1954 Memphis Chicks Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 80-74
Finished 4th in the SA
Manager: Don Gutteridge (80-74)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Russwood Park
Attendance: 108,898, Avg. 1,414

1954 Memphis Chicks Roster

Playoffs - Atlanta Crackers 4 games, Memphis Chicks 2

The Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 80 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the SA.

The Chicks scored 822 runs and yielded 785 runs. Ed White topped all regular batters by hitting .314. Bill Fischer led Memphis with 14 wins, while Kelly Swift recorded a 3.73 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Tom Flanigan, Jerry Dahlke, Dewey Williams, Al Kozar, Jim Baumer, Dixie Howell, Bill Fischer, Marv Rotblatt, Paul Stuffel, Hal Keller, Luis Alomá, Vito Valentinetti, Sammy Meeks, Stan Jok, Ken Landenberger, Kite Thomas, Ed White and Joe Kirrene were all players from the 1954 Memphis Chicks who played in the Majors during their careers.

Don Gutteridge 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
Bill Fischer	14	12	.538	3.86	35	28					203.0	207	107	87	12	73
Marv Rotblatt	12	7	.632	4.59	26	21					145.0	158	86	74	9	78
Kelly Swift	11	8	.579	3.73	39	14					135.0	122	71	56	8	58
Paul Stuffel	11	8	.579	4.13	32	25					196.0	186	107	90	9	116
Dixie Howell	9	6	.600	3.21	49	0					98.0	90	45	35	8	41
Alois Zilian	6	2	.750	5.97	18	11					86.0	94	61	57	12	36
Luis Alomá	6	7	.462	4.25	31	14					110.0	116	60	52	13	37
Tom Flanigan	4	5	.444	3.62	26	13					107.0	103	48	43	8	44
Vito Valentinetti	4	6	.400	4.35	26	10					91.0	95	54	44	9	35
Jerry Dahlke	1	2	.333	7.39	14						28.0	38	26	23		9
Gerald Speck	1	3	.250		6						0.0
Richard Duffy	1	5	.167	5.21	20	8					57.0	55	42	33	6	44
Roger Howard	0	0			3						0.0
Larry Hoffman	0	0			1						0.0
Bob Simpson	0	0			1						0.0
Garland Brill	0	1	.000		5						0.0
Bob Black	0	2	.000		6						0.0
Totals	80	74	.519	4.26	338	144	0	0	0	0	1256.0	1264	707	594	94	571	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
Ken Landenberger	155	547	547		161	34	7	25						.294	.294	.519	.814	284
Len Johnston	136	511	511		151	21	5	1						.295	.295	.362	.658	185
Ed White	119	421	421		132	19	7	9						.314	.314	.456	.770	192
Kite Thomas	129	447	447		130	19	3	14						.291	.291	.441	.732	197
Stan Jok	114	410	410		126	22	5	17						.307	.307	.510	.817	209
Jim Baumer	118	403	403		112	25	3	4						.278	.278	.385	.663	155
George Moskovich	107	371	371		106	18	6	11						.286	.286	.456	.741	169
Hal Keller	116	321	321		103	18	3	15						.321	.321	.536	.857	172
Ralph Rowe	127	376	376		103	20	5	5						.274	.274	.394	.668	148
Sammy Meeks	54	215	215		71	10	1	9						.330	.330	.512	.842	110
George Noga	59	196	196		60	7	2	5						.306	.306	.439	.745	86
Bobby Winkles	52	185	185		41	2	1	0						.222	.222	.243	.465	45
Duke Doolittle	36	117	117		32	2	0	0						.274	.274	.291	.564	34
Dewey Williams	40	107	107		23	3	0	0						.215	.215	.243	.458	26
Bill Fischer	35	73	73		19	3	0	1						.260	.260	.342	.603	25
Clyde Perry	21	81	81		19	5	0	0						.235	.235	.296	.531	24
Marv Rotblatt	26	55	55		15	2	0	0						.273	.273	.309	.582	17
Paul Stuffel	36	73	73		10	1	0	3						.137	.137	.274	.411	20
Dixie Howell	50	48	48		9	1	0	1						.188	.188	.271	.458	13
Joe Kirrene	13	41	41		8	1	0	1						.195	.195	.293	.488	12
Vito Valentinetti	26	25	25		6	0	0	1						.240	.240	.360	.600	9
Alois Zilian	23	33	33		5	0	0	0						.152	.152	.152	.303	5
Del Lang	15	34	34		5	1	0	0						.147	.147	.176	.324	6
Richard Duffy	25	20	20		3	0	0	0						.150	.150	.150	.300	3
Luis Alomá	31	33	33		2	1	0	0						.061	.061	.091	.152	3
Tom Flanigan	26	34	34		2	0	0	0						.059	.059	.059	.118	2
Kelly Swift	39	42	42		2	0	0	0						.048	.048	.048	.095	2
Bob Black	6	5	5											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bill Boyce	1	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Garland Brill	5	2	2											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jerry Dahlke	14	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Arnold Davis	6	8	8											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Al Kozar	3	4	4											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gerald Speck	6	7	7											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Roger Howard	3	2	2											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Killinger	9	27	27											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Tom Korczowski	8	14	14											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1789	5292	5292	0	1456	235	48	122	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.275	.407	.682	2153	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Dixie Howell	P	49					.000
Kelly Swift	P	39					.000
Bill Fischer	P	35					.000
Paul Stuffel	P	32					.000
Luis Alomá	P	31					.000
Vito Valentinetti	P	26					.000
Marv Rotblatt	P	26					.000
Tom Flanigan	P	26					.000
Richard Duffy	P	20					.000
Alois Zilian	P	18					.000
Jerry Dahlke	P	14					.000
Gerald Speck	P	6					.000
Bob Black	P	6					.000
Garland Brill	P	5					.000
Roger Howard	P	3					.000
Bob Simpson	P	1					.000
Larry Hoffman	P	1					.000
Totals		338	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.

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