1954 Norfolk Tars Statistics
Team Record: 87-53
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Skeeter Scalzi (87-53)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Ballpark: High Rock Park
Attendance: 129,918, Avg. 1,856
Playoffs - Portsmouth Merrimacks 4 games, Norfolk Tars 2
The Norfolk Tars of the Piedmont League ended the 1954 season with a record of 87 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the PL.
The Tars surrendered 604 runs, fewest in the league. Norfolk plated 708 runs. Daniel Keith led hitters with significant playing time with a .328 average. Paul Doughty topped the team with 17 wins, while Guy Grasso and Ken Beardslee as well added 15 or more victories as well Guy Grasso recorded a 2.65 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1954 Norfolk Tars who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Coates, Alton Brown, Bob Martyn, Moe Thacker and Skeeter Scalzi.
Skeeter Scalzi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Doughty | 17 | 12 | .586 | 3.98 | 39 | 27 | 208.0 | 214 | 108 | 92 | 13 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Guy Grasso | 15 | 3 | .833 | 2.65 | 23 | 17 | 139.0 | 130 | 53 | 41 | 4 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Ken Beardslee | 15 | 4 | .789 | 3.17 | 33 | 23 | 179.0 | 137 | 73 | 63 | 10 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Alton Brown | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.60 | 41 | 18 | 185.0 | 182 | 87 | 74 | 11 | 67 | ||||||||||
| Jim Coates | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.37 | 25 | 15 | 134.0 | 94 | 77 | 65 | 7 | 109 | ||||||||||
| Frank Lucas | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.23 | 16 | 12 | 97.0 | 64 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Edward Andrews | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.91 | 10 | 9 | 53.0 | 49 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Vance Long | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.44 | 13 | 9 | 55.0 | 54 | 33 | 21 | 2 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Wallis | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.87 | 12 | 3 | 38.0 | 43 | 35 | 29 | 5 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Lewis Spencer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Skeeter Scalzi | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Spry | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Sullivan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Aiello | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Page | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 85 | 49 | .634 | 3.57 | 232 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1088.0 | 967 | 520 | 432 | 58 | 532 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Keith | 135 | 479 | 479 | 157 | 29 | 6 | 12 | .328 | .328 | .489 | .816 | 234 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Rosenzweig | 141 | 518 | 518 | 137 | 26 | 4 | 6 | .264 | .264 | .365 | .629 | 189 | |||||||||||
| Pablo Rivera | 127 | 444 | 444 | 131 | 24 | 5 | 1 | .295 | .295 | .378 | .673 | 168 | |||||||||||
| Harron Floyd | 108 | 379 | 379 | 116 | 16 | 7 | 9 | .306 | .306 | .456 | .763 | 173 | |||||||||||
| Carl Zellar | 124 | 430 | 430 | 114 | 21 | 5 | 11 | .265 | .265 | .414 | .679 | 178 | |||||||||||
| Tom Venditelli | 138 | 441 | 441 | 114 | 16 | 3 | 6 | .259 | .259 | .349 | .608 | 154 | |||||||||||
| Bob Ruck | 132 | 393 | 393 | 99 | 19 | 3 | 11 | .252 | .252 | .399 | .651 | 157 | |||||||||||
| Moe Thacker | 113 | 368 | 368 | 97 | 18 | 2 | 9 | .264 | .264 | .397 | .660 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Bob Martyn | 28 | 113 | 113 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 5 | .274 | .274 | .496 | .770 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Robert Bortz | 55 | 138 | 138 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .268 | .464 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Brooks | 36 | 107 | 107 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .234 | .430 | 25 | |||||||||||
| John Killoren | 28 | 87 | 87 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .230 | .230 | .322 | .552 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Ken Beardslee | 37 | 75 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .320 | .547 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Billie Bullock | 19 | 55 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .327 | .600 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Alton Brown | 41 | 65 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Paul Doughty | 40 | 62 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .145 | .145 | .145 | .290 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Frank Lucas | 17 | 36 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Guy Grasso | 23 | 47 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .128 | .128 | .255 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jim Coates | 35 | 47 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .128 | .128 | .255 | .383 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Salvatore Aprea | 10 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .233 | .400 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Skeeter Scalzi | 17 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Edward Andrews | 11 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Vance Long | 13 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Page | 4 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gerald Wallis | 12 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Paul Battavio | 2 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bud King | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gale Taylor | 6 | 18 | 18 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Sullivan | 4 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Spry | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Morrongiello | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Aiello | 5 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1464 | 4415 | 4415 | 0 | 1147 | 194 | 42 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .374 | .634 | 1650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alton Brown | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Doughty | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Beardslee | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Coates | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Guy Grasso | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Lucas | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Vance Long | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Wallis | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Andrews | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| John Sullivan | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Page | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| James Aiello | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Spry | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Lewis Spencer | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 225 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
