1954 Ottawa Athletics Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 58-96
Finished 8th in the IL
Manager: Les Bell (0-0), Taffy Wright (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ballpark: Lansdowne Park, Decasse Park
Attendance: 93,982, Avg. 1,221

1954 Ottawa Athletics Roster

The Ottawa Athletics of the International League ended the 1954 season with a record of 58 wins and 96 losses, finishing eighth in the IL.

The Athletics tallied 609 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 792 runs. Joe Taylor paced Ottawa with 23 home runs, while Luke Easter walloped 15 or more, too. Joe Taylor drove in 79 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .323. Lee Wheat led the team with 8 wins and a team-best 3.55 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1954 Ottawa Athletics who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ozzie Van Brabant, Luke Easter, Dutch Romberger, Skeeter Kell, Joe Taylor, Neal Watlington, Hal Bevan, Charlie Bishop, Walt Kellner, Lee Wheat, Johnny Gray, Bob Trice, Jerry Scala, Art Ditmar, Bill Stewart, Jack Littrell, Héctor López, John Mackinson, Jack Robinson, Bill Upton, Rinty Monahan, Joe Atkins, Bob Cain, Tommy Giordano and Taffy Wright.

Les Bell and Taffy Wright 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
Lee Wheat	8	11	.421	3.55	22	20		8	0		152.0	156	73	60	14	42		40	7	2	1
John Mackinson	6	11	.353	3.61	25	14		8	2		122.0	118	61	49	8	53		46	1	0	7
Art Ditmar	6	12	.333	3.56	19	18		10	2		139.0	135	64	55	6	61		66	4	0	5
Walt Kellner	6	12	.333	5.66	23	21		8	0		143.0	160	103	90	18	55		66	5	2	3
Vince Gohl	5	6	.455	6.18	23	17		3	0		102.0	133	74	70	12	55		21	4	0	0
Jack Robinson	4	3	.571	4.50	25	4		2	0		88.0	86	49	44	9	30		26	1	0	0
Charlie Bishop	4	4	.500	6.98	14	11		2	0		80.0	103	69	62	8	53		31	1	0	9
Bob Trice	4	8	.333	3.23	13	13		12	0		117.0	113	58	42	12	35		26	1	1	5
Johnny Gray	4	8	.333	4.14	21	13		5	0		100.0	91	65	46	7	67		53	0	0	2
Ozzie Van Brabant	3	6	.333	4.85	13	11		3	0		65.0	78	44	35	5	29		22	1	0	3
Dutch Romberger	2	1	.667		18						0.0
Bob Cain	1	2	.333		6						0.0
Bill Upton	1	3	.250		19						0.0
Michael Munsinger	0	0			5						0.0
Alfred Burch	0	0			4						0.0
Jerome Labanz	0	0			3						0.0
Charles Haag					35						0.0
Courtney Stempel	0	1	.000		5						0.0
Ed Hrabcsak	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Rinty Monahan	0	5	.000		8						0.0
Totals	54	94	.365	4.49	304	142	0	61	4	0	1108.0	1173	660	553	99	480	0	397	25	5	35	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
Joe Taylor	131	531	462	71	149	24	4	23	79	4		58	51	.323	.398	.541	.940	250		3	4	4
Hal Bevan	132	535	494	52	148	23	3	1	60	0		32	44	.300	.338	.364	.703	180		0	3	6
Héctor López	132	520	452	69	143	17	4	8	53	10		53	70	.316	.389	.425	.813	192		3	8	4
Jack Littrell	143	594	524	62	122	27	3	5	50	3		61	88	.233	.312	.324	.636	170		0	7	2
Bill Stewart	125	467	406	41	120	14	6	8	55	2		51	57	.296	.376	.419	.795	170		3	4	3
Jerry Scala	127	496	411	48	118	15	5	1	42	0		69	27	.287	.388	.355	.743	146		0	14	2
Neal Watlington	115	398	349	39	90	13	3	2	30	0		40	21	.258	.338	.330	.667	115		3	4	2
Luke Easter	66	277	230	49	80	10	0	15	48	1		42	38	.348	.448	.587	1.035	135		2	0	3
Sam Suplizio	81	299	272	27	62	7	2	7	20	1		13	46	.228	.268	.346	.614	94		3	8	3
Tommy Giordano	81	321	274	40	61	13	3	6	31	0		40	47	.223	.322	.358	.680	98		2	1	4
Vincent Plumbo	65	221	183	17	45	11	0	1	18	0		33	19	.246	.368	.322	.691	59		3	1	1
Taffy Wright	70	166	137	14	37	9	0	2	16	0		24	6	.270	.392	.380	.771	52		4	0	1
Jake Spruill	67	182	166	13	29	6	2	2	16	1		9	27	.175	.212	.271	.483	45		0	3	4
Skeeter Kell	40	151	138	9	28	4	1	0	9	0		6	8	.203	.240	.246	.486	34		2	1	4
Walter Rogers	22	67	54	6	15	3	0	1	7	1		7	4	.278	.348	.389	.737	21		1	1	4
Bob Trice	22	56	47	8	14	2	0	4	10	0		8	10	.298	.400	.596	.996	28		0	1	0
Harry Minor	13	39	33	7	9	2	0	0	3	1		6	6	.273	.385	.333	.718	11		0	0	0
Fred Gerken	16	47	45	8	9	0	1	2	6	0		2	6	.200	.234	.378	.612	17		0	0	0
Art Ditmar	19	50	49	3	9	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.184	.200	.184	.384	9		0	0	0
John Herman	8	27	27		8									.296	.296	.296	.593	8
Charlie Bishop	14	33	30	3	6	0	0	0	2	0		3	4	.200	.273	.200	.473	6		0	0	0
Lee Wheat	22	59	52	3	6	2	0	0	1	0		5	21	.115	.193	.154	.347	8		0	2	0
Johnny Gray	29	36	33	6	5	1	0	0	1	1		3	10	.152	.222	.182	.404	6		0	0	0
Walt Kellner	23	56	54	2	5	1	0	0	0	0		2	31	.093	.125	.111	.236	6		0	0	0
Ozzie Van Brabant	13	20	16	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		2	2	.250	.368	.250	.618	4		1	1	0
Vince Gohl	25	38	36	3	4	0	0	0	2	0		1	10	.111	.135	.111	.246	4		0	1	0
John Mackinson	25	42	37	1	4	1	0	0	0	0		4	13	.108	.195	.135	.330	5		0	1	0
Jack Robinson	25	27	24	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	10	.125	.222	.125	.347	3		0	0	0
Dutch Romberger	18	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	.286	.286	.429	.714	3		0	0	0
Joe Atkins	8	13	13		2									.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Rinty Monahan	8	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Bill Upton	19	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1		0	0	0
Bob Cain	6	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Alfred Burch	4	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Danny Baich	2	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1716	5800	5080	606	1339	206	37	88	561	25	0	578	683	.264	.339	.371	.710	1883	0	30	65	47	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Luke Easter	1B	66	587	48	9	67	.986	9.621
Hal Bevan	1B	38	335	22	10	30	.973	9.395
Jake Spruill	1B	32	304	14	3	22	.991	9.938
Harry Minor	1B	11	78	1	2	4	.975	7.182
Tommy Giordano	2B	77	197	204	13	52	.969	5.208
Skeeter Kell	2B	38	85	105	5	22	.974	5.000
Hal Bevan	2B	37	90	92	3	27	.984	4.919
Héctor López	3B	92	116	195	11	25	.966	3.380
Hal Bevan	3B	50	53	81	16	14	.893	2.680
Walter Rogers	3B	13	16	31	1	0	.979	3.615
Jake Spruill	3B	10	8	18	1	1	.963	2.600
Neal Watlington	C	105	362	60	6	5	.986	4.019	12
Vincent Plumbo	C	62	198	34	9	9	.963	3.742	3
Joe Taylor	OF	130	276	13	8	6	.973	2.223
Jerry Scala	OF	120	229	9	6	1	.975	1.983
Bill Stewart	OF	114	213	10	5	2	.978	1.956
Sam Suplizio	OF	81	252	10	3	3	.989	3.235
Taffy Wright	OF	34	49	3	3	1	.945	1.529
Charles Haag	P	35						.000
Jack Robinson	P	25	5	12	2	2	.895	.680
John Mackinson	P	25	12	22	2	0	.944	1.360
Walt Kellner	P	23	6	26	3	1	.914	1.391
Vince Gohl	P	23	7	14	1	1	.955	.913
Lee Wheat	P	22	6	22	2	1	.933	1.273
Johnny Gray	P	21	10	32	5	3	.894	2.000
Bill Upton	P	19	1	10	1	0	.917	.579
Art Ditmar	P	19	9	20	2	0	.935	1.526
Dutch Romberger	P	18	1	8	0	0	1.000	.500
Charlie Bishop	P	14	2	12	2	0	.875	1.000
Ozzie Van Brabant	P	13	3	9	1	0	.923	.923
Bob Trice	P	13	15	21	1	0	.973	2.769
Rinty Monahan	P	8						.000
Bob Cain	P	6						.000
Courtney Stempel	P	5						.000
Michael Munsinger	P	5						.000
Alfred Burch	P	4						.000
Jerome Labanz	P	3						.000
Ed Hrabcsak	P	3						.000
Jack Littrell	SS	143	249	425	41	78	.943	4.713
Héctor López	SS	22	29	52	10	15	.890	3.682
Totals		1579	3803	1635	187	392	.967	3.444	15	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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