1953 Modesto Reds Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 64-77
Finished 7th in the CL
Manager: Guy Fletcher (64-77)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Modesto, California
Ballpark: Del Webb Field
Attendance: 58,094, Avg. 824

1953 Modesto Reds Roster

The Modesto Reds of the California League ended the 1953 season with a record of 64 wins and 77 losses, finishing seventh in the CL.

The Reds plated 796 runs and conceded 748 runs. Dick Wilson led hitters with significant playing time with a .318 average. Guy Fletcher topped Modesto with 13 wins and a team-best 2.36 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Bob Roselli played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Modesto Reds to do so.

Guy Fletcher 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
Guy Fletcher	13	10	.565	2.36	31	25					217.0	180	76	57	15	50
Eugene Bryant	12	17	.414	3.96	37	28					225.0	247	131	99	10	89
Larry Burgess	10	11	.476	4.91	42	24					211.0	214	148	115	10	166
Jack Thompson	8	3	.727	3.24	16	14					105.7	96	53	38	4	51
Walter James	6	5	.545	3.16	14	9					82.7	73	41	29	3	51
Eugene Bowman	5	9	.357	3.75	24	13					117.7	116	67	49	4	45
George Kornack	5	9	.357	3.89	33	7					118.0	134	77	51	5	63
Art Amaya	3	4	.429	5.36	8	6					47.0	53	34	28	1	31
Robert Andrews	2	4	.333	4.98	10	10					72.3	58	48	40	2	63
Totals	64	72	.471	3.81	215	136	0	0	0	0	1196.3	1171	675	506	54	609	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
Dick Wilson	140	510	510		162	37	3	24						.318	.318	.543	.861	277
William Figueroa	140	528	528		130	16	5	2						.246	.246	.307	.553	162
Peter Moody	130	470	470		111	19	8	15						.236	.236	.406	.643	191
Duri Vital	78	294	294		75	13	4	7						.255	.255	.398	.653	117
Hugh Wise	63	252	252		73	7	3	0						.290	.290	.341	.631	86
Bob Roselli	64	235	235		71	18	0	12						.302	.302	.532	.834	125
Richard Moler	67	239	239		68	14	2	12						.285	.285	.510	.795	122
Mark Marcucci	64	228	228		65	16	2	2						.285	.285	.399	.684	91
Lawrence Nenna	58	229	229		61	4	3	5						.266	.266	.376	.642	86
George Corona	44	169	169		56	13	0	8						.331	.331	.550	.882	93
Kenneth Moats	77	263	263		55	11	2	4						.209	.209	.312	.521	82
Bob Gonsalves	60	193	193		34	7	0	1						.176	.176	.228	.404	44
Bob Caselli	36	129	129		32	4	2	6						.248	.248	.450	.698	58
James Reiman	52	135	135		30	4	0	3						.222	.222	.319	.541	43
Salvador Herrera	33	100	100		26	1	1	1						.260	.260	.320	.580	32
Eugene Bryant	40	94	94		17	3	0	4						.181	.181	.340	.521	32
Ronald Farris	19	62	62		14	6	0	1						.226	.226	.371	.597	23
Larry Roach	18	56	56		13	1	0	0						.232	.232	.250	.482	14
Guy Fletcher	31	72	72		12	3	0	0						.167	.167	.208	.375	15
Larry Burgess	46	76	76		12	1	0	0						.158	.158	.171	.329	13
Richie Morse	14	37	37		8	1	2	0						.216	.216	.351	.568	13
Robert Andrews	18	37	37		8	0	0	2						.216	.216	.378	.595	14
Eugene Bowman	25	40	40		8	2	0	0						.200	.200	.250	.450	10
Walter James	15	34	34		5	1	1	0						.147	.147	.235	.382	8
Jack Thompson	16	44	44		5	1	0	0						.114	.114	.136	.250	6
George Kornack	33	45	45		5	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	5
Donald Henson	10	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Totals	1391	4577	4577	0	1157	203	38	109	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.253	.385	.638	1763	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dick Wilson	1B	138	1291	67	19		.986	9.841
Peter Moody	2B	125	334	299	51		.925	5.064
Bob Gonsalves	3B	37	28	62	13		.874	2.432
Larry Roach	3B	12	8	22	3		.909	2.500
Richie Morse	3B	11	20	34	5		.915	4.909
Kenneth Moats	C	68	370	43	13		.969	6.074
Bob Roselli	C	43	231	31	9		.967	6.093
Mark Marcucci	C	30	149	19	4		.977	5.600
Duri Vital	OF	78	217	9	6		.974	2.897
Hugh Wise	OF	62	129	7	2		.986	2.194
Lawrence Nenna	OF	57	110	2	1		.991	1.965
Richard Moler	OF	52	76	7	3		.965	1.596
James Reiman	OF	38	43	3	1		.979	1.211
Bob Caselli	OF	36	46	6	3		.945	1.444
Salvador Herrera	OF	28	45	3	8		.857	1.714
George Corona	OF	28	38	5	1		.977	1.536
Ronald Farris	OF	18	31	2	0		1.000	1.833
Larry Burgess	P	42						.000
Eugene Bryant	P	37						.000
George Kornack	P	33						.000
Guy Fletcher	P	31						.000
Eugene Bowman	P	24						.000
Jack Thompson	P	16						.000
Walter James	P	14						.000
Robert Andrews	P	10						.000
Art Amaya	P	8						.000
William Figueroa	SS	140	241	507	71		.913	5.343
Totals		1216	3407	1128	213	0	.955	3.729

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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