1953 Atlanta Crackers Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 3rd in the SA
Manager: Gene Mauch (84-70)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Ballpark: Ponce de Leon Park II
Attendance: 290,510, Avg. 3,773

1953 Atlanta Crackers Roster

Playoffs - Nashville Vols 4 games, Atlanta Crackers 2

The Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the SA.

The Crackers topped the circuit with just 659 runs allowed. Atlanta scored 770 runs. Dick Sinovic led the squad with 23 home runs, while Pete Whisenant and Jack Parks walloped 15 or more as well. Dick Sinovic drove in 126 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .342. Art Fowler paced the team with 18 wins, and Bill George recorded a 2.93 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1953 Atlanta Crackers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Pete Whisenant, Taylor Phillips, Leo Cristante, Dick Donovan, Jesse Levan, Bob Giggie, Junior Wooten, Gene Mauch, Art Fowler, Roy Jarvis, Jack Brittin, Chuck Tanner and Fred Waters.

Gene Mauch served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Art Fowler	18	10	.643	3.03	54	31		15	6		261.0	273	102	88	15	80		149	3	1	11
Leo Cristante	14	10	.583	3.31	40	20		9	0		177.0	175	78	65	13	55		101	4	1	4
Bob Giggie	12	7	.632	3.52	38	18		7	4		156.0	153	74	61	9	55		81	4	0	5
Dick Donovan	11	8	.579	3.71	32	19		9	1		182.0	190	93	75	17	51		132	3	1	4
Taylor Phillips	11	11	.500	3.52	29	25		10	1		138.0	119	70	54	10	85		96	4	1	11
Bill George	8	5	.615	2.93	38	17		5	0		132.0	132	52	43	4	55		886	0	0	3
Jack Brittin	5	8	.385	7.09	21	13		3	0		80.0	107	68	63	14	36		29	1	0	3
Jack Taylor	4	3	.571	4.50	33	3		0	0		78.0	87	52	39	6	42		50	3	0	2
John Fitzgerald	1	5	.167	3.57	18	8		0	0		58.0	57	30	23	0	42		30	1	0	5
Mike Forline	0	0		9.00	2						7.0	11	7	7		7		5
Larry Lassalle	0	0		9.00	1						2.0	1	1	2		2		0
Fred Waters	0	0		10.80	2	0					5.0	8	6	6		6		2
John Raines	0	1	.000	8.00	5						9.0	8	4	8		8		5
Bill Denney	0	2	.000	6.30	9						30.0	34	18	21		21		11
Totals	84	70	.545	3.80	322	154	0	58	12	0	1315.0	1355	655	555	88	545	0	1577	23	4	48	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Dick Sinovic	156	649	587	106	201	35	7	23	126	7		56	36	.342	.402	.543	.945	319		2	4
Chuck Tanner	126	516	465	71	148	29	11	6	57	3		49	34	.318	.383	.467	.850	217		0	2
Junior Wooten	153	644	572	92	146	30	3	5	53	3		58	21	.255	.327	.344	.671	197		3	11
Vernon Petty	153	593	523	60	139	22	3	6	76	2		62	39	.266	.347	.354	.701	185		3	5
Robert Mainzer	140	555	507	73	133	24	2	9	64	2		36	28	.262	.312	.371	.683	188		1	11
Pete Whisenant	145	552	497	83	132	36	10	18	76	14		48	65	.266	.333	.487	.820	242		2	5
Jack Parks	129	459	413	60	114	18	6	21	72	4		41	58	.276	.344	.501	.846	207		2	3
Gene Mauch	111	425	340	65	91	23	3	9	51	3		71	19	.268	.400	.432	.832	147		4	10
Charles Williams	96	282	267	34	60	8	5	6	31	1		13	30	.225	.263	.360	.623	96		1	1
Roy Jarvis	72	193	172	28	53	11	2	8	38	1		18	11	.308	.377	.535	.912	92		1	2
Billy Smith	86	214	171	29	42	6	1	2	17	4		38	22	.246	.389	.327	.716	56		2	3
Dick Donovan	52	94	78	16	22	5	1	5	12	0		13	24	.282	.404	.564	.968	44		3	0
Leo Cristante	41	69	64	9	19	5	1	2	5	0		1	16	.297	.318	.500	.818	32		1	3
Art Fowler	54	100	87	7	18	2	0	0	8	1		2	14	.207	.225	.230	.455	20		0	11
Jack Caro	10	40	39	4	9	1	0	0	5	0		1	3	.231	.250	.256	.506	10		0	0
Howard Boles	19	56	45	6	9	1	1	2	6	0		11	4	.200	.357	.400	.757	18		0	0
Jack Brittin	22	28	24	4	8	3	0	0	2	0		2	3	.333	.385	.458	.843	11		0	2
Bob Giggie	38	55	46	3	6	1	0	0	5	0		7	5	.130	.245	.152	.397	7		0	2
Taylor Phillips	30	51	39	4	5	1	0	0	2	0		2	18	.128	.171	.154	.325	6		0	10
Bill George	40	44	36	5	4	0	1	0	2	0		6	14	.111	.238	.167	.405	6		0	2
Larry Lassalle	1	14	14	2	3	0	0	0	1	0				.214	.214	.214	.429	3
John Fitzgerald	18	13	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	5	.077	.077	.154	.231	2		0	0
Jack Taylor	33	17	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.067	.067	.067	.133	1		0	2
Richard McMillin	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jesse Levan	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Billy Barrett	5	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1734	5671	5022	764	1364	262	57	122	710	45	0	535	476	.272	.345	.419	.764	2106	0	25	89	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Junior Wooten	1B	145	1184	108	14	136	.989	8.910
Billy Smith	1B	16	74	5	2	7	.975	4.938
Gene Mauch	2B	97	200	239	18	65	.961	4.526
Charles Williams	2B	78	164	175	13	43	.963	4.346
Vernon Petty	3B	153	129	248	25	18	.938	2.464
Jack Parks	C	123	587	56	15	5	.977	5.228	6
Roy Jarvis	C	51	233	8	5	3	.980	4.725	2
Dick Sinovic	OF	156	274	4	6	2	.979	1.782
Pete Whisenant	OF	140	363	18	8	3	.979	2.721
Chuck Tanner	OF	125	220	8	3	3	.987	1.824
Billy Smith	OF	46	71	4	1	1	.987	1.630
Howard Boles	OF	15	15	1	0	1	1.000	1.067
Art Fowler	P	54	15	45	2	3	.968	1.111
Leo Cristante	P	40	6	21	1	3	.964	.675
Bob Giggie	P	38	11	39	0	3	1.000	1.316
Bill George	P	38	7	26	1	4	.971	.868
Jack Taylor	P	33	5	26	3	0	.912	.939
Dick Donovan	P	32	14	34	2	6	.960	1.500
Taylor Phillips	P	29	4	19	3	0	.885	.793
Jack Brittin	P	21	7	6	1	1	.929	.619
John Fitzgerald	P	18	2	9	0	0	1.000	.611
Bill Denney	P	9						.000
John Raines	P	5						.000
Fred Waters	P	2						.000
Mike Forline	P	2						.000
Larry Lassalle	P	1						.000
Robert Mainzer	SS	140	245	436	38	97	.947	4.864
Jack Caro	SS	10	25	20	6	8	.882	4.500
Totals		1617	3855	1555	167	412	.970	3.346	8	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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