1954 Atlanta Crackers Statistics
Team Record: 94-60
Finished 1st in the SA
Manager: Whit Wyatt (94-60)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Ballpark: Ponce de Leon Park II
Attendance: 312,259, Avg. 4,055
Playoffs - Atlanta Crackers 4 games, Memphis Chicks 2
Finals - Atlanta Crackers 4 games, New Orleans Pelicans 1
The Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the SA.
The Crackers scored 841 runs and yielded 695 runs. Chuck Tanner led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .323. Leo Cristante earned 24 wins on the mound for Atlanta, while Dick Donovan, too added 15 or more wins, too Dick Donovan recorded a 2.69 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1954 Atlanta Crackers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included George Estock, Bill Ayers, Earl Hersh, Bob Giggie, Pete Whisenant, Frank Torre, Don McMahon, Dick Donovan, Lloyd Gearhart, Leo Cristante, Chuck Tanner, Junior Wooten, Bob Trowbridge, Nat Peeples, Virgil Jester and Roy Jarvis.
Whit Wyatt 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leo Cristante | 24 | 7 | .774 | 3.59 | 38 | 32 | 258.0 | 279 | 119 | 103 | 27 | 59 | ||||||||||
Dick Donovan | 18 | 8 | .692 | 2.69 | 27 | 27 | 194.0 | 179 | 72 | 58 | 12 | 37 | ||||||||||
Bill George | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.73 | 37 | 19 | 137.0 | 165 | 80 | 72 | 17 | 49 | ||||||||||
Don McMahon | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.56 | 46 | 1 | 91.0 | 87 | 39 | 36 | 5 | 64 | ||||||||||
Bob Giggie | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.74 | 45 | 22 | 167.0 | 176 | 95 | 88 | 11 | 69 | ||||||||||
Glenn Thompson | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.57 | 9 | 9 | 63.0 | 52 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 32 | ||||||||||
Dick Kelly | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.90 | 34 | 17 | 120.0 | 115 | 60 | 52 | 14 | 41 | ||||||||||
Mel Himes | 3 | 1 | .750 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Virgil Jester | 3 | 9 | .250 | 5.32 | 28 | 10 | 88.0 | 114 | 60 | 52 | 17 | 26 | ||||||||||
Noel Oquendo | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Junior Wooten | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
George Estock | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Millard Grissom | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Skip Pope | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Edward Varhely | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bill Ayers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Bob Trowbridge | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
Totals | 90 | 56 | .616 | 3.86 | 328 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1123.0 | 1172 | 548 | 482 | 109 | 380 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chuck Tanner | 155 | 594 | 594 | 192 | 35 | 12 | 20 | .323 | .323 | .524 | .847 | 311 | |||||||||||
Frank DiPrima | 130 | 481 | 481 | 152 | 27 | 3 | 12 | .316 | .316 | .459 | .775 | 221 | |||||||||||
Frank Torre | 141 | 497 | 497 | 146 | 30 | 2 | 9 | .294 | .294 | .416 | .710 | 207 | |||||||||||
Bob Montag | 144 | 452 | 452 | 138 | 24 | 7 | 39 | .305 | .305 | .648 | .954 | 293 | |||||||||||
Pete Whisenant | 121 | 470 | 470 | 134 | 27 | 3 | 20 | .285 | .285 | .483 | .768 | 227 | |||||||||||
Paul Rambone | 133 | 481 | 481 | 125 | 26 | 7 | 19 | .260 | .260 | .462 | .721 | 222 | |||||||||||
Vernon Petty | 126 | 436 | 436 | 119 | 25 | 2 | 8 | .273 | .273 | .394 | .667 | 172 | |||||||||||
Bill Porter | 118 | 430 | 430 | 113 | 13 | 5 | 5 | .263 | .263 | .351 | .614 | 151 | |||||||||||
Jim Solt | 98 | 280 | 280 | 90 | 16 | 1 | 9 | .321 | .321 | .482 | .804 | 135 | |||||||||||
Junior Wooten | 106 | 275 | 275 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .276 | .276 | .313 | .589 | 86 | |||||||||||
Jack Parks | 68 | 221 | 221 | 69 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .312 | .312 | .511 | .824 | 113 | |||||||||||
Dick Donovan | 70 | 114 | 114 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 12 | .307 | .307 | .675 | .982 | 77 | |||||||||||
Leo Cristante | 44 | 111 | 111 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .225 | .225 | .315 | .541 | 35 | |||||||||||
Theodore Laguna | 25 | 68 | 68 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .162 | .162 | .235 | .397 | 16 | |||||||||||
Bill George | 37 | 43 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .279 | .512 | 12 | |||||||||||
Bob Giggie | 45 | 52 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .231 | .423 | 12 | |||||||||||
Lloyd Gearhart | 17 | 34 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .294 | .559 | 10 | |||||||||||
Virgil Jester | 30 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .318 | .318 | .364 | .682 | 8 | |||||||||||
Dick Kelly | 34 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 3 | |||||||||||
Don McMahon | 46 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .087 | .087 | .130 | .217 | 3 | |||||||||||
Noel Oquendo | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | |||||||||||
Jack Cerin | 9 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Edward Varhely | 3 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Bob Trowbridge | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Joseph Christian | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Glenn Thompson | 9 | 23 | 23 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
George Estock | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Millard Grissom | 9 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Earl Hersh | 5 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Mel Himes | 7 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Skip Pope | 5 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
James Long | 3 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Walter Peterson | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Nat Peeples | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Bill Ayers | 7 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Totals | 1774 | 5208 | 5208 | 0 | 1467 | 262 | 47 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 | .282 | .445 | .726 | 2315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don McMahon | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
Bob Giggie | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
Leo Cristante | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
Bill George | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
Dick Kelly | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
Virgil Jester | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
George Estock | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
Noel Oquendo | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
Glenn Thompson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
Millard Grissom | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
Mel Himes | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
Bill Ayers | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
Skip Pope | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
Edward Varhely | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
Bob Trowbridge | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 292 | 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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