1954 Macon Peaches Statistics
Team Record: 78-61
Finished 3rd in the SAL
Manager: Nick Cullop (78-61)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Macon, Georgia
Ballpark: Luther Williams Park
Attendance: 74,569, Avg. 1,073
Playoffs - Savannah Athletics 3 games, Macon Peaches 0
The Macon Peaches of the South Atlantic League ended the 1954 season with a record of 78 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the SAL.
The Peaches scored 760 runs, best in the league. Macon conceded 677 runs. Bob Coats topped hitters with significant playing time with a .310 average. Joe Stanka led the team with 16 wins, while Cal Howe as well added 15 or more victories as well Joe Stanka recorded a 3 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1954 Macon Peaches who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Paul Schramka, Dan Lewandowski, Joe Stanka, Jack Brittin, Cal Howe and Freddie Burdette.
Nick Cullop 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Stanka | 16 | 5 | .762 | 3.00 | 26 | 26 | 192.0 | 192 | 72 | 64 | 10 | 99 | ||||||||||
| Cal Howe | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.16 | 58 | 2 | 154.0 | 128 | 66 | 54 | 9 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Richard Verbic | 12 | 13 | .480 | 4.13 | 29 | 28 | 200.7 | 113 | 113 | 92 | 9 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Bob Saban | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.58 | 31 | 28 | 196.0 | 196 | 94 | 78 | 7 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Joe Kuncl | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.86 | 8 | 8 | 66.0 | 61 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Harold Byfuss | 3 | 9 | .250 | 5.89 | 26 | 11 | 91.7 | 70 | 70 | 60 | 7 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Jack Brittin | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Waselchuk | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Kerce | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.06 | 23 | 11 | 84.7 | 69 | 69 | 57 | 1 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Freddie Burdette | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.37 | 7 | 19.0 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Donald Vike | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Long | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Walt Nothe | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6.72 | 19 | 12 | 69.7 | 58 | 58 | 52 | 6 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 72 | 62 | .537 | 4.05 | 248 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1073.7 | 906 | 574 | 483 | 54 | 519 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Coats | 140 | 568 | 568 | 176 | 25 | 10 | 2 | .310 | .310 | .400 | .710 | 227 | |||||||||||
| Lee Bohlender | 133 | 484 | 484 | 145 | 26 | 7 | 7 | .300 | .300 | .426 | .725 | 206 | |||||||||||
| Ted Lewandowski | 140 | 542 | 542 | 145 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .268 | .268 | .314 | .581 | 170 | |||||||||||
| James Dickey | 138 | 490 | 490 | 139 | 25 | 8 | 28 | .284 | .284 | .539 | .822 | 264 | |||||||||||
| Ray Williams | 113 | 447 | 447 | 133 | 26 | 8 | 7 | .298 | .298 | .438 | .736 | 196 | |||||||||||
| Paul Schramka | 110 | 446 | 446 | 129 | 21 | 8 | 21 | .289 | .289 | .513 | .803 | 229 | |||||||||||
| Blas Fernandez | 81 | 327 | 327 | 83 | 19 | 5 | 4 | .254 | .254 | .379 | .633 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Pete Konyar | 57 | 208 | 208 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 7 | .236 | .236 | .394 | .630 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Rube Walker | 65 | 188 | 188 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .245 | .245 | .351 | .596 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Robert Murray | 73 | 209 | 209 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 6 | .215 | .215 | .340 | .555 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Mel Rue | 44 | 146 | 146 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .308 | .541 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Paul Tretiak | 46 | 115 | 115 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .209 | .209 | .235 | .443 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Richard Verbic | 29 | 77 | 77 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .208 | .403 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Joe Stanka | 31 | 78 | 78 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .179 | .179 | .359 | .538 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Cal Howe | 58 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .217 | .413 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Robert Kerce | 24 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .357 | .643 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bob Saban | 33 | 70 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .100 | .171 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Leonard Jackson | 12 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .188 | .312 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Walt Nothe | 19 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Harold Byfuss | 26 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .069 | .069 | .069 | .138 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Donald Vike | 6 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Waselchuk | 6 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Mauldin | 5 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Long | 4 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Lloyd | 9 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Yale Lary | 6 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Kuncl | 8 | 27 | 27 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Freddie Burdette | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jack Brittin | 5 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Raymond Adams | 6 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1434 | 4655 | 4655 | 0 | 1208 | 200 | 57 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .384 | .644 | 1789 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal Howe | P | 58 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Saban | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Verbic | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Stanka | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Byfuss | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Kerce | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Walt Nothe | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Kuncl | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Freddie Burdette | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| John Waselchuk | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Vike | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Brittin | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| George Long | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 248 | 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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