1953 Visalia Stars Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 67-73
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Jerry Gardner (67-73)
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 53,396, Avg. 763
1953 Visalia Stars Roster

The Visalia Stars of the California League ended the 1953 season with a record of 67 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.

The Stars scored 810 runs, best in the league. Visalia conceded 848 runs. Jack O'Keefe led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .328 average. Loyal Bloxam topped the team with 17 wins, while Solon Shaw, too added 15 or more wins, too Loyal Bloxam recorded a 2.93 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Howie Goss played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Visalia Stars to do so.

Jerry Gardner 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
Loyal Bloxam179.6542.933326221.0212977215105
Solon Shaw1512.5564.363930227.02501411102771
Ray O'Connor119.5504.933918166.01601129117119
Richard Schroyer916.3605.333829201.020414211916171
Don Corella69.4004.872117105.31197857653
Jose Roman23.4005.5921156.3724135830
Totals6058.5084.461911210000976.7101761148489549000000

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
Jack O'Keefe13853453417537433.328.328.597.925319
Bill Jackson14053753713729215.255.255.400.655215
Jack Spence1334734731182758.249.249.378.628179
Jay Roundy107420420116181215.276.276.483.760203
Reginaldo Grenald62246246801234.325.325.447.772110
Howie Goss863083087612118.247.247.468.714144
John McDevitt73284284741538.261.261.419.680119
Donald Alfano75288288601030.208.208.264.47276
Charlie Barnes8829629654437.182.182.287.47085
Jerry Gardner75231231461015.199.199.316.51573
Solon Shaw55959523200.242.242.263.50525
Del Johnston3513313322311.165.165.226.39130
Neil Huff20696916200.232.232.261.49318
Loyal Bloxam33818116100.198.198.210.40717
Ray O'Connor49747413101.176.176.230.40517
Jose Roman2119199201.474.474.7371.21114
Robert Wuesthoff1134348000.235.235.235.4718
Red Montgomery2378788000.103.103.103.2058
James Hanson1838387111.184.184.342.52613
Richard Schroyer3869697120.101.101.174.27512
Harry Weakley1318186200.333.333.444.7788
Don Corella2132324000.125.125.125.2504
James Hinson1027273100.111.111.148.2594
Rollin Wortley11220000.000.000.000.0000
Totals133543864386010781904111700000.246.246.388.634170100000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Jack O'Keefe1B13811336318.9858.667
Red Montgomery2B1745313.9624.471
Bill Jackson3B12512729336.9213.360
Charlie BarnesC824896815.9746.793
Jerry GardnerC664204910.9797.106
Jack SpenceOF1253461217.9552.864
Jay RoundyOF107179136.9701.794
Howie GossOF77143158.9522.052
Reginaldo GrenaldOF6210075.9551.726
Del JohnstonOF191525.773.895
Robert WuesthoffOF1117201.0001.727
Solon ShawP39.000
Ray O'ConnorP39.000
Richard SchroyerP38.000
Loyal BloxamP33.000
Jose RomanP21.000
Don CorellaP21.000
John McDevittSS6810319633.9014.397
Donald AlfanoSS506611820.9023.680
Neil HuffSS1820478.8933.722
Totals115632039161840.9573.563

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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