1954 Baltimore Orioles Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 54-100
Finished 7th in the AL
Attendance: 1,060,910, Avg. 15,834
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Manager: Jimmy Dykes (54-100)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

1954 Baltimore Orioles Roster
1954 Baltimore Orioles Results

The Baltimore Orioles of the American League ended the 1954 season with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses, finishing seventh in the AL.

The Orioles scored 483 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 668 runs. Vern Stephens drove in 46 runs. Cal Abrams led all regular batters by hitting .293. Bob Turley topped the team with 14 wins, while Duane Pillette registered a 3.12 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Jimmy Dykes coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bob Turley	14	15	.483	3.46	35	35	0	14	0	0	247.3	178	106	95	7	181	185	7	1	5	1092
Joe Coleman	13	17	.433	3.50	33	32	0	15	4	0	221.3	184	102	86	16	96	103	3	0	1	912
Duane Pillette	10	14	.417	3.12	25	25	0	11	1	0	179.0	158	79	62	9	67	66	1	0	3	758
Lou Kretlow	6	11	.353	4.37	32	20	2	5	0	0	166.7	169	83	81	12	82	82	1	0	2	730
Bob Chakales	3	7	.300	3.73	38	6	28	0	0	3	89.3	81	43	37	8	43	44	1	0	1	386
Don Larsen	3	21	.125	4.37	29	28	1	12	1	0	201.7	213	106	98	18	89	80	1	0	2	892
Billy O'Dell	1	1	.500	2.76	7	2	4	1	0	0	16.3	15	7	5	0	5	6	0	0	0	67
Howie Fox	1	2	.333	3.67	38	0	23	0	0	2	73.7	80	33	30	2	34	27	2	0	3	320
Marlin Stuart	1	2	.333	4.46	22	0	19	0	0	2	38.3	46	23	19	2	15	13	2	0	1	177
Bob Kuzava	1	3	.250	4.18	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.7	30	11	11	0	11	15	0	0	1	107
Mike Blyzka	1	5	.167	4.69	37	0	17	0	0	1	86.3	83	48	45	2	51	35	0	0	1	386
Ryne Duren	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	11
Dick Littlefield	0	0		10.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	8	7	7	0	6	5	1	0	0	31
Jay Heard	0	0		13.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.3	6	5	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	19
Dave Koslo	0	1	.000	3.14	3	1	1	0	0	0	14.3	20	7	5	1	3	3	0	0	0	63
Vern Bickford	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	20
Totals	54	100	.351	3.88	310	154	96	58	6	8	1373.3	1279	668	592	78	688	668	19	1	20	5971

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
Cal Abrams	115	506	423	67	124	22	7	6	25	1	4	72	67	.293	.400	.421	.821	178	5	4	6	1
Chuck Diering	128	491	418	35	108	14	1	2	29	3	7	56	57	.258	.349	.311	.660	130	13	4	10	3
Clint Courtney	122	437	397	25	107	18	3	4	37	2	1	30	7	.270	.323	.360	.684	143	10	3	4	3
Bobby Young	130	499	432	43	106	13	6	4	24	4	4	54	42	.245	.329	.331	.660	143	8	1	9	3
Vern Stephens	101	393	365	31	104	17	1	8	46	0	3	17	36	.285	.311	.403	.714	147	4	0	4	7
Billy Hunter	125	451	411	28	100	9	5	2	27	5	4	21	38	.243	.281	.304	.585	125	14	2	13	4
Eddie Waitkus	95	349	311	35	88	17	4	2	33	0	1	28	25	.283	.341	.383	.724	119	8	1	6	3
Bob Kennedy	106	359	323	37	81	13	2	6	45	2	1	28	43	.251	.306	.359	.665	116	16	0	3	5
Dick Kryhoski	100	330	300	32	78	13	2	1	34	0	0	19	24	.260	.305	.327	.631	98	10	2	5	4
Gil Coan	94	287	265	29	74	11	1	2	20	9	4	16	17	.279	.320	.351	.671	93	1	1	3	2
Jim Fridley	85	266	240	25	59	8	5	4	36	0	1	21	41	.246	.311	.371	.681	89	13	2	2	1
Sam Mele	72	256	230	17	55	9	4	5	32	1	0	18	26	.239	.290	.378	.668	87	12	0	4	4
Jim Brideweser	73	222	204	18	54	7	2	0	12	1	1	15	27	.265	.317	.319	.635	65	5	1	1	1
Les Moss	50	141	126	7	31	3	0	0	5	0	0	14	16	.246	.321	.270	.591	34	3	0	1	0
Don Larsen	44	95	88	6	22	5	3	1	4	0	0	5	15	.250	.290	.409	.699	36	2	0	2	0
Vic Wertz	29	106	94	5	19	1	0	1	13	0	0	11	17	.202	.283	.245	.528	23	1	0	0	1
Ray Murray	22	64	61	4	15	4	1	0	2	0	0	2	5	.246	.270	.344	.614	21	1	0	1	0
Joe Coleman	33	81	74	4	13	3	0	2	5	1	0	3	22	.176	.208	.297	.505	22	2	0	4	0
Bob Turley	35	89	81	8	11	2	0	0	5	1	0	2	23	.136	.157	.160	.317	13	0	0	6	0
Joe Durham	10	44	40	4	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	7	.225	.295	.300	.595	12	0	0	0	0
Bob Chakales	38	24	22	2	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.364	.364	.409	.773	9	1	0	2	0
Lou Kretlow	32	60	51	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	19	.157	.232	.157	.389	8	0	0	4	0
Frank Kellert	10	39	34	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	4	.206	.308	.265	.572	9	0	0	0	0
Duane Pillette	25	65	53	5	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	18	.132	.203	.151	.354	8	0	0	6	1
Chico Garcia	39	71	62	6	7	0	2	0	5	0	0	8	3	.113	.211	.177	.389	11	0	0	0	1
Don Lenhardt	13	37	33	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.152	.222	.182	.404	6	1	0	1	0
Howie Fox	38	16	16	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.313	.563	5	0	0	0	0
Dick Kokos	11	14	10	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	.200	.429	.500	.929	5	1	0	0	0
Mike Blyzka	37	16	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.133	.133	.133	.267	2	0	0	1	0
Neil Berry	5	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	0	0	0	0
Vern Bickford	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Marlin Stuart	22	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Billy O'Dell	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Littlefield	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Kuzava	4	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Koslo	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Heard	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Ryne Duren	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1860	5837	5206	483	1309	195	49	52	451	30	31	467	634	.251	.313	.338	.651	1758	131	21	99	44

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Eddie Waitkus	1B	78	76	655.3	618	48	0	72	1.000	9.146	8.538	0	0	0	0
Dick Kryhoski	1B	69	67	620.3	591	52	5	52	.992	9.329	9.319	0	0	0	0
Frank Kellert	1B	9	9	80.0	74	2	0	6	1.000	8.550	8.444	0	0	0	0
Don Lenhardt	1B	2	2	17.7	13	3	0	0	1.000	8.151	8.000	0	0	0	0
Bobby Young	2B	127	118	1066.3	299	310	15	76	.976	5.140	4.795	0	0	0	0
Chico Garcia	2B	24	20	171.0	57	44	4	15	.962	5.316	4.208	0	0	0	0
Jim Brideweser	2B	19	16	136.0	39	37	6	8	.927	5.029	4.000	0	0	0	0
Vern Stephens	3B	96	95	822.0	102	186	10	19	.966	3.153	3.000	0	0	0	0
Bob Kennedy	3B	71	59	551.3	81	131	14	10	.938	3.461	2.986	0	0	0	0
Clint Courtney	C	111	105	937.7	539	53	6	8	.990	5.682	5.333	9	10	36	36	50.0
Les Moss	C	38	31	284.0	159	16	5	4	.972	5.546	4.605	2	5	10	7	41.2
Ray Murray	C	21	18	151.7	83	9	1	3	.989	5.459	4.381	1	4	9	7	43.8
Chuck Diering	OF	119	111	1013.3	330	17	6	6	.983	3.082	2.916	0	0	0	0
Cal Abrams	OF	115	110	979.3	248	6	6	1	.977	2.334	2.209	0	0	0	0
Gil Coan	OF	67	64	543.7	148	1	5	0	.968	2.467	2.224	0	0	0	0
Jim Fridley	OF	67	59	524.0	132	1	2	0	.985	2.284	1.985	0	0	0	0
Sam Mele	OF	62	58	515.0	97	5	4	1	.962	1.783	1.645	0	0	0	0
Vic Wertz	OF	27	27	227.0	47	5	2	1	.963	2.062	1.926	0	0	0	0
Bob Kennedy	OF	21	17	163.3	40	0	1	0	.976	2.204	1.905	0	0	0	0
Joe Durham	OF	10	10	89.0	22	0	2	0	.917	2.225	2.200	0	0	0	0
Don Lenhardt	OF	7	5	57.3	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.413	1.286	0	0	0	0
Dick Kokos	OF	1	1	8.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.375	3.000	0	0	0	0
Bob Turley	P	35	35	247.3	7	35	1	1	.977	1.528	1.200	0	0	0	0
Joe Coleman	P	33	32	221.3	15	41	3	5	.949	2.277	1.697	0	0	0	0
Don Larsen	P	29	28	201.7	14	34	1	3	.980	2.142	1.655	0	0	0	0
Duane Pillette	P	25	25	179.0	12	43	2	4	.965	2.765	2.200	0	0	0	0
Lou Kretlow	P	32	20	166.7	4	30	0	2	1.000	1.836	1.063	0	0	0	0
Bob Chakales	P	38	6	89.3	5	16	3	1	.875	2.116	.553	0	0	0	0
Mike Blyzka	P	37	0	86.3	4	17	1	0	.955	2.189	.568	0	0	0	0
Howie Fox	P	38	0	73.7	3	19	0	3	1.000	2.688	.579	0	0	0	0
Marlin Stuart	P	22	0	38.3	4	8	0	0	1.000	2.817	.545	0	0	0	0
Bob Kuzava	P	4	4	23.7	0	2	0	0	1.000	.761	.500	0	0	0	0
Billy O'Dell	P	7	2	16.3	0	5	0	0	1.000	2.755	.714	0	0	0	0
Dave Koslo	P	3	1	14.3	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.256	.667	0	0	0	0
Dick Littlefield	P	3	0	6.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Vern Bickford	P	1	1	4.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.250	1.000	0	0	0	0
Jay Heard	P	2	0	3.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.700	.500	0	0	0	0
Ryne Duren	P	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Billy Hunter	SS	124	121	1037.7	249	333	32	76	.948	5.048	4.694	0	0	0	0
Jim Brideweser	SS	48	30	305.7	67	103	10	22	.944	5.005	3.542	0	0	0	0
Neil Berry	SS	5	3	30.0	6	7	0	2	1.000	3.900	2.600	0	0	0	0
Totals		1648	1386	12360.0	4122	1622	147	401	.975	4.183	3.485	12	19	55	50	47.6

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