1953 Gainesville Owls Statistics
Team Record: 36-102
Finished 8th in the SSL
Manager: James Grigg (0-0), Ernest Shadid (0-0), Jesse Landrum (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Gainesville, Texas
Ballpark: Locke Field
Attendance: 20,523, Avg. 297
The Gainesville Owls of the Sooner State League ended the 1953 season with a record of 36 wins and 102 losses, finishing eighth in the SSL.
The Owls scored 565 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 1028 runs, most in the circuit. Lindy Middleton paced all regular batters by hitting .234. Luis Munoz topped Gainesville with 10 wins and a team-best 3.79 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Eddie Haas and Jesse Landrum both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
James Grigg, Ernest Shadid and Jesse Landrum served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Munoz | 10 | 15 | .400 | 3.79 | 36 | 19 | 204.0 | 225 | 138 | 86 | 7 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Philip Newell | 7 | 12 | .368 | 3.99 | 24 | 17 | 140.0 | 154 | 86 | 62 | 3 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Edward Hughes | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6.41 | 19 | 14 | 87.0 | 83 | 78 | 62 | 2 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Don Brocato | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.35 | 13 | 7 | 69.0 | 70 | 65 | 41 | 3 | 53 | ||||||||||
| George Cockrell | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.45 | 16 | 10 | 91.0 | 102 | 64 | 45 | 1 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Samalion | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.85 | 13 | 5 | 52.0 | 52 | 36 | 28 | 4 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Clifford Gookin | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.57 | 13 | 6 | 61.0 | 65 | 38 | 31 | 4 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Leo Hotard | 1 | 7 | .125 | 4.11 | 12 | 8 | 81.0 | 69 | 49 | 37 | 2 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Jim Dayen | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9.50 | 14 | 6 | 54.0 | 65 | 72 | 57 | 2 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 32 | 69 | .317 | 4.82 | 160 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 839.0 | 885 | 626 | 449 | 28 | 476 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Dieguez | 131 | 473 | 473 | 108 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .228 | .228 | .249 | .478 | 118 | |||||||||||
| Lindy Middleton | 131 | 457 | 457 | 107 | 23 | 5 | 1 | .234 | .234 | .313 | .547 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Donnie Ford | 75 | 282 | 282 | 68 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .241 | .241 | .284 | .525 | 80 | |||||||||||
| Robert Wagner | 76 | 274 | 274 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .226 | .226 | .270 | .496 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Ray Giannelli | 70 | 266 | 266 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .203 | .203 | .274 | .477 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Gibson | 45 | 164 | 164 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 4 | .293 | .293 | .451 | .744 | 74 | |||||||||||
| James Weindel | 65 | 223 | 223 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .202 | .202 | .215 | .417 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Samalion | 55 | 191 | 191 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .204 | .204 | .241 | .445 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Robert Humphrey | 56 | 178 | 178 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .180 | .180 | .197 | .376 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Gary Hicks | 36 | 122 | 122 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .254 | .254 | .352 | .607 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Theodore Solomon | 33 | 109 | 109 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .275 | .275 | .413 | .688 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Ezra Hill | 44 | 144 | 144 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .208 | .208 | .306 | .514 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Luis Munoz | 53 | 128 | 128 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .273 | .484 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Haas | 24 | 75 | 75 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .293 | .293 | .360 | .653 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Freddie Harrist | 22 | 83 | 83 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .253 | .253 | .313 | .566 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Crawford Howard | 34 | 95 | 95 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .316 | .516 | 30 | |||||||||||
| James Chaney | 23 | 76 | 76 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .289 | .526 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Roy Gonzales | 21 | 52 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .288 | .365 | .654 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Arlington Seymour | 20 | 64 | 64 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .203 | .250 | .453 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Jim Dayen | 27 | 67 | 67 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .328 | .522 | 22 | |||||||||||
| A. C. Quarles | 13 | 46 | 46 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .239 | .478 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Jesse Landrum | 18 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .345 | .345 | .552 | .897 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Jimmy Ruff | 15 | 47 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .213 | .213 | .426 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Don Brocato | 17 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .321 | .393 | .714 | 11 | |||||||||||
| James Grigg | 119 | 48 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Charles Battle | 14 | 50 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .180 | .340 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Langhamer | 10 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .280 | .280 | .400 | .680 | 10 | |||||||||||
| George Cockrell | 19 | 31 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .226 | .226 | .452 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Charles | 10 | 34 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .206 | .206 | .235 | .441 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Tommie Phillips | 15 | 35 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .257 | .429 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Edward Hughes | 19 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .097 | .097 | .097 | .194 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Philip Newell | 25 | 43 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .070 | .070 | .070 | .140 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Leo Hotard | 12 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .061 | .061 | .061 | .121 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Clifford Gookin | 16 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .045 | .045 | .045 | .091 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Terry Labins | 10 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe McCormick | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1384 | 4047 | 4047 | 0 | 895 | 119 | 32 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .221 | .221 | .279 | .500 | 1129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Munoz | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Philip Newell | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Hughes | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| George Cockrell | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Dayen | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Clifford Gookin | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Don Brocato | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Leo Hotard | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
