1953 Jackson Senators Statistics
Team Record: 63-61
Finished 4th in the CSL
Manager: Duke Doolittle (63-61)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Ballpark: League Park
Attendance: 43,805, Avg. 707
Playoffs - Jackson Senators 1 game, Hot Springs Bathers 0 - One-game playoff for fourth place.
Playoffs - Meridian Millers 4 games, Jackson Senators 2
The Jackson Senators of the Cotton States League ended the 1953 season with a record of 63 wins and 61 losses, finishing fourth in the CSL.
The Senators scored 682 runs and allowed 690 runs, most in the circuit. Duke Doolittle paced all regular batters by hitting .324. Paul Jones topped Jackson with 15 wins and a team-best 3.32 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Ken Rowe and Anse Moore both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Duke Doolittle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Jones | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.32 | 34 | 25 | 214.0 | 217 | 104 | 79 | 8 | 88 | ||||||||||
| Harold Renn | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.67 | 45 | 6 | 123.3 | 128 | 86 | 64 | 4 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Maurice Kelly | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.54 | 31 | 21 | 140.0 | 124 | 77 | 55 | 1 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Bob Ward | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.37 | 16 | 13 | 94.7 | 92 | 62 | 46 | 4 | 95 | ||||||||||
| Ken Rowe | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.35 | 15 | 9 | 75.7 | 72 | 49 | 45 | 1 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Clifford Gookin | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.84 | 20 | 9 | 80.0 | 87 | 60 | 43 | 4 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Irving Boim | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7.27 | 14 | 8 | 52.0 | 67 | 53 | 42 | 4 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Derwood Drobot | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.27 | 12 | 10 | 59.0 | 74 | 37 | 28 | 2 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Dick Dotson | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.72 | 14 | 11 | 76.3 | 73 | 50 | 40 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 54 | .526 | 4.35 | 201 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 915.0 | 934 | 578 | 442 | 28 | 562 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Doolittle | 119 | 457 | 457 | 148 | 24 | 2 | 4 | .324 | .324 | .411 | .735 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Louie Schaufele | 121 | 428 | 428 | 135 | 38 | 4 | 27 | .315 | .315 | .612 | .928 | 262 | |||||||||||
| John Maroney | 123 | 465 | 465 | 134 | 23 | 8 | 1 | .288 | .288 | .378 | .667 | 176 | |||||||||||
| William McDowell | 100 | 349 | 349 | 102 | 22 | 7 | 4 | .292 | .292 | .430 | .722 | 150 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Adams | 117 | 414 | 414 | 99 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .239 | .239 | .292 | .531 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Doug Walker | 104 | 357 | 357 | 97 | 16 | 4 | 9 | .272 | .272 | .415 | .686 | 148 | |||||||||||
| Dick Eaton | 87 | 300 | 300 | 88 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .293 | .293 | .440 | .733 | 132 | |||||||||||
| Jess Bucy | 88 | 287 | 287 | 67 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .233 | .233 | .300 | .533 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Paul Jones | 46 | 100 | 100 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .240 | .240 | .350 | .590 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Sidney Ford | 13 | 47 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .319 | .319 | .489 | .809 | 23 | |||||||||||
| George Fisher | 16 | 62 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .210 | .210 | .258 | .468 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Harold Renn | 47 | 44 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Robert Fulton | 16 | 47 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .191 | .255 | .447 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Howard | 30 | 47 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .170 | .170 | .298 | .468 | 14 | |||||||||||
| James Martin | 13 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .259 | .519 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Clifford Gookin | 27 | 35 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .286 | .486 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Derwood Drobot | 13 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .450 | .750 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Irving Boim | 14 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .300 | .550 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Maurice Kelly | 32 | 36 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .139 | .139 | .194 | .333 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Ken Rowe | 20 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .129 | .161 | .290 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Bob Ward | 18 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Dick Dotson | 17 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .069 | .069 | .103 | .172 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Marvin Melanson | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1191 | 3635 | 3635 | 0 | 990 | 184 | 34 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .272 | .392 | .664 | 1425 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Eaton | 1B | 87 | 655 | 46 | 19 | .974 | 8.057 | |
| Doug Walker | 2B | 100 | 241 | 284 | 25 | .955 | 5.250 | |
| John Maroney | 3B | 88 | 97 | 131 | 21 | .916 | 2.591 | |
| Thomas Howard | 3B | 15 | 12 | 15 | 6 | .818 | 1.800 | |
| Duke Doolittle | C | 112 | 551 | 65 | 8 | .987 | 5.500 | |
| Louie Schaufele | OF | 100 | 164 | 14 | 6 | .967 | 1.780 | |
| William McDowell | OF | 100 | 229 | 9 | 7 | .971 | 2.380 | |
| Jess Bucy | OF | 88 | 147 | 9 | 10 | .940 | 1.773 | |
| George Fisher | OF | 16 | 25 | 4 | 2 | .935 | 1.812 | |
| Harold Renn | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Jones | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Maurice Kelly | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Clifford Gookin | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Ward | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Rowe | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Dotson | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Irving Boim | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Derwood Drobot | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Adams | SS | 117 | 235 | 363 | 34 | .946 | 5.111 | |
| Totals | 1024 | 2356 | 940 | 138 | 0 | .960 | 3.219 |
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.
