1954 Corning Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 77-47
Finished 1st in the PONYL
Manager: Sheriff Robinson (77-47)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Corning, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 61,582, Avg. 993
Playoffs - Corning Red Sox 3 games, Hornell Dodgers 0
Finals - Corning Red Sox 4 games, Jamestown Falcons 1
The Corning Red Sox of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1954 season with a record of 77 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the PONYL.
The Red Sox paced the circuit with 848 runs. Corning surrendered 673 runs. James Hirsch led all regular batters by hitting .365. Bob Adubato topped the team with 16 wins, while Eli Grba earned a 3.36 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1954 Corning Red Sox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jim Mahoney, Marlan Coughtry, Eli Grba and Jerry Zimmerman.
Sheriff Robinson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Adubato | 16 | 4 | .800 | 3.45 | 31 | 23 | 167.0 | 137 | 75 | 64 | 1 | 96 | ||||||||||
| Eli Grba | 14 | 10 | .583 | 3.36 | 36 | 27 | 222.0 | 194 | 95 | 83 | 10 | 101 | ||||||||||
| Ted Stone | 13 | 2 | .867 | 3.63 | 34 | 10 | 129.0 | 121 | 69 | 52 | 6 | 86 | ||||||||||
| Gene Rosen | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.80 | 27 | 20 | 168.0 | 167 | 90 | 71 | 6 | 91 | ||||||||||
| Robert Scheurmann | 9 | 4 | .692 | 5.54 | 32 | 10 | 112.0 | 130 | 88 | 69 | 14 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Joe Blasko | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.88 | 16 | 9 | 59.0 | 63 | 39 | 32 | 6 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Michael Kraich | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.66 | 9 | 7 | 64.0 | 59 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||
| William Zonner | 4 | 2 | .667 | 7.48 | 19 | 9 | 65.0 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 2 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Samuel Trezza | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Tarys | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cliff Allmon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Spencer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Delaney | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Boon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Sweeney | 0 | 4 | .000 | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Robarge | 0 | 5 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 77 | 46 | .626 | 4.12 | 238 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 986.0 | 943 | 555 | 451 | 47 | 532 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Gruner | 109 | 440 | 440 | 152 | 32 | 6 | 6 | .345 | .345 | .486 | .832 | 214 | |||||||||||
| James Hirsch | 110 | 381 | 381 | 139 | 31 | 12 | 16 | .365 | .365 | .635 | 1.000 | 242 | |||||||||||
| Gale Dennis | 105 | 408 | 408 | 120 | 21 | 6 | 6 | .294 | .294 | .419 | .713 | 171 | |||||||||||
| Marlan Coughtry | 93 | 351 | 351 | 117 | 22 | 9 | 13 | .333 | .333 | .558 | .892 | 196 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Zimmerman | 113 | 374 | 374 | 113 | 22 | 4 | 7 | .302 | .302 | .439 | .741 | 164 | |||||||||||
| James Spencer | 109 | 358 | 358 | 89 | 17 | 5 | 3 | .249 | .249 | .349 | .598 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Patrick Quinlan | 84 | 259 | 259 | 66 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .255 | .255 | .363 | .618 | 94 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Weaver | 89 | 259 | 259 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 3 | .197 | .197 | .286 | .483 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Getgen | 42 | 159 | 159 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 4 | .283 | .283 | .434 | .717 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Eli Grba | 50 | 103 | 103 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .379 | .379 | .505 | .883 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Robert Guttilla | 46 | 162 | 162 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .241 | .241 | .315 | .556 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Richard Hidalgo | 36 | 129 | 129 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .264 | .264 | .426 | .690 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Butsy Zimmerman | 28 | 110 | 110 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .264 | .264 | .409 | .673 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Billy Lyday | 22 | 73 | 73 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .301 | .301 | .397 | .699 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Carl Hutzler | 23 | 87 | 87 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .207 | .207 | .287 | .494 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Robb Stemper | 42 | 67 | 67 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .254 | .254 | .328 | .582 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Phil Renzi | 20 | 71 | 71 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .338 | .577 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Bob Adubato | 38 | 67 | 67 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .299 | .522 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Ted Stone | 35 | 46 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .261 | .500 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Gene Rosen | 29 | 63 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .175 | .175 | .175 | .349 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Robert Scheurmann | 37 | 43 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .209 | .395 | 9 | |||||||||||
| William Zonner | 20 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Robert Jones | 11 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .233 | .467 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Joe Blasko | 16 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | |||||||||||
| James Sweeney | 15 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Pregon | 7 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cliff Allmon | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Atwood | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ricky Tarys | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Boon | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lou Conti | 5 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Delaney | 4 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bruce Robarge | 9 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Mahoney | 8 | 30 | 30 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Kraich | 9 | 23 | 23 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1370 | 4197 | 4197 | 0 | 1169 | 211 | 63 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 | .279 | .410 | .689 | 1722 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Grba | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Stone | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Scheurmann | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Adubato | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Rosen | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| William Zonner | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Blasko | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| James Sweeney | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Bruce Robarge | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Kraich | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| John Boon | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Cliff Allmon | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Samuel Trezza | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Ricky Tarys | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 234 | 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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