1954 Americus-Cordele Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 51-88
Finished 8th in the GGL
Manager: Cliff Melton (0-0), Jack Landis (0-0)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Americus, Georgia; Cordele, Georgia
Attendance: 26,136, Avg. 376
The Americus-Cordele Orioles of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1954 season with a record of 51 wins and 88 losses, finishing eighth in the GGL.
The Orioles scored 614 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 785 runs. Leo Eilbacher led batters with significant playing time by hitting .270. Jack Bunce topped Americus-Cordele with 9 wins, while Richard Schultz registered a 3.41 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Cliff Melton and Chuck Cottier both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Cliff Melton and Jack Landis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Bunce | 9 | 15 | .375 | 3.96 | 41 | 21 | 216.0 | 203 | 131 | 95 | 4 | 102 | ||||||||||
| Richard Schultz | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.40 | 17 | 15 | 124.3 | 115 | 65 | 47 | 2 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Harv Tomter | 6 | 17 | .261 | 5.00 | 34 | 26 | 205.3 | 197 | 131 | 114 | 1 | 130 | ||||||||||
| Charles Lucabaugh | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.25 | 18 | 10 | 108.0 | 94 | 39 | 27 | 2 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Horne | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.49 | 22 | 11 | 100.7 | 111 | 56 | 39 | 2 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Eugene Schall | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.27 | 21 | 10 | 97.0 | 90 | 62 | 46 | 1 | 71 | ||||||||||
| William Moore | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.72 | 19 | 11 | 76.3 | 93 | 58 | 40 | 1 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Gilbert Silva | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.36 | 6 | 6 | 53.0 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Lloyd Bohn | 2 | 3 | .400 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Lutz | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.07 | 12 | 7 | 76.3 | 86 | 53 | 43 | 2 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Donald Cartwright | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russell McDonald | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 48 | 81 | .372 | 3.91 | 210 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1057.0 | 1023 | 606 | 459 | 16 | 537 | 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 Cottier | 138 | 507 | 507 | 127 | 22 | 9 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .341 | .592 | 173 | |||||||||||
| Larry Burford | 138 | 493 | 493 | 123 | 13 | 7 | 6 | .249 | .249 | .341 | .590 | 168 | |||||||||||
| Leo Eilbacher | 92 | 378 | 378 | 102 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .270 | .270 | .331 | .601 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Charles Lucabaugh | 118 | 420 | 420 | 96 | 15 | 8 | 6 | .229 | .229 | .345 | .574 | 145 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Hammen | 95 | 341 | 341 | 81 | 11 | 9 | 1 | .238 | .238 | .331 | .569 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Harry Kallas | 59 | 245 | 245 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .257 | .257 | .339 | .596 | 83 | |||||||||||
| James Blomberg | 79 | 255 | 255 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .247 | .247 | .310 | .557 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Jack Landis | 74 | 261 | 261 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 4 | .215 | .215 | .310 | .525 | 81 | |||||||||||
| James Ferguson | 95 | 298 | 298 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .208 | .379 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Coho | 72 | 217 | 217 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .221 | .221 | .258 | .479 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Tom McCormack | 51 | 200 | 200 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .210 | .210 | .235 | .445 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Charles Brandenburg | 47 | 148 | 148 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .257 | .257 | .385 | .642 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Fred Myatt | 17 | 66 | 66 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .288 | .303 | .591 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Jack Bunce | 46 | 69 | 69 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .275 | .536 | 19 | |||||||||||
| James Cotter | 19 | 67 | 67 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .224 | .224 | .284 | .507 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Richard Schultz | 20 | 54 | 54 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .315 | .574 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Harv Tomter | 36 | 78 | 78 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .205 | .385 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Robert Thomas | 22 | 64 | 64 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .188 | .344 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Randy Harrison | 10 | 34 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .324 | .588 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Oscar Gonzalez | 25 | 75 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .107 | .107 | .173 | .280 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Dave Lutz | 14 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Cliff Melton | 17 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .500 | .875 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Schall | 23 | 39 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .128 | .128 | .231 | .359 | 9 | |||||||||||
| William Moore | 20 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 4 | |||||||||||
| John DeSousa | 10 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .286 | .500 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Lloyd Bohn | 15 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Horne | 22 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .107 | .107 | .214 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Donald Cartwright | 6 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Don Lyons | 9 | 30 | 30 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gilbert Silva | 6 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Russell McDonald | 6 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gerald Manahan | 2 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1403 | 4510 | 4510 | 0 | 1028 | 142 | 52 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .228 | .228 | .300 | .528 | 1355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Blomberg | 1B | 77 | 625 | 35 | 11 | .984 | 8.571 | |
| Tom McCormack | 1B | 44 | 409 | 18 | 7 | .984 | 9.705 | |
| Chuck Cottier | 2B | 138 | 370 | 398 | 46 | .943 | 5.565 | |
| Jack Landis | 3B | 59 | 78 | 96 | 17 | .911 | 2.949 | |
| Fred Myatt | 3B | 17 | 19 | 25 | 6 | .880 | 2.588 | |
| Robert Thomas | 3B | 13 | 14 | 23 | 2 | .949 | 2.846 | |
| Ronald Coho | C | 67 | 386 | 48 | 16 | .964 | 6.478 | |
| James Ferguson | C | 55 | 272 | 23 | 18 | .942 | 5.364 | |
| Charles Brandenburg | C | 30 | 171 | 24 | 6 | .970 | 6.500 | |
| Larry Burford | OF | 128 | 224 | 10 | 17 | .932 | 1.828 | |
| Charles Lucabaugh | OF | 101 | 203 | 23 | 12 | .950 | 2.238 | |
| Leo Eilbacher | OF | 92 | 219 | 13 | 14 | .943 | 2.522 | |
| James Cotter | OF | 17 | 358 | 6 | 6 | .984 | 21.412 | |
| Jack Bunce | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Harv Tomter | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Horne | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Schall | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| William Moore | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Schultz | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Lutz | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Lloyd Bohn | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Gilbert Silva | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Russell McDonald | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Cartwright | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Floyd Hammen | SS | 72 | 129 | 205 | 35 | .905 | 4.639 | |
| Harry Kallas | SS | 59 | 111 | 186 | 30 | .908 | 5.034 | |
| Totals | 1161 | 3588 | 1133 | 243 | 0 | .951 | 4.066 |
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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