1954 Asheville Tourists Statistics

Tri-State League (TSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 86-54
Finished 1st in the TSL
Manager: Ray Hathaway (86-54)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 65,436, Avg. 935

1954 Asheville Tourists Roster

Playoffs - Asheville Tourists 3 games, Greenville Spinners 2
Finals - Knoxville Smokies 3 games, Asheville Tourists 1

The Asheville Tourists of the Tri-State League ended the 1954 season with a record of 86 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the TSL.

The Tourists scored 791 runs, best in the league. Asheville yielded 726 runs. Jasper Spears led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .329 clip. Lester Fessette topped the squad with 22 wins, while Ralph Mauriello registered a 2.45 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Ralph Mauriello and Ray Hathaway both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Ray Hathaway 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
Lester Fessette	22	8	.733	4.01	39	24					202.0	221	116	90	13	60
Arturo Seijas	10	11	.476	3.10	29	21					154.0	146	64	53	8	64
Roy Whitaker	9	4	.692	3.00	24	12					108.0	111	51	36	2	62
Arthur Sheridan	9	8	.529	4.23	30	8					100.0	95	61	47	3	79
Stan Jarvis	8	1	.889	3.98	33	9					104.0	102	58	46	4	51
Ralph Mauriello	8	4	.667	2.45	19	18					136.0	93	49	37	1	101
Richard Lovell	8	5	.615	4.15	41	14					165.0	143	89	76	7	118
Richard Jacquier	5	4	.556	4.86	25	10					70.3	81	44	38	2	32
Dick Wiegand	2	0	1.000		14						0.0
Arthur Raynor	2	1	.667	6.08	13	4					50.3	55	38	34	5	38
Bud Shaney	1	0	1.000	0.00	1						5.0	4	0	0		1
Charles Yerkes	1	1	.500		2						0.0
Joseph Gushanas	1	1	.500		10						0.0
Carroll Mattson	0	0			2						0.0
John Gilbert	0	0			3						0.0
Ray Hathaway	0	0			3						0.0
Eleuterio Lopez	0	0			3						0.0
Rene Masip	0	0			5						0.0
Salvatore Olivo	0	0			1						0.0
Chick McCombie	0	0			2						0.0
Thomas McMullen	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Herm Brown	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Joe Roberson	0	2	.000		4						0.0
Don Kohler	0	2	.000		5						0.0
Totals	86	54	.614	3.76	315	120	0	0	0	0	1094.7	1051	570	457	45	606	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
Jasper Spears	140	571	571		188	28	24	5						.329	.329	.489	.818	279
Robert Parker	140	546	546		150	24	7	3						.275	.275	.361	.636	197
Oscar Sierra	125	431	431		125	36	3	11						.290	.290	.464	.754	200
Joe Kwiatkowski	114	451	451		114	16	3	0						.253	.253	.302	.554	136
Ken Cox	104	342	342		98	14	8	8						.287	.287	.444	.731	152
Kenneth Worley	81	281	281		91	15	7	3						.324	.324	.459	.783	129
Jack Whitehead	121	384	384		85	15	5	2						.221	.221	.302	.523	116
Harry Shifflett	89	265	265		69	11	2	4						.260	.260	.362	.623	96
Andrew Alexson	59	224	224		60	10	3	2						.268	.268	.366	.634	82
Salvatore Olivo	49	171	171		41	8	2	0						.240	.240	.310	.550	53
William Gill	61	179	179		39	7	3	1						.218	.218	.307	.525	55
Robert Reid	34	124	124		37	11	2	6						.298	.298	.565	.863	70
Frank Marinkovich	21	76	76		22	2	1	2						.289	.289	.421	.711	32
Lester Fessette	40	73	73		16	2	2	1						.219	.219	.342	.562	25
Bobby Elkins	18	56	56		13	1	3	1						.232	.232	.411	.643	23
Ralph Mauriello	19	50	50		12	1	0	0						.240	.240	.260	.500	13
Arturo Seijas	32	53	53		11	0	1	0						.208	.208	.245	.453	13
Stan Jarvis	39	39	39		10	0	2	0						.256	.256	.359	.615	14
Richard Lovell	42	56	56		10	0	1	0						.179	.179	.214	.393	12
Robert Toole	11	35	35		9	2	1	0						.257	.257	.371	.629	13
Henry Alberts	16	46	46		9	2	2	1						.196	.196	.391	.587	18
Arthur Sheridan	30	34	34		8	3	0	0						.235	.235	.324	.559	11
Arthur Raynor	13	23	23		5	1	0	0						.217	.217	.261	.478	6
Roy Whitaker	24	40	40		4	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	4
Dick Wiegand	14	11	11		3	0	0	0						.273	.273	.273	.545	3
William Saar	15	27	27		3	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	3
Joseph Gushanas	12	6	6		2	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Herm Brown	4	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dick Ballestrini	8	18	18											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Gilbert	3	2	2											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ray Hathaway	3	3	3											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Jacquier	25	18	18		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Thomas McMullen	5	7	7											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bud Shaney	1	2	2											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Klingert	7	13	13											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joe Roberson	4	2	2											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Don Kohler	5	3	3											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Eleuterio Lopez	4	2	2											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Rene Masip	5	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Charles Yerkes	2	3	3											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1539	4669	4669	0	1234	209	82	50	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.264	.376	.641	1757	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Richard Lovell	P	41					.000
Lester Fessette	P	39					.000
Stan Jarvis	P	33					.000
Arthur Sheridan	P	30					.000
Arturo Seijas	P	29					.000
Richard Jacquier	P	25					.000
Roy Whitaker	P	24					.000
Ralph Mauriello	P	19					.000
Dick Wiegand	P	14					.000
Arthur Raynor	P	13					.000
Joseph Gushanas	P	10					.000
Rene Masip	P	5					.000
Don Kohler	P	5					.000
Joe Roberson	P	4					.000
Herm Brown	P	4					.000
Thomas McMullen	P	3					.000
Eleuterio Lopez	P	3					.000
Ray Hathaway	P	3					.000
John Gilbert	P	3					.000
Charles Yerkes	P	2					.000
Chick McCombie	P	2					.000
Carroll Mattson	P	2					.000
Bud Shaney	P	1					.000
Totals		314	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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