1954 New Orleans Pelicans Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 92-62
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Danny Murtaugh (92-62)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Ballpark: Pelican Stadium
Attendance: 206,305, Avg. 2,679
1954 New Orleans Pelicans Roster

Playoffs - New Orleans Pelicans 4 games, Birmingham Barons 2
Finals - Atlanta Crackers 4 games, New Orleans Pelicans 1

The New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 92 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the SA.

The Pelicans led the league with 860 runs. New Orleans allowed 671 runs. Gene Freese paced all regular batters with a .332 average. Bob Schultz topped the team with 18 wins, while Nelson King added 15 or more wins, too Nelson King recorded a 2.25 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1954 New Orleans Pelicans who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Chuck Churn, Dale Coogan, Bobby Del Greco, Erv Dusak, Roy Face, Gene Freese, George Freese, Bob Garber, Milt Graff, Bill Hall, Gail Henley, Cal Hogue, Nelson King, Clem Koshorek, Danny Kravitz, Felipe Montemayor, Hardy Peterson, John Powers, Curt Raydon, Bob Schultz, Jim Waugh, Ed Wolfe and Len Yochim.

Danny Murtaugh 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
Bob Schultz1811.6213.524133261.025011810228103
Nelson King165.7622.253123184.017054461129
Roy Face1211.5224.454025192.0217111951945
Cal Hogue117.6113.792020133.011466561279
Len Yochim93.7503.061914100.01005134647
Paul Almonte75.5833.5644091.09042361427
Les Phillips42.6672.7926584.0773226246
Ed Wolfe46.4005.73151055.0653835630
Curt Raydon46.4005.96231183.010061551043
Bob Anderton301.0005.3018356.0663333217
Larry Lassalle33.50080.0
Harry Pritts11.50060.0
Alan Wilson0010.0
Jim Waugh0060.0
Peter Nicolis0030.0
Erv Dusak0020.0
Chuck Churn000.0036.0
Bob Garber02.0000.0036.05
Totals9262.5973.7330914400001251.01249606518110471000000

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
Gene Freese14554854818230616.332.332.496.828272
George Freese13449749716126223.324.324.523.847260
Clem Koshorek1505725721552925.271.271.355.626203
Felipe Montemayor13748948915130624.309.309.542.851265
Dale Coogan14851351313520211.263.263.374.637192
Bob Honor1033623621201353.331.331.420.751152
John Powers1063663669713923.265.265.538.803197
Gail Henley109370370831517.224.224.327.551121
Danny Kravitz822712717913211.292.292.476.768129
Hardy Peterson79248248701803.282.282.391.67397
Erv Dusak60168168421207.250.250.446.69675
Milt Graff6613213235620.265.265.341.60645
Bobby Del Greco38989821701.214.214.316.53131
Cal Hogue21545417201.315.315.407.72222
Roy Face42666616311.242.242.364.60624
Nelson King32666615100.227.227.242.47016
Bob Schultz41949412100.128.128.138.26613
Len Yochim1938386010.158.158.211.3688
Curt Raydon2325255100.200.200.240.4406
Bill Hall1220203001.150.150.300.4506
Paul Almonte4420203000.150.150.150.3003
Bob Anderton1917172000.118.118.118.2352
Ed Wolfe1519192100.105.105.158.2633
Les Phillips2622221000.045.045.045.0911
Bob Garber322.000.000.000.0000
George Wopinek444.000.000.000.0000
Jim Waugh611.000.000.000.0000
John Richardson311.000.000.000.0000
Larry Lassalle81616.000.000.000.0000
Rollie Leveille31010.000.000.000.0000
Chuck Churn322.000.000.000.0000
William Phillips93030.000.000.000.0000
Gene Corso91919.000.000.000.0000
Harry Pritts655.000.000.000.0000
Totals170551655165014132413913700000.274.274.415.688214300000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Paul AlmonteP44.000
Bob SchultzP41.000
Roy FaceP40.000
Nelson KingP31.000
Les PhillipsP26.000
Curt RaydonP23.000
Cal HogueP20.000
Len YochimP19.000
Bob AndertonP18.000
Ed WolfeP15.000
Larry LassalleP8.000
Jim WaughP6.000
Harry PrittsP6.000
Peter NicolisP3.000
Bob GarberP3.000
Chuck ChurnP3.000
Alan WilsonP1.000
Totals3070000.000

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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