1954 Wytheville Statesmen Statistics
Team Record: 36-82
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Joe Murray (0-0), Bill Enos (0-0), Jim Cisternelli (0-0)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Wytheville, Virginia
Ballpark: Withers Field
Attendance: 20,289, Avg. 344
The Wytheville Statesmen of the Appalachian League ended the 1954 season with a record of 36 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.
The Statesmen plated 546 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 829 runs, most in the circuit. George Pfister paced batters with significant playing time with a .319 average. Joseph Ferrante and Ray Snyders topped Wytheville with 7 wins each, while Joseph Ferrante registered a 5.3 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Joe Murray, Bill Enos and Jim Cisternelli 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Snyders | 7 | 15 | .318 | 5.32 | 27 | 21 | 154.0 | 186 | 120 | 91 | 12 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Ferrante | 7 | 18 | .280 | 5.30 | 28 | 22 | 180.0 | 199 | 144 | 106 | 17 | 102 | ||||||||||
| Jim Sherkel | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.81 | 21 | 10 | 93.0 | 97 | 55 | 29 | 5 | 41 | ||||||||||
| James Johnson | 5 | 9 | .357 | 6.59 | 33 | 21 | 164.0 | 217 | 153 | 120 | 17 | 84 | ||||||||||
| Eugene Palka | 3 | 3 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mel Misenheimer | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.23 | 17 | 6 | 52.0 | 67 | 49 | 36 | 13 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Lloyd Bohn | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Aderholt | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Albert Hill | 1 | 3 | .250 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lloyd Koehnke | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Phil Holland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph DeMichael | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Rolfe | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roderick Beckett | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ted Maxwell | 0 | 6 | .000 | 4.17 | 13 | 8 | 69.0 | 69 | 39 | 32 | 4 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 33 | 75 | .306 | 5.23 | 194 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 712.0 | 835 | 560 | 414 | 68 | 338 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Pfister | 118 | 442 | 442 | 141 | 23 | 6 | 0 | .319 | .319 | .398 | .717 | 176 | |||||||||||
| Richard Stanford | 118 | 413 | 413 | 103 | 26 | 4 | 7 | .249 | .249 | .383 | .632 | 158 | |||||||||||
| Mike Goffredo | 98 | 323 | 323 | 89 | 20 | 2 | 7 | .276 | .276 | .415 | .690 | 134 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Sarna | 53 | 209 | 209 | 69 | 9 | 5 | 6 | .330 | .330 | .507 | .837 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Lou Murgo | 71 | 280 | 280 | 69 | 14 | 2 | 11 | .246 | .246 | .429 | .675 | 120 | |||||||||||
| Ted Turney | 57 | 179 | 179 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 5 | .257 | .257 | .408 | .665 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Jerold Dodds | 36 | 128 | 128 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .320 | .320 | .469 | .789 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Jim Cisternelli | 52 | 165 | 165 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .321 | .552 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Bob Demayo | 35 | 130 | 130 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .277 | .277 | .462 | .738 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Sam Cazzetto | 44 | 161 | 161 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .304 | .528 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Buckli | 31 | 115 | 115 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .252 | .252 | .409 | .661 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Ferrante | 56 | 133 | 133 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .211 | .211 | .308 | .519 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Ray Snyders | 50 | 104 | 104 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .240 | .240 | .356 | .596 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Richard Rostenkowski | 34 | 102 | 102 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .235 | .235 | .343 | .578 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Fabian Bayag | 19 | 70 | 70 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .271 | .271 | .357 | .629 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Charles Brandenburg | 23 | 74 | 74 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .311 | .541 | 23 | |||||||||||
| James White | 18 | 61 | 61 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .262 | .262 | .607 | .869 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Tom Marquis | 13 | 47 | 47 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .298 | .298 | .340 | .638 | 16 | |||||||||||
| James Johnson | 40 | 73 | 73 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .192 | .192 | .260 | .452 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Phil Holland | 26 | 70 | 70 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .186 | .186 | .243 | .429 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Mel Misenheimer | 18 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .318 | .591 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Leslie Konicki | 16 | 57 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .088 | .088 | .105 | .193 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jim Sherkel | 22 | 34 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .118 | .118 | .206 | .324 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Palka | 10 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ted Maxwell | 14 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Richard Rolfe | 7 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lloyd Koehnke | 3 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bernard Skerl | 5 | 21 | 21 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Albert Hill | 9 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph DeMichael | 3 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lloyd Bohn | 6 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Roderick Beckett | 8 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Van Horn | 2 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Aderholt | 8 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1215 | 3853 | 3853 | 0 | 957 | 178 | 44 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .248 | .248 | .366 | .614 | 1409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Johnson | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Snyders | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Sherkel | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Mel Misenheimer | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Maxwell | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Palka | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Albert Hill | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Roderick Beckett | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| James Aderholt | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Lloyd Bohn | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Rolfe | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Lloyd Koehnke | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph DeMichael | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Don Wilson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 162 | 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.
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