1953 Kansas City Jacks
Record: 57-87
Finish: 5th in PL North Division
Runs Scored: 677
Runs Allowed: 862
Exp W-L: 56-88
 
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,586,953
Manager: The Epic

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-47, 1st in the Pioneer League
AA: 59-67, 7th in the Pioneer League
A: 59-67, 7th in the Pioneer League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B  Vinny Velazquez 29 138 483 105 137 38 7 18 91 16 12 87 51 .284 .405 .503 .909 99.1 15.0 4.7
CF *Manny Anguita 29 140 543 82 179 33 8 13 90 19 30 42 51 .330 .378 .492 .870 86.5 11.7 2.7
2B #Edward Shiflett 30 125 497 81 151 38 5 8 48 36 21 46 87 .304 .361 .449 .810 77.7 10.0 3.4
C #Luis Villalba 32 128 478 83 163 39 5 8 63 6 2 55 57 .341 .411 .494 .905 88.8 14.7 7.2
2B  James Mickel 25 133 472 66 119 33 6 5 48 36 12 42 112 .252 .316 .379 .695 57.7 4.9 3.0
CF  William Fraley 26 117 383 43 104 17 7 4 47 14 9 26 76 .272 .318 .384 .702 45.8 3.7 1.8
1B  Cristobal Evangelista 34 118 340 50 83 14 1 22 68 0 0 45 70 .244 .336 .485 .821 55.7 6.1 0.8
RF  Brian Ropp 31 112 340 31 77 22 3 5 43 11 2 26 75 .226 .280 .353 .633 33.0 0.7 1.5
CF  James Fabela 22 71 271 37 82 24 3 0 35 17 4 21 40 .303 .354 .413 .767 37.8 4.7 1.2
1B #Daniel St. George 27 98 215 27 65 21 1 5 45 0 0 29 31 .302 .383 .479 .862 38.2 5.6 0.5
SS #Ricky Casiano 29 85 163 16 44 9 0 2 21 5 4 13 22 .270 .324 .362 .686 16.8 0.8 1.1
C  Jonathan Bianchi 30 58 141 19 40 10 2 1 17 1 0 9 26 .284 .320 .404 .725 17.8 1.7 2.3
P  Osvaldo Valtierra 29 40 106 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 39 .019 .070 .038 .108 -5.9 0.0 0.0
CF *Peter Elizalde 23 35 101 7 21 4 0 0 6 5 0 11 18 .208 .286 .248 .533 7.9 0.0 0.6
P  Matt Freeborn 32 32 94 6 17 5 0 0 8 0 0 3 29 .181 .206 .234 .440 2.9 0.0 0.0
1B *Anthony Bergh 35 58 76 8 12 4 0 2 9 1 0 4 20 .158 .207 .289 .497 4.4 0.0 0.1
P  Wilber Gullett 32 17 39 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 3 14 .128 .205 .154 .358 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  James Blazek 21 15 34 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 13 .206 .289 .235 .525 2.6 0.0 0.0
P  Earl Griffin 29 16 33 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 12 .061 .061 .152 .212 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Christian Schwandt 25 15 29 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .069 .156 .069 .225 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Andrew Hong 19 9 23 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .130 .167 .130 .297 0.0 0.0 0.0
LF  Daniel Johnson 37 13 19 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 .211 .348 .316 .664 2.4 0.1 0.1
P *Elbert Dickerman 31 36 13 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .231 .231 .462 .692 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Walter Pegram 27 38 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Andrew Allen 25 59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *James George 26 37 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.3 1743 4901 677 1323 319 49 94 656 167 97 480 865 .270 .337 .413 .750 670.8 79.7 30.9
  Rank among 10 PL teams 10 9 10 2 2 8 9 8 9 9 8 9 9 8 8 9  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Osvaldo Valtierra 29 13 17 .433 40 40 0 297.7 358 176 27 71 201 5.32 12.5
 Matt Freeborn 32 17 11 .607 32 32 0 240.0 267 108 16 92 139 4.05 21.9
 Wilber Gullett 32 3 12 .200 17 17 0 106.0 167 94 11 39 42 7.98 0.0
 Christian Schwandt 25 7 4 .636 15 15 0 100.7 94 46 11 38 78 4.11 8.5
 Earl Griffin 29 1 10 .091 16 14 0 93.7 104 60 17 52 50 5.77 2.0
 James Blazek 21 4 9 .308 15 14 0 88.0 112 66 9 53 33 6.75 0.3
*Elbert Dickerman 31 2 4 .333 36 5 0 69.0 73 42 5 31 29 5.48 3.7
 Andrew Allen 25 0 3 .000 59 0 4 61.0 68 39 9 29 45 5.75 3.0
 Walter Pegram 27 2 2 .500 38 0 1 55.7 69 32 11 14 19 5.17 3.2
 Andrew Hong 19 2 5 .286 9 7 0 52.7 66 41 9 45 34 7.01 0.0
 Shelby Brinn 32 4 10 .286 50 0 25 45.3 59 32 6 29 33 6.35 2.6
 James George 26 1 0 1.000 36 0 0 38.7 60 28 3 11 21 6.52 0.5
*Gary Lynch 29 1 0 1.000 17 0 0 13.3 15 3 1 3 7 2.03 2.3
Team Totals 27.5 57 87 .396 380 144 30 1261.6 1512 767 135 507 731 5.47 60.4
Rank among 10 PL teams 10 10 6 10 10 9 7 9 5 9 9  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 26.8
L.Villalba 981.7 111 116 580 92 11 0 .984 36.6
J.Bianchi 280.0 33 34 197 25 3 0 .987 28.3
Team Total 1261.7 144 150 777 117 14 0 .985 34.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 10.03
C.Evangelista 792.3 100 103 880 63 3 75 .997 10.71
D.St. George 371.7 35 68 396 26 6 46 .986 10.22
A.Bergh 96.7 9 22 105 6 1 8 .991 10.34
J.Bianchi 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1261.7 144 194 1383 95 10 129 .993 10.54
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.23
E.Shiflett 939.0 109 110 235 379 22 81 .965 5.88
J.Mickel 180.7 21 21 44 67 0 15 1.000 5.53
L.Villalba 62.0 7 7 15 25 3 9 .930 5.81
D.St. George 49.3 5 6 18 12 0 3 1.000 5.47
V.Velazquez 8.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38
M.Anguita 8.0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1.000 6.75
J.Bianchi 6.7 0 1 3 3 0 2 1.000 8.11
R.Casiano 6.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Evangelista 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1261.7 144 149 322 493 25 111 .970 5.81
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .943 2.42
V.Velazquez 1181.0 135 135 81 282 20 29 .948 2.77
R.Casiano 80.7 9 11 2 17 3 2 .864 2.12
Team Total 1261.7 144 146 83 299 23 31 .943 2.72
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.54
J.Mickel 895.3 109 110 152 318 31 53 .938 4.72
R.Casiano 245.0 21 45 48 97 6 21 .960 5.33
E.Shiflett 117.3 14 14 34 39 2 10 .973 5.60
A.Bergh 4.0 0 1 2 2 1 2 .800 9.00
Team Total 1261.7 144 170 236 456 40 86 .945 4.94
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.13
J.Fabela 533.0 62 62 119 5 3 0 .976 2.09
W.Fraley 384.0 45 46 89 4 2 0 .979 2.18
M.Anguita 263.3 30 30 55 1 0 0 1.000 1.91
D.Johnson 46.0 4 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
D.St. George 20.3 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.89
L.Villalba 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
B.Ropp 7.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1261.7 144 153 276 10 5 0 .983 2.04
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.75
M.Anguita 905.3 104 106 253 3 4 0 .985 2.54
P.Elizalde 256.3 30 32 73 0 0 0 1.000 2.56
B.Ropp 76.0 9 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
W.Fraley 24.0 1 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1261.7 144 156 348 3 4 0 .989 2.50
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.25
B.Ropp 685.3 75 89 163 5 1 0 .994 2.21
W.Fraley 492.3 60 61 104 5 1 0 .991 1.99
J.Fabela 80.0 9 9 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Bergh 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Casiano 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1261.7 144 162 287 11 2 0 .993 2.13
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.04
O.Valtierra 297.7 40 40 19 51 6 5 .921 2.12
M.Freeborn 240.0 32 32 11 46 4 4 .934 2.14
W.Gullett 106.0 17 17 5 15 0 0 1.000 1.70
C.Schwandt 100.7 15 15 6 23 1 1 .967 2.59
E.Griffin 93.7 14 16 2 13 1 2 .938 1.44
J.Blazek 88.0 14 15 6 16 2 1 .917 2.25
E.Dickerman 69.0 5 36 4 12 1 1 .941 2.09
A.Allen 61.0 0 59 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.48
W.Pegram 55.7 0 38 2 13 0 2 1.000 2.43
A.Hong 52.7 7 9 1 7 1 0 .889 1.37
S.Brinn 45.3 0 50 0 5 0 1 1.000 0.99
J.George 38.7 0 36 4 9 1 1 .929 3.03
G.Lynch 13.3 0 17 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1261.6 144 380 63 221 17 18 .944 2.03
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Villalba .341
On-Base Pct Villalba .411
Slugging Pct Velazquez .503
OPS Velazquez .909
XR Velazquez 99.1
Games Anguita 140
At-Bats Anguita 543
Runs Velazquez 105
Hits Anguita 179
Total Bases Anguita 267
Singles Anguita 125
Doubles Villalba 39
Triples Anguita 8
Homeruns Evangelista 22
RBIs Velazquez 91
Stolen Bases Mickel, Shiflett 36
Caught Stealing Anguita 30
Walks Velazquez 87
Strikeouts Mickel 112
ERA Freeborn 4.05
Wins Freeborn 17
Losses Valtierra 17
Winning Pct Freeborn .607
Saves Brinn 25
Games Pitched Allen 59
Games Started Valtierra 40
Complete Games Freeborn 12
Shutouts Freeborn, Griffin, Valtierra 1
Innings Pitched Valtierra 297.7
Hits Allowed Valtierra 358
Homeruns Allowed Valtierra 27
Strikeouts Valtierra 201
Walks Allowed Freeborn 92
Walks per 9IP Valtierra 2.1
Hits per 9IP Freeborn 10.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Valtierra 6.1
WHiP Valtierra 1.44
OAVG Freeborn .286
OOBP Valtierra .338
OSLG Freeborn .397
OOPS Freeborn .745
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Vinny Velazquez $ 6,770,000
Manny Anguita $ 6,770,000
Luis Villalba $ 6,340,000
Osvaldo Valtierra $ 6,220,000
Cristobal Evangelista $ 4,060,000
Matt Freeborn $ 2,600,000
Daniel St. George $ 2,360,000
Edward Shiflett $ 1,430,000
Elbert Dickerman $ 1,390,000
Gary Lynch $ 1,390,000
Shelby Brinn $ 1,210,000
Brian Ropp $ 550,000
Ricky Casiano $ 520,000
Anthony Bergh $ 490,000
Victor Marlow $ 450,000
Walter Pegram $ 421,429
Shaun Whipple $ 380,000
Jonathan Bianchi $ 375,000
Chad East $ 350,000
Earl Griffin $ 350,000
James George $ 350,000
Peter Elizalde $ 300,000
James Fabela $ 300,000
William Fraley $ 300,000
Andrew Hong $ 300,000
Andrew Allen $ 300,000
James Mickel $ 300,000
James Blazek $ 300,000
Christian Schwandt $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/16 Signed     Bill Walz
2/22 Signed     Andrew Laforest
2/24 Signed     Bill Bañuelos
2/27 Signed     Robert Raines
2/27 Signed     Paul Smith
4/14 Released Paul Smith    
4/14 Released Bill Walz    
4/14 Released Robert Raines    
4/14 Released Bill Bañuelos    
4/14 Released Andrew Laforest    
7/7 Released Wilber Gullett    
7/7 Released Daniel Johnson