1954 Wilkes-Barre Barons Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 80-59
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Danny Carnevale (80-59)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Artillery Park
Attendance: 96,599, Avg. 1,390

1954 Wilkes-Barre Barons Roster

Playoffs - Albany Senators 4 games, Wilkes-Barre Barons 2

The Wilkes-Barre Barons of the Eastern League ended the 1954 season with a record of 80 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the EL.

The Barons topped the circuit with just 489 runs allowed. Wilkes-Barre scored 534 runs. Richard Giedlin led the team with 15 home runs and accounted for 72 RBI. Frederick Flemming topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .309 clip. Jim Stump paced the squad with 16 wins, while Duke Maas earned a 1.1 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1954 Wilkes-Barre Barons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Al Cihocki, Jim Stump, Duke Maas, Carl Linhart, Gene Host, Tom Yewcic, George Alusik, Coot Veal, Ben Cardoni and Bob Bruce.

Danny Carnevale 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
Jim Stump	16	10	.615	2.69	36	26		15	1		211.0	162	79	63	6	99		176	4	0	3
Larry Donovan	12	9	.571	2.92	30	26		12	2		182.0	165	76	59	10	64		97	6	0	1
Duke Maas	11	3	.786	1.10	17	13		12	3		123.0	77	25	15	1	51		102	2	0	4
Frank Logan	10	3	.769	2.51	16	14		9	2		122.0	100	43	34	6	44		48	1	0	1
Ben Cardoni	8	2	.800	2.44	23	4		2	1		48.0	43	15	13	3	22		22	1	0	0
Edward Marchefsky	8	9	.471	2.96	36	15		9	0		146.0	156	58	48	7	24		57	3	0	0
Bill Furlong	6	6	.500	3.87	20	12		3	2		86.0	75	46	37	4	66		42	1	1	2
Mike Lotz	4	5	.444	4.12	19	11		2	0		96.0	94	48	44	2	41		68	2	0	2
Gene Host	3	4	.429	2.78	15	9		3	0		68.0	55	26	21	4	50		48	6	0	2
Donald Coppage	2	3	.400	3.75	26	2		0	0		60.0	72	41	25	4	30		24	3	1	1
Ward Wilson	0	0			2						0.0
Ernie Funk	0	1	.000		7						0.0
Robert Nemes	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Rowland Davies	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Bob Bruce	0	2	.000	7.80	5						15.0	14	13	13		19
Totals	80	59	.576	2.89	257	132	0	67	11	0	1157.0	1013	470	372	47	510	0	684	29	2	16	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
Frederick Flemming	123	481	434	57	134	22	13	4	69	7		40	65	.309	.365	.447	.812	194		0	4	3
Francis McElroy	120	501	440	67	123	24	1	5	41	5		39	32	.280	.338	.373	.710	164		0	21	1
Richard Giedlin	141	566	492	65	122	21	1	15	72	1		58	72	.248	.327	.386	.714	190		3	7	6
George Risley	124	467	424	33	112	9	1	6	56	6		29	35	.264	.315	.333	.648	141		4	7	3
Keith Jones	98	405	330	68	92	6	3	6	21	14		63	44	.279	.394	.370	.764	122		2	7	3
Coot Veal	119	403	364	33	84	7	2	3	27	7		26	45	.231	.282	.286	.568	104		1	10	2
Harry Durkin	67	264	226	32	57	12	5	1	17	3		32	28	.252	.347	.363	.710	82		1	5	0
John Sass	92	271	231	23	54	10	2	1	23	0		30	47	.234	.336	.307	.643	71		6	3	1
Dick Camilli	50	192	170	24	49	5	3	3	21	0		14	16	.288	.339	.406	.745	69		1	3	4
Paul Lepley	41	162	133	18	41	3	3	0	17	1		27	18	.308	.426	.376	.802	50		1	0	1
Tom Yewcic	59	182	153	21	36	3	2	5	27	2		21	36	.235	.331	.379	.711	58		3	1	4
Pierce McWhorter	48	168	142	17	34	4	2	3	25	0		19	27	.239	.337	.359	.697	51		3	2	2
Carl Linhart	48	202	170	23	34	7	1	0	9	4		28	24	.200	.313	.253	.566	43		1	1	2
Al Cihocki	19	73	68	8	17	1	1	0	1	0		3	8	.250	.282	.294	.576	20		0	2	0
George Alusik	27	94	78	10	16	1	0	2	9	0		13	9	.205	.315	.295	.610	23		0	2	1
Emil Restaino	32	113	98	6	16	2	0	0	5	0		10	10	.163	.243	.184	.427	18		1	2	2
Jim Stump	45	90	83	5	14	0	1	0	4	0		3	19	.169	.195	.193	.388	16		0	3	1
Frank Logan	16	48	38	3	8	1	0	0	6	0		4	13	.211	.279	.237	.516	9		0	5	1
Larry Donovan	30	71	64	5	8	3	0	0	2	0		3	15	.125	.164	.172	.336	11		0	4	0
Gene Host	17	30	25	2	5	2	0	0	2	0		5	4	.200	.333	.280	.613	7		0	0	0
Mike Lotz	23	40	38	2	5	0	2	0	1	0		2	8	.132	.175	.237	.412	9		0	0	0
Edward Marchefsky	36	49	40	4	5	2	0	0	1	0		4	13	.125	.205	.175	.380	7		0	5	0
Pete Caniglia	6	24	24		4									.167	.167	.167	.333	4
Donald Coppage	26	11	9	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	4	.333	.400	.444	.844	4		0	1	0
Ben Cardoni	23	15	14	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.214	.214	.214	.429	3		0	1	0
Bill Furlong	20	32	27	1	3	0	0	0	2	0		2	7	.111	.172	.111	.284	3		0	3	0
Duke Maas	18	48	37	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		5	13	.054	.167	.054	.221	2		0	6	0
Rowland Davies	5	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Jimmy Sady	2	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Gail Larsen	3	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Robert Nemes	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Lisiecki	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Bruce	5	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ernie Funk	7	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1492	5024	4374	529	1084	146	43	54	459	50	0	481	614	.248	.324	.338	.662	1478	0	27	105	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Richard Giedlin	1B	141	1169	80	13	106	.990	8.858
Harry Durkin	2B	66	180	159	19	42	.947	5.136
Francis McElroy	2B	62	143	166	10	26	.969	4.984
Al Cihocki	2B	19	46	35	1	7	.988	4.263
George Risley	3B	118	110	255	23	24	.941	3.093
Francis McElroy	3B	22	17	44	2	9	.968	2.773
John Sass	C	59	275	26	7	3	.977	5.102	2
Tom Yewcic	C	47	234	20	9	3	.966	5.404	7
Pierce McWhorter	C	46	275	26	3	4	.990	6.543	4
Frederick Flemming	OF	121	254	4	7	3	.974	2.132
Keith Jones	OF	92	198	9	6	1	.972	2.250
Dick Camilli	OF	49	85	3	0	0	1.000	1.796
Carl Linhart	OF	47	109	1	1	1	.991	2.340
Paul Lepley	OF	40	61	5	0	1	1.000	1.650
Emil Restaino	OF	29	35	3	2	0	.950	1.310
George Alusik	OF	23	26	3	3	2	.906	1.261
John Sass	OF	12	16	1	1	1	.944	1.417
Jim Stump	P	36	9	32	2	6	.953	1.139
Edward Marchefsky	P	36	3	33	2	1	.947	1.000
Larry Donovan	P	30	9	41	0	2	1.000	1.667
Donald Coppage	P	26	5	13	0	0	1.000	.692
Ben Cardoni	P	23	3	6	1	0	.900	.391
Bill Furlong	P	20	4	19	2	2	.920	1.150
Mike Lotz	P	19	3	9	1	0	.923	.632
Duke Maas	P	17	8	26	3	1	.919	2.000
Frank Logan	P	16	9	16	2	2	.926	1.562
Gene Host	P	15	2	12	1	1	.933	.933
Ernie Funk	P	7						.000
Bob Bruce	P	5						.000
Rowland Davies	P	4						.000
Ward Wilson	P	2						.000
Robert Nemes	P	1						.000
Coot Veal	SS	111	185	293	28	59	.945	4.306
Francis McElroy	SS	49	64	103	8	8	.954	3.408
Totals		1410	3537	1443	157	315	.969	3.532	13	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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