1954 St. Petersburg Saints Roster
Team Record: 64-37
Finished 1st in the FIL
Manager: Rudy Laskowski (64-37)
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 30,759, Avg. 609
The St. Petersburg Saints of the Florida International League ended the 1954 season with a record of 64 wins and 37 losses, finishing first in the FIL.
The Saints plated 598 runs and conceded 497 runs. Neb Wilson paced St. Petersburg with 20 home runs and drove in 109 runs. Eugene Krupp led hitters with significant playing time with a .332 average. Stan Milankovich topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.74 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Bobo Holloman played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the St. Petersburg Saints to do so.
Rudy Laskowski served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Blackburn | R | L | May 18, 1930 | 5'11" | 215 | Mount Airy, NC US |
| Gerald Brackett | R | R | January 26, 1932 | 6'0" | 170 | Cleveland County, NC US |
| Carmen Corbissero | ||||||
| Jefferson Davis | L | R | April 12, 1929 | 6'3" | 10 | |
| Richard Detoia | R | 6'1" | 185 | |||
| Junior Dodgin | R | 5'11" | 165 | |||
| James Gingerella | R | 5'9" | 180 | |||
| Max Gnagy | L | R | 5'11" | 160 | ||
| Hiram Gonzalez | L | L | October 6, 1923 | 5'9" | 175 | La Habana, La Habana CU |
| Bobo Holloman | R | R | March 7, 1923 | 6'2" | 207 | Thomaston, GA US |
| Richard Huggins | R | 5'11" | 188 | |||
| Denis Jent | L | L | January 17, 1930 | 6'0" | 160 | |
| LeRoy Johnson | L | L | 6'3" | 210 | ||
| Dick Kobilarcik | R | 6'0" | 192 | |||
| Milan Kovich | ||||||
| Eugene Krupp | L | L | 5'11" | 165 | ||
| T. Lambstaff | ||||||
| Thomas Langston | L | R | 6'1" | 165 | ||
| Rudy Laskowski | R | R | March 25, 1915 | 5'7" | 165 | Chicago, IL US |
| Miguel Lopez | ||||||
| William Lovett | August 18, 1932 | |||||
| Ted Manooch | ||||||
| Joseph Marino | ||||||
| James Mendenhall | ||||||
| Stan Milankovich | R | R | November 6, 1923 | 6'0" | 200 | |
| Philip Philip | R | 5'9" | 185 | |||
| Phil Rizzo | R | R | November 24, 1929 | 5'8" | 170 | Chicago, IL US |
| Richard Rostenkowski | R | 5'11" | 165 | |||
| Alger Shillings | R | R | 5'10" | 163 | ||
| Frank Simanovsky | L | L | October 4, 1929 | 6'1" | 160 | |
| James Simons | R | R | 6'2" | 187 | ||
| Donald Sommers | L | L | 5'10" | 160 | ||
| Pete Stroud | R | June 21, 1930 | 6'0" | 180 | Greenville, SC US | |
| Robert Suba | L | 6'2" | 195 | |||
| Bill Tanner | R | R | 6'4" | 212 | ||
| Bill Tosheff | R | R | June 2, 1926 | 6'1" | 185 | |
| George Wegerek | R | 6'2" | 175 | |||
| Jack Williamson | ||||||
| Neb Wilson | R | R | October 11, 1922 | 6'1" | 205 | East Spencer, NC 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.
