1954 Durham Bulls Statistics
Team Record: 70-68
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Charlie Metro (70-68)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Durham Athletic Park
Attendance: 49,398, Avg. 716
Playoffs - Fayetteville Highlanders 3 games, Durham Bulls 1
The Durham Bulls of the Carolina League ended the 1954 season with a record of 70 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.
The Bulls scored 705 runs and conceded 718 runs. Steve Demeter paced Durham with 23 home runs, while Bobo Osborne walloped 15 or more, too. Steve Demeter drove in 111 runs. George Bullard topped batters with significant playing time with a .341 average. Robert Cruze paced the team with 19 wins and a team-best 2.77 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Walt Streuli, Bobo Osborne, Gene Host, George Bullard, Bob Shaw, George Alusik, Steve Demeter and Bob Bruce were all players from the 1954 Durham Bulls who played in the Majors during their careers.
Charlie Metro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Cruze | 19 | 7 | .731 | 2.77 | 33 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 211.0 | 198 | 80 | 65 | 12 | 71 | 116 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Bob Bruce | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.42 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 158.0 | 139 | 71 | 60 | 7 | 67 | 122 | 10 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Eddie Neville | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.83 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 216.0 | 267 | 128 | 92 | 15 | 52 | 119 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Joseph Emery | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.98 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 130.0 | 159 | 93 | 72 | 7 | 67 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Bob Shaw | 6 | 13 | .316 | 5.00 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 153.0 | 159 | 102 | 85 | 16 | 58 | 99 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Gene Host | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 48.0 | 40 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 33 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Nemes | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.42 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 62 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| John Schuett | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.24 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 51.0 | 68 | 41 | 24 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Warren Neuberger | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.09 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 68.0 | 93 | 63 | 46 | 4 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Paul Franks | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rowland Davies | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Loschke | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 40 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 40 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Jimmy Sady | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Mische | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dick VanDerzee | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Edmund McNulty | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 68 | .507 | 4.08 | 280 | 133 | 0 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 1131.0 | 1225 | 671 | 513 | 72 | 474 | 0 | 649 | 42 | 8 | 41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Demeter | 138 | 593 | 550 | 86 | 169 | 48 | 7 | 23 | 111 | 4 | 25 | 76 | .307 | .333 | .545 | .878 | 300 | 0 | 10 | 8 | |||
| William Hoffer | 137 | 576 | 520 | 84 | 166 | 31 | 2 | 10 | 66 | 13 | 45 | 63 | .319 | .371 | .444 | .816 | 231 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |||
| George Bullard | 120 | 542 | 461 | 82 | 157 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 28 | 64 | 71 | .341 | .417 | .490 | .907 | 226 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |||
| Robert Taylor | 131 | 596 | 520 | 74 | 153 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 53 | 8 | 56 | 59 | .294 | .369 | .392 | .762 | 204 | 7 | 11 | 2 | |||
| Bobo Osborne | 138 | 593 | 518 | 74 | 120 | 24 | 5 | 22 | 82 | 4 | 61 | 141 | .232 | .314 | .425 | .739 | 220 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |||
| Walt Streuli | 113 | 407 | 354 | 52 | 104 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 55 | 3 | 40 | 45 | .294 | .372 | .469 | .840 | 166 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Emil Restaino | 58 | 243 | 211 | 30 | 64 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 26 | 25 | .303 | .382 | .498 | .879 | 105 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Gail Larsen | 66 | 280 | 232 | 37 | 64 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 8 | 40 | 49 | .276 | .387 | .397 | .783 | 92 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Sady | 80 | 250 | 213 | 34 | 51 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 29 | 56 | .239 | .337 | .418 | .755 | 89 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Harry Durkin | 39 | 161 | 136 | 21 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 18 | .309 | .385 | .441 | .826 | 60 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Dick Camilli | 34 | 145 | 127 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 19 | .252 | .331 | .370 | .701 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| George Alusik | 26 | 108 | 86 | 16 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 16 | .337 | .442 | .442 | .884 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Patrick O'Neill | 23 | 85 | 80 | 13 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 9 | .312 | .353 | .388 | .740 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Cruze | 34 | 85 | 72 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .278 | .366 | .431 | .796 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Neville | 54 | 106 | 95 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 19 | .211 | .292 | .284 | .577 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Peter Viteretto | 13 | 54 | 49 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .265 | .302 | .306 | .608 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Nels MacCallum | 22 | 41 | 32 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .375 | .512 | .594 | 1.106 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Emery | 36 | 50 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .200 | .234 | .267 | .501 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Bob Shaw | 40 | 64 | 51 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .157 | .283 | .176 | .460 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| John Zeitler | 15 | 63 | 51 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .157 | .279 | .216 | .494 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Bob Bruce | 28 | 62 | 52 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .154 | .279 | .192 | .471 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dick Leach | 11 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .333 | .440 | .524 | .964 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gene Host | 11 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .300 | .364 | .550 | .914 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Francis McElroy | 12 | 48 | 43 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | .116 | .208 | .116 | .325 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Warren Neuberger | 22 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .174 | .269 | .217 | .487 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Nemes | 17 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .136 | .208 | .136 | .345 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Loschke | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Schuett | 16 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .154 | .353 | .154 | .507 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Richard Wirth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick VanDerzee | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Franks | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Virgil Estep | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Risch | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Enid Drake | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rowland Davies | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Robert Mische | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Edmund McNulty | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1485 | 5314 | 4642 | 702 | 1308 | 280 | 42 | 105 | 624 | 79 | 0 | 512 | 776 | .282 | .355 | .428 | .783 | 1987 | 0 | 36 | 88 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobo Osborne | 1B | 138 | 1134 | 75 | 18 | 109 | .985 | 8.761 | ||||
| Robert Taylor | 2B | 125 | 304 | 299 | 30 | 71 | .953 | 4.824 | ||||
| Jimmy Sady | 2B | 15 | 32 | 39 | 4 | 2 | .947 | 4.733 | ||||
| Steve Demeter | 3B | 137 | 145 | 302 | 48 | 32 | .903 | 3.263 | ||||
| Walt Streuli | C | 107 | 544 | 49 | 12 | 10 | .980 | 5.542 | 8 | |||
| Jimmy Sady | C | 33 | 160 | 13 | 8 | 2 | .956 | 5.242 | 8 | |||
| William Hoffer | OF | 137 | 322 | 21 | 22 | 3 | .940 | 2.504 | ||||
| George Bullard | OF | 116 | 337 | 16 | 10 | 6 | .972 | 3.043 | ||||
| Emil Restaino | OF | 55 | 76 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .964 | 1.455 | ||||
| Dick Camilli | OF | 34 | 72 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .928 | 2.265 | ||||
| George Alusik | OF | 26 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .944 | 1.962 | ||||
| Jimmy Sady | OF | 21 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .952 | ||||
| Patrick O'Neill | OF | 21 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 1.286 | ||||
| Peter Viteretto | OF | 13 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .882 | 2.308 | ||||
| Eddie Neville | P | 43 | 7 | 46 | 3 | 2 | .946 | 1.233 | ||||
| Bob Shaw | P | 37 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .893 | .676 | ||||
| Joseph Emery | P | 35 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .968 | .857 | ||||
| Robert Cruze | P | 33 | 13 | 35 | 2 | 2 | .960 | 1.455 | ||||
| Bob Bruce | P | 28 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .882 | 1.071 | ||||
| Warren Neuberger | P | 20 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Robert Nemes | P | 17 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .647 | ||||
| John Schuett | P | 16 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .750 | ||||
| Robert Loschke | P | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .909 | ||||
| Gene Host | P | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .846 | 1.100 | ||||
| Rowland Davies | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Mische | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick VanDerzee | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edmund McNulty | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Franks | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Sady | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gail Larsen | SS | 65 | 110 | 208 | 24 | 10 | .930 | 4.892 | ||||
| Harry Durkin | SS | 37 | 70 | 90 | 16 | 20 | .909 | 4.324 | ||||
| John Zeitler | SS | 15 | 22 | 40 | 11 | 6 | .849 | 4.133 | ||||
| Francis McElroy | SS | 12 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 8 | .905 | 4.750 | ||||
| Totals | 1387 | 3523 | 1395 | 246 | 294 | .952 | 3.546 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
