1954 St. Joseph Saints Statistics
Team Record: 82-57
Finished 3rd in the WA
Manager: Bill Cope (82-57)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: St. Joseph, Missouri
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 41,035, Avg. 590
Playoffs - St. Joseph Saints 3 games, Muskogee Giants 2
Finals - Blackwell Broncos 4 games, St. Joseph Saints 1
The St. Joseph Saints of the Western Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 82 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the WA.
The Saints tallied 839 runs and surrendered 714 runs. Fritz Brickell paced all regular batters by connecting at a .306 clip. Alfred Kipper topped St. Joseph with 20 wins, while Gerald Coleman added 15 or more wins also Alfred Kipper recorded a 3.09 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Fritz Brickell played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the St. Joseph Saints to do so.
Bill Cope 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Kipper | 20 | 7 | .741 | 3.09 | 29 | 29 | 242.0 | 206 | 107 | 83 | 5 | 111 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Coleman | 16 | 8 | .667 | 4.17 | 33 | 21 | 177.0 | 170 | 103 | 82 | 12 | 92 | ||||||||||
| Art Weber | 11 | 5 | .688 | 4.13 | 30 | 11 | 122.0 | 109 | 68 | 56 | 4 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Leigh Lawrence | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.61 | 30 | 18 | 152.0 | 149 | 88 | 61 | 4 | 71 | ||||||||||
| James Reynolds | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.07 | 13 | 9 | 82.0 | 75 | 38 | 28 | 3 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Vance Long | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.40 | 18 | 9 | 82.0 | 77 | 43 | 31 | 4 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Don Herman | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.53 | 24 | 11 | 83.0 | 75 | 65 | 51 | 6 | 85 | ||||||||||
| John Sellen | 2 | 1 | .667 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Cashill | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Allen | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.00 | 10 | 4 | 45.0 | 59 | 45 | 35 | 5 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Pete Hoover | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Curtis Rogers | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edward Gerken | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Elvie Pfautz | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.33 | 11 | 6 | 54.0 | 46 | 35 | 26 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Bill Dietrich | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.62 | 12 | 8 | 52.0 | 42 | 51 | 44 | 2 | 80 | ||||||||||
| David Oliphant | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carl Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Cope | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salvatore Aprea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Larry Worlinsky | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 82 | 57 | .590 | 4.10 | 240 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1091.0 | 1008 | 643 | 497 | 46 | 657 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz Brickell | 121 | 468 | 468 | 143 | 23 | 14 | 11 | .306 | .306 | .485 | .791 | 227 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Davis | 134 | 478 | 478 | 138 | 27 | 19 | 6 | .289 | .289 | .462 | .751 | 221 | |||||||||||
| William Enders | 134 | 527 | 527 | 138 | 28 | 3 | 4 | .262 | .262 | .349 | .611 | 184 | |||||||||||
| Salvatore Aprea | 127 | 452 | 452 | 128 | 21 | 8 | 10 | .283 | .283 | .431 | .715 | 195 | |||||||||||
| John Killoren | 87 | 337 | 337 | 106 | 14 | 9 | 12 | .315 | .315 | .516 | .831 | 174 | |||||||||||
| Billie Bullock | 90 | 344 | 344 | 106 | 18 | 2 | 4 | .308 | .308 | .407 | .715 | 140 | |||||||||||
| Lewis Gilbert | 102 | 339 | 339 | 92 | 19 | 8 | 7 | .271 | .271 | .437 | .708 | 148 | |||||||||||
| Edward Anderson | 85 | 290 | 290 | 86 | 17 | 5 | 3 | .297 | .297 | .421 | .717 | 122 | |||||||||||
| Bill Cope | 75 | 214 | 214 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .234 | .234 | .332 | .565 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Burtner | 65 | 204 | 204 | 47 | 10 | 5 | 4 | .230 | .230 | .387 | .618 | 79 | |||||||||||
| John Young | 47 | 149 | 149 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .215 | .215 | .242 | .456 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Krebsbach | 36 | 132 | 132 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .303 | .538 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Kipper | 29 | 93 | 93 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .258 | .258 | .333 | .591 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Vincent Pisani | 28 | 99 | 99 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .192 | .192 | .273 | .465 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Don Herman | 41 | 90 | 90 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .267 | .467 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Art Weber | 32 | 47 | 47 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .362 | .362 | .383 | .745 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Coleman | 36 | 75 | 75 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .213 | .253 | .467 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Leigh Lawrence | 31 | 55 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .382 | .655 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Paul Livick | 16 | 56 | 56 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .268 | .321 | .589 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Ted Atkinson | 11 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .389 | .389 | .500 | .889 | 9 | |||||||||||
| James Reynolds | 13 | 33 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .273 | .485 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Allen | 11 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .444 | .667 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Dick Windle | 5 | 19 | 19 | 3 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Dietrich | 12 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .158 | .158 | .316 | .474 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Vance Long | 18 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .107 | .107 | .214 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Russ Blankenship | 9 | 31 | 31 | 3 | .097 | .097 | .097 | .194 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Elvie Pfautz | 11 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Cashill | 4 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Ricco | 4 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Carl Schmidt | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Sellen | 8 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Pete Hoover | 2 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Mario Genovesi | 2 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Edward Gerken | 4 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1433 | 4677 | 4677 | 0 | 1253 | 216 | 84 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .268 | .393 | .661 | 1838 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Coleman | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Art Weber | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Leigh Lawrence | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Alfred Kipper | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Don Herman | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Vance Long | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| James Reynolds | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Dietrich | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Elvie Pfautz | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Eddie Allen | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| John Sellen | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Curtis Rogers | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Gerken | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Cashill | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Carl Schmidt | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Worlinsky | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Hoover | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| David Oliphant | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 238 | 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.
