
1954 Newport News Dodgers Statistics
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
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.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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donald Huffman | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.77 | 46 | 11 | 129.0 | 121 | 65 | 54 | 6 | 78 | ||||||||||
Jerry Wright | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2.94 | 38 | 23 | 193.0 | 162 | 79 | 63 | 8 | 102 | ||||||||||
Charles Ready | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.45 | 30 | 23 | 154.0 | 124 | 76 | 59 | 2 | 99 | ||||||||||
Wayne Johnson | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.07 | 20 | 17 | 126.0 | 109 | 51 | 43 | 5 | 61 | ||||||||||
Roger Craig | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.50 | 20 | 16 | 126.0 | 107 | 44 | 35 | 6 | 56 | ||||||||||
Edward Jezek | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.66 | 24 | 22 | 128.0 | 100 | 65 | 52 | 5 | 134 | ||||||||||
Roy Neville | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.74 | 27 | 10 | 106.0 | 107 | 56 | 44 | 4 | 73 | ||||||||||
Arnold Banals | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.01 | 24 | 4 | 74.0 | 78 | 39 | 33 | 5 | 25 | ||||||||||
Sylvester Zacher | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.65 | 15 | 4 | 37.0 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 25 | ||||||||||
Silas Ramsey | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.75 | 17 | 4 | 60.0 | 74 | 62 | 45 | 9 | 45 | ||||||||||
James Peterson | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6.46 | 16 | 6 | 46.0 | 54 | 42 | 33 | 2 | 43 | ||||||||||
George Scherger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
John Glenn | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
James Sprankle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Lawrence Stankey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Robert Sweeney | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
John Barbier | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Norm Sherry | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Alexander Ropek | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Robert Spier | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals | 76 | 63 | .547 | 3.63 | 295 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1179.3 | 1066 | 601 | 476 | 55 | 741 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lacey Curry | 139 | 536 | 536 | 151 | 28 | 2 | 2 | .282 | .282 | .353 | .634 | 189 | |||||||||||
John Glenn | 137 | 528 | 528 | 150 | 25 | 13 | 16 | .284 | .284 | .472 | .756 | 249 | |||||||||||
Gene Johnson | 136 | 537 | 537 | 144 | 17 | 8 | 8 | .268 | .268 | .374 | .642 | 201 | |||||||||||
Lawrence Stankey | 114 | 423 | 423 | 123 | 27 | 6 | 18 | .291 | .291 | .511 | .801 | 216 | |||||||||||
Norm Sherry | 122 | 382 | 382 | 98 | 13 | 3 | 12 | .257 | .257 | .401 | .657 | 153 | |||||||||||
Ultus Alvarez | 95 | 326 | 326 | 91 | 23 | 7 | 5 | .279 | .279 | .439 | .718 | 143 | |||||||||||
Clyde McNeal | 75 | 259 | 259 | 80 | 19 | 2 | 10 | .309 | .309 | .514 | .822 | 133 | |||||||||||
Bobby Elkins | 90 | 286 | 286 | 69 | 10 | 7 | 7 | .241 | .241 | .399 | .640 | 114 | |||||||||||
George Scherger | 59 | 141 | 141 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .284 | .284 | .319 | .603 | 45 | |||||||||||
Clyde Girrens | 51 | 138 | 138 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .225 | .225 | .304 | .529 | 42 | |||||||||||
Dick Colloton | 34 | 110 | 110 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .327 | .573 | 36 | |||||||||||
Joe Frisina | 35 | 123 | 123 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .276 | .496 | 34 | |||||||||||
Daniel Daum | 45 | 102 | 102 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .333 | .588 | 34 | |||||||||||
Larry Nault | 29 | 91 | 91 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .209 | .209 | .253 | .462 | 23 | |||||||||||
Roy Neville | 32 | 43 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .302 | .302 | .419 | .721 | 18 | |||||||||||
Charles Ready | 30 | 52 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 12 | |||||||||||
Roger Craig | 20 | 43 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .279 | .535 | 12 | |||||||||||
Richard Akers | 17 | 48 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .292 | .521 | 14 | |||||||||||
Salvatore DeMatteis | 22 | 66 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .167 | .318 | 11 | |||||||||||
Wayne Johnson | 20 | 42 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 7 | |||||||||||
Jerry Wright | 38 | 59 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .119 | .136 | .254 | 8 | |||||||||||
Donald Huffman | 47 | 43 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .116 | .116 | .140 | .256 | 6 | |||||||||||
Edward Jezek | 29 | 46 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .109 | .109 | .174 | .283 | 8 | |||||||||||
James Peterson | 17 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .278 | .500 | 5 | |||||||||||
James Ollis | 12 | 35 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .114 | .114 | .114 | .229 | 4 | |||||||||||
Sylvester Zacher | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | |||||||||||
Sebastian Salemi | 11 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | |||||||||||
Silas Ramsey | 17 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | |||||||||||
Arnold Banals | 24 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | |||||||||||
Oscar Young | 8 | 30 | 30 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Paul Armstrong | 3 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Robert Sweeney | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
James Sprankle | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Robert Spier | 5 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
John Barbier | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
William Saar | 2 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Clarence Pillow | 3 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Jack Milaskey | 6 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Totals | 1544 | 4611 | 4611 | 0 | 1176 | 201 | 54 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .375 | .630 | 1728 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donald Huffman | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
Jerry Wright | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
Charles Ready | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
Roy Neville | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
Edward Jezek | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
Arnold Banals | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
Wayne Johnson | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
Roger Craig | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
Silas Ramsey | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
James Peterson | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
Sylvester Zacher | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
Robert Spier | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
Alexander Ropek | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
Robert Sweeney | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
John Barbier | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
James Sprankle | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 290 | 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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