1953 Sacramento Senators
Record: 74-70
Finish: 2nd in CL South Division
Runs Scored: 730
Runs Allowed: 726
Exp W-L: 72-72
 
Ballpark: Golden State Stadium
Attendance: 2,373,699
Manager:

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 54-73, 8th in the Pacific Coast League
AA: 69-58, 4th in the Pacific Coast League
A: 66-61, 5th in the Pacific Coast 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
RF *Mark Gendreau 28 140 505 85 188 39 0 11 79 2 1 51 46 .372 .430 .515 .944 97.8 20.0 2.3
2B *Francis Gaston 26 126 424 66 130 23 0 9 50 1 0 75 92 .307 .415 .425 .840 76.9 13.8 4.7
SS  Douglas Thornton 21 138 444 66 119 14 7 19 78 14 2 39 66 .268 .323 .459 .783 68.6 9.0 4.4
CF  Ronald Haefner 28 127 406 54 118 39 3 4 53 7 7 46 84 .291 .372 .431 .803 62.3 10.0 2.4
2B  Rupert Witty 25 119 405 65 120 27 5 8 64 11 5 34 89 .296 .355 .447 .802 60.2 9.1 3.5
1B #James Defrancisco 30 120 351 54 104 17 2 14 62 1 2 22 35 .296 .346 .476 .821 52.8 8.1 1.2
C #Jeremiah Patterson 33 89 298 41 76 18 1 13 42 2 4 29 59 .255 .319 .453 .772 42.2 5.2 4.1
LF *Michael Doane 32 85 281 51 80 22 0 10 59 0 0 36 41 .285 .365 .470 .835 47.3 7.4 1.5
1B  Gary Drake 26 85 259 29 74 12 1 2 26 0 2 22 25 .286 .346 .363 .709 31.0 3.8 1.0
CF *Rodney Martone 28 105 248 40 78 16 2 3 35 24 6 18 25 .315 .362 .431 .793 35.7 5.3 1.2
SS  Tyler Galentine 27 78 229 25 55 9 0 5 34 1 0 13 35 .240 .286 .345 .631 23.1 1.2 2.2
C  Santiago Sandoval 28 69 229 30 75 11 2 2 21 0 0 11 34 .328 .357 .419 .776 32.1 5.1 2.4
3B  Wallace Longley 28 88 194 19 41 10 3 3 37 1 1 20 36 .211 .284 .340 .624 17.8 0.6 1.6
RF *Michael Manges 29 80 164 30 41 7 0 0 12 1 2 15 24 .250 .321 .293 .613 16.1 0.9 0.5
CF  Carlos Duque 28 79 148 19 41 8 2 1 17 8 5 20 37 .277 .363 .378 .741 20.5 2.6 0.6
P  Harry Frink 27 36 98 4 6 4 0 0 2 1 1 3 38 .061 .089 .102 .191 -4.0 0.0 0.0
P  Kasey Cook 31 33 89 13 22 5 0 0 12 0 0 3 26 .247 .266 .303 .569 7.6 0.0 0.0
P *Richard Sanders 25 34 84 6 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 25 .155 .172 .167 .339 1.6 0.0 0.0
LF *Dale Garden 28 52 74 10 20 2 3 0 8 0 1 12 10 .270 .368 .378 .746 10.6 1.4 0.2
P #Austin Deel 25 22 60 6 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 18 .150 .215 .200 .415 1.3 0.0 0.0
C  John Hall 33 17 38 5 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 6 .289 .378 .316 .694 5.7 0.9 0.6
P #Earle Roberts 32 18 24 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .292 .320 .292 .612 2.2 0.1 0.0
P *Adam Rigdon 34 18 21 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .143 .182 .143 .325 0.2 0.0 0.0
1B  Tommy Lint 27 6 18 4 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .278 .444 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Richard Wild 27 28 11 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .182 .167 .273 .439 0.8 0.0 0.0
P *Clemente Vilas 21 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .100 .000 .100 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Brian Carey 29 58 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Thomas Fussell 31 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
C  Pedro Campana 37 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Markus McFadden 32 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Rosenbloom 26 48 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 1935 5122 730 1436 291 31 104 713 74 39 486 876 .280 .345 .410 .755 709.6 104.5 34.4
  Rank among 10 CL teams 1 7 3 2 10 8 7 10 1 2 4 4 3 8 6 6  
* - 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
 Harry Frink 27 16 12 .571 36 36 0 274.7 285 122 11 75 211 4.00 18.5
 Kasey Cook 31 17 11 .607 33 33 0 247.0 284 123 25 30 142 4.48 17.9
*Richard Sanders 25 13 16 .448 34 30 0 238.0 249 128 25 85 156 4.84 10.1
 Austin Deel 25 12 6 .667 22 22 0 165.3 190 72 14 29 66 3.92 12.9
 Brian Carey 29 3 3 .500 58 0 18 68.3 63 20 4 26 42 2.63 13.5
 Earle Roberts 32 4 5 .444 18 8 0 64.3 102 39 3 22 35 5.46 2.1
*Adam Rigdon 34 2 5 .286 18 8 0 64.3 88 37 6 26 29 5.18 1.8
 Mike Rosenbloom 26 1 5 .167 48 0 14 55.0 60 36 9 21 42 5.89 3.3
*Richard Wild 27 1 4 .200 28 3 0 54.7 68 37 8 24 35 6.09 0.8
*Markus McFadden 32 4 1 .800 25 0 0 30.7 38 15 3 10 19 4.40 2.2
*Clemente Vilas 21 1 2 .333 4 4 0 25.0 34 20 2 8 16 7.20 0.0
 Thomas Fussell 31 0 0 .000 6 0 0 10.7 14 8 1 8 3 6.75 0.0
Team Totals 28.3 74 70 .514 330 144 32 1298.0 1475 657 111 364 796 4.56 83.1
Rank among 10 CL teams 4 4 4 4 2 10 4 6 1 10 6  
* - 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 25.2
J.Patterson 721.7 82 84 461 71 19 1 .966 33.5
S.Sandoval 473.0 51 63 303 22 6 0 .982 14.6
J.Hall 103.3 11 17 57 8 0 0 1.000 44.4
Team Total 1298.0 144 164 821 101 25 1 .974 27.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.25
J.Defrancisco 691.0 67 109 768 57 9 60 .989 10.75
G.Drake 572.0 73 78 632 59 4 52 .994 10.87
T.Lint 34.0 4 4 37 1 1 5 .974 10.06
D.Garden 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1298.0 144 192 1440 117 14 117 .991 10.80
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.15
F.Gaston 955.7 107 116 205 355 6 74 .989 5.27
R.Witty 172.7 22 24 50 71 1 15 .992 6.31
D.Thornton 88.3 9 15 21 26 3 6 .940 4.79
W.Longley 80.3 6 18 19 35 2 6 .964 6.05
M.Doane 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1298.0 144 174 295 488 12 101 .985 5.43
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.56
R.Witty 752.0 88 95 55 182 14 13 .944 2.84
W.Longley 339.0 34 57 30 75 5 5 .955 2.79
D.Thornton 201.0 22 28 12 54 7 3 .904 2.96
T.Galentine 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
M.Doane 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1298.0 144 183 97 312 26 21 .940 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.51
D.Thornton 776.7 85 94 114 291 11 52 .974 4.69
T.Galentine 516.3 59 70 83 178 9 35 .967 4.55
W.Longley 5.0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.20
Team Total 1298.0 144 166 198 472 20 87 .971 4.65
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.06
M.Doane 645.0 78 80 152 5 1 1 .994 2.19
R.Haefner 230.0 28 34 53 4 1 0 .983 2.23
C.Duque 150.0 11 42 28 1 0 0 1.000 1.74
D.Garden 110.7 13 16 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.63
M.Gendreau 93.3 8 19 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
M.Manges 65.0 6 18 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
F.Gaston 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1298.0 144 212 277 10 2 1 .993 1.99
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.64
R.Haefner 678.3 84 90 190 6 2 0 .990 2.60
R.Martone 286.7 28 49 86 2 1 0 .989 2.76
M.Gendreau 215.7 22 32 60 1 0 1 1.000 2.55
C.Duque 100.3 10 15 32 1 1 0 .971 2.96
M.Manges 17.0 0 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
Team Total 1298.0 144 190 374 10 4 1 .990 2.66
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.13
M.Gendreau 781.0 86 88 189 3 3 0 .985 2.21
M.Manges 227.3 24 34 42 1 0 0 1.000 1.70
R.Martone 219.0 26 33 45 0 2 0 .957 1.85
C.Duque 70.7 8 8 13 0 1 0 .929 1.66
Team Total 1298.0 144 163 289 4 6 0 .980 2.03
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.97
H.Frink 274.7 36 36 28 50 6 4 .929 2.56
K.Cook 247.0 33 33 17 35 2 2 .963 1.89
R.Sanders 238.0 30 34 16 31 1 2 .979 1.78
A.Deel 165.3 22 22 11 32 1 0 .977 2.34
B.Carey 68.3 0 58 9 16 0 0 1.000 3.29
E.Roberts 64.3 8 18 2 8 1 0 .909 1.40
A.Rigdon 64.3 8 18 3 12 0 0 1.000 2.10
M.Rosenbloom 55.0 0 48 1 4 1 1 .833 0.82
R.Wild 54.7 3 28 5 11 0 1 1.000 2.63
M.McFadden 30.7 0 25 1 5 1 1 .857 1.76
C.Vilas 25.0 4 4 2 8 0 1 1.000 3.60
T.Fussell 10.7 0 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.53
Team Total 1298.0 144 330 96 214 13 12 .960 2.15
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Gendreau .372
On-Base Pct Gendreau .430
Slugging Pct Gendreau .515
OPS Gendreau .944
XR Gendreau 97.8
Games Gendreau 140
At-Bats Gendreau 505
Runs Gendreau 85
Hits Gendreau 188
Total Bases Gendreau 260
Singles Gendreau 138
Doubles Gendreau, Haefner 39
Triples Thornton 7
Homeruns Thornton 19
RBIs Gendreau 79
Stolen Bases Martone 24
Caught Stealing Haefner 7
Walks Gaston 75
Strikeouts Gaston 92
ERA Deel 3.92
Wins Cook 17
Losses Sanders 16
Winning Pct Deel .667
Saves Carey 18
Games Pitched Carey 58
Games Started Frink 36
Complete Games Frink 15
Shutouts Frink 2
Innings Pitched Frink 274.7
Hits Allowed Frink 285
Homeruns Allowed Cook, Sanders 25
Strikeouts Frink 211
Walks Allowed Sanders 85
Walks per 9IP Cook 1.1
Hits per 9IP Frink 9.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Frink 6.9
WHiP Cook 1.27
OAVG Frink .269
OOBP Cook .309
OSLG Frink .366
OOPS Frink .686
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Harry Frink $ 9,450,000
Kasey Cook $ 7,780,000
Mark Gendreau $ 6,600,000
Ronald Haefner $ 5,800,000
Carlos Duque $ 4,900,000
James Defrancisco $ 3,710,000
Earle Roberts $ 3,440,000
John Hall $ 3,280,000
Wallace Longley $ 3,060,000
Adam Rigdon $ 2,780,000
Santiago Sandoval $ 2,590,000
Francis Gaston $ 2,564,286
Jeremiah Patterson $ 2,080,000
Richard Sanders $ 1,664,286
Brian Carey $ 1,390,000
Rodney Martone $ 1,080,000
Tyler Galentine $ 1,021,429
Mike Rosenbloom $ 892,857
Michael Manges $ 630,000
Richard Wild $ 610,000
Dale Garden $ 527,000
Bryan Webster $ 410,000
David Ritchie $ 410,000
James Fortney $ 364,286
Gary Drake $ 350,000
Rupert Witty $ 350,000
Tommy Lint $ 350,000
Peter Beltran $ 350,000
Douglas Thornton $ 300,000
Clemente Vilas $ 300,000
Michael Doane $ 300,000
Austin Deel $ 300,000
Pedro Campana $ 300,000
Geraldo Bohorquez $ 300,000
Thomas Benites $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/23 Signed     Santiago Sandoval
3/1 Signed     Richard Wild
3/14 Signed     Michael Doane
3/14 Signed     Bartolo Collado
3/14 Signed     Pedro Campana
5/19 Traded Thomas Fussell Minneapolis Paul Millman
5/19 Traded Paul Millman Minneapolis Geraldo Bohorquez
Thomas Fussell
6/2 Released Thomas Fussell    
7/15 Released Markus Mcfadden    
7/23 Traded John Hall Houston Thomas Benites
Brian Scudder
7/23 Traded Brian Scudder Houston John Hall