1954 Paducah Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 45-67
Finished 7th in the KITL
Manager: Hal Contini (0-0), Lee Peterson (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Paducah, Kentucky
Ballpark: Brooks Stadium
Attendance: 32,222, Avg. 575
The Paducah Chiefs of the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League ended the 1954 season with a record of 45 wins and 67 losses, finishing seventh in the KITL.
The Chiefs plated 586 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 724 runs. John Slachta led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .323. Gene Puckett topped Paducah with 9 wins and a team-best 3.07 ERA, tops among regular hurlers. Hal Contini and Lee Peterson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Puckett | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.07 | 26 | 21 | 170.0 | 143 | 86 | 58 | 5 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Charley Francis | 7 | 5 | .583 | 6.29 | 23 | 14 | 111.7 | 141 | 104 | 78 | 8 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Lee Peterson | 6 | 5 | .545 | 1.98 | 15 | 9 | 82.0 | 79 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Wilfred Lackey | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.87 | 29 | 12 | 90.7 | 79 | 58 | 39 | 7 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Kreisler Speas | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.71 | 14 | 11 | 97.0 | 124 | 61 | 40 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| George Cooke | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.64 | 26 | 15 | 130.0 | 172 | 109 | 67 | 4 | 54 | ||||||||||
| George Scheeler | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6.86 | 18 | 4 | 60.3 | 87 | 58 | 46 | 4 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Robert Pitts | 1 | 9 | .100 | 5.67 | 34 | 12 | 106.3 | 99 | 87 | 67 | 2 | 104 | ||||||||||
| Snowden Harrell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Campbell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Miller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Lutz | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Carver | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Tayrien | 0 | 4 | .000 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 42 | 67 | .385 | 4.38 | 221 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 848.0 | 924 | 591 | 413 | 32 | 403 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Wagner | 102 | 424 | 424 | 116 | 14 | 7 | 3 | .274 | .274 | .361 | .634 | 153 | |||||||||||
| Frank DeMichele | 107 | 401 | 401 | 115 | 19 | 3 | 6 | .287 | .287 | .394 | .681 | 158 | |||||||||||
| Larry Smith | 100 | 369 | 369 | 109 | 16 | 7 | 5 | .295 | .295 | .417 | .713 | 154 | |||||||||||
| John Slachta | 85 | 322 | 322 | 104 | 12 | 9 | 4 | .323 | .323 | .453 | .776 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Karczewski | 68 | 252 | 252 | 71 | 8 | 7 | 7 | .282 | .282 | .452 | .734 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Hal Contini | 56 | 220 | 220 | 70 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .318 | .318 | .391 | .709 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Cincotta | 96 | 314 | 314 | 69 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .220 | .220 | .293 | .513 | 92 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Coppedge | 76 | 287 | 287 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .254 | .474 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Harold Johnson | 41 | 167 | 167 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .228 | .228 | .246 | .473 | 41 | |||||||||||
| John Hunter | 42 | 117 | 117 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .154 | .154 | .205 | .359 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Robert Nadeau | 17 | 58 | 58 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .310 | .586 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Robert McCrary | 17 | 65 | 65 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .292 | .538 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Charley Francis | 47 | 78 | 78 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .192 | .192 | .269 | .462 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Manuel Gaipo | 17 | 54 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .259 | .481 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Gene Puckett | 26 | 63 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .222 | .413 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Kreisler Speas | 19 | 46 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .217 | .217 | .304 | .522 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Richard Huggins | 13 | 48 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .229 | .396 | 11 | |||||||||||
| George Cooke | 30 | 52 | 52 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .212 | .365 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Charles Braun | 16 | 54 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .148 | .148 | .222 | .370 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Robert Pitts | 39 | 49 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .327 | .469 | 16 | |||||||||||
| George Scheeler | 18 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .417 | .667 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Lee Peterson | 17 | 30 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .333 | .533 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Benny Mitchell | 10 | 37 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .162 | .162 | .270 | .432 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Wilfred Lackey | 17 | 37 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .108 | .108 | .135 | .243 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Carver | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Miller | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Tayrien | 14 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ray Campbell | 4 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Czekaj | 9 | 28 | 28 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Snowden Harrell | 4 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Hudspeth | 8 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Peterson | 7 | 29 | 29 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Raymond Luckett | 5 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dave Lutz | 6 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lee Madvig | 6 | 17 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bobby Adams | 6 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1159 | 3722 | 3722 | 0 | 908 | 131 | 46 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .330 | .574 | 1227 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Pitts | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Wilfred Lackey | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Puckett | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| George Cooke | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| George Scheeler | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Lee Peterson | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Tayrien | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Kreisler Speas | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Carver | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Lutz | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Miller | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Campbell | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 197 | 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.
