1953 Oklahoma 89ers
Record: 86-58
Finish: 1st in PL South Division
Runs Scored: 816
Runs Allowed: 664
Exp W-L: 85-59
 
Ballpark: Clark Field
Attendance: 2,993,534
Manager:

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-58, 2nd in the Pioneer League
AA: 62-64, 5th in the Pioneer League
A: 60-66, 5th in the Pioneer League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost PL League Championship Serie 3-4 to Salt Lake City Locusts
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
1B #Rod Madera 26 140 527 109 167 50 7 29 124 1 0 56 65 .317 .382 .603 .985 107.4 16.2 2.9
RF  David Almond 28 125 481 84 158 24 5 7 59 6 3 59 50 .328 .405 .443 .848 84.6 12.1 2.9
2B *Stanton Jakubowski 34 132 459 63 143 21 0 1 65 0 0 56 72 .312 .386 .364 .750 67.2 7.8 4.8
LF *Greg Wampler 26 130 466 100 151 33 4 19 96 33 13 41 43 .324 .390 .534 .925 93.4 13.9 3.0
C  Larry Dancer 26 112 393 54 123 25 0 9 76 1 0 38 39 .313 .368 .445 .813 61.8 7.2 4.6
SS  Joel Monroy 28 96 385 69 131 26 1 8 52 5 4 44 55 .340 .408 .475 .884 67.2 9.7 5.5
LF #Edward Constance 26 88 326 66 97 13 3 12 50 32 9 61 48 .298 .409 .466 .875 66.5 9.0 2.8
3B *Jason Fowler 28 96 334 65 117 32 3 8 70 6 1 50 50 .350 .430 .536 .966 71.9 11.5 3.4
2B  Michael Mitchell 27 74 230 23 66 17 1 3 34 1 0 9 29 .287 .314 .409 .723 29.1 2.5 2.2
CF *Joseph Sommers 27 52 191 47 59 8 5 10 32 25 8 31 23 .309 .409 .560 .969 44.1 6.8 1.5
RF  Stephen Calderone 29 63 158 21 43 12 0 4 17 2 1 37 44 .272 .424 .424 .848 30.8 3.9 1.2
P  Dante Ruiz 27 38 113 2 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 40 .035 .035 .044 .079 -7.5 0.0 0.0
3B *Bobby Miles 32 30 104 15 28 3 2 3 12 1 1 15 19 .269 .364 .423 .787 16.5 1.8 1.2
3B  Matthew Foulk 29 44 107 19 23 7 0 2 14 8 0 9 24 .215 .274 .336 .610 11.7 0.4 1.5
P  Tracy Dodson 28 31 86 1 5 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 29 .058 .079 .093 .172 -3.0 0.0 0.0
C  James Powers 32 25 77 8 19 6 0 2 11 0 0 8 11 .247 .314 .403 .717 9.7 0.8 1.1
RF *Rick Quist 26 30 76 6 30 6 0 0 12 1 0 4 6 .395 .425 .474 .899 13.0 2.1 0.3
LF  Geraldo Fernandez 27 45 75 11 30 1 0 1 11 2 0 4 6 .400 .425 .453 .878 13.8 2.1 0.3
P  Alexander Lenihan 27 22 62 4 6 2 0 0 5 1 0 1 29 .097 .125 .129 .254 -0.6 0.0 0.0
SS  Richard Davis 27 24 64 7 21 4 0 1 9 0 0 5 6 .328 .377 .438 .814 9.0 1.0 0.6
CF #Donald Crook 28 37 52 9 9 0 0 0 3 3 1 6 13 .173 .271 .173 .444 3.2 0.0 0.4
P *Tony Delossantos 28 18 48 6 10 3 2 0 2 0 1 4 15 .208 .264 .354 .618 4.5 0.0 0.0
C  Isaac Noell 30 18 50 1 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 9 .200 .286 .220 .506 3.7 0.0 0.6
2B  John Thomas 26 32 38 12 8 3 0 0 3 4 0 3 7 .211 .268 .289 .558 3.6 0.2 0.3
P *Justin Paige 26 13 34 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 9 .088 .162 .088 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
CF  David Wood 29 8 28 2 8 1 0 0 6 2 0 1 2 .286 .333 .321 .655 3.1 0.2 0.1
P *Juan Daggett 31 10 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .083 .120 .083 .203 -0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Calvin Boozer 26 9 18 3 6 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 3 .333 .429 .500 .929 3.7 0.6 0.2
P  Marcus Hoops 28 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .091 .000 .091 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Michael Bunnell 33 14 9 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .444 .500 .444 .944 2.0 0.3 0.0
P #James Peden 31 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P #David Caviness 32 18 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .200 .300 -0.1 0.0 0.0
SS  Bernal Morales 22 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -0.3 0.0 0.2
P  Ronald Chandler 31 14 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0.9 0.2 0.0
P #Edward Manos 27 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Lawrence Choice 28 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Ted Iorio 26 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Earl Hilliard 29 46 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.2 1763 5062 816 1485 305 34 119 787 135 43 558 773 .293 .365 .438 .803 807.9 110.3 41.8
  Rank among 10 PL teams 2 4 3 3 6 5 4 9 1 2 2 3 2 4 4 3  
* - 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
 Dante Ruiz 27 19 12 .613 38 38 0 303.0 276 118 23 95 302 3.50 25.6
 Tracy Dodson 28 12 13 .480 31 31 0 230.3 267 118 19 69 123 4.61 13.2
 Alexander Lenihan 27 12 5 .706 22 22 0 165.3 162 65 13 42 123 3.54 14.9
*Tony Delossantos 28 12 1 .923 18 17 0 123.0 140 61 14 49 87 4.46 10.1
*Justin Paige 26 7 3 .700 13 13 0 92.0 77 34 5 38 89 3.33 9.2
*Juan Daggett 31 2 6 .250 10 8 0 72.7 85 45 6 26 54 5.57 2.1
 Marcus Hoops 28 3 2 .600 24 4 0 49.0 62 30 3 18 35 5.51 2.0
 David Caviness 32 5 0 1.000 18 1 8 40.3 33 11 2 11 50 2.45 9.0
 Earl Hilliard 29 3 5 .375 43 0 7 38.7 41 23 2 12 29 5.35 3.9
*Michael Bunnell 33 2 1 .667 14 3 0 37.7 39 19 1 15 27 4.54 2.8
 James Peden 31 1 3 .250 11 4 0 34.3 33 21 5 15 21 5.51 1.1
*Lawrence Choice 28 5 3 .625 33 0 3 31.7 28 22 6 21 22 6.25 2.2
 Edward Manos 27 1 0 1.000 20 0 6 28.7 18 8 1 17 24 2.51 5.9
*Ted Iorio 26 1 2 .333 31 0 6 26.3 32 17 0 10 11 5.81 2.5
 Ronald Chandler 31 0 0 .000 14 0 1 18.3 21 11 3 12 9 5.40 1.0
 James Gittens 33 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 3.0 4 2 0 1 0 6.00 0.3
*Lawrence Sais 31 0 2 .000 3 0 1 2.7 4 3 1 2 1 10.15 0.0
Team Totals 29.2 86 58 .597 346 141 32 1297.0 1322 608 104 453 1007 4.22 105.8
Rank among 10 PL teams 2 2 5 2 1 3 3 1 2 1 1  
* - 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 26.8
L.Dancer 927.0 104 110 717 72 18 0 .978 27.0
J.Powers 191.0 21 24 171 14 3 0 .984 29.0
I.Noell 125.7 14 17 101 6 1 0 .991 20.0
C.Boozer 44.8 6 8 28 4 1 0 .970 20.0
Team Total 1288.5 145 159 1017 96 23 0 .980 26.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 10.03
R.Madera 1168.7 128 138 1158 94 8 89 .994 9.64
R.Quist 74.7 9 10 87 4 1 6 .989 10.97
M.Mitchell 33.0 5 5 30 3 1 3 .971 9.00
M.Foulk 20.0 2 2 23 4 0 2 1.000 12.15
Team Total 1296.3 144 155 1298 105 10 100 .993 9.74
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.23
S.Jakubowski 953.0 107 110 200 317 16 64 .970 4.88
M.Mitchell 252.7 29 33 66 70 3 16 .978 4.84
R.Davis 43.7 5 7 10 10 1 2 .952 4.12
J.Thomas 37.7 3 7 9 12 0 1 1.000 5.02
B.Morales 8.7 0 6 4 5 0 2 1.000 9.35
Team Total 1295.6 144 163 289 414 20 85 .972 4.88
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .943 2.42
J.Fowler 748.9 85 90 42 148 9 8 .955 2.28
B.Miles 264.3 29 30 19 52 4 3 .947 2.42
M.Foulk 234.3 25 32 14 57 4 3 .947 2.73
M.Mitchell 41.7 3 11 4 5 1 0 .900 1.94
R.Davis 10.0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Monroy 3.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Jakubowski 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1303.9 143 167 79 264 18 14 .950 2.37
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.54
J.Monroy 780.0 89 92 126 292 16 43 .963 4.82
M.Mitchell 202.0 23 23 26 61 6 11 .935 3.88
S.Jakubowski 147.7 16 16 25 42 3 8 .957 4.08
R.Davis 101.7 11 15 17 22 1 6 .975 3.45
J.Thomas 59.3 5 11 10 13 3 2 .885 3.49
B.Morales 5.7 0 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.36
J.Fowler 1.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1297.4 144 160 205 433 29 71 .957 4.43
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.13
G.Wampler 1028.3 116 120 205 8 4 3 .982 1.86
E.Constance 274.5 30 31 51 2 1 0 .981 1.74
S.Calderone 174.0 18 25 41 3 0 0 1.000 2.28
G.Fernandez 109.6 17 17 21 1 2 0 .917 1.81
D.Crook 4.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Sommers 1.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1593.0 181 196 319 14 7 3 .979 1.88
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.75
E.Constance 466.0 51 53 142 0 3 0 .979 2.74
J.Sommers 284.8 32 33 71 2 0 1 1.000 2.31
D.Crook 74.7 8 11 26 0 0 0 1.000 3.13
D.Wood 58.7 7 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.53
S.Calderone 34.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
G.Wampler 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 920.1 102 110 255 2 3 1 .988 2.51
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.25
D.Almond 1055.7 120 121 211 6 6 0 .973 1.85
S.Calderone 158.0 18 23 32 1 2 1 .943 1.88
J.Sommers 137.0 14 18 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.77
R.Quist 53.0 6 6 12 0 1 0 .923 2.04
E.Constance 9.5 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.95
D.Crook 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Fernandez 1.2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 7.50
Team Total 1415.7 158 174 283 8 9 1 .970 1.85
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.04
D.Ruiz 303.0 38 38 13 44 0 2 1.000 1.69
T.Dodson 230.3 31 31 13 26 3 2 .929 1.52
A.Lenihan 165.3 22 22 10 26 3 3 .923 1.96
T.Delossantos 123.0 17 18 6 25 2 2 .939 2.27
J.Paige 92.0 13 13 3 18 1 1 .955 2.05
J.Daggett 72.7 8 10 7 16 1 2 .958 2.85
M.Hoops 49.0 4 24 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.47
D.Caviness 40.3 1 18 2 5 1 0 .875 1.56
E.Hilliard 38.7 0 43 4 13 0 1 1.000 3.96
M.Bunnell 37.7 3 14 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.39
J.Peden 34.3 4 11 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.05
L.Choice 31.7 0 33 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.71
E.Manos 28.7 0 20 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.57
T.Iorio 26.3 0 31 3 10 0 0 1.000 4.44
R.Chandler 18.3 0 14 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.47
J.Gittens 3.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
L.Sais 2.7 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1297.0 141 346 73 210 11 15 .963 1.96
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Almond .328
On-Base Pct Almond .405
Slugging Pct Madera .603
OPS Madera .985
XR Madera 107.4
Games Madera 140
At-Bats Madera 527
Runs Madera 109
Hits Madera 167
Total Bases Madera 318
Singles Almond 122
Doubles Madera 50
Triples Madera 7
Homeruns Madera 29
RBIs Madera 124
Stolen Bases Wampler 33
Caught Stealing Wampler 13
Walks Constance 61
Strikeouts Jakubowski 72
ERA Ruiz 3.50
Wins Ruiz 19
Losses Dodson 13
Winning Pct Lenihan .706
Saves Caviness 8
Games Pitched Hilliard 43
Games Started Ruiz 38
Complete Games Ruiz 19
Shutouts Ruiz 6
Innings Pitched Ruiz 303.0
Hits Allowed Ruiz 276
Homeruns Allowed Ruiz 23
Strikeouts Ruiz 302
Walks Allowed Ruiz 95
Walks per 9IP Lenihan 2.3
Hits per 9IP Ruiz 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Ruiz 9.0
WHiP Ruiz 1.22
OAVG Ruiz .244
OOBP Lenihan .305
OSLG Ruiz .380
OOPS Lenihan .693
Team All-Stars
Alexander Lenihan
Rod Madera
Greg Wampler
Player Salaries
Joseph Sommers $ 8,060,000
Justin Paige $ 7,021,429
Dante Ruiz $ 6,680,000
Rod Madera $ 5,700,000
Stanton Jakubowski $ 5,500,000
David Almond $ 5,250,000
Stephen Calderone $ 5,000,000
Michael Mitchell $ 4,500,000
Joel Monroy $ 3,060,000
Tony Delossantos $ 2,880,000
Marcus Hoops $ 2,342,857
David Caviness $ 2,140,000
Greg Wampler $ 1,650,000
Earl Hilliard $ 1,390,000
James Peden $ 1,390,000
Matthew Foulk $ 1,350,000
Edward Manos $ 1,257,143
Richard Davis $ 914,286
Tracy Dodson $ 625,000
Lawrence Sais $ 550,000
Fred Carswell $ 400,000
Bill Gallion $ 380,000
David Wood $ 375,000
Geraldo Fernandez $ 350,000
Donald Crook $ 350,000
Lawrence Choice $ 350,000
John Thomas $ 350,000
Jason Fowler $ 350,000
Rick Quist $ 310,000
Bernal Morales $ 300,000
Isaac Noell $ 300,000
Larry Dancer $ 300,000
James Powers $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Bernie Opitz
Leroy Mckenzie
Los Angeles Rod Madera
2/13 Traded Juan Sapienza
Robert George
Portland James Peden
2/13 Released Paul Ater    
2/14 Signed     David Wood
2/15 Signed     David Almond
2/16 Released Leonard Tuttle    
2/16 Signed     Bill Gallion
3/7 Signed     Michael Mitchell
3/14 Signed     Justin Hogans
3/14 Signed     Donald Windham
3/14 Signed     Jacques Estill
3/14 Signed     Isaac Noell
4/14 Traded Steffen Sowa Seattle Melvin Wallace
5/6 Traded James Davis
Todd Nehls
Portland Geraldo Fernandez
5/6 Traded Ralph Coleman
Calvin Boozer
San Francisco James Locke
5/26 Traded Bobby Miles
Gary Jeter
David Jewett
Denver Jason Fowler
5/26 Traded Bernal Morales
Robert Yamamoto
Denver Percy Kuehl
5/26 Traded Percy Kuehl Denver Bernal Morales
5/26 Traded Juan Daggett Oakland Richard Mayor
Joel Monroy
5/26 Signed     James Gittens
5/26 Signed     Michael Bunnell
6/9 Traded Jose Quintero
Vincent Chapel
Andrew Woolum
Denver Tony Delossantos
6/10 Waived Ronald Chandler San Antonio  
7/23 Traded Alexander Lenihan
Edward Constance
Los Angeles Justin Paige
Joseph Sommers
7/23 Traded Ted Iorio
Richard Mayor
San Antonio Edward Manos
7/31 Traded James Locke
William Valazquez
Curtis Deacon
Long Beach David Caviness
10/8 Released Michael Bunnell