1953 San Diego Breakers
Record: 82-62
Finish: 1st in CL South Division
Runs Scored: 762
Runs Allowed: 656
Exp W-L: 82-62
 
Ballpark: Golden State Stadium
Attendance: 2,929,086
Manager:

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-58, 4th in the Pacific Coast League
AA: 48-77, 10th in the Pacific Coast League
A: 71-54, 1st in the Pacific Coast League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Series of the West 3-4 to Salt Lake City Locusts
Won CL League Championship Serie 4-0 over San Francisco Seals
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B  Sean Hughes 27 139 513 84 183 32 1 30 96 1 0 64 58 .357 .428 .598 1.027 116.7 22.3 2.2
CF  Ray Teske 34 139 506 83 187 30 5 14 86 32 20 44 69 .370 .418 .532 .949 100.4 17.7 5.2
3B  Stephen Wakeman 25 136 484 85 128 31 2 17 68 22 6 62 54 .264 .351 .442 .793 73.9 9.5 3.6
LF  Aron Keitt 30 137 482 71 131 31 5 22 85 9 10 38 93 .272 .327 .494 .821 72.4 9.0 4.7
C #Thomas Harmon 28 118 390 55 122 27 1 7 47 1 0 29 61 .313 .380 .441 .821 60.9 9.2 6.3
RF  Paul O'Neill 28 103 358 70 85 17 3 10 51 31 6 59 62 .237 .345 .385 .731 54.3 5.7 3.8
SS  Carlton Gehring 35 110 321 49 87 23 0 16 55 2 0 21 56 .271 .314 .492 .806 48.5 6.4 3.5
2B  Ramon Dearmas 22 76 265 34 80 20 3 2 28 4 2 17 36 .302 .342 .423 .764 35.0 4.3 3.0
SS  Nicholas Burpo 33 93 227 33 60 9 1 2 25 24 4 21 51 .264 .333 .339 .673 28.3 2.7 4.0
C  James Crumble 32 81 222 33 64 10 2 13 48 1 0 14 34 .288 .331 .527 .858 38.3 5.2 3.2
CF *Thomas Tweed 29 82 196 38 54 12 0 3 24 25 4 24 29 .276 .362 .383 .744 31.6 4.2 1.4
2B  John Bouffard 32 60 201 36 43 11 2 6 28 13 11 18 31 .214 .281 .378 .659 20.3 0.3 2.4
CF  Jonathan Mulder 36 67 148 25 35 11 3 7 21 6 1 9 42 .236 .278 .493 .772 21.1 2.3 1.0
P  Francis Wachter 28 34 118 11 21 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 44 .178 .210 .203 .413 3.0 0.0 0.0
1B  Paul Larrabee 34 77 106 19 35 8 1 3 24 5 2 9 13 .330 .379 .509 .889 19.1 3.1 0.3
P *Brain Emmer 33 30 90 2 15 3 0 0 6 0 1 5 40 .167 .208 .200 .408 3.0 0.0 0.0
P  Jason Williams 24 33 92 4 10 1 1 0 5 1 0 2 34 .109 .134 .141 .275 0.0 0.0 0.0
2B  David Mefford 32 76 86 14 15 2 2 0 8 12 3 7 20 .174 .237 .244 .481 5.7 0.0 1.1
CF *Edward Hopwood 32 24 50 3 14 2 0 0 3 1 2 3 11 .280 .327 .320 .647 5.0 0.2 0.6
P *Dennis Christian 24 15 48 5 7 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 15 .146 .146 .167 .313 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Isidro Cabello 25 16 41 2 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 13 .122 .163 .195 .358 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Laureano 30 13 24 3 6 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 10 .250 .280 .333 .613 2.6 0.2 0.0
P #Joshua Fontes 33 5 16 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .188 .188 .250 .438 0.5 0.0 0.0
3B *David Trapani 25 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .111 .125 .236 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Jack Nice 31 23 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0 0.0
1B  Robert Aman 26 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2 0.0
P *Charles Royston 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
3B  Curtis Wallner 29 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Ryan Rossi 31 51 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Kenneth Sinegal 30 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Roy Jenkins 33 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Danny Vandoren 28 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Pedro Garcia 25 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.3 1806 5015 762 1396 290 32 152 730 193 72 455 890 .278 .341 .440 .780 742.8 102.9 46.4
  Rank among 10 CL teams 5 4 5 3 9 1 4 4 7 7 6 5 6 1 3 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Francis Wachter 28 19 11 .633 34 34 0 281.0 237 102 15 72 231 3.27 25.9
 Jason Williams 24 20 5 .800 33 33 0 242.7 186 99 23 85 249 3.67 20.4
*Brain Emmer 33 12 11 .522 30 30 0 239.0 261 116 23 66 132 4.37 14.2
 Isidro Cabello 25 6 9 .400 16 16 0 119.7 139 69 13 44 76 5.19 3.7
*Dennis Christian 24 7 5 .583 15 15 0 114.3 117 62 7 60 56 4.88 4.8
 Bill Laureano 30 2 5 .286 13 8 0 63.7 81 49 7 33 42 6.93 0.0
*Ryan Rossi 31 6 3 .667 51 0 27 50.0 43 13 2 12 40 2.34 13.0
 John Durham 28 3 0 1.000 45 0 5 39.7 37 15 3 18 21 3.40 5.4
 Joshua Fontes 33 2 3 .400 5 4 0 37.0 47 27 6 15 18 6.57 0.0
*Jack Nice 31 2 1 .667 23 2 1 32.7 27 9 0 24 19 2.48 4.0
 Danny Vandoren 28 0 8 .000 34 0 11 32.3 35 22 4 11 16 6.12 2.0
 Kenneth Sinegal 30 0 1 .000 14 0 0 11.3 12 6 3 7 5 4.77 0.4
*Charles Royston 22 2 0 1.000 2 1 0 10.0 9 1 0 2 4 0.90 1.8
 Pedro Garcia 25 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 8.0 9 7 0 3 3 7.88 0.0
*John Mosley 32 0 0 .000 6 0 0 6.0 6 2 2 2 4 3.00 0.6
 Roy Jenkins 33 0 0 .000 4 0 0 5.7 4 2 2 1 1 3.18 0.2
 Richard Hairston 29 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.3
Team Totals 28.6 82 62 .569 332 143 44 1293.6 1250 601 110 455 917 4.18 96.6
Rank among 10 CL teams 2 2 1 2 4 2 3 2 5 4 1  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 25.2
T.Harmon 854.7 94 107 607 78 15 0 .979 30.9
J.Crumble 437.7 50 52 329 33 7 0 .981 40.0
J.Bouffard 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1293.3 144 160 936 112 22 0 .979 33.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.25
S.Hughes 1147.0 130 136 1253 82 8 97 .994 10.48
P.Larrabee 136.7 13 27 162 11 3 10 .983 11.39
R.Aman 9.0 1 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Bouffard 0.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 25.71
Team Total 1293.4 144 165 1425 94 11 107 .993 10.57
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.15
R.Dearmas 629.3 75 76 136 254 13 42 .968 5.58
J.Bouffard 464.8 49 52 96 178 2 32 .993 5.31
D.Mefford 160.3 10 50 30 61 2 10 .978 5.11
N.Burpo 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Gehring 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1261.5 134 182 263 494 17 84 .978 5.40
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.56
S.Wakeman 1138.0 126 134 69 266 19 17 .946 2.65
C.Gehring 81.7 9 12 5 13 1 0 .947 1.98
D.Mefford 48.3 6 9 0 15 0 1 1.000 2.79
D.Trapani 18.0 2 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
C.Wallner 6.7 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.70
J.Bouffard 5.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.53
N.Burpo 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 9.00
Team Total 1298.8 145 162 77 298 21 18 .947 2.60
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.51
C.Gehring 673.7 79 92 87 226 4 42 .987 4.18
N.Burpo 583.0 63 85 104 237 5 42 .986 5.26
D.Mefford 31.0 2 9 6 10 1 2 .941 4.65
J.Bouffard 23.5 1 9 4 10 0 1 1.000 5.36
D.Trapani 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Crumble 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Tweed 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Hopwood 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1317.2 145 199 201 483 10 87 .986 4.67
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.06
A.Keitt 1151.7 130 133 236 14 1 2 .996 1.95
T.Tweed 102.0 10 18 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.94
E.Hopwood 38.0 4 6 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.13
P.O'Neill 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1293.7 144 158 266 15 1 2 .996 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.64
R.Teske 1080.7 118 131 280 6 6 2 .979 2.38
J.Mulder 98.0 12 15 26 1 1 0 .964 2.48
T.Tweed 68.0 8 9 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
E.Hopwood 47.0 6 7 21 0 0 0 1.000 4.02
Team Total 1293.7 144 162 343 8 7 2 .980 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.13
P.O'Neill 853.0 95 98 201 5 0 1 1.000 2.17
T.Tweed 242.3 27 28 45 0 1 0 .978 1.67
J.Mulder 166.0 19 21 32 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
E.Hopwood 32.3 3 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.56
Team Total 1293.7 144 154 280 5 1 1 .997 1.98
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.97
F.Wachter 281.0 34 34 15 39 3 3 .947 1.73
J.Williams 242.7 33 33 12 34 3 4 .939 1.71
B.Emmer 239.0 30 30 16 49 1 5 .985 2.45
I.Cabello 119.7 16 16 5 22 2 2 .931 2.03
D.Christian 114.3 15 15 3 21 0 0 1.000 1.89
B.Laureano 63.7 8 13 5 7 2 0 .857 1.70
R.Rossi 50.0 0 51 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.08
J.Durham 39.7 0 45 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.59
J.Fontes 37.0 4 5 2 4 1 0 .857 1.46
J.Nice 32.7 2 23 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.65
D.Vandoren 32.3 0 34 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.39
K.Sinegal 11.3 0 14 1 2 0 2 1.000 2.38
C.Royston 10.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
P.Garcia 8.0 0 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Mosley 6.0 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Jenkins 5.7 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.77
R.Hairston 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1293.6 143 332 68 200 12 16 .957 1.86
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Teske .370
On-Base Pct Hughes .428
Slugging Pct Hughes .598
OPS Hughes 1.027
XR Hughes 116.7
Games Hughes, Teske 139
At-Bats Hughes 513
Runs Wakeman 85
Hits Teske 187
Total Bases Hughes 307
Singles Teske 138
Doubles Hughes 32
Triples Keitt, Teske 5
Homeruns Hughes 30
RBIs Hughes 96
Stolen Bases Teske 32
Caught Stealing Teske 20
Walks Hughes 64
Strikeouts Keitt 93
ERA Wachter 3.27
Wins Williams 20
Losses Emmer, Wachter 11
Winning Pct Williams .800
Saves Rossi 27
Games Pitched Rossi 51
Games Started Wachter 34
Complete Games Wachter 16
Shutouts Wachter 6
Innings Pitched Wachter 281.0
Hits Allowed Emmer 261
Homeruns Allowed Emmer, Williams 23
Strikeouts Williams 249
Walks Allowed Williams 85
Walks per 9IP Wachter 2.3
Hits per 9IP Williams 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Williams 9.2
WHiP Wachter 1.10
OAVG Williams .211
OOBP Williams .284
OSLG Wachter .340
OOPS Wachter .630
Team All-Stars
Sean Hughes
Ray Teske
Francis Wachter
Stephen Wakeman
Jason Williams
Player Salaries
Paul O'Neill $ 7,870,000
Sean Hughes $ 6,890,000
Francis Wachter $ 6,590,000
Brain Emmer $ 6,090,000
Ray Teske $ 5,680,000
Aron Keitt $ 5,240,000
Carlton Gehring $ 3,670,000
Stephen Wakeman $ 3,371,429
Danny Vandoren $ 3,333,333
David Mefford $ 3,060,000
Jonathan Mulder $ 3,050,000
Jason Williams $ 2,950,000
Nicholas Burpo $ 2,890,000
Thomas Harmon $ 2,807,143
Jack Nice $ 2,050,000
James Crumble $ 1,750,000
Dennis Christian $ 1,664,286
Kenneth Sinegal $ 1,390,000
Ryan Rossi $ 1,390,000
Bill Laureano $ 1,140,000
Paul Larrabee $ 1,080,000
John Durham $ 771,429
John Gayton $ 680,000
Alexander Garland $ 630,000
Fred Dolezal $ 600,000
Tommy Dupras $ 440,000
Richard Hairston $ 360,000
Thomas Tweed $ 300,000
Isidro Cabello $ 300,000
Ramon Dearmas $ 300,000
Pedro Garcia $ 300,000
Edward Hopwood $ 300,000
David Trapani $ 300,000
Robert Aman $ 300,000
Charles Royston $ 300,000
Curtis Wallner $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/14 Signed     Edward Hopwood
2/15 Signed     Paul Larrabee
2/16 Signed     John Bouffard
2/19 Signed     Bill Laureano
2/20 Signed     Richard Hairston
2/25 Signed     Fred Dolezal
2/26 Signed     Brain Emmer
2/28 Signed     Alexander Garland
3/4 Signed     John Gayton
3/5 Signed     John Mosley
3/14 Signed     Sean Nelson
3/14 Signed     David Abad
3/14 Signed     Brian Servantes
3/14 Signed     Stuart Moronta
3/14 Signed     Alex Stevens
3/14 Signed     Bill Dawkins
3/15 Traded Leonard Henderson Salt Lake City Gary Daniels
3/15 Traded Daniel Rowell Hollywood David Greer
5/6 Signed     Robert Aman
5/6 Signed     Thomas Tweed
5/12 Signed     Bill Bañuelos
5/12 Signed     Erick Tilly
5/19 Released Joshua Fontes    
5/19 Released Roy Jenkins    
5/19 Signed     Robert Costales
5/19 Signed     Robert Gibson
5/19 Signed     James Hudock
7/7 Released John Bouffard    
7/7 Released John Mosley