1953 Seattle Rainiers
Record: 73-71
Finish: 3rd in CL North Division
Runs Scored: 742
Runs Allowed: 708
Exp W-L: 75-69
 
Ballpark: Sick's Stadium
Attendance: 2,298,097
Manager: Fred Hutchinson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-55, 2nd in the Pacific Coast League
AA: 74-52, 1st in the Pacific Coast League
A: 65-61, 6th in the Pacific Coast League
 
 
 
 
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
RF  Kevin Cooper 26 137 477 94 116 26 7 21 70 47 9 90 92 .243 .362 .459 .821 89.2 14.9 1.7
CF #Timothy Johnson 29 136 490 98 169 39 12 13 81 53 17 56 60 .345 .411 .553 .964 105.6 23.1 1.5
CF  Marlin Lett 30 135 455 84 123 23 4 19 88 41 13 53 63 .270 .342 .464 .806 75.3 11.8 2.0
C  James Savard 30 136 449 62 109 19 6 13 81 39 23 49 123 .243 .326 .399 .725 59.8 6.9 5.0
2B  Michael Nagy 34 115 383 55 120 27 0 7 46 1 1 14 63 .313 .354 .439 .792 56.2 9.7 4.7
LF  Tony Arroyo 28 114 302 45 95 16 1 13 58 3 7 24 35 .315 .365 .503 .868 52.0 8.9 1.0
3B  Richard Little 27 99 302 39 94 13 1 4 40 0 0 27 52 .311 .367 .401 .768 42.9 7.0 1.0
1B  Tim Grosz 26 99 272 40 74 12 1 10 54 11 9 25 47 .272 .326 .434 .759 39.9 5.2 1.5
3B  Harry Hiltner 32 71 263 52 96 19 1 9 38 4 0 27 25 .365 .442 .548 .989 58.1 13.2 1.8
SS  Raymond Stephens 18 78 260 25 75 12 0 4 37 6 1 19 30 .288 .336 .381 .716 33.9 4.7 3.4
2B  Frank Hardin 37 93 220 28 46 13 1 2 27 4 2 16 61 .209 .262 .305 .566 15.1 0.0 2.4
1B  Douglas Bridger 26 86 210 24 59 12 0 7 31 2 1 13 34 .281 .324 .438 .763 28.1 4.0 1.2
SS  Dwain Carter 34 79 191 28 38 7 0 3 14 6 3 23 44 .199 .295 .283 .578 17.2 0.3 2.2
C  Jack Myres 27 34 108 13 29 5 0 2 18 0 3 11 20 .269 .336 .370 .707 12.2 1.3 1.0
P  Michael Sturges 31 38 109 9 18 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 41 .165 .188 .174 .362 1.7 0.0 0.0
P *Bruce Carlson 27 36 107 6 11 1 0 0 5 1 1 3 41 .103 .125 .112 .237 -1.5 0.0 0.0
1B  Steffen Sowa 28 58 98 13 23 3 1 2 15 0 0 7 19 .235 .280 .347 .627 9.4 0.3 0.4
P *Winfred Converse 32 33 95 8 16 3 0 1 5 0 0 4 40 .168 .200 .232 .432 3.8 0.0 0.0
P *Nathaniel Richardson 33 15 40 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 13 .150 .150 .175 .325 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Kevin Lint 29 21 37 4 7 1 0 0 4 1 3 1 14 .189 .231 .216 .447 1.0 0.0 0.0
2B  William Waguespack 25 35 23 11 6 1 0 1 4 6 1 0 4 .261 .292 .435 .726 3.4 0.6 0.6
P  John Nolen 33 5 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .091 .000 .091 -0.5 0.0 0.0
RF #Bill Mallette 28 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Richard Perry 28 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Robert Krout 30 21 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Enrique Bemudez 26 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Mathew Nail 28 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.0 1776 4918 741 1331 254 35 131 720 226 98 465 927 .271 .336 .416 .753 700.6 111.9 31.4
  Rank among 10 CL teams 9 6 7 10 7 3 6 2 10 5 7 7 7 6 7 7  
* - 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
 Michael Sturges 31 20 14 .588 38 38 0 290.3 321 128 29 43 220 3.97 19.2
*Bruce Carlson 27 18 12 .600 36 36 0 288.0 266 102 9 74 213 3.19 24.9
*Winfred Converse 32 16 12 .571 33 33 0 255.0 250 107 14 91 195 3.78 18.8
*Kevin Lint 29 3 9 .250 20 17 0 108.7 143 81 11 38 75 6.71 0.0
*Nathaniel Richardson 33 4 7 .364 15 15 0 105.0 131 73 11 61 62 6.26 0.0
*Enrique Bemudez 26 6 5 .545 50 0 1 57.7 68 29 6 25 39 4.53 4.3
 William Auer 31 1 5 .167 44 0 28 45.7 59 28 3 16 29 5.52 3.7
 Mathew Nail 28 0 1 .000 32 0 0 41.3 44 29 6 18 28 6.32 0.2
*Robert Krout 30 3 2 .600 21 0 0 37.7 34 21 5 15 33 5.02 2.1
 John Nolen 33 1 4 .200 5 5 0 31.3 47 31 2 13 26 8.91 0.0
 Richard Perry 28 1 0 1.000 14 0 0 21.0 21 8 2 6 11 3.43 1.8
 Glenn Keech 25 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 5 0.00 0.3
 Ike Gregory 31 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 29.5 73 71 .507 310 144 29 1285.0 1384 637 98 402 937 4.46 75.6
Rank among 10 CL teams 5 6 9 6 7 7 2 5 3 3 5  
* - 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
J.Savard 1043.3 114 128 795 65 15 2 .983 26.5
J.Myres 241.7 30 30 172 12 4 1 .979 17.1
Team Total 1285.0 144 158 967 77 19 3 .982 24.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.25
T.Grosz 525.7 59 67 545 44 5 58 .992 10.08
D.Bridger 459.3 50 66 506 34 2 43 .996 10.58
S.Sowa 179.0 21 29 181 10 1 12 .995 9.60
T.Arroyo 121.0 14 14 127 8 0 13 1.000 10.04
Team Total 1285.0 144 176 1359 96 8 126 .995 10.19
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.15
M.Nagy 881.0 102 109 183 314 7 74 .986 5.08
F.Hardin 364.0 39 54 77 145 4 21 .982 5.49
W.Waguespack 44.7 4 11 14 22 1 5 .973 7.25
Team Total 1289.7 145 174 274 481 12 100 .984 5.27
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.56
R.Little 658.3 78 83 61 123 17 13 .915 2.52
H.Hiltner 408.3 46 48 25 86 6 10 .949 2.45
F.Hardin 162.0 16 27 8 32 2 1 .952 2.22
D.Carter 56.3 4 14 3 14 0 0 1.000 2.72
Team Total 1285.0 144 172 97 255 25 24 .934 2.47
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.51
R.Stephens 642.7 76 77 91 240 11 47 .968 4.64
D.Carter 409.3 45 58 65 143 6 21 .972 4.57
H.Hiltner 153.7 17 20 25 68 3 13 .969 5.45
K.Cooper 18.0 3 3 3 2 0 1 1.000 2.50
W.Waguespack 17.8 1 8 3 7 0 1 1.000 5.06
R.Little 15.0 0 3 2 3 0 2 1.000 3.00
T.Arroyo 14.0 1 1 5 3 0 1 1.000 5.14
T.Johnson 9.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
F.Hardin 2.3 0 1 0 2 1 0 .667 7.73
Team Total 1281.8 144 172 194 469 21 86 .969 4.66
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.06
T.Johnson 982.7 110 117 194 7 5 2 .976 1.84
T.Arroyo 195.7 23 25 38 1 1 0 .975 1.79
T.Grosz 88.7 10 11 21 2 0 0 1.000 2.33
B.Mallette 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
K.Cooper 7.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
M.Nagy 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1285.0 144 156 257 10 6 2 .978 1.87
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.64
M.Lett 1028.3 123 123 278 9 4 2 .986 2.51
T.Johnson 105.7 10 18 29 1 1 0 .968 2.56
T.Arroyo 99.0 7 26 25 1 1 0 .963 2.36
T.Grosz 33.0 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.18
K.Cooper 13.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
J.Myres 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Nail 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Waguespack 0.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 12.86
Team Total 1284.7 144 180 342 11 6 2 .983 2.47
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.13
K.Cooper 1078.0 124 126 250 5 3 2 .988 2.13
T.Arroyo 203.0 20 29 41 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
B.Mallette 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1285.0 144 157 291 5 3 2 .990 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.97
M.Sturges 290.3 38 38 15 45 2 2 .968 1.86
B.Carlson 288.0 36 36 17 45 8 5 .886 1.94
W.Converse 255.0 33 33 12 41 1 5 .981 1.87
K.Lint 108.7 17 20 1 25 2 3 .929 2.15
N.Richardson 105.0 15 15 4 19 0 2 1.000 1.97
E.Bemudez 57.7 0 50 3 11 1 0 .933 2.19
W.Auer 45.7 0 44 3 14 1 1 .944 3.35
M.Nail 41.3 0 32 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.18
R.Krout 37.7 0 21 4 7 0 0 1.000 2.63
J.Nolen 31.3 5 5 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.15
R.Perry 21.0 0 14 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.71
G.Keech 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
I.Gregory 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1285.0 144 310 65 219 15 19 .950 1.99
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Johnson .345
On-Base Pct Johnson .411
Slugging Pct Johnson .553
OPS Johnson .964
XR Johnson 105.6
Games Cooper 137
At-Bats Johnson 490
Runs Johnson 98
Hits Johnson 169
Total Bases Johnson 271
Singles Johnson 105
Doubles Johnson 39
Triples Johnson 12
Homeruns Cooper 21
RBIs Lett 88
Stolen Bases Johnson 53
Caught Stealing Savard 23
Walks Cooper 90
Strikeouts Savard 123
ERA Carlson 3.19
Wins Sturges 20
Losses Sturges 14
Winning Pct Carlson .600
Saves Auer 28
Games Pitched Bemudez 50
Games Started Sturges 38
Complete Games Sturges 18
Shutouts Carlson 3
Innings Pitched Sturges 290.3
Hits Allowed Sturges 321
Homeruns Allowed Sturges 29
Strikeouts Sturges 220
Walks Allowed Converse 91
Walks per 9IP Sturges 1.3
Hits per 9IP Carlson 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Converse 6.9
WHiP Carlson 1.18
OAVG Carlson .242
OOBP Carlson .306
OSLG Carlson .338
OOPS Carlson .645
Team All-Stars
Timothy Johnson
Michael Sturges
Player Salaries
Michael Sturges $ 8,350,000
James Savard $ 6,750,000
Bruce Carlson $ 6,666,667
Timothy Johnson $ 6,290,000
Harry Hiltner $ 5,680,000
Marlin Lett $ 5,550,000
Kevin Cooper $ 5,310,000
Kevin Lint $ 4,270,000
Michael Nagy $ 3,670,000
Frank Hardin $ 3,390,000
Winfred Converse $ 2,320,000
John Nolen $ 1,760,000
Tony Arroyo $ 1,757,143
Larry Bagby $ 1,480,000
Robert Krout $ 1,390,000
William Auer $ 1,390,000
Dwain Carter $ 1,310,000
Nathaniel Richardson $ 1,140,000
Enrique Bemudez $ 892,857
Mathew Nail $ 800,000
Richard Perry $ 750,000
David Paras $ 660,000
Ike Gregory $ 660,000
Rodrigo Concepcion $ 460,000
David Maggi $ 440,000
Lee Ethier $ 400,000
Jack Myres $ 400,000
Abraham Arocena $ 370,000
Steffen Sowa $ 360,000
Richard Little $ 350,000
Tim Grosz $ 350,000
Bill Mallette $ 350,000
Douglas Bridger $ 350,000
Glenn Keech $ 300,000
Raymond Stephens $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/19 Signed     Bruce Carlson
2/23 Signed     Mathew Nail
2/28 Signed     Richard Perry
3/4 Signed     Marlin Lett
3/14 Signed     Jose Ramos
3/14 Signed     Marvin Mosier
4/14 Traded Melvin Wallace Oklahoma Steffen Sowa
5/26 Signed     Nathaniel Richardson
5/27 Claimed   Minneapolis William Waguespack
9/15 Released William Waguespack