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1953 Pioneer League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
North Team W L WPct GB Salt Lake City 94 50 .653 -- Denver 81 63 .563 13 Minneapolis 70 74 .486 24 Omaha 60 84 .417 34 Kansas City 57 87 .396 37	South Team W L WPct GB Oklahoma 86 58 .597 -- Dallas 78 66 .542 8 New Orleans 69 75 .479 17 San Antonio 66 78 .458 20 Houston 59 85 .410 27

Post-Season Results
Series of the West (4-3)	Salt Lake City Locusts over San Diego Breakers
PL League Championship Serie (4-3)	Salt Lake City Locusts over Oklahoma 89ers

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
SLC	6.4	919	144	5081	1540	294	45	181	539	796	.303	.370	.486	.855
DAL	5.8	831	144	5044	1506	346	50	109	511	792	.299	.363	.452	.815
DEN	5.8	830	144	4969	1399	252	26	173	596	770	.282	.358	.447	.806
OKC	5.7	816	144	5062	1485	305	34	119	558	773	.293	.364	.438	.801
MIN	5.5	791	144	4961	1383	262	26	135	525	829	.279	.348	.424	.771
NO	5.4	778	144	4953	1359	262	23	133	509	779	.274	.342	.417	.759
OMA	5.3	769	144	5031	1405	266	35	118	517	858	.279	.346	.416	.763
HOU	4.9	699	144	5062	1401	286	44	88	483	888	.277	.340	.403	.743
KC	4.7	677	144	4901	1323	319	49	94	480	865	.270	.335	.413	.748
SA	4.6	662	144	5025	1330	278	23	82	442	880	.265	.324	.378	.702
Totals	5.4	7772	1440	50089	14131	2870	355	1232	5160	8230	.282	.349	.427	.777
Average		777	144	5009	1413	287	36	123	516	823

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
SLC	4.6	657	144	4.38	1281.0	1245	8.6	526	3.7	936	6.5	33
OKC	4.6	664	144	4.22	1295.3	1322	9.2	453	3.1	1007	7.0	32
HOU	5.2	742	144	4.69	1285.0	1412	9.8	422	2.9	804	5.6	23
DEN	5.2	753	144	4.78	1279.3	1298	9.0	589	4.1	952	6.6	28
SA	5.3	762	144	4.98	1290.0	1426	9.9	516	3.6	787	5.5	30
DAL	5.5	792	144	5.11	1286.3	1453	10.1	532	3.7	818	5.7	37
NO	5.6	805	144	5.30	1273.0	1451	10.1	502	3.5	748	5.2	37
MIN	5.6	812	144	5.30	1276.7	1492	10.4	493	3.4	715	5.0	28
KC	6.0	862	144	5.48	1260.7	1512	10.5	507	3.5	731	5.1	30
OMA	6.4	923	144	5.94	1272.0	1520	10.6	620	4.3	732	5.1	37
Totals	5.4	7772	1440	5.02	12799.3	14131	9.8	5160	3.6	8230	5.7	315
Average		777	144		1280	1413		516		823		32

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
DAL	75	69	3	7	10	1	0	0	2	0.99	0.89	2,829,469		Beatrice Arthur
SLC	93	51	1	5	5	2	1	0	4	0.95	1.07	3,154,622		Nate McGinty
DEN	78	66	3	4	7	0	0	0	1	0.97	1.40	2,786,766		Hugh Jass
OKC	85	59	1	3	5	0	2	0	2	1.02	1.17	2,993,534
MIN	70	74	0	2	6	0	0	0	2	0.92	1.07	1,576,050		Wayne Twig Terwilliger
SA	63	81	3	2	6	0	0	1	1	1.06	0.83	2,384,745		Skip Skip Skipperton
HOU	68	76	-9	1	6	0	0	1	0	1.04	0.82	2,253,852		Oli Mao
OMA	60	84	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1.01	1.05	1,872,129		General Rferrywheel
KC	56	88	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	1.03	0.70	1,586,953		Tiberius Rowe
NO	70	74	-1	0	2	0	0	0	6	0.97	0.85	1,415,485		Brad Huber

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
SLC	282	145.31	93.11	43.54	7.32	2.50	8.21	6.62	5.17	13.74
OKC	258	110.31	105.84	41.81	6.45	3.27	5.54	6.24	7.91	12.42
DEN	243	124.93	80.68	37.35	5.45	2.31	6.51	2.94	8.45	11.69
DAL	234	122.30	76.39	35.27	7.87	1.82	5.41	2.29	10.03	7.88
MIN	210	116.21	64.44	29.31	7.22	3.02	5.37	1.86	6.66	5.20
NO	207	107.47	64.57	34.94	4.73	1.34	7.39	3.86	8.01	9.62
SA	198	68.46	88.08	41.43	7.77	2.72	6.58	3.71	6.98	13.69
OMA	180	105.71	46.95	27.29	3.57	2.66	4.79	6.23	1.71	8.34
HOU	177	66.93	77.08	32.95	5.51	2.46	2.82	4.34	5.41	12.42
KC	171	78.91	60.77	31.29	9.26	1.21	4.00	4.92	3.82	8.09

League Award Winners
Big Stick:	Pedro Savino	SLC	.372, 55 HR, 140 RBI
Golden Arm:	Harry Robin	SLC	24-5, 3.76, 266.0 IP, 221 K
Young Buck:	Christopher Jones	HOU	.325, 7 HR, 44 RBI
Platinum Glove Award Winners
P	Jerry McKeown	SLC	1.000, 1 PO, 2 A, 0 E
C	Luis Villalba	KC	.984, 580 PO, 92 A, 11 E 36.6% (67-183) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Derrick Frasure	SLC	.996, 993 PO, 92 A, 4 E
2B	Walter Salgado	NO	.993, 236 PO, 431 A, 5 E
3B	Russ Witham	SLC	.967, 73 PO, 221 A, 10 E
SS	Sabino Martinez	NO	.974, 204 PO, 460 A, 18 E
LF	Shawn Despain	MIN	.993, 271 PO, 9 A, 2 E
CF	Abraham Chee	SA	.997, 326 PO, 7 A, 1 E
RF	David Colucci	NO	1.000, 289 PO, 10 A, 0 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Keener SLC .377 Savino SLC .372 Botella DEN .356 Sykes SA .352 Flores MIN .351	On-Base Pct Keener SLC .460 Savino SLC .457 Chee   .439 Jones   .437 Oliverio   .429	Slugging Pct Savino SLC .776 Keener SLC .730 Madera OKC .603 Paredes NO .562 Castaneda   .559*	OPS Savino SLC 1.233 Keener SLC 1.190 Paredes NO .986 Madera OKC .985 Castaneda   .968*
XR Savino SLC 161.6 Keener SLC 144.4 Paredes NO 122.6 Zurita DAL 121.9 Madera OKC 107.4	Games Martinez NO 144 Gaudette HOU 143 Blackmer   141 Anguita KC 140 Madera OKC 140	At-Bats Zurita DAL 555 Anguita KC 543 Howell SA 540 Flores MIN 538 Martinez NO 538	Runs Savino SLC 146 Keener SLC 134 Paredes NO 115 Zurita DAL 113 Madera OKC 109
Hits Zurita DAL 193 Savino SLC 191 Keener SLC 190 Flores MIN 189 Botella DEN 185	Total Bases Savino SLC 399 Keener SLC 368 Madera OKC 318 Zurita DAL 293 Paredes NO 282	Singles Cude SA 136 Botella DEN 135 Flores MIN 134 Sykes SA 134 Zurita DAL 130	Doubles Madera OKC 50 Carreno DAL 42 McClain MIN 42 Linder DAL 41 Howell SA 40
Triples Zurita DAL 11 Chee   10 Gaudette HOU 10 Langworthy DAL 9 Mangels   9	Homeruns Savino SLC 55 Keener SLC 42 Paredes NO 36 Shiflet DEN 35 Madera OKC 29	RBIs Savino SLC 140 Madera OKC 124 Keener SLC 120 Oliverio   107 Shiflet DEN 107	Stolen Bases Zurita DAL 81 Thach MIN 75 Savino SLC 71 Dillon OMA 57 Jones HOU 55
Caught Stealing Chee   32 Langworthy DAL 32 Anguita KC 30 Cude SA 25 Botella DEN 23	Walks Paredes NO 110 Jones   107 Oliverio   92 Ronk OMA 92 Shiflet DEN 92	Strikeouts Mickel KC 112 Howell SA 98 Miles   98 Carreno DAL 93 Blackmer   89

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Hagans SLC 3.50 Ruiz OKC 3.50 Lenihan   3.54 Robin SLC 3.76 Freeborn KC 4.05	Wins Robin SLC 24 Hagans SLC 23 Holley DAL 21 Stephens SA 21 Renn DEN 19	Losses Belue NO 18 Garza SA 17 Leggett   17 Simmons SA 17 Stephens SA 17	Winning Pct Robin SLC .828 Renn DEN .792 Lenihan   .706 Holley DAL .700 Hagans SLC .657
Saves Fobbs NO 33 Solis SLC 30 Wotring SA 26 Brinn KC 25 Kimbrough DAL 24	Games Pitched Hadsell DEN 68 Allen KC 59 Swain OMA 58 Hogg HOU 56 Brinn KC 50	Games Started Valtierra KC 40 Meas DAL 39 Stephens SA 39 Bush NO 38 Garza SA 38	Complete Games Hagans SLC 23 Ruiz OKC 19 Stephens SA 19 Robin SLC 18 Holley DAL 16
Shutouts Ruiz OKC 6 Robin SLC 4 Bush NO 3 Garza SA 3 Hagans SLC 3	Innings Pitched Stephens SA 320.0 Hagans SLC 311.0 Ruiz OKC 303.0 Valtierra KC 297.7 Bush NO 292.3	Hits Allowed Valtierra KC 358 Stephens SA 351 Meas DAL 348 Belue NO 341 Holley DAL 326	Homeruns Allowed Bush NO 38 Aguiar NO 34 Hagans SLC 33 Pettry MIN 30 Nicosia DEN 29
Strikeouts Ruiz OKC 302 Hagans SLC 272 Robin SLC 221 Cordova DEN 217 Meas DAL 205	Walks Allowed Garza SA 145 Robin SLC 138 Meas DAL 137 Hagans SLC 128 Nicosia DEN 128	Walks per 9IP Bush NO 2.0 Stephens SA 2.1 Valtierra KC 2.1 Adkisson HOU 2.3 Lenihan   2.3	Hits per 9IP Robin SLC 7.7 Hagans SLC 7.8 Ruiz OKC 8.2 Renn DEN 8.5 Leggett   8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Ruiz OKC 9.0 Leggett   8.0 Hagans SLC 7.9 Cordova DEN 7.8 Robin SLC 7.5	WHiP Ruiz OKC 1.22 Lenihan   1.23 Bush NO 1.27 Bond SLC 1.27 Hagans SLC 1.27	OAVG Robin SLC .230 Hagans SLC .233 Ruiz OKC .244 Renn DEN .245 Lenihan   .257	OOBP Lenihan   .305 Hagans SLC .314 Ruiz OKC .316 Bond SLC .318 Bush NO .320
OSLG Robin SLC .334 Hagans SLC .374 Ruiz OKC .380 Holley DAL .386 Lenihan   .387	OOPS Robin SLC .657 Hagans SLC .688 Lenihan   .693 Ruiz OKC .696 Stephens SA .726

League All-Stars
Jonathan Blackmer	Faustino Castaneda	Fabian Cordova
Abraham Costillo	Michael Cude	Frank Delmonte
Alfred Hadsell	William Holley	Arnold Keener
John Kelley	James Kimbrough	Dudley Langworthy
Alexander Lenihan	Mark Leonard	Eric Linder
Rod Madera	Carl Nicosia	Kurt Oliverio
Harry Robin	Pedro Savino	Christopher Sykes
Brian Underwood	Greg Wampler	Joe Whelan
Derek Zurita

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Arnold Keener	SLC	$ 15,000,000
2.	Pedro Savino	SLC	$ 13,110,000
3.	Abraham Chee	DAL	$ 10,420,000
4.	Joe Whelan	DEN	$ 10,270,000
5.	Osvaldo Paredes	NO	$ 9,550,000
	Harry Robin	SLC	$ 9,550,000
7.	Paul Davis	NO	$ 8,960,000
8.	Walter Meas	DAL	$ 8,500,000
9.	Jonathan Blackmer	DAL	$ 8,300,000
10.	James Leggett	HOU	$ 8,180,000
11.	Joseph Sommers	OKC	$ 8,060,000
12.	Bill Mangels	DAL	$ 7,960,000
13.	John Heaps	NO	$ 7,430,000
14.	Christopher Leatherwood	MIN	$ 7,250,000
15.	Preston McClain	MIN	$ 7,240,000
16.	Justin Paige	OKC	$ 7,021,429
17.	Donald Phillips	DEN	$ 6,850,000
18.	Richard Shiflet	DEN	$ 6,770,000
	Vinny Velazquez	KC	$ 6,770,000
	Manny Anguita	KC	$ 6,770,000
21.	Dante Ruiz	OKC	$ 6,680,000
22.	Jimmy Hildreth	NO	$ 6,600,000
23.	Andrew Muller	OMA	$ 6,560,000
	Kurt Oliverio	MIN	$ 6,560,000
	Brian Underwood	SLC	$ 6,560,000

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