1953 Salt Lake City Locusts
Record: 94-50
Finish: 1st in PL North Division
Runs Scored: 919
Runs Allowed: 657
Exp W-L: 93-51
 
Ballpark: Derks Field
Attendance: 3,154,622
Manager: Nate McGinty

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-59, 4th in the Pioneer League
AA: 72-54, 2nd in the Pioneer League
A: 76-50, 1st in the Pioneer League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won Series of the West 4-3 over San Diego Breakers
Won PL League Championship Serie 4-3 over Oklahoma 89ers
 
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 #Pedro Savino 29 137 514 146 191 29 7 55 140 71 10 86 50 .372 .457 .776 1.233 161.6 34.2 4.9
RF *Arnold Keener 35 136 504 134 190 40 6 42 120 44 21 75 65 .377 .460 .730 1.190 144.4 30.4 3.5
1B  Derrick Frasure 24 124 441 72 136 30 3 11 66 8 9 50 70 .308 .380 .465 .845 71.0 10.6 1.9
2B  Brian Underwood 32 122 424 83 130 26 4 20 90 3 0 57 67 .307 .386 .528 .915 83.0 14.4 5.6
3B  Russ Witham 28 124 439 63 133 24 4 7 66 19 8 32 60 .303 .351 .424 .774 65.3 8.4 5.1
LF *Louis Shouse 30 80 318 58 98 15 1 10 44 19 13 21 34 .308 .361 .456 .817 49.4 7.0 2.3
C  Daniel McCune 24 81 294 37 76 14 1 2 44 1 0 29 35 .259 .328 .333 .662 31.7 2.3 4.1
RF *Larry Richardson 25 109 298 56 91 14 7 5 43 35 7 21 45 .305 .357 .450 .807 47.3 7.1 1.7
SS *Pedro Rico 26 66 218 32 67 18 2 2 40 18 8 31 37 .307 .398 .436 .833 37.6 5.7 2.1
SS  Vicente Loehr 31 79 221 33 66 8 3 4 31 17 1 27 36 .299 .371 .416 .787 37.8 5.6 3.2
SS #Timothy Deese 25 58 187 35 51 11 0 6 39 2 3 27 39 .273 .370 .428 .798 28.8 3.7 1.8
LF  Carl Benda 31 71 176 43 59 16 5 2 27 28 3 21 32 .335 .406 .517 .923 36.8 7.1 1.1
C  Tyrone Richardson 27 62 173 22 43 8 0 6 35 1 1 3 23 .249 .263 .399 .661 16.8 0.5 1.8
3B  Eldridge Lane 26 76 141 25 47 15 0 3 25 0 0 11 22 .333 .383 .504 .887 23.8 4.1 1.6
P  Cameron Hagans 33 37 111 10 16 2 1 0 7 0 0 4 33 .144 .174 .180 .354 1.3 0.0 0.0
1B  Maurice Kolar 29 46 103 20 32 6 1 4 23 1 0 12 9 .311 .385 .505 .889 19.3 3.2 0.4
P  Harry Robin 33 34 103 5 22 4 0 0 11 2 3 8 39 .214 .270 .252 .523 6.2 0.0 0.0
C  Richard Dubose 21 27 93 6 24 7 0 0 14 0 0 4 13 .258 .293 .333 .626 7.5 0.1 1.4
P  Frank Delmonte 27 24 67 8 12 3 0 0 5 1 1 1 22 .179 .191 .224 .415 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Rodney Bond 33 21 57 2 10 1 0 0 8 0 1 1 18 .175 .186 .193 .379 1.2 0.0 0.0
SS  Robert Raines 28 11 40 5 8 0 0 2 4 0 1 5 5 .200 .289 .350 .639 4.3 0.2 0.6
1B  Ralph McGough 26 21 39 5 11 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 5 .282 .364 .333 .697 4.8 0.5 0.1
P *Pat Ogren 25 12 34 3 9 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 11 .265 .306 .265 .570 2.6 0.0 0.0
P  Luis Almaraz 28 9 26 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .192 .250 .192 .442 1.3 0.0 0.0
CF *Andrew Laforest 31 14 29 7 7 1 0 0 2 5 1 0 7 .241 .241 .276 .517 1.9 0.0 0.2
P #Robert Vandusen 27 8 12 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 .417 .417 .417 .833 2.1 0.3 0.0
P  Leo Perez 27 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.2 0.0 0.0
C  James Jamison 28 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Craig Ohagan 31 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Brian Hamler 30 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Chet Ide 30 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ronnie Rowles 32 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Leonard Henderson 25 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Daniel Heppner 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ricky Solis 25 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jerry McKeown 28 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.3 1732 5081 919 1540 294 45 181 894 277 92 539 796 .303 .371 .486 .857 889.9 145.3 43.5
  Rank among 10 PL teams 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 7 3 5 1 1 1 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
 Cameron Hagans 33 23 12 .657 37 37 0 311.0 268 121 33 128 272 3.50 27.1
 Harry Robin 33 24 5 .828 34 34 0 266.0 227 111 10 138 221 3.76 23.8
 Frank Delmonte 27 13 9 .591 24 24 0 167.3 190 97 11 65 101 5.22 7.8
 Rodney Bond 33 10 9 .526 21 21 0 163.0 164 80 19 43 87 4.42 10.0
*Pat Ogren 25 9 2 .818 12 12 0 87.3 73 40 9 36 69 4.12 7.4
 Luis Almaraz 28 5 4 .556 9 2 0 76.0 79 36 7 19 42 4.26 5.2
 Ricky Solis 25 4 3 .571 45 0 30 41.7 43 20 5 19 39 4.32 6.9
*Craig Ohagan 31 0 1 .000 31 0 1 35.7 43 19 4 12 22 4.80 1.8
 Robert Vandusen 27 2 2 .500 8 1 0 33.7 39 26 5 15 19 6.95 0.3
 Ronnie Rowles 32 1 0 1.000 20 0 0 23.7 20 13 5 10 23 4.95 1.5
 Leo Perez 27 1 2 .333 3 3 0 23.0 27 17 2 9 13 6.65 0.1
 Brian Hamler 30 2 0 1.000 20 0 1 23.0 31 18 2 17 9 7.04 0.3
 Leonard Henderson 25 0 0 .000 9 0 1 10.3 17 11 4 4 4 9.58 0.0
 Jerry McKeown 28 0 0 .000 7 5 0 8.0 8 4 1 3 7 4.50 0.5
 Chet Ide 30 0 1 .000 4 0 0 7.3 12 8 1 7 6 9.82 0.0
 Daniel Heppner 28 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.4
 Walter Ryan 32 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.0 3 2 0 1 1 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 29.1 94 50 .653 288 139 33 1281.3 1245 623 118 526 936 4.38 93.1
Rank among 10 PL teams 1 1 4 1 5 1 5 2 7 3 2  
* - 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
D.McCune 701.0 79 81 537 52 11 1 .982 30.5
T.Richardson 353.0 41 44 225 22 4 1 .984 24.1
R.Dubose 220.0 25 25 187 17 4 0 .981 35.9
J.Jamison 7.4 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1281.4 146 151 955 91 19 2 .982 29.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 10.03
D.Frasure 971.0 114 120 993 92 4 75 .996 10.06
M.Kolar 212.8 19 32 224 24 2 24 .992 10.49
R.McGough 71.0 7 10 80 3 0 7 1.000 10.52
E.Lane 9.0 1 1 13 0 0 1 1.000 13.00
C.Benda 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
L.Richardson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1266.8 141 165 1314 119 6 107 .996 10.18
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.23
B.Underwood 939.3 104 119 198 349 7 63 .987 5.24
V.Loehr 257.0 30 35 58 105 5 26 .970 5.71
P.Rico 73.6 9 9 13 20 1 3 .971 4.04
R.Raines 57.0 7 7 15 20 0 5 1.000 5.53
E.Lane 28.0 3 4 9 9 0 3 1.000 5.79
Team Total 1354.9 153 174 293 503 13 100 .984 5.29
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .943 2.42
R.Witham 1036.7 122 124 73 221 10 25 .967 2.55
E.Lane 238.7 22 45 21 57 5 5 .940 2.94
J.McKeown 8.0 5 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
V.Loehr 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Richardson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1289.3 149 179 94 280 15 30 .961 2.61
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.54
T.Deese 473.7 56 58 63 154 6 21 .973 4.12
P.Rico 452.3 49 57 66 139 4 25 .981 4.08
V.Loehr 242.0 25 40 40 94 0 12 1.000 4.98
R.Raines 30.0 3 4 2 16 0 2 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1198.0 133 159 171 403 10 60 .983 4.31
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.13
L.Shouse 652.7 74 76 151 4 3 1 .981 2.14
L.Richardson 374.7 43 43 66 2 0 0 1.000 1.63
C.Benda 260.7 28 39 53 3 0 1 1.000 1.93
A.Laforest 28.0 2 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.54
A.Keener 12.0 0 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Rowles 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1329.0 147 171 282 10 3 2 .990 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.75
P.Savino 1152.3 128 134 310 8 4 3 .988 2.48
L.Richardson 90.0 11 11 17 0 1 0 .944 1.70
C.Benda 23.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
A.Laforest 13.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
L.Shouse 1.9 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.74
Team Total 1280.2 144 151 337 8 5 3 .986 2.43
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.25
A.Keener 1111.3 124 129 246 6 11 1 .958 2.04
L.Richardson 91.0 11 13 32 0 0 0 1.000 3.16
C.Benda 59.0 7 8 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.68
A.Laforest 18.0 2 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
L.Shouse 1.3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 13.85
Team Total 1280.6 144 154 289 8 12 1 .961 2.09
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.04
C.Hagans 311.0 37 37 24 48 0 4 1.000 2.08
H.Robin 266.0 34 34 19 46 3 0 .956 2.20
F.Delmonte 167.3 24 24 10 27 2 2 .949 1.99
R.Bond 163.0 21 21 12 25 3 0 .925 2.04
P.Ogren 87.3 12 12 4 14 1 1 .947 1.86
L.Almaraz 76.0 2 9 5 10 0 0 1.000 1.78
R.Solis 41.7 0 45 2 6 0 2 1.000 1.73
C.Ohagan 35.7 0 31 3 3 1 0 .857 1.51
R.Vandusen 33.7 1 8 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.94
R.Rowles 23.7 0 20 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.52
B.Hamler 23.0 0 20 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.96
L.Perez 23.0 3 3 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.35
L.Henderson 10.3 0 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.87
J.McKeown 8.0 5 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38
C.Ide 7.3 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
D.Heppner 2.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
W.Ryan 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1281.3 139 288 89 202 10 10 .967 2.04
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Keener .377
On-Base Pct Keener .460
Slugging Pct Savino .776
OPS Savino 1.233
XR Savino 161.6
Games Savino 137
At-Bats Savino 514
Runs Savino 146
Hits Savino 191
Total Bases Savino 399
Singles Keener 102
Doubles Keener 40
Triples Richardson, Savino 7
Homeruns Savino 55
RBIs Savino 140
Stolen Bases Savino 71
Caught Stealing Keener 21
Walks Savino 86
Strikeouts Frasure 70
ERA Hagans 3.50
Wins Robin 24
Losses Hagans 12
Winning Pct Robin .828
Saves Solis 30
Games Pitched Solis 45
Games Started Hagans 37
Complete Games Hagans 23
Shutouts Robin 4
Innings Pitched Hagans 311.0
Hits Allowed Hagans 268
Homeruns Allowed Hagans 33
Strikeouts Hagans 272
Walks Allowed Robin 138
Walks per 9IP Bond 2.4
Hits per 9IP Robin 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Hagans 7.9
WHiP Bond 1.27
OAVG Robin .230
OOBP Hagans .314
OSLG Robin .334
OOPS Robin .657
Team All-Stars
Frank Delmonte
Arnold Keener
Harry Robin
Pedro Savino
Brian Underwood
Player Salaries
Arnold Keener $ 15,000,000
Pedro Savino $ 13,110,000
Harry Robin $ 9,550,000
Brian Underwood $ 6,560,000
Pat Ogren $ 5,930,000
Frank Delmonte $ 3,750,000
Carl Benda $ 3,390,000
Luis Almaraz $ 3,160,000
Cameron Hagans $ 3,160,000
Russ Witham $ 2,400,000
Rodney Bond $ 2,320,000
Ronnie Rowles $ 1,390,000
Jerry McKeown $ 1,390,000
Brian Hamler $ 1,390,000
Craig Ohagan $ 1,210,000
Vicente Loehr $ 810,000
Brain Overholt $ 780,000
Chet Ide $ 660,000
James Jamison $ 400,000
Ricky Solis $ 360,000
Daniel McCune $ 350,000
Richard Dubose $ 300,000
Derrick Frasure $ 300,000
Timothy Deese $ 300,000
Leonard Henderson $ 300,000
Daniel Heppner $ 300,000
Eldridge Lane $ 300,000
Ralph McGough $ 300,000
Larry Richardson $ 300,000
Burton Tucker $ 300,000
Andrew Laforest $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/17 Signed     Arnold Keener
2/20 Traded Christopher Carreno Dallas Donald Batts
Round Draft Pick.
2/20 Signed     Frank Delmonte
3/4 Traded Edwin Carter
Jose Trevino
Oakland Larry Richardson
3/14 Signed     Ralph Mcgough
3/14 Signed     Donald Pan
3/14 Signed     Leo Mcghie
3/14 Signed     Daniel Heppner
3/14 Signed     Dennis Rojas
3/14 Signed     Greg Anderson
3/15 Signed     Robert Chavira
3/15 Signed     Gary Daniels
3/15 Traded Gary Daniels San Diego Leonard Henderson
4/21 Signed     Robert Raines
4/21 Signed     James Vancamp
4/28 Signed     Andrew Laforest
6/2 Signed     Joseph Ryant
6/23 Released Walter Ryan    
7/7 Traded Pedro Rico
Josiah Mayle
Houston Leo Perez
Richard Dubose
Timothy Deese
7/14 Released Lamar Urquiola    
7/14 Released Greg Anderson    
7/23 Released Dennis Rojas    
7/31 Traded Leo Perez
Jamal Dawe
Evan Bare
Los Angeles Pat Ogren
Round Draft Pick.
7/31 Traded Louis Shouse
Robert Vandusen
Donald Batts
Jack Wyatt
Oakland Jerry Mckeown
Luis Almaraz
7/31 Traded Maurice Kolar Omaha Alberto Vallejo
Robert Laurie
9/2 Traded Tyrone Richardson Minneapolis James Jamison
Burton Tucker
9/15 Released Leo Mcghie    
9/15 Released James Vancamp    
9/24 Released Joseph Ryant    
10/8 Released Robert Raines