1954 Jamestown Falcons Statistics
Team Record: 78-48
Finished 1st in the PONYL
Manager: Danny Litwhiler (0-0), Wayne Blackburn (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Jamestown, New York
Ballpark: Russell Diethrich, Jr. Park
Attendance: 86,460, Avg. 1,372
Playoffs - Jamestown Falcons 3 games, Wellsville Braves 0
Finals - Corning Red Sox 4 games, Jamestown Falcons 1
The Jamestown Falcons of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1954 season with a record of 78 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the PONYL.
The Falcons led the league with just 641 runs allowed. Jamestown scored 833 runs. Hollis Powell paced all regular batters by connecting at a .338 clip. Robert Mische and Tom Van Remmen topped the team with 16 wins each, while Robert Mische recorded a 3.31 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
John O'Neil and Danny Litwhiler both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Danny Litwhiler and Wayne Blackburn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Van Remmen | 16 | 5 | .762 | 4.15 | 30 | 23 | 178.0 | 165 | 98 | 82 | 1 | 116 | ||||||||||
| Robert Mische | 16 | 6 | .727 | 3.31 | 41 | 12 | 177.0 | 183 | 83 | 65 | 6 | 92 | ||||||||||
| Nikko Koleff | 12 | 5 | .706 | 4.88 | 24 | 19 | 131.0 | 118 | 79 | 71 | 3 | 102 | ||||||||||
| Al Taylor | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.62 | 34 | 21 | 154.0 | 177 | 97 | 79 | 7 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Al Pehanick | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.56 | 35 | 14 | 144.0 | 141 | 89 | 57 | 2 | 86 | ||||||||||
| Dick Bays | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.10 | 18 | 10 | 93.0 | 75 | 34 | 32 | 0 | 44 | ||||||||||
| William Wright | 6 | 4 | .600 | 5.86 | 14 | 11 | 66.0 | 76 | 52 | 43 | 2 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Dobberstein | 1 | 1 | .500 | 16 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Max Simmons | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Camilli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lionel Ackerman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Schuett | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Hane | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Franks | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Kennedy | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Walters | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Kirkpatrick | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 78 | 48 | .619 | 4.09 | 257 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 943.0 | 935 | 532 | 429 | 21 | 568 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollis Powell | 126 | 456 | 456 | 154 | 27 | 11 | 14 | .338 | .338 | .537 | .875 | 245 | |||||||||||
| Richard Lisiecki | 125 | 517 | 517 | 149 | 17 | 4 | 3 | .288 | .288 | .354 | .642 | 183 | |||||||||||
| John Viola | 123 | 465 | 465 | 129 | 12 | 10 | 10 | .277 | .277 | .411 | .688 | 191 | |||||||||||
| Paul Petro | 116 | 438 | 438 | 128 | 23 | 11 | 10 | .292 | .292 | .463 | .756 | 203 | |||||||||||
| Ron Witucki | 87 | 315 | 315 | 126 | 26 | 12 | 6 | .400 | .400 | .616 | 1.016 | 194 | |||||||||||
| John Irace | 119 | 428 | 428 | 126 | 23 | 8 | 9 | .294 | .294 | .449 | .743 | 192 | |||||||||||
| John Risch | 44 | 165 | 165 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 4 | .309 | .309 | .509 | .818 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Tom Van Remmen | 66 | 145 | 145 | 48 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .331 | .331 | .469 | .800 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Dick Camilli | 49 | 183 | 183 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 6 | .246 | .246 | .399 | .645 | 73 | |||||||||||
| John O'Neil | 26 | 121 | 121 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .298 | .298 | .388 | .686 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Rosario Ciatto | 54 | 145 | 145 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .221 | .221 | .345 | .566 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Danny Litwhiler | 33 | 87 | 87 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .345 | .345 | .655 | 1.000 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Ray Clayton | 27 | 101 | 101 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .238 | .238 | .277 | .515 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Blackburn | 23 | 68 | 68 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .324 | .324 | .382 | .706 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Al Taylor | 39 | 53 | 53 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .264 | .509 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Charles Duquette | 16 | 53 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .226 | .226 | .358 | .585 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Robert Mische | 41 | 62 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .161 | .323 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Richard Wirth | 12 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .348 | .348 | .565 | .913 | 13 | |||||||||||
| John Zeitler | 18 | 50 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .200 | .360 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Claude Agee | 20 | 52 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Don Lumley | 14 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .333 | .593 | 9 | |||||||||||
| William Taft | 13 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .259 | .519 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Nikko Koleff | 24 | 43 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .163 | .163 | .326 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Dick Bays | 18 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .156 | .312 | 5 | |||||||||||
| William Wright | 15 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Al Pehanick | 35 | 46 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Dobberstein | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | |||||||||||
| George Walters | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Don Paniko | 6 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Franks | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Hane | 4 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Max Simmons | 6 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Schuett | 6 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Kennedy | 9 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Kirkpatrick | 8 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lionel Ackerman | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1350 | 4176 | 4176 | 0 | 1195 | 189 | 74 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .421 | .707 | 1757 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Mische | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Al Pehanick | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Al Taylor | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Nikko Koleff | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Bays | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Dobberstein | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| William Wright | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| George Walters | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Kirkpatrick | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| James Kennedy | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Max Simmons | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| John Schuett | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| George Hane | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Franks | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Lionel Ackerman | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 226 | 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.
