1953 Little Rock Travelers Statistics
Team Record: 66-87
Finished 8th in the SA
Manager: Paul Campbell (66-87)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 104,081, Avg. 1,361
The Little Rock Travelers of the Southern Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 66 wins and 87 losses, finishing eighth in the SA.
The Travelers scored 643 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 757 runs. Ralph Atkins walloped 34 home runs for Little Rock and drove in 100 runs. David Jaska led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .329 average. Milo Johnson topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.82 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Frank Bolling, Jim Bunning, Russ Sullivan, Chick King, Dutch McCall, George Bullard, John Baumgartner, Paul Campbell and Carl Linhart were all players from the 1953 Little Rock Travelers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Paul Campbell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milo Johnson | 16 | 12 | .571 | 3.82 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 224.0 | 221 | 105 | 95 | 23 | 62 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Verne Williamson | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.03 | 32 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 210.0 | 204 | 110 | 94 | 20 | 100 | 94 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Dick Hoeksema | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.25 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 144.0 | 154 | 80 | 68 | 4 | 40 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Edward Marchefsky | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.38 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 148.0 | 172 | 83 | 72 | 16 | 36 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dutch McCall | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5.05 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 132.0 | 127 | 80 | 74 | 15 | 98 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jim Bunning | 5 | 12 | .294 | 4.56 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 158.0 | 151 | 98 | 80 | 13 | 66 | 124 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Thaddeus Kapuscinski | 4 | 12 | .250 | 6.46 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 110.0 | 145 | 84 | 79 | 11 | 35 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Roger Higgins | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0.84 | 6 | 32.0 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Edmunds | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.86 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 63 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Kenneth Fremming | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.12 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 64 | 40 | 33 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ivan Johannes | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.71 | 6 | 14.0 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Ewell Utley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Donald Striegel | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Furlong | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 3 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Ernest Lawrence | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.62 | 5 | 16.0 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 87 | .428 | 4.43 | 292 | 146 | 0 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 1309.0 | 1379 | 742 | 645 | 115 | 525 | 0 | 612 | 26 | 3 | 32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Jaska | 149 | 639 | 556 | 84 | 183 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 7 | 73 | 31 | .329 | .407 | .394 | .801 | 219 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Chick King | 153 | 677 | 607 | 97 | 173 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 17 | 61 | 83 | .285 | .351 | .390 | .742 | 237 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| R. C. Otey | 147 | 592 | 533 | 56 | 135 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 6 | 51 | 16 | .253 | .320 | .302 | .622 | 161 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Carl Linhart | 125 | 546 | 485 | 70 | 133 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 61 | 8 | 50 | 76 | .274 | .346 | .408 | .754 | 198 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Ralph Atkins | 146 | 626 | 533 | 82 | 133 | 10 | 1 | 34 | 100 | 4 | 86 | 84 | .250 | .358 | .463 | .821 | 247 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Hal Simpson | 140 | 533 | 475 | 48 | 125 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 65 | 0 | 49 | 38 | .263 | .342 | .383 | .725 | 182 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| George Bullard | 103 | 394 | 344 | 42 | 80 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 44 | 45 | .233 | .320 | .346 | .666 | 119 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Frank Bolling | 41 | 162 | 153 | 20 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 17 | .288 | .327 | .412 | .739 | 63 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jimmy Sady | 75 | 219 | 189 | 27 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 44 | .233 | .319 | .392 | .711 | 74 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| John Baumgartner | 35 | 136 | 118 | 17 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 24 | .305 | .383 | .475 | .858 | 56 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Daniel Ryan | 58 | 169 | 153 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 9 | .209 | .267 | .261 | .528 | 40 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Russ Sullivan | 49 | 127 | 102 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 17 | .265 | .405 | .431 | .836 | 44 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| John Grice | 30 | 88 | 77 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 4 | .273 | .356 | .299 | .655 | 23 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Lawrence Ciesielski | 31 | 109 | 87 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 10 | .195 | .358 | .241 | .599 | 21 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Bunning | 41 | 57 | 55 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .291 | .316 | .382 | .698 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dutch McCall | 26 | 55 | 48 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 8 | .271 | .352 | .396 | .748 | 19 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Verne Williamson | 36 | 81 | 63 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .206 | .324 | .206 | .531 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Dick Hoeksema | 38 | 63 | 57 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .211 | .274 | .228 | .502 | 13 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Milo Johnson | 33 | 89 | 81 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 36 | .148 | .207 | .148 | .355 | 12 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Paul Campbell | 40 | 48 | 42 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .238 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Edward Marchefsky | 41 | 51 | 44 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .159 | .229 | .159 | .388 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Maurice Mikesell | 21 | 57 | 47 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | .149 | .273 | .149 | .422 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ewell Utley | 1 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .346 | .538 | 9 | ||||||||
| Thaddeus Kapuscinski | 29 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .143 | .189 | .143 | .332 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Schultz | 8 | 27 | 27 | 4 | .148 | .148 | .148 | .296 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Louie Schaufele | 5 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 4 | .148 | .148 | .148 | .296 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Kenneth Fremming | 26 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .188 | .235 | .375 | .610 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Warner | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | 1.000 | 1.200 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Edmunds | 22 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Roger Higgins | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ivan Johannes | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mike Mordarski | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ernest Lawrence | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| Totals | 1674 | 5685 | 5010 | 639 | 1296 | 186 | 36 | 90 | 577 | 60 | 0 | 578 | 614 | .259 | .338 | .364 | .702 | 1824 | 0 | 21 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Atkins | 1B | 146 | 1189 | 66 | 10 | 97 | .992 | 8.596 | ||||
| R. C. Otey | 2B | 145 | 341 | 349 | 11 | 75 | .984 | 4.759 | ||||
| David Jaska | 3B | 120 | 162 | 294 | 11 | 33 | .976 | 3.800 | ||||
| John Baumgartner | 3B | 28 | 34 | 56 | 4 | 7 | .957 | 3.214 | ||||
| Jimmy Sady | C | 68 | 276 | 23 | 10 | 3 | .968 | 4.397 | 3 | |||
| Daniel Ryan | C | 53 | 190 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .986 | 4.038 | 1 | |||
| Lawrence Ciesielski | C | 27 | 124 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .978 | 4.963 | 4 | |||
| Mike Mordarski | C | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chick King | OF | 153 | 395 | 16 | 13 | 2 | .969 | 2.686 | ||||
| Hal Simpson | OF | 128 | 241 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .977 | 1.953 | ||||
| Carl Linhart | OF | 120 | 209 | 13 | 5 | 3 | .978 | 1.850 | ||||
| Russ Sullivan | OF | 26 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .915 | 1.654 | ||||
| John Grice | OF | 23 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 2.174 | ||||
| Edward Marchefsky | P | 41 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.049 | ||||
| Jim Bunning | P | 34 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .913 | .618 | ||||
| Verne Williamson | P | 32 | 5 | 42 | 4 | 1 | .922 | 1.469 | ||||
| Milo Johnson | P | 31 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .897 | .839 | ||||
| Dick Hoeksema | P | 31 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .923 | .774 | ||||
| Thaddeus Kapuscinski | P | 29 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .586 | ||||
| Dutch McCall | P | 26 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .538 | ||||
| Kenneth Fremming | P | 24 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Arthur Edmunds | P | 22 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .591 | ||||
| Ivan Johannes | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roger Higgins | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ernest Lawrence | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Furlong | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ewell Utley | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Striegel | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Bullard | SS | 93 | 178 | 219 | 38 | 39 | .913 | 4.269 | ||||
| Frank Bolling | SS | 29 | 39 | 73 | 12 | 8 | .903 | 3.862 | ||||
| David Jaska | SS | 25 | 42 | 68 | 4 | 11 | .965 | 4.400 | ||||
| Maurice Mikesell | SS | 12 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 7 | .913 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1489 | 3574 | 1422 | 152 | 300 | .970 | 3.355 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
