The Far West League Record Book: Part 2, Individual Pitching

January 23, 2010

The Far West League Record Book: Part 2, Individual Pitching

A couple of notes here…

Games started was tracked only in the FWL’s last season, 1951. Cliff Keeley of Redding led the league that year with 28. I would love to be able to assemble a complete set of newspaper box scores from the league and put together a list of games started from 1949 through 1950.

In listing ERA leaders, I have used as the qualifying standard a minimum of one inning pitched per team game. But according to the 1951 Sporting News Baseball Guide, the FWL’s ERA champion in 1950 was Gene Valentine of Pittsburg. Valentine pitched 109 innings in the team’s 140 games. It’s true he had the most dominant season in league history, completing 12 of his 15 appearances with a record of 12-1 and a 1.82 ERA. He had a strikeout-to-walk ratio of better than two-to-one in a league that had more walks than strikeouts. And he never pitched in Organized Ball again after that season.

And now for your list of league leaders in the categories for which stats were kept:

GAMES PITCHED
51	William Seward	Reno	1950
45	Vincent S. DiMaggio	Eugene	1950
44	Lavere Herrmann	Medford	1950
43	Bill Carr	Pittsburg/Marysville	1950
42	3 players
Annual Leaders
1948	Larry Guelfo	Klamath Falls	42
1949	Clarence Heck	Pittsburg	37
1950	William Seward	Reno	51
1951	Robert Perez	Reno	42
COMPLETE GAMES
23	Elwood Clear	Willows	1948
22	Lavere Herrmann	Medford	1951
	Ray Malgradi	Willows	1950
21	Pete Hernandez	Pittsburg	1949
	Andy Sierra	Klamath Falls	1950
	Pete Swain	Marysville	1949
Annual Leaders
1948	Elwood Clear	Willows	23
1949	Pete Hernandez	Pittsburg	21
1950	Ray Malgradi	Willows	22
1951	Lavere Herrmann	Medford	22
WINS
22	Larry Shepard	Medford	1948
	Andy Sierra	Klamath Falls	1950
21	Bill Carr	Pittsburg	1949
19	Niles Jordan	Klamath Falls	1949
17	Elwood Clear	Willows	1948
	Clyde DeWitt	Klamath Falls	1950
Annual Leaders
1948	Larry Shepard	Medford	22
1949	Bill Carr	Pittsburg	21
1950	Andy Sierra	Klamath Falls	22
1951	Gordon Tench	Redding	16
LOSSES
18	Lavere Herrmann	Medford	1950
17	Marcos Torres	Reno	1951
15	Charles Forrest	Willows	1950
14	John Lopeman	Klamath Falls	1948
13	6 players
Annual Leaders
1948	John Lopeman	Klamath Falls	14
1949	James Howard	Redding	12
	William Olsson	Medford	12
	Curtis Schmidt	Willows	12
1950	Lavere Herrmann	Medford	18
1951	Marcos Torres	Reno	17
INNINGS PITCHED
269	Vincent S. DiMaggio	Eugene	1950
241	Lavere Herrmann	Medford	1950
239	Bill Carr	Pittsburg	1949
	Andy Sierra	Klamath Falls	1950
232	Bill Carr	Pittsburg/Marysville	1950
Annual Leaders
1948	Elwood Clear	Willows	219
1949	Bill Carr	Pittsburg	239
1950	Vincent S. DiMaggio	Eugene	269
1951	Wayne Hamaker	Eugene	225
AT BATS AGAINST
952	Bill Carr	Pittsburg/Marysville	1950
	Lavere Herrmann	Medford	1950
943	Andy Sierra	Klamath Falls	1950
938	Bill Carr	Pittsburg	1949
934	Ray Malgradi	Willows	1950
Annual Leaders
1948	Larry Shepard	Medford	834
1949	Bill Carr	Pittsburg	938
1950	Bill Carr	Pittsburg/Marysville	952
	Lavere Herrmann	Medford	952
1951	Wayne Hamaker	Eugene	898
HITS ALLOWED
285	Ray Malgradi	Willows	1950
267	Bill Carr	Pittsburg/Marysville	1950
260	Lavere Herrmann	Medford	1950
252	Marcos Torres	Reno	1951
249	John Lopeman	Klamath Falls	1949
Annual Leaders
1948	Edwin Pager	Santa Rosa/Roseville	220
1949	John Lopeman	Klamath Falls	249
1950	Ray Malgradi	Willows	285
1951	Marcos Torres	Reno	1951
RUNS ALLOWED
174	Marcos Torres	Reno	1951
171	Herb Hamilt	Marysville	1949
	Ray Malgradi	Willows	1950
167	Vincent S. DiMaggio	Eugene	1950
161	John Lopeman	Klamath Falls	1949
Annual Leaders
1948	John Lopeman	Klamath Falls	142
	Robert Hughes	Medford	142
1949	Herb Hamilt	Marysville	171
1950	Ray Malgradi	Willows	171
1951	Marcos Torres	Reno	174
EARNED RUNS ALLOWED
139	Ray Malgradi	Willows	1950
135	Vincent S. DiMaggio	Eugene	1950
129	Lavere Herrmann	Medford	1950
	Jim Howard	Redding	1949
127	Herb Hamilt	Marysville	1949
Annual Leaders
1948	John Lopeman	Klamath Falls	111
1949	Jim Howard	Redding	129
1950	Ray Malgradi	Willows	139
1951	Marcos Torres	Reno	121
SACRIFICE HITS ALLOWED
20	Edwin Pager	Santa Rosa/Roseville	1948
19	Lawrence Smith	Marysville	1948
18	Wayne Hamaker	Eugene	1951
16	Pete Swain	Marysville	1949
15	Bill Carr	Pittsburg/Marysville	1950
	Vertis Elmore	Medford	1951
Annual Leaders
1948	Edwin Pager	Santa Rosa/Roseville	20
1949	Pete Swain	Marysville	16
1950	Bill Carr	Pittsburg/Marysville	15
1951	Wayne Hamaker	Eugene	18
WALKS ALLOWED
181	Garrett Scott	Redding	1950
174	Jim Howard	Redding	1949
163	Gordon Tench	Redding	1951
162	Lawrence Smith	Marysville	1948
159	Jules Hudson	Oroville	1948
Annual Leaders
1948	Lawrence Smith	Marysville	162
1949	Jim Howard	Redding	174
1950	Garrett Scott	Redding	181
1951	Gordon Tench	Redding	163
STRIKEOUTS
258	Andy Sierra	Klamath Falls	1950
237	Jules Hudson	Oroville	1948
226	Jim Howard	Redding	1949
217	Larry Shepard	Medford	1948
188	Niles Jordan	Klamath Falls	1949
Annual Leaders
1948	Jules Hudson	Oroville	237
1949	Jim Howard	Redding	226
1950	Andy Sierra	Klamath Falls	258
1951	Ransome Rolfe	Redding	178
HIT BATSMEN
19	Cliff Keeley	Redding	1951
18	Joe Nicholas	Klamath Falls	1949
16	William Cox	Willows	1950
15	Lawrence Smith	Marysville	1948
14	4 players
Annual Leaders
1948	Lawrence Smith	Marysville	15
1949	Joe Nicholas	Klamath Falls	18
1950	William Cox	Willows	16
1951	Cliff Keeley	Redding	19
WILD PITCHES
23	Jim Howard	Redding	1949
17	Dossen Dillon	Redding	1950
	Garrett Scott	Redding	1950
16	Vertis Elmore	Medford	1951
	Jim Rogers	Medford	1948
Annual Leaders
1948	Jim Rogers	Medford	16
1949	Jim Howard	Redding	23
1950	Dossen Dillon	Redding	17
	Garrett Scott	Redding	17
1951	Vertis Elmore	Medford	16
EARNED RUN AVERAGE
2.53	Ron Lee	Medford	1948
2.89	Larry Shepard	Medford	1948
3.28	Bill Carr	Pittsburg	1949
3.34	William LaThorpe	Santa Rosa	1948
3.40	Joe Carroll	Willows	1948
Annual Leaders
1948	Ron Lee	Medford	2.53
1949	Bill Carr	Pittsburg	3.28
1950	Andy Sierra	Klamath Falls	3.46
1951	Lavere Herrmann	Medford	4.03
SHUTOUTS
4	William LaThorpe	Santa Rosa	1948
	Henry Pippen	Reno	1951
3	Joe Angel	Pittsburg	1950
	Bill Carr	Pittsburg	1949
	Lavere Herrmann	Medford	1950
Annual Leaders
1948	William LaThorpe	Santa Rosa	4
1949	Bill Carr	Pittsburg	3
1950	Joe Angel	Pittsburg	3
	Lavere Herrmann	Medford	3
1951	Henry Pippen	Reno	4
BALKS
9	Garrett Scott	Redding	1950
8	Ernie Telles	Eugene/Pittsburg	1950
6	Hub Kittle	Klamath Falls	1950
5	Russ Foster	Klamath Falls	1951
4	Eldon Russell	Redding	1951
Annual Leaders
1948	Archie Hayes	Oroville	3
	Ben Lorino	Marysville	3
1949	Ralph Lineberger	Redding	3
1950	Garrett Scott	Redding	9
1951	Russ Foster	Klamath Falls	5

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