1953 Hollywood Stars Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 106-74
Finished 1st in the PCL
Manager: Bobby Bragan (106-74)
Location: Hollywood, California
Ballpark: Gilmore Field
Attendance: 274,522, Avg. 3,050

1953 Hollywood Stars Roster

The Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1953 season with a record of 106 wins and 74 losses, finishing first in the PCL.

The Stars allowed 702 runs, least in the league. Hollywood plated 798 runs. Dale Long walloped 35 home runs for the squad, while Ted Beard, Jack Phillips and Frankie Kelleher each added 15 or more also. Dale Long recorded 116 runs batted in. Tom Saffell led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .273. George O'Donnell topped the squad with 20 wins, plus Junior Walsh, too contributed 15 or more wins, too Junior Walsh recorded a 3.14 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Erv Dusak, Red Munger, Monty Basgall, Red Lynn, Mel Queen, Roy Welmaker, Bobby Bragan, Barney Schultz, George O'Donnell, Tom Saffell, Lloyd Hittle, Lee Walls, Jack Phillips, Harry Fisher, Clem Koshorek, Ted Beard, Eddie Malone, Gordon Maltzberger, Gene Handley, Bill Macdonald, Joe Muir, Chuck Stevens, Pinky Woods, John O'Neil, Dale Long, Cuddles Marshall, Frankie Kelleher and Junior Walsh were all players from the 1953 Hollywood Stars who played in the Majors during their careers.

Bobby Bragan 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
George O'Donnell	20	12	.625	3.61	45	36		19	4		281.3	276	124	113	23	86		67	6	0	5
Junior Walsh	16	9	.640	3.13	41	26		14	3		189.7	179	70	66	4	75		81	0	0	2
Red Munger	12	10	.545	3.37	37	27		9	5		165.7	177	78	62	8	58		61	0	0	1
Red Lynn	10	4	.714	3.72	53	7		0	0		142.7	158	78	59	9	63		42	4	0	1
Harry Fisher	10	10	.500	3.36	33	19		5	2		155.3	140	63	58	12	71		72	5	0	4
Mel Queen	8	7	.533	3.69	27	22		5	2		144.0	133	63	59	10	79		97	1	0	1
Lloyd Hittle	7	9	.438	3.85	38	17		5	1		131.0	144	60	56	9	31		49	1	0	3
Joe Muir	5	2	.714	2.33	21	4		2	0		69.7	76	33	18	1	10		38	0	0	0
Bill Macdonald	5	2	.714	3.42	24	8		2	0		84.3	77	35	32	5	40		29	3	0	0
Gordon Maltzberger	5	5	.500	3.10	29	1		0	0		49.3	39	26	17	4	10		14	0	0	0
Larry Shepard	4	2	.667	5.14	20	2		0	0		35.0	34	20	20	2	26		15	0	0	3
Roy Welmaker	3	0	1.000	2.73	8	3		2	0		26.3	29	12	8	1	11		13	0	0	0
Richard Smith	1	0	1.000	3.00	2	2		1	0		12.0	10	4	4	1	3		2	0	0	0
Wes Curtis	0	0			1	0		0	0		0.0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0
Fernando Osorio	0	0		0.00	6	0		0	0		5.3	3	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	1
Dale Long	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	0	0	0	0	4		1	0	0	1
Barney Schultz	0	0		0.96	5	1		0	0		9.3	11	2	1	0	5		9	1	0	0
Gary Hegedorn	0	0		4.91	12	0		0	0		11.0	13	13	6	3	6		3	0	1	2
Jack Phillips	0	0		6.00	2	0		0	0		3.0	5	3	2	0	0		2	0	0	0
Erv Dusak	0	0		9.82	3	0		0	0		3.7	7	5	4	0	5		1	0	0	0
Cuddles Marshall	0	0		21.00	4	1		0	0		3.0	9	8	7	1	7		0	0	0	0
Billy Joe Waters	0	1	.000	1.59	3	2		0	0		17.0	13	3	3	1	4		2	0	0	0
Pinky Woods	0	1	.000	3.72	2	2		0	0		9.7	8	5	4	1	3		7	1	0	0
Totals	106	74	.589	3.49	417	180	0	64	17	0	1549.3	1542	708	600	95	600	0	606	22	1	24	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
Tom Saffell	170	711	630	100	172	28	6	13	61	29		64	59	.273	.346	.398	.744	251	7	6	11
Dale Long	172	672	599	106	163	34	7	35	116	5		71	74	.272	.350	.528	.878	316	6	1	1
Lee Walls	178	660	593	91	159	15	5	10	83	14		52	78	.268	.331	.361	.692	214	8	4	11
Monty Basgall	162	655	578	63	144	28	3	10	77	2		59	52	.249	.322	.360	.682	208	16	3	15
Jack Phillips	147	563	515	71	139	22	6	16	77	0		45	39	.270	.329	.429	.758	221	28	0	3
Ted Beard	134	474	402	91	115	19	13	17	60	21		64	77	.286	.392	.525	.917	211	4	6	2
Gene Handley	137	474	428	44	111	13	2	1	35	11		27	24	.259	.305	.306	.611	131	13	1	18
Frankie Kelleher	109	296	249	36	82	22	3	15	65	1		42	36	.329	.432	.622	1.054	155	7	3	2
Eddie Malone	109	340	303	36	79	13	1	9	39	1		33	32	.261	.333	.399	.733	121	6	0	4
Bobby Bragan	98	337	303	29	76	12	0	4	28	5		18	10	.251	.293	.330	.623	100	8	0	16
Chuck Stevens	108	301	274	36	63	11	3	5	35	0		24	11	.230	.294	.347	.641	95	7	1	2
Don Dahlke	81	222	198	13	47	6	1	1	10	1		21	19	.237	.311	.293	.603	58	4	0	3
Bob Bundy	35	105	102	12	33	5	1	2	15	1		3	1	.324	.343	.451	.794	46	4	0	0
Harry Fisher	70	102	96	9	28	7	0	0	9	0		5	11	.292	.333	.365	.698	35	2	1	0
John O'Neil	22	80	74	7	16	3	0	0	7	0		3	5	.216	.247	.257	.504	19	2	0	3
Clem Koshorek	26	92	85	8	15	2	0	1	2	0		5	5	.176	.222	.235	.458	20	1	0	2
Red Munger	38	56	49	4	14	1	0	1	5	0		2	11	.286	.314	.367	.681	18	0	0	5
George O'Donnell	48	110	97	8	13	0	0	0	4	0		6	36	.134	.184	.134	.318	13	1	0	7
Mel Queen	29	55	51	8	9	2	1	1	4	0		0	8	.176	.176	.314	.490	16	2	0	4
Junior Walsh	41	71	55	4	7	0	0	0	3	0		9	20	.127	.250	.127	.377	7	0	0	7
Jack O'Keefe	4	18	18	3	6	2	0	0	1	0		0	3	.333	.333	.444	.778	8	0	0	0
Lloyd Hittle	42	41	37	3	6	0	1	0	2	0		3	6	.162	.225	.216	.441	8	1	0	1
Joe Muir	21	21	21	1	5	2	0	0	3	0		0	1	.238	.238	.333	.571	7	1	0	0
Bill Macdonald	31	28	27	5	5	1	0	0	0	0		1	5	.185	.214	.222	.437	6	0	0	0
Red Lynn	54	39	38	1	5	0	0	0	2	0		1	3	.132	.154	.132	.285	5	0	0	0
Richard Smith	2	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0
Frank Rice	3	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3	1	0	0
Billy Joe Waters	4	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0
Erv Dusak	16	12	9	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		3	1	.222	.417	.222	.639	2	0	0	0
Jack Deskin	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Elmer Clow	2	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	1	0	0
Roy Welmaker	8	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	1
Larry Shepard	21	10	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0		4	2	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	0	0	0
Barney Schultz	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Gordon Maltzberger	29	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Gary Hegedorn	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Pinky Woods	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
Totals	2171	6595	5884	797	1523	250	53	141	745	92	0	566	646	.259	.327	.391	.718	2302	130	26	119	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Dale Long	1B	122	935	64	6	91	.994	8.189
Chuck Stevens	1B	69	522	51	3	50	.995	8.304
Jack Phillips	1B	7	26	2	1	8	.966	4.000
Jack O'Keefe	1B	4	37	8	0	3	1.000	11.250
Monty Basgall	2B	158	417	429	31	113	.965	5.354
Gene Handley	2B	20	53	48	2	11	.981	5.050
Bob Bundy	2B	6	14	15	3	2	.906	4.833
Dale Long	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Gene Handley	3B	104	75	164	16	19	.937	2.298
Jack Phillips	3B	54	52	114	12	9	.933	3.074
Bob Bundy	3B	17	5	22	1	0	.964	1.588
Lee Walls	3B	16	8	38	5	3	.902	2.875
Don Dahlke	3B	12	9	18	1	3	.964	2.250
Dale Long	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Bobby Bragan	3B	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000
Eddie Malone	C	100	358	41	4	6	.990	3.990	1		17	100.0
Bobby Bragan	C	95	330	37	5	7	.987	3.863	3		19	100.0
Dale Long	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0		0
Jack Deskin	C	1	3	4	0	1	1.000	7.000	0		0
Tom Saffell	OF	165	565	18	3	4	.995	3.533
Lee Walls	OF	158	319	17	7	3	.980	2.127
Ted Beard	OF	129	245	19	2	2	.992	2.047
Frankie Kelleher	OF	87	156	3	2	2	.988	1.828
Dale Long	OF	61	128	6	5	2	.964	2.197
Bob Bundy	OF	10	17	0	1	0	.944	1.700
Harry Fisher	OF	5	3	0	0	0	1.000	.600
Erv Dusak	OF	5	5	0	1	0	.833	1.000
Frank Rice	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Mel Queen	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jack Phillips	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jack O'Keefe	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Don Dahlke	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Bobby Bragan	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Monty Basgall	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Red Lynn	P	53	10	32	2	3	.955	.792
George O'Donnell	P	45	27	55	3	1	.965	1.822
Junior Walsh	P	41	12	27	2	5	.951	.951
Lloyd Hittle	P	38						.000
Red Munger	P	37	4	31	3	3	.921	.946
Harry Fisher	P	33	3	20	0	1	1.000	.697
Gordon Maltzberger	P	29	2	12	1	1	.933	.483
Mel Queen	P	27	5	25	0	1	1.000	1.111
Bill Macdonald	P	24	8	7	0	1	1.000	.625
Joe Muir	P	21	1	16	0	1	1.000	.810
Larry Shepard	P	20	0	10	0	0	1.000	.500
Gary Hegedorn	P	12	2	2	0	0	1.000	.333
Roy Welmaker	P	8						.000
Fernando Osorio	P	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	.333
Barney Schultz	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Cuddles Marshall	P	4	0	1	1	0	.500	.250
Billy Joe Waters	P	3						.000
Erv Dusak	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Pinky Woods	P	2	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.000
Richard Smith	P	2	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jack Phillips	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Dale Long	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Wes Curtis	P	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Jack Phillips	SS	84	154	256	20	39	.953	4.881
Don Dahlke	SS	62	115	172	14	30	.953	4.629
Clem Koshorek	SS	26	59	60	6	21	.952	4.577
Gene Handley	SS	6	5	2	1	1	.875	1.167
Elmer Clow	SS	2	1	4	1	1	.833	2.500
Dale Long	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Totals		2014	4694	1861	166	449	.975	3.255	4	0	36	100.0

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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