1954 Shreveport Sports Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 90-71
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Mel McGaha (90-71)
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 142,970, Avg. 1,776

1954 Shreveport Sports Roster

Playoffs - Fort Worth Cats 4 games, Shreveport Sports 1

The Shreveport Sports of the Texas League ended the 1954 season with a record of 90 wins and 71 losses, finishing first in the TL.

The Sports paced the league with just 655 runs allowed. Shreveport scored 765 runs. Bud Heslet walloped 31 home runs for the squad, while Ed Mickelson swatted 15 or more, too. Ed Mickelson drove in 139 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .335 clip. John André led the squad with 21 wins, and Arnie Atkins and Bob Smith registered a 2.89 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1954 Shreveport Sports who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ed Mickelson, Bob Smith, Joe Koppe, Alton Brown, Bill Tremel, Jim Willis, Doyle Lade, Fred Martin, John André and Billy Muffett.

Mel McGaha 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
John André	21	9	.700	3.05	35	33		16	1		266.0	233	113	90	13	104		142	7	0	5
Bob Smith	13	5	.722	2.89	33	29		10	2		212.0	177	78	68	17	89		147	6	0	8
Arnie Atkins	10	9	.526	2.89	30	25		10	2		193.0	143	72	62	10	96		121	2	0	5
Fred Martin	9	3	.750	1.67	44	0		0	0		86.0	62	19	16	2	22		26	0	0	2
Knowles Piercey	9	4	.692	2.92	45	0		0	0		77.0	79	30	25	6	18		31	0	0	0
Ottis Jacobs	7	7	.500	4.36	32	17		3	0		128.0	113	70	62	14	67		81	8	0	5
Jim Willis	7	9	.438	4.02	23	19		5	2		112.0	120	58	50	5	47		35	5	0	2
Billy Muffett	5	11	.312	4.83	34	20		3	1		149.0	145	90	80	8	92		82	3	0	1
Bill Tremel	4	1	.800	1.25	22			0			36.0	22	6	5		10		22
Ken Wild	3	4	.429		10						0.0
Doyle Lade	2	5	.286	6.32	19	6		1	0		57.0	79	44	40	6	19		13	1	0	2
David Cyrus	0	0			1						0.0
Alton Brown	0	0			3						0.0
Jesse Priest	0	1	.000		8						0.0
Hugh Blanton	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Claude White	0	2	.000		10						0.0
Totals	90	71	.559	3.41	351	149	0	48	8	0	1316.0	1173	580	498	81	564	0	700	32	0	30	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
Ev Joyner	160	735	649	121	213	47	9	11	74	11	7	71	30	.328	.394	.479	.873	311		0	14	1
Ed Mickelson	150	646	573	96	192	43	11	17	139	2	0	58	72	.335	.395	.538	.932	308		3	5	7
James Ackeret	157	654	573	59	149	28	1	14	71	7	2	54	87	.260	.332	.386	.717	221		10	12	5
Donald Spencer	158	706	616	93	145	25	6	13	86	2	2	72	92	.235	.320	.359	.679	221		6	9	3
Joe Koppe	148	672	547	114	137	30	12	6	35	20	5	113	119	.250	.383	.382	.766	209		5	7	0
Bud Heslet	150	582	487	67	128	22	1	31	100	0	0	82	90	.263	.368	.503	.871	245		4	1	8
Ed Barr	136	525	424	58	109	16	2	13	65	10	8	87	74	.257	.388	.396	.784	168		7	2	5
Bob Van Eman	80	254	206	37	64	17	1	2	29	1	1	42	47	.311	.424	.432	.856	89		0	4	2
J. W. Jones	89	300	269	17	61	6	0	3	23	0	2	25	25	.227	.300	.283	.582	76		3	3	0
Mel McGaha	80	189	175	28	49	5	1	5	27	2	1	11	10	.280	.324	.406	.730	71		1	1	1
James Martin	81	251	205	18	37	7	0	1	15	0	1	37	44	.180	.302	.229	.532	47		1	3	5
Al Hunt	54	133	119	9	28	5	2	0	7	0	1	13	10	.235	.316	.311	.627	37		1	0	0
John André	37	118	112	10	24	7	1	1	12	0	0	5	16	.214	.248	.321	.569	36		0	1	0
Robert Nichols	26	95	89	8	21	1	0	1	9	0	0	3	13	.236	.266	.281	.547	25		1	1	1
Billy Muffett	36	52	44	4	10	2	1	0	3	1	0	6	8	.227	.320	.318	.638	14		0	2	0
Bob Smith	33	85	77	5	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	24	.091	.125	.117	.242	9		0	5	0
Ottis Jacobs	34	48	44	4	6	2	0	2	2	0	0	3	19	.136	.191	.318	.510	14		0	1	0
Arnie Atkins	30	79	67	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	30	.090	.164	.090	.254	6		0	6	0
Ken Wild	11	18	16	6	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	.250	.333	.500	.833	8		0	0	0
Jim Willis	29	38	33	7	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	11	.121	.237	.182	.419	6		0	0	0
Doyle Lade	19	20	18	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.167	.211	.167	.377	3		0	1	0
Fred Martin	44	23	20	2	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	6	.150	.150	.300	.450	6		0	3	0
Bill Tremel	22	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	1		0	0	0
Jesse Priest	13	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
David Cyrus	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Knowles Piercey	45	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Alton Brown	3	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Claude White	18	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0	0
Hugh Blanton	3	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1847	6263	5400	770	1401	269	49	121	707	56	30	701	847	.259	.347	.395	.741	2131	0	42	82	38	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ed Mickelson	1B	146	1368	94	16	146	.989	1.014
Mel McGaha	1B	21	143	7	1	15	.993	7.143
Donald Spencer	2B	154	412	442	30	119	.966	5.545
Al Hunt	2B	10	24	14	0	2	1.000	3.800
James Ackeret	3B	157	153	395	25	45	.956	3.490
J. W. Jones	C	85	386	36	8	6	.981	4.965	3
James Martin	C	74	311	40	4	5	.989	4.743	4
Robert Nichols	C	26	115	14	5	2	.963	4.962	2
Ed Barr	CF	123	256	9	5	1	.981	2.154
Ev Joyner	CF	44	92	3	2	2	.979	2.159
Ev Joyner	LF	123	240	10	4	1	.984	2.033
Bob Van Eman	LF	45	65	2	2	0	.971	1.489
Mel McGaha	LF	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Knowles Piercey	P	45	4	15	1	2	.950	.422
Fred Martin	P	44	4	17	1	0	.955	.477
John André	P	35	15	46	2	2	.968	1.743
Billy Muffett	P	34	10	27	2	5	.949	1.088
Bob Smith	P	33	13	24	1	2	.974	1.121
Ottis Jacobs	P	32	4	19	1	1	.958	.719
Arnie Atkins	P	30	15	39	2	4	.964	1.800
Jim Willis	P	23	4	21	3	3	.893	1.087
Bill Tremel	P	22	3	5	0	0	1.000	.364
Doyle Lade	P	19	2	11	2	1	.867	.684
Ken Wild	P	10	2	12	0	0	1.000	1.400
Claude White	P	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Jesse Priest	P	8						.000
Alton Brown	P	3						.000
Hugh Blanton	P	2						.000
David Cyrus	P	1						.000
Bud Heslet	RF	135	198	13	7	2	.968	1.563
Bob Van Eman	RF	20	17	4	1	1	.955	1.050
Mel McGaha	RF	18	20	0	0	0	1.000	1.111
Joe Koppe	SS	146	266	531	63	100	.927	5.459
Al Hunt	SS	21	38	67	7	9	.938	5.000
Totals		1709	4191	1918	195	476	.969	3.575	9	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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