1954 Omaha Cardinals Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 83-68
Finished 3rd in the WL
Manager: Ferrell Anderson (83-68)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 150,131, Avg. 1,988
1954 Omaha Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Des Moines Bruins 3 games, Omaha Cardinals 1

The Omaha Cardinals of the Western League ended the 1954 season with a record of 83 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the WL.

The Cardinals paced the league with just 612 runs allowed. Omaha scored 663 runs, worst in the league,. Jim King topped all regular hitters by hitting .314. Bob Clear led the squad with 20 wins, while Ron Kump earned a 2.28 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Ferrell Anderson, Bob Blaylock, Jackie Brandt, Lou Ciola, Phil Clark, Neal Hertweck, Gordon Jones and Jim King were all players from the 1954 Omaha Cardinals who played in the Majors during their careers.

Ferrell Anderson 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 Clear2011.6452.933934267.02361078714114
Ron Kump1412.5382.283027217.02077855675
Mel Heim138.6193.233629226.0222104811486
Gordon Jones105.6673.401815106.01064640535
Lou Ciola75.5833.0649297.0903633431
Harry Hoitsma52.71480.0
Chuck Hollingsworth44.5004.9619649.0503127144
Gene Swinger34.4292.6015352.0382715127
Carmon Dugger101.00040.0
Phil Clark101.00040.0
George New11.50030.0
Roland Hubbard12.3336.1013431.0342321420
Rogers Fister13.25060.0
Floyd Melliere13.2502.4814340.0321511224
Melvin Greer14.2005.3526369.0714541644
Jim Michalec0070.0
Jack Shirley01.00040.0
Ray Kangas01.00010.0
Bob Blaylock01.00040.0
Donald Wolf01.00050.0
Totals8368.5503.2130512600001154.0108651241157500000000

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
Barney Elser15160960917130112.281.281.376.657229
Jim King14852852816631625.314.314.538.852284
Whitey Ries13549149114326111.291.291.415.707204
Donald McLennan1275045041321072.262.262.321.583162
Hector Mayer1454924921302260.264.264.333.598164
Ferrell Anderson107296296811203.274.274.345.618102
Jay Drake98310310791614.255.255.352.606109
Alfred Viotto1073093097510410.243.243.398.641123
William Hopkins8422822860438.263.263.412.67594
Wayne Wallace3011411428320.246.246.307.55335
Jackie Brandt21676721520.313.313.448.76130
Bob Clear4010010020401.200.200.270.47027
Ron Kump31757519500.253.253.320.57324
Vincent Moreci14464612310.261.261.370.63017
Freddy Desouza16515110202.196.196.353.54918
Mel Heim37767610000.132.132.132.26310
Melvin Greer2821219100.429.429.476.90510
Lou Ciola5530309000.300.300.300.6009
Art Mazmanian2460609000.150.150.150.3009
Gordon Jones1834346000.176.176.176.3536
Chuck Hollingsworth2718184010.222.222.333.5566
Floyd Melliere1412123100.250.250.333.5834
James Miller833.000.000.000.0000
Jack Shirley555.000.000.000.0000
Gene Swinger1813130000.000.000.000.0000
George New322.000.000.000.0000
Jim Michalec722.000.000.000.0000
Harry Keister81818.000.000.000.0000
Ray Kangas111.000.000.000.0000
Roland Hubbard13770000.000.000.000.0000
Harry Hoitsma92020.000.000.000.0000
Rogers Fister688.000.000.000.0000
Carmon Dugger422.000.000.000.0000
Phil Clark433.000.000.000.0000
Bob Blaylock466.000.000.000.0000
Donald Wolf522.000.000.000.0000
Totals15524563456301197185456800000.262.262.367.630167600000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Lou CiolaP49.000
Bob ClearP39.000
Mel HeimP36.000
Ron KumpP30.000
Melvin GreerP26.000
Chuck HollingsworthP19.000
Gordon JonesP18.000
Gene SwingerP15.000
Floyd MelliereP14.000
Roland HubbardP13.000
Harry HoitsmaP8.000
Jim MichalecP7.000
Rogers FisterP6.000
Donald WolfP5.000
Jack ShirleyP4.000
Carmon DuggerP4.000
Phil ClarkP4.000
Bob BlaylockP4.000
George NewP3.000
Ray KangasP1.000
Totals3050000.000

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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