1954 DeLand Red Hats Statistics
Team Record: 77-62
Finished 2nd in the FSL
Manager: James Forbes (0-0), Bama Rowell (0-0)
Location: DeLand, Florida
Ballpark: Conrad Park
Attendance: 23,738, Avg. 342
The DeLand Red Hats of the Florida State League ended the 1954 season with a record of 77 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the FSL.
The Red Hats scored 855 runs and allowed 731 runs. Gale Penza drove in 110 runs. Jack Cade topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .334. John Blodgett recorded 23 wins on the mound for the squad, while Lloyd Leblanc, too added 15 or more wins, too Carmelo Maldonado earned a 2.23 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Bama Rowell played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the DeLand Red Hats to do so.
James Forbes and Bama Rowell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Blodgett | 23 | 10 | .697 | 3.29 | 43 | 34 | 26 | 3 | 282.0 | 264 | 136 | 103 | 9 | 115 | 103 | 23 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Lloyd Leblanc | 18 | 10 | .643 | 4.19 | 37 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 215.0 | 199 | 131 | 100 | 10 | 86 | 149 | 9 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Carmelo Maldonado | 14 | 7 | .667 | 2.23 | 32 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 194.0 | 136 | 67 | 48 | 4 | 116 | 116 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| James Forbes | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.73 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 94.0 | 93 | 53 | 39 | 0 | 57 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Curtis Rogers | 4 | 1 | .800 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dennie Brenek | 3 | 4 | .429 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Cade | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gene Wolfe | 2 | 5 | .286 | 7.47 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 47.0 | 41 | 42 | 39 | 1 | 65 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Rafael Lopez | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Dolemba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leroy Browning | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Croston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keith Herring | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Kassabian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Ridley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Arthur Warshaw | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Imgrund | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 57 | 46 | 28 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Steve Joltki | 0 | 5 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 72 | 54 | .571 | 3.65 | 218 | 101 | 0 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 881.0 | 790 | 475 | 357 | 28 | 479 | 0 | 471 | 52 | 5 | 40 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Cade | 137 | 647 | 491 | 118 | 164 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 107 | 37 | 132 | 48 | .334 | .476 | .458 | .934 | 225 | 9 | 6 | 9 | |||
| Michael Kassabian | 135 | 634 | 493 | 109 | 161 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 98 | 14 | 121 | 26 | .327 | .456 | .422 | .878 | 208 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||
| Gale Penza | 134 | 609 | 535 | 89 | 161 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 110 | 7 | 62 | 66 | .301 | .370 | .398 | .768 | 213 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Ronald Tschannen | 136 | 612 | 523 | 100 | 148 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 87 | 14 | 69 | 64 | .283 | .366 | .409 | .775 | 214 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |||
| Gil Barrow | 133 | 643 | 532 | 116 | 141 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 58 | 26 | 93 | 77 | .265 | .376 | .352 | .727 | 187 | 5 | 7 | 6 | |||
| James Forbes | 78 | 289 | 243 | 38 | 57 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 42 | 41 | .235 | .347 | .325 | .672 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| James Pope | 78 | 310 | 252 | 22 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 50 | 45 | .202 | .339 | .214 | .553 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| John Imgrund | 58 | 164 | 145 | 19 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 35 | .297 | .364 | .400 | .764 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Leonard VanDell | 67 | 200 | 171 | 28 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 24 | 32 | .222 | .332 | .298 | .630 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Blodgett | 46 | 143 | 127 | 22 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 32 | .276 | .345 | .346 | .692 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Armando Suarez | 34 | 135 | 113 | 15 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 14 | .257 | .366 | .336 | .702 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Carmelo Maldonado | 40 | 94 | 85 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .259 | .308 | .353 | .661 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Lloyd Leblanc | 38 | 90 | 71 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 30 | .127 | .279 | .155 | .434 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Robert Ridenour | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | .364 | .364 | .364 | .727 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Curtis Rogers | 7 | 14 | 14 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennie Brenek | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .222 | .417 | .222 | .639 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rafael Lopez | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Cole | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Gene Wolfe | 14 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .062 | .211 | .062 | .273 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Dolemba | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Keith Herring | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Joltki | 10 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Ridley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1179 | 4668 | 3870 | 702 | 1071 | 171 | 64 | 18 | 617 | 117 | 0 | 669 | 533 | .277 | .384 | .368 | .752 | 1424 | 0 | 35 | 46 | 48 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Penza | 1B | 94 | 674 | 29 | 14 | 61 | .980 | 7.479 | ||||
| James Forbes | 1B | 57 | 470 | 28 | 9 | 49 | .982 | 8.737 | ||||
| Gil Barrow | 2B | 132 | 352 | 324 | 48 | 91 | .934 | 5.121 | ||||
| Jack Cade | 3B | 129 | 152 | 321 | 40 | 33 | .922 | 3.667 | ||||
| Leonard VanDell | 3B | 14 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 1 | .849 | 3.214 | ||||
| James Pope | C | 78 | 379 | 79 | 16 | 13 | .966 | 5.872 | 13 | |||
| Leonard VanDell | C | 40 | 169 | 14 | 7 | 7 | .963 | 4.575 | 3 | |||
| Armando Suarez | C | 34 | 178 | 17 | 9 | 2 | .956 | 5.735 | 0 | |||
| Michael Kassabian | OF | 134 | 330 | 20 | 14 | 8 | .962 | 2.612 | ||||
| Gale Penza | OF | 52 | 59 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .943 | 1.269 | ||||
| John Imgrund | OF | 37 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .915 | 1.162 | ||||
| John Blodgett | P | 43 | 10 | 55 | 3 | 6 | .956 | 1.512 | ||||
| Lloyd Leblanc | P | 37 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.054 | ||||
| Carmelo Maldonado | P | 32 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.156 | ||||
| James Forbes | P | 21 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .885 | 1.095 | ||||
| John Imgrund | P | 15 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.067 | ||||
| Gene Wolfe | P | 14 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .643 | ||||
| Dennie Brenek | P | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Steve Joltki | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Jack Cade | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Curtis Rogers | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rafael Lopez | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Ridley | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arthur Warshaw | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Herring | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Kassabian | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Dolemba | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Croston | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leroy Browning | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Tschannen | SS | 136 | 296 | 401 | 41 | 77 | .944 | 5.125 | ||||
| Totals | 1155 | 3151 | 1433 | 226 | 358 | .953 | 3.969 | 16 | 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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