1953 Bakersfield Indians Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 75-65
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Ray Perry (75-65)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 100,008, Avg. 1,429

1953 Bakersfield Indians Roster

Playoffs - Stockton Ports 3 games, Bakersfield Indians 0

The Bakersfield Indians of the California League ended the 1953 season with a record of 75 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the CL.

The Indians scored 784 runs and yielded 726 runs. Ray Perry topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .337 clip. Art Demery led Bakersfield with 16 wins, while Art Williams recorded a 3.26 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Art Demery played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Bakersfield Indians to do so.

Ray Perry served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Art Demery	16	9	.640	3.78	32	26					212.0	196	111	89	14	99
Art Williams	11	6	.647	3.26	20	20					163.0	150	74	59	12	66
Ray Malgradi	11	12	.478	3.56	38	18					192.0	191	96	76	17	69
Richard Utter	11	12	.478	4.71	33	26					189.0	186	110	99	15	107
Dale Hooper	7	6	.538	4.91	17	14					106.3	114	66	58	6	63
Bailey Brem	4	1	.800	2.54	6	6					46.0	34	14	13	6	21
Jim Dawson	4	6	.400	4.67	15	9					61.7	69	45	32	3	52
Robert Grunsky	1	3	.250	5.64	18	3					44.7	53	40	28	2	26
Totals	65	55	.542	4.03	179	122	0	0	0	0	1014.7	993	556	454	75	503	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Bill Garbe	140	538	538		171	41	9	10						.318	.318	.483	.801	260
Ray Perry	141	501	501		169	41	1	36						.337	.337	.639	.976	320
Lou Hague	137	543	543		146	17	2	4						.269	.269	.330	.599	179
Fred Monge	132	560	560		144	13	4	5						.257	.257	.321	.579	180
Donald Lopes	139	486	486		113	25	1	15						.233	.233	.381	.613	185
Fred Bartels	86	293	293		68	12	1	6						.232	.232	.341	.573	100
James Keating	36	136	136		52	11	1	7						.382	.382	.632	1.015	86
Eddie Sack	65	216	216		52	13	1	9						.241	.241	.435	.676	94
Robert Newton	37	142	142		36	6	1	0						.254	.254	.310	.563	44
Bud Shirtcliff	46	145	145		33	6	2	1						.228	.228	.317	.545	46
James Landis	36	96	96		23	4	1	0						.240	.240	.302	.542	29
Art Demery	34	85	85		21	2	0	1						.247	.247	.306	.553	26
Vernon Eastman	36	105	105		21	3	0	0						.200	.200	.229	.429	24
Ray Malgradi	45	85	85		17	4	0	0						.200	.200	.247	.447	21
Art Williams	21	66	66		15	1	0	0						.227	.227	.242	.470	16
Jerome Cruger	17	52	52		13	4	0	1						.250	.250	.385	.635	20
Richard Utter	34	73	73		13	3	0	0						.178	.178	.219	.397	16
Jack Fiori	29	70	70		11	1	0	0						.157	.157	.171	.329	12
Charles Cheshier	12	34	34		6	2	0	0						.176	.176	.235	.412	8
Milton Douzos	13	31	31		5	1	0	0						.161	.161	.194	.355	6
Ray Sisler	16	44	44		5	1	0	0						.114	.114	.136	.250	6
Jim Dawson	16	22	22		4	1	0	0						.182	.182	.227	.409	5
Dale Hooper	17	43	43		4	0	0	0						.093	.093	.093	.186	4
Paul Whiting	12	12	12		3	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Ervin Hatzenbuhler	12	28	28		3	1	0	0						.107	.107	.143	.250	4
Robert Grunsky	18	14	14		2	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Bob Bonser	10	12	12		1	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	1
Totals	1337	4432	4432	0	1151	213	24	95	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.260	.383	.643	1697	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Fred Bartels	1B	82	639	36	7		.990	8.232
Donald Lopes	2B	134	383	328	31		.958	5.306
Ray Perry	3B	108	115	233	23		.938	3.222
Robert Newton	3B	22	13	45	8		.879	2.636
Eddie Sack	C	59	339	31	16		.959	6.271
Ray Sisler	C	16	87	3	3		.968	5.625
Ervin Hatzenbuhler	C	12	43	14	4		.934	4.750
Charles Cheshier	C	10	46	11	1		.983	5.700
Lou Hague	OF	134	371	15	12		.970	2.881
Bill Garbe	OF	126	224	22	5		.980	1.952
Bud Shirtcliff	OF	36	48	4	1		.981	1.444
James Keating	OF	34	56	2	2		.967	1.706
Vernon Eastman	OF	28	49	3	6		.897	1.857
Jack Fiori	OF	19	23	0	0		1.000	1.211
Jerome Cruger	OF	15	19	4	2		.920	1.533
Ray Malgradi	P	38						.000
Richard Utter	P	33						.000
Art Demery	P	32						.000
Art Williams	P	20						.000
Robert Grunsky	P	18						.000
Dale Hooper	P	17						.000
Jim Dawson	P	15						.000
Bailey Brem	P	6						.000
Fred Monge	SS	131	275	403	29		.959	5.176
Totals		1145	2730	1154	150	0	.963	3.392

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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