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Batting Average - Single-Season
Rank    Player AVG Year
1.   Tony Flores .351 1953
2.   Tony Flores .339 1955
3.   Tony Flores .331 1954
4.   John Thach .318 1952
5.   Kurt Oliverio .315 1955
6.   Andrea Bader .313 1953
7.   Daniel Newburn .311 1955
8.   Shawn Despain .309 1953
9.   Cedric Jones .305 1952
10.   John Thach .299 1954
 
Batting Average - Career
Rank    Player AVG PA
1.   Tony Flores .340 1740
2.   John Thach .295 2131
 
On-Base Pct - Single-Season
Rank    Player OBP Year
1.   Joseph Sommers .428 1952
2.   Tony Flores .418 1953
3.   Kurt Oliverio .409 1955
4.   Kurt Oliverio .403 1954
5.   Daniel Newburn .390 1955
6.   Tony Flores .388 1955
7.   John Thach .386 1952
8.   Preston McClain .384 1953
9.   Tony Flores .384 1954
10.   Preston McClain .381* 1954
 
On-Base Pct - Career
Rank    Player OBP PA
1.   Tony Flores .397 1740
2.   John Thach .368 2131
 
Slugging Pct - Single-Season
Rank    Player SLG Year
1.   Cedric Jones .558 1952
2.   Daniel Newburn .556 1955
3.   Kurt Oliverio .553 1955
4.   Kurt Oliverio .521 1954
5.   Tony Flores .511 1953
6.   Tony Flores .502 1955
7.   Shawn Despain .502 1953
8.   Tony Flores .497 1954
9.   Shawn Despain .497 1954
10.   Joseph Sommers .490 1952
 
Slugging Pct - Career
Rank    Player SLG PA
1.   Tony Flores .503 1740
2.   John Thach .424 2131
 
OPS - Single-Season
Rank    Player OPS Year
1.   Kurt Oliverio .962 1955
2.   Daniel Newburn .946 1955
3.   Tony Flores .929 1953
4.   Kurt Oliverio .924 1954
5.   Joseph Sommers .918 1952
6.   Cedric Jones .906 1952
7.   Tony Flores .890 1955
8.   Tony Flores .881 1954
9.   Shawn Despain .877 1953
10.   Shawn Despain .856 1954
 
OPS - Career
Rank    Player OPS PA
1.   Tony Flores .900 1740
2.   John Thach .792 2131
 
XR - Single-Season
Rank    Player XR Year
1.   Daniel Newburn 111.3 1955
2.   Joseph Sommers 108.4 1952
3.   Tony Flores 103.4 1953
4.   Kurt Oliverio 100.2 1954
5.   Kurt Oliverio 98.5 1955
6.   Tony Flores 95.9 1954
7.   Cedric Jones 91.6 1952
8.   Tony Flores 90.4 1955
9.   John Thach 89.7 1952
10.   Shawn Despain 89.1 1953
 
XR - Career
Rank    Player XR PA
1.   John Thach 309.4 2131
2.   Tony Flores 289.7 1740
3.   Kurt Oliverio 266.2 1507
4.   Preston McClain 227.2 1547
5.   Shawn Despain 202.0 1281
6.   Andrea Bader 183.8 1617
7.   Daniel Newburn 154.9 869
8.   John Mota 148.4 1118
9.   Guillermo Castillo 116.9 889
10.   Joseph Sommers 108.4 593
 
Games - Single-Season
Rank    Player G Year
1.   Andrea Bader 140 1952
2.   Kurt Oliverio 139 1954
3.   Daniel Newburn 138 1955
  Tony Flores 138 1953
  Tony Flores 138 1954
  Joseph Sommers 138 1952
  Cedric Jones 138 1952
  Kurt Oliverio 138 1955
9.   Preston McClain 137 1952
10.   Stanton Jakubowski 136 1955
 
Games - Career
Rank    Player G PA
1.   John Thach 500 2131
2.   Andrea Bader 422 1617
3.   Tony Flores 409 1740
4.   Preston McClain 396 1547
5.   Kurt Oliverio 369 1507
6.   Shawn Despain 327 1281
7.   John Mota 309 1118
8.   Guillermo Castillo 244 889
  Daniel Newburn 244 869
10.   Miguel Santa 208 383
 
At-Bats - Single-Season
Rank    Player AB Year
1.   Tony Flores 547 1954
2.   Tony Flores 538 1953
3.   Daniel Newburn 527 1955
4.   Cedric Jones 518 1952
5.   John Thach 516 1952
6.   Andrea Bader 507 1952
7.   Shawn Despain 502 1953
8.   Tony Flores 496 1955
9.   John Thach 486 1953
10.   Preston McClain 477 1952
 
At-Bats - Career
Rank    Player AB PA
1.   John Thach 1886 2131
2.   Tony Flores 1581 1740
3.   Andrea Bader 1445 1617
4.   Preston McClain 1297 1547
5.   Kurt Oliverio 1255 1507
6.   Shawn Despain 1145 1281
7.   John Mota 1023 1118
8.   Guillermo Castillo 818 889
9.   Daniel Newburn 757 869
10.   Cedric Jones 518 562
 
Runs - Single-Season
Rank    Player R Year
1.   Tony Flores 105 1953
2.   Joseph Sommers 97 1952
  John Thach 97 1953
4.   Daniel Newburn 95 1955
5.   Kurt Oliverio 93 1954
6.   John Thach 92 1952
7.   Tony Flores 90 1955
8.   Tony Flores 88 1954
9.   Shawn Despain 87 1953
  Cedric Jones 87 1952
 
Runs - Career
Rank    Player R PA
1.   John Thach 320 2131
2.   Tony Flores 283 1740
3.   Kurt Oliverio 237 1507
4.   Preston McClain 199 1547
5.   Andrea Bader 195 1617
6.   Shawn Despain 190 1281
7.   Daniel Newburn 138 869
8.   John Mota 137 1118
9.   Guillermo Castillo 125 889
10.   Joseph Sommers 97 593
 
Hits - Single-Season
Rank    Player H Year
1.   Tony Flores 189 1953
2.   Tony Flores 181 1954
3.   Tony Flores 168 1955
4.   Daniel Newburn 164 1955
  John Thach 164 1952
6.   Cedric Jones 158 1952
7.   Shawn Despain 155 1953
8.   Kurt Oliverio 145 1955
9.   Kurt Oliverio 140 1954
10.   John Thach 139 1953
 
Hits - Career
Rank    Player H PA
1.   John Thach 557 2131
2.   Tony Flores 538 1740
3.   Andrea Bader 407 1617
4.   Kurt Oliverio 373 1507
5.   Preston McClain 357 1547
6.   Shawn Despain 348 1281
7.   John Mota 267 1118
8.   Daniel Newburn 231 869
9.   Guillermo Castillo 224 889
10.   Cedric Jones 158 562
 
Total Bases - Single-Season
Rank    Player TB Year
1.   Daniel Newburn 293 1955
2.   Cedric Jones 289 1952
3.   Tony Flores 275 1953
4.   Tony Flores 272 1954
5.   Kurt Oliverio 255 1955
6.   Shawn Despain 252 1953
7.   Tony Flores 249 1955
8.   Kurt Oliverio 247 1954
9.   Joseph Sommers 227 1952
  Shawn Despain 227 1954
 
Total Bases - Career
Rank    Player TB PA
1.   John Thach 799 2131
2.   Tony Flores 796 1740
3.   Kurt Oliverio 654 1507
4.   Preston McClain 592 1547
5.   Shawn Despain 578 1281
6.   Andrea Bader 544 1617
7.   John Mota 475 1118
8.   Daniel Newburn 420 869
9.   Guillermo Castillo 345 889
10.   Cedric Jones 289 562
 
Singles - Single-Season
Rank    Player 1B Year
1.   Tony Flores 134 1953
2.   Tony Flores 130 1954
3.   John Thach 124 1952
4.   Tony Flores 120 1955
5.   Andrea Bader 106 1952
6.   John Thach 104 1953
7.   Shawn Despain 102 1953
8.   Kurt Oliverio 97 1955
9.   Daniel Newburn 96 1955
  Kurt Oliverio 96 1954
 
Singles - Career
Rank    Player 1B PA
1.   John Thach 405 2131
2.   Tony Flores 384 1740
3.   Andrea Bader 314 1617
4.   Kurt Oliverio 253 1507
5.   Shawn Despain 223 1281
6.   Preston McClain 199 1547
7.   Guillermo Castillo 167 889
8.   John Mota 160 1118
9.   Daniel Newburn 133 869
10.   Leroy Thornsberry 97 518
 
Doubles - Single-Season
Rank    Player 2B Year
1.   Preston McClain 47 1952
2.   Preston McClain 42 1953
3.   Tony Flores 37 1953
4.   Daniel Newburn 36 1955
5.   Cedric Jones 31 1952
  John Mota 31 1953
7.   Tony Flores 30 1954
  Shawn Despain 30 1953
  Tony Flores 30 1955
10.   Preston McClain 29 1954
 
Doubles - Career
Rank    Player 2B PA
1.   Preston McClain 118 1547
2.   John Thach 98 2131
3.   Tony Flores 97 1740
4.   Shawn Despain 68 1281
5.   Andrea Bader 66 1617
6.   John Mota 55 1118
7.   Daniel Newburn 50 869
8.   Kurt Oliverio 38 1507
9.   Cedric Jones 31 562
10.   Guillermo Castillo 22 889
  Miguel Santa 22 383
 
Triples - Single-Season
Rank    Player 3B Year
1.   Cedric Jones 17 1952
2.   Carl Benda 8 1955
3.   John Thach 7 1954
4.   John Thach 6 1952
5.   Tony Flores 5 1953
  Shawn Despain 5 1954
7.   Andrea Bader 4 1953
  Guillermo Castillo 4 1953
  Miguel Santa 4 1954
10.   Daniel Newburn 3 1955
 
Triples - Career
Rank    Player 3B PA
1.   John Thach 18 2131
2.   Cedric Jones 17 562
3.   Tony Flores 10 1740
  Andrea Bader 10 1617
5.   Shawn Despain 9 1281
6.   Carl Benda 8 289
7.   Guillermo Castillo 6 889
8.   Leroy Thornsberry 5 518
  Miguel Santa 5 383
  Daniel Newburn 5 869
 
Homeruns - Single-Season
Rank    Player HR Year
1.   Kurt Oliverio 31 1954
2.   Kurt Oliverio 30 1955
3.   Daniel Newburn 29 1955
4.   John Mota 26 1954
5.   Joseph Sommers 25 1952
6.   Cedric Jones 22 1952
7.   Shawn Despain 21 1953
8.   Tony Flores 19 1954
  Shawn Despain 19 1954
10.   Kurt Oliverio 18 1953
 
Homeruns - Career
Rank    Player HR PA
1.   Kurt Oliverio 79 1507
2.   John Mota 49 1118
3.   Shawn Despain 48 1281
4.   Tony Flores 47 1740
5.   Daniel Newburn 43 869
6.   Preston McClain 37 1547
7.   John Thach 36 2131
8.   Guillermo Castillo 29 889
9.   Joseph Sommers 25 593
10.   Cedric Jones 22 562
 
RBIs - Single-Season
Rank    Player RBI Year
1.   Daniel Newburn 113 1955
2.   Kurt Oliverio 99 1955
3.   Shawn Despain 98 1953
4.   Tony Flores 91 1953
  Cedric Jones 91 1952
6.   Kurt Oliverio 89 1954
7.   Preston McClain 82 1953
8.   Tony Flores 81 1954
9.   Joseph Sommers 80 1952
10.   Shawn Despain 77 1954
 
RBIs - Career
Rank    Player RBI PA
1.   Kurt Oliverio 265 1507
2.   Tony Flores 232 1740
3.   John Thach 227 2131
4.   Preston McClain 218 1547
5.   Shawn Despain 201 1281
6.   Andrea Bader 175 1617
7.   John Mota 171 1118
8.   Daniel Newburn 159 869
9.   Guillermo Castillo 138 889
10.   Cedric Jones 91 562
 
Stolen Bases - Single-Season
Rank    Player SB Year
1.   John Thach 75 1953
2.   John Thach 62 1952
3.   John Thach 61 1954
4.   John Thach 57 1955
5.   Joseph Sommers 56 1952
6.   Shawn Despain 37 1953
7.   Guillermo Castillo 31 1954
8.   Shawn Despain 29 1954
9.   Tony Flores 28 1953
10.   Guillermo Castillo 27 1953
 
Stolen Bases - Career
Rank    Player SB PA
1.   John Thach 255 2131
2.   Shawn Despain 79 1281
3.   Tony Flores 62 1740
4.   Guillermo Castillo 58 889
5.   Joseph Sommers 56 593
6.   Andrea Bader 45 1617
7.   Kurt Oliverio 44 1507
8.   Carl Benda 27 289
9.   Waldo Threlkeld 26 395
10.   Terrance Shortt 23 238
 
Caught Stealing - Single-Season
Rank    Player CS Year
1.   John Thach 22 1954
2.   Joseph Sommers 18 1952
  Shawn Despain 18 1953
  Shawn Despain 18 1954
5.   Cedric Jones 17 1952
6.   John Thach 16 1953
7.   John Thach 14 1952
8.   John Thach 13 1955
9.   Tony Flores 12 1953
10.   Waldo Threlkeld 11 1952
 
Caught Stealing - Career
Rank    Player CS PA
1.   John Thach 65 2131
2.   Shawn Despain 41 1281
3.   Tony Flores 28 1740
4.   Andrea Bader 24 1617
5.   Joseph Sommers 18 593
6.   Cedric Jones 17 562
7.   Miguel Santa 15 383
8.   Kurt Oliverio 14 1507
9.   Guillermo Castillo 13 889
10.   Waldo Threlkeld 12 395
 
Walks - Single-Season
Rank    Player BB Year
1.   Joseph Sommers 118 1952
2.   Preston McClain 90 1953
3.   Kurt Oliverio 88 1954
4.   Kurt Oliverio 75 1953
5.   Kurt Oliverio 72 1955
  Preston McClain 72 1954
7.   Preston McClain 71 1952
8.   Daniel Newburn 66 1955
9.   Tony Flores 59 1953
10.   John Thach 57 1953
 
Walks - Career
Rank    Player BB PA
1.   Kurt Oliverio 235 1507
2.   Preston McClain 233 1547
3.   John Thach 214 2131
4.   Tony Flores 145 1740
5.   Andrea Bader 122 1617
6.   Joseph Sommers 118 593
7.   Shawn Despain 111 1281
8.   Daniel Newburn 91 869
9.   John Mota 82 1118
10.   Leroy Thornsberry 55 518
 
Strikeouts - Single-Season
Rank    Player K Year
1.   Cedric Jones 109 1952
2.   Stanton Jakubowski 108 1955
3.   John Mota 95 1954
4.   Shawn Despain 93 1954
5.   Kurt Oliverio 89 1954
6.   John Mota 86 1953
7.   Shawn Despain 80 1953
8.   Preston McClain 78 1952
9.   John Thach 77 1952
10.   Alberto Villar 75 1952
 
Strikeouts - Career
Rank    Player K PA
1.   Andrea Bader 257 1617
2.   John Thach 238 2131
3.   Preston McClain 222 1547
4.   John Mota 210 1118
5.   Kurt Oliverio 204 1507
6.   Shawn Despain 199 1281
7.   Tony Flores 182 1740
8.   Guillermo Castillo 123 889
9.   Cedric Jones 109 562
10.   Stanton Jakubowski 108 507