1954 Greensboro Patriots Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 79-59
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Eddie Popowski (79-59)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 81,607, Avg. 1,183

1954 Greensboro Patriots Roster

Playoffs - Burlington-Graham Pirates 3 games, Greensboro Patriots 2

The Greensboro Patriots of the Carolina League ended the 1954 season with a record of 79 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the CL.

The Patriots plated 687 runs and surrendered 604 runs. Guy Morton walloped 32 home runs for Greensboro, while John Pfeiffer swatted 15 or more, too. Guy Morton drove in 120 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .348 clip. Ed Mayer led the team with 17 wins, and John Patula recorded a 1.58 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Guy Morton and Ed Mayer both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Eddie Popowski 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
Ed Mayer	17	8	.680	3.28	32	30		18	4		222.0	225	96	81	16	53		129	2	1	4
Del Norwood	14	9	.609	3.88	28	25		13	1		181.0	182	93	78	14	81		85	1	0	7
George Crawford	13	9	.591	3.06	30	25		15	4		191.0	178	77	65	12	92		132	2	0	6
John Patula	12	7	.632	1.58	22	20		15	6		159.0	119	38	28	3	85		108	6	0	3
Fred Zirella	9	6	.600	4.12	51	1		0	0		144.0	144	77	66	14	48		77	0	0	5
Red Whitson	4	4	.500	4.33	12	7		2	0		54.0	65	30	26	6	21		33	2	0	3
Johnny Watson	3	1	.750	5.57	13	5		0	0		42.0	47	28	26	7	21		29	1	0	4
Gene Rosen	2	1	.667		8						0.0
Ricky Tarys	2	3	.400	2.77	15	6		1	0		52.0	44	22	16	3	44		21	1	1	3
Orland Mecham	2	5	.286	4.50	12	10		2	0		62.0	60	37	31	7	55		39	4	2	4
Donald Glenn	1	0	1.000		1						0.0
Frank Seeley	0	0			3						0.0
George Contratto	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Jack Parris	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Herbert Drew	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Paul Aylward	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Richard Eichhorn	0	2	.000	11.03	11	2		0	0		31.0	35	41	38	5	48		28	1	0	1
Totals	79	59	.572	3.60	247	131	0	66	15	0	1138.0	1099	539	455	87	548	0	681	20	4	40	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
Guy Morton	130	550	483	81	168	38	0	32	120	2		58	74	.348	.415	.625	1.041	302		2	1	6
John Charvat	134	561	505	74	146	20	7	5	64	5		42	82	.289	.342	.386	.728	195		1	8	5
Richard McCarthy	128	497	449	65	131	19	4	4	41	13		38	68	.292	.345	.379	.723	170		1	4	5
John Pfeiffer	132	543	470	71	130	33	3	15	63	1		65	79	.277	.367	.455	.822	214		3	3	2
Hal Toso	127	537	456	80	116	20	3	12	54	4		68	47	.254	.358	.390	.749	178		7	4	2
George Contratto	92	340	297	50	87	12	3	1	30	8		32	21	.293	.361	.364	.725	108		2	5	4
Richard Karl	82	305	266	43	70	10	2	2	30	3		26	16	.263	.341	.338	.679	90		7	3	3
Robert Guttilla	66	296	243	35	55	11	0	1	25	2		42	15	.226	.338	.284	.622	69		1	6	4
George Toepfer	43	183	168	27	54	6	4	6	27	0		11	24	.321	.357	.512	.869	86		0	1	3
Bruce Ohlinger	59	226	197	21	50	13	0	2	26	0		19	17	.254	.323	.350	.673	69		3	3	4
Matt Sczesny	42	167	140	20	37	6	2	0	22	0		22	15	.264	.358	.336	.693	47		0	2	3
Edward Irons	23	96	86	17	33	6	0	4	19	3		8	6	.384	.427	.593	1.020	51		0	0	2
Marvin Stendel	41	154	123	23	28	5	0	7	19	1		25	40	.228	.366	.439	.805	54		3	1	2
Ed Mayer	37	102	85	14	23	4	0	2	8	0		12	14	.271	.370	.388	.758	33		2	2	1
Richard Hidalgo	19	82	72	6	18	1	0	0	8	1		6	10	.250	.309	.264	.573	19		1	1	2
Arthur West	16	55	52	3	16	1	0	0	5	2		1	4	.308	.327	.327	.654	17		1	0	1
Del Norwood	30	72	66	12	13	2	0	2	8	0		2	12	.197	.221	.318	.539	21		0	4	0
Syl McNinch	9	32	32		12									.375	.375	.375	.750	12
Arthur Getgen	29	68	57	5	10	1	0	0	1	2		10	22	.175	.299	.193	.491	11		0	1	0
George Crawford	30	79	76	5	10	3	1	1	7	0		0	35	.132	.130	.237	.367	18		0	2	1
John Patula	22	58	52	2	8	0	0	2	6	0		1	24	.154	.200	.269	.469	14		2	3	0
Fred Zirella	51	46	43	2	7	1	0	0	3	0		2	7	.163	.200	.186	.386	8		0	1	0
James Hirsch	11	41	30	6	6	1	0	0	2	0		9	4	.200	.375	.233	.608	7		0	1	1
Orland Mecham	12	22	22	2	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	13	.182	.182	.318	.500	7		0	0	0
Richard Eichhorn	13	16	15	1	3	0	0	1	4	0		1	7	.200	.250	.400	.650	6		0	0	0
Ricky Tarys	15	21	19	0	3	0	0	0	3	0		1	6	.158	.200	.158	.358	3		0	1	0
Johnny Watson	13	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	2		0	2	0
Robert Pratt	9	14	14		2									.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Red Whitson	14	19	19	2	2	0	0	0	1	1		0	8	.105	.105	.105	.211	2		0	0	0
James Spencer	8	24	24		2									.083	.083	.083	.167	2
Frank Seeley	3	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Herbert Drew	3	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Jack Stallings	7	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Tasi Vriga	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gene Rosen	8	10	10		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jack Parris	1	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1462	5244	4597	667	1248	214	30	99	597	48	0	501	675	.271	.344	.396	.740	1819	0	36	59	51	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Hal Toso	1B	125	1068	53	18	131	.984	8.968
George Contratto	1B	12	73	8	2	8	.976	6.750
John Charvat	2B	131	320	418	29	118	.962	5.634
Robert Guttilla	3B	60	68	103	10	12	.945	2.850
Matt Sczesny	3B	39	33	59	5	9	.948	2.359
Richard Karl	3B	19	14	26	5	1	.889	2.105
James Hirsch	3B	10	7	15	1	2	.957	2.200
Arthur Getgen	3B	10	7	17	2	3	.923	2.400
Guy Morton	C	123	652	95	17	14	.978	6.073	20
Edward Irons	C	13	79	8	1	3	.989	6.692	1
Richard McCarthy	OF	127	299	9	12	4	.962	2.425
George Contratto	OF	73	138	5	6	0	.960	1.959
Bruce Ohlinger	OF	53	70	1	3	0	.959	1.340
Richard Karl	OF	51	91	8	2	2	.980	1.941
George Toepfer	OF	43	66	6	3	0	.960	1.674
Marvin Stendel	OF	40	73	3	4	0	.950	1.900
Richard Hidalgo	OF	19	37	2	0	0	1.000	2.053
Edward Irons	OF	10	13	0	1	0	.929	1.300
Fred Zirella	P	51	6	21	0	0	1.000	.529
Ed Mayer	P	32	9	34	3	3	.935	1.344
George Crawford	P	30	5	24	1	1	.967	.967
Del Norwood	P	28	12	28	0	0	1.000	1.429
John Patula	P	22	10	27	1	2	.974	1.682
Ricky Tarys	P	15	3	7	1	0	.909	.667
Johnny Watson	P	13	6	6	0	0	1.000	.923
Red Whitson	P	12	4	7	1	0	.917	.917
Orland Mecham	P	12	5	2	2	0	.778	.583
Richard Eichhorn	P	11	1	6	0	0	1.000	.636
Gene Rosen	P	8						.000
Paul Aylward	P	4						.000
Frank Seeley	P	3						.000
Herbert Drew	P	3						.000
Jack Parris	P	1						.000
Donald Glenn	P	1						.000
George Contratto	P	1						.000
John Pfeiffer	SS	132	251	419	34	102	.952	5.076
Arthur Getgen	SS	10	14	29	5	10	.896	4.300
Totals		1347	3434	1446	169	425	.967	3.623	21	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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