1954 Cocoa Indians Roster
Team Record: 60-76
Finished 5th in the FSL
Manager: Bama Rowell (0-0), Bill Steinecke (0-0)
Location: Cocoa, Florida
Ballpark: Charles D. Provost Park
Attendance: 32,427, Avg. 477
The Cocoa Indians of the Florida State League ended the 1954 season with a record of 60 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the FSL.
The Indians plated 748 runs and surrendered 793 runs. Robert Strunak accounted for 62 RBI. Domingo Lopez led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .289 average. Neil Roberts topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.32 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Bama Rowell played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Cocoa Indians to do so.
Bama Rowell and Bill Steinecke served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Ayon | January 10, 1933 | |||||
| Donald Battle | R | 6'1" | 185 | |||
| Mitchell Bell | ||||||
| Kenneth Benjamin | ||||||
| Robert Brown | ||||||
| Leroy Browning | R | R | January 18, 1930 | 5'8" | 170 | |
| Anthony Castelli | ||||||
| John Chrysler | September 28, 1935 | |||||
| Stuart Cloos | R | R | 5'11" | 170 | ||
| Don Cole | ||||||
| Tom Cole | R | R | November 28, 1930 | 5'10" | 160 | Flint, MI US |
| Enrique Collantes | R | R | 5'8" | 168 | ||
| Carmen Corbissero | ||||||
| Thomas Council | ||||||
| Crackin | ||||||
| Donald Crosson | R | R | 5'11" | 170 | ||
| Donald Cruz | S | April 22, 1935 | 6'0" | 165 | ||
| Charles Distefano | ||||||
| Donald Distefano | ||||||
| Joe Drach | R | R | October 22, 1930 | 5'11" | 165 | |
| Phillip Filiatrault | ||||||
| Don Ford | R | July 23, 1925 | 5'11" | 170 | ||
| Orlando Gonzalez | R | July 11, 1936 | 6'1" | 175 | ||
| Charles Greenhill | R | 6'1" | 205 | |||
| Bascom Hamm | R | R | 6'5" | 220 | ||
| Frank Hegy | ||||||
| Vance Holland | ||||||
| Thomas Lauderdale | 6'0" | 200 | ||||
| Domingo Lopez | R | 6'2" | 180 | |||
| Francisco Lopez | R | L | 5'10" | 158 | ||
| William Lovett | August 18, 1932 | |||||
| Frank Mahon | R | R | April 26, 1916 | 6'1" | 168 | St. Louis, MO US |
| Ron Marston | R | R | July 3, 1934 | 5'9" | 170 | |
| James McCrary | R | October 15, 1929 | 5'7" | 148 | Lexington, NC US | |
| Fletcher McRoy | ||||||
| Kirk Moran | November 26, 1931 | |||||
| James Mullen | L | 6'0" | 180 | |||
| Richard Narva | ||||||
| Tony Pacheco | R | R | July 9, 1927 | 6'0" | 185 | Punta Brava, La Habana CU |
| William Patriss | R | 5'10" | 175 | |||
| David Perkins | R | L | 5'11" | 155 | ||
| Frank Picone | ||||||
| Glen Prescott | L | 5'10" | 180 | |||
| Edwin Reagin | R | 6'0" | 187 | |||
| Albert Roberts | ||||||
| Neil Roberts | R | R | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| Ramon Rodriguez | R | R | 6'1" | 210 | ||
| Bama Rowell | L | R | January 13, 1916 | 5'11" | 185 | Citronelle, AL US |
| William Shuryn | R | R | March 8, 1934 | 6'1" | 180 | |
| Harold Snypes | ||||||
| Clyde Stevens | R | R | 6'1" | 200 | ||
| Robert Strunak | L | 6'0" | 190 | |||
| Robert Sweet | ||||||
| Ralph Tirado | R | R | June 15, 1932 | 5'11" | 175 | New York City, NY US |
| Howard Tresp | R | R | 6'0" | 170 | ||
| Larry Tuck | R | 5'11" | 208 | |||
| Albert Turner | Hyman, SC US | |||||
| Victor Vick | R | R | July 7, 1934 | 6'4" | 176 | |
| Benjamin Wilkins | R | 6'3" | 210 | |||
| William Williams | R | 5'11" | 180 | |||
| Charles Xiques | August 28, 1933 |
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.
