1954 Burlington-Graham Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 82-56
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Stan Wentzel (82-56)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Burlington, North Carolina; Graham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Graham Athletic Park
Attendance: 59,923, Avg. 868
Playoffs - Burlington-Graham Pirates 3 games, Greensboro Patriots 2
Finals - Fayetteville Highlanders 4 games, Burlington-Graham Pirates 1
The Burlington-Graham Pirates of the Carolina League ended the 1954 season with a record of 82 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the CL.
The Pirates topped the league with 753 runs. Burlington-Graham allowed 621 runs. R C Stevens led the team with 25 home runs, while Stan Wentzel and Pete Naton walloped 15 or more also. R C Stevens drove in 115 runs. Gene Hassell paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .337. Don Schultz and Harry Gilbert paced the squad with 17 wins each, and Benny Malcolm added 15 or more wins, too Don Schultz recorded a 2.95 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1954 Burlington-Graham Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Joe Trimble, Stan Wentzel, R C Stevens, Bill Koski, Pete Naton and Brandy Davis.
Stan Wentzel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Gilbert | 17 | 6 | .739 | 3.37 | 36 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 230.0 | 214 | 111 | 86 | 7 | 113 | 122 | 11 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Don Schultz | 17 | 11 | .607 | 2.95 | 32 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 235.0 | 205 | 88 | 77 | 13 | 75 | 178 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Benny Malcolm | 15 | 12 | .556 | 3.81 | 39 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 222.0 | 216 | 125 | 94 | 15 | 123 | 125 | 8 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Andy Olsen | 11 | 4 | .733 | 4.44 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 146.0 | 123 | 80 | 72 | 9 | 84 | 140 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Joe Trimble | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.02 | 43 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 185.0 | 171 | 87 | 62 | 9 | 107 | 146 | 4 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Larry Lassalle | 5 | 2 | .714 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Koski | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Peter Nicolis | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.80 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 63 | 43 | 38 | 6 | 52 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Alan Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Jacobs | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Nisewonger | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Drefs | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Raymond Rogalsky | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene Corso | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lloyd Carden | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 82 | 56 | .594 | 3.61 | 247 | 127 | 0 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 1094.0 | 1004 | 544 | 439 | 59 | 568 | 0 | 778 | 34 | 0 | 54 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Wentzel | 128 | 545 | 468 | 77 | 149 | 25 | 8 | 20 | 108 | 6 | 66 | 42 | .318 | .400 | .534 | .935 | 250 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| R C Stevens | 140 | 630 | 509 | 106 | 149 | 31 | 3 | 25 | 115 | 12 | 100 | 81 | .293 | .407 | .513 | .920 | 261 | 6 | 4 | 11 | |||
| Gene Hassell | 111 | 533 | 418 | 104 | 141 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 47 | 101 | 20 | .337 | .466 | .414 | .880 | 173 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |||
| Pete Naton | 135 | 540 | 476 | 75 | 137 | 31 | 4 | 16 | 89 | 2 | 53 | 67 | .288 | .360 | .471 | .831 | 224 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Bill Urbanski | 130 | 555 | 481 | 64 | 128 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 8 | 56 | 51 | .266 | .344 | .320 | .664 | 154 | 4 | 9 | 5 | |||
| John Richardson | 133 | 602 | 499 | 72 | 123 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 11 | 80 | 65 | .246 | .354 | .325 | .679 | 162 | 5 | 15 | 3 | |||
| Bill Wiltrout | 88 | 375 | 326 | 55 | 106 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 11 | 35 | 36 | .325 | .392 | .426 | .819 | 139 | 3 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Brandy Davis | 96 | 422 | 348 | 54 | 103 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 25 | 58 | 48 | .296 | .399 | .353 | .752 | 123 | 2 | 13 | 1 | |||
| Gene Corso | 84 | 297 | 255 | 38 | 61 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 1 | 35 | 64 | .239 | .337 | .443 | .780 | 113 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Herbert Bush | 30 | 78 | 70 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .343 | .397 | .543 | .940 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Benny Malcolm | 39 | 92 | 80 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .200 | .256 | .250 | .506 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Robert Barker | 17 | 54 | 46 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 6 | .326 | .426 | .348 | .774 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Konek | 36 | 99 | 85 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 33 | .176 | .286 | .282 | .568 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Joe Trimble | 44 | 70 | 61 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .213 | .284 | .279 | .562 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Burgess | 20 | 76 | 66 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .197 | .303 | .409 | .712 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harry Gilbert | 36 | 96 | 86 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 34 | .151 | .189 | .151 | .340 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Andy Olsen | 39 | 57 | 51 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .216 | .273 | .333 | .606 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Otoniel Ortiz | 13 | 55 | 46 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .217 | .327 | .304 | .632 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| George Hott | 16 | 57 | 47 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | .170 | .304 | .234 | .538 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Don Schultz | 33 | 102 | 81 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 33 | .099 | .221 | .099 | .320 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||
| David Jacobs | 8 | 22 | 22 | 6 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| John Meyers | 14 | 41 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 3 | .222 | .488 | .370 | .858 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Peter Nicolis | 17 | 21 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .278 | .316 | .278 | .594 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Larry Lassalle | 9 | 19 | 19 | 5 | .263 | .263 | .263 | .526 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack McKeon | 17 | 32 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .133 | .156 | .133 | .290 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Jacobs | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Drefs | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Koski | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Nisewonger | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Moriskiewicz | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lloyd Carden | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alan Wilson | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1469 | 5506 | 4651 | 760 | 1273 | 215 | 46 | 86 | 652 | 128 | 0 | 685 | 672 | .274 | .368 | .395 | .763 | 1838 | 0 | 36 | 88 | 46 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R C Stevens | 1B | 140 | 1085 | 89 | 18 | 85 | .985 | 8.386 | ||||
| Bill Urbanski | 2B | 127 | 312 | 322 | 23 | 65 | .965 | 4.992 | ||||
| Gene Hassell | 3B | 105 | 110 | 174 | 15 | 20 | .950 | 2.705 | ||||
| Bill Wiltrout | 3B | 15 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .932 | 2.733 | ||||
| John Konek | 3B | 14 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pete Naton | C | 128 | 771 | 78 | 28 | 6 | .968 | 6.633 | 26 | |||
| John Meyers | C | 13 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 4.923 | 3 | |||
| Jack McKeon | C | 12 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.750 | 0 | |||
| Stan Wentzel | OF | 122 | 297 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .978 | 2.500 | ||||
| Brandy Davis | OF | 95 | 214 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .969 | 2.326 | ||||
| Gene Corso | OF | 76 | 139 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .961 | 1.961 | ||||
| Bill Wiltrout | OF | 72 | 127 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 1.819 | ||||
| Joseph Burgess | OF | 19 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .900 | 1.895 | ||||
| Herbert Bush | OF | 17 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.529 | ||||
| George Hott | OF | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.462 | ||||
| Joe Trimble | P | 43 | 5 | 30 | 9 | 2 | .795 | .814 | ||||
| Benny Malcolm | P | 39 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .872 | ||||
| Andy Olsen | P | 37 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .514 | ||||
| Harry Gilbert | P | 36 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 0 | .930 | 1.111 | ||||
| Don Schultz | P | 32 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.062 | ||||
| Peter Nicolis | P | 17 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .889 | .941 | ||||
| Bob Drefs | P | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Larry Lassalle | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Jacobs | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lloyd Carden | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Koski | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alan Wilson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Raymond Rogalsky | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Nisewonger | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Corso | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Richardson | SS | 133 | 267 | 359 | 31 | 64 | .953 | 4.707 | ||||
| Totals | 1348 | 3590 | 1250 | 166 | 251 | .967 | 3.591 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
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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