1954 Schenectady Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 57-83
Finished 8th in the EL
Manager: Snuffy Stirnweiss (0-0), Lew Krausse (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Schenectady, New York
Ballpark: Schenectady Stadium
Attendance: 45,529, Avg. 650
The Schenectady Blue Jays of the Eastern League ended the 1954 season with a record of 57 wins and 83 losses, finishing eighth in the EL.
The Blue Jays scored 510 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 585 runs. Stan Palys led Schenectady with 14 home runs and drove in 56 runs. Seth Morehead topped the team with 14 wins, while Cliff Ross recorded a 2.91 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1954 Schenectady Blue Jays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were John Anderson, Turk Farrell, Harry Anderson, Stan Palys, Snuffy Stirnweiss, Seth Morehead, Cliff Ross, Carden Gillenwater, Angelo LiPetri and Paul Penson.
Snuffy Stirnweiss and Lew Krausse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Morehead | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.08 | 38 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 225.0 | 198 | 106 | 77 | 14 | 131 | 207 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Cliff Ross | 13 | 10 | .565 | 2.91 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 195.0 | 152 | 84 | 63 | 12 | 102 | 155 | 11 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Angelo LiPetri | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.00 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 183.0 | 142 | 70 | 61 | 7 | 101 | 103 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Turk Farrell | 11 | 15 | .423 | 3.21 | 40 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 216.0 | 199 | 93 | 77 | 8 | 86 | 115 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Anderson | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.65 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 69.0 | 74 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Penson | 3 | 12 | .200 | 3.60 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 115.0 | 113 | 56 | 46 | 5 | 80 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Phil Amato | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Edwards | 1 | 12 | .077 | 4.67 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 106.0 | 120 | 81 | 55 | 8 | 64 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bill Jankowski | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Walsh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Herlihy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Bowers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul Bletz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Herbert Agase | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Lawson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 57 | 83 | .407 | 3.30 | 255 | 135 | 0 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 1109.0 | 998 | 524 | 407 | 59 | 579 | 0 | 744 | 25 | 2 | 41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Palys | 93 | 365 | 323 | 62 | 102 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 56 | 2 | 33 | 40 | .316 | .381 | .539 | .920 | 174 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Wally Habel | 112 | 424 | 373 | 29 | 93 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 43 | 27 | .249 | .322 | .300 | .623 | 112 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Carden Gillenwater | 108 | 400 | 336 | 42 | 90 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 2 | 61 | 29 | .268 | .380 | .357 | .737 | 120 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Charles Hood | 111 | 416 | 357 | 42 | 77 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 6 | 47 | 38 | .216 | .315 | .325 | .640 | 116 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Edward Waytula | 96 | 402 | 358 | 37 | 74 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 30 | 89 | .207 | .271 | .265 | .536 | 95 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |||
| Red Robbins | 70 | 281 | 250 | 40 | 73 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 36 | 2 | 26 | 30 | .292 | .364 | .500 | .864 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Frank Turcy | 74 | 295 | 254 | 34 | 65 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 37 | 26 | .256 | .353 | .390 | .743 | 99 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Will Hafey | 69 | 264 | 227 | 18 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 29 | 19 | .220 | .304 | .308 | .613 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Charlie Ruddock | 67 | 249 | 214 | 25 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 26 | 65 | .206 | .300 | .332 | .631 | 71 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Ellsworth Dean | 62 | 206 | 190 | 13 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 15 | .205 | .251 | .274 | .525 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Harry Anderson | 43 | 183 | 165 | 20 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 34 | .194 | .253 | .376 | .629 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Charles Weathers | 47 | 176 | 138 | 16 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 35 | 28 | .217 | .377 | .348 | .725 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ben Tompkins | 29 | 120 | 109 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 15 | .211 | .283 | .275 | .559 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Turner | 42 | 125 | 106 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 25 | .208 | .311 | .274 | .585 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Turk Farrell | 40 | 79 | 77 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .260 | .278 | .299 | .577 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Donkersley | 28 | 104 | 91 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 25 | .220 | .298 | .363 | .661 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Kenneth Menkel | 27 | 108 | 92 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 22 | .217 | .318 | .315 | .633 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Seth Morehead | 41 | 86 | 76 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .197 | .247 | .211 | .457 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Jim Ollis | 39 | 130 | 103 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 38 | .136 | .295 | .223 | .518 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Cliff Ross | 38 | 82 | 71 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .183 | .266 | .225 | .491 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Al Neil | 14 | 50 | 37 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 6 | .324 | .480 | .486 | .966 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Angelo LiPetri | 55 | 88 | 78 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .154 | .241 | .205 | .447 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ted Hesse | 14 | 56 | 52 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .192 | .250 | .212 | .462 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Victor Comolli | 11 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .242 | .375 | .242 | .617 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Anderson | 12 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .312 | .500 | .312 | .812 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Paul Penson | 22 | 40 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .108 | .132 | .135 | .267 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Snuffy Stirnweiss | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Edwards | 29 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .065 | .171 | .097 | .268 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Phil Amato | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Bletz | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie Saverine | 8 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Lawson | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Herlihy | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Charles Bowers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Herbert Agase | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1442 | 4866 | 4233 | 483 | 975 | 147 | 37 | 73 | 440 | 31 | 0 | 517 | 687 | .230 | .316 | .334 | .651 | 1415 | 0 | 33 | 44 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Robbins | 1B | 67 | 542 | 31 | 4 | 63 | .993 | 8.552 | ||||
| Harry Anderson | 1B | 41 | 332 | 25 | 5 | 30 | .986 | 8.707 | ||||
| Kenneth Menkel | 1B | 27 | 214 | 17 | 3 | 17 | .987 | 8.556 | ||||
| Wally Habel | 2B | 86 | 192 | 205 | 7 | 47 | .983 | 4.616 | ||||
| Robert Donkersley | 2B | 25 | 61 | 64 | 1 | 17 | .992 | 5.000 | ||||
| Ben Tompkins | 2B | 21 | 35 | 56 | 3 | 14 | .968 | 4.333 | ||||
| James Turner | 2B | 13 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 2.846 | ||||
| Charlie Ruddock | 3B | 65 | 72 | 133 | 19 | 17 | .915 | 3.154 | ||||
| Charles Hood | C | 66 | 309 | 21 | 9 | 4 | .973 | 5.000 | 11 | |||
| Ellsworth Dean | C | 59 | 352 | 26 | 8 | 4 | .979 | 6.407 | 6 | |||
| James Turner | C | 23 | 124 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 5.739 | 3 | |||
| Victor Comolli | C | 10 | 75 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 8.000 | 4 | |||
| Carden Gillenwater | OF | 98 | 171 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 1.796 | ||||
| Stan Palys | OF | 90 | 155 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .970 | 1.811 | ||||
| Will Hafey | OF | 67 | 108 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .943 | 1.731 | ||||
| Frank Turcy | OF | 66 | 97 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .955 | 1.591 | ||||
| Charles Hood | OF | 48 | 90 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .969 | 1.938 | ||||
| Charles Weathers | OF | 44 | 78 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .909 | 1.818 | ||||
| Ted Hesse | OF | 13 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.462 | ||||
| Al Neil | OF | 12 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.667 | ||||
| Angelo LiPetri | P | 43 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.093 | ||||
| Turk Farrell | P | 40 | 5 | 57 | 3 | 3 | .954 | 1.550 | ||||
| Seth Morehead | P | 38 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 1 | .861 | .816 | ||||
| Cliff Ross | P | 34 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .930 | 1.176 | ||||
| Don Edwards | P | 29 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .759 | ||||
| Paul Penson | P | 22 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .926 | 1.136 | ||||
| John Anderson | P | 12 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .867 | 1.083 | ||||
| Thomas Lawson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Herlihy | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Bowers | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Bletz | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Phil Amato | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Herbert Agase | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Jankowski | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Walsh | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward Waytula | SS | 95 | 210 | 280 | 22 | 60 | .957 | 5.158 | ||||
| Jim Ollis | SS | 34 | 59 | 82 | 9 | 18 | .940 | 4.147 | ||||
| Wally Habel | SS | 15 | 17 | 33 | 4 | 6 | .926 | 3.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1340 | 3414 | 1228 | 147 | 318 | .969 | 3.464 | 24 | 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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