1953 Fulton Lookouts Roster
Team Record: 70-50
Finished 1st in the KITL
Manager: Samuel Lamitina (70-50)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Fulton, Kentucky
Ballpark: Fairfield Park
Attendance: 27,473, Avg. 458
Playoffs - Fulton Lookouts 2 games, Hopkinsville Hoppers 1
Finals - Paducah Chiefs 3 games, Fulton Lookouts 0
The Fulton Lookouts of the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League ended the 1953 season with a record of 70 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the KITL.
The Lookouts scored 810 runs and surrendered 744 runs. Howard Weeks led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .373. Ronald Foster topped Fulton with 21 wins, while Bob Sherman, too added 15 or more wins, too Bob Sherman recorded a 3.53 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Samuel Lamitina served as manager.
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Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Jerry Alsup | L | L | June 5, 1933 | 5'8" | 155 | |
William Atkinson | R | R | 6'0" | 150 | ||
Leon AuBuchon | R | R | October 8, 1933 | 6'0" | 175 | |
William Black | L | R | January 25, 1933 | 5'10" | 170 | Altoona, PA US |
Albert Brown | L | R | 6'0" | 170 | ||
Kent Burgess | ||||||
Douglas Click | L | 6'3" | 170 | |||
Danny Cookman | ||||||
Jimmy Dambach | September 21, 1926 | 192 | ||||
Christopher DeAngelo | ||||||
Salvatore DeMatteis | R | 5'10" | 170 | |||
Edwin Ericksen | R | March 31, 1930 | 5'11" | 170 | ||
Alden Fetherman | November 6, 1934 | |||||
George Fisher | R | 5'11" | 184 | |||
Dennis Fitzgerald | ||||||
Forrester | ||||||
Ronald Foster | L | R | January 12, 1934 | 6'0" | 168 | |
Harold Gaines | ||||||
Edward Gaski | R | R | 6'0" | 185 | ||
Dick Hartsell | R | November 27, 1930 | 5'10" | 169 | ||
Robert Jones | ||||||
Lowe Knowles | ||||||
Samuel Lamitina | R | 5'11" | 190 | |||
Carl McGee | ||||||
Charles Moore | ||||||
Thomas Moore | ||||||
Joseph Powell | ||||||
Charles Raich | R | R | 6'0" | 190 | ||
Lewis Saum | R | R | December 19, 1933 | 6'3" | 189 | |
James Scott | L | 6'0" | 190 | |||
Bob Sherman | R | L | April 5, 1931 | 6'0" | 184 | Middleboro, MA US |
Ernest Shotwell | L | 6'2" | 185 | |||
Joseph Uram | R | 6'2" | 181 | |||
Johnie Venable | L | R | October 26, 1935 | 6'1" | 185 | |
Ned Waldrop | L | L | October 3, 1922 | 6'3" | 215 | Rutherfordton, NC US |
Howard Weeks | L | L | April 7, 1920 | 6'0" | 185 |
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.