1953 Stockton Ports Statistics
Team Record: 72-68
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Bill Salkeld (72-68)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Stockton, California
Ballpark: Billy Hebert Field
Attendance: 63,257, Avg. 904
Playoffs - Stockton Ports 3 games, Bakersfield Indians 0
Finals - San Jose Red Sox 4 games, Stockton Ports 2
The Stockton Ports of the California League ended the 1953 season with a record of 72 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.
The Ports tallied 679 runs and surrendered 593 runs. Jim O'Brien led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .328. Tony Freitas topped Stockton with 22 wins, while Bob Thorpe added 15 or more wins, too Tony Freitas recorded a 2.39 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1953 Stockton Ports who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bob Thorpe, Bill Salkeld, Frank Ernaga and Tony Freitas.
Bill Salkeld 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Freitas | 22 | 9 | .710 | 2.39 | 34 | 32 | 279.0 | 261 | 100 | 74 | 11 | 45 | ||||||||||
Bob Thorpe | 16 | 8 | .667 | 3.52 | 33 | 29 | 248.0 | 251 | 121 | 97 | 11 | 91 | ||||||||||
Art Bielefeld | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.85 | 33 | 27 | 215.0 | 215 | 116 | 92 | 14 | 95 | ||||||||||
Bud Watkins | 9 | 9 | .500 | 2.59 | 23 | 18 | 167.0 | 136 | 70 | 48 | 4 | 66 | ||||||||||
Bob Crane | 5 | 13 | .278 | 4.47 | 37 | 17 | 157.0 | 154 | 111 | 78 | 11 | 87 | ||||||||||
Samuel Nunn | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.83 | 23 | 12 | 104.3 | 97 | 71 | 56 | 7 | 67 | ||||||||||
Totals | 68 | 58 | .540 | 3.42 | 183 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1170.3 | 1114 | 589 | 445 | 58 | 451 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim O'Brien | 136 | 552 | 552 | 181 | 17 | 5 | 0 | .328 | .328 | .377 | .705 | 208 | |||||||||||
Harry Clements | 141 | 583 | 583 | 173 | 32 | 4 | 2 | .297 | .297 | .376 | .672 | 219 | |||||||||||
Wes Moore | 141 | 577 | 577 | 163 | 32 | 3 | 5 | .282 | .282 | .374 | .657 | 216 | |||||||||||
John Kreuter | 137 | 482 | 482 | 137 | 15 | 5 | 6 | .284 | .284 | .373 | .658 | 180 | |||||||||||
Frank Ernaga | 110 | 399 | 399 | 98 | 18 | 2 | 13 | .246 | .246 | .398 | .644 | 159 | |||||||||||
Dom Campana | 73 | 266 | 266 | 62 | 14 | 2 | 7 | .233 | .233 | .380 | .613 | 101 | |||||||||||
Duane Hermon | 68 | 260 | 260 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .231 | .231 | .300 | .531 | 78 | |||||||||||
Robert Bortz | 66 | 224 | 224 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .254 | .254 | .339 | .594 | 76 | |||||||||||
Bill Salkeld | 91 | 251 | 251 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 13 | .227 | .227 | .414 | .641 | 104 | |||||||||||
John Buttrey | 72 | 241 | 241 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .199 | .199 | .282 | .481 | 68 | |||||||||||
Bob Thorpe | 46 | 112 | 112 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .205 | .205 | .241 | .446 | 27 | |||||||||||
Dick Adams | 20 | 69 | 69 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .203 | .261 | .464 | 18 | |||||||||||
Art Bielefeld | 33 | 66 | 66 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .212 | .394 | 14 | |||||||||||
Bob Crane | 37 | 57 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .193 | .193 | .228 | .421 | 13 | |||||||||||
Bud Watkins | 23 | 62 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .161 | .323 | 10 | |||||||||||
Tony Freitas | 35 | 87 | 87 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .149 | .264 | 13 | |||||||||||
George Pullings | 16 | 53 | 53 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .113 | .113 | .189 | .302 | 10 | |||||||||||
Larry LaBounty | 20 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .294 | .588 | 5 | |||||||||||
Samuel Nunn | 23 | 38 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .132 | .158 | .289 | 6 | |||||||||||
William Moore | 11 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1299 | 4410 | 4410 | 0 | 1132 | 178 | 28 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .346 | .602 | 1525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Kreuter | 1B | 137 | 1131 | 71 | 26 | .979 | 8.774 | |
John Buttrey | 2B | 38 | 105 | 65 | 12 | .934 | 4.474 | |
Harry Clements | 3B | 141 | 146 | 355 | 21 | .960 | 3.553 | |
Bill Salkeld | C | 74 | 431 | 52 | 12 | .976 | 6.527 | |
Robert Bortz | C | 50 | 292 | 42 | 6 | .982 | 6.680 | |
Jim O'Brien | OF | 136 | 207 | 15 | 12 | .949 | 1.632 | |
Frank Ernaga | OF | 110 | 290 | 10 | 5 | .984 | 2.727 | |
Dom Campana | OF | 73 | 177 | 7 | 6 | .968 | 2.521 | |
Duane Hermon | OF | 68 | 107 | 14 | 14 | .896 | 1.779 | |
Dick Adams | OF | 18 | 32 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 1.889 | |
George Pullings | OF | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.231 | |
Bob Crane | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
Tony Freitas | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
Bob Thorpe | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
Art Bielefeld | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
Bud Watkins | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
Samuel Nunn | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
Wes Moore | SS | 112 | 190 | 316 | 59 | .896 | 4.518 | |
Totals | 1153 | 3121 | 952 | 174 | 0 | .959 | 3.533 |
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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