1954 Columbus Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 51-86
Finished 8th in the SAL
Manager: George Kissell (51-86)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Synovus Park
Attendance: 37,245, Avg. 544
The Columbus Cardinals of the South Atlantic League ended the 1954 season with a record of 51 wins and 86 losses, finishing eighth in the SAL.
The Cardinals tallied 529 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 731 runs. Jackie Brandt led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .313 clip. Hoyt Benedict topped Columbus with 9 wins, while Luis Arroyo recorded a 2.49 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1954 Columbus Cardinals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Sonny Senerchia, Phil Clark, Luis Arroyo and Jackie Brandt.
George Kissell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoyt Benedict | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.06 | 51 | 5 | 155.0 | 81 | 81 | 70 | 16 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Luis Arroyo | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.49 | 27 | 14 | 112.0 | 97 | 41 | 31 | 3 | 56 | ||||||||||
| William Howard | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.84 | 33 | 20 | 126.3 | 80 | 80 | 68 | 12 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Paul Dewey | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.74 | 45 | 4 | 130.0 | 75 | 75 | 54 | 10 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Phil Clark | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.41 | 24 | 13 | 102.0 | 65 | 65 | 50 | 5 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Joe Ford | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.49 | 31 | 11 | 98.0 | 99 | 43 | 38 | 8 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Jim Michalec | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.36 | 21 | 13 | 99.0 | 60 | 60 | 48 | 3 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Jim Lewey | 2 | 3 | .400 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Roberts | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.20 | 12 | 5 | 45.0 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Whit Ulrich | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5.14 | 20 | 16 | 103.3 | 78 | 78 | 59 | 6 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Roland Hubbard | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Leonard Wile | 1 | 3 | .250 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Reeder | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.69 | 17 | 8 | 61.7 | 43 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Robert Muesenfechter | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert St. Pierre | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Umfleet | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Slaybaugh | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hermenio Cortes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gene Bone | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Harrison | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6.47 | 17 | 9 | 48.7 | 43 | 43 | 35 | 3 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 51 | 86 | .372 | 4.31 | 352 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1081.0 | 751 | 639 | 518 | 72 | 529 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Brandt | 123 | 476 | 476 | 149 | 30 | 6 | 8 | .313 | .313 | .452 | .765 | 215 | |||||||||||
| Billy Giddings | 137 | 524 | 524 | 140 | 21 | 5 | 5 | .267 | .267 | .355 | .622 | 186 | |||||||||||
| Glenn Zimmerman | 135 | 501 | 501 | 134 | 16 | 6 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .323 | .591 | 162 | |||||||||||
| Ray Mendoza | 124 | 463 | 463 | 118 | 21 | 4 | 13 | .255 | .255 | .402 | .657 | 186 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Lind | 108 | 396 | 396 | 105 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .265 | .265 | .331 | .596 | 131 | |||||||||||
| Benny Leonard | 93 | 301 | 301 | 84 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .279 | .279 | .329 | .608 | 99 | |||||||||||
| Freddy Desouza | 106 | 338 | 338 | 82 | 19 | 3 | 6 | .243 | .243 | .370 | .612 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Bill Wilhelm | 92 | 280 | 280 | 63 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .225 | .225 | .300 | .525 | 84 | |||||||||||
| James McArdle | 64 | 204 | 204 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .314 | .564 | 64 | |||||||||||
| William McGhee | 53 | 167 | 167 | 47 | 10 | 8 | 4 | .281 | .281 | .509 | .790 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Sonny Senerchia | 41 | 149 | 149 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .262 | .262 | .376 | .638 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Carolan | 33 | 91 | 91 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .231 | .231 | .440 | .670 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Jerry McKeithan | 25 | 66 | 66 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .303 | .303 | .364 | .667 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Louis Ciccone | 26 | 94 | 94 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .181 | .181 | .223 | .404 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Brunacki | 27 | 64 | 64 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .234 | .234 | .344 | .578 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Pete Ethier | 26 | 68 | 68 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .176 | .176 | .279 | .456 | 19 | |||||||||||
| William Howard | 33 | 41 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .293 | .537 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Hoyt Benedict | 51 | 44 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .273 | .500 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Luis Arroyo | 32 | 42 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .262 | .452 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Jim Michalec | 29 | 47 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .170 | .170 | .319 | .489 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Phil Clark | 36 | 52 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .212 | .365 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Reeder | 26 | 32 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .219 | .250 | .469 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Joe Ford | 33 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Whit Ulrich | 20 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .229 | .371 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Ray Sanders | 11 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Jim Lewey | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .444 | .778 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Paul Dewey | 63 | 44 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .068 | .068 | .068 | .136 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Hermenio Cortes | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Jack Roberts | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Rufus Higginbotham | 15 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Harrison | 17 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Albert Morris | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Roland Hubbard | 5 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Umfleet | 4 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Leonard Wile | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gene Bone | 8 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Mario Mauriello | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1648 | 4659 | 4659 | 0 | 1173 | 194 | 46 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 | .252 | .347 | .599 | 1618 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoyt Benedict | P | 51 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Dewey | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| William Howard | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Ford | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Luis Arroyo | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Phil Clark | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Michalec | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Whit Ulrich | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Dennis Reeder | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Harrison | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Leonard Wile | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Roberts | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Lewey | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Bone | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Muesenfechter | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Roland Hubbard | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Slaybaugh | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Umfleet | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Robert St. Pierre | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 348 | 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.
