1954 Fayetteville Highlanders Roster
Team Record: 86-51
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Hugh Taylor (0-0), Aaron Robinson (0-0)
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Pittman Stadium
Attendance: 74,304, Avg. 1,085
Playoffs - Fayetteville Highlanders 3 games, Durham Bulls 1
Finals - Fayetteville Highlanders 4 games, Burlington-Graham Pirates 1
The Fayetteville Highlanders of the Carolina League ended the 1954 season with a record of 86 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Highlanders scored 733 runs and yielded 615 runs. James Pokel walloped 38 home runs for Fayetteville, and Jack Hussey added 15 or more, too. Jack Hussey drove in 115 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .322. Albert Cleary led the team with 18 wins, while Jim Foxworth contributed 15 or more wins, too Claude Voiselle registered a 3.09 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Aaron Robinson played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Fayetteville Highlanders to do so.
Hugh Taylor and Aaron Robinson served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Dewey Benson | L | April 2, 1930 | 6'0" | 180 | ||
Larry Blue | ||||||
Joe Brookshire | R | January 17, 1929 | 5'9" | 150 | ||
Albert Cleary | R | R | 6'0" | 193 | ||
Kenneth Deal | R | R | August 30, 1927 | 6'2" | 174 | Gastonia, NC US |
Bill Fowler | March 12, 1928 | |||||
Jim Foxworth | R | R | March 3, 1925 | 6'0" | Johnsonville, SC US | |
Hiram Gonzalez | L | L | October 6, 1923 | 5'9" | 175 | La Habana, La Habana CU |
Harry Helmer | L | L | 6'0" | 170 | ||
Jack Hussey | R | 6'2" | 210 | |||
Arthur Jacobs | R | October 17, 1923 | 5'10" | 170 | McClure, IL US | |
Cole Jacobs | June 1, 1930 | |||||
Jim Kleckley | R | R | September 8, 1926 | 6'4" | 204 | West Columbia, SC US |
Robert Lyons | R | April 22, 1928 | 5'8" | 150 | ||
Salvador Massa | R | 5'10" | 170 | |||
Malcolm McKeithan | L | September 19, 1929 | 6'0" | 180 | ||
Gus Montalbano | R | July 11, 1927 | 5'10" | 180 | Bronx, NY US | |
James Pokel | L | L | March 30, 1928 | 5'11" | 210 | Plymouth, WI US |
Arthur Raynor | R | R | 6'2" | 180 | ||
Aaron Robinson | L | R | June 23, 1915 | 6'2" | 205 | Lancaster, SC US |
William Romano | R | 5'9" | 170 | |||
Gene Stewart | L | December 12, 1927 | 6'1" | 180 | ||
Frank Sulkowski | L | L | 5'11" | 180 | ||
John Sykes | R | March 28, 1926 | 5'11" | 175 | ||
Rudy Tanner | R | February 11, 1927 | 5'9" | 168 | ||
Hugh Taylor | R | 5'11" | 170 | |||
Claude Voiselle | R | R | August 24, 1924 | 6'1" | 210 | Ninety Six, SC US |
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.