1954 Valdosta Tigers Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 68-70
Finished 5th in the GGL
Manager: Marv Owen (0-0), Stan Wasiak (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Valdosta, Georgia
Ballpark: Pendleton Park
Attendance: 52,911, Avg. 767

1954 Valdosta Tigers Roster

The Valdosta Tigers of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1954 season with a record of 68 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the GGL.

The Tigers tallied 619 runs and allowed 670 runs. Robert Stewart paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .284. Marvin Melanson topped Valdosta with 14 wins, while Joe Greene recorded a 1.7 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

John Tsitouris played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Valdosta Tigers to do so.

Marv Owen and Stan Wasiak 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
Marvin Melanson	14	11	.560	2.63	28	26					205.0	174	109	60	3	88
Joe Greene	11	4	.733	1.70	18	15					122.0	103	31	23	1	30
Robert Loschke	10	5	.667	2.64	20	16					126.0	91	53	37	7	55
Milton Higginbotham	7	5	.583	3.08	25	18					149.0	134	88	51	4	67
Ed Strichek	7	7	.500	3.61	31	8					127.0	125	66	51	7	60
Edmund McNulty	6	10	.375	4.25	26	13					127.0	127	73	60	8	48
Raymond Taliaferro	4	4	.500	2.90	13	11					68.3	48	27	22	0	45
Nikko Koleff	3	6	.333	5.64	10	8					52.7	52	39	33	0	33
Harry Spittle	3	6	.333	6.11	12	9					56.0	64	50	38	0	30
Ward Wilson	2	1	.667		9						0.0
Ronald Heller	1	1	.500		4						0.0
James Hayden	1	3	.250	7.54	23	9					59.7	52	60	50	1	77
Richard Halter	0	0			1						0.0
Stan Wasiak	0	0			3						0.0
John Tsitouris	0	0		24.00	3						3.0	10	14	8		8
Robert Reynolds	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Dale Cartier	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Leo Hotard	0	1	.000		5						0.0
Paul Franks	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Simmons	0	2	.000		4						0.0
William Wright	0	5	.000		10						0.0
Totals	69	74	.483	3.56	253	133	0	0	0	0	1095.7	980	610	433	31	541	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
Robert Stewart	122	440	440		125	22	6	4						.284	.284	.389	.673	171
Peter Viteretto	103	372	372		104	15	9	5						.280	.280	.409	.688	152
Ronald Wenson	123	409	409		101	20	0	6						.247	.247	.340	.587	139
Stan Wasiak	64	232	232		66	9	0	0						.284	.284	.323	.608	75
Nels MacCallum	68	237	237		66	13	2	3						.278	.278	.388	.667	92
Virgil Estep	54	197	197		56	12	3	7						.284	.284	.482	.766	95
Don Murray	51	184	184		48	6	0	0						.261	.261	.293	.554	54
Billy Ryckman	47	179	179		46	6	1	1						.257	.257	.318	.575	57
Francis Oneto	46	159	159		41	10	0	0						.258	.258	.321	.579	51
Shapard Pryor	41	130	130		31	5	1	2						.238	.238	.338	.577	44
William Neyen	40	124	124		30	3	1	1						.242	.242	.306	.548	38
Conk Meriwether	38	135	135		30	3	1	6						.222	.222	.393	.615	53
Morris Moore	41	121	121		29	3	0	1						.240	.240	.289	.529	35
Dick Leach	38	108	108		24	7	1	0						.222	.222	.306	.528	33
Emery Mounts	43	132	132		21	3	2	1						.159	.159	.235	.394	31
Herbert Isaacson	18	69	69		19	2	5	0						.275	.275	.449	.725	31
John Mizerock	31	79	79		19	4	0	0						.241	.241	.291	.532	23
Ferrell Sparks	30	99	99		19	1	0	2						.192	.192	.263	.455	26
John Zeitler	24	73	73		18	2	0	1						.247	.247	.315	.562	23
Leroy Douglas	23	71	71		15	1	2	0						.211	.211	.282	.493	20
Wilford Lockett	19	57	57		14	1	1	0						.246	.246	.298	.544	17
Thomas Howard	28	82	82		14	4	0	1						.171	.171	.256	.427	21
Milton Higginbotham	28	50	50		12	1	2	0						.240	.240	.340	.580	17
Jerome Brick	25	65	65		12	2	0	0						.185	.185	.215	.400	14
Joe Greene	21	45	45		11	0	0	0						.244	.244	.244	.489	11
Marvin Melanson	29	69	69		11	1	1	0						.159	.159	.203	.362	14
Ed Strichek	41	57	57		10	5	3	0						.175	.175	.368	.544	21
Michael Barna	22	49	49		9	2	0	0						.184	.184	.224	.408	11
Edmund McNulty	28	47	47		8	0	0	0						.170	.170	.170	.340	8
Gordon Thomas	20	49	49		8	1	0	0						.163	.163	.184	.347	9
Robert Loschke	29	59	59		6	2	0	1						.102	.102	.186	.288	11
Harry Spittle	11	22	22		5	0	1	0						.227	.227	.318	.545	7
Ward Wilson	10	13	13		4	0	0	0						.308	.308	.308	.615	4
James Green	13	33	33		4	0	0	0						.121	.121	.121	.242	4
William Wright	11	10	10		3	0	0	0						.300	.300	.300	.600	3
James Hayden	26	25	25		3	0	0	0						.120	.120	.120	.240	3
Gerald Hoskins	11	18	18		2	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Raymond Taliaferro	13	23	23		1	0	0	0						.043	.043	.043	.087	1
Paul Franks	1	3	3											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dale Cartier	11	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Rosario Ciatto	9	31	31											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Greenan	3	13	13											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Halter	1	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ronald Heller	4	2	2											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Reynolds	3	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Leo Hotard	5	3	3											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Nikko Koleff	11	14	14		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Justin Lukosius	9	21	21											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Max Uzelatz	6	7	7											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1493	4425	4425	0	1045	166	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.236	.321	.557	1421	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
William Neyen	1B	38	320	22	9		.974	9.000
Conk Meriwether	1B	38	299	27	6		.982	8.579
Nels MacCallum	1B	22	173	13	8		.959	8.455
Gordon Thomas	1B	19	129	4	3		.978	7.000
Gerald Hoskins	1B	10	46	2	4		.923	4.800
Stan Wasiak	2B	51	126	158	9		.969	5.569
Morris Moore	2B	51	63	95	17		.903	3.098
Francis Oneto	2B	30	79	93	10		.945	5.733
Michael Barna	2B	19	33	27	6		.909	3.158
Robert Stewart	3B	108	101	122	31		.878	2.065
Virgil Estep	C	48	311	47	16		.957	7.458
Dick Leach	C	35	246	17	9		.967	7.514
Ferrell Sparks	C	28	184	23	5		.976	7.393
Ronald Wenson	OF	120	207	12	13		.944	1.825
Peter Viteretto	OF	102	155	10	12		.932	1.618
Don Murray	OF	47	70	5	9		.893	1.596
Emery Mounts	OF	42	52	8	2		.968	1.429
Jerome Brick	OF	22	34	3	1		.974	1.682
Thomas Howard	OF	21	22	1	2		.920	1.095
Leroy Douglas	OF	21	32	1	8		.805	1.571
Herbert Isaacson	OF	17	20	0	1		.952	1.176
Wilford Lockett	OF	15	19	2	0		1.000	1.400
James Green	OF	10	8	0	1		.889	.800
Ed Strichek	P	31						.000
Marvin Melanson	P	28						.000
Edmund McNulty	P	26						.000
Milton Higginbotham	P	25						.000
James Hayden	P	23						.000
Robert Loschke	P	20						.000
Joe Greene	P	18						.000
Raymond Taliaferro	P	13						.000
Harry Spittle	P	12						.000
William Wright	P	10						.000
Nikko Koleff	P	10						.000
Ward Wilson	P	9						.000
Leo Hotard	P	5						.000
Ronald Heller	P	4						.000
John Tsitouris	P	3						.000
Robert Reynolds	P	3						.000
Richard Halter	P	1						.000
Paul Franks	P	1						.000
Billy Ryckman	SS	47	85	116	26		.885	4.277
Shapard Pryor	SS	40	79	97	23		.884	4.400
John Zeitler	SS	19	36	48	17		.832	4.421
Totals		1262	2929	953	248	0	.940	3.076

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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