1954 Albany Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 73-65
Finished 3rd in the GGL
Manager: Russell McGovern (73-65)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Albany, Georgia
Ballpark: Cardinal Stadium
Attendance: 47,092, Avg. 682
Playoffs - Fitzgerald Red Legs 4 games, Albany Cardinals 1
The Albany Cardinals of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1954 season with a record of 73 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the GGL.
The Cardinals topped the league with just 633 runs allowed. Albany scored 654 runs. Harry Keister led batters with significant playing time by hitting .286. Bill Knox paced the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 1.8 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Russell McGovern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Knox | 20 | 9 | .690 | 1.80 | 32 | 27 | 240.0 | 185 | 72 | 48 | 5 | 67 | ||||||||||
| John Payne | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.85 | 32 | 21 | 159.0 | 149 | 85 | 68 | 9 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Julian Joyner | 10 | 9 | .526 | 2.65 | 39 | 7 | 132.7 | 111 | 58 | 39 | 2 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Lane Martin | 10 | 12 | .455 | 5.07 | 32 | 25 | 138.3 | 127 | 103 | 78 | 2 | 139 | ||||||||||
| Bob Schaffer | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.10 | 32 | 27 | 212.0 | 194 | 91 | 73 | 9 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Al Sanders | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.79 | 15 | 12 | 95.0 | 104 | 50 | 40 | 7 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Proctor | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.76 | 17 | 7 | 75.0 | 59 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Herbert Solberg | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cecil Barton | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Keggereis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walter Way | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Royal Craig | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kedy Curl | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ted Doke | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Wright | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Phil Podowski | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Victor Hanna | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Kusmierski | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carroll Fraley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Arthur Elliott | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 73 | 64 | .533 | 3.16 | 245 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1052.0 | 929 | 493 | 369 | 38 | 471 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Way | 134 | 481 | 481 | 131 | 24 | 7 | 1 | .272 | .272 | .358 | .630 | 172 | |||||||||||
| Earl Johnson | 131 | 440 | 440 | 122 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .277 | .277 | .355 | .632 | 156 | |||||||||||
| Russell McGovern | 134 | 474 | 474 | 122 | 18 | 6 | 1 | .257 | .257 | .327 | .584 | 155 | |||||||||||
| Harry Keister | 111 | 409 | 409 | 117 | 17 | 4 | 6 | .286 | .286 | .391 | .677 | 160 | |||||||||||
| Bill Batty | 112 | 403 | 403 | 106 | 18 | 5 | 3 | .263 | .263 | .355 | .618 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Jack Poppell | 103 | 379 | 379 | 92 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .296 | .538 | 112 | |||||||||||
| Len Vingers | 65 | 238 | 238 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .252 | .252 | .357 | .609 | 85 | |||||||||||
| George Thomas | 52 | 179 | 179 | 51 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .285 | .285 | .419 | .704 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Cletus Benedict | 52 | 154 | 154 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .169 | .169 | .253 | .422 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Donald Fleisch | 26 | 77 | 77 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .377 | .636 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Bill Knox | 43 | 100 | 100 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .230 | .430 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Bob Schaffer | 42 | 80 | 80 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .225 | .262 | .488 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Ed Woolford | 26 | 84 | 84 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .298 | .512 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Don Edwards | 45 | 96 | 96 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .188 | .188 | .281 | .469 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Carl Cassell | 43 | 96 | 96 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .198 | .365 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Carolan | 15 | 55 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .218 | .218 | .364 | .582 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Peterson | 13 | 42 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .286 | .548 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Frank Allman | 23 | 42 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .238 | .452 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Proctor | 18 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .308 | .346 | .654 | 9 | |||||||||||
| John Payne | 32 | 45 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .156 | .311 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Lane Martin | 33 | 39 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Michael Luciano | 12 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .250 | .458 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Julian Joyner | 40 | 42 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .119 | .119 | .238 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Al Sanders | 15 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Herbert Solberg | 4 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cecil Barton | 6 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Kedy Curl | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Rosa | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ted Doke | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Phil Podowski | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Dutton | 8 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Arthur Elliott | 5 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Keggereis | 7 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Carroll Fraley | 7 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Victor Hanna | 8 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1371 | 4091 | 4091 | 0 | 1002 | 155 | 46 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .323 | .568 | 1321 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Vingers | 1B | 65 | 502 | 27 | 15 | .972 | 8.138 | |
| Cletus Benedict | 1B | 50 | 378 | 23 | 5 | .988 | 8.020 | |
| Jack Poppell | 2B | 103 | 259 | 282 | 25 | .956 | 5.252 | |
| Ed Woolford | 2B | 26 | 63 | 67 | 8 | .942 | 5.000 | |
| Walter Way | 3B | 72 | 99 | 121 | 29 | .884 | 3.056 | |
| Bill Batty | 3B | 65 | 59 | 78 | 26 | .840 | 2.108 | |
| Earl Johnson | C | 115 | 707 | 91 | 16 | .980 | 6.939 | |
| Carl Cassell | C | 37 | 179 | 21 | 12 | .943 | 5.405 | |
| Russell McGovern | OF | 132 | 331 | 12 | 8 | .977 | 2.598 | |
| Harry Keister | OF | 111 | 156 | 7 | 17 | .906 | 1.468 | |
| George Thomas | OF | 50 | 56 | 5 | 7 | .897 | 1.220 | |
| Don Edwards | OF | 35 | 49 | 1 | 5 | .909 | 1.429 | |
| Donald Fleisch | OF | 24 | 41 | 3 | 3 | .936 | 1.833 | |
| Joseph Carolan | OF | 15 | 22 | 0 | 1 | .957 | 1.467 | |
| Michael Luciano | OF | 11 | 21 | 5 | 2 | .929 | 2.364 | |
| Julian Joyner | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Schaffer | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| John Payne | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Lane Martin | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Knox | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Tommy Proctor | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Al Sanders | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Victor Hanna | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| William Keggereis | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Carroll Fraley | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Cecil Barton | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Kusmierski | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Arthur Elliott | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Herbert Solberg | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Phil Podowski | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Doke | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Wright | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Kedy Curl | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Royal Craig | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Peterson | SS | 12 | 18 | 23 | 6 | .872 | 3.417 | |
| Totals | 1167 | 2940 | 766 | 185 | 0 | .952 | 3.176 |
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.
