1954 Columbus Red Birds Statistics
Team Record: 77-76
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Johnny Keane (77-76)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 110,696, Avg. 1,447
Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Columbus Red Birds 3
The Columbus Red Birds of the American Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 77 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.
The Red Birds plated 696 runs and allowed 740 runs. Benjamin Downs paced Columbus with 16 home runs Mo Mozzali drove in 79 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .289 clip. Herb Moford led the team with 17 wins, while Stu Miller recorded a 3.05 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Herb Moford, Eddie Phillips, Vern Benson, Mel Wright, Stu Miller, Hal Smith, Barney Schultz, Phil Clark, Ed Lyons, Cloyd Boyer, John Romonosky, Herb Adams, Brooks Lawrence, Ralph Beard, Bob Stephenson, Bobo Holloman and Bill Greason were all players from the 1954 Columbus Red Birds who played in the Majors during their careers.
Johnny Keane 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herb Moford | 17 | 14 | .548 | 4.46 | 45 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 216.0 | 231 | 125 | 107 | 22 | 84 | 131 | 11 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Bill Greason | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.10 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 191.0 | 172 | 101 | 87 | 22 | 99 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Mel Wright | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.77 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 117.0 | 138 | 55 | 49 | 10 | 21 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Barney Schultz | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.86 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 119.0 | 99 | 59 | 51 | 12 | 49 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
James Kirk | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.42 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 110.0 | 134 | 66 | 54 | 8 | 44 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Stu Miller | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.05 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 133.0 | 107 | 53 | 45 | 14 | 35 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Brooks Lawrence | 6 | 4 | .600 | 5.53 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 83.0 | 86 | 57 | 51 | 12 | 35 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Ralph Beard | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.68 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 94.0 | 86 | 31 | 28 | 7 | 32 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
John Romonosky | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.87 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 76.0 | 85 | 65 | 58 | 15 | 50 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Harry Hoitsma | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Cloyd Boyer | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.69 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 41 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dutch Hengeveld | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Floyd Melliere | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.09 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 38 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Jack Shirley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jack Yvars | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Roland Hubbard | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Melvin Greer | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Joe Ford | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Phil Clark | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ted Beck | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bobo Holloman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
William Allen | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.00 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Totals | 77 | 76 | .503 | 4.20 | 336 | 146 | 0 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 1229.0 | 1240 | 670 | 573 | 130 | 498 | 0 | 705 | 27 | 1 | 42 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mo Mozzali | 152 | 639 | 543 | 88 | 157 | 29 | 4 | 11 | 79 | 1 | 77 | 40 | .289 | .373 | .418 | .791 | 227 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 9 | ||
Hal Smith | 110 | 413 | 386 | 51 | 135 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 50 | 3 | 17 | 28 | .350 | .375 | .495 | .870 | 191 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
Ed Lyons | 139 | 508 | 437 | 60 | 122 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 77 | 1 | 57 | 39 | .279 | .362 | .437 | .799 | 191 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
Bob Stephenson | 138 | 589 | 525 | 65 | 122 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 8 | 50 | 85 | .232 | .299 | .331 | .631 | 174 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 4 | ||
Gerry Thomas | 134 | 461 | 418 | 52 | 113 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 50 | 7 | 34 | 49 | .270 | .324 | .409 | .733 | 171 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
Herb Adams | 105 | 405 | 370 | 53 | 112 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 27 | 21 | .303 | .349 | .341 | .690 | 126 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
Benjamin Downs | 135 | 462 | 376 | 59 | 104 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 73 | 1 | 71 | 52 | .277 | .393 | .476 | .869 | 179 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | ||
Russ Rac | 89 | 334 | 281 | 47 | 74 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 52 | 6 | 42 | 36 | .263 | .363 | .463 | .825 | 130 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
Eddie Phillips | 91 | 271 | 245 | 36 | 66 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 17 | 44 | .269 | .321 | .384 | .705 | 94 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Jack Lee | 88 | 281 | 254 | 34 | 66 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 12 | 49 | .260 | .295 | .370 | .665 | 94 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
Wally Lammers | 114 | 307 | 268 | 42 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 34 | 53 | .246 | .332 | .291 | .623 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
Les Pinkham | 92 | 234 | 218 | 25 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 5 | 14 | 58 | .243 | .288 | .404 | .691 | 88 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Vern Benson | 46 | 181 | 154 | 21 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 42 | .240 | .337 | .422 | .759 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Vincent Moreci | 31 | 114 | 100 | 19 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 36 | .300 | .377 | .520 | .897 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Herb Moford | 45 | 81 | 69 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 22 | .188 | .250 | .203 | .453 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
John Romonosky | 23 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .370 | .393 | .519 | .911 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bill Greason | 34 | 70 | 63 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .159 | .232 | .317 | .549 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Stu Miller | 22 | 49 | 45 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .200 | .267 | .467 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Whitey Ries | 11 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .360 | .458 | .818 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Brooks Lawrence | 14 | 34 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .258 | .303 | .387 | .690 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Pete Riggan | 15 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .207 | .281 | .345 | .626 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Mel Wright | 28 | 40 | 35 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .171 | .194 | .171 | .366 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
James Kirk | 46 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .152 | .222 | .212 | .434 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Barney Schultz | 41 | 35 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .147 | .171 | .147 | .318 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Alan Willner | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Ted Beck | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Fred Koenig | 6 | 15 | 15 | 2 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Ralph Beard | 14 | 35 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Phil Clark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Dutch Hengeveld | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
William McGhee | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Harry Hoitsma | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Cloyd Boyer | 11 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Joe Ford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
William Allen | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobo Holloman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Roland Hubbard | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Floyd Melliere | 18 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Yvars | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1851 | 5749 | 5074 | 690 | 1351 | 212 | 61 | 100 | 641 | 49 | 0 | 512 | 759 | .266 | .334 | .391 | .725 | 1985 | 117 | 27 | 82 | 54 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mo Mozzali | 1B | 149 | 1337 | 94 | 15 | 127 | .990 | 9.604 | ||||
Ed Lyons | 2B | 121 | 258 | 320 | 16 | 78 | .973 | 4.777 | ||||
Wally Lammers | 2B | 48 | 68 | 81 | 7 | 20 | .955 | 3.104 | ||||
Vern Benson | 2B | 13 | 17 | 30 | 1 | 6 | .979 | 3.615 | ||||
Gerry Thomas | 3B | 126 | 105 | 238 | 23 | 28 | .937 | 2.722 | ||||
Wally Lammers | 3B | 48 | 32 | 72 | 5 | 6 | .954 | 2.167 | ||||
Hal Smith | C | 98 | 537 | 68 | 17 | 6 | .973 | 6.173 | 9 | |||
Les Pinkham | C | 61 | 263 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .989 | 4.590 | 7 | |||
Benjamin Downs | OF | 117 | 153 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .959 | 1.385 | ||||
Herb Adams | OF | 99 | 206 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .981 | 2.141 | ||||
Eddie Phillips | OF | 87 | 148 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .976 | 1.851 | ||||
Russ Rac | OF | 81 | 137 | 10 | 5 | 4 | .967 | 1.815 | ||||
Jack Lee | OF | 79 | 112 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .928 | 1.468 | ||||
Vern Benson | OF | 32 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.594 | ||||
Vincent Moreci | OF | 27 | 55 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .905 | 2.111 | ||||
Herb Moford | P | 45 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 3 | .959 | 1.044 | ||||
Barney Schultz | P | 41 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .933 | .683 | ||||
James Kirk | P | 38 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .553 | ||||
Bill Greason | P | 34 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .931 | .794 | ||||
Mel Wright | P | 28 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .926 | .893 | ||||
Stu Miller | P | 22 | 12 | 28 | 3 | 2 | .930 | 1.818 | ||||
John Romonosky | P | 21 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 4 | .913 | 1.000 | ||||
Floyd Melliere | P | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
Brooks Lawrence | P | 14 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.786 | ||||
Ralph Beard | P | 14 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
Cloyd Boyer | P | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
William Allen | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .400 | ||||
Harry Hoitsma | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Dutch Hengeveld | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Roland Hubbard | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Melvin Greer | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Joe Ford | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Phil Clark | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Ted Beck | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Jack Yvars | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Jack Shirley | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Bobo Holloman | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Bob Stephenson | SS | 137 | 260 | 402 | 45 | 85 | .936 | 4.832 | ||||
Wally Lammers | SS | 23 | 43 | 50 | 7 | 8 | .930 | 4.043 | ||||
Totals | 1682 | 3849 | 1641 | 191 | 392 | .966 | 3.264 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
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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