1954 Charlotte Hornets Statistics
Team Record: 62-77
Finished 6th in the SAL
Manager: Pete Appleton (0-0), Ellis Clary (0-0)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 92,641, Avg. 1,333
The Charlotte Hornets of the South Atlantic League ended the 1954 season with a record of 62 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the SAL.
The Hornets scored 685 runs and yielded 746 runs, most in the circuit. Carlos Paula led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .309 clip. Hal Griggs topped Charlotte with 14 wins, while Eusebio Perez recorded a 3.07 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1954 Charlotte Hornets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Cholly Naranjo, Carlos Paula, Jim Lemon, Lyle Luttrell, José Valdivielso, Steve Korcheck, Roy Dietzel, Buck Varner, Jesse Levan, Hal Griggs and Jake Early.
Pete Appleton and Ellis Clary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Griggs | 14 | 14 | .500 | 3.24 | 39 | 30 | 239.0 | 214 | 109 | 86 | 9 | 126 | ||||||||||
| Eusebio Perez | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.07 | 21 | 18 | 135.0 | 120 | 62 | 46 | 8 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Bill Barkley | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.30 | 28 | 22 | 169.0 | 186 | 86 | 62 | 7 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence Clark | 6 | 11 | .353 | 6.03 | 41 | 16 | 140.3 | 112 | 113 | 94 | 13 | 69 | ||||||||||
| John Isaac | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.50 | 34 | 12 | 108.0 | 71 | 71 | 66 | 6 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Tom Lakos | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Lee Brown | 2 | 3 | .400 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ed Moeller | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.38 | 23 | 10 | 73.7 | 56 | 56 | 44 | 6 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Bill Mullins | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.44 | 8 | 7 | 49.7 | 44 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Jose Nakamura | 2 | 8 | .200 | 3.18 | 43 | 6 | 99.0 | 96 | 54 | 35 | 5 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Dolor Rehm | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cholly Naranjo | 1 | 1 | .500 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jimmie Jarrett | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Denis Jent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brad Clapham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lucio Celis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jose Aguiar | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 68 | .469 | 4.01 | 287 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1013.7 | 899 | 577 | 452 | 54 | 494 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Paula | 132 | 495 | 495 | 153 | 24 | 13 | 14 | .309 | .309 | .495 | .804 | 245 | |||||||||||
| John Grice | 139 | 512 | 512 | 148 | 21 | 5 | 8 | .289 | .289 | .396 | .686 | 203 | |||||||||||
| Roy Dietzel | 126 | 500 | 500 | 145 | 22 | 8 | 3 | .290 | .290 | .384 | .674 | 192 | |||||||||||
| Jim Lemon | 80 | 298 | 298 | 103 | 21 | 4 | 16 | .346 | .346 | .604 | .950 | 180 | |||||||||||
| Lyle Luttrell | 104 | 386 | 386 | 98 | 13 | 4 | 5 | .254 | .254 | .347 | .601 | 134 | |||||||||||
| Tom Falk | 94 | 332 | 332 | 92 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .277 | .277 | .337 | .614 | 112 | |||||||||||
| Peter Meachini | 38 | 308 | 308 | 84 | 12 | 9 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .370 | .643 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Arnold Davis | 92 | 241 | 241 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .261 | .261 | .340 | .602 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Steve Korcheck | 50 | 167 | 167 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 4 | .287 | .287 | .431 | .719 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Jesse Levan | 29 | 114 | 114 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 7 | .412 | .412 | .746 | 1.158 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Buck Varner | 55 | 192 | 192 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .219 | .219 | .307 | .526 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Enrique Gonzalez | 80 | 183 | 183 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .219 | .240 | .459 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Marino | 48 | 169 | 169 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .296 | .527 | 50 | |||||||||||
| José Valdivielso | 32 | 125 | 125 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .296 | .296 | .368 | .664 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Barry Jones | 31 | 85 | 85 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .271 | .494 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Hal Griggs | 49 | 91 | 91 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .209 | .352 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Jake Early | 33 | 83 | 83 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .145 | .145 | .193 | .337 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Isaac Seaone | 16 | 37 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .297 | .297 | .405 | .703 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Eusebio Perez | 22 | 48 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .250 | .479 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Lawrence Clark | 48 | 41 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .220 | .439 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Bill Barkley | 28 | 61 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .131 | .131 | .164 | .295 | 10 | |||||||||||
| John Isaac | 34 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .207 | .207 | .379 | .586 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Jose Nakamura | 43 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .148 | .259 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Cholly Naranjo | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ed Moeller | 23 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .045 | .045 | .045 | .091 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dolor Rehm | 5 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Rodman | 7 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bobby Lee Brown | 9 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Mullins | 8 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Harris | 5 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Brad Clapham | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Wayne Crawford | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John DiFresco | 9 | 19 | 19 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Lakos | 9 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Elkins | 9 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jimmie Jarrett | 8 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jose Aguiar | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1519 | 4653 | 4653 | 0 | 1234 | 191 | 62 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .374 | .639 | 1741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Nakamura | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Lawrence Clark | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Hal Griggs | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| John Isaac | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Barkley | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Moeller | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Eusebio Perez | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Cholly Naranjo | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Lakos | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Lee Brown | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Mullins | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Jimmie Jarrett | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Dolor Rehm | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Aguiar | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Denis Jent | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Lucio Celis | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 286 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
