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1953 San Francisco Seals
Record: 84-60
Finish: 1st in CL North Division
Runs Scored: 809
Runs Allowed: 699
Exp W-L: 82-62
 
Ballpark: Ohlone Park
Attendance: 2,391,826
Manager: Paddy Hong

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-53, 1st in the Pacific Coast League
AA: 50-76, 9th in the Pacific Coast League
A: 66-60, 4th in the Pacific Coast League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost CL League Championship Serie 0-4 to San Diego Breakers
 
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
1B *Mark Newhouse 28 139 538 103 184 40 0 9 95 1 0 58 54 .342 .410 .467 .876 92.7 15.4 1.6
CF  Michael Van Pelt 28 138 526 101 176 37 5 23 110 44 6 54 88 .335 .407 .555 .963 112.5 21.0 5.1
LF *John Lafortune 26 133 513 93 177 34 3 23 110 15 3 51 75 .345 .407 .558 .964 105.4 19.1 3.1
SS  John Correa 30 134 480 73 145 31 6 9 87 49 16 33 83 .302 .358 .448 .806 77.1 10.9 5.4
C  Robert Nicol 28 120 427 57 118 25 4 13 67 2 1 49 83 .276 .348 .445 .793 67.9 9.2 6.8
2B #Gregory Kuhn 27 121 411 66 95 25 3 15 61 31 3 27 77 .231 .278 .416 .694 52.6 4.7 4.8
3B  George Hoyle 25 95 342 76 102 34 8 5 42 1 1 54 63 .298 .396 .488 .884 61.4 10.2 2.4
RF *Byron Echague 28 93 297 57 86 21 5 7 38 15 12 41 62 .290 .376 .465 .841 49.5 7.1 2.0
2B  David Burner 23 88 264 42 68 12 2 4 29 10 2 29 56 .258 .330 .364 .694 33.3 3.5 2.8
3B  Steven Harper 30 84 202 27 52 15 0 3 23 0 0 27 28 .257 .353 .376 .730 27.6 3.2 1.8
RF *Clemente Moya 33 71 190 35 54 14 0 10 36 0 0 20 31 .284 .352 .516 .868 32.4 4.7 1.2
RF  Arlie Pedraza 29 34 122 15 31 6 1 1 12 3 1 15 27 .254 .336 .344 .680 12.9 1.0 1.0
SS  Joseph Smith 30 64 109 13 24 6 1 2 12 9 2 14 25 .220 .313 .349 .661 15.5 1.4 1.7
C  Calvin Boozer 26 37 103 8 35 10 0 1 20 1 0 9 17 .340 .395 .466 .861 17.3 2.9 1.7
P  Isaias Jimenez 29 33 93 4 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 48 .032 .062 .054 .116 -5.0 0.0 0.0
P  Antonio Padula 27 30 88 11 15 1 0 0 3 1 1 3 32 .170 .198 .182 .380 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Gary Wadsworth 21 28 80 5 12 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 25 .150 .181 .200 .381 1.7 0.0 0.0
LF  James Flynt 27 31 74 16 25 8 0 1 13 1 1 3 10 .338 .359 .486 .845 11.2 1.6 0.5
P *Russell Kiel 27 23 65 1 3 3 0 0 9 0 0 6 19 .046 .123 .092 .216 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Gordon Nuttall 28 26 62 3 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 20 .097 .111 .129 .240 -1.9 0.0 0.0
P  James Leggett 31 8 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P #John Toomer 25 13 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .182 .273 -0.1 0.0 0.0
CF  Brandon Fowler 26 8 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.4 0.0 0.1
C #Eric Fraga 30 3 7 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .429 .429 .571 1.000 1.3 0.4 0.1
P *Herschel Matlock 27 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
3B  David Cooper 31 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .667 .750 .667 1.417 1.2 0.2 0.0
P *Michael Donnelly 28 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Christopher Landis 31 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Jaime Gall 28 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3 0.0
P  Peter Ealey 34 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.0 1605 5040 809 1419 331 39 126 781 184 49 500 943 .282 .350 .438 .787 765.3 116.8 42.1
  Rank among 10 CL teams 4 1 4 1 6 5 1 6 2 1 8 3 1 3 1 1  
* - 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
 Isaias Jimenez 29 18 9 .667 33 33 0 253.7 275 118 15 62 165 4.19 17.2
 Antonio Padula 27 15 12 .556 30 30 0 243.3 225 113 23 97 150 4.18 17.9
 Gary Wadsworth 21 15 8 .652 28 28 0 220.3 227 100 13 64 123 4.08 17.4
*Russell Kiel 27 13 8 .619 23 23 0 173.0 199 104 11 70 108 5.41 6.7
 Gordon Nuttall 28 11 8 .579 26 21 0 168.7 199 98 17 47 100 5.23 7.4
*Donald Howell 31 3 5 .375 42 0 2 51.3 38 22 2 6 26 3.86 6.0
 Eric Blakeslee 32 2 3 .400 45 0 30 44.3 44 12 5 14 48 2.44 10.2
 John Toomer 25 2 2 .500 13 4 0 42.0 59 23 4 10 23 4.93 2.0
 James Leggett 31 2 2 .500 8 7 2 35.0 26 14 3 15 36 3.60 3.2
*Herschel Matlock 27 1 0 1.000 13 0 1 20.3 8 1 1 9 10 0.44 4.3
*Christopher Landis 31 2 2 .500 16 0 1 18.7 21 15 0 13 9 7.23 0.2
 Peter Ealey 34 0 0 .000 12 0 0 11.0 20 10 1 5 4 8.18 0.0
 Michael Donnelly 28 0 1 .000 3 1 0 10.3 14 5 0 1 8 4.36 0.6
Team Totals 28.5 84 60 .583 292 147 36 1292.0 1355 635 95 413 810 4.42 93.0
Rank among 10 CL teams 1 1 2 1 5 5 1 4 4 9 3  
* - 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
R.Nicol 1037.7 116 117 682 85 18 3 .977 34.7
C.Boozer 247.2 25 32 152 19 3 2 .983 22.6
E.Fraga 14.0 2 3 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
G.Kuhn 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1299.9 143 153 844 104 21 5 .978 31.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.25
M.Newhouse 1195.3 133 138 1256 82 9 104 .993 10.07
D.Burner 42.0 5 5 38 4 0 3 1.000 9.00
S.Harper 34.0 4 4 39 3 2 2 .955 11.12
C.Moya 15.0 2 2 16 2 2 2 .900 10.80
M.Van Pelt 4.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
G.Kuhn 1.7 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 16.27
Team Total 1292.0 144 151 1355 91 13 111 .991 10.07
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.15
G.Kuhn 768.0 86 96 157 288 2 52 .996 5.21
D.Burner 498.0 56 64 111 167 0 37 1.000 5.02
J.Smith 26.0 2 8 7 12 0 2 1.000 6.58
Team Total 1292.0 144 168 275 467 2 91 .997 5.17
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.56
G.Hoyle 768.8 86 94 65 140 10 7 .953 2.40
S.Harper 382.0 45 48 24 93 6 9 .951 2.76
G.Kuhn 101.0 10 13 6 19 0 2 1.000 2.23
J.Smith 50.0 5 11 6 6 0 1 1.000 2.16
J.Correa 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Burner 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1305.8 146 168 101 258 16 19 .957 2.47
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.51
J.Correa 1102.3 122 131 172 381 25 68 .957 4.51
J.Smith 188.7 22 29 34 75 3 15 .973 5.20
D.Burner 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1292.0 144 161 206 457 28 84 .959 4.62
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.06
J.Lafortune 1123.0 126 127 253 8 5 2 .981 2.09
B.Echague 78.0 8 10 13 1 1 1 .933 1.62
J.Flynt 65.0 7 9 21 2 0 0 1.000 3.18
S.Harper 25.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44
C.Moya 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1292.0 144 150 291 11 6 3 .981 2.10
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.64
M.Van Pelt 1187.7 133 136 383 4 1 3 .997 2.93
J.Flynt 77.0 8 10 19 0 1 0 .950 2.22
B.Fowler 18.3 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
J.Lafortune 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1292.0 144 150 407 4 2 3 .995 2.86
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.13
B.Echague 590.3 65 79 151 4 3 1 .981 2.36
C.Moya 404.7 47 53 94 4 1 1 .990 2.18
A.Pedraza 282.0 31 34 78 2 1 1 .988 2.55
J.Lafortune 13.0 1 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.15
J.Flynt 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1292.0 144 170 329 10 5 3 .985 2.36
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.97
I.Jimenez 253.7 33 33 13 38 1 5 .981 1.81
A.Padula 243.3 30 30 13 26 2 3 .951 1.44
G.Wadsworth 220.3 28 28 14 31 4 2 .918 1.84
R.Kiel 173.0 23 23 7 31 2 1 .950 1.98
G.Nuttall 168.7 21 26 13 23 1 2 .973 1.92
D.Howell 51.3 0 42 2 12 1 1 .933 2.45
E.Blakeslee 44.3 0 45 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.02
J.Toomer 42.0 4 13 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Leggett 35.0 7 8 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.03
H.Matlock 20.3 0 13 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.33
C.Landis 18.7 0 16 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.45
P.Ealey 11.0 0 12 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82
M.Donnelly 10.3 1 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.74
Team Total 1292.0 147 292 67 181 11 15 .958 1.73
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lafortune .345
On-Base Pct Newhouse .410
Slugging Pct Lafortune .558
OPS Lafortune .964
XR Van Pelt 112.5
Games Newhouse 139
At-Bats Newhouse 538
Runs Newhouse 103
Hits Newhouse 184
Total Bases Van Pelt 292
Singles Newhouse 135
Doubles Newhouse 40
Triples Hoyle 8
Homeruns Lafortune, Van Pelt 23
RBIs Lafortune, Van Pelt 110
Stolen Bases Correa 49
Caught Stealing Correa 16
Walks Newhouse 58
Strikeouts Van Pelt 88
ERA Wadsworth 4.08
Wins Jimenez 18
Losses Padula 12
Winning Pct Jimenez .667
Saves Blakeslee 30
Games Pitched Blakeslee 45
Games Started Jimenez 33
Complete Games Jimenez 17
Shutouts Jimenez 2
Innings Pitched Jimenez 253.7
Hits Allowed Jimenez 275
Homeruns Allowed Padula 23
Strikeouts Jimenez 165
Walks Allowed Padula 97
Walks per 9IP Jimenez 2.2
Hits per 9IP Padula 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Jimenez 5.9
WHiP Wadsworth 1.32
OAVG Padula .248
OOBP Jimenez .328
OSLG Padula .387
OOPS Padula .718
Team All-Stars
George Hoyle
Michael Van Pelt
Player Salaries
Mark Newhouse $ 8,000,000
Michael Van Pelt $ 7,670,000
John Lafortune $ 5,310,000
John Correa $ 4,050,000
Robert Nicol $ 3,500,000
Gordon Nuttall $ 3,450,000
Antonio Padula $ 3,000,000
George Hoyle $ 2,692,857
Russell Kiel $ 2,500,000
John Clapp $ 2,400,000
Bobby Jeppesen $ 2,400,000
Gregory Kuhn $ 2,178,571
Eric Blakeslee $ 2,050,000
Michael Donnelly $ 2,000,000
Donald Howell $ 1,960,000
John Toomer $ 1,800,000
Jaime Gall $ 1,750,000
Christopher Landis $ 1,500,000
Dwayne Alexandre $ 1,314,286
Byron Echague $ 650,000
Steven Harper $ 500,000
Stephen Talty $ 430,000
Calvin Boozer $ 350,000
James Flynt $ 350,000
Brandon Fowler $ 350,000
John Gingrich $ 350,000
William Weinberg $ 350,000
James McGlothlin $ 350,000
David Cooper $ 325,000
Eric Fraga $ 325,000
Isaias Jimenez $ 300,000
Arlie Pedraza $ 300,000
Joe Ackley $ 300,000
Joseph Smith $ 300,000
Donald Rogers $ 300,000
Gary Wadsworth $ 300,000
David Burner $ 300,000
Herschel Matlock $ 300,000
Clemente Moya $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/14 Signed     Mark Newhouse
2/14 Signed     Byron Echague
2/14 Signed     Christopher Landis
2/15 Signed     Joe Ackley
2/16 Signed     Russell Kiel
2/18 Signed     James Mcglothlin
2/19 Signed     Robert Nicol
3/10 Signed     Antonio Padula
3/10 Signed     David Cooper
3/10 Signed     Eric Fraga
3/11 Signed     Gordon Nuttall
3/11 Signed     Steven Harper
3/12 Signed     Michael Donnelly
3/15 Signed     Arlie Pedraza
4/21 Signed     Joseph Smith
5/6 Traded James Locke Oklahoma Ralph Coleman
Calvin Boozer
5/12 Signed     Clemente Moya
5/12 Released Robert Gibson    
5/19 Released Arthur Curren    
5/26 Traded James Leggett
Frederick Alexander		 Houston George Hoyle
Dean Govea
6/2 Signed     Juan Reynosa
6/16 Released John Garrett    
7/28 Released Peter Ealey    
 
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