1953 Monroe Sports Statistics
Team Record: 50-76
Finished 8th in the CSL
Manager: Fred Harrington (50-76)
Location: Monroe, Louisiana
Ballpark: Casino Park
Attendance: 40,918, Avg. 649
The Monroe Sports of the Cotton States League ended the 1953 season with a record of 50 wins and 76 losses, finishing eighth in the CSL.
The Sports scored 533 runs and allowed 630 runs. Fred Harrington paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .308 average. Hugh Blanton topped Monroe with 17 wins, while Marvin Hatcher registered a 2.86 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Fred Harrington served as manager.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Blanton | 17 | 14 | .548 | 3.18 | 41 | 29 | 229.0 | 205 | 111 | 81 | 4 | 116 | ||||||||||
| Marvin Hatcher | 13 | 16 | .448 | 2.86 | 45 | 28 | 249.0 | 241 | 114 | 79 | 10 | 95 | ||||||||||
| James Wingard | 6 | 12 | .333 | 3.58 | 31 | 18 | 176.0 | 171 | 90 | 70 | 10 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Claude White | 5 | 13 | .278 | 4.29 | 28 | 19 | 151.0 | 140 | 97 | 72 | 8 | 104 | ||||||||||
| Gene Summerlin | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.99 | 11 | 9 | 57.7 | 58 | 40 | 32 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Dale Myrland | 2 | 8 | .200 | 6.07 | 22 | 9 | 92.0 | 100 | 75 | 62 | 5 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 47 | 66 | .416 | 3.73 | 178 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 954.7 | 915 | 527 | 396 | 37 | 499 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Daehn | 123 | 487 | 487 | 148 | 33 | 12 | 7 | .304 | .304 | .464 | .768 | 226 | |||||||||||
| Fred Harrington | 121 | 428 | 428 | 132 | 23 | 9 | 2 | .308 | .308 | .418 | .727 | 179 | |||||||||||
| Reed Stephens | 116 | 398 | 398 | 99 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .249 | .249 | .312 | .560 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Bill Sharp | 112 | 399 | 399 | 83 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .208 | .208 | .256 | .464 | 102 | |||||||||||
| William Parsons | 79 | 256 | 256 | 68 | 12 | 6 | 2 | .266 | .266 | .383 | .648 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Rogers | 77 | 229 | 229 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .284 | .319 | .603 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Lewis Stutts | 76 | 232 | 232 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .241 | .241 | .267 | .509 | 62 | |||||||||||
| James Jaynes | 67 | 242 | 242 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .273 | .500 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Roman Bartkowski | 52 | 194 | 194 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .227 | .227 | .320 | .546 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Adrian Burk | 58 | 182 | 182 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .187 | .187 | .225 | .412 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Mack Cothren | 45 | 140 | 140 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .236 | .236 | .286 | .521 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Blanton | 47 | 94 | 94 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .255 | .255 | .362 | .617 | 34 | |||||||||||
| James Wingard | 41 | 77 | 77 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .299 | .558 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Marvin Hatcher | 46 | 86 | 86 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .221 | .221 | .233 | .453 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Gene Robinson | 14 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .325 | .625 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Dale Myrland | 27 | 41 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .293 | .293 | .341 | .634 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Claude White | 28 | 50 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .280 | .480 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Donald Goeken | 27 | 69 | 69 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .145 | .145 | .232 | .377 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Joe Edmonds | 14 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .304 | .500 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Gene Summerlin | 11 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Post | 16 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| William Thornhill | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1209 | 3739 | 3739 | 0 | 934 | 152 | 35 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .327 | .577 | 1222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Bartkowski | 1B | 51 | 442 | 29 | 6 | .987 | 9.235 | |
| Adrian Burk | 1B | 46 | 386 | 39 | 9 | .979 | 9.239 | |
| Joe Edmonds | 1B | 12 | 93 | 8 | 4 | .962 | 8.417 | |
| Bill Sharp | 2B | 106 | 289 | 294 | 25 | .959 | 5.500 | |
| Reed Stephens | 3B | 102 | 128 | 185 | 34 | .902 | 3.069 | |
| Raymond Rogers | C | 72 | 335 | 35 | 16 | .959 | 5.139 | |
| Mack Cothren | C | 44 | 208 | 27 | 14 | .944 | 5.341 | |
| Donald Goeken | C | 26 | 116 | 14 | 6 | .956 | 5.000 | |
| Nelson Daehn | OF | 123 | 302 | 17 | 14 | .958 | 2.593 | |
| William Parsons | OF | 79 | 105 | 9 | 8 | .934 | 1.443 | |
| James Jaynes | OF | 43 | 62 | 2 | 6 | .914 | 1.488 | |
| Lewis Stutts | OF | 32 | 45 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 1.438 | |
| Gene Robinson | OF | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .882 | 1.250 | |
| Marvin Hatcher | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Hugh Blanton | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| James Wingard | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Claude White | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Dale Myrland | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Summerlin | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Harrington | SS | 120 | 268 | 373 | 41 | .940 | 5.342 | |
| Totals | 1046 | 2791 | 1036 | 187 | 0 | .953 | 3.659 |
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.
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