1953 California League Pitching Leaders

1952 Season 1954 Season

Classification: C

Overall: 563 games, 8 teams, approx. 140 games in season

Attendance: 884,712 (1,571/game)

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Tony Freitas*	45	STK	C	CHC	22	9	.710	2.39	3.23	34	32	28	3	279.0	261	100	74	11	45	174	1	0	1	1.097	8.4	0.4	1.5	5.6	3.87
2	Clair Parkin	22	SJO	C	BOS	18	9	.667	2.27	3.15	31	27	21	3	226.0	172	79	57	8	94	192	6	0	6	1.177	6.8	0.3	3.7	7.6	2.04
3	Loyal Bloxam	25	VIS	C		17	9	.654	2.93	3.95	33	26	18	2	221.0	212	97	72	15	105	152	5	0	6	1.434	8.6	0.6	4.3	6.2	1.45
4	Ed Mayer*	21	SJO	C	BOS	17	8	.680	3.16	3.94	29	29	16	2	208.0	187	91	73	6	106	172	8	2	6	1.409	8.1	0.3	4.6	7.4	1.62
5	Tex Clevenger	20	SJO	C	BOS	16	2	.889	1.51	2.67	19	18	15	2	155.0	96	46	26	7	49	157	2	1	4	0.935	5.6	0.4	2.8	9.1	3.20
6	Art Demery	39	BAK	C	DET	16	9	.640	3.78	4.71	32	26	16	3	212.0	196	111	89	14	99	167	6	1	6	1.392	8.3	0.6	4.2	7.1	1.69
7	Leverette Spencer	23	FRE	C	STL	16	10	.615	4.50	5.57	36	29	17	0	210.0	245	130	105	16	95	133	2	0	6	1.619	10.5	0.7	4.1	5.7	1.40
8	Bob Thorpe	18	STK	C	CHC	16	8	.667	3.52	4.39	33	29	22	0	248.0	251	121	97	11	91	132	11	0	2	1.379	9.1	0.4	3.3	4.8	1.45
9	Bull Palica	33	SJO	C	BOS	15	5	.750	2.61	2.86	46	8	5	1	145.0	137	46	42	5	45	108	1	0	4	1.255	8.5	0.3	2.8	6.7	2.40
10	Tony Ponce	31	VNT	C		15	20	.429	4.42	6.00	42	32	25	1	279.0	320	186	137	17	70	165	4	0	9	1.398	10.3	0.5	2.3	5.3	2.36
11	Solon Shaw	19	VIS	C		15	12	.556	4.36	5.59	39	30	18	3	227.0	250	141	110	27	71	133	8	0	3	1.414	9.9	1.1	2.8	5.3	1.87
12	Ken Wright	21	VNT	C		14	14	.500	4.65	5.82	36	30	17	0	238.0	245	154	123	12	143	166	8	2	7	1.630	9.3	0.5	5.4	6.3	1.16
13	Guy Fletcher	42	MOD	C	MLN	13	10	.565	2.36	3.15	31	25	18	3	217.0	180	76	57	15	50	139	2	1	1	1.060	7.5	0.6	2.1	5.8	2.78
14	Charlie Adams*	19	SNB	C	BRO	12	17	.414	4.01	5.03	39	30	10	2	202.0	181	113	90	12	148	140	14	0	6	1.629	8.1	0.5	6.6	6.2	0.95
15	Art Bielefeld	24	STK	C	CHC	12	9	.571	3.85	4.86	33	27	12	0	215.0	215	116	92	14	95	97	4	2	8	1.442	9.0	0.6	4.0	4.1	1.02
16	Eugene Bryant	31	MOD	C	MLN	12	17	.414	3.96	5.24	37	28	15	2	225.0	247	131	99	10	89	140	5	0	7	1.493	9.9	0.4	3.6	5.6	1.57
17	Bernard Geels*	22	FRE	C	STL	12	10	.545	5.92	6.90	33	23	7	1	146.0	182	112	96	12	89	79	1	2	7	1.856	11.2	0.7	5.5	4.9	0.89
18	Richard Jacquier	23	SNB	C	BRO	12	8	.600	3.15	4.26	30	24	14	0	203.0	191	96	71	19	79	114	5	1	3	1.330	8.5	0.8	3.5	5.1	1.44
19	Ray Malgradi	30	BAK	C	DET	11	12	.478	3.56	4.50	38	18	15	2	192.0	191	96	76	17	69	82	11	0	6	1.354	9.0	0.8	3.2	3.8	1.19
20	Glenn McMinn	20	SNB	C	BRO	11	6	.647	2.72	3.20	20	18	13	2	152.0	127	54	46	9	40	119	1	0	5	1.099	7.5	0.5	2.4	7.0	2.98
21	Ray O'Connor	23	VIS	C		11	9	.550	4.93	6.07	39	18	8	0	166.0	160	112	91	17	119	115	10	1	6	1.681	8.7	0.9	6.5	6.2	0.97
22	Richard Utter	21	BAK	C	DET	11	12	.478	4.71	5.24	33	26	12	2	189.0	186	110	99	15	107	101	8	0	4	1.550	8.9	0.7	5.1	4.8	0.94
23	Art Williams	19	BAK	C	DET	11	6	.647	3.26	4.09	20	20	14	1	163.0	150	74	59	12	66	99	9	1	1	1.325	8.3	0.7	3.6	5.5	1.50
24	Larry Burgess*	19	MOD	C	MLN	10	11	.476	4.91	6.31	42	24	12	0	211.0	214	148	115	10	166	128	3	0	7	1.801	9.1	0.4	7.1	5.5	0.77
25	Chuck Forrest	24	FRE	C	STL	10	9	.526	4.50	5.86	33	20	10	0	172.0	176	112	86	15	96	126	5	1	5	1.581	9.2	0.8	5.0	6.6	1.31
26	Jim Collins*	22	VNT	C		9	15	.375	4.88	6.24	38	27	9	0	199.0	211	138	108	13	98	112	7	0	5	1.553	9.5	0.6	4.4	5.1	1.14
27	Richard Schroyer	18	VIS	C		9	16	.360	5.33	6.36	38	29	7	1	201.0	204	142	119	16	171	148	7	1	9	1.866	9.1	0.7	7.7	6.6	0.87
28	Bud Watkins	22	STK	C	CHC	9	9	.500	2.59	3.77	23	18	11	3	167.0	136	70	48	4	66	135	7	1	3	1.210	7.3	0.2	3.6	7.3	2.05
29	Alexander Ropek	20	SNB	C	BRO	8	8	.500	3.91	4.70	38	15	3	0	138.0	107	72	60	5	92	105	4	0	7	1.442	7.0	0.3	6.0	6.8	1.14
30	Jack Thompson	23	MOD	C	MLN	8	3	.727	3.23	4.50	16	14	9	1	106.0	96	53	38	4	51	55	8	1	2	1.387	8.2	0.3	4.3	4.7	1.08
31	Cliff Allmon	19	SJO	C	BOS	7	8	.467	4.34	5.65	31	22	8	1	164.0	158	103	79	7	108	116	6	1	5	1.622	8.7	0.4	5.9	6.4	1.07
32	Billy Cornsilk	20	SNB	C	BRO	7	3	.700	3.35	5.55	27	9	3	0	86.0	78	53	32	3	64	51	4	3	5	1.651	8.2	0.3	6.7	5.3	0.80
33	Dale Hooper*	21	BAK	C	DET	7	6	.538	4.92	5.60	17	14	4	2	106.0	114	66	58	6	63	77	2	0	0	1.670	9.7	0.5	5.3	6.5	1.22
34	Red Witt	21	SNB	C	BRO	7	3	.700	2.65	3.39	13	12	6	2	85.0	57	32	25	5	43	90	8	0	2	1.176	6.0	0.5	4.6	9.5	2.09
35	Don Corella*	19	VIS	C		6	9	.400	4.89	6.69	21	17	6	0	105.0	119	78	57	6	53	82	0	0	2	1.638	10.2	0.5	4.5	7.0	1.55
36	Walter James	33	MOD	C	MLN	6	5	.545	3.14	4.45	14	9	4	0	83.0	73	41	29	3	51	47	8	0	2	1.494	7.9	0.3	5.5	5.1	0.92
37	Ralph Mauriello	18	SNB	C	BRO	6	4	.600	2.49	2.71	15	10	7	0	83.0	60	25	23	3	55	86	2	0	4	1.386	6.5	0.3	6.0	9.3	1.56
38	Don Townsend*	22	FRE	C	STL	6	7	.462	3.60	5.33	22	14	8	0	135.0	148	80	54	7	62	58	3	3	1	1.556	9.9	0.5	4.1	3.9	0.94
39	Red Whitson	20	SJO	C	BOS	6	2	.750	2.93	3.71	15	9	5	2	80.0	72	33	26	4	36	63	4	0	2	1.350	8.1	0.5	4.1	7.1	1.75
40	Eugene Bowman	20	MOD	C	MLN	5	9	.357	3.74	5.11	24	13	6	1	118.0	116	67	49	4	45	38	5	1	4	1.364	8.8	0.3	3.4	2.9	0.84
41	Bob Crane	20	STK	C	CHC	5	13	.278	4.47	6.36	37	17	6	0	157.0	154	111	78	11	87	113	4	0	3	1.535	8.8	0.6	5.0	6.5	1.30
42	Chuck Donley	19	VNT	C		5	11	.313	5.54	6.43	46	15	3	0	182.0	218	130	112	16	78	113	4	1	4	1.626	10.8	0.8	3.9	5.6	1.45
43	George Kornack	23	MOD	C	MLN	5	9	.357	3.89	5.87	33	7	2	0	118.0	134	77	51	5	63	37	1	0	7	1.669	10.2	0.4	4.8	2.8	0.59
44	Hoyt Benedict	23	FRE	C	STL	4	10	.286	6.47	6.78	17	13	4	0	89.0	96	67	64	9	50	75	6	0	4	1.640	9.7	0.9	5.1	7.6	1.50
45	Bailey Brem	22	BAK	C	DET	4	1	.800	2.54	2.74	6	6	4	0	46.0	34	14	13	6	21	33	0	1	0	1.196	6.7	1.2	4.1	6.5	1.57
46	Jim Dawson	21	BAK	C	DET	4	6	.400	4.65	6.53	15	9	3	0	62.0	69	45	32	3	52	47	9	1	7	1.952	10.0	0.4	7.5	6.8	0.90
47	Rick Herrera	18	FRE	C	STL	4	1	.800
48	Samuel Nunn	18	STK	C	CHC	4	10	.286	4.85	6.14	23	12	7	1	104.0	97	71	56	7	67	73	1	0	4	1.577	8.4	0.6	5.8	6.3	1.09
49	Art Amaya	19	MOD	C	MLN	3	4	.429	5.36	6.51	8	6	2	0	47.0	53	34	28	1	31	31	4	0	3	1.787	10.1	0.2	5.9	5.9	1.00
50	Larry Bolger	21	FRE	C	STL	3	2	.600			10
51	Chris Christin	19	FRE	C	STL	3	5	.375	5.40	6.44	23	6	3	0	95.0	94	68	57	3	50	67	5	0	4	1.516	8.9	0.3	4.7	6.3	1.34
52	Bob Cloud	23	FRE	C	STL	3	2	.600			11
53	Norman Luoni*	21	SJO	C	BOS	3	0	1.000
54	Jack Osborn	19	SJO	C	BOS	3	2	.600
55	William Zonner	19	SJO	C	BOS	3	5	.375	5.95	6.92	15	10	2	1	65.0	57	50	43	4	58	34	9	0	7	1.769	7.9	0.6	8.0	4.7	0.59
56	Robert Andrews*	24	MOD	C	MLN	2	4	.333	5.00	6.00	10	10	4	0	72.0	58	48	40	2	63	48	6	0	7	1.681	7.3	0.3	7.9	6.0	0.76
57	Fred Bartels*	21	BAK	C	DET	2	0	1.000
58	Gerald Hall	19	SJO	C	BOS	2	3	.400			12
59	Larry LaBounty	21	STK	C	CHC	2	5	.286			17
60	Alfred Mathews?	22	BAK	C	DET	2	2	.500
61	Maurice McCall	19	SNB	C	BRO	2	1	.667
62	William Moore*	23	STK	C	CHC	2	5	.286			11
63	Jose Roman	25	VIS	C		2	3	.400	5.63	6.59	21	1	0	0	56.0	72	41	35	8	30	32	1	1	0	1.821	11.6	1.3	4.8	5.1	1.07
64	Donald Terwedow*	20	SNB	C	BRO	2	2	.500
65	Garner Vickers?	--	BAK	C	DET	2	0	1.000
66	Bob Bonser?	25	BAK	C	DET	1	1	.500			10
67	William Clark	21	SNB	C	BRO	1	7	.125	4.35	5.34	31	4	0	0	91.0	65	54	44	7	78	93	3	2	3	1.571	6.4	0.7	7.7	9.2	1.19
68	Bob Dallas	22	SNB	C	BRO	1	0	1.000
69	Earl Gibson?	--	SNB	C	BRO	1	0	1.000
70	Charles Greer	19	FRE	C	STL	1	0	1.000
71	Robert Grunsky	24	BAK	C	DET	1	3	.250	5.60	8.00	18	3	1	1	45.0	53	40	28	2	26	28	0	0	1	1.756	10.6	0.4	5.2	5.6	1.08
72	Ron Hagler	19	VIS	C		1	2	.333
73	Jim Loepp	24	SNB	C	BRO	1	1	.500
74	Alberto Mendoza*	18	VNT	C		1	1	.500
75	Albie Pearson*	18	SJO	C	BOS	1	0	1.000
76	Richard Ryan	26	FRE	C	STL	1	7	.125	5.42	7.38	18	7	3	0	78.0	92	64	47	6	49	37	1	0	3	1.808	10.6	0.7	5.7	4.3	0.76
77	Larry Sherry	17	SNB	C	BRO	1	2	.333
78	Robert Spence*	25	SJO	C	BOS	1	0	1.000			11
79	Harry Weakley	24	VIS	C		1	2	.333			10
80	William Wells	18	SNB	C	BRO	1	1	.500
81	David Williams	23	SNB	C	BRO	1	3	.250			10
82	Chuck Winslow	18	VIS	C		1	0	1.000
83	Arthur Wollenweber	23	FRE	C	STL	1	2	.333
84	Richard Ban*	23	FRE	C	STL	0	4	.000	4.92	7.47	19	3	0	0	53.0	56	44	29	8	55	47	1	0	2	2.094	9.5	1.4	9.3	8.0	0.85
85	Charlie Beene	19	VIS	C		0	1	.000
86	John Caruso	19	VIS	C		0	2	.000
87	James Davis	19	FRE	C	STL	0	4	.000
88	Lawrence Ghio	23	VNT	C		0	3	.000
89	Howie Goss	18	VIS	C		0	3	.000
90	Carl Gretlein	23	VIS	C		0	1	.000
91	Harry Higgins	19	VNT	C		0	2	.000	6.51	8.23	17	3	0	0	47.0	61	43	34	6	21	28	1	1	0	1.745	11.7	1.1	4.0	5.4	1.33
92	LeRoy Johnson*	20	MOD	C	MLN	0	1	.000
93	Lawrence Nenna*	22	MOD	C	MLN	0	1	.000
94	Walter Robinson	22	FRE	C	STL	0	1	.000
95	Willie Seward	24	FRE	C	STL	0	1	.000
96	Mark Torres	26	VNT	C		0	5	.000
97	Paul Whiting	21	BAK	C	DET	0	4	.000			11
98	Joel Whitlock	17	MOD	C	MLN	0	1	.000
99	Rollin Wortley	22	VIS	C		0	0				11
100	Floyd Brower	20	SJO,VIS	C	BOS						21