1954 Oak Ridge Pioneers Statistics
Team Record: 35-43
Finished 4th in the MSL
Manager: Bert Niehoff (35-43)
Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Ballpark: Ridgeview Park
Attendance: 18,286, Avg. 469
The Oak Ridge Pioneers of the Mountain States League ended the 1954 season with a record of 35 wins and 43 losses, finishing fourth in the MSL.
The Pioneers scored 443 runs and yielded 446 runs. Raymond Adams led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .352 clip. Ray Johnston and Joe Drach topped Oak Ridge with 6 wins each, while Ray Johnston recorded a 2.28 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers. Bert Niehoff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Johnston | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.28 | 12 | 9 | 79.0 | 78 | 38 | 20 | 4 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Joe Drach | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.95 | 21 | 12 | 110.0 | 104 | 60 | 36 | 9 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Marshall Little | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.35 | 25 | 7 | 94.0 | 87 | 60 | 35 | 3 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Filiberto Qui | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.22 | 22 | 14 | 98.0 | 99 | 63 | 46 | 3 | 50 | ||||||||||
| James Williams | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.00 | 25 | 10 | 90.0 | 97 | 63 | 50 | 7 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Robert Ridenour | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.18 | 14 | 8 | 56.0 | 57 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Efird Gwaltney | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Frongello | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.27 | 15 | 8 | 56.0 | 60 | 50 | 39 | 6 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Michael Lafaro | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Sylvia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Walega | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Howard Whitson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lefty Phillips | 0 | 3 | .000 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 35 | 43 | .449 | 3.89 | 163 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 583.0 | 582 | 363 | 252 | 36 | 310 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Adams | 78 | 318 | 318 | 112 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .352 | .352 | .450 | .802 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Ed Crowder | 75 | 306 | 306 | 101 | 24 | 3 | 5 | .330 | .330 | .477 | .807 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Joyce Laney | 78 | 304 | 304 | 87 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .352 | .638 | 107 | |||||||||||
| Joe Abernethy | 78 | 302 | 302 | 71 | 17 | 3 | 4 | .235 | .235 | .351 | .586 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Edward Gibson | 78 | 255 | 255 | 69 | 13 | 3 | 6 | .271 | .271 | .416 | .686 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Jerrel Harrod | 57 | 205 | 205 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 5 | .259 | .259 | .395 | .654 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Chico Heron | 48 | 178 | 178 | 51 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .287 | .287 | .393 | .680 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Michael Lafaro | 65 | 181 | 181 | 48 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .265 | .265 | .348 | .613 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Sergio Garcia | 50 | 121 | 121 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .223 | .223 | .289 | .512 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Donald Bradley | 30 | 104 | 104 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .173 | .173 | .269 | .442 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Marshall Little | 34 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .325 | .325 | .400 | .725 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Filiberto Qui | 22 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .424 | .758 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Joe Drach | 25 | 49 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .184 | .184 | .245 | .429 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Ray Johnston | 12 | 33 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .212 | .212 | .333 | .545 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Frongello | 15 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 6 | |||||||||||
| James Williams | 25 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .094 | .094 | .094 | .188 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Robert Ridenour | 14 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Howard Whitson | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick Walega | 4 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Sylvia | 3 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jerry Sisson | 4 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Bradford | 8 | 19 | 19 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lefty Phillips | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Parisi | 8 | 22 | 22 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lamar Moore | 7 | 17 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Louis DeStefano | 4 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Efird Gwaltney | 3 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 839 | 2610 | 2610 | 0 | 686 | 124 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .364 | .626 | 949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Williams | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Marshall Little | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Filiberto Qui | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Drach | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Frongello | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Ridenour | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Lefty Phillips | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Johnston | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Walega | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Sylvia | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Efird Gwaltney | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Howard Whitson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 158 | 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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