1953 Meridian Millers Statistics
Team Record: 79-46
Finished 1st in the CSL
Manager: Tod Davis (79-46)
Location: Meridian, Mississippi
Ballpark: Buckwalter Stadium
Attendance: 59,514, Avg. 952
Playoffs - Meridian Millers 4 games, Jackson Senators 2
Finals - Meridian Millers 4 games, El Dorado Oilers 0
The Meridian Millers of the Cotton States League ended the 1953 season with a record of 79 wins and 46 losses, finishing first in the CSL.
The Millers led the league with 730 runs. Meridian allowed 552 runs, least in the league. Hugh Glaze paced all regular batters by hitting .355. Bobby Harrison topped the team with 19 wins and a team-best 2.15 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Anse Moore played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Meridian Millers to do so.
Tod Davis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Harrison | 19 | 8 | .704 | 2.15 | 33 | 29 | 247.0 | 218 | 86 | 59 | 12 | 46 | ||||||||||
| James Dupuy | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.03 | 29 | 24 | 190.0 | 158 | 77 | 64 | 7 | 107 | ||||||||||
| Charles Gross | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.43 | 22 | 17 | 165.3 | 178 | 91 | 63 | 10 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Leamond Alford | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.05 | 23 | 15 | 129.0 | 133 | 71 | 58 | 16 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Kopach | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.98 | 22 | 14 | 120.0 | 133 | 72 | 53 | 10 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Thomas White | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.77 | 11 | 6 | 45.3 | 50 | 30 | 19 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 35 | .643 | 3.17 | 140 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 896.7 | 870 | 427 | 316 | 56 | 316 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Glaze | 111 | 428 | 428 | 152 | 19 | 5 | 2 | .355 | .355 | .437 | .792 | 187 | |||||||||||
| Gene Pompelia | 118 | 461 | 461 | 148 | 29 | 4 | 7 | .321 | .321 | .447 | .768 | 206 | |||||||||||
| William Lewis | 113 | 416 | 416 | 123 | 26 | 1 | 13 | .296 | .296 | .457 | .752 | 190 | |||||||||||
| Dolph Regelsky | 111 | 401 | 401 | 116 | 18 | 4 | 19 | .289 | .289 | .496 | .786 | 199 | |||||||||||
| Wendell Forbes | 107 | 368 | 368 | 102 | 23 | 1 | 8 | .277 | .277 | .410 | .688 | 151 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Davis | 97 | 305 | 305 | 83 | 18 | 3 | 11 | .272 | .272 | .459 | .731 | 140 | |||||||||||
| Jerrel Harrod | 94 | 315 | 315 | 79 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .251 | .251 | .321 | .571 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Robert Christiansen | 93 | 311 | 311 | 72 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .232 | .232 | .267 | .498 | 83 | |||||||||||
| Irvin Giordanengo | 61 | 149 | 149 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .268 | .268 | .383 | .651 | 57 | |||||||||||
| William Mullineaux | 54 | 168 | 168 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .226 | .274 | .500 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Harrison | 38 | 110 | 110 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .236 | .236 | .436 | .673 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Ray Rogers | 17 | 58 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .259 | .500 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Cyril Trofholz | 22 | 62 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .210 | .210 | .290 | .500 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Lindy Callahan | 13 | 43 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .349 | .605 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Charles Gross | 24 | 68 | 68 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .147 | .162 | .309 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Van Huppert | 13 | 33 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .242 | .455 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Kopach | 22 | 41 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .146 | .146 | .268 | .415 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Leamond Alford | 23 | 47 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .128 | .149 | .277 | 7 | |||||||||||
| James Dupuy | 30 | 62 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .065 | .065 | .081 | .145 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Thomas White | 11 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1172 | 3861 | 3861 | 0 | 1051 | 178 | 24 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .272 | .388 | .660 | 1499 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Huppert | 1B | 12 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.833 | |
| Hugh Glaze | 2B | 104 | 274 | 294 | 13 | .978 | 5.462 | |
| Wendell Forbes | 3B | 91 | 94 | 176 | 20 | .931 | 2.967 | |
| Irvin Giordanengo | 3B | 33 | 27 | 57 | 10 | .894 | 2.545 | |
| William Lewis | C | 112 | 587 | 66 | 10 | .985 | 5.830 | |
| Gene Pompelia | OF | 118 | 299 | 20 | 9 | .973 | 2.703 | |
| Robert Christiansen | OF | 93 | 178 | 11 | 7 | .964 | 2.032 | |
| Jerrel Harrod | OF | 85 | 112 | 7 | 7 | .944 | 1.400 | |
| Thomas Davis | OF | 46 | 80 | 4 | 3 | .966 | 1.826 | |
| Cyril Trofholz | OF | 19 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.263 | |
| Lindy Callahan | OF | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.538 | |
| Bobby Harrison | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| James Dupuy | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Leamond Alford | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Kopach | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Gross | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas White | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Dolph Regelsky | SS | 111 | 168 | 368 | 29 | .949 | 4.829 | |
| Totals | 977 | 1938 | 1010 | 108 | 0 | .965 | 3.017 |
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.
