1953 Seattle Rainiers Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 98-82
Finished 2nd in the PCL
Manager: Bill Sweeney (98-82)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Ballpark: Sick Stadium
Attendance: 224,562, Avg. 2,495

1953 Seattle Rainiers Roster

The Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1953 season with a record of 98 wins and 82 losses, finishing second in the PCL.

The Rainiers led the league with 804 runs. Seattle surrendered 714 runs. Ray Orteig paced the squad with 28 home runs, and Wally Judnich walloped 15 or more, too. Wally Judnich drove in 101 runs. Artie Wilson topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .332. Al Widmar paced the squad with 20 wins, while Vern Kindsfather and Bill Evans added 15 or more wins, too Vern Kindsfather registered a 3.01 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Merrill Combs, Al Widmar, Steve Nagy, Leo Thomas, Nanny Fernandez, Carlos Pascual, Sam Zoldak, Bill Evans, Jackie Tobin, Alex Garbowski, Wally Judnich, Clarence Maddern, Artie Wilson, George Schmees, Jim Suchecki, Gordon Goldsberry and Jim Davis were all players from the 1953 Seattle Rainiers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Bill Sweeney 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
Al Widmar	20	14	.588	3.70	46	36		19	4		272.3	283	121	112	20	108		83	5	1	2
Bill Evans	16	13	.552	3.23	41	35		15	5		259.0	247	102	93	18	105		134	0	0	1
Vern Kindsfather	16	16	.500	3.01	47	35		19	7		248.3	215	85	83	20	87		87	2	1	1
Jim Davis	13	8	.619	3.02	40	18		16	3		217.3	211	82	73	12	64		68	2	1	2
Steve Nagy	13	8	.619	4.16	34	27		12	1		186.0	206	88	86	9	88		80	2	0	2
Art DelDuca	10	16	.385	4.72	50	12		3	0		145.0	165	86	76	13	66		53	1	0	1
Tom Lovrich	8	4	.667	3.95	51	4		1	0		152.7	147	93	67	11	63		46	5	1	4
Cal Humphreys	1	0	1.000	3.46	3	1		1	0		13.0	14	7	5	0	7		2	1	0	0
Jim Suchecki	1	1	.500	4.05	18	1		0	0		33.3	35	23	15	4	19		13	0	0	3
Dale Thomason	0	0			1	0		0	0		0.0	1	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0
Clifford Coggin	0	0			1	0		0	0		0.0	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0
Carlos Pascual	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sam Zoldak	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0		2.7	2	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Lonnie Myers	0	1	.000	5.25	2	1		1	0		12.0	16	10	7	0	4		4	0	0	0
Robert Roberts	0	1	.000	8.64	2	1		1	0		8.3	11	9	8	0	9		0	0	0	0
Totals	98	82	.544	3.64	339	171	0	88	20	0	1551.0	1555	716	627	107	621	0	570	18	4	16	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
Artie Wilson	177	703	638	80	212	23	14	2	76	9		47	25	.332	.380	.422	.802	269	10	2	16
Jackie Tobin	178	810	709	116	210	17	6	3	58	10		83	52	.296	.374	.350	.724	248	8	5	13
Leo Thomas	175	766	666	94	198	23	5	13	100	4		79	46	.297	.375	.405	.781	270	19	4	17
Wally Judnich	163	659	583	81	174	26	4	16	101	0		68	41	.298	.374	.439	.813	256	11	2	6
Merrill Combs	156	643	563	64	149	19	3	8	58	0		63	42	.265	.340	.352	.691	198	12	1	16
Ray Orteig	158	579	489	76	135	15	1	28	99	2		83	54	.276	.383	.483	.866	236	19	2	5
Gordon Goldsberry	163	651	549	77	134	30	4	6	53	1		83	61	.244	.347	.346	.694	190	11	4	15
Clarence Maddern	133	467	411	62	121	27	1	14	65	1		44	24	.294	.363	.467	.830	192	11	0	12
George Schmees	125	447	412	66	115	27	6	7	56	5		29	45	.279	.328	.425	.753	175	3	1	5
Claude Christie	52	157	145	17	41	9	0	1	17	0		6	11	.283	.320	.366	.686	53	10	2	4
Alex Garbowski	48	143	130	15	30	2	2	1	6	0		9	10	.231	.281	.300	.581	39	6	0	4
Nanny Fernandez	63	102	93	6	21	1	0	0	7	0		7	15	.226	.280	.237	.517	22	2	0	2
Steve Nagy	34	74	65	7	14	2	1	0	4	0		8	13	.215	.301	.277	.578	18	2	0	1
Al Widmar	46	109	93	7	14	0	0	2	10	0		11	27	.151	.240	.215	.455	20	3	0	5
Vern Kindsfather	47	92	82	1	11	2	0	0	7	0		2	17	.134	.155	.159	.313	13	5	0	8
Bill Evans	41	108	102	7	11	0	0	0	6	0		2	22	.108	.125	.108	.233	11	3	0	4
Art DelDuca	50	50	46	4	10	1	0	1	4	0		0	10	.217	.217	.304	.522	14	5	0	4
Tom Lovrich	51	49	46	5	8	1	0	0	0	2		2	12	.174	.208	.196	.404	9	3	0	1
Gordy Brunswick	35	75	65	6	8	1	1	1	8	1		10	22	.123	.240	.215	.455	14	3	0	0
Jim Davis	40	81	69	10	8	1	0	0	0	0		9	19	.116	.218	.130	.348	9	1	0	3
Cal Humphreys	3	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	.250	.250	.750	1.000	3	0	0	0
Jim Suchecki	18	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	1
Robert Roberts	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Lonnie Myers	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0
K Chorlton	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals	1964	6784	5973	803	1626	227	49	103	736	35	0	646	570	.272	.346	.378	.724	2260	147	23	142	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Gordon Goldsberry	1B	163	1434	102	10	132	.994	9.423
Wally Judnich	1B	14	86	8	0	4	1.000	6.714
George Schmees	1B	12	85	5	2	11	.978	7.500
Artie Wilson	2B	175	463	493	27	112	.973	5.463
Nanny Fernandez	2B	8	17	27	4	5	.917	5.500
Leo Thomas	3B	175	181	379	16	41	.972	3.200
Nanny Fernandez	3B	6	5	7	0	1	1.000	2.000
Alex Garbowski	3B	5	4	10	1	2	.933	2.800
Ray Orteig	C	146	533	73	6	12	.990	4.151	7		17	100.0
Claude Christie	C	45	142	17	1	3	.994	3.533	3		4	100.0
Jackie Tobin	OF	177	518	9	4	1	.992	2.977
Wally Judnich	OF	149	333	13	4	5	.989	2.322
Clarence Maddern	OF	116	186	13	3	2	.985	1.716
George Schmees	OF	107	201	11	7	3	.968	1.981
Gordy Brunswick	OF	21	34	0	0	0	1.000	1.619
Nanny Fernandez	OF	4	9	0	0	0	1.000	2.250
Tom Lovrich	P	51	15	27	1	2	.977	.824
Art DelDuca	P	50	6	26	1	2	.970	.640
Vern Kindsfather	P	47	10	50	1	4	.984	1.277
Al Widmar	P	46	21	58	1	2	.988	1.717
Bill Evans	P	41	13	34	2	0	.959	1.146
Jim Davis	P	40	10	31	2	1	.953	1.025
Steve Nagy	P	34	6	30	4	0	.900	1.059
Jim Suchecki	P	18	1	8	1	0	.900	.500
Cal Humphreys	P	3	2	5	1	0	.875	2.333
Sam Zoldak	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Robert Roberts	P	2	1	1	1	0	.667	1.000
Lonnie Myers	P	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500
Dale Thomason	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Carlos Pascual	P	1	0	2	0	1	1.000	2.000
Clifford Coggin	P	1						.000
Merrill Combs	SS	154	285	425	39	74	.948	4.610
Alex Garbowski	SS	33	51	91	11	16	.928	4.303
Totals		1849	4653	1958	150	436	.978	3.575	10	0	21	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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