1954 Columbia Reds Statistics
Team Record: 77-62
Finished 4th in the SAL
Manager: Ernie White (77-62)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Ballpark: Capital City Stadium
Attendance: 75,108, Avg. 1,081
Playoffs - Jacksonville Braves 3 games, Columbia Reds 1
The Columbia Reds of the South Atlantic League ended the 1954 season with a record of 77 wins and 62 losses, finishing fourth in the SAL.
The Reds scored 733 runs and allowed 630 runs. Frank Robinson paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .336 average. Ralph Birkofer topped Columbia with 14 wins, while Larry Hoover recorded a 1.91 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Hank Ruszkowski, Frank Robinson, Don Gross, John Oldham, Dick Murphy, Ken Polivka and Barney Martin were all players from the 1954 Columbia Reds who played in the Majors during their careers.
Ernie White 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Birkofer | 14 | 3 | .824 | 3.09 | 27 | 21 | 169.0 | 176 | 68 | 58 | 10 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Don Gross | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.14 | 30 | 24 | 189.0 | 162 | 80 | 66 | 11 | 106 | ||||||||||
| Barney Martin | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.91 | 30 | 27 | 179.3 | 95 | 95 | 78 | 6 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Larry Hoover | 10 | 4 | .714 | 1.91 | 20 | 14 | 127.0 | 97 | 45 | 27 | 3 | 59 | ||||||||||
| John Jackson | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.29 | 29 | 20 | 149.0 | 99 | 99 | 71 | 12 | 90 | ||||||||||
| Allen Flaugher | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.60 | 39 | 2 | 90.0 | 87 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 21 | ||||||||||
| John Bebber | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.96 | 35 | 0 | 51.7 | 43 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Odell Martin | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.03 | 25 | 10 | 87.0 | 47 | 47 | 39 | 4 | 67 | ||||||||||
| John Oldham | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 11.0 | 10 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Mickey Crossin | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ken Polivka | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Meder | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Rhame | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Max Sumwalt | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rudolph Yandoli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vernon Kilburg | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Phil Amato | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Carl Wells | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 12.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 73 | 57 | .562 | 3.23 | 267 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1065.0 | 816 | 489 | 382 | 52 | 503 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Robinson | 132 | 491 | 491 | 165 | 32 | 9 | 25 | .336 | .336 | .591 | .927 | 290 | |||||||||||
| Bill Ford | 137 | 501 | 501 | 141 | 34 | 9 | 10 | .281 | .281 | .445 | .727 | 223 | |||||||||||
| Harold Stamey | 133 | 481 | 481 | 135 | 26 | 7 | 18 | .281 | .281 | .476 | .757 | 229 | |||||||||||
| Bill Raehse | 126 | 469 | 469 | 134 | 26 | 9 | 11 | .286 | .286 | .450 | .736 | 211 | |||||||||||
| Jim St. Clair | 120 | 411 | 411 | 104 | 8 | 7 | 7 | .253 | .253 | .358 | .611 | 147 | |||||||||||
| Bob O'Neal | 98 | 343 | 343 | 95 | 20 | 3 | 3 | .277 | .277 | .379 | .656 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Oscar Khederian | 82 | 337 | 337 | 88 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .261 | .261 | .341 | .602 | 115 | |||||||||||
| Kirby Jackson | 64 | 243 | 243 | 69 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .284 | .284 | .391 | .675 | 95 | |||||||||||
| Ed Nietopski | 61 | 207 | 207 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 3 | .256 | .256 | .377 | .633 | 78 | |||||||||||
| Gene Hatton | 56 | 167 | 167 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 7 | .263 | .263 | .467 | .731 | 78 | |||||||||||
| Howard Padgett | 55 | 180 | 180 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .211 | .211 | .267 | .478 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Chico Terry | 40 | 131 | 131 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .183 | .183 | .260 | .443 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Wilbur McConnell | 30 | 95 | 95 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .221 | .221 | .263 | .484 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Don Gross | 32 | 72 | 72 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .347 | .597 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Hank Ruszkowski | 18 | 54 | 54 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .315 | .315 | .370 | .685 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Barney Martin | 38 | 71 | 71 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .197 | .197 | .282 | .479 | 20 | |||||||||||
| John Jackson | 29 | 56 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .232 | .232 | .375 | .607 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Birkofer | 27 | 61 | 61 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .213 | .213 | .295 | .508 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Carl Paylor | 19 | 57 | 57 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .263 | .474 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Biskup | 23 | 57 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .175 | .175 | .333 | .509 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Ken Polivka | 10 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .462 | .462 | .538 | 1.000 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Robert Stutts | 17 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .333 | .600 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Dick Murphy | 10 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .263 | .474 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Larry Hoover | 20 | 40 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .175 | .275 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Allen Flaugher | 39 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .312 | .500 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Odell Martin | 25 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Bob Decker | 10 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .107 | .107 | .214 | 3 | |||||||||||
| John Bebber | 36 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Carl Wells | 3 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Max Sumwalt | 8 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Schimchak | 3 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Oldham | 3 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Phil Amato | 8 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Vernon Kilburg | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Mickey Crossin | 4 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Cannon | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Rudolph Yandoli | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1525 | 4672 | 4672 | 0 | 1237 | 237 | 58 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .402 | .667 | 1878 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Flaugher | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| John Bebber | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Barney Martin | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Don Gross | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| John Jackson | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Birkofer | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Odell Martin | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Hoover | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Phil Amato | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Vernon Kilburg | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Mickey Crossin | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Carl Wells | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Daniel Rhame | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| John Oldham | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Rudolph Yandoli | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Meder | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 260 | 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.
