1953 Long Beach Islanders
Record: 64-80
Finish: 5th in CL South Division
Runs Scored: 672
Runs Allowed: 722
Exp W-L: 67-77
 
Ballpark: Tapatio Park
Attendance: 1,652,165
Manager: Chris Joyce

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-60, 6th in the Pacific Coast League
AA: 74-52, 2nd in the Pacific Coast League
A: 50-76, 10th in the Pacific Coast League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF #Christian Carpenter 26 134 507 102 145 34 3 16 60 38 7 72 70 .286 .380 .460 .840 92.1 12.6 4.6
RF  Royce Dolph 27 134 523 79 160 28 4 11 58 1 1 47 30 .306 .367 .438 .805 77.7 9.7 2.8
LF *Brian Stull 32 134 519 91 169 37 9 19 98 48 16 44 83 .326 .380 .541 .921 96.4 14.6 2.9
1B #Chester Sales 30 135 519 81 150 32 1 28 107 0 0 42 125 .289 .342 .516 .859 84.9 11.3 1.8
2B  Claude Ring 27 132 504 76 138 35 11 15 75 61 13 33 102 .274 .321 .476 .797 79.4 10.0 6.3
SS  Shawn Cosentino 27 137 500 59 120 18 11 7 54 36 3 36 87 .240 .294 .362 .656 55.9 3.6 6.1
C  Bill Galan 37 122 445 34 119 22 0 2 36 0 0 19 101 .267 .307 .330 .637 43.1 2.3 6.5
3B  Dale Hirsch 25 115 312 29 81 15 0 10 46 4 0 23 69 .260 .310 .404 .713 39.3 3.8 2.9
3B #Alvin Revels 31 89 204 24 66 11 0 7 29 1 0 11 34 .324 .355 .480 .835 33.2 4.6 2.8
CF  Joseph Mraz 32 88 165 27 38 3 1 10 29 2 3 15 32 .230 .293 .442 .735 21.2 1.5 0.6
2B *Casimiro Dominguez 31 69 117 18 27 9 1 1 14 9 3 7 22 .231 .286 .350 .636 12.0 0.6 1.3
C  Donald Hefley 27 46 101 7 23 2 0 3 13 0 1 8 23 .228 .295 .337 .631 10.3 0.4 1.3
LF *Tommy Blake 31 62 94 12 18 4 0 0 7 0 1 13 17 .191 .287 .234 .521 5.2 0.0 0.3
P #Roy Waites 27 28 77 4 13 3 0 0 4 0 1 3 27 .169 .200 .208 .408 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  George Gumm 18 25 67 4 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 25 .179 .222 .194 .416 3.1 0.0 0.0
C  Kirk Davidson 33 35 71 7 14 4 1 0 5 0 0 4 22 .197 .247 .282 .528 5.2 0.0 0.5
P  Donald Phillips 26 25 65 2 6 3 0 0 2 0 1 4 19 .092 .145 .138 .283 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P *Victor Demaria 27 23 51 3 6 1 0 0 4 1 2 3 23 .118 .161 .137 .298 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Everett Colletti 27 12 32 6 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .188 .235 .250 .485 1.7 0.0 0.0
LF #Alvin Purdue 26 9 22 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .182 .217 .273 .490 1.1 0.0 0.3
P  Gary Duong 25 15 12 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .083 .267 .083 .350 0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Ian Jones 35 5 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 .083 .154 .083 .237 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Jessie Jordan 34 23 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Gus Clothier 26 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P #David Caviness 32 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Christopher Caudle 21 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Aaron Ritchie 36 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.7 1674 4934 670 1318 266 42 129 649 202 52 395 945 .267 .324 .416 .741 661.6 75.0 40.9
  Rank among 10 CL teams 8 9 9 5 5 4 9 3 3 10 9 9 9 5 8 9  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Roy Waites 27 9 15 .375 28 28 0 211.7 243 124 28 64 135 5.27 6.3
 George Gumm 18 12 11 .522 25 25 0 199.7 206 88 14 71 105 3.97 14.3
 Donald Phillips 26 12 9 .571 25 25 0 187.3 166 71 17 92 220 3.41 15.7
*Victor Demaria 27 7 13 .350 23 22 0 153.3 164 109 26 100 91 6.40 0.0
 Everett Colletti 27 5 4 .556 12 12 0 88.0 81 37 9 40 67 3.78 7.1
 Gary Duong 25 2 4 .333 15 10 0 54.0 63 25 5 18 47 4.17 3.7
*Jay Tyrrell 24 2 4 .333 47 0 28 48.7 33 13 6 20 42 2.40 12.2
 Jessie Jordan 34 1 0 1.000 23 0 0 36.3 52 21 2 18 22 5.20 1.7
*Ian Jones 35 2 2 .500 5 5 0 35.7 42 19 2 10 18 4.80 1.7
 David Caviness 32 2 3 .400 32 2 2 33.0 33 14 2 20 31 3.82 3.1
 Danny Jones 28 0 3 .000 32 0 0 29.7 47 28 3 20 15 8.50 0.0
 Gus Clothier 26 0 1 .000 12 0 0 24.7 27 15 2 19 22 5.47 0.7
 Aaron Ritchie 36 2 0 1.000 18 0 0 21.7 23 7 1 6 14 2.91 2.7
 Christopher Caudle 21 2 0 1.000 15 0 1 21.3 17 2 0 3 6 0.84 4.4
 Frank Surrett 24 1 1 .500 12 0 0 15.3 10 2 1 3 8 1.17 2.6
Team Totals 27.3 59 70 .457 324 129 31 1160.3 1207 575 118 504 843 4.46 76.1
Rank among 10 CL teams 9 5 5 9 10 1 6 1 9 8 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 25.2
B.Galan 1008.0 115 116 780 66 10 1 .988 23.1
D.Hefley 239.0 25 35 151 14 1 0 .994 18.8
K.Davidson 36.0 4 6 34 2 0 0 1.000 33.3
Team Total 1283.0 144 157 965 82 11 1 .990 22.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.25
C.Sales 1141.0 129 134 1208 87 8 113 .994 10.21
K.Davidson 142.0 15 27 139 15 2 13 .987 9.76
Team Total 1283.0 144 161 1347 102 10 126 .993 10.16
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.15
C.Ring 1134.0 128 131 250 427 10 85 .985 5.37
C.Dominguez 149.0 16 20 47 43 2 17 .978 5.44
Team Total 1283.0 144 151 297 470 12 102 .985 5.38
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.56
D.Hirsch 782.3 88 103 32 173 17 8 .923 2.36
A.Revels 494.7 56 79 30 125 5 13 .969 2.82
C.Ring 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Dominguez 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Cosentino 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1283.0 144 185 63 299 22 21 .943 2.54
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.51
S.Cosentino 1203.0 134 135 170 417 21 89 .965 4.39
C.Dominguez 80.0 10 10 7 36 0 6 1.000 4.84
Team Total 1283.0 144 145 177 453 21 95 .968 4.42
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.06
B.Stull 1128.3 125 131 236 6 2 0 .992 1.93
T.Blake 69.0 8 9 12 0 1 0 .923 1.57
A.Purdue 49.0 7 7 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.67
J.Mraz 36.7 4 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1283.0 144 152 279 6 3 0 .990 2.00
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.64
C.Carpenter 1126.0 125 132 343 7 4 2 .989 2.80
J.Mraz 157.0 19 19 35 0 1 0 .972 2.01
Team Total 1283.0 144 151 378 7 5 2 .987 2.70
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.13
R.Dolph 1139.0 129 132 221 13 4 3 .983 1.85
T.Blake 83.7 9 13 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.72
J.Mraz 60.3 6 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.49
Team Total 1283.0 144 154 247 13 4 3 .985 1.82
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.97
R.Waites 211.7 28 28 13 39 4 2 .929 2.21
G.Gumm 199.7 25 25 13 29 4 2 .913 1.89
D.Phillips 187.3 25 25 14 29 3 2 .935 2.07
V.Demaria 153.3 22 23 14 33 1 3 .979 2.76
E.Colletti 88.0 12 12 6 13 0 1 1.000 1.94
G.Duong 54.0 10 15 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.67
J.Tyrrell 48.7 0 47 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.92
J.Jordan 36.3 0 23 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.23
I.Jones 35.7 5 5 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.51
D.Caviness 33.0 2 32 2 5 1 0 .875 1.91
D.Jones 29.7 0 32 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.12
G.Clothier 24.7 0 12 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.82
A.Ritchie 21.7 0 18 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.08
C.Caudle 21.3 0 15 4 3 0 0 1.000 2.95
F.Surrett 15.3 0 12 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.76
Team Total 1160.3 129 324 78 189 13 12 .954 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Stull .326
On-Base Pct Carpenter .380
Slugging Pct Stull .541
OPS Stull .921
XR Stull 96.4
Games Cosentino 137
At-Bats Dolph 523
Runs Carpenter 102
Hits Stull 169
Total Bases Stull 281
Singles Dolph 117
Doubles Stull 37
Triples Cosentino, Ring 11
Homeruns Sales 28
RBIs Sales 107
Stolen Bases Ring 61
Caught Stealing Stull 16
Walks Carpenter 72
Strikeouts Sales 125
ERA Phillips 3.41
Wins Gumm, Phillips 12
Losses Waites 15
Winning Pct Phillips .571
Saves Tyrrell 28
Games Pitched Tyrrell 47
Games Started Waites 28
Complete Games Gumm 12
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Waites 211.7
Hits Allowed Waites 243
Homeruns Allowed Waites 28
Strikeouts Phillips 220
Walks Allowed Demaria 100
Walks per 9IP Waites 2.7
Hits per 9IP Phillips 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Phillips 10.6
WHiP Phillips 1.38
OAVG Phillips .237
OOBP Phillips .324
OSLG Phillips .382
OOPS Phillips .706
Team All-Stars
Donald Phillips
Brian Stull
Jay Tyrrell
Player Salaries
Brian Stull $ 6,990,000
Christian Carpenter $ 5,900,000
Chester Sales $ 5,680,000
Everett Colletti $ 5,600,000
Claude Ring $ 5,510,000
Shawn Cosentino $ 4,250,000
Bill Galan $ 4,040,000
Royce Dolph $ 3,050,000
Ian Jones $ 2,450,000
Jessie Jordan $ 1,670,000
Roy Waites $ 1,550,000
Danny Jones $ 1,390,000
Victor Demaria $ 700,000
Kirk Davidson $ 550,000
Tommy Blake $ 540,000
Donald Hefley $ 480,000
Jay Tyrrell $ 475,714
Alvin Revels $ 380,000
Gus Clothier $ 350,000
Christopher Caudle $ 300,000
Casimiro Dominguez $ 300,000
Gary Duong $ 300,000
Dale Hirsch $ 300,000
Joseph Mraz $ 300,000
Alvin Purdue $ 300,000
Frank Surrett $ 300,000
George Gumm $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/16 Signed     Royce Dolph
2/17 Signed     Shawn Cosentino
3/1 Signed     Victor Demaria
3/8 Signed     Donald Hefley
3/9 Signed     Kirk Davidson
3/14 Signed     Tommy Blake
3/14 Signed     Alvin Revels
4/21 Signed     Roland Greenman
7/14 Released Roland Greenman    
7/31 Traded David Caviness Oklahoma James Locke
William Valazquez
Curtis Deacon
7/31 Traded Donald Phillips
Aaron Ritchie
Denver Everett Colletti
Rocky Wooster
Jose Castillo
Donald Paz
8/4 Released Bryan Mitchell