1954 Augusta Rams Statistics
Team Record: 58-82
Finished 7th in the SAL
Manager: Al Unser (0-0), John Liptak (0-0), El Tappe (0-0)
Location: Augusta, Georgia
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 93,091, Avg. 1,330
The Augusta Rams of the South Atlantic League ended the 1954 season with a record of 58 wins and 82 losses, finishing seventh in the SAL.
The Rams scored 543 runs and gave up 639 runs. John Mitchell led batters with significant playing time with a .263 average. Ray Knoblauch topped Augusta with 12 wins, while Hugh Blanton recorded a 3 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Jim Kirby, Bobo Holloman, Al Unser, Al Kozar, Buddy Lively, Dan Lewandowski, Bobby Wilkins and Dutch McCall were all players from the 1954 Augusta Rams who played in the Majors during their careers.
Al Unser, John Liptak and El Tappe served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Knoblauch | 12 | 17 | .414 | 3.67 | 36 | 31 | 238.0 | 225 | 122 | 97 | 13 | 92 | ||||||||||
| Hugh Blanton | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.00 | 28 | 16 | 165.0 | 155 | 88 | 55 | 4 | 102 | ||||||||||
| Jesse Priest | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.50 | 22 | 19 | 139.0 | 147 | 68 | 54 | 11 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Bill Hair | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.87 | 32 | 18 | 158.0 | 91 | 91 | 68 | 12 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Ken Wild | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.19 | 20 | 18 | 129.0 | 70 | 70 | 60 | 18 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Ottis Jacobs | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.05 | 6 | 6 | 48.3 | 39 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Mel Tappe | 3 | 9 | .250 | 3.94 | 28 | 13 | 112.0 | 64 | 64 | 49 | 10 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Bobo Holloman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lee Cullens | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Wingard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dutch McCall | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Mitchell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marvin Hatcher | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clyde Curry | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Smullen | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 50 | 73 | .407 | 3.58 | 197 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 989.3 | 791 | 517 | 394 | 69 | 387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mitchell | 132 | 524 | 524 | 138 | 14 | 6 | 1 | .263 | .263 | .319 | .582 | 167 | |||||||||||
| Jim Kirby | 140 | 517 | 517 | 133 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .257 | .257 | .315 | .573 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Irving Carlson | 140 | 498 | 498 | 103 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .207 | .207 | .251 | .458 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Leonard Hunt | 77 | 283 | 283 | 92 | 16 | 11 | 2 | .325 | .325 | .481 | .806 | 136 | |||||||||||
| Harold Pinson | 97 | 302 | 302 | 80 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .265 | .265 | .328 | .593 | 99 | |||||||||||
| John Liptak | 92 | 271 | 271 | 70 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .258 | .258 | .336 | .594 | 91 | |||||||||||
| John O'Lari | 99 | 294 | 294 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .265 | .497 | 78 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Whitehead | 56 | 194 | 194 | 50 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .258 | .258 | .371 | .629 | 72 | |||||||||||
| George Brown | 67 | 204 | 204 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .221 | .221 | .304 | .525 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Lloyd Freund | 66 | 210 | 210 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .210 | .210 | .262 | .471 | 55 | |||||||||||
| James Foster | 37 | 125 | 125 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .320 | .560 | 40 | |||||||||||
| James Jones | 33 | 104 | 104 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .260 | .490 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Blanton | 28 | 61 | 61 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .295 | .295 | .377 | .672 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Ray Knoblauch | 39 | 82 | 82 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .256 | .476 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Ken Wild | 28 | 63 | 63 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .270 | .270 | .429 | .698 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Robert Nichols | 47 | 98 | 98 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .173 | .173 | .255 | .429 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Al Unser | 28 | 66 | 66 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .227 | .227 | .364 | .591 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Jesse Priest | 22 | 52 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Bob Gardner | 19 | 59 | 59 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .203 | .203 | .407 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Bill Hair | 32 | 51 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .137 | .275 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Mel Tappe | 28 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Pete Stroud | 16 | 44 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .114 | .205 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Emilio Cabrera | 3 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick Smullen | 7 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Sharp | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ottis Jacobs | 8 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dean Scarborough | 4 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lee Cullens | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Clyde Curry | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dutch McCall | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Al Kozar | 3 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Marvin Hatcher | 6 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bobo Holloman | 3 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Wylie Ivey | 4 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bobby Wilkins | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1370 | 4210 | 4210 | 0 | 1001 | 146 | 40 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .303 | .541 | 1275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Knoblauch | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Hair | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Mel Tappe | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Hugh Blanton | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Jesse Priest | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Wild | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Smullen | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Ottis Jacobs | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Marvin Hatcher | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Bobo Holloman | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Dutch McCall | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Clyde Curry | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Lee Cullens | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| James Wingard | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 195 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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.
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