1953 Great Falls Electrics Statistics
Team Record: 77-54
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Lou Rochelli (77-54)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Great Falls, Montana
Ballpark: Centene Field
Attendance: 109,455, Avg. 1,671
Playoffs - Great Falls Electrics 2 games, Billings Mustangs 0
Finals - Salt Lake City Bees 3 games, Great Falls Electrics 0
The Great Falls Electrics of the Pioneer League ended the 1953 season with a record of 77 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the PL.
The Electrics plated 867 runs and allowed 692 runs. Oscar Sardinas paced all regular batters with a .416 average. Tom Puehl topped Great Falls with 16 wins, while Armando Suarez registered a 3.07 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
John Roseboro and Lou Rochelli both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Lou Rochelli served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Puehl | 16 | 7 | .696 | 3.21 | 30 | 20 | 182.0 | 156 | 89 | 65 | 5 | 129 | ||||||||||
| Sylvester Zacher | 11 | 11 | .500 | 4.25 | 30 | 18 | 165.0 | 165 | 93 | 78 | 5 | 130 | ||||||||||
| Ralph Vold | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.46 | 29 | 20 | 155.3 | 142 | 89 | 77 | 5 | 106 | ||||||||||
| Armando Suarez | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.06 | 20 | 14 | 126.7 | 116 | 51 | 43 | 1 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Robert Schassler | 8 | 9 | .471 | 5.39 | 26 | 19 | 130.3 | 137 | 92 | 78 | 8 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Hallard Snyder | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.87 | 24 | 14 | 114.7 | 107 | 80 | 62 | 2 | 102 | ||||||||||
| Jack Curran | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.99 | 24 | 10 | 95.7 | 112 | 67 | 53 | 11 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Harry Curry | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.54 | 17 | 4 | 78.0 | 57 | 37 | 22 | 1 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 73 | 50 | .593 | 4.11 | 200 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1047.7 | 992 | 598 | 478 | 38 | 702 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Sardinas | 126 | 466 | 466 | 194 | 43 | 16 | 6 | .416 | .416 | .616 | 1.032 | 287 | |||||||||||
| Pedro Almenares | 112 | 458 | 458 | 157 | 28 | 11 | 12 | .343 | .343 | .531 | .873 | 243 | |||||||||||
| Mike Witwicki | 124 | 484 | 484 | 139 | 13 | 12 | 9 | .287 | .287 | .419 | .707 | 203 | |||||||||||
| Lawrence Stankey | 124 | 440 | 440 | 124 | 23 | 14 | 16 | .282 | .282 | .507 | .789 | 223 | |||||||||||
| Joe Potts | 109 | 392 | 392 | 120 | 22 | 2 | 5 | .306 | .306 | .411 | .717 | 161 | |||||||||||
| John Roseboro | 82 | 303 | 303 | 94 | 12 | 7 | 8 | .310 | .310 | .475 | .785 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Clem Moore | 69 | 254 | 254 | 79 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .311 | .311 | .413 | .724 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Jack Whitehead | 106 | 337 | 337 | 73 | 10 | 2 | 3 | .217 | .217 | .285 | .501 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Russell Brodie | 69 | 231 | 231 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .273 | .515 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Lou Rochelli | 75 | 234 | 234 | 54 | 18 | 0 | 4 | .231 | .231 | .359 | .590 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Gene Castiglione | 30 | 98 | 98 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .265 | .265 | .337 | .602 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Earl Silverthorn | 22 | 86 | 86 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .291 | .291 | .488 | .779 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Fred Woelfle | 23 | 66 | 66 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .288 | .545 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Armando Suarez | 31 | 64 | 64 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .266 | .516 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Sylvester Zacher | 31 | 67 | 67 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .269 | .493 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Jack Curran | 24 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .341 | .341 | .366 | .707 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Ted Dean | 18 | 69 | 69 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .203 | .203 | .304 | .507 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Tom Puehl | 30 | 72 | 72 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .236 | .431 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Danilo Lastres | 31 | 96 | 96 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .146 | .146 | .240 | .385 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Robert Schassler | 29 | 51 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .333 | .569 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Elkins | 18 | 43 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .395 | .628 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Vold | 30 | 60 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .183 | .350 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Harry Curry | 29 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .281 | .281 | .375 | .656 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Hallard Snyder | 24 | 40 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .150 | .275 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Richard Smith | 12 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Don Fornall | 18 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1396 | 4505 | 4505 | 0 | 1291 | 206 | 88 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .287 | .287 | .417 | .703 | 1877 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvester Zacher | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Puehl | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Vold | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Schassler | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Hallard Snyder | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Curran | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Armando Suarez | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Curry | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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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