1954 Newport News Dodgers Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 76-63
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: George Scherger (76-63)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 51,123, Avg. 736
1954 Newport News Dodgers Roster

Playoffs - Newport News Dodgers 4 games, York White Roses 0
Finals - Newport News Dodgers 4 games, Portsmouth Merrimacks 3

The Newport News Dodgers of the Piedmont League ended the 1954 season with a record of 76 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the PL.

The Dodgers tallied 669 runs and allowed 631 runs. Lawrence Stankey paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .291 average. Donald Huffman topped Newport News with 12 wins, while Roger Craig recorded a 2.5 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1954 Newport News Dodgers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Clyde McNeal, John Glenn, Norm Sherry and Roger Craig.

George Scherger 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
Donald Huffman128.6003.774611129.01216554678
Jerry Wright119.5502.943823193.016279638102
Charles Ready1111.5003.453023154.01247659299
Wayne Johnson105.6673.072017126.01095143561
Roger Craig83.7272.502016126.01074435656
Edward Jezek77.5003.662422128.010065525134
Roy Neville63.6673.742710106.01075644473
Arnold Banals42.6674.0124474.0783933525
Sylvester Zacher43.5713.6515437.0302215325
Silas Ramsey24.3336.7517460.0746245945
James Peterson16.1436.4616646.0544233243
George Scherger0010.0
John Glenn0020.0
James Sprankle0010.0
Lawrence Stankey0010.0
Robert Sweeney0020.0
John Barbier0020.0
Norm Sherry000.00100.300000
Alexander Ropek01.00030.0
Robert Spier01.00050.0
Totals7663.5473.6329514000001179.3106660147655741000000

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
Lacey Curry1395365361512822.282.282.353.634189
John Glenn137528528150251316.284.284.472.756249
Gene Johnson1365375371441788.268.268.374.642201
Lawrence Stankey11442342312327618.291.291.511.801216
Norm Sherry1223823829813312.257.257.401.657153
Ultus Alvarez95326326912375.279.279.439.718143
Clyde McNeal752592598019210.309.309.514.822133
Bobby Elkins90286286691077.241.241.399.640114
George Scherger5914114140310.284.284.319.60345
Clyde Girrens5113813831502.225.225.304.52942
Dick Colloton3411011027710.245.245.327.57336
Joe Frisina3512312327700.220.220.276.49634
Daniel Daum4510210226420.255.255.333.58834
Larry Nault29919119210.209.209.253.46223
Roy Neville32434313310.302.302.419.72118
Charles Ready30525212000.231.231.231.46212
Roger Craig20434311100.256.256.279.53512
Richard Akers17484811300.229.229.292.52114
Salvatore DeMatteis22666610100.152.152.167.31811
Wayne Johnson2042427000.167.167.167.3337
Jerry Wright3859597100.119.119.136.2548
Donald Huffman4743435100.116.116.140.2566
Edward Jezek2946465001.109.109.174.2838
James Peterson1718184100.222.222.278.5005
James Ollis1235354000.114.114.114.2294
Sylvester Zacher15993000.333.333.333.6673
Sebastian Salemi1119193000.158.158.158.3163
Silas Ramsey1720203000.150.150.150.3003
Arnold Banals2420202000.100.100.100.2002
Oscar Young83030.000.000.000.0000
Paul Armstrong31212.000.000.000.0000
Robert Sweeney222.000.000.000.0000
James Sprankle111.000.000.000.0000
Robert Spier555.000.000.000.0000
John Barbier211.000.000.000.0000
William Saar244.000.000.000.0000
Clarence Pillow366.000.000.000.0000
Jack Milaskey655.000.000.000.0000
Totals15444611461101176201548100000.255.255.375.630172800000


Fielding:

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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