1954 El Dorado Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 79-39
Finished 2nd in the CSL
Manager: Bill Adair (79-39)
Location: El Dorado, Arkansas
Ballpark: Jim Griffith Field
Attendance: 36,115, Avg. 612
Playoffs - El Dorado Oilers 4 games, Meridian Millers 3
Finals - El Dorado Oilers 4 games, Greenville Tigers 2
The El Dorado Oilers of the Cotton States League ended the 1954 season with a record of 79 wins and 39 losses, finishing second in the CSL.
The Oilers topped the league with 826 runs, spearheaded by 118 home runs. El Dorado allowed 620 runs. Pel Austin paced the team with 28 home runs, while Frank Walenga and William Carr walloped 15 or more, too. Frank Walenga drove in 125 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .382. Robert Brown led the squad with 20 wins, and Kenneth Yoke and Elmer Toth also added 15 or more victories also Robert Brown recorded a 3.43 ERA, tops among regular hurlers. Bill Adair served as manager.
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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 Brown | 20 | 7 | .741 | 3.43 | 33 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 223.0 | 181 | 108 | 85 | 13 | 104 | 164 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Kenneth Yoke | 16 | 5 | .762 | 3.86 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 161.0 | 159 | 84 | 69 | 2 | 89 | 100 | 9 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Elmer Toth | 15 | 7 | .682 | 4.15 | 34 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 195.0 | 192 | 105 | 90 | 15 | 72 | 151 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Bill Brightwell | 12 | 7 | .632 | 4.23 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 168.0 | 171 | 106 | 79 | 11 | 95 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Clyde Baldwin | 11 | 5 | .688 | 4.82 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 140.0 | 135 | 82 | 75 | 15 | 81 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Harry Radebaugh | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.40 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 45.0 | 44 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 31 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Charles Slaber | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hurley McLeod | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Riley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chester Stranczek | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 77 | 38 | .670 | 4.10 | 168 | 105 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 932.0 | 882 | 515 | 425 | 58 | 472 | 0 | 618 | 22 | 3 | 31 | 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 Walenga | 113 | 525 | 455 | 98 | 174 | 26 | 9 | 27 | 125 | 2 | 57 | 22 | .382 | .454 | .657 | 1.112 | 299 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| Pel Austin | 109 | 500 | 440 | 108 | 145 | 29 | 4 | 28 | 120 | 2 | 52 | 15 | .330 | .404 | .605 | 1.009 | 266 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Luther Tucker | 110 | 481 | 413 | 86 | 129 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 77 | 2 | 61 | 23 | .312 | .401 | .448 | .849 | 185 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Eugene Bilo | 115 | 512 | 416 | 93 | 117 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 26 | 85 | 43 | .281 | .408 | .423 | .831 | 176 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Bobby Scott | 97 | 420 | 352 | 62 | 115 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 10 | 52 | 21 | .327 | .415 | .449 | .864 | 158 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Gary Anderson | 90 | 401 | 355 | 60 | 107 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 18 | 40 | 16 | .301 | .372 | .397 | .769 | 141 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| William Carr | 116 | 532 | 431 | 89 | 101 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 67 | 27 | 87 | 56 | .234 | .367 | .408 | .775 | 176 | 3 | 11 | ||||
| Winston Rodgers | 95 | 434 | 355 | 83 | 96 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 36 | 65 | 34 | .270 | .386 | .327 | .713 | 116 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Martin Filogamo | 36 | 153 | 136 | 29 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 14 | 11 | .324 | .387 | .493 | .879 | 67 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Adair | 49 | 175 | 139 | 34 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 34 | 22 | .223 | .379 | .547 | .926 | 76 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Brightwell | 46 | 125 | 115 | 11 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .261 | .315 | .330 | .645 | 38 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Kenneth Yoke | 37 | 98 | 88 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .205 | .271 | .307 | .578 | 27 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Elmer Toth | 34 | 84 | 73 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 30 | .164 | .218 | .192 | .410 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Robert Brown | 30 | 92 | 75 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 28 | .160 | .292 | .160 | .452 | 12 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Clyde Baldwin | 25 | 57 | 43 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .186 | .286 | .209 | .495 | 9 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jeff Smith | 8 | 20 | 20 | 5 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Harold Loggins | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Slaber | 8 | 14 | 14 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Harry Radebaugh | 9 | 15 | 15 | 2 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny Bledsoe | 12 | 32 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .083 | .267 | .167 | .433 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Glenn Morrison | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Herbert Markley | 5 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Chester Stranczek | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Riley | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hurley McLeod | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1155 | 4699 | 3988 | 792 | 1154 | 193 | 38 | 118 | 704 | 127 | 0 | 594 | 352 | .289 | .384 | .446 | .829 | 1777 | 0 | 18 | 99 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Walenga | 1B | 113 | 838 | 65 | 10 | 86 | .989 | 7.991 | ||||
| Bobby Scott | 2B | 76 | 239 | 207 | 8 | 50 | .982 | 5.868 | ||||
| Bill Adair | 2B | 43 | 153 | 74 | 5 | 25 | .978 | 5.279 | ||||
| William Carr | 3B | 96 | 120 | 196 | 22 | 25 | .935 | 3.292 | ||||
| Bill Brightwell | 3B | 11 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 3.273 | ||||
| Luther Tucker | C | 109 | 721 | 37 | 13 | 12 | .983 | 6.954 | 8 | |||
| Eugene Bilo | OF | 115 | 198 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .982 | 1.878 | ||||
| Pel Austin | OF | 108 | 196 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .962 | 1.870 | ||||
| Winston Rodgers | OF | 92 | 211 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .974 | 2.402 | ||||
| Martin Filogamo | OF | 35 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Elmer Toth | P | 34 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 2 | .929 | 1.147 | ||||
| Robert Brown | P | 33 | 8 | 41 | 6 | 2 | .891 | 1.485 | ||||
| Bill Brightwell | P | 28 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 1 | .864 | 1.357 | ||||
| Clyde Baldwin | P | 25 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .875 | .840 | ||||
| Kenneth Yoke | P | 24 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Charles Slaber | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Radebaugh | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chester Stranczek | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Riley | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hurley McLeod | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Anderson | SS | 90 | 141 | 219 | 32 | 34 | .918 | 4.000 | ||||
| William Carr | SS | 23 | 40 | 54 | 13 | 10 | .879 | 4.087 | ||||
| Totals | 1079 | 2964 | 1058 | 143 | 256 | .966 | 3.728 | 8 | 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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