1953 Pioneer League
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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North
Team W L WPct GB
Salt Lake City 94 50 .653 --
Denver 81 63 .563 13
Minneapolis 70 74 .486 24
Omaha 60 84 .417 34
Kansas City 57 87 .396 37
South
Team W L WPct GB
Oklahoma 86 58 .597 --
Dallas 78 66 .542 8
New Orleans 69 75 .479 17
San Antonio 66 78 .458 20
Houston 59 85 .410 27
 
Post-Season Results
Series of the West (4-3) Salt Lake City Locusts over San Diego Breakers
PL League Championship Serie (4-3) Salt Lake City Locusts over Oklahoma 89ers
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
SLC 6.4 919 144 5081 1540 294 45 181 539 796 .303 .370 .486 .855
DAL 5.8 831 144 5044 1506 346 50 109 511 792 .299 .363 .452 .815
DEN 5.8 830 144 4969 1399 252 26 173 596 770 .282 .358 .447 .806
OKC 5.7 816 144 5062 1485 305 34 119 558 773 .293 .364 .438 .801
MIN 5.5 791 144 4961 1383 262 26 135 525 829 .279 .348 .424 .771
NO 5.4 778 144 4953 1359 262 23 133 509 779 .274 .342 .417 .759
OMA 5.3 769 144 5031 1405 266 35 118 517 858 .279 .346 .416 .763
HOU 4.9 699 144 5062 1401 286 44 88 483 888 .277 .340 .403 .743
KC 4.7 677 144 4901 1323 319 49 94 480 865 .270 .335 .413 .748
SA 4.6 662 144 5025 1330 278 23 82 442 880 .265 .324 .378 .702
Totals 5.4 7772 1440 50089 14131 2870 355 1232 5160 8230 .282 .349 .427 .777
Average   777 144 5009 1413 287 36 123 516 823  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
SLC 4.6 657 144 4.38 1281.0 1245 8.6 526 3.7 936 6.5 33
OKC 4.6 664 144 4.22 1295.3 1322 9.2 453 3.1 1007 7.0 32
HOU 5.2 742 144 4.69 1285.0 1412 9.8 422 2.9 804 5.6 23
DEN 5.2 753 144 4.78 1279.3 1298 9.0 589 4.1 952 6.6 28
SA 5.3 762 144 4.98 1290.0 1426 9.9 516 3.6 787 5.5 30
DAL 5.5 792 144 5.11 1286.3 1453 10.1 532 3.7 818 5.7 37
NO 5.6 805 144 5.30 1273.0 1451 10.1 502 3.5 748 5.2 37
MIN 5.6 812 144 5.30 1276.7 1492 10.4 493 3.4 715 5.0 28
KC 6.0 862 144 5.48 1260.7 1512 10.5 507 3.5 731 5.1 30
OMA 6.4 923 144 5.94 1272.0 1520 10.6 620 4.3 732 5.1 37
Totals 5.4 7772 1440 5.02 12799.3 14131 9.8 5160 3.6 8230 5.7 315
Average   777 144   1280 1413   516   823   32
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
DAL 75 69 3 7 10 1 0 0 2 0.99 0.89 2,829,469   Beatrice Arthur
SLC 93 51 1 5 5 2 1 0 4 0.95 1.07 3,154,622   Nate McGinty
DEN 78 66 3 4 7 0 0 0 1 0.97 1.40 2,786,766   Hugh Jass
OKC 85 59 1 3 5 0 2 0 2 1.02 1.17 2,993,534  
MIN 70 74 0 2 6 0 0 0 2 0.92 1.07 1,576,050   Wayne Twig Terwilliger
SA 63 81 3 2 6 0 0 1 1 1.06 0.83 2,384,745   Skip Skip Skipperton
HOU 68 76 -9 1 6 0 0 1 0 1.04 0.82 2,253,852   Oli Mao
OMA 60 84 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1.01 1.05 1,872,129   General Rferrywheel
KC 56 88 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 1.03 0.70 1,586,953   Tiberius Rowe
NO 70 74 -1 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.97 0.85 1,415,485   Brad Huber
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
SLC 282 145.31 93.11 43.54 7.32 2.50 8.21 6.62 5.17 13.74
OKC 258 110.31 105.84 41.81 6.45 3.27 5.54 6.24 7.91 12.42
DEN 243 124.93 80.68 37.35 5.45 2.31 6.51 2.94 8.45 11.69
DAL 234 122.30 76.39 35.27 7.87 1.82 5.41 2.29 10.03 7.88
MIN 210 116.21 64.44 29.31 7.22 3.02 5.37 1.86 6.66 5.20
NO 207 107.47 64.57 34.94 4.73 1.34 7.39 3.86 8.01 9.62
SA 198 68.46 88.08 41.43 7.77 2.72 6.58 3.71 6.98 13.69
OMA 180 105.71 46.95 27.29 3.57 2.66 4.79 6.23 1.71 8.34
HOU 177 66.93 77.08 32.95 5.51 2.46 2.82 4.34 5.41 12.42
KC 171 78.91 60.77 31.29 9.26 1.21 4.00 4.92 3.82 8.09
League Award Winners
Big Stick: Pedro Savino SLC .372, 55 HR, 140 RBI
Golden Arm: Harry Robin SLC 24-5, 3.76, 266.0 IP, 221 K
Young Buck: Christopher Jones HOU .325, 7 HR, 44 RBI
 
Platinum Glove Award Winners
 
P Jerry McKeown SLC 1.000, 1 PO, 2 A, 0 E
C Luis Villalba KC .984, 580 PO, 92 A, 11 E
36.6% (67-183) Runners Thrown Out
1B Derrick Frasure SLC .996, 993 PO, 92 A, 4 E
2B Walter Salgado NO .993, 236 PO, 431 A, 5 E
3B Russ Witham SLC .967, 73 PO, 221 A, 10 E
SS Sabino Martinez NO .974, 204 PO, 460 A, 18 E
LF Shawn Despain MIN .993, 271 PO, 9 A, 2 E
CF Abraham Chee SA .997, 326 PO, 7 A, 1 E
RF David Colucci NO 1.000, 289 PO, 10 A, 0 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
KeenerSLC.377
SavinoSLC.372
BotellaDEN.356
SykesSA.352
FloresMIN.351
On-Base Pct
KeenerSLC.460
SavinoSLC.457
Chee .439
Jones .437
Oliverio .429
Slugging Pct
SavinoSLC.776
KeenerSLC.730
MaderaOKC.603
ParedesNO.562
Castaneda .559*
OPS
SavinoSLC1.233
KeenerSLC1.190
ParedesNO.986
MaderaOKC.985
Castaneda .968*
XR
SavinoSLC161.6
KeenerSLC144.4
ParedesNO122.6
ZuritaDAL121.9
MaderaOKC107.4
Games
MartinezNO144
GaudetteHOU143
Blackmer 141
AnguitaKC140
MaderaOKC140
At-Bats
ZuritaDAL555
AnguitaKC543
HowellSA540
FloresMIN538
MartinezNO538
Runs
SavinoSLC146
KeenerSLC134
ParedesNO115
ZuritaDAL113
MaderaOKC109
Hits
ZuritaDAL193
SavinoSLC191
KeenerSLC190
FloresMIN189
BotellaDEN185
Total Bases
SavinoSLC399
KeenerSLC368
MaderaOKC318
ZuritaDAL293
ParedesNO282
Singles
CudeSA136
BotellaDEN135
FloresMIN134
SykesSA134
ZuritaDAL130
Doubles
MaderaOKC50
CarrenoDAL42
McClainMIN42
LinderDAL41
HowellSA40
Triples
ZuritaDAL11
Chee 10
GaudetteHOU10
LangworthyDAL9
Mangels 9
Homeruns
SavinoSLC55
KeenerSLC42
ParedesNO36
ShifletDEN35
MaderaOKC29
RBIs
SavinoSLC140
MaderaOKC124
KeenerSLC120
Oliverio 107
ShifletDEN107
Stolen Bases
ZuritaDAL81
ThachMIN75
SavinoSLC71
DillonOMA57
JonesHOU55
Caught Stealing
Chee 32
LangworthyDAL32
AnguitaKC30
CudeSA25
BotellaDEN23
Walks
ParedesNO110
Jones 107
Oliverio 92
RonkOMA92
ShifletDEN92
Strikeouts
MickelKC112
HowellSA98
Miles 98
CarrenoDAL93
Blackmer 89
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
HagansSLC3.50
RuizOKC3.50
Lenihan 3.54
RobinSLC3.76
FreebornKC4.05
Wins
RobinSLC 24
HagansSLC 23
HolleyDAL 21
StephensSA 21
RennDEN 19
Losses
BelueNO 18
GarzaSA 17
Leggett  17
SimmonsSA 17
StephensSA 17
Winning Pct
RobinSLC.828
RennDEN.792
Lenihan .706
HolleyDAL.700
HagansSLC.657
Saves
FobbsNO 33
SolisSLC 30
WotringSA 26
BrinnKC 25
KimbroughDAL 24
Games Pitched
HadsellDEN 68
AllenKC 59
SwainOMA 58
HoggHOU 56
BrinnKC 50
Games Started
ValtierraKC 40
MeasDAL 39
StephensSA 39
BushNO 38
GarzaSA 38
Complete Games
HagansSLC 23
RuizOKC 19
StephensSA 19
RobinSLC 18
HolleyDAL 16
Shutouts
RuizOKC 6
RobinSLC 4
BushNO 3
GarzaSA 3
HagansSLC 3
Innings Pitched
StephensSA320.0
HagansSLC311.0
RuizOKC303.0
ValtierraKC297.7
BushNO292.3
Hits Allowed
ValtierraKC 358
StephensSA 351
MeasDAL 348
BelueNO 341
HolleyDAL 326
Homeruns Allowed
BushNO 38
AguiarNO 34
HagansSLC 33
PettryMIN 30
NicosiaDEN 29
Strikeouts
RuizOKC 302
HagansSLC 272
RobinSLC 221
CordovaDEN 217
MeasDAL 205
Walks Allowed
GarzaSA 145
RobinSLC 138
MeasDAL 137
HagansSLC 128
NicosiaDEN 128
Walks per 9IP
BushNO2.0
StephensSA2.1
ValtierraKC2.1
AdkissonHOU2.3
Lenihan 2.3
Hits per 9IP
RobinSLC7.7
HagansSLC7.8
RuizOKC8.2
RennDEN8.5
Leggett 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP
RuizOKC9.0
Leggett 8.0
HagansSLC7.9
CordovaDEN7.8
RobinSLC7.5
WHiP
RuizOKC1.22
Lenihan 1.23
BushNO1.27
BondSLC1.27
HagansSLC1.27
OAVG
RobinSLC.230
HagansSLC.233
RuizOKC.244
RennDEN.245
Lenihan .257
OOBP
Lenihan .305
HagansSLC.314
RuizOKC.316
BondSLC.318
BushNO.320
OSLG
RobinSLC.334
HagansSLC.374
RuizOKC.380
HolleyDAL.386
Lenihan .387
OOPS
RobinSLC.657
HagansSLC.688
Lenihan .693
RuizOKC.696
StephensSA.726
   
League All-Stars
Jonathan Blackmer Faustino Castaneda Fabian Cordova
Abraham Costillo Michael Cude Frank Delmonte
Alfred Hadsell William Holley Arnold Keener
John Kelley James Kimbrough Dudley Langworthy
Alexander Lenihan Mark Leonard Eric Linder
Rod Madera Carl Nicosia Kurt Oliverio
Harry Robin Pedro Savino Christopher Sykes
Brian Underwood Greg Wampler Joe Whelan
Derek Zurita  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Arnold Keener SLC $ 15,000,000  
2.    Pedro Savino SLC $ 13,110,000  
3.    Abraham Chee DAL $ 10,420,000  
4.    Joe Whelan DEN $ 10,270,000  
5.    Osvaldo Paredes NO $ 9,550,000  
  Harry Robin SLC $ 9,550,000  
7.    Paul Davis NO $ 8,960,000  
8.    Walter Meas DAL $ 8,500,000  
9.    Jonathan Blackmer DAL $ 8,300,000  
10.    James Leggett HOU $ 8,180,000  
11.    Joseph Sommers OKC $ 8,060,000  
12.    Bill Mangels DAL $ 7,960,000  
13.    John Heaps NO $ 7,430,000  
14.    Christopher Leatherwood MIN $ 7,250,000  
15.    Preston McClain MIN $ 7,240,000  
16.    Justin Paige OKC $ 7,021,429  
17.    Donald Phillips DEN $ 6,850,000  
18.    Richard Shiflet DEN $ 6,770,000  
  Vinny Velazquez KC $ 6,770,000  
  Manny Anguita KC $ 6,770,000  
21.    Dante Ruiz OKC $ 6,680,000  
22.    Jimmy Hildreth NO $ 6,600,000  
23.    Andrew Muller OMA $ 6,560,000  
  Kurt Oliverio MIN $ 6,560,000  
  Brian Underwood SLC $ 6,560,000