1954 Williamsport Grays Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 63-77
Finished 7th in the EL
Manager: Larry Shepard (63-77)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bowman Field 1924-
Attendance: 73,974, Avg. 1,057

1954 Williamsport Grays Roster

The Williamsport Grays of the Eastern League ended the 1954 season with a record of 63 wins and 77 losses, finishing seventh in the EL.

The Grays plated 568 runs and surrendered 623 runs, most in the league. George Wopinek paced Williamsport with 16 home runs and accounted for 86 RBI. Roy LeFevre led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .287 clip. Don Dangleis topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.9 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Harry Fisher, Bill Mazeroski, Bill Hall, Don Carlsen, Fred Green, Bobby Del Greco and Sam Hill were all players from the 1954 Williamsport Grays who played in the Majors during their careers.

Larry Shepard 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
Don Dangleis	13	9	.591	2.90	28	25		14	2		186.0	157	73	60	12	72		107	5	0	5
Fred Green	11	11	.500	4.30	30	27		11	2		180.0	182	108	86	8	81		131	2	0	8
Don Carlsen	11	12	.478	3.56	28	27		16	1		197.0	196	97	78	8	60		74	7	0	8
Larry Shepard	9	10	.474	2.96	34	19		9	2		167.0	146	73	55	9	64		68	4	0	5
Charles Sipple	9	10	.474	3.87	40	14		8	1		165.0	166	79	71	14	43		74	2	0	2
Bill Nordberg	6	9	.400	4.18	43	14		6	1		140.0	160	81	65	3	60		65	3	0	2
Harry Fisher	1	1	.500		3						0.0
Nico Genesta	1	1	.500	3.05	31	0		0	0		59.0	68	33	20	5	22		35	2	0	1
Charles Lehrmann	1	5	.167		10						0.0
Roger Sawyer	1	6	.143	3.75	9	8		4	0		60.0	57	29	25	2	24		35	2	1	3
Robert Long	0	0			1						0.0
William Jacobs	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Tony Segzda	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Totals	63	76	.453	3.59	264	134	0	68	9	0	1154.0	1132	573	460	61	426	0	589	27	1	34	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
Roy LeFevre	138	605	527	92	151	22	5	10	44	7		67	63	.287	.369	.404	.773	213		2	8	1
Sam Hill	141	603	529	62	144	22	9	12	83	6		46	35	.272	.339	.416	.755	220		10	13	5
George Wopinek	123	471	430	58	122	26	2	16	86	0		31	51	.284	.329	.465	.794	200		1	3	6
Ted Adkins	114	417	344	55	101	16	4	4	35	3		59	31	.294	.400	.398	.798	137		4	7	3
Emil Panko	99	385	334	40	90	14	4	6	48	5		35	27	.269	.347	.389	.737	130		7	5	4
Bill Mazeroski	93	353	315	35	74	6	8	3	28	1		25	41	.235	.291	.333	.624	105		1	9	3
Michael Turturro	107	393	307	40	71	8	1	4	23	3		77	57	.231	.388	.303	.691	93		3	4	2
Rollie Leveille	90	273	247	19	59	10	3	0	19	1		22	24	.239	.305	.304	.609	75		2	1	1
Bill Hall	67	242	205	13	51	6	1	1	24	0		33	17	.249	.351	.302	.654	62		1	0	3
Jack Cerin	60	230	205	18	49	7	3	2	14	1		23	27	.239	.314	.332	.646	68		0	1	1
Alvin Griggs	55	220	192	31	47	6	3	2	26	1		19	26	.245	.319	.339	.658	65		3	4	2
Ronald Gifford	49	170	140	20	37	6	1	0	18	1		26	18	.264	.383	.321	.705	45		1	3	0
Jack O'Keefe	57	181	160	14	30	5	1	0	8	0		17	22	.188	.261	.231	.492	37		0	1	3
Don Dangleis	34	80	67	6	17	4	0	0	7	0		7	9	.254	.320	.313	.633	21		0	5	1
Bobby Del Greco	15	62	52	9	16	3	1	1	9	2		8	0	.308	.410	.462	.871	24		1	1	0
Don Carlsen	39	98	88	9	16	2	1	0	9	0		7	17	.182	.242	.227	.469	20		0	3	0
Thomas Casey	32	99	77	10	15	2	0	0	5	0		20	14	.195	.361	.221	.582	17		0	2	0
Charles Sipple	41	59	52	4	8	1	0	2	2	0		2	21	.154	.185	.288	.474	15		0	5	0
Larry Shepard	35	65	42	6	6	0	0	0	2	2		13	18	.143	.345	.143	.488	6		0	10	0
Fred Green	32	67	57	3	5	3	0	0	2	0		4	30	.088	.148	.140	.288	8		0	6	0
Elder Haapala	4	12	12		4									.333	.333	.333	.667	4
Gerry MacKay	8	20	20		4									.200	.200	.200	.400	4
Robert Riedel	8	21	21		4									.190	.190	.190	.381	4
John Bass	5	13	13		3									.231	.231	.231	.462	3
Roger Sawyer	9	18	18		3									.167	.167	.167	.333	3
Bill Nordberg	46	44	39	6	3	0	1	0	0	0		4	12	.077	.163	.128	.291	5		0	1	0
Robert Koppenhaver	7	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Herb Mancini	4	13	13		2									.154	.154	.154	.308	2
William Jacobs	5	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Harry Fisher	5	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Nico Genesta	31	13	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	5	.100	.250	.100	.350	1		0	1	0
Tom Cayavec	5	12	12		1									.083	.083	.083	.167	1
Charles Lehrmann	10	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	1	0
Totals	1568	5270	4557	552	1138	169	48	63	492	33	0	548	567	.250	.333	.349	.682	1592	0	36	94	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ted Adkins	1B	88	627	63	8	57	.989	7.841
Jack O'Keefe	1B	51	336	44	4	23	.990	7.451
Rollie Leveille	1B	12	84	3	2	4	.978	7.250
Michael Turturro	2B	85	174	226	8	47	.980	4.706
George Wopinek	2B	47	111	96	10	22	.954	4.404
Ronald Gifford	2B	16	21	27	4	5	.923	3.000
Roy LeFevre	3B	133	155	292	31	24	.935	3.361
George Wopinek	3B	15	24	25	5	3	.907	3.267
Bill Hall	C	64	278	38	12	2	.963	4.938	5
Rollie Leveille	C	60	267	30	8	5	.974	4.950	5
Thomas Casey	C	27	109	12	7	1	.945	4.481	2
Sam Hill	OF	141	281	26	6	5	.981	2.177
Emil Panko	OF	94	269	8	7	0	.975	2.947
Jack Cerin	OF	59	127	4	10	0	.929	2.220
Alvin Griggs	OF	52	128	5	4	2	.971	2.558
George Wopinek	OF	26	61	1	2	0	.969	2.385
Ted Adkins	OF	21	28	2	1	0	.968	1.429
Bobby Del Greco	OF	15	39	1	1	0	.976	2.667
Ronald Gifford	OF	14	21	8	1	1	.967	2.071
Bill Nordberg	P	43	12	23	5	0	.875	.814
Charles Sipple	P	40	13	34	1	3	.979	1.175
Larry Shepard	P	34	17	30	0	4	1.000	1.382
Nico Genesta	P	31	2	8	3	0	.769	.323
Fred Green	P	30	14	29	3	0	.935	1.433
Don Dangleis	P	28	18	20	1	1	.974	1.357
Don Carlsen	P	28	23	33	2	0	.966	2.000
Charles Lehrmann	P	10	2	8	1	0	.909	1.000
Roger Sawyer	P	9						.000
William Jacobs	P	4						.000
Tony Segzda	P	3						.000
Harry Fisher	P	3						.000
Robert Long	P	1						.000
Bill Mazeroski	SS	93	148	205	31	42	.919	3.796
George Wopinek	SS	30	48	68	11	14	.913	3.867
Ronald Gifford	SS	11	17	16	3	4	.917	3.000
Totals		1418	3454	1385	192	269	.962	3.413	12	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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