1954 Savannah Athletics Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 2nd in the SAL
Manager: Clyde Kluttz (80-60)
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 82,232, Avg. 1,175
1954 Savannah Athletics Roster

Playoffs - Savannah Athletics 3 games, Macon Peaches 0
Finals - Savannah Athletics 4 games, Jacksonville Braves 3

The Savannah Athletics of the South Atlantic League ended the 1954 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the SAL.

The Athletics plated 708 runs and yielded 646 runs. Al Pinkston led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .360 clip. Mike Kume topped Savannah with 14 wins, while Bill Freese recorded a 2.85 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1954 Savannah Athletics who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Walt Craddock, Tommy Giordano, Skeeter Kell, Walt Kellner, Clyde Kluttz, Mike Kume, Len Matarazzo, Rinty Monahan, Al Pinkston, Don Plarski, Hal Raether and Spider Wilhelm.

Clyde Kluttz 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
Mike Kume147.6673.263128207.021995751289
Bill Freese127.6322.85484148.71256347845
Walt Craddock128.6003.812626151.07878648108
Jim Miller118.5793.843519176.08888751775
Rinty Monahan95.6433.632318124.01085950674
George Skordian75.5835.40201198.37676591055
Courtney Stempel54.5563.63181079.3864132349
Walt Kellner33.5003.337746.0472317212
Tony Napoles21.6671.6028045.037118125
Richard Friel22.500110.0
Michael Munsinger11.500150.0
Hal Raether12.33390.0
Len Matarazzo13.25050.0
Norman Pollock0020.0
Raymond Steele0020.0
William Riale02.00040.0
Stanley Stachurski02.00050.0
Totals8060.5713.5728912300001075.386453442767532000000

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
Al Pinkston13650050018033427.360.360.604.964302
Al Isreal140550550168241010.305.305.440.745242
Joe Golden1415285281531431.290.290.333.623176
Wiley Williams13750450413823521.274.274.464.738234
William Robertson1124394391311690.298.298.376.674165
Skeeter Kell973863861081887.280.280.422.702163
Spider Wilhelm8829429480926.272.272.378.650111
Richard Kirk1173243247019414.216.216.429.645139
Manny Werner8128228266552.234.234.309.54387
Tommy Giordano4014914937507.248.248.423.67163
Joseph Singleton4114114135410.248.248.291.53941
Andrew Tranavitch5012712725211.197.197.252.44932
Walt Craddock27646416121.250.250.375.62524
Jim Miller40616111010.180.180.213.39313
Rinty Monahan23414110200.244.244.293.53712
George Skordian2139399000.231.231.231.4629
Peter Gentile1349498301.163.163.286.44914
Joseph Pahr1617177101.412.412.6471.05911
Chuck Orner1019194100.211.211.263.4745
Tony Napoles28993100.333.333.444.7784
Don Plarski2021213100.143.143.190.3334
Courtney Stempel1925253000.120.120.120.2403
Bill Freese4841413100.073.073.098.1714
Michael Munsinger1510102100.200.200.300.5003
Hal Raether10991000.111.111.111.2221
Mike Kume3173731000.014.014.014.0271
Walt Kellner577.000.000.000.0000
Sam Suplizio111.000.000.000.0000
Richard Friel11330000.000.000.000.0000
Raymond Steele211.000.000.000.0000
Stanley Stachurski51616.000.000.000.0000
Clyde Kluttz222.000.000.000.0000
Len Matarazzo588.000.000.000.0000
William Riale422.000.000.000.0000
Raymond Carr71616.000.000.000.0000
Totals15434758475801272184559900000.267.267.392.659186300000


Fielding:

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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