1954 Johnson City Cardinals Roster
Team Record: 49-70
Finished 5th in the AL
Manager: Lee Peterson (0-0), Hal Contini (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
Ballpark: Keystone Field
Attendance: 22,553, Avg. 379
The Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League ended the 1954 season with a record of 49 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.
The Cardinals tallied 639 runs and yielded 776 runs. John Briggs led batters with significant playing time with a .302 average. Howie Nunn topped Johnson City with 11 wins and a team-best 4.4 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Howie Nunn played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Johnson City Cardinals to do so.
Lee Peterson and Hal Contini served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Briggs | R | R | 6'1" | 185 | ||
| Carl Brown | R | R | August 11, 1930 | 5'11" | 180 | |
| Warner Carmichael | December 7, 1934 | |||||
| Grady Chavis | L | R | October 18, 1933 | 5'11" | 178 | |
| Harold Conn | L | 6'0" | 195 | |||
| Hal Contini | R | 5'10" | 170 | |||
| Richard Czekaj | R | August 30, 1935 | 5'8" | 180 | Philadelphia, PA US | |
| Carl Dargay | ||||||
| Alfred Davis | R | R | March 1, 1936 | 5'10" | 200 | |
| Samuel DePaola | ||||||
| James Farmer | R | L | December 9, 1933 | 6'2" | 165 | Skene, MS US |
| Samuel Germano | R | 5'8" | 160 | |||
| Milton Green | R | 6'0" | 169 | |||
| James Hemric | L | R | September 27, 1935 | 5'11" | 175 | |
| Charles Hoffman | ||||||
| Ned Jilton | L | L | July 3, 1926 | 6'4" | 205 | |
| Eddie Johnson | R | R | October 21, 1934 | 6'0" | 180 | |
| Peter Johnson | L | 6'0" | 170 | |||
| Frank Marsh | ||||||
| Dave Masucci | R | R | October 11, 1935 | 5'11" | 180 | |
| Olan Matthews | ||||||
| Charles McCoy | R | January 26, 1934 | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| Thomas Moynihan | January 29, 1935 | |||||
| Howie Nunn | R | R | October 18, 1935 | 6'0" | 173 | Westfield, NC US |
| Joe Nunn | ||||||
| Jerome Parke | L | R | December 14, 1933 | 5'9" | 165 | |
| Lee Peterson | R | R | September 6, 1920 | 5'10" | 175 | |
| Eugene Poepsel | R | 6'1" | 175 | |||
| Tom Raimondo | July 1, 1934 | |||||
| Paul Rieder | November 23, 1934 | |||||
| Richard Royce | R | R | July 27, 1933 | 6'2" | 210 | Napa, CA US |
| Paul Schifferle | ||||||
| Bob Snell | April 22, 1933 | Kansas City, KS US | ||||
| John Sorrentino | R | R | 6'1" | 205 | ||
| Kreisler Speas | R | R | September 24, 1935 | 6'1" | 162 | |
| Richard Stanton | R | R | 6'0" | 172 | ||
| Ted Thiem | L | R | October 2, 1935 | 5'11" | 175 | Oakdale, NE US |
| James Thompson | ||||||
| John Valtin | ||||||
| Len Vingers | September 25, 1934 | |||||
| Paul Zimmerman | L |
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.
