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1953 Western International League Pitching Leaders

1952 Season 1954 Season

Classification: A

Overall: 693 games, 10 teams, approx. 138 games in season

Attendance: 864,137 (1,246/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	John Conant	30	EDM	A		24	13	.649	3.17	3.63	42	32	27	2	275.0	264	111	97	13	72	130	7	0	2	1.222	8.6	0.4	2.4	4.3	1.81
2	Bill Brenner	32	LEW	A	SLB	22	12	.647	4.36	5.31	47	31	24	0	283.0	336	167	137	16	64	112	2	1	4	1.413	10.7	0.5	2.0	3.6	1.75
3	John Marshall	30	LEW	A	SLB	21	12	.636	3.68	4.43	44	28	22	3	274.0	269	135	112	15	142	165	4	2	14	1.500	8.8	0.5	4.7	5.4	1.16
4	Daniel Ríos	33	YAK	A		19	10	.655	4.04	4.88	33	27	21	2	234.0	241	127	105	4	115	89	8	0	11	1.521	9.3	0.2	4.4	3.4	0.77
5	Gene Roenspie	23	SLM	A		19	5	.792	3.32	4.00	31	20	16	0	198.0	188	88	73	9	77	89	4	0	10	1.338	8.5	0.4	3.5	4.0	1.16
6	Pete Hernandez	23	VAN	A		18	10	.643	3.06	4.09	30	30	25	2	244.0	241	111	83	12	91	142	4	0	9	1.361	8.9	0.4	3.4	5.2	1.56
7	Van Fletcher	28	VAN	A		17	13	.567	3.10	3.71	34	32	18	3	250.0	252	103	86	7	79	101	13	1	3	1.324	9.1	0.3	2.8	3.6	1.28
8	Ray McNulty	30	EDM	A		17	7	.708	3.18	3.77	29	27	21	2	229.0	229	96	81	13	71	114	6	1	3	1.310	9.0	0.5	2.8	4.5	1.61
9	John Hemphill	22	SLM	A		15	12	.556	4.08	4.96	39	28	17	1	225.0	239	124	102	21	105	84	3	0	6	1.529	9.6	0.8	4.2	3.4	0.80
10	Bill Prior	30	VIC	A		15	16	.484	4.64	5.64	42	22	15	0	233.0	256	146	120	12	140	125	8	0	2	1.700	9.9	0.5	5.4	4.8	0.89
11	Bob Snyder	34	TRI	A		15	19	.441	5.01	6.18	40	33	17	2	255.0	306	175	142	18	104	108	7	1	6	1.608	10.8	0.6	3.7	3.8	1.04
12	Bob Drilling	25	VIC	A		14	18	.438	4.71	6.21	38	32	23	3	258.0	337	178	135	13	72	105	4	0	1	1.585	11.8	0.5	2.5	3.7	1.46
13	Charlie Oubre	23	WEN	A		14	15	.483	4.43	5.29	35	29	19	4	240.0	249	141	118	9	122	118	6	1	10	1.546	9.3	0.3	4.6	4.4	0.97
14	Donald Robertson	27	TRI	A		14	9	.609	4.21	5.17	30	26	16	0	216.0	243	124	101	12	100	113	5	1	5	1.588	10.1	0.5	4.2	4.7	1.13
15	Jack Spring*	20	SPO	A	PHI	14	8	.636	4.02	4.55	27	26	12	2	188.0	173	95	84	11	94	157	5	1	3	1.420	8.3	0.5	4.5	7.5	1.67
16	Jess Dobernic	35	TRI	A		13	7	.650	3.76	4.53	50	11	7	0	165.0	158	83	69	15	56	114	2	0	2	1.297	8.6	0.8	3.1	6.2	2.04
17	William Franks	29	SPO	A	PHI	13	14	.481	3.43	3.89	37	27	14	2	215.0	219	93	82	10	48	89	3	0	1	1.242	9.2	0.4	2.0	3.7	1.85
18	Gerald Levinson	25	CGY	A		13	9	.591	4.94	6.02	27	24	15	2	184.0	220	123	101	19	73	95	2	1	10	1.592	10.8	0.9	3.6	4.6	1.30
19	Joe Orrell	36	CGY	A		13	13	.500	4.67	5.67	29	26	17	1	189.0	233	119	98	29	67	128	6	0	6	1.587	11.1	1.4	3.2	6.1	1.91
20	Don Tisnerat	25	EDM	A		13	7	.650	3.38	4.16	32	19	11	1	184.0	183	85	69	8	76	85	5	1	4	1.408	9.0	0.4	3.7	4.2	1.12
21	Russ Butler	28	LEW	A	SLB	12	10	.545	3.70	4.69	34	28	17	1	209.0	207	109	86	13	89	138	4	0	2	1.416	8.9	0.6	3.8	5.9	1.55
22	Glenn Hittner	24	CGY	A		12	16	.429	4.06	5.59	30	29	18	1	206.0	213	128	93	15	123	133	8	2	12	1.631	9.3	0.7	5.4	5.8	1.08
23	Manny Pérez	36	LEW	A	SLB	12	12	.500	4.83	5.49	32	26	14	3	177.0	200	108	95	10	69	85	6	0	3	1.520	10.2	0.5	3.5	4.3	1.23
24	Rick Botelho*	18	WEN	A		11	10	.524	3.79	4.62	31	23	12	0	185.0	173	95	78	9	122	123	4	1	3	1.595	8.4	0.4	5.9	6.0	1.01
25	Lonnie Myers	21	VAN	A		11	8	.579	3.29	4.44	25	18	8	2	156.0	160	77	57	4	93	82	3	0	10	1.622	9.2	0.2	5.4	4.7	0.88
26	Ralph Romero	26	SPO	A	PHI	11	10	.524	5.27	5.99	37	25	10	0	200.0	226	133	117	10	118	73	5	1	5	1.720	10.2	0.5	5.3	3.3	0.62
27	Art Worth*	24	SPO	A	PHI	11	6	.647	3.82	4.41	29	17	10	2	153.0	149	75	65	11	77	97	3	0	6	1.477	8.8	0.6	4.5	5.7	1.26
28	Charlie Beamon	18	WEN	A		10	14	.417	6.27	7.18	34	22	9	1	158.0	172	126	110	6	151	92	3	0	14	2.044	9.8	0.3	8.6	5.2	0.61
29	Bill Bottler	21	VIC	A		10	14	.417	4.69	6.07	37	26	12	1	209.0	194	141	109	8	186	114	5	2	13	1.818	8.4	0.3	8.0	4.9	0.61
30	William Kapuscinski	23	CGY	A		10	7	.588	5.73	7.05	24	20	9	0	157.0	195	123	100	22	93	81	4	0	4	1.834	11.2	1.3	5.3	4.6	0.87
31	Jack Widner	26	EDM	A		10	12	.455	5.37	5.80	26	24	11	1	166.0	174	107	99	15	93	126	4	0	10	1.608	9.4	0.8	5.0	6.8	1.35
32	Robert Collins*	24	SLM	A		9	9	.500	4.23	4.83	32	25	7	1	164.0	179	88	77	11	101	89	2	0	7	1.707	9.8	0.6	5.5	4.9	0.88
33	John Cordell*	43	SPO	A	PHI	9	7	.563	3.99	4.21	42	7	3	0	124.0	112	58	55	8	48	78	1	2	5	1.290	8.1	0.6	3.5	5.7	1.63
34	Tom Del Sarto*	21	YAK	A		9	13	.409	4.14	4.86	31	20	7	0	148.0	152	80	68	6	91	79	4	0	4	1.642	9.2	0.4	5.5	4.8	0.87
35	Arthur Edmunds	23	YAK	A		9	6	.600	3.83	4.50	20	15	8	1	120.0	122	60	51	7	57	75	3	1	3	1.492	9.2	0.5	4.3	5.6	1.32
36	Keith Bowman	21	WEN	A		8	9	.471	3.40	4.70	21	19	10	0	159.0	135	83	60	5	82	108	9	0	8	1.365	7.6	0.3	4.6	6.1	1.32
37	Hal Flinn	24	YAK	A		8	9	.471	4.92	5.89	22	19	11	2	139.0	141	91	76	11	70	75	6	1	2	1.518	9.1	0.7	4.5	4.9	1.07
38	Larry Barst	--	SLM	A		7	8	.467	4.78	5.77	35	9	3	0	128.0	114	82	68	9	71	87	3	1	8	1.445	8.0	0.6	5.0	6.1	1.23
39	Dale Bloom	22	TRI	A		7	11	.389	4.78	6.36	36	18	5	1	160.0	185	113	85	9	73	62	11	0	4	1.613	10.4	0.5	4.1	3.5	0.85
40	Frank DeCarolis	22	WEN	A		7	8	.467	5.28	6.10	29	11	4	0	121.0	114	82	71	4	98	57	1	0	6	1.752	8.5	0.3	7.3	4.2	0.58
41	Dave Dahle*	25	SLM	A		6	10	.375	3.34	3.89	21	19	14	2	148.0	160	64	55	7	46	62	1	2	10	1.392	9.7	0.4	2.8	3.8	1.35
42	Carl Gunnarson?	36	VAN	A		6	8	.429	3.32	3.84	33	12	6	0	122.0	129	52	45	3	51	54	4	0	0	1.475	9.5	0.2	3.8	4.0	1.06
43	Donald Hopp	20	VIC	A		6	2	.750	3.20	4.58	11	6	4	1	59.0	51	30	21	1	51	20	1	1	1	1.729	7.8	0.2	7.8	3.1	0.39
44	Dean Kime	19	LEW	A	SLB	6	2	.750	3.81	5.08	17	9	3	0	78.0	82	44	33	4	42	24	0	1	2	1.590	9.5	0.5	4.8	2.8	0.57
45	Robert Nemes	26	SPO	A	PHI	6	5	.545	4.57	5.29	35	14	3	0	136.0	153	80	69	3	57	84	1	0	5	1.544	10.1	0.2	3.8	5.6	1.47
46	John Rial	26	YAK	A		6	6	.500	5.23	5.66	39	12	4	0	124.0	131	78	72	4	84	54	1	0	4	1.734	9.5	0.3	6.1	3.9	0.64
47	Bill Stites	27	CGY	A		6	14	.300	4.64	6.22	40	18	11	2	188.0	226	130	97	27	75	100	5	1	2	1.601	10.8	1.3	3.6	4.8	1.33
48	Pat Utley	18	EDM	A		6	7	.462	5.07	5.94	20	14	6	1	94.0	85	62	53	7	89	85	1	1	4	1.851	8.1	0.7	8.5	8.1	0.96
49	Leon Day	36	EDM	A		5	5	.500	4.84	5.71	23	10	5	0	93.0	114	59	50	7	55	56	3	0	3	1.817	11.0	0.7	5.3	5.4	1.02
50	Bud Guldborg	29	VAN	A		5	6	.455	2.87	3.56	16	12	5	0	91.0	91	36	29	3	32	68	3	1	2	1.352	9.0	0.3	3.2	6.7	2.13
51	George New*	25	SPO	A	PHI	5	12	.294	6.71	7.38	37	15	2	0	122.0	129	100	91	5	107	93	2	2	10	1.934	9.5	0.4	7.9	6.9	0.87
52	Dale Thomason	23	VAN	A		5	7	.417	4.50	6.09	27	2	2	0	102.0	121	69	51	9	52	43	1	1	4	1.696	10.7	0.8	4.6	3.8	0.83
53	Jack Thompson	23	YAK	A		4	6	.400	4.20	5.10	26	5	0	0	90.0	87	51	42	3	54	43	4	0	4	1.567	8.7	0.3	5.4	4.3	0.80
54	William Francis*	22	CGY	A		3	9	.250	5.58	7.81	28	7	4	0	113.0	153	98	70	16	45	42	1	0	7	1.752	12.2	1.3	3.6	3.3	0.93
55	Berlyn Hodges*	20	VIC	A		3	5	.375	9.13	10.34	26	7	0	0	67.0	90	77	68	6	61	27	4	2	4	2.254	12.1	0.8	8.2	3.6	0.44
56	Rod MacKay	22	VAN	A		3	3	.500	3.51	5.14	19	6	3	2	77.0	89	44	30	3	28	27	2	0	2	1.519	10.4	0.4	3.3	3.2	0.96
57	Lawrence Manier	29	EDM	A		3	9	.250	4.60	6.43	25	11	4	0	133.0	151	95	68	9	61	50	1	0	10	1.594	10.2	0.6	4.1	3.4	0.82
58	Art Amaya	19	WEN	A		2	3	.400
59	Bud Bauhofer	22	WEN	A		2	1	.667			10
60	Richard Descalso	23	SPO	A	PHI	2	0	1.000
61	Virgil Giovannoni	24	SPO	A	PHI	2	2	.500			10
62	Jack Klein	21	WEN	A		2	11	.154	5.61	6.57	33	11	2	0	122.0	120	89	76	7	96	64	7	1	11	1.770	8.9	0.5	7.1	4.7	0.67
63	Cuddles Marshall	28	VAN	A		2	3	.400
64	Kenneth Michelson	23	TRI	A		2	11	.154	7.17	8.52	30	12	3	0	113.0	147	107	90	16	95	42	5	0	1	2.142	11.7	1.3	7.6	3.3	0.44
65	Jack Schaening?	23	YAK	A		2	5	.286	6.49	7.67	13	9	2	0	61.0	80	52	44	6	35	21	2	0	3	1.885	11.8	0.9	5.2	3.1	0.60
66	Bob Schulte*	23	CGY	A		2	5	.286	7.35	8.87	15	8	3	0	71.0	89	70	58	8	60	56	3	1	7	2.099	11.3	1.0	7.6	7.1	0.93
67	Gordie Tench	21	LEW	A	SLB	2	1	.667
68	Don Townsend*	22	YAK	A		2	2	.500
69	Zeb Walker*	22	VIC	A		2	8	.200	6.41	7.66	38	11	2	0	94.0	122	80	67	13	71	34	1	1	7	2.053	11.7	1.2	6.8	3.3	0.48
70	Richard Young	21	YAK	A		2	0	1.000	6.26	8.02	22	0	0	0	46.0	41	41	32	3	32	25	1	1	0	1.587	8.0	0.6	6.3	4.9	0.78
71	Frank Dasso	35	WEN	A		1	1	.500
72	LeRoy Johnson*	20	EDM	A		1	0	1.000
73	Eddie Locke	30	YAK	A		1	5	.167
74	Laurie Monroe	28	WEN	A		1	6	.143	5.19	6.14	26	9	3	0	85.0	90	58	49	3	78	36	1	0	6	1.976	9.5	0.3	8.3	3.8	0.46
75	Don Osborn	45	SPO	A	PHI	1	0	1.000
76	Dick Piedmonte	25	TRI	A		1	2	.333
77	Larry Powell*	38	LEW	A	SLB	1	0	1.000
78	Jay Ragni*	32	WEN	A		1	1	.500
79	Dick Barrett	46	VAN	A		0	1	.000
80	Bill Bevens	36	SLM	A		0	2	.000
81	George Caster	45	EDM	A		0	1	.000
82	Jim Clancy	19	LEW	A	SLB	0	1	.000
83	Billy Creech?	26	YAK	A		0	1	.000
84	Donald Dailey?	--	YAK	A		0	1	.000
85	Clyde DeWitt	25	SPO	A	PHI	0	3	.000
86	Ernie Hockaday	26	TRI	A		0	1	.000			12
87	Eddie Jacome	24	YAK	A		0	1	.000
88	Ben Lorino*	25	VIC	A		0	2	.000			10
89	Lyle Palmer?	28	WEN	A		0	1	.000
90	James Peterson?	--	SLM	A		0	1	.000
91	Wayne Rick	19	SLM	A		0	2	.000
92	George Ruddell?	--	LEW	A	SLB	0	1	.000
93	Richard Strombach	22	SLM	A		0	3	.000
94	Benjamin Williams	22	VIC	A		0	1	.000
95	Don Carter	32	LEW,SPO,YAK	A	SLB-PHI						26
96	Earl Dollins*	29	VIC,LEW	A	SLB						34
97	Jim Hedgecock*	31	TRI,VAN	A							25
98	Joe Nicholas	30	SLM,LEW	A	SLB						34
99	Robert Roberts	24	CGY,VAN	A							33
100	Bob Stuart?	24	TRI,VAN	A