1954 Dothan Rebels Statistics
Team Record: 72-53
Finished 1st in the AAL
Manager: Ray Wilson (72-53)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Dothan, Alabama
Ballpark: Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 38,050, Avg. 609
Playoffs - Dothan Rebels 4 games, Fort Walton Beach Jets 2
Finals - Graceville Oilers 4 games, Dothan Rebels 3
The Dothan Rebels of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1954 season with a record of 72 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the AAL.
The Rebels surrendered 673 runs, least in the league. Dothan tallied 789 runs. Jimmie Cantrell paced all regular hitters with a .326 average. Spencer Davis earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad and a team-best 2.83 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Tom Patton played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Dothan Rebels to do so.
Ray Wilson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Davis | 23 | 4 | .852 | 2.83 | 31 | 24 | 242.0 | 215 | 98 | 76 | 1 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Arthur Shockley | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.50 | 36 | 18 | 198.0 | 198 | 111 | 77 | 7 | 95 | ||||||||||
| Charles Vowels | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.99 | 30 | 21 | 139.0 | 127 | 95 | 77 | 9 | 108 | ||||||||||
| Kedy Curl | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.15 | 18 | 16 | 104.0 | 91 | 58 | 48 | 7 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Dwight Tucker | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.14 | 30 | 11 | 124.0 | 139 | 80 | 57 | 3 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Richard Hicks | 4 | 4 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ted Burgess | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lelius Waddell | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walter Robinson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Gatzman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hugh Coy | 1 | 4 | .200 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Shannon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Schieffer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pete Jeczesko | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Camden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Wilson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Catchot | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 46 | .600 | 3.74 | 206 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 807.0 | 770 | 442 | 335 | 27 | 435 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Wilson | 120 | 425 | 425 | 137 | 23 | 5 | 7 | .322 | .322 | .449 | .772 | 191 | |||||||||||
| Jimmie Cantrell | 104 | 386 | 386 | 126 | 19 | 3 | 6 | .326 | .326 | .438 | .764 | 169 | |||||||||||
| Tom Patton | 113 | 400 | 400 | 122 | 18 | 6 | 9 | .305 | .305 | .448 | .752 | 179 | |||||||||||
| Glenn Butler | 107 | 401 | 401 | 115 | 19 | 5 | 13 | .287 | .287 | .456 | .743 | 183 | |||||||||||
| Donald Camden | 124 | 470 | 470 | 115 | 13 | 5 | 3 | .245 | .245 | .313 | .557 | 147 | |||||||||||
| Donald Catchot | 109 | 420 | 420 | 112 | 14 | 7 | 5 | .267 | .267 | .369 | .636 | 155 | |||||||||||
| John Fafara | 89 | 330 | 330 | 75 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .227 | .227 | .297 | .524 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Spencer Davis | 67 | 195 | 195 | 57 | 5 | 5 | 5 | .292 | .292 | .446 | .738 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Richard Shannon | 35 | 122 | 122 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .303 | .303 | .402 | .705 | 49 | |||||||||||
| John Thornell | 23 | 73 | 73 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .356 | .616 | 26 | |||||||||||
| George Husted | 36 | 116 | 116 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .129 | .129 | .181 | .310 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Dick Wieder | 19 | 61 | 61 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .279 | .508 | 17 | |||||||||||
| John Riddle | 14 | 48 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .354 | .604 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Charles Vowels | 35 | 59 | 59 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .203 | .254 | .458 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Dwight Tucker | 39 | 73 | 73 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .164 | .164 | .178 | .342 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Shockley | 37 | 71 | 71 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .155 | .155 | .155 | .310 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Wilburn Moss | 12 | 39 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .333 | .564 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Richard Hicks | 17 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .320 | .320 | .360 | .680 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Chet DiEmidio | 19 | 56 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .161 | .304 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Lelius Waddell | 12 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .333 | .611 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Delmer Heck | 12 | 31 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .194 | .355 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Walter Robinson | 14 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .308 | .308 | .692 | 1.000 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Albert Morris | 10 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .120 | .160 | .280 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Coy | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Kedy Curl | 18 | 36 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 2 | |||||||||||
| John Schieffer | 2 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Gatzman | 3 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Eugene Poepsel | 3 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Pete Jeczesko | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Curtis Douglas | 7 | 21 | 21 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Huggins | 9 | 36 | 36 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Snowden Harrell | 1 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ted Burgess | 8 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1231 | 3999 | 3999 | 0 | 1037 | 148 | 50 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .360 | .619 | 1438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Shockley | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Vowels | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Dwight Tucker | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Kedy Curl | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Walter Robinson | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Hugh Coy | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Hicks | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Lelius Waddell | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Burgess | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| George Gatzman | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| John Schieffer | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Jeczesko | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 169 | 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.
