1954 Ardmore Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 72-67
Finished 4th in the SSL
Manager: Bennie Warren (0-0), Frank Mancuso (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Ardmore, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Cardinal Park
Attendance: 31,690, Avg. 456
Playoffs - Ardmore Cardinals 3 games, Shawnee Hawks 2
Finals - Lawton Braves 4 games, Ardmore Cardinals 0
The Ardmore Cardinals of the Sooner State League ended the 1954 season with a record of 72 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the SSL.
The Cardinals scored 1101 runs, best in the league. Ardmore yielded 976 runs. Gene Green led all regular batters by connecting at a .360 clip. John Gerace topped the team with 14 wins, while Tom Hughes recorded a 4.25 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1954 Ardmore Cardinals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Tom Hughes, Frank Mancuso, Bennie Warren and Gene Green.
Bennie Warren and Frank Mancuso served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Gerace | 14 | 5 | .737 | 4.91 | 24 | 18 | 152.0 | 182 | 106 | 83 | 21 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Glen Stabelfeld | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.58 | 19 | 13 | 112.0 | 121 | 78 | 57 | 11 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Tom Hughes | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.25 | 22 | 17 | 144.0 | 126 | 93 | 68 | 13 | 74 | ||||||||||
| David Leonard | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.99 | 11 | 9 | 70.0 | 61 | 54 | 31 | 12 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Carl Basco | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.88 | 19 | 13 | 98.0 | 121 | 98 | 64 | 4 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Harvey Cohen | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.26 | 23 | 14 | 113.0 | 115 | 93 | 66 | 4 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Robert Umfleet | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.13 | 10 | 4 | 46.0 | 46 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Charles Purtle | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.38 | 13 | 8 | 64.0 | 58 | 35 | 24 | 6 | 16 | ||||||||||
| William Wooten | 3 | 1 | .750 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Wiggins | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Orlet | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ted Thiem | 2 | 3 | .400 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ed Schneider | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Carl Deck | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.20 | 16 | 1 | 45.0 | 38 | 39 | 21 | 5 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Victor Hanna | 1 | 6 | .143 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Hicks | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Gatzman | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ted Burgess | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Keppel | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Ford | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 62 | .512 | 4.59 | 226 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 844.0 | 868 | 614 | 430 | 81 | 453 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob White | 134 | 553 | 553 | 187 | 23 | 4 | 32 | .338 | .338 | .568 | .906 | 314 | |||||||||||
| Jack Krol | 139 | 578 | 578 | 162 | 22 | 5 | 16 | .280 | .280 | .419 | .699 | 242 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Chadwick | 119 | 511 | 511 | 152 | 34 | 7 | 14 | .297 | .297 | .474 | .771 | 242 | |||||||||||
| Gene Green | 98 | 417 | 417 | 150 | 33 | 1 | 34 | .360 | .360 | .688 | 1.048 | 287 | |||||||||||
| Robert Wagner | 123 | 454 | 454 | 128 | 15 | 7 | 9 | .282 | .282 | .405 | .687 | 184 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Staniland | 109 | 405 | 405 | 107 | 29 | 1 | 26 | .264 | .264 | .533 | .798 | 216 | |||||||||||
| Matthew Woloszyn | 60 | 243 | 243 | 70 | 10 | 6 | 15 | .288 | .288 | .564 | .852 | 137 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Burns | 77 | 271 | 271 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 7 | .240 | .240 | .373 | .613 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Lyle Krall | 39 | 161 | 161 | 62 | 15 | 3 | 8 | .385 | .385 | .665 | 1.050 | 107 | |||||||||||
| Warren Bowen | 44 | 135 | 135 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .274 | .274 | .378 | .652 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Grimm | 36 | 144 | 144 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .257 | .257 | .361 | .618 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Curtis Douglas | 34 | 110 | 110 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .318 | .591 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Tom Hughes | 42 | 119 | 119 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 5 | .218 | .218 | .462 | .681 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Frank Mancuso | 32 | 72 | 72 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 7 | .333 | .333 | .681 | 1.014 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Glen Stabelfeld | 23 | 49 | 49 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .408 | .408 | .673 | 1.082 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Louis Rotola | 27 | 88 | 88 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .193 | .193 | .318 | .511 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Billy Deavers | 15 | 45 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .289 | .289 | .444 | .733 | 20 | |||||||||||
| David Leonard | 14 | 35 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .371 | .657 | 13 | |||||||||||
| John Gerace | 29 | 66 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .197 | .348 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Ed Schneider | 19 | 36 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Don Edwards | 15 | 51 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .157 | .157 | .392 | .549 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Robert Umfleet | 11 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .238 | .476 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Harvey Cohen | 23 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .171 | .314 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ted Thiem | 14 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Charles Purtle | 14 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .217 | .391 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Carl Basco | 19 | 42 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .143 | .238 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Orlet | 11 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Carl Deck | 17 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .250 | .417 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Victor Hanna | 11 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | |||||||||||
| William Wooten | 8 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Simms | 7 | 23 | 23 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Thomas | 6 | 21 | 21 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Wiggins | 7 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Melvin Nun | 5 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ted Burgess | 4 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dan Chandler | 2 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Donald Ford | 5 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Gatzman | 4 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Hicks | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Rufus Higginbotham | 4 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Peter Johnson | 8 | 32 | 32 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Keppel | 2 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Marcus Morgan | 4 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Bazinet | 7 | 21 | 21 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1424 | 4903 | 4903 | 0 | 1351 | 231 | 51 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .457 | .733 | 2242 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Gerace | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Harvey Cohen | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Hughes | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Glen Stabelfeld | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Carl Basco | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Carl Deck | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Purtle | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| David Leonard | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Victor Hanna | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Umfleet | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Thiem | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Orlet | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| William Wooten | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Wiggins | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Ford | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| George Gatzman | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Burgess | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| William Keppel | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Hicks | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 217 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
