Sunday, April 9, 2023

Drain Black Sox




1952  32-6 (18-6) Roy Helser
1953           (10-2) Roy Helser
1954           (14-2) Roy Helser
1955  36-4 (22-2)  Roy Helser
1956          (14-10) Roy Helser
1957  19-6            Ray Stratton
1958  36-5            Ray Stratton
1959 47-13-1        Ray Stratton
1960 59-20           Ray Stratton
 
Bill Beard / 52 53 1954 Drain Black Sox 1956 

1952

1952 intro to team - going out to get the best talent Don Kirsch originally supposed to manage
Roy Helser pic Helser & Storey elected to all-star team

p Roy Helser 7-2 record 
p Jerry Cade 53
p Gene Peterson TR Gene Peterson
p Hal Turpin
c-1b Bill Beard
c Chuck Bafaro Linfield star TSN contract card
1b Tom Myers
2b Don Kirsch Oregon coach
2b Jack Fassett from Eugene w/ Eugene Athletics
ss Mel Krause
ss-of Ad Rutschman Linfield 
lf Pat Wohlers former Oregon
cf Ted Wilson
rf Ron Phillips .405 for U. of O. 
of-p Wayne Johnson vet Oregon semi-pro player TR
Don Kirsch Oregon coach
2b Jack Fassett from Eugene 
Norv Ritchey .345 for U. of O. 
Glenn Cox
Bill Houghtman
Frank Jacobs local vet
of Don Kimball "Oregon star of a few years, now coach at Pleasant Hill High"
Howard Parks
Ray Cole

1953

of Glenn Stetter 55 
1b Dick Bartle 
3b Mel Krause hit .462 in Oregon State League '52 - Willamette High School coach
of Bill Kovans 
Chuck Bafaro
Lou Scrivens
of Ron Phillips




1954
5-26 record Linfield Wildcats were Northwest Conference champs

MG Roy Helser
p Carl Wickham  7-0 record
p Del Coursey TR all-Northwest Conference
p Chuck Fisk
1b Don Porter all-Oregon Conference - Portland State College
ss Bob Celler two-time all-state with Drain High - just back from Korea
3b Glenn Stetter
lf Dick Joslin   Oregon Tech
cf Ted Wilson   McMinnville high coach
Andy Anderson
ss Bobby Boub (Buob) Oregon State
of Joe Brock

1955

  1955 Drain team pic

p Jerry Cade /
p Dick Duerr
p Jerry Bartow
p Dick Weaver
1b Don Porter all-Oregon Conference - Portland State College
Bobby Boub
Glenn Stetter 
Jerry Bittendorf
Bob Diller
Chuck Bufaro

1956

6-16 roster listed + pre-season games

Coach Roy Helser
p Bill Croco TR from McMinville who pitched for Helser's championship Linfield team
Richard Duerr also w/ Linfield team
Noel Aronson from Whitman College at Walla Walla
Bill Beard / 54 55
Norv Ritchey / U of CA coach
1b Vern Marshall  55 56 
2b Ad Rutschman 52 53 54 55
ss Don Kirsch   Oregon coach 54 55
3b Ray Stratton  Drain High School baseball coach
of Pat Wohlers  of Portland  54 55
of Ted Wilson   former basketball coach at McMinville high school 54 55
of Norm Welch   from Clatskine
+of Bobby Sellers   from the university  55 also Bob Cellers
+ of Dick Olson    of Reedport  55
Cliff Girod 


1957


p Stan Dmochowsky 
1b Ron Bowen /
c Irv Roth
ss Dan Luby son of Hugh Luby
p Noel Aronson
p Jerry Pflug
3b Ray Stratton
p Jack Henkie
p Jerry Bartow
rf Pat Wohlers
lf Norv Ritchie
cf Jerry Gregg

1958 
pic w/ trophy "get giant greeting from Drain residents"
8-9 W-L listed as 28-4 went 1-1 after that and 7-0 in tournament
g #2 no good account

1959 

1960
55-18 as of 8-25 w/ Ray Stratton pic

1961

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