1953 Hopkinsville Hoppers Statistics
Team Record: 59-60
Finished 4th in the KITL
Manager: Norman Wilson (0-0), Ed Wright (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Kentucky Park
Attendance: 32,192, Avg. 541
Playoffs - Fulton Lookouts 2 games, Hopkinsville Hoppers 1
The Hopkinsville Hoppers of the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League ended the 1953 season with a record of 59 wins and 60 losses, finishing fourth in the KITL.
The Hoppers led the league with 850 runs, spearheaded by 99 home runs. Hopkinsville allowed 792 runs. Tom Jasonis paced all regular hitters with a .339 average. Leo Bacon topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.04 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Ed Wright played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Hopkinsville Hoppers to do so.
Norman Wilson and Ed Wright 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Bacon | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.04 | 20 | 16 | 139.0 | 135 | 80 | 47 | 11 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Pete Harbold | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.88 | 40 | 4 | 95.0 | 112 | 61 | 41 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Marlin Fiscel | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.31 | 18 | 15 | 117.0 | 114 | 83 | 56 | 14 | 75 | ||||||||||
| George Williamson | 6 | 10 | .375 | 5.46 | 30 | 18 | 127.0 | 140 | 97 | 77 | 13 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Ed Wright | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.48 | 9 | 8 | 72.3 | 92 | 36 | 28 | 4 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Marvin Lowe | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.56 | 22 | 13 | 89.0 | 100 | 70 | 55 | 7 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Somers | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.34 | 16 | 12 | 88.0 | 110 | 77 | 62 | 11 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Willie Bartolovich | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5.55 | 18 | 8 | 58.3 | 73 | 51 | 36 | 1 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 50 | 46 | .521 | 4.61 | 173 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 785.7 | 876 | 555 | 402 | 70 | 463 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Crotts | 111 | 461 | 461 | 155 | 27 | 5 | 19 | .336 | .336 | .540 | .876 | 249 | |||||||||||
| Howard Warrell | 109 | 440 | 440 | 147 | 28 | 7 | 26 | .334 | .334 | .607 | .941 | 267 | |||||||||||
| Bill Kasper | 115 | 481 | 481 | 145 | 32 | 12 | 8 | .301 | .301 | .468 | .769 | 225 | |||||||||||
| Tom Jasonis | 109 | 410 | 410 | 139 | 23 | 11 | 7 | .339 | .339 | .500 | .839 | 205 | |||||||||||
| John Dugan | 107 | 438 | 438 | 126 | 19 | 5 | 16 | .288 | .288 | .463 | .751 | 203 | |||||||||||
| James Wilson | 59 | 252 | 252 | 78 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .310 | .310 | .373 | .683 | 94 | |||||||||||
| Robert Brown | 61 | 235 | 235 | 74 | 17 | 5 | 4 | .315 | .315 | .481 | .796 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Norman Wilson | 68 | 214 | 214 | 67 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .313 | .313 | .435 | .748 | 93 | |||||||||||
| Leeson Hogarth | 52 | 193 | 193 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .306 | .306 | .347 | .653 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Lempas | 35 | 136 | 136 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 6 | .243 | .243 | .434 | .676 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Stephan Durst | 44 | 111 | 111 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .189 | .189 | .252 | .441 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Germano | 15 | 58 | 58 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .259 | .259 | .379 | .638 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Pete Bizzle | 18 | 64 | 64 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .219 | .219 | .375 | .594 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Curtis King | 24 | 68 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .206 | .206 | .309 | .515 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Marion Hill | 12 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .387 | .387 | .677 | 1.065 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Barry Trate | 20 | 63 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .222 | .413 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Richard Lee | 13 | 46 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .239 | .239 | .348 | .587 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Somers | 27 | 49 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .204 | .204 | .265 | .469 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Marlin Fiscel | 20 | 43 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .186 | .372 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Leonard Schuermann | 15 | 50 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .160 | .300 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Leo Bacon | 20 | 52 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .135 | .135 | .192 | .327 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Matthew Niederhauser | 11 | 28 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .286 | .500 | 8 | |||||||||||
| George Williamson | 32 | 46 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .152 | .283 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Pete Harbold | 42 | 39 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .128 | .128 | .256 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Willie Bartolovich | 20 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Marvin Lowe | 23 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Benjamin Chanley | 15 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1197 | 4063 | 4063 | 0 | 1177 | 208 | 52 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 | .290 | .440 | .729 | 1786 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Harbold | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| George Williamson | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Marvin Lowe | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Leo Bacon | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Marlin Fiscel | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Willie Bartolovich | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Stanley Somers | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Wright | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 173 | 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.
