1954 Danville Leafs Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 70-69
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Andy Gilbert (70-69)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Danville, Virginia
Ballpark: League Park
Attendance: 49,863, Avg. 717

1954 Danville Leafs Roster

The Danville Leafs of the Carolina League ended the 1954 season with a record of 70 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.

The Leafs led the circuit with just 587 runs allowed. Danville scored 613 runs. Bob Smith paced the team with 14 home runs and recorded 94 runs batted in, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .293. Curt Barclay topped the squad with 19 wins, and James Mazzola recorded a 2.8 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Marshall Bridges, Willie Kirkland, Andy Gilbert, John Fitzgerald, Curt Barclay, Gordie Windhorn and Ozzie Virgil were all players from the 1954 Danville Leafs who played in the Majors during their careers.

Andy Gilbert served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Curt Barclay	19	11	.633	3.16	35	30		23	3		248.0	238	101	87	18	77		129	4	1	5
Alexander Murawski	13	8	.619	2.95	36	25		14	5		189.0	170	76	62	16	81		115	5	1	9
James Mazzola	10	6	.625	2.80	33	14		5	3		151.0	144	60	47	12	59		69	6	1	1
Arthur Rosser	7	6	.538	3.36	33	4		2	0		91.0	84	42	34	3	27		59	1	1	2
Bob Reich	6	5	.545	4.17	39	8		1	0		108.0	120	64	50	8	43		67	2	0	4
Charles Menke	6	6	.500	3.73	22	18		5	1		111.0	107	59	46	9	64		71	6	0	6
Nels Hoerner	5	7	.417	3.40	29	9		5	0		98.0	89	44	37	7	40		71	0	1	7
John Brady	3	9	.250	4.67	24	13		3	2		81.0	55	45	42	6	89		60	3	0	6
John Fitzgerald	1	5	.167	0.00	6						26.0	22				39
Andrew Mascia	0	0			4						0.0
Earl Hemberger	0	0			1						0.0
Russell Hiltunen	0	1	.000		9						0.0
Kelly Searcy	0	2	.000		6						0.0
Richard Messner	0	3	.000	10.64	10	5		1	0		22.0	27	27	26	4	22		4	1	0	3
Totals	70	69	.504	3.45	287	126	0	59	14	0	1125.0	1056	518	431	83	541	0	645	28	5	43	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
Bob Smith	139	594	542	79	159	34	1	14	94	13		42	73	.293	.343	.437	.780	237		2	2	6
Ozzie Virgil	137	578	530	78	154	34	7	9	68	12		36	65	.291	.337	.432	.769	229		2	8	2
Melvin Collins	129	598	499	79	141	26	4	5	29	14		85	30	.283	.386	.381	.766	190		0	12	2
Gordie Windhorn	114	484	443	71	128	22	3	8	52	19		23	61	.289	.325	.406	.731	180		3	10	5
Robert Beier	139	535	461	53	124	32	1	2	40	10		64	48	.269	.359	.356	.715	164		2	6	2
Albert Stieglitz	118	440	395	31	99	21	2	4	51	0		33	64	.251	.307	.344	.652	136		2	4	6
Joseph Borrelli	103	392	339	42	92	14	3	3	42	0		47	56	.271	.366	.357	.723	121		4	1	1
John Hafenecker	93	373	351	43	90	18	2	1	25	11		16	34	.256	.286	.328	.613	115		0	2	4
Andy Gilbert	47	133	120	22	44	7	1	11	35	0		11	19	.367	.414	.717	1.130	86		0	0	2
George Kostelac	45	159	142	23	43	9	1	8	34	1		16	24	.303	.373	.549	.923	78		0	1	0
Curt Barclay	61	130	121	15	32	4	1	4	16	0		5	22	.264	.299	.413	.712	50		1	3	0
Will Prior	41	114	100	16	28	7	1	3	11	1		12	19	.280	.351	.460	.811	46		0	0	2
Alexander Murawski	38	76	67	6	19	2	0	0	6	0		6	14	.284	.342	.313	.656	21		0	3	0
Willie Kirkland	17	58	48	10	13	0	2	2	7	0		8	14	.271	.368	.479	.848	23		0	1	1
Daniel Toma	21	63	60	6	9	1	1	0	7	1		3	5	.150	.190	.200	.390	12		0	0	0
Donald Mireau	9	27	27		8									.296	.296	.296	.593	8
Marshall Bridges	15	41	38	4	8	2	0	1	5	0		2	8	.211	.250	.342	.592	13		0	1	0
Bob Reich	39	27	24	4	6	0	1	0	0	0		1	4	.250	.280	.333	.613	8		0	2	0
James Mazzola	34	52	43	5	6	0	0	0	0	0		6	23	.140	.245	.140	.384	6		0	3	0
Nels Hoerner	29	28	25	1	5	0	0	0	2	0		1	7	.200	.231	.200	.431	5		0	2	0
Arthur Rosser	35	32	28	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		1	10	.179	.207	.179	.385	5		0	3	0
Russell Hiltunen	9	7	7		2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
Kelly Searcy	6	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Earl Hemberger	10	8	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	.125	.125	.250	.375	2		0	0	0
Richard Messner	10	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	.125	.125	.250	.375	2		0	0	0
John Brady	24	29	26	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	15	.038	.107	.038	.146	1		0	1	0
Ramon Rivera	3	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Fitzgerald	6	8	8		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Lefever	2	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Charles Menke	22	43	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	22	.000	.073	.000	.073	0		1	2	0
Totals	1495	5050	4511	594	1219	235	31	75	525	82	0	422	640	.270	.333	.386	.719	1741	0	17	67	33	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joseph Borrelli	1B	100	818	58	24	85	.973	8.760
Andy Gilbert	1B	32	226	14	6	15	.976	7.500
Robert Beier	2B	139	353	352	26	86	.964	5.072
Ozzie Virgil	3B	127	179	264	21	22	.955	3.488
Daniel Toma	3B	10	8	21	2	2	.935	2.900
Albert Stieglitz	C	116	632	70	12	6	.983	6.052	23
Will Prior	C	34	145	9	1	4	.994	4.529	4
Bob Smith	OF	135	243	14	5	1	.981	1.904
Gordie Windhorn	OF	112	205	11	8	5	.964	1.929
John Hafenecker	OF	88	186	12	5	4	.975	2.250
George Kostelac	OF	34	39	6	5	2	.900	1.324
Willie Kirkland	OF	16	20	6	2	0	.929	1.625
Bob Reich	P	39	7	18	4	0	.862	.641
Alexander Murawski	P	36	10	26	1	4	.973	1.000
Curt Barclay	P	35	21	62	1	5	.988	2.371
Arthur Rosser	P	33	6	16	1	2	.957	.667
James Mazzola	P	33	9	44	1	2	.981	1.606
Nels Hoerner	P	29	5	15	2	1	.909	.690
John Brady	P	24	4	16	0	0	1.000	.833
Charles Menke	P	22	7	10	2	0	.895	.773
Richard Messner	P	10	2	6	0	1	1.000	.800
Russell Hiltunen	P	9						.000
Kelly Searcy	P	6						.000
John Fitzgerald	P	6						.000
Andrew Mascia	P	4						.000
Earl Hemberger	P	1						.000
Melvin Collins	SS	129	208	419	30	85	.954	4.860
Ozzie Virgil	SS	11	22	23	2	5	.957	4.091
Totals		1370	3355	1492	161	337	.968	3.538	27	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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