1954 Richmond Virginians Statistics
Team Record: 60-94
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Luke Appling (60-94)
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 223,981, Avg. 2,909
The Richmond Virginians of the International League ended the 1954 season with a record of 60 wins and 94 losses, finishing seventh in the IL.
The Virginians scored 680 runs and allowed 800 runs, most in the circuit. Jim Dyck led Richmond with 19 home runs and recorded 74 runs batted in. Russell Kerns paced all regular batters by connecting at a .288 clip. Tommy Fine and Angelo Nardella topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Angelo Nardella registered a 3.75 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1954 Richmond Virginians who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Roy Weatherly, Frank Fanovich, Darrell Johnson, Roy Jarvis, Bob Habenicht, Dick Welteroth, Dee Phillips, Joe Lutz, Marv Rackley, Ken Wood, Jim Fridley, Jim Dyck, Stan Hollmig, Tommy Fine, Eddie Kasko, Ed Mierkowicz, Irv Medlinger, Monty Kennedy, Jackie Mayo, Al Epperly, Jocko Thompson, Ken Heintzelman, Dick Starr and Larry Ciaffone.
Luke Appling 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Fine | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.12 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 188.0 | 224 | 101 | 86 | 12 | 72 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Angelo Nardella | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.75 | 28 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 199.0 | 201 | 91 | 83 | 15 | 92 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jocko Thompson | 8 | 14 | .364 | 5.00 | 32 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 198.0 | 232 | 133 | 110 | 17 | 67 | 112 | 9 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Ken Heintzelman | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.90 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 97.0 | 115 | 49 | 42 | 7 | 28 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bob Habenicht | 7 | 13 | .350 | 4.48 | 32 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 199.0 | 197 | 113 | 99 | 15 | 101 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Irv Medlinger | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.61 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 82.0 | 94 | 50 | 42 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Frank Fanovich | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.17 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 134.0 | 131 | 86 | 77 | 8 | 67 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Clarence Zieser | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.67 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 108.0 | 120 | 64 | 56 | 9 | 54 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Al Epperly | 1 | 10 | .091 | 32 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Haag | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Ferris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Welteroth | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Lakos | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Monty Kennedy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vachel Perkins | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Starr | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 59 | 94 | .386 | 4.44 | 319 | 147 | 0 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 1205.0 | 1314 | 687 | 595 | 89 | 515 | 0 | 544 | 28 | 5 | 22 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Kerns | 127 | 525 | 465 | 71 | 134 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 59 | 0 | 46 | 43 | .288 | .354 | .447 | .801 | 208 | 3 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Robert Caffery | 134 | 555 | 452 | 75 | 118 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 90 | 43 | .261 | .385 | .310 | .695 | 140 | 1 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Marv Rackley | 116 | 403 | 349 | 58 | 111 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 51 | 23 | .318 | .402 | .433 | .835 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jim Dyck | 111 | 413 | 368 | 58 | 105 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 74 | 2 | 36 | 37 | .285 | .351 | .511 | .862 | 188 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Eddie Kasko | 113 | 421 | 369 | 43 | 88 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 43 | 45 | .238 | .316 | .285 | .600 | 105 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Dee Phillips | 97 | 348 | 313 | 24 | 77 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 3 | 25 | 44 | .246 | .300 | .323 | .623 | 101 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Darrell Johnson | 90 | 330 | 291 | 32 | 76 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 34 | 38 | .261 | .338 | .357 | .696 | 104 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Joe Lutz | 72 | 290 | 232 | 44 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 40 | 0 | 49 | 39 | .263 | .391 | .470 | .861 | 109 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Martin Tabacheck | 73 | 253 | 222 | 17 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 25 | 14 | .266 | .344 | .347 | .691 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Allen Barbee | 47 | 177 | 158 | 17 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 40 | .272 | .333 | .354 | .688 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Kenneth Chapman | 75 | 199 | 161 | 26 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 21 | .236 | .371 | .317 | .687 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Larry Ciaffone | 23 | 95 | 82 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 4 | .232 | .312 | .280 | .592 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Stan Hollmig | 37 | 100 | 90 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 19 | .211 | .290 | .300 | .590 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Fridley | 11 | 47 | 41 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .366 | .435 | .512 | .947 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Angelo Nardella | 30 | 75 | 65 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .200 | .257 | .231 | .488 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Bob Habenicht | 33 | 77 | 71 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .183 | .203 | .211 | .414 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Tommy Fine | 43 | 69 | 66 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .182 | .217 | .227 | .445 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Fanovich | 30 | 49 | 43 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .186 | .250 | .209 | .459 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jocko Thompson | 32 | 76 | 70 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .114 | .184 | .143 | .327 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roy Jarvis | 15 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .250 | .318 | .650 | .968 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clarence Zieser | 42 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .172 | .226 | .241 | .467 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Haig Lavery | 12 | 30 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .138 | .167 | .172 | .339 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roy Weatherly | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Irv Medlinger | 31 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .143 | .217 | .143 | .360 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dick Starr | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Epperly | 32 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Ferris | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Heintzelman | 32 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .045 | .125 | .045 | .170 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Vachel Perkins | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tom Lakos | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dick Welteroth | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Monty Kennedy | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1484 | 4672 | 4061 | 537 | 1043 | 134 | 36 | 71 | 450 | 24 | 0 | 490 | 519 | .257 | .339 | .360 | .699 | 1462 | 0 | 29 | 59 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Lutz | 1B | 67 | 564 | 46 | 8 | 62 | .987 | 9.104 | ||||
| Ed Mierkowicz | 1B | 51 | 452 | 34 | 8 | 44 | .984 | 9.529 | ||||
| Robert Caffery | 2B | 126 | 277 | 313 | 22 | 78 | .964 | 4.683 | ||||
| Kenneth Chapman | 2B | 28 | 63 | 54 | 8 | 14 | .936 | 4.179 | ||||
| Dee Phillips | 2B | 13 | 27 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 4.846 | ||||
| Russell Kerns | 3B | 118 | 112 | 234 | 25 | 32 | .933 | 2.932 | ||||
| Dee Phillips | 3B | 27 | 20 | 47 | 5 | 3 | .931 | 2.481 | ||||
| Kenneth Chapman | 3B | 17 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 5 | .976 | 2.412 | ||||
| Darrell Johnson | C | 88 | 377 | 54 | 6 | 7 | .986 | 4.898 | 5 | |||
| Martin Tabacheck | C | 71 | 284 | 29 | 3 | 8 | .991 | 4.408 | 1 | |||
| Jim Dyck | OF | 92 | 217 | 10 | 12 | 2 | .950 | 2.467 | ||||
| Marv Rackley | OF | 90 | 155 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .971 | 1.856 | ||||
| Allen Barbee | OF | 45 | 58 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .955 | 1.422 | ||||
| Larry Ciaffone | OF | 22 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 1.773 | ||||
| Stan Hollmig | OF | 20 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Fridley | OF | 11 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.091 | ||||
| Clarence Zieser | P | 42 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .882 | .714 | ||||
| Tommy Fine | P | 35 | 11 | 50 | 2 | 4 | .968 | 1.743 | ||||
| Jocko Thompson | P | 32 | 12 | 31 | 2 | 4 | .956 | 1.344 | ||||
| Ken Heintzelman | P | 32 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .688 | ||||
| Bob Habenicht | P | 32 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .930 | 1.250 | ||||
| Al Epperly | P | 32 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .438 | ||||
| Irv Medlinger | P | 31 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .613 | ||||
| Frank Fanovich | P | 30 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.100 | ||||
| Angelo Nardella | P | 28 | 18 | 44 | 1 | 5 | .984 | 2.214 | ||||
| Dick Starr | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vachel Perkins | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Lakos | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Monty Kennedy | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Haag | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Welteroth | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Ferris | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Kasko | SS | 108 | 234 | 310 | 23 | 67 | .959 | 5.037 | ||||
| Dee Phillips | SS | 58 | 107 | 191 | 7 | 38 | .977 | 5.138 | ||||
| Totals | 1371 | 3133 | 1657 | 159 | 390 | .968 | 3.494 | 6 | 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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