1954 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Team Record: 81-70
Finished 3rd in the SA
Manager: Mayo Smith (81-70)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 186,310, Avg. 2,468
Playoffs - New Orleans Pelicans 4 games, Birmingham Barons 2
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 81 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the SA.
The Barons scored 851 runs and yielded 816 runs. Dick Tettelbach paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .326 clip. Art Ceccarelli topped Birmingham with 15 wins and a team-best 3.7 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1954 Birmingham Barons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Russ Snyder, Bob Cain, Don Leppert, Herb Plews, Lou Skizas, Lou Berberet, Tom Hamilton, Dick Tettelbach, Mark Freeman, Pat McGlothin, Jack Urban, Jay Van Noy, Bobby Kline and Art Ceccarelli.
Mayo Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Ceccarelli | 15 | 12 | .556 | 3.70 | 35 | 30 | 219.0 | 206 | 106 | 90 | 10 | 110 | ||||||||||
| Dave Benedict | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.71 | 38 | 16 | 160.0 | 137 | 89 | 66 | 9 | 105 | ||||||||||
| Jack Urban | 13 | 11 | .542 | 4.95 | 36 | 30 | 211.0 | 225 | 133 | 116 | 15 | 105 | ||||||||||
| John Wingo | 13 | 12 | .520 | 4.26 | 35 | 27 | 205.0 | 196 | 111 | 97 | 18 | 106 | ||||||||||
| Keith Speck | 6 | 1 | .857 | 4.42 | 11 | 9 | 55.0 | 42 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Bob Ferris | 6 | 4 | .600 | 5.18 | 17 | 11 | 73.0 | 82 | 48 | 42 | 8 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Mark Freeman | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.20 | 13 | 12 | 90.0 | 80 | 35 | 32 | 7 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Ernest Nichols | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.31 | 44 | 4 | 95.0 | 98 | 63 | 56 | 10 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Preston Elkins | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Cain | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mike Schultz | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Wallis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Newman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Freese | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Stein | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Kline | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marco Mainini | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ivan Abromowitz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Schulte | 0 | 2 | .000 | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pat McGlothin | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 70 | .536 | 4.27 | 295 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1108.0 | 1066 | 617 | 526 | 80 | 633 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Tettelbach | 147 | 567 | 567 | 185 | 38 | 9 | 12 | .326 | .326 | .489 | .815 | 277 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Kline | 153 | 546 | 546 | 174 | 23 | 6 | 3 | .319 | .319 | .399 | .718 | 218 | |||||||||||
| Don Leppert | 141 | 544 | 544 | 170 | 27 | 6 | 10 | .312 | .312 | .439 | .752 | 239 | |||||||||||
| Lou Berberet | 136 | 498 | 498 | 158 | 35 | 5 | 18 | .317 | .317 | .516 | .833 | 257 | |||||||||||
| Herb Plews | 129 | 525 | 525 | 157 | 25 | 16 | 9 | .299 | .299 | .459 | .758 | 241 | |||||||||||
| Tom Hamilton | 84 | 302 | 302 | 107 | 17 | 2 | 19 | .354 | .354 | .613 | .967 | 185 | |||||||||||
| John Herman | 89 | 261 | 261 | 81 | 10 | 4 | 8 | .310 | .310 | .471 | .782 | 123 | |||||||||||
| Lou Skizas | 69 | 226 | 226 | 69 | 13 | 2 | 10 | .305 | .305 | .513 | .819 | 116 | |||||||||||
| Hal Grote | 66 | 189 | 189 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 5 | .280 | .280 | .455 | .735 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Wojtowicz | 55 | 173 | 173 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .318 | .532 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Walter Rogers | 56 | 151 | 151 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .219 | .219 | .344 | .563 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Jerome Kucharski | 43 | 134 | 134 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .209 | .209 | .358 | .567 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Harry Minor | 33 | 85 | 85 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .247 | .247 | .447 | .694 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Jack Urban | 37 | 80 | 80 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .262 | .500 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Jim Engleman | 21 | 69 | 69 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .232 | .232 | .333 | .565 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Art Ceccarelli | 35 | 78 | 78 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .205 | .205 | .218 | .423 | 17 | |||||||||||
| John Wingo | 36 | 75 | 75 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .187 | .187 | .213 | .400 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Dave Benedict | 38 | 56 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .232 | .250 | .482 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Jay Van Noy | 12 | 38 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .184 | .184 | .342 | .526 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Joe Polich | 17 | 50 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .180 | .320 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Bob Ferris | 17 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .192 | .385 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Ernest Nichols | 44 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .259 | .444 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Keith Speck | 11 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Mark Freeman | 13 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .097 | .097 | .097 | .194 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Bob Schulte | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Russ Snyder | 3 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gerald Wallis | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Mike Schultz | 7 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Vincent Pisani | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Newman | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Pat McGlothin | 6 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Marco Mainini | 8 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Freese | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Preston Elkins | 9 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Cain | 8 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Larry Andersen | 6 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ivan Abromowitz | 4 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1554 | 4829 | 4829 | 0 | 1383 | 238 | 60 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .428 | .715 | 2068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest Nichols | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Benedict | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Urban | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| John Wingo | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Art Ceccarelli | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Ferris | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Schulte | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Mark Freeman | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Keith Speck | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Preston Elkins | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Marco Mainini | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Cain | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Schultz | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Pat McGlothin | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Ivan Abromowitz | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Wallis | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| George Stein | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| James Newman | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Freese | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 293 | 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.
