1954 Waycross Bears Statistics
Team Record: 68-67
Finished 4th in the GGL
Manager: Paul Eames (68-67)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Waycross, Georgia
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 36,854, Avg. 546
Playoffs - Brunswick Pirates 4 games, Waycross Bears 1
The Waycross Bears of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1954 season with a record of 68 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the GGL.
The Bears tallied 629 runs and allowed 672 runs. Denver Rikard led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .293. Floyd Baker topped Waycross with 17 wins, while Johnnie Scroggs added 15 or more victories also Floyd Baker recorded a 2.92 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Charlie Brewster played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Waycross Bears to do so.
Paul Eames 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Baker | 17 | 8 | .680 | 2.92 | 30 | 23 | 216.0 | 211 | 93 | 70 | 4 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Johnnie Scroggs | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.37 | 33 | 27 | 227.3 | 215 | 111 | 85 | 6 | 75 | ||||||||||
| John O'Neill | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.52 | 24 | 13 | 120.0 | 100 | 66 | 47 | 1 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Don Cierniak | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.17 | 28 | 15 | 123.0 | 119 | 78 | 57 | 3 | 67 | ||||||||||
| Bill Allen | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.54 | 10 | 8 | 73.7 | 70 | 46 | 29 | 1 | 43 | ||||||||||
| William Augustoni | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.38 | 17 | 15 | 115.0 | 68 | 68 | 56 | 1 | 131 | ||||||||||
| Ambrose Foote | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.96 | 7 | 6 | 55.0 | 50 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Earl Baker | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.88 | 10 | 8 | 72.0 | 76 | 45 | 39 | 3 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Lou Reilly | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eugene Vinson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Louis Altomer | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Heffren | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Al Hedin | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Sanson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Dean | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Dembek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Nesbihal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill McColly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Gaston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Mount | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul Eames | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lionel Harms | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Craig Hoyal | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Rouzee | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 67 | 62 | .519 | 3.55 | 213 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1002.0 | 909 | 528 | 395 | 19 | 514 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Rikard | 131 | 471 | 471 | 138 | 40 | 4 | 2 | .293 | .293 | .408 | .701 | 192 | |||||||||||
| John Clifton | 128 | 485 | 485 | 137 | 27 | 7 | 3 | .282 | .282 | .386 | .668 | 187 | |||||||||||
| Paul Eames | 134 | 442 | 442 | 119 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .269 | .269 | .348 | .618 | 154 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Dembek | 120 | 400 | 400 | 109 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .272 | .272 | .345 | .617 | 138 | |||||||||||
| Bill McColly | 136 | 447 | 447 | 106 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .271 | .508 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Cothran | 50 | 216 | 216 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .306 | .306 | .394 | .699 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Brewster | 65 | 231 | 231 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 2 | .277 | .277 | .364 | .641 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Michael Walsh | 76 | 259 | 259 | 63 | 9 | 2 | 4 | .243 | .243 | .340 | .583 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Edward Kowalski | 62 | 228 | 228 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .228 | .228 | .259 | .487 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Frank Alden | 46 | 159 | 159 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .302 | .572 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Virgil Tieken | 56 | 186 | 186 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .210 | .210 | .226 | .435 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Baker | 44 | 122 | 122 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .303 | .303 | .352 | .656 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Wallace Server | 28 | 106 | 106 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .330 | .575 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Jack Davis | 60 | 117 | 117 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .248 | .427 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Johnnie Scroggs | 43 | 98 | 98 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .204 | .204 | .245 | .449 | 24 | |||||||||||
| William Augustoni | 22 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .357 | .357 | .405 | .762 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Earl Baker | 12 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .290 | .290 | .548 | .839 | 17 | |||||||||||
| John O'Neill | 29 | 54 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .222 | .389 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Bob Belladella | 18 | 37 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .189 | .216 | .405 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Lamar Moore | 11 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .207 | .310 | .517 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Ambrose Foote | 11 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .231 | .423 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bill Allen | 13 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .172 | .172 | .345 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Don Cierniak | 29 | 42 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Vinson | 3 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick Sanson | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Reckelhoff | 3 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lou Reilly | 6 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Rouzee | 9 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Sandy Oster | 8 | 21 | 21 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ronald Mount | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Malcolm Mathison | 6 | 17 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Perry Bellamy | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ray Dean | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph Duval | 9 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dennis Farmer | 3 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Silas Harmon | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lionel Harms | 4 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Al Hedin | 7 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ronald Heffren | 5 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Craig Hoyal | 5 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lew Jones | 6 | 22 | 22 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Louis Altomer | 4 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1412 | 4404 | 4404 | 0 | 1099 | 199 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .319 | .569 | 1406 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill McColly | 1B | 135 | 1036 | 43 | 20 | .982 | 7.993 | |
| Bobby Cothran | 2B | 48 | 122 | 139 | 7 | .974 | 5.438 | |
| Charlie Brewster | 2B | 42 | 105 | 93 | 15 | .930 | 4.714 | |
| Michael Walsh | 3B | 69 | 74 | 105 | 27 | .869 | 2.594 | |
| Virgil Tieken | 3B | 33 | 44 | 52 | 12 | .889 | 2.909 | |
| Silas Harmon | 3B | 20 | 24 | 29 | 8 | .869 | 2.650 | |
| Paul Eames | C | 125 | 788 | 97 | 21 | .977 | 7.080 | |
| Denver Rikard | OF | 130 | 194 | 23 | 11 | .952 | 1.669 | |
| John Clifton | OF | 125 | 253 | 14 | 10 | .964 | 2.136 | |
| Joseph Dembek | OF | 115 | 225 | 15 | 12 | .952 | 2.087 | |
| Jack Davis | OF | 40 | 69 | 10 | 4 | .952 | 1.975 | |
| Johnnie Scroggs | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Floyd Baker | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Don Cierniak | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| John O'Neill | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| William Augustoni | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Earl Baker | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Allen | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Al Hedin | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Ambrose Foote | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Rouzee | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Craig Hoyal | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Lou Reilly | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Heffren | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Louis Altomer | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Vinson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Sanson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Nesbihal | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Dean | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Mount | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Gaston | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Alden | SS | 45 | 89 | 121 | 26 | .890 | 4.667 | |
| Edward Kowalski | SS | 42 | 71 | 108 | 25 | .877 | 4.262 | |
| Wallace Server | SS | 14 | 19 | 31 | 10 | .833 | 3.571 | |
| Bob Belladella | SS | 13 | 13 | 19 | 8 | .800 | 2.462 | |
| Totals | 1195 | 3126 | 899 | 216 | 0 | .949 | 3.368 |
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.
