1953 Pioneer League Pitching Leaders

1952 Season 1954 Season

Classification: C

Overall: 525 games, 8 teams, approx. 131 games in season

Attendance: 1,126,650 (2,146/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	Clyde DeWitt	25	SLC	C	PHI	19	8	.704	3.25	3.95	33	26	16	3	219.0	180	96	79	5	130	162	4	2	18	1.416	7.4	0.2	5.3	6.7	1.25
2	Carl Wells*	22	OGD	C	CIN	19	6	.760	3.67	4.42	28	26	18	4	218.0	179	107	89	11	190	170	11	2	8	1.693	7.4	0.5	7.8	7.0	0.89
3	Reno Barbisan	24	IDF	C		17	12	.586	3.86	4.99	40	29	20	1	238.0	271	132	102	9	74	142	1	0	10	1.450	10.2	0.3	2.8	5.4	1.92
4	Ralph Birkofer	19	OGD	C	CIN	17	10	.630	3.31	4.32	36	24	17	1	231.0	214	111	85	12	110	142	11	2	9	1.403	8.3	0.5	4.3	5.5	1.29
5	Bert Haysom	19	BIL	C	PIT	17	10	.630	2.93	3.96	35	28	18	1	227.0	194	100	74	10	127	126	10	1	7	1.414	7.7	0.4	5.0	5.0	0.99
6	Earl Escalante	35	IDF	C		16	12	.571	3.86	4.87	39	32	19	2	266.0	269	144	114	12	91	138	10	0	11	1.353	9.1	0.4	3.1	4.7	1.52
7	Donald Guy	24	OGD	C	CIN	16	7	.696	3.52	4.26	29	22	14	0	207.0	179	98	81	7	118	131	4	0	8	1.435	7.8	0.3	5.1	5.7	1.11
8	Tom Puehl	24	GRF	C	BRO	16	7	.696	3.21	4.40	30	20	14	0	182.0	156	89	65	5	129	176	3	1	4	1.566	7.7	0.2	6.4	8.7	1.36
9	Allen Flaugher*	24	OGD	C	CIN	14	6	.700	2.35	3.55	32	18	17	3	180.0	183	71	47	4	55	111	0	3	3	1.322	9.2	0.2	2.8	5.6	2.02
10	Johnny James	19	BOI	C	NYY	14	9	.609	4.70	5.43	31	23	16	1	184.0	182	111	96	5	151	106	8	2	8	1.810	8.9	0.2	7.4	5.2	0.70
11	Gary Hegedorn*	23	BIL	C	PIT	13	6	.684	2.81	3.69	23	21	17	2	173.0	142	71	54	4	93	127	3	0	3	1.358	7.4	0.2	4.8	6.6	1.37
12	Paul Schulte	19	MGV	C		13	12	.520	3.88	4.85	29	26	16	2	195.0	181	105	84	5	151	111	10	0	15	1.703	8.4	0.2	7.0	5.1	0.74
13	Burt Barkelew	36	SLC	C	PHI	12	3	.800	2.58	3.61	24	14	11	1	122.0	102	49	35	8	33	81	5	0	4	1.107	7.5	0.6	2.4	6.0	2.45
14	Vernon Kilburg	20	OGD	C	CIN	12	6	.667	3.96	4.99	24	21	10	4	157.0	129	87	69	9	130	141	3	0	4	1.650	7.4	0.5	7.5	8.1	1.08
15	Leonard Wisneski	24	BIL	C	PIT	12	13	.480	3.94	4.59	31	28	19	1	210.0	197	107	92	9	130	147	4	2	10	1.557	8.4	0.4	5.6	6.3	1.13
16	Gene Carlson	21	BOI	C	NYY	11	5	.688	4.43	5.80	22	15	10	0	132.0	152	85	65	7	62	91	5	0	5	1.621	10.4	0.5	4.2	6.2	1.47
17	James O'Reilly*	18	BOI	C	NYY	11	9	.550	4.83	5.85	27	24	16	0	177.0	151	115	95	8	198	169	6	3	19	1.972	7.7	0.4	10.1	8.6	0.85
18	Don Orwiler*	23	PCT	C	SLB	11	17	.393	4.37	5.48	31	27	19	1	212.0	223	129	103	15	137	163	6	0	2	1.698	9.5	0.6	5.8	6.9	1.19
19	Sylvester Zacher*	20	GRF	C	BRO	11	11	.500	4.25	5.07	30	18	7	0	165.0	165	93	78	5	130	148	2	1	9	1.788	9.0	0.3	7.1	8.1	1.14
20	Del Bandy	23	IDF	C		10	9	.526	4.25	5.19	32	16	8	1	163.0	188	94	77	12	52	87	2	0	3	1.472	10.4	0.7	2.9	4.8	1.67
21	John Briggs	19	IDF	C		10	8	.556	4.58	5.44	34	21	9	1	177.0	179	107	90	10	115	126	4	1	9	1.661	9.1	0.5	5.8	6.4	1.10
22	Eddie Schaack	36	MGV	C		10	19	.345	3.57	4.94	33	24	15	1	204.0	214	112	81	8	69	71	4	0	16	1.387	9.4	0.4	3.0	3.1	1.03
23	Ralph Vold	22	GRF	C	BRO	10	9	.526	4.47	5.17	29	20	7	1	155.0	142	89	77	5	106	103	7	0	9	1.600	8.2	0.3	6.2	6.0	0.97
24	Richard Descalso	23	SLC	C	PHI	9	7	.563	3.18	4.94	24	20	10	1	164.0	165	90	58	10	98	112	6	2	10	1.604	9.1	0.5	5.4	6.1	1.14
25	Raymond Estes	19	OGD	C	CIN	9	3	.750	4.16	4.92	18	13	6	1	119.0	85	65	55	5	126	115	6	3	10	1.773	6.4	0.4	9.5	8.7	0.91
26	Willie Franco	20	BOI	C	NYY	9	13	.409	3.60	4.73	26	18	13	1	160.0	159	84	64	13	94	87	6	0	2	1.581	8.9	0.7	5.3	4.9	0.93
27	Gene Johnson	25	IDF	C		9	12	.429	5.07	6.62	30	21	10	0	151.0	162	111	85	4	121	94	9	0	6	1.874	9.7	0.2	7.2	5.6	0.78
28	Alonso Ruiz	20	PCT	C	SLB	9	14	.391	5.61	7.26	36	23	7	0	186.0	232	150	116	16	118	131	2	1	4	1.882	11.2	0.8	5.7	6.3	1.11
29	Armando Suarez*	21	GRF	C	BRO	9	5	.643	3.05	3.61	20	14	11	2	127.0	116	51	43	1	82	89	5	1	5	1.559	8.2	0.1	5.8	6.3	1.09
30	Robert Denney	22	BIL	C	PIT	8	7	.533	2.98	4.32	23	16	12	0	148.0	140	71	49	5	60	92	8	0	4	1.351	8.5	0.3	3.6	5.6	1.53
31	Pete Furibondo	22	BIL	C	PIT	8	7	.533	4.13	6.00	24	13	7	2	135.0	134	90	62	5	90	101	4	1	3	1.659	8.9	0.3	6.0	6.7	1.12
32	Robert Schassler	18	GRF	C	BRO	8	9	.471	5.40	6.37	26	19	7	0	130.0	137	92	78	8	65	94	2	0	1	1.554	9.5	0.6	4.5	6.5	1.45
33	Floyd Brower	20	MGV	C		7	6	.538	4.02	5.46	13	13	12	0	112.0	109	68	50	6	82	81	3	0	8	1.705	8.8	0.5	6.6	6.5	0.99
34	Jack Curran	22	GRF	C	BRO	7	4	.636	4.97	6.28	24	10	5	1	96.0	112	67	53	11	28	38	5	0	4	1.458	10.5	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.36
35	Larry Hoover	22	BOI	C	NYY	7	6	.538	3.00	5.36	18	16	9	0	126.0	104	75	42	3	101	117	3	0	6	1.627	7.4	0.2	7.2	8.4	1.16
36	Hallard Snyder	21	GRF	C	BRO	7	3	.700	4.85	6.26	24	14	4	0	115.0	107	80	62	2	102	61	0	1	7	1.817	8.4	0.2	8.0	4.8	0.60
37	Clifford Stewart*	26	SLC	C	PHI	7	11	.389	5.11	6.64	30	18	7	0	141.0	154	104	80	3	86	88	6	1	5	1.702	9.8	0.2	5.5	5.6	1.02
38	Alvin Trosin	24	BIL	C	PIT	7	8	.467	4.70	5.95	25	15	8	1	115.0	115	76	60	6	72	62	4	0	4	1.626	9.0	0.5	5.6	4.9	0.86
39	Robert Long	20	BIL	C	PIT	6	10	.375	5.37	7.70	20	17	8	1	104.0	88	89	62	1	134	95	4	2	10	2.135	7.6	0.1	11.6	8.2	0.71
40	Gordie Tench	21	PCT	C	SLB	6	11	.353	4.99	6.18	25	19	10	1	137.0	141	94	76	9	81	78	2	1	3	1.620	9.3	0.6	5.3	5.1	0.96
41	Harry Curry*	23	GRF	C	BRO	5	2	.714	2.54	4.27	17	4	4	1	78.0	57	37	22	1	60	41	1	0	5	1.500	6.6	0.1	6.9	4.7	0.68
42	Dean Kime	19	PCT	C	SLB	4	4	.500	5.06	6.75	13	4	1	0	48.0	60	36	27	5	25	23	1	1	0	1.771	11.3	0.9	4.7	4.3	0.92
43	Robert McFarlane*	24	SLC	C	PHI	4	7	.364	4.62	5.84	31	6	2	0	111.0	121	72	57	5	70	61	2	1	7	1.721	9.8	0.4	5.7	4.9	0.87
44	Gordon Palm	26	SLC	C	PHI	4	6	.400	6.45	8.33	18	9	3	2	67.0	84	62	48	1	45	34	1	0	1	1.925	11.3	0.1	6.0	4.6	0.76
45	Leland Smith	18	PCT	C	SLB	4	15	.211	5.63	7.88	34	15	5	0	128.0	146	112	80	10	116	74	1	0	5	2.047	10.3	0.7	8.2	5.2	0.64
46	Art Weber	17	BOI	C	NYY	4	5	.444	4.78	6.44	12	10	5	1	81.0	93	58	43	5	51	51	4	1	3	1.778	10.3	0.6	5.7	5.7	1.00
47	Richard Donnelly	20	BIL	C	PIT	3	3	.500	3.05	4.98	13	6	4	2	65.0	53	36	22	4	36	43	5	0	2	1.369	7.3	0.6	5.0	6.0	1.19
48	Gerald Hall	19	MGV	C		3	8	.273	3.96	6.03	19	14	7	0	109.0	96	73	48	10	78	46	6	1	5	1.596	7.9	0.8	6.4	3.8	0.59
49	Glenn Lierman	24	IDF	C		3	7	.300	5.81	7.11	13	10	3	0	62.0	76	49	40	9	27	33	1	2	2	1.661	11.0	1.3	3.9	4.8	1.22
50	Charles Matzen	19	BIL	C	PIT	3	3	.500	5.09	6.28	16	1	0	2	53.0	54	37	30	4	30	24	1	1	3	1.585	9.2	0.7	5.1	4.1	0.80
51	Samuel Nunn	18	BIL	C	PIT	3	1	.750
52	Jack Osborn	19	MGV	C		3	11	.214	5.70	6.69	20	12	7	0	109.0	128	81	69	12	44	64	2	2	4	1.578	10.6	1.0	3.6	5.3	1.45
53	Frederick Woods?	--	MGV	C		3	6	.333	5.92	7.41	13	10	5	0	79.0	94	65	52	6	42	44	0	2	4	1.722	10.7	0.7	4.8	5.0	1.05
54	Eugene Bowman	20	MGV	C		2	2	.500			11
55	Johnny Brkich*	20	BOI	C	NYY	2	2	.500
56	James Eskenberry*	24	MGV	C		2	0	1.000
57	Don Fornall	23	GRF	C	BRO	2	2	.500			18
58	Albert Gibb	23	BIL	C	PIT	2	4	.333
59	Marion Hill	23	MGV	C		2	3	.400	4.70	6.18	14	5	3	0	67.0	72	46	35	4	38	34	2	0	0	1.642	9.7	0.5	5.1	4.6	0.89
60	Donald Kreis	22	OGD	C	CIN	2	1	.667
61	Jack Martin*	23	PCT	C	SLB	2	15	.118	5.79	6.90	32	19	7	0	146.0	154	112	94	8	145	127	10	1	9	2.048	9.5	0.5	8.9	7.8	0.88
62	Donald Seybold	22	PCT	C	SLB	2	8	.200	7.18	8.92	30	10	3	1	109.0	167	108	87	12	58	57	1	0	1	2.064	13.8	1.0	4.8	4.7	0.98
63	Richard Smith	25	GRF	C	BRO	2	1	.667			10
64	Joel Whitlock	17	IDF	C		2	1	.667	6.32	7.28	13	0	0	0	47.0	54	38	33	4	54	35	0	0	3	2.298	10.3	0.8	10.3	6.7	0.65
65	Don Young	23	BOI	C	NYY	2	5	.286	3.92	5.81	20	2	2	0	62.0	76	40	27	4	34	27	3	0	2	1.774	11.0	0.6	4.9	3.9	0.79
66	Ronald Curby	22	IDF	C		1	1	.500
67	Donald Cutler	24	BOI	C	NYY	1	4	.200	7.56	10.26	10	4	1	0	50.0	69	57	42	1	28	15	3	1	1	1.940	12.4	0.2	5.0	2.7	0.54
68	Tom Hoffman	20	MGV	C		1	3	.250
69	Harold Hurn	24	PCT	C	SLB	1	5	.167	6.72	8.33	15	8	1	0	67.0	96	62	50	10	35	29	2	0	2	1.955	12.9	1.3	4.7	3.9	0.83
70	William Koart	23	MGV	C		1	2	.333			11
71	Jack Koski	19	BOI	C	NYY	1	0	1.000
72	Jack Martin	18	MGV	C		1	3	.250			11
73	Butch Moran	36	PCT	C	SLB	1	0	1.000
74	Jerry Murphey	25	SLC	C	PHI	1	5	.167
75	Carl Nichols?	--	SLC	C	PHI	1	0	1.000
76	Stan Patchell	21	BIL	C	PIT	1	1	.500	6.26	7.83	17	5	1	0	46.0	40	40	32	0	73	39	2	2	4	2.457	7.8	0.0	14.3	7.6	0.53
77	Jack Petersen	18	BOI	C	NYY	1	7	.125	6.34	7.08	13	9	3	1	61.0	73	48	43	2	40	37	4	0	2	1.852	10.8	0.3	5.9	5.5	0.93
78	Louis Aldama	20	BOI	C	NYY	0	2	.000
79	Jack Anderson	22	SLC	C	PHI	0	1	.000
80	Prosper Boutet	23	MGV	C		0	2	.000
81	Keith Bowman	21	IDF	C		0	2	.000
82	George Brown*	22	BOI	C	NYY	0	1	.000
83	Chet Dickey	22	PCT	C	SLB	0	1	.000			11
84	Pete Lopez*	19	MGV	C		0	1	.000
85	James McGee	19	MGV	C		0	3	.000
86	John Omerza	20	OGD	C	CIN	0	1	.000
87	James Peterson	19	GRF	C	BRO	0	1	.000
88	Dick Piedmonte	25	MGV	C		0	1	.000
89	Wesley Roberts?	--	OGD	C	CIN	0	1	.000
90	Bob Shomo	19	OGD	C	CIN	0	1	.000
91	Donald Smith?	--	PCT	C	SLB	0	1	.000
92	Harry Stamatis	18	MGV	C		0	1	.000
93	Lester Stone?	--	PCT	C	SLB	0	1	.000			10
94	Mike Woods?	--	IDF,SLC	C	PHI