1954 Charleston Senators Statistics
Team Record: 59-94
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: Joe Becker (59-94)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Ballpark: Watt Powell Stadium
Attendance: 129,748, Avg. 1,696
The Charleston Senators of the American Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 59 wins and 94 losses, finishing eighth in the AA.
The Senators scored 495 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 677 runs. Sam Hairston drove in 60 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .268 clip. Ross Grimsley led the team with 8 wins, while Tom Hurd earned a 3.14 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1954 Charleston Senators who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Addis, Brandy Davis, Jerry Fahr, Mike Fornieles, Dick Fowler, Alex Garbowski, Gordon Goldsberry, Ross Grimsley, Sam Hairston, Phil Haugstad, Bill Henry, Tom Hurd, Don Kolloway, Cliff Mapes, Willie Pope, Aaron Robinson, Marv Rotblatt, Lou Sleater, Dick Strahs and Bill Voiselle.
Joe Becker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Grimsley | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.80 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 147.0 | 161 | 74 | 62 | 12 | 44 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Mike Fornieles | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.45 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 114.0 | 100 | 36 | 31 | 7 | 32 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tom Hurd | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.14 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 126.0 | 116 | 52 | 44 | 9 | 36 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Dick Strahs | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.13 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 93.0 | 107 | 53 | 53 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Phil Haugstad | 6 | 11 | .353 | 6.07 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 126.0 | 134 | 94 | 85 | 17 | 72 | 52 | 13 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Voiselle | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.46 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 138.0 | 136 | 62 | 53 | 7 | 49 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Willie Pope | 4 | 11 | .267 | 5.27 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 128.0 | 154 | 85 | 75 | 16 | 40 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Dick Fowler | 4 | 17 | .190 | 4.60 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 133.0 | 145 | 87 | 68 | 15 | 52 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Henry | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marv Rotblatt | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lou Sleater | 21 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Fahr | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alois Zilian | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Art Hartley | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.41 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 44 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 50 | 82 | .379 | 4.19 | 336 | 122 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1042.0 | 1097 | 559 | 485 | 97 | 364 | 0 | 546 | 24 | 4 | 19 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ware | 152 | 602 | 533 | 56 | 137 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 1 | 54 | 78 | .257 | .324 | .338 | .661 | 180 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Sam Hairston | 139 | 530 | 481 | 47 | 129 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 60 | 5 | 37 | 31 | .268 | .323 | .345 | .668 | 166 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Joe Torpey | 153 | 564 | 513 | 35 | 124 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 43 | 57 | .242 | .299 | .287 | .585 | 147 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Alex Garbowski | 128 | 528 | 462 | 45 | 116 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 8 | 54 | 53 | .251 | .325 | .305 | .630 | 141 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Gordon Goldsberry | 117 | 460 | 368 | 58 | 104 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 5 | 83 | 41 | .283 | .417 | .408 | .825 | 150 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| William Killinger | 113 | 431 | 387 | 47 | 99 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 38 | 42 | .256 | .323 | .406 | .729 | 157 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| John Kropf | 132 | 492 | 436 | 47 | 97 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 45 | 96 | .222 | .294 | .326 | .620 | 142 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Asdrubal Baro | 107 | 325 | 281 | 32 | 75 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 38 | 38 | .267 | .358 | .363 | .721 | 102 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bob Masser | 45 | 163 | 142 | 19 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 31 | .254 | .333 | .401 | .735 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jim Basso | 40 | 129 | 120 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .233 | .279 | .425 | .704 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joe Montalvo | 36 | 98 | 90 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .278 | .337 | .411 | .748 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Paolisso | 48 | 93 | 86 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .221 | .250 | .256 | .506 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Aaron Robinson | 28 | 64 | 52 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .288 | .397 | .462 | .858 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Edwin Little | 24 | 95 | 87 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 29 | .172 | .242 | .368 | .610 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Jacobs | 21 | 44 | 36 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .455 | .417 | .871 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Mapes | 27 | 66 | 50 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 8 | .240 | .415 | .420 | .835 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Tedesco | 20 | 52 | 46 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .239 | .327 | .413 | .740 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Fornieles | 23 | 44 | 43 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .233 | .250 | .256 | .506 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Kolloway | 11 | 46 | 44 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .182 | .217 | .205 | .422 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ross Grimsley | 40 | 47 | 44 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .182 | .182 | .205 | .386 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Emil Restaino | 14 | 48 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .163 | .234 | .279 | .513 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Fowler | 31 | 45 | 43 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .163 | .182 | .256 | .438 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brandy Davis | 10 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .200 | .226 | .267 | .492 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Pope | 31 | 40 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .150 | .150 | .175 | .325 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Henry | 18 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .174 | .269 | .174 | .443 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Fogg | 15 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .160 | .160 | .160 | .320 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Strahs | 20 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .154 | .290 | .231 | .521 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Haugstad | 37 | 39 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Voiselle | 63 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .125 | .192 | .125 | .317 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Hurd | 34 | 41 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .061 | .162 | .061 | .223 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Marv Rotblatt | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Jones | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Art Hartley | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1703 | 5241 | 4641 | 473 | 1128 | 183 | 42 | 53 | 428 | 34 | 0 | 492 | 709 | .243 | .316 | .335 | .651 | 1554 | 122 | 21 | 55 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Goldsberry | 1B | 113 | 928 | 61 | 7 | 82 | .993 | 8.752 | ||||
| William Killinger | 1B | 15 | 136 | 11 | 2 | 7 | .987 | 9.800 | ||||
| Don Kolloway | 1B | 11 | 98 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 9.636 | ||||
| Edwin Little | 1B | 10 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 9.400 | ||||
| Joe Torpey | 2B | 123 | 295 | 323 | 14 | 70 | .978 | 5.024 | ||||
| Bill Paolisso | 2B | 37 | 72 | 72 | 5 | 10 | .966 | 3.892 | ||||
| Joe Tedesco | 2B | 14 | 25 | 34 | 4 | 2 | .937 | 4.214 | ||||
| Al Ware | 3B | 144 | 132 | 279 | 25 | 30 | .943 | 2.854 | ||||
| Sam Hairston | C | 128 | 660 | 91 | 10 | 15 | .987 | 5.867 | 15 | |||
| Joe Montalvo | C | 20 | 77 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.350 | 1 | |||
| Aaron Robinson | C | 12 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| John Kropf | OF | 126 | 308 | 25 | 6 | 7 | .982 | 2.643 | ||||
| William Killinger | OF | 88 | 162 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .971 | 1.920 | ||||
| Asdrubal Baro | OF | 88 | 175 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .968 | 2.057 | ||||
| Bob Masser | OF | 41 | 80 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .966 | 2.073 | ||||
| Jim Basso | OF | 32 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.719 | ||||
| Cliff Mapes | OF | 15 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.467 | ||||
| Edwin Little | OF | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Emil Restaino | OF | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.462 | ||||
| Gene Jacobs | OF | 12 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.583 | ||||
| Bill Voiselle | P | 63 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .381 | ||||
| Ross Grimsley | P | 39 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .931 | .692 | ||||
| Tom Hurd | P | 34 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 4 | .962 | .735 | ||||
| Willie Pope | P | 31 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .581 | ||||
| Phil Haugstad | P | 31 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .677 | ||||
| Dick Fowler | P | 31 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 2 | .879 | .935 | ||||
| Lou Sleater | P | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Strahs | P | 20 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .895 | .850 | ||||
| Mike Fornieles | P | 19 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 4 | .920 | 1.211 | ||||
| Art Hartley | P | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .188 | ||||
| Jerry Fahr | P | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marv Rotblatt | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Henry | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alois Zilian | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Jones | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Garbowski | SS | 128 | 194 | 340 | 18 | 57 | .967 | 4.172 | ||||
| Joe Torpey | SS | 26 | 36 | 77 | 3 | 10 | .974 | 4.346 | ||||
| Totals | 1546 | 3707 | 1523 | 126 | 329 | .976 | 3.383 | 17 | 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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