1953 Phoenix Senators Statistics
Team Record: 58-82
Finished 6th in the AAL
Manager: Buck Elliott (58-82)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 49,270, Avg. 704
The Phoenix Senators of the Arizona-Texas League ended the 1953 season with a record of 58 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the AAL.
The Senators scored 905 runs and yielded 1026 runs, most in the circuit. Robert Brown led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .335. Don Cantrell topped Phoenix with 20 wins and a team-best 4.25 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Gordie Windhorn and Ford Smith both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Buck Elliott 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Cantrell | 20 | 9 | .690 | 4.25 | 34 | 30 | 252.0 | 268 | 158 | 119 | 17 | 122 | ||||||||||
| Ford Smith | 11 | 14 | .440 | 5.65 | 33 | 25 | 199.0 | 255 | 153 | 125 | 9 | 84 | ||||||||||
| Donald Jones | 8 | 15 | .348 | 5.44 | 39 | 24 | 202.0 | 255 | 158 | 122 | 21 | 107 | ||||||||||
| Edmund Greicius | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.87 | 14 | 13 | 81.3 | 79 | 56 | 44 | 3 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Richard Smith | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.64 | 16 | 14 | 97.0 | 100 | 67 | 50 | 6 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Ron Hagler | 3 | 10 | .231 | 6.84 | 17 | 9 | 79.0 | 119 | 90 | 60 | 5 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Orval McElrath | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.17 | 14 | 1 | 54.0 | 81 | 67 | 49 | 4 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 54 | 63 | .462 | 5.31 | 167 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 964.3 | 1157 | 749 | 569 | 65 | 535 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Brown | 140 | 555 | 555 | 186 | 32 | 6 | 27 | .335 | .335 | .560 | .895 | 311 | |||||||||||
| Gordie Windhorn | 121 | 528 | 528 | 168 | 18 | 4 | 15 | .318 | .318 | .453 | .771 | 239 | |||||||||||
| Buck Elliott | 131 | 457 | 457 | 150 | 36 | 3 | 17 | .328 | .328 | .532 | .860 | 243 | |||||||||||
| Robert Ayres | 123 | 477 | 477 | 122 | 14 | 10 | 6 | .256 | .256 | .365 | .621 | 174 | |||||||||||
| Reginaldo Grenald | 68 | 268 | 268 | 91 | 18 | 6 | 9 | .340 | .340 | .552 | .892 | 148 | |||||||||||
| Robert Howard | 126 | 394 | 394 | 69 | 19 | 3 | 9 | .175 | .175 | .307 | .482 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Edmund Greicius | 65 | 212 | 212 | 67 | 17 | 7 | 6 | .316 | .316 | .547 | .863 | 116 | |||||||||||
| Don Trower | 39 | 161 | 161 | 64 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .398 | .398 | .540 | .938 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Jack Popovich | 57 | 219 | 219 | 61 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .279 | .279 | .356 | .635 | 78 | |||||||||||
| Charles Lindberg | 74 | 274 | 274 | 59 | 8 | 4 | 7 | .215 | .215 | .350 | .566 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Al Casino | 54 | 193 | 193 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .290 | .290 | .399 | .689 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Allan Bolen | 49 | 180 | 180 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .233 | .233 | .361 | .594 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Del Johnston | 49 | 184 | 184 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .228 | .228 | .342 | .571 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Don Cantrell | 35 | 118 | 118 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .305 | .305 | .347 | .653 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Ford Smith | 56 | 114 | 114 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .263 | .263 | .360 | .623 | 41 | |||||||||||
| John Benson | 26 | 89 | 89 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .315 | .315 | .393 | .708 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Marty Hairabedian | 31 | 110 | 110 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .236 | .236 | .318 | .555 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Stan Kulka | 39 | 78 | 78 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .179 | .179 | .256 | .436 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Donald Jones | 40 | 74 | 74 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .189 | .365 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Don Land | 14 | 40 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .275 | .275 | .425 | .700 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Richard Smith | 19 | 37 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .270 | .514 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Ron Hagler | 18 | 34 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .147 | .147 | .294 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Patrick Carlin | 14 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Orval McElrath | 15 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Humberto Morales | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1415 | 4846 | 4846 | 0 | 1358 | 246 | 56 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .280 | .422 | .702 | 2046 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Elliott | 1B | 125 | 989 | 44 | 22 | .979 | 8.264 | |
| Robert Ayres | 2B | 92 | 226 | 218 | 39 | .919 | 4.826 | |
| Don Trower | 2B | 39 | 143 | 119 | 16 | .942 | 6.718 | |
| Del Johnston | 3B | 48 | 44 | 103 | 21 | .875 | 3.062 | |
| Reginaldo Grenald | 3B | 40 | 51 | 81 | 15 | .898 | 3.300 | |
| Marty Hairabedian | 3B | 19 | 17 | 28 | 10 | .818 | 2.368 | |
| Robert Howard | C | 125 | 673 | 100 | 26 | .967 | 6.184 | |
| Stan Kulka | C | 34 | 104 | 9 | 9 | .926 | 3.324 | |
| Patrick Carlin | C | 10 | 23 | 2 | 4 | .862 | 2.500 | |
| Robert Brown | OF | 138 | 233 | 15 | 15 | .943 | 1.797 | |
| Gordie Windhorn | OF | 121 | 318 | 13 | 17 | .951 | 2.736 | |
| Jack Popovich | OF | 52 | 111 | 6 | 5 | .959 | 2.250 | |
| Edmund Greicius | OF | 39 | 81 | 3 | 8 | .913 | 2.154 | |
| Al Casino | OF | 36 | 63 | 8 | 3 | .959 | 1.972 | |
| Donald Jones | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Don Cantrell | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Ford Smith | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Hagler | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Smith | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Orval McElrath | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Lindberg | SS | 73 | 109 | 204 | 40 | .887 | 4.288 | |
| Allan Bolen | SS | 43 | 68 | 128 | 22 | .899 | 4.558 | |
| John Benson | SS | 18 | 42 | 46 | 13 | .871 | 4.889 | |
| Totals | 1205 | 3295 | 1127 | 285 | 0 | .939 | 3.670 |
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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