.370
CarrilloPOR.359
HughesSD.357
HendersonVAN.353
On-Base Pct
GendreauSAC.430
HughesSD.428
CarrilloPOR.425
TeskeSD.418
GastonSAC.415
Slugging Pct
HughesSD.598
LafortuneSF.558
Van PeltSF.555
JohnsonSEA.553
VillarPOR.547
OPS
HughesSD1.027
LafortuneSF.964
JohnsonSEA.964
Van PeltSF.963
TeskeSD.949
XR
HughesSD116.7
Van PeltSF112.5
JohnsonSEA105.6
LafortuneSF105.4
MorronePOR104.8
Games
WaldHOL141
GendreauSAC140
HughesSD139
NewhouseSF139
PaschkeLAA139
At-Bats
MorronePOR553
WestberryVAN548
JohnsonHOL540
NewhouseSF538
VillarPOR534
Runs
MorronePOR114
NewhouseSF103
CarpenterLB102
JohnsonHOL102
Van PeltSF101
Hits
MorronePOR189
GendreauSAC188
TeskeSD187
NewhouseSF184
HughesSD183
Total Bases
HughesSD307
MorronePOR295
Van PeltSF292
VillarPOR292
LafortuneSF286
Singles
CarrilloPOR146
GendreauSAC138
TeskeSD138
NewhouseSF135
HendersonVAN130
Doubles
NewhouseSF40
GendreauSAC39
HaefnerSAC39
JohnsonSEA39
VillarPOR39
Triples
VillarPOR18
WilkensHOL14
JohnsonSEA12
MorronePOR12
CosentinoLB11
Homeruns
HughesSD30
SalesLB28
RohrbaughHOL24
HendersonVAN23
LafortuneSF23
RBIs
LafortuneSF110
Van PeltSF110
CaplesVAN109
SalesLB107
VillarPOR100
Stolen Bases
PaschkeLAA74
WaldHOL70
RingLB61
JohnsonSEA53
ShorttOAK50
Caught Stealing
SavardSEA23
TeskeSD20
JohnsonSEA17
ShorttOAK17
WaldHOL17
Walks
ShorttOAK98
CooperSEA90
RohrbaughHOL89
SmithPOR81
RichardVAN76
Strikeouts
SalesLB125
SavardSEA123
WrightOAK116
SanromanPOR115
GatesVAN107
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
CarlsonSEA3.19
WachterSD3.27
Phillips 3.41
KnepperLAA3.41
PearsonPOR3.61
Wins
KnepperLAA 25
AltonHOL 20
SturgesSEA 20
WilliamsSD 20
StadlerHOL 19
Losses
BashVAN 18
BarloweOAK 17
PelfreyVAN 16
SandersSAC 16
AltonHOL 15
Winning Pct
WilliamsSD.800
KnepperLAA.758
DeelSAC.667
HitchcockPOR.667
JimenezSF.667
Saves
BlakesleeSF 30
AuerSEA 28
GallegosHOL 28
TyrrellLB 28
RossiSD 27
Games Pitched
TilleyOAK 79
StrongOAK 65
CareySAC 58
FitzLAA 58
VogelPOR 57
Games Started
AltonHOL 39
KnepperLAA 38
SturgesSEA 38
StadlerHOL 37
StilwellHOL 37
Complete Games
StadlerHOL 18
SturgesSEA 18
AltonHOL 17
DeluciaVAN 17
JimenezSF 17
Shutouts
WachterSD 6
PearsonPOR 5
CarlsonSEA 3
AltonHOL 2
ConverseSEA 2
Innings Pitched
KnepperLAA308.7
AltonHOL302.7
StadlerHOL294.3
DeluciaVAN292.0
SturgesSEA290.3
Hits Allowed
SturgesSEA 321
PelfreyVAN 317
BashVAN 303
HitchcockPOR 303
StadlerHOL 303
Homeruns Allowed
PelfreyVAN 37
DeluciaVAN 32
AltonHOL 31
BashVAN 31
IbarraPOR 30
Strikeouts
AltonHOL 319
KnepperLAA 296
DeluciaVAN 255
WilliamsSD 249
WachterSD 231
Walks Allowed
AltonHOL 149
KnepperLAA 125
BashVAN 114
DeluciaVAN 105
PelfreyVAN 105
Walks per 9IP
CookSAC1.1
SturgesSEA1.3
IbarraPOR1.6
DeelSAC1.6
PearsonPOR2.1
Hits per 9IP
WilliamsSD6.9
WachterSD7.6
KnepperLAA7.8
DeluciaVAN7.8
Phillips 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP
Phillips 10.6
AltonHOL9.5
WilliamsSD9.2
Paige 8.7
KnepperLAA8.6
WHiP
WachterSD1.10
WilliamsSD1.12
PearsonPOR1.14
CarlsonSEA1.18
IbarraPOR1.22
OAVG
WilliamsSD.211
WachterSD.229
DeluciaVAN.232
KnepperLAA.233
Phillips .237
OOBP
WilliamsSD.284
PearsonPOR.288
WachterSD.290
IbarraPOR.298
CarlsonSEA.306
OSLG
CarlsonSEA.338
WachterSD.340
KnepperLAA.342
WilliamsSD.349
ConverseSEA.360
OOPS
WachterSD.630
WilliamsSD.633
CarlsonSEA.645
KnepperLAA.656
PearsonPOR.661
   
League All-Stars
John Alton Rafael Arispe Jerry Barber
Joseph Caples James Carrillo Thomas Hathaway
Jack Hitchcock George Hoyle Sean Hughes
Timothy Johnson Michael Knepper Clifford Morrone
Donald Phillips Pete Rohrbaugh Marvin Schull
Joseph Stovall Brian Stull Michael Sturges
Ray Teske Jay Tyrrell Michael Van Pelt
Jose Villar Francis Wachter Stephen Wakeman
Jason Williams  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Terrance Shortt OAK $ 13,110,000  
2.    Pete Rohrbaugh HOL $ 10,050,000  
3.    Harry Frink SAC $ 9,450,000  
4.    Edward Constance LAA $ 9,250,000  
5.    John Alton HOL $ 8,540,000  
6.    Faustino Castaneda LAA $ 8,520,000  
7.    Michael Sturges SEA $ 8,350,000  
8.    Mark Newhouse SF $ 8,000,000  
9.    Paul O'Neill SD $ 7,870,000  
10.    Michael Knepper LAA $ 7,780,000  
  Kasey Cook SAC $ 7,780,000  
12.    Michael Van Pelt SF $ 7,670,000  
13.    James Zaleski HOL $ 7,340,000  
14.    Brian Stull LB $ 6,990,000  
15.    Sean Hughes SD $ 6,890,000  
16.    James Savard SEA $ 6,750,000  
17.    Bruce Carlson SEA $ 6,666,667  
18.    Mark Gendreau SAC $ 6,600,000  
19.    Francis Wachter SD $ 6,590,000  
20.    Ruben Ibarra POR $ 6,520,000  
21.    Toby Paschke LAA $ 6,340,000  
22.    Robert Richard VAN $ 6,290,000  
  Timothy Johnson SEA $ 6,290,000  
24.    Juan Daggett OAK $ 6,250,000  
25.    Brain Emmer SD $ 6,090,000