1954 Portsmouth Merrimacks Statistics
Team Record: 71-69
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: Alex Monchak (0-0), Pepper Martin (0-0)
Location: Portsmouth, Virginia
Ballpark: Frank Lawrence Stadium
Attendance: 44,506, Avg. 636
Playoffs - Portsmouth Merrimacks 4 games, Norfolk Tars 2
Finals - Newport News Dodgers 4 games, Portsmouth Merrimacks 3
The Portsmouth Merrimacks of the Piedmont League ended the 1954 season with a record of 71 wins and 69 losses, finishing fourth in the PL.
The Merrimacks scored 634 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 709 runs. John Russo led all regular hitters with a .279 average. Jim Barnhardt topped Portsmouth with 15 wins, while Lloyd Carden recorded a 2.42 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1954 Portsmouth Merrimacks who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Danny Morejón, Len Matarazzo, Pepper Martin and Alex Monchak.
Alex Monchak and Pepper Martin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Barnhardt | 15 | 12 | .556 | 4.11 | 32 | 27 | 208.0 | 119 | 114 | 95 | 11 | 141 | ||||||||||
| Lloyd Carden | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2.42 | 26 | 21 | 171.0 | 143 | 63 | 46 | 4 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Edward Sundra | 8 | 7 | .533 | 5.00 | 21 | 18 | 126.0 | 139 | 88 | 70 | 13 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Dempsie Britt | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.22 | 18 | 5 | 64.0 | 70 | 39 | 30 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Robert Hines | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.41 | 13 | 8 | 71.0 | 57 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Winston Brown | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.45 | 13 | 8 | 60.0 | 41 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 61 | ||||||||||
| James Jones | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.12 | 15 | 3 | 78.0 | 81 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 29 | ||||||||||
| William Kitchen | 3 | 1 | .750 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Difrederico | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ray Kangas | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.19 | 26 | 10 | 80.0 | 97 | 73 | 55 | 3 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Floyd Penfold | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.75 | 12 | 2 | 20.0 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Cole Jacobs | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Williams | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Len Matarazzo | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Matthews Hudgins | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholas Berbesia | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Bradshaw | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alex Monchak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Griffin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ben Adams | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marvin Rubin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tony Sarmiento | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Raúl Villamia | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick McCleney | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 62 | .512 | 3.90 | 231 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 878.0 | 769 | 489 | 380 | 44 | 494 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Russo | 139 | 517 | 517 | 144 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .279 | .279 | .323 | .602 | 167 | |||||||||||
| Lamar North | 130 | 421 | 421 | 105 | 17 | 3 | 8 | .249 | .249 | .361 | .610 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Ken Guettler | 110 | 354 | 354 | 103 | 16 | 6 | 19 | .291 | .291 | .531 | .822 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Carl Bush | 71 | 267 | 267 | 74 | 12 | 1 | 11 | .277 | .277 | .453 | .730 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Alex Monchak | 79 | 274 | 274 | 72 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .263 | .263 | .361 | .624 | 99 | |||||||||||
| Danny Morejón | 43 | 147 | 147 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .449 | .735 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Frank Smith | 42 | 157 | 157 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 4 | .248 | .248 | .395 | .643 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Al Smith | 47 | 158 | 158 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 4 | .241 | .241 | .386 | .627 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Bill Spirko | 69 | 182 | 182 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .209 | .209 | .253 | .462 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Dale Lynch | 47 | 125 | 125 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 4 | .256 | .256 | .392 | .648 | 49 | |||||||||||
| George Wehmeyer | 33 | 104 | 104 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .260 | .260 | .327 | .587 | 34 | |||||||||||
| James Jones | 40 | 94 | 94 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .277 | .277 | .351 | .628 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Quincy Barbee | 24 | 87 | 87 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .264 | .264 | .460 | .724 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Loran Chafin | 13 | 36 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .306 | .583 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Joe Osinski | 26 | 43 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .209 | .209 | .256 | .465 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Robert Hines | 14 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .259 | .519 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Lloyd Carden | 26 | 59 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .102 | .102 | .102 | .203 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Winston Brown | 18 | 31 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .161 | .323 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Jim Barnhardt | 34 | 70 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Dempsie Britt | 18 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Edward Sundra | 21 | 45 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ray Kangas | 26 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .143 | .214 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Penfold | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Raúl Villamia | 5 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Marvin Rubin | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Manuel Temes | 6 | 23 | 23 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Tony Sarmiento | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Stehlin | 5 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Williams | 4 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Matthews Hudgins | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ben Adams | 6 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Billy Collins | 2 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Cornwell | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Angelo DeCello | 1 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Difrederico | 8 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph Griffin | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Hutzler | 2 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cole Jacobs | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Kitchen | 8 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Pepper Martin | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Len Matarazzo | 8 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick McCleney | 2 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Nicholas Berbesia | 6 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1160 | 3363 | 3363 | 0 | 814 | 118 | 30 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .349 | .591 | 1175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Barnhardt | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Kangas | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Lloyd Carden | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Sundra | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Dempsie Britt | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Hines | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Winston Brown | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Floyd Penfold | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Len Matarazzo | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| William Kitchen | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Nicholas Berbesia | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Raúl Villamia | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| James Difrederico | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| William Williams | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Tony Sarmiento | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Cole Jacobs | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Ben Adams | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Dick McCleney | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Matthews Hudgins | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Marvin Rubin | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Griffin | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Bradshaw | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 215 | 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.
