1954 Bluefield Blue-Grays Statistics
Team Record: 70-43
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Len Okrie (70-43)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 45,667, Avg. 808
Playoffs - Bluefield Blue-Grays 2 games, Welch Miners 0
Finals - Bluefield Blue-Grays 3 games, Pulaski Phillies 0
The Bluefield Blue-Grays of the Appalachian League ended the 1954 season with a record of 70 wins and 43 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Blue-Grays paced the league with 742 runs, powered by 101 home runs. Bluefield allowed 521 runs, least in the league. Don Speer topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .322 average. Richard Morgan led the squad with 21 wins, while Ken McBride, too added 15 or more wins, too Richard Morgan registered a 2.35 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1954 Bluefield Blue-Grays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Len Okrie, Jim Mahoney and Ken McBride.
Len Okrie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Morgan | 21 | 5 | .808 | 2.35 | 28 | 26 | 222.0 | 173 | 72 | 58 | 11 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Ken McBride | 18 | 8 | .692 | 2.53 | 27 | 23 | 210.0 | 160 | 78 | 59 | 8 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Allmon | 10 | 4 | .714 | 4.34 | 19 | 18 | 137.0 | 147 | 77 | 66 | 12 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Butler Jones | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.15 | 11 | 11 | 80.0 | 54 | 42 | 28 | 1 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Don Schenk | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6.34 | 13 | 12 | 71.0 | 85 | 55 | 50 | 11 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Robert Marten | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.45 | 25 | 3 | 97.0 | 97 | 57 | 48 | 5 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Meade Palmer | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.80 | 9 | 8 | 45.0 | 40 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Robarge | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Red Whitson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Genero Zizza | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Don Crawford | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Samuel Trezza | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Wenning | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 43 | .619 | 3.48 | 165 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 862.0 | 756 | 408 | 333 | 50 | 413 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Mahoney | 113 | 470 | 470 | 148 | 23 | 6 | 23 | .315 | .315 | .536 | .851 | 252 | |||||||||||
| Marshall Radebach | 113 | 466 | 466 | 147 | 40 | 7 | 20 | .315 | .315 | .560 | .876 | 261 | |||||||||||
| Don Speer | 112 | 429 | 429 | 138 | 30 | 8 | 8 | .322 | .322 | .485 | .807 | 208 | |||||||||||
| Edwin Bryan | 113 | 427 | 427 | 127 | 18 | 13 | 14 | .297 | .297 | .499 | .796 | 213 | |||||||||||
| Ray Vescovi | 89 | 324 | 324 | 91 | 15 | 7 | 8 | .281 | .281 | .444 | .725 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Stewart Gehris | 86 | 281 | 281 | 90 | 9 | 4 | 6 | .320 | .320 | .445 | .765 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Andy Madalone | 75 | 264 | 264 | 86 | 24 | 5 | 6 | .326 | .326 | .523 | .848 | 138 | |||||||||||
| Jack Stallings | 72 | 268 | 268 | 79 | 8 | 2 | 5 | .295 | .295 | .396 | .690 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Robert Walsh | 95 | 352 | 352 | 78 | 16 | 2 | 7 | .222 | .222 | .338 | .560 | 119 | |||||||||||
| Genero Zizza | 49 | 151 | 151 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .318 | .318 | .457 | .775 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Ken McBride | 27 | 95 | 95 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .274 | .274 | .326 | .600 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Len Okrie | 22 | 69 | 69 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .319 | .319 | .464 | .783 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Cliff Allmon | 21 | 60 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .217 | .217 | .283 | .500 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Richard Morgan | 28 | 82 | 82 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .134 | .134 | .134 | .268 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Butler Jones | 12 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .321 | .429 | .750 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Robert Marten | 25 | 37 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .189 | .189 | .297 | .486 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Don Schenk | 13 | 28 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Meade Palmer | 10 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Trezza | 13 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Wilhelm | 1 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Red Whitson | 7 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Wenning | 5 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Don Crawford | 4 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Teddy Vriga | 4 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bruce Robarge | 6 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lawrence Papini | 8 | 18 | 18 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robb Stemper | 6 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1129 | 3928 | 3928 | 0 | 1130 | 206 | 60 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .288 | .448 | .735 | 1759 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Morgan | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Ken McBride | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Marten | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Cliff Allmon | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Don Schenk | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Samuel Trezza | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Butler Jones | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Meade Palmer | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Red Whitson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Bruce Robarge | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Wenning | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Don Crawford | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 164 | 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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