1953 Seattle Rainiers Roster

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 98-82
Finished 2nd in the PCL
Manager: Bill Sweeney (98-82)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Ballpark: Sick Stadium
Attendance: 224,562, Avg. 2,495
1953 Seattle Rainiers Statistics

The Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1953 season with a record of 98 wins and 82 losses, finishing second in the PCL.

The Rainiers led the league with 804 runs. Seattle surrendered 714 runs. Ray Orteig paced the squad with 28 home runs, and Wally Judnich walloped 15 or more, too. Wally Judnich drove in 101 runs. Artie Wilson topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .332. Al Widmar paced the squad with 20 wins, while Vern Kindsfather and Bill Evans, too added 15 or more wins, too Vern Kindsfather registered a 3.01 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Merrill Combs, Jim Davis, Bill Evans, Nanny Fernandez, Alex Garbowski, Gordon Goldsberry, Wally Judnich, Clarence Maddern, Steve Nagy, Carlos Pascual, George Schmees, Jim Suchecki, Leo Thomas, Jackie Tobin, Al Widmar, Artie Wilson and Sam Zoldak were all players from the 1953 Seattle Rainiers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Bill Sweeney served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Gordy BrunswickRRJanuary 12, 19256'2"205Tacoma, WA US
K ChorltonRROctober 26, 19286'3"185Seattle, WA US
Claude ChristieRRSeptember 14, 19266'0"185San Francisco, CA US
Clifford CogginRRNovember 3, 19246'0"199Athens, Alaskan Terr US
Merrill CombsLRDecember 11, 19196'0"172Los Angeles, CA US
Jim DavisSLSeptember 15, 19246'0"180Red Bluff, CA US
Art DelDucaRRJune 2, 19276'0"175Methuen, MA US
Bill EvansRRMarch 25, 19196'2"180Quanah, TX US
Nanny FernandezRROctober 25, 19185'9"170Wilmington, CA US
Alex GarbowskiRRJune 25, 19226'1"185Yonkers, NY US
Gordon GoldsberryLLAugust 30, 19276'0"170Sacramento, CA US
Cal HumphreysRRJanuary 15, 19346'1"200Seattle, WA US
Wally JudnichLLJanuary 24, 19166'1"205San Francisco, CA US
Vern KindsfatherRRDecember 12, 19245'11"176Portland, OR US
Tom LovrichRRMarch 17, 19306'5"175Los Angeles, CA US
Clarence MaddernRRSeptember 26, 19216'1"185Lowell, AZ US
Lonnie MyersRROctober 11, 19315'11"180Everett, WA US
Steve NagyLLMay 28, 19195'9"174Franklin, NJ US
Ray OrteigRRDecember 20, 19196'0"185Orchards, WA US
Carlos PascualRRMarch 13, 19315'6"165La Habana, La Habana CU
Robert RobertsRRSeptember 30, 19285'9"175Spokane, WA US
George SchmeesLLSeptember 6, 19246'0"190Cincinnati, OH US
Jim SucheckiRRAugust 25, 19276'0"185Chicago, IL US
Leo ThomasRRJuly 26, 19235'11"178Turlock, CA US
Dale ThomasonRRMay 27, 19306'0"190Ewav, WA US
Jackie TobinLRJanuary 8, 19216'0"165Oakland, CA US
Al WidmarRRMarch 20, 19256'3"185Cleveland, OH US
Artie WilsonLROctober 28, 19205'10"162Jefferson County, AL US
Sam ZoldakLLDecember 8, 19185'11"185Brooklyn, NY US

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.




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