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14 decisions or 144 IP required for season rate statistics. 65 decisions or 585 IP required for career rate statistics.
ERA - Single-Season
Rank    Player ERA Year
1.   Alexis Aguiar 4.03 1955
2.   Bryan Crossett 4.49 1954
3.   Newton Biondi 4.61 1952
4.   Salomon Mejorado 4.76 1955
5.   Alexis Aguiar 4.82 1954
6.   Alexis Aguiar 4.84 1953
7.   Richard Bush 4.86 1953
8.   Richard Bush 5.08 1952
9.   Thomas Crystal 5.24 1952
10.   Vincent Vivian 5.84 1953
 
ERA - Career
Rank    Player ERA IP
1.   Alexis Aguiar 4.63 734.7
2.   Vincent Vivian 5.82 623.3
 
Wins - Single-Season
Rank    Player W Year
1.   Alexis Aguiar 21 1954
2.   Richard Bush 18 1953
3.   Alexis Aguiar 16 1953
  Vincent Vivian 16 1952
5.   Richard Bush 14 1952
  Vincent Vivian 14 1953
7.   Salomon Mejorado 13 1955
  Thomas Crystal 13 1952
9.   Chester Belue 11 1953
10.   Salomon Mejorado 10 1954
  Alexis Aguiar 10 1955
 
Wins - Career
Rank    Player W IP
1.   Alexis Aguiar 47 734.7
2.   Vincent Vivian 39 623.3
3.   Richard Bush 32 526.0
4.   Thomas Crystal 27 485.0
5.   Bryan Crossett 23 464.7
  Salomon Mejorado 23 404.3
7.   Willie Cunningham 16 305.3
8.   John Fobbs 14 225.0
9.   John Rademacher 13 259.7
10.   Chester Belue 12 284.3
 
Losses - Single-Season
Rank    Player L Year
1.   Chester Belue 18 1953
2.   Salomon Mejorado 17 1955
3.   Alexis Aguiar 16 1953
  Thomas Crystal 16 1952
5.   Richard Bush 15 1953
6.   Bryan Crossett 14 1955
7.   Vincent Vivian 13 1953
8.   William Holley 11 1954
9.   Vincent Vivian 10 1952
  Richard Bush 10 1952
 
Losses - Career
Rank    Player L IP
1.   Vincent Vivian 36 623.3
2.   Alexis Aguiar 34 734.7
3.   Bryan Crossett 31 464.7
4.   Thomas Crystal 26 485.0
5.   Richard Bush 25 526.0
  Salomon Mejorado 25 404.3
7.   Chester Belue 20 284.3
8.   William Holley 16 203.0
  John Rademacher 16 259.7
10.   Willie Cunningham 15 305.3
 
Winning Pct - Single-Season
Rank    Player WPct Year
1.   Alexis Aguiar .700 1954
2.   Vincent Vivian .615 1952
3.   Vincent Vivian .600 1955
4.   Richard Bush .583 1952
5.   Salomon Mejorado .556 1954
6.   Richard Bush .545 1953
7.   Thomas Crystal .533 1954
8.   John Rademacher .529 1954
9.   Alexis Aguiar .526 1955
10.   Vincent Vivian .519 1953
 
Winning Pct - Career
Rank    Player WPct IP
1.   Alexis Aguiar .580 734.7
2.   Vincent Vivian .520 623.3
 
Saves - Single-Season
Rank    Player SV Year
1.   Everett Macdonald 34 1955
2.   John Fobbs 33 1953
3.   John Fobbs 17 1954
4.   John Fobbs 13 1952
5.   Kenneth Thompson 9 1952
6.   Everett Macdonald 6 1954
  Willie Cunningham 6 1952
8.   Bryan Crossett 4 1954
9.   Daniel Heppner 3 1952
10.   John Fobbs 2 1955
  Willie Cunningham 2 1953
 
Saves - Career
Rank    Player SV IP
1.   John Fobbs 65 225.0
2.   Everett Macdonald 40 91.3
3.   Kenneth Thompson 9 61.7
4.   Willie Cunningham 8 305.3
5.   Bryan Crossett 5 464.7
6.   Daniel Heppner 3 50.0
  Thomas Crystal 3 485.0
8.   Brian Martin 2 100.3
9.   John Rademacher 1 259.7
  Israel Pereda 1 14.3
  Salomon Mejorado 1 404.3
  Bradley Koch 1 52.3
  David Cilley 1 44.7
 
Games Pitched - Single-Season
Rank    Player G Year
1.   Willie Cunningham 67 1952
2.   John Fobbs 63 1955
  Bryan Crossett 63 1954
4.   Everett Macdonald 58 1955
5.   John Fobbs 51 1954
6.   Willie Cunningham 50 1953
7.   Kenneth Thompson 48 1952
  Daniel Heppner 48 1952
9.   Thomas Crystal 47 1954
  John Fobbs 47 1953
 
Games Pitched - Career
Rank    Player G IP
1.   John Fobbs 200 225.0
2.   Willie Cunningham 185 305.3
3.   Thomas Crystal 135 485.0
4.   Bryan Crossett 121 464.7
5.   Alexis Aguiar 97 734.7
6.   Vincent Vivian 95 623.3
7.   Everett Macdonald 86 91.3
8.   Salomon Mejorado 74 404.3
9.   Richard Bush 69 526.0
10.   Brian Martin 58 100.3
 
Games Started - Single-Season
Rank    Player GS Year
1.   Thomas Crystal 39 1952
2.   Richard Bush 38 1953
3.   Alexis Aguiar 37 1954
4.   Chester Belue 36 1953
  Alexis Aguiar 36 1953
6.   Salomon Mejorado 34 1955
7.   Vincent Vivian 31 1952
  Richard Bush 31 1952
9.   Vincent Vivian 29 1953
10.   Bryan Crossett 27 1955
 
Games Started - Career
Rank    Player GS IP
1.   Alexis Aguiar 97 734.7
2.   Vincent Vivian 85 623.3
3.   Richard Bush 69 526.0
4.   Bryan Crossett 57 464.7
5.   Thomas Crystal 52 485.0
6.   Salomon Mejorado 51 404.3
7.   Chester Belue 39 284.3
8.   Willie Cunningham 38 305.3
9.   John Rademacher 33 259.7
10.   William Holley 27 203.0
 
Complete Games - Single-Season
Rank    Player CG Year
1.   Richard Bush 14 1953
2.   Alexis Aguiar 12 1953
3.   Alexis Aguiar 10 1954
  Vincent Vivian 10 1953
  Salomon Mejorado 10 1955
  Thomas Crystal 10 1952
7.   Richard Bush 9 1952
  Vincent Vivian 9 1955
9.   Chester Belue 8 1953
  Vincent Vivian 8 1952
 
Complete Games - Career
Rank    Player CG IP
1.   Alexis Aguiar 29 734.7
2.   Vincent Vivian 28 623.3
3.   Richard Bush 23 526.0
4.   Salomon Mejorado 15 404.3
  Bryan Crossett 15 464.7
6.   Thomas Crystal 14 485.0
7.   John Rademacher 10 259.7
8.   William Holley 9 203.0
  Chester Belue 9 284.3
10.   Newton Biondi 3 170.3
 
Shutouts - Single-Season
Rank    Player SHO Year
1.   Vincent Vivian 3 1955
  Thomas Crystal 3 1952
  Richard Bush 3 1953
4.   Alexis Aguiar 2 1955
5.   Vincent Vivian 1 1953
  Vincent Vivian 1 1952
  John Rademacher 1 1955
  Salomon Mejorado 1 1955
  William Holley 1 1954
  Bryan Crossett 1 1954
  Richard Bush 1 1952
  Newton Biondi 1 1952
  Alexis Aguiar 1 1954
  Alexis Aguiar 1 1953
 
Shutouts - Career
Rank    Player SHO IP
1.   Vincent Vivian 5 623.3
2.   Richard Bush 4 526.0
  Alexis Aguiar 4 734.7
4.   Thomas Crystal 3 485.0
5.   John Rademacher 1 259.7
  Salomon Mejorado 1 404.3
  William Holley 1 203.0
  Bryan Crossett 1 464.7
  Newton Biondi 1 170.3
 
Innings Pitched - Single-Season
Rank    Player IP Year
1.   Richard Bush 292.3 1953
2.   Alexis Aguiar 282.0 1954
3.   Thomas Crystal 276.3 1952
4.   Alexis Aguiar 271.7 1953
5.   Salomon Mejorado 260.7 1955
6.   Chester Belue 257.3 1953
7.   Richard Bush 233.7 1952
8.   Vincent Vivian 224.3 1952
9.   Vincent Vivian 211.0 1953
10.   Bryan Crossett 183.0 1955
 
Innings Pitched - Career
Rank    Player IP IP
1.   Alexis Aguiar 734.7 734.7
2.   Vincent Vivian 623.3 623.3
3.   Richard Bush 526.0 526.0
4.   Thomas Crystal 485.0 485.0
5.   Bryan Crossett 464.7 464.7
6.   Salomon Mejorado 404.3 404.3
7.   Willie Cunningham 305.3 305.3
8.   Chester Belue 284.3 284.3
9.   John Rademacher 259.7 259.7
10.   John Fobbs 225.0 225.0
 
Hits Allowed - Single-Season
Rank    Player H Year
1.   Chester Belue 341 1953
2.   Alexis Aguiar 329 1954
3.   Richard Bush 306 1953
4.   Alexis Aguiar 305 1953
5.   Thomas Crystal 285 1952
6.   Richard Bush 268 1952
7.   Salomon Mejorado 254 1955
8.   Bryan Crossett 245 1955
9.   Vincent Vivian 232 1952
10.   Vincent Vivian 227 1953
 
Hits Allowed - Career
Rank    Player H IP
1.   Alexis Aguiar 824 734.7
2.   Vincent Vivian 666 623.3
3.   Bryan Crossett 576 464.7
4.   Richard Bush 574 526.0
5.   Thomas Crystal 521 485.0
6.   Salomon Mejorado 412 404.3
7.   Chester Belue 368 284.3
8.   Willie Cunningham 320 305.3
9.   John Rademacher 280 259.7
10.   William Holley 265 203.0
 
Homeruns Allowed - Single-Season
Rank    Player HR Year
1.   Richard Bush 38 1953
2.   Alexis Aguiar 34 1953
3.   Alexis Aguiar 30 1954
4.   Richard Bush 28 1952
5.   Vincent Vivian 24 1953
  Bryan Crossett 24 1955
  Chester Belue 24 1953
8.   Vincent Vivian 22 1952
  Alexis Aguiar 22 1955
  Salomon Mejorado 22 1955
 
Homeruns Allowed - Career
Rank    Player HR IP
1.   Alexis Aguiar 86 734.7
2.   Richard Bush 66 526.0
3.   Vincent Vivian 64 623.3
4.   Bryan Crossett 53 464.7
5.   Salomon Mejorado 34 404.3
6.   Willie Cunningham 30 305.3
7.   Chester Belue 27 284.3
8.   Thomas Crystal 22 485.0
9.   John Fobbs 21 225.0
10.   Newton Biondi 20 170.3
 
Strikeouts - Single-Season
Rank    Player K Year
1.   Thomas Crystal 198 1952
2.   Vincent Vivian 196 1952
3.   Alexis Aguiar 178 1954
4.   Vincent Vivian 164 1953
5.   Salomon Mejorado 162 1955
6.   Richard Bush 161 1953
7.   Vincent Vivian 141 1955
8.   Chester Belue 132 1953
9.   Richard Bush 131 1952
10.   Alexis Aguiar 130 1953
 
Strikeouts - Career
Rank    Player K IP
1.   Vincent Vivian 529 623.3
2.   Alexis Aguiar 431 734.7
3.   Thomas Crystal 344 485.0
4.   Richard Bush 292 526.0
5.   Willie Cunningham 247 305.3
6.   Salomon Mejorado 246 404.3
7.   Bryan Crossett 243 464.7
8.   John Fobbs 186 225.0
9.   John Rademacher 160 259.7
10.   Chester Belue 149 284.3
 
Walks Allowed - Single-Season
Rank    Player BB Year
1.   Thomas Crystal 179 1952
2.   Vincent Vivian 129 1952
3.   Salomon Mejorado 126 1955
4.   Vincent Vivian 116 1953
5.   Alexis Aguiar 97 1953
  Chester Belue 97 1953
7.   John Rademacher 96 1954
8.   Alexis Aguiar 94 1954
9.   John Rademacher 91 1955
10.   Salomon Mejorado 87 1954
 
Walks Allowed - Career
Rank    Player BB IP
1.   Vincent Vivian 349 623.3
2.   Thomas Crystal 295 485.0
3.   Alexis Aguiar 234 734.7
4.   Salomon Mejorado 213 404.3
5.   John Rademacher 187 259.7
6.   Bryan Crossett 140 464.7
7.   Richard Bush 115 526.0
8.   Willie Cunningham 114 305.3
9.   Chester Belue 112 284.3
10.   Newton Biondi 94 170.3
 
Walks per 9IP - Single-Season
Rank    Player BB9 Year
1.   Richard Bush 2.0 1952
  Richard Bush 2.0 1953
3.   Alexis Aguiar 2.1 1955
4.   Bryan Crossett 2.4 1954
5.   Bryan Crossett 2.9 1955
6.   Alexis Aguiar 3.0 1954
7.   Alexis Aguiar 3.2 1953
8.   Chester Belue 3.4 1953
9.   Salomon Mejorado 4.4 1955
10.   Newton Biondi 4.8 1952
 
Walks per 9IP - Career
Rank    Player BB9 IP
1.   Alexis Aguiar 2.9 734.7
2.   Vincent Vivian 5.0 623.3
 
Hits per 9IP - Single-Season
Rank    Player H9 Year
1.   Newton Biondi 7.8 1952
2.   Salomon Mejorado 8.8 1955
3.   Bryan Crossett 9.3 1954
4.   Thomas Crystal 9.3 1952
5.   Vincent Vivian 9.3 1952
6.   Richard Bush 9.4 1953
7.   Alexis Aguiar 9.4 1955
8.   Vincent Vivian 9.7 1953
9.   Alexis Aguiar 10.1 1953
10.   Richard Bush 10.3 1952
 
Hits per 9IP - Career
Rank    Player H9 IP
1.   Vincent Vivian 9.6 623.3
2.   Alexis Aguiar 10.1 734.7
 
Strikeouts per 9IP - Single-Season
Rank    Player K9 Year
1.   Vincent Vivian 7.9 1952
2.   Vincent Vivian 7.0 1953
3.   Thomas Crystal 6.4 1952
4.   Alexis Aguiar 6.1 1955
5.   Alexis Aguiar 5.7 1954
6.   Salomon Mejorado 5.6 1955
7.   Newton Biondi 5.2 1952
8.   Richard Bush 5.0 1952
  Richard Bush 5.0 1953
10.   Bryan Crossett 4.9 1954
 
Strikeouts per 9IP - Career
Rank    Player K9 IP
1.   Vincent Vivian 7.6 623.3
2.   Alexis Aguiar 5.3 734.7
 
WHiP - Single-Season
Rank    Player WHiP Year
1.   Richard Bush 1.27 1953
2.   Alexis Aguiar 1.29 1955
3.   Bryan Crossett 1.29 1954
4.   Richard Bush 1.37 1952
5.   Newton Biondi 1.41 1952
6.   Salomon Mejorado 1.46 1955
7.   Alexis Aguiar 1.48 1953
8.   Alexis Aguiar 1.50 1954
9.   Vincent Vivian 1.61 1952
10.   Vincent Vivian 1.63 1953
 
WHiP - Career
Rank    Player WHiP IP
1.   Alexis Aguiar 1.44 734.7
2.   Vincent Vivian 1.63 623.3
 
OAVG - Single-Season
Rank    Player OAVG Year
1.   Newton Biondi .241 1952
2.   Salomon Mejorado .257 1955
3.   Bryan Crossett .264 1954
4.   Vincent Vivian .267 1952
5.   Alexis Aguiar .267 1955
6.   Thomas Crystal .271 1952
7.   Richard Bush .272 1953
8.   Vincent Vivian .276 1953
9.   Alexis Aguiar .287 1953
10.   Alexis Aguiar .291 1954
 
OAVG - Career
Rank    Player OAVG IP
1.   Vincent Vivian .274 623.3
2.   Alexis Aguiar .284 734.7
 
OOBP - Single-Season
Rank    Player OOBP Year
1.   Alexis Aguiar .311 1955
2.   Bryan Crossett .317 1954
3.   Richard Bush .320 1953
4.   Richard Bush .337 1952
5.   Alexis Aguiar .344 1953
6.   Alexis Aguiar .345 1954
7.   Newton Biondi .347 1952
8.   Salomon Mejorado .350 1955
9.   Vincent Vivian .365 1952
10.   Vincent Vivian .367 1953
 
OOBP - Career
Rank    Player OOBP IP
1.   Alexis Aguiar .336 734.7
2.   Vincent Vivian .367 623.3
 
OSLG - Single-Season
Rank    Player OSLG Year
1.   Thomas Crystal .374 1952
2.   Newton Biondi .384 1952
3.   Salomon Mejorado .393 1955
4.   Bryan Crossett .399 1954
5.   Alexis Aguiar .413 1955
6.   Vincent Vivian .418 1952
7.   Alexis Aguiar .419 1954
8.   Richard Bush .440 1953
9.   Vincent Vivian .440 1953
10.   Alexis Aguiar .440 1953
 
OSLG - Career
Rank    Player OSLG IP
1.   Alexis Aguiar .425 734.7
2.   Vincent Vivian .434 623.3
 
OOPS - Single-Season
Rank    Player OOPS Year
1.   Bryan Crossett .716 1954
2.   Alexis Aguiar .724 1955
3.   Newton Biondi .731 1952
4.   Salomon Mejorado .743 1955
5.   Thomas Crystal .758 1952
6.   Richard Bush .759 1953
7.   Alexis Aguiar .763 1954
8.   Vincent Vivian .783 1952
9.   Alexis Aguiar .784 1953
10.   Richard Bush .798 1952
 
OOPS - Career
Rank    Player OOPS IP
1.   Alexis Aguiar .761 734.7
2.   Vincent Vivian .802 623.3