1954 Mattoon Phillies Statistics

Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 62-64
Finished 5th in the MOVL
Manager: Carl Bush (0-0), Don Osborn (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Mattoon, Illinois
Ballpark: Mattoon Baseball Park
Attendance: 48,422, Avg. 769

1954 Mattoon Phillies Roster

The Mattoon Phillies of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1954 season with a record of 62 wins and 64 losses, finishing fifth in the MOVL.

The Phillies scored 751 runs and surrendered 753 runs. Jackie King led Mattoon with 11 home runs and drove in 87 runs. John Pollina paced all regular hitters by hitting .293. Thomas Cronin topped the team with 17 wins and a team-best 3.12 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Jim Golden and Don Landrum both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Carl Bush and Don Osborn 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
Thomas Cronin	17	11	.607	3.12	31	27		21	0		231.0	213	114	80	8	93		225	4	1	11
Jim Golden	11	8	.579	3.73	23	21		13	0		169.0	152	92	70	8	92		151	8	1	10
John Dewald	9	4	.692	4.37	20	15		7	1		105.0	103	73	51	5	51		101	2	0	4
Al Birunas	9	11	.450	4.36	27	24		11	3		159.0	165	97	77	10	72		106	13	3	12
George Fuchs	7	11	.389	5.89	42	9		3	0		107.0	106	85	70	7	110		81	3	0	17
John Stillman	6	12	.333	5.46	29	18		8	0		155.0	195	113	94	7	83		115	5	1	12
Arley Andrews	1	0	1.000		2						0.0
Nick Soldo	1	3	.250	8.27	14	2		0	0		49.0	65	63	45	2	48		44	3	0	9
Ernie Tabor	1	3	.250	9.19	18	5		0	0		48.0	47	57	49	9	53		41	6	0	7
Kenneth Menkel	0	0			2						0.0
Don Osborn	0	0			2						0.0
Carl Bush	0	0			3						0.0
James Thacker	0	1	.000		9						0.0
Totals	62	64	.492	4.72	222	121	0	63	4	0	1023.0	1046	694	536	56	602	0	864	44	6	82	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
John Pollina	126	566	492	79	144	19	11	0	64	16		57	71	.293	.366	.376	.742	185		3	8	6
Phil Stevens	126	576	482	89	139	21	9	2	75	14		79	73	.288	.387	.382	.769	184		1	10	4
Jackie King	111	453	387	86	109	25	5	11	87	0		49	77	.282	.377	.457	.835	177		13	0	4
Carl Hutzler	77	323	281	69	92	19	7	6	60	13		37	34	.327	.404	.509	.913	143		1	1	3
Danny Almeida	73	330	291	58	80	9	1	1	31	9		34	39	.275	.353	.323	.676	94		1	4	0
Carl Bush	52	226	208	34	70	21	7	6	47	4		13	31	.337	.379	.591	.971	123		2	2	1
Kenneth Menkel	61	254	196	54	64	9	10	5	47	0		47	23	.327	.464	.551	1.015	108		4	6	1
Bob McLeod	71	239	211	36	53	16	2	2	38	1		24	59	.251	.326	.374	.701	79		0	3	1
Thomas Bornman	52	184	146	36	42	5	2	0	18	2		27	32	.288	.413	.349	.763	51		5	5	1
Keith Williamson	42	157	145	17	37	3	5	2	17	5		9	30	.255	.301	.386	.687	56		1	1	1
Terry Wilson	52	205	172	31	37	6	2	1	23	4		26	22	.215	.328	.291	.619	50		4	1	2
Leonard Brown	43	157	130	28	30	0	3	0	12	15		22	21	.231	.359	.277	.636	36		4	1	0
Ed Mayjack	42	187	150	22	29	7	2	0	13	1		28	29	.193	.328	.267	.595	40		3	4	2
Don Landrum	37	132	108	22	26	6	1	1	13	8		17	28	.241	.341	.343	.684	37		0	6	1
Andrew Fontan	27	125	108	18	25	4	4	0	12	14		16	18	.231	.331	.343	.673	37		0	1	0
Jim Golden	35	88	84	12	20	2	0	1	18	0		2	16	.238	.273	.298	.570	25		2	0	0
Gerald Weber	19	58	54	6	15	4	2	0	5	2		3	8	.278	.328	.426	.754	23		1	0	0
Al Birunas	29	67	58	7	11	2	0	0	2	0		3	12	.190	.242	.224	.466	13		1	5	0
John Stillman	33	73	63	7	10	1	0	1	7	0		5	23	.159	.232	.222	.454	14		1	4	0
Daniel Vlosich	21	84	64	8	8	1	0	1	6	2		16	26	.125	.325	.188	.513	12		3	1	0
Thomas Cronin	31	99	88	8	8	2	0	0	5	0		6	43	.091	.156	.114	.270	10		1	3	1
George Fuchs	44	44	39	4	7	0	0	1	7	0		3	4	.179	.238	.256	.495	10		0	2	0
John Dewald	20	49	42	1	7	1	0	0	3	0		2	11	.167	.239	.190	.430	8		2	3	0
Dale Bennetch	17	67	59	4	6	3	0	0	3	1		8	16	.102	.209	.153	.361	9		0	0	0
Quintin Basco	4	16	16		4									.250	.250	.250	.500	4
James Thacker	10	11	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	3	.222	.364	.222	.586	2		0	0	0
Ernie Tabor	18	16	15	1	2	0	1	0	2	0		1	6	.133	.188	.267	.454	4		0	0	0
Ron Cassidy	8	19	19		2									.105	.105	.105	.211	2
Nick Soldo	15	26	20	4	1	0	0	0	1	0		6	10	.050	.269	.050	.319	1		0	0	0
Arley Andrews	2	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1298	4836	4142	741	1080	186	74	41	617	111	0	542	765	.261	.352	.371	.723	1537	0	53	71	28	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Kenneth Menkel	1B	60	401	25	10	32	.977	7.100
Carl Bush	1B	51	419	27	10	35	.978	8.745
Bob McLeod	1B	17	104	5	7	3	.940	6.412
Phil Stevens	2B	126	308	306	57	55	.915	4.873
Danny Almeida	3B	70	72	95	17	8	.908	2.386
Ed Mayjack	3B	42	43	68	17	7	.867	2.643
Carl Hutzler	3B	16	23	19	7	4	.857	2.625
Jackie King	C	104	767	61	24	8	.972	7.962	23
Thomas Bornman	C	13	84	10	4	1	.959	7.231	10
Gerald Weber	C	12	106	8	8	0	.934	9.500	4
Carl Hutzler	OF	63	117	8	8	0	.940	1.984
Bob McLeod	OF	50	56	7	5	3	.926	1.260
Terry Wilson	OF	48	68	5	3	2	.961	1.521
Keith Williamson	OF	41	55	10	3	2	.956	1.585
Leonard Brown	OF	39	49	4	2	0	.964	1.359
Don Landrum	OF	36	44	3	2	0	.959	1.306
Thomas Bornman	OF	34	27	6	6	2	.846	.971
Andrew Fontan	OF	27	56	2	3	1	.951	2.148
Daniel Vlosich	OF	21	28	1	5	0	.853	1.381
Dale Bennetch	OF	17	25	3	3	0	.903	1.647
George Fuchs	P	42	7	25	5	1	.865	.762
Thomas Cronin	P	31	9	45	3	2	.947	1.742
John Stillman	P	29	13	40	0	6	1.000	1.828
Al Birunas	P	27	12	43	4	4	.932	2.037
Jim Golden	P	23	7	27	3	0	.919	1.478
John Dewald	P	20	7	15	4	2	.846	1.100
Ernie Tabor	P	18	2	5	0	0	1.000	.389
Nick Soldo	P	14	5	8	4	2	.765	.929
James Thacker	P	9						.000
Carl Bush	P	3						.000
Don Osborn	P	2						.000
Kenneth Menkel	P	2						.000
Arley Andrews	P	2						.000
John Pollina	SS	126	217	355	64	56	.899	4.540
Totals		1235	3131	1236	288	236	.938	3.536	37	0	0

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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