1954 Jacksonville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 83-57
Finished 1st in the SAL
Manager: Ben Geraghty (83-57)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Red Cap Stadium
Attendance: 119,454, Avg. 1,706
Playoffs - Jacksonville Braves 3 games, Columbia Reds 1
Finals - Savannah Athletics 4 games, Jacksonville Braves 3
The Jacksonville Braves of the South Atlantic League ended the 1954 season with a record of 83 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the SAL.
The Braves paced the league with just 582 runs allowed. Jacksonville scored 704 runs. Clarence Riddle topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .318 clip. Humberto Robinson recorded 23 wins on the mound for the squad, while Bob Trowbridge and Paul Cave as well added 15 or more victories as well Humberto Robinson earned a 2.41 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1954 Jacksonville Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Trowbridge, Nat Peeples, Norm Brown, Buddy Lively, Humberto Robinson, Grady Wilson, Mike Roarke, George Estock, Al Spangler and Walt Linden.
Ben Geraghty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humberto Robinson | 23 | 8 | .742 | 2.41 | 36 | 33 | 276.0 | 201 | 86 | 74 | 8 | 97 | ||||||||||
| Paul Cave | 18 | 6 | .750 | 3.32 | 39 | 30 | 236.0 | 205 | 103 | 87 | 17 | 107 | ||||||||||
| Bob Trowbridge | 18 | 8 | .692 | 2.84 | 32 | 29 | 228.0 | 172 | 78 | 72 | 10 | 103 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Dumouchelle | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.75 | 31 | 23 | 173.0 | 91 | 91 | 72 | 11 | 86 | ||||||||||
| George Heller | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.64 | 47 | 0 | 78.3 | 66 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Richard Carmichael | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Denney | 2 | 1 | .667 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Herb Shankman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Ritter | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stewart Alton | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Norm Brown | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carlson Maloney | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mel Himes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Roland | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frederick Vogel | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Skip Pope | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Estock | 0 | 5 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 51 | .614 | 2.98 | 255 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 991.3 | 735 | 386 | 328 | 46 | 441 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Frey | 139 | 529 | 529 | 167 | 40 | 4 | 11 | .316 | .316 | .469 | .784 | 248 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Riddle | 137 | 519 | 519 | 165 | 22 | 6 | 28 | .318 | .318 | .545 | .863 | 283 | |||||||||||
| Jack Caro | 131 | 507 | 507 | 159 | 20 | 7 | 0 | .314 | .314 | .381 | .694 | 193 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Andrews | 122 | 423 | 423 | 125 | 27 | 6 | 8 | .296 | .296 | .444 | .740 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Horace Garner | 94 | 323 | 323 | 104 | 25 | 1 | 8 | .322 | .322 | .480 | .802 | 155 | |||||||||||
| Fran Haus | 125 | 437 | 437 | 96 | 12 | 6 | 7 | .220 | .220 | .323 | .542 | 141 | |||||||||||
| Mike Roarke | 85 | 288 | 288 | 85 | 12 | 1 | 5 | .295 | .295 | .396 | .691 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Nat Peeples | 94 | 288 | 288 | 83 | 14 | 2 | 7 | .288 | .288 | .424 | .712 | 122 | |||||||||||
| Ray Cattaneo | 108 | 313 | 313 | 71 | 14 | 0 | 7 | .227 | .227 | .339 | .565 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Turco | 49 | 156 | 156 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .263 | .263 | .321 | .583 | 50 | |||||||||||
| William Casey | 62 | 187 | 187 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .299 | .481 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Bortz | 47 | 108 | 108 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .278 | .509 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Humberto Robinson | 36 | 100 | 100 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Dumouchelle | 37 | 65 | 65 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .215 | .215 | .246 | .462 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Paul Cave | 40 | 87 | 87 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .195 | .356 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Julio Palazzini | 13 | 37 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .297 | .568 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Billy Smith | 13 | 42 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .286 | .524 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Steve Karas | 13 | 41 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .220 | .220 | .537 | .756 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Bob Trowbridge | 32 | 87 | 87 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .103 | .103 | .161 | .264 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Al Spangler | 10 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .241 | .241 | .379 | .621 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Leonard Williams | 9 | 17 | 17 | 5 | .294 | .294 | .294 | .588 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Carmichael | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 3 | |||||||||||
| George Heller | 47 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bill Denney | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Frederick Vogel | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Stalker | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Wegerek | 5 | 21 | 21 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Burt Stone | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Stewart Alton | 3 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Herb Shankman | 8 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Roland | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Estock | 9 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Graham | 4 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Mel Himes | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Walt Linden | 8 | 30 | 30 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Long | 5 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Carlson Maloney | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Skip Pope | 5 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Ritter | 5 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Grady Wilson | 8 | 27 | 27 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1543 | 4753 | 4753 | 0 | 1253 | 219 | 34 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .264 | .382 | .646 | 1816 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Heller | P | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Cave | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Humberto Robinson | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Trowbridge | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Alfred Dumouchelle | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Denney | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Carlson Maloney | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| George Estock | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Herb Shankman | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Carmichael | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Ritter | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Skip Pope | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Norm Brown | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Mel Himes | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Frederick Vogel | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Stewart Alton | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Roland | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 255 | 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.
