1954 Madisonville Miners Statistics
Team Record: 61-52
Finished 5th in the KITL
Manager: Bob Latshaw (0-0), William Close (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Madisonville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Municipal Park (Stadium)
Attendance: 31,097, Avg. 550
Playoffs - Union City Dodgers 4 games, Madisonville Miners 2
The Madisonville Miners of the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League ended the 1954 season with a record of 61 wins and 52 losses, finishing fifth in the KITL.
The Miners scored 805 runs and gave up 699 runs. Bill Pass topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .351 clip. William Johnson led Madisonville with 15 wins, while Michael Pulscak registered a 3.19 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers. Bob Latshaw and William Close 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Johnson | 15 | 6 | .714 | 5.19 | 29 | 24 | 178.7 | 193 | 122 | 103 | 12 | 123 | ||||||||||
| Michael Pulscak | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.19 | 24 | 9 | 93.0 | 87 | 46 | 33 | 7 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Bob Bennett | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.92 | 39 | 14 | 150.0 | 165 | 103 | 82 | 10 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Daniel Campbell | 7 | 8 | .467 | 5.68 | 31 | 12 | 122.0 | 132 | 98 | 77 | 2 | 107 | ||||||||||
| Eugene Seats | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.38 | 22 | 16 | 98.7 | 71 | 62 | 48 | 7 | 98 | ||||||||||
| Bob Sherman | 4 | 3 | .571 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Layana | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ron Rujawitz | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gene Nelson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eugene Sears | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Siner | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Nichols | 1 | 8 | .111 | 6.36 | 14 | 10 | 58.0 | 51 | 55 | 41 | 6 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Don Parks | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Ragogna | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cook | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carl Angelo | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Murphy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eldon Crane | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Norm Tanner | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 59 | 56 | .513 | 4.93 | 235 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 700.3 | 699 | 486 | 384 | 44 | 512 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Pass | 91 | 461 | 461 | 162 | 24 | 7 | 4 | .351 | .351 | .460 | .811 | 212 | |||||||||||
| Frank Bragan | 108 | 480 | 480 | 147 | 22 | 9 | 0 | .306 | .306 | .390 | .696 | 187 | |||||||||||
| Harold Wallace | 100 | 402 | 402 | 123 | 17 | 10 | 7 | .306 | .306 | .450 | .756 | 181 | |||||||||||
| Robert Rous | 109 | 390 | 390 | 108 | 13 | 12 | 15 | .277 | .277 | .487 | .764 | 190 | |||||||||||
| Frank Layana | 85 | 300 | 300 | 107 | 23 | 1 | 10 | .357 | .357 | .540 | .897 | 162 | |||||||||||
| Robert Sagers | 76 | 290 | 290 | 93 | 23 | 6 | 8 | .321 | .321 | .524 | .845 | 152 | |||||||||||
| William Close | 60 | 239 | 239 | 87 | 14 | 7 | 8 | .364 | .364 | .582 | .946 | 139 | |||||||||||
| Roger Rada | 53 | 203 | 203 | 81 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .399 | .399 | .542 | .941 | 110 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Borzellino | 49 | 195 | 195 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .272 | .272 | .344 | .615 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Bob Latshaw | 21 | 58 | 58 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 4 | .466 | .466 | .897 | 1.362 | 52 | |||||||||||
| William Johnson | 42 | 87 | 87 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .287 | .287 | .483 | .770 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Bill Roger | 21 | 78 | 78 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .256 | .256 | .385 | .641 | 30 | |||||||||||
| John Cuesta | 16 | 60 | 60 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .283 | .283 | .333 | .617 | 20 | |||||||||||
| William Pauletich | 23 | 54 | 54 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .296 | .296 | .333 | .630 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Gene Segin | 22 | 83 | 83 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .193 | .193 | .193 | .386 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Ben May | 16 | 47 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .362 | .596 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Weaver | 14 | 36 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .278 | .278 | .472 | .750 | 17 | |||||||||||
| William Day | 33 | 60 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .183 | .350 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Michael Pulscak | 24 | 40 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .175 | .325 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Campbell | 31 | 47 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .128 | .128 | .213 | .340 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bob Bennett | 41 | 55 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .109 | .109 | .218 | .327 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Bob Sherman | 12 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .267 | .467 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Norm Tanner | 13 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .120 | .200 | .320 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Jim Nichols | 15 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .143 | .238 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ron Rujawitz | 6 | 17 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Venturino | 5 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Eugene Sears | 12 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Seats | 22 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dave Siner | 9 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ray Ragogna | 4 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Eldon Crane | 7 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Denny | 6 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Karwacki | 7 | 22 | 22 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jerry Morris | 1 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Murphy | 6 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gene Nelson | 8 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Don Parks | 7 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Pillette | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Carl Angelo | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1180 | 3895 | 3895 | 0 | 1139 | 196 | 67 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .292 | .427 | .720 | 1664 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Bennett | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Daniel Campbell | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| William Johnson | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Pulscak | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Seats | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Nichols | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Norm Tanner | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Siner | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Sears | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Sherman | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Nelson | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Eldon Crane | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Rujawitz | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Murphy | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Ragogna | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Carl Angelo | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Cook | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 228 | 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.
