1953 Fulton Lookouts Statistics
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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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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Ronald Foster | 21 | 13 | .618 | 4.57 | 45 | 28 | 246.0 | 270 | 165 | 125 | 16 | 98 | ||||||||||
Bob Sherman | 15 | 6 | .714 | 3.53 | 46 | 19 | 245.0 | 232 | 130 | 96 | 9 | 103 | ||||||||||
Robert Jones | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.45 | 8 | 6 | 55.0 | 50 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 16 | ||||||||||
Johnie Venable | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.47 | 14 | 11 | 83.0 | 68 | 42 | 32 | 4 | 36 | ||||||||||
Jimmy Dambach | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.99 | 8 | 7 | 56.3 | 70 | 33 | 25 | 4 | 31 | ||||||||||
Lewis Saum | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.22 | 21 | 8 | 85.3 | 116 | 77 | 59 | 7 | 29 | ||||||||||
Carl McGee | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.76 | 9 | 8 | 45.3 | 59 | 38 | 24 | 5 | 27 | ||||||||||
Edward Gaski | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6.23 | 11 | 5 | 52.0 | 59 | 43 | 36 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||||
Totals | 60 | 35 | .632 | 4.27 | 162 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 868.0 | 924 | 549 | 412 | 50 | 366 | 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 |
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Ned Waldrop | 105 | 431 | 431 | 149 | 27 | 7 | 14 | .346 | .346 | .538 | .884 | 232 | |||||||||||
Howard Weeks | 98 | 346 | 346 | 129 | 21 | 4 | 19 | .373 | .373 | .621 | .994 | 215 | |||||||||||
Edwin Ericksen | 118 | 461 | 461 | 127 | 21 | 6 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .347 | .623 | 160 | |||||||||||
Ernest Shotwell | 113 | 421 | 421 | 115 | 23 | 2 | 7 | .273 | .273 | .387 | .660 | 163 | |||||||||||
Joseph Uram | 103 | 403 | 403 | 102 | 16 | 3 | 5 | .253 | .253 | .345 | .598 | 139 | |||||||||||
Salvatore DeMatteis | 76 | 288 | 288 | 88 | 19 | 5 | 4 | .306 | .306 | .448 | .753 | 129 | |||||||||||
Dick Hartsell | 114 | 398 | 398 | 80 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .201 | .201 | .274 | .475 | 109 | |||||||||||
Samuel Lamitina | 84 | 224 | 224 | 71 | 26 | 5 | 4 | .317 | .317 | .531 | .848 | 119 | |||||||||||
George Fisher | 55 | 182 | 182 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .253 | .253 | .324 | .577 | 59 | |||||||||||
Ronald Foster | 73 | 151 | 151 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .272 | .272 | .384 | .656 | 58 | |||||||||||
Lowe Knowles | 42 | 152 | 152 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .270 | .270 | .408 | .678 | 62 | |||||||||||
Bob Sherman | 87 | 151 | 151 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .219 | .219 | .285 | .503 | 43 | |||||||||||
Harold Gaines | 20 | 68 | 68 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .412 | .662 | 28 | |||||||||||
Charles Moore | 17 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .321 | .393 | .714 | 11 | |||||||||||
Lewis Saum | 21 | 34 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .147 | .147 | .294 | 5 | |||||||||||
Dennis Fitzgerald | 13 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .148 | .148 | .222 | .370 | 6 | |||||||||||
Douglas Click | 10 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .393 | .536 | 11 | |||||||||||
Johnie Venable | 15 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .103 | .207 | 3 | |||||||||||
William Atkinson | 10 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | |||||||||||
Edward Gaski | 13 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .158 | .263 | 3 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1187 | 3855 | 3855 | 0 | 1068 | 201 | 51 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 | .277 | .404 | .681 | 1557 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
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Bob Sherman | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
Ronald Foster | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
Lewis Saum | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
Johnie Venable | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
Edward Gaski | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
Carl McGee | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
Robert Jones | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
Jimmy Dambach | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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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