1954 Douglas Trojans Statistics

Georgia State League (GSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 85-45
Finished 2nd in the GSL
Manager: Chuck Bledsoe (85-45)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Douglas, Georgia
Ballpark: Municipal Park
Attendance: 35,589, Avg. 548

1954 Douglas Trojans Roster

Playoffs - Douglas Trojans 4 games, Dublin Irish 3
Finals - Vidalia Indians 4 games, Douglas Trojans 0

The Douglas Trojans of the Georgia State League ended the 1954 season with a record of 85 wins and 45 losses, finishing second in the GSL.

The Trojans led the league with 954 runs, ignited by 105 home runs. Douglas allowed 641 runs. Van Davis walloped 31 home runs for the team, while James Robinette and Buddy Gilbert swatted 15 or more, too. Van Davis recorded 135 runs batted in. Jack Bossard paced all regular hitters by hitting .360. Theodore Rustin topped the squad with 20 wins, plus Bill Green, too added 15 or more wins, too Bill Green recorded a 2.37 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Buddy Gilbert played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Douglas Trojans to do so.

Chuck Bledsoe 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
Theodore Rustin	20	8	.714	4.04	33	29		20	1		243.0	262	132	109	15	86		159	10	0	11
Bill Green	16	10	.615	2.37	34	26		19	4		228.0	157	76	60	5	100		218	13	1	7
Jack Wells	11	4	.733	2.81	19	16		12	1		141.0	140	65	44	8	40		65	5	1	3
Vincent Monaco	11	4	.733	4.25	15	13		10	1		106.0	105	63	50	4	54		81	3	1	3
John Jackson	6	0	1.000		6						0.0
Manuel Garcia	5	3	.625	4.81	15	6		2	0		58.0	54	34	31	9	38		43	3	0	5
Richard Wright	3	1	.750	3.75	8	3		2	0		48.0	54	24	20	2	19		26	3	0	0
Joe Wrona	3	2	.600		10						0.0
Dan Bumstead	2	0	1.000		4						0.0
Howard Whitson	2	1	.667		9						0.0
Pete Gibson	2	1	.667		9						0.0
Richard Meder	2	3	.400	6.30	14	4		2	0		50.0	62	45	35	7	24		31	3	0	3
George McLeod	2	4	.333	7.39	17	11		3	0		67.0	67	60	55	3	73		38	10	0	6
Richard Roth	0	0			1						0.0
Mike Whitzer	0	0			1						0.0
Chuck Bledsoe	0	0			1						0.0
Anthony Peale	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Marvin Bastion	0	1	.000		6						0.0
Jay Bradberry	0	2	.000		3						0.0
Totals	85	45	.654	3.86	206	108	0	70	7	0	941.0	901	499	404	53	434	0	661	50	3	38	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
Buddy Gilbert	130	620	516	134	173	34	10	16	96	14		86	105	.335	.429	.533	.962	275		2	11	5
Jack Bossard	100	482	431	107	155	33	4	9	65	18		36	17	.360	.412	.517	.929	223		5	6	4
Robert Hock	128	558	499	74	150	27	1	0	63	5		44	43	.301	.355	.359	.714	179		0	12	3
Van Davis	123	592	453	120	146	24	3	31	135	4		129	74	.322	.472	.594	1.066	269		4	1	5
Chuck Bledsoe	122	541	472	99	138	19	1	7	82	30		54	46	.292	.361	.381	.743	180		1	7	7
Lester Crouch	116	563	465	106	131	16	9	8	69	20		86	55	.282	.395	.406	.802	189		4	4	4
James Robinette	83	387	339	75	102	14	3	17	91	4		42	53	.301	.377	.510	.887	173		0	5	1
Haven Schmidt	83	290	264	48	80	15	4	7	52	3		18	59	.303	.352	.470	.822	124		3	3	2
Bob Decker	69	327	259	59	78	16	3	1	35	8		57	26	.301	.425	.398	.823	103		2	5	4
Vincent Monaco	76	277	244	37	58	6	0	5	46	3		24	34	.238	.307	.324	.630	79		2	3	4
Joe Daidone	33	162	128	25	27	7	0	0	20	3		31	20	.211	.364	.266	.630	34		1	0	2
Ira West	23	98	91	10	21	2	0	2	12	0		4	23	.231	.265	.319	.584	29		1	0	2
Theodore Rustin	34	106	89	14	19	3	0	0	7	0		11	21	.213	.308	.247	.555	22		2	2	2
Bill Green	39	100	78	12	14	1	1	0	13	0		19	29	.179	.347	.218	.565	17		1	2	0
Jack Wells	24	71	67	5	11	2	0	0	1	4		4	11	.164	.211	.194	.405	13		0	0	0
Richard Wright	11	38	37	3	8	2	0	0	1	0		1	10	.216	.237	.270	.507	10		0	0	0
James Holley	10	46	39	6	8	0	1	0	7	1		7	10	.205	.326	.256	.582	10		0	0	0
Howard Whitson	9	16	16		6									.375	.375	.375	.750	6
Richard Meder	14	19	16	3	5	1	0	0	0	0		2	2	.312	.389	.375	.764	6		0	1	0
Edward Miller	9	35	35		5									.143	.143	.143	.286	5
Manuel Garcia	16	26	24	1	4	0	0	0	5	0		0	11	.167	.160	.167	.327	4		0	1	1
George McLeod	19	29	29	4	4	0	0	2	2	0		0	16	.138	.138	.345	.483	10		0	0	0
Dan Bumstead	4	7	7		3									.429	.429	.429	.857	3
Pete Gibson	9	15	15		3									.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Joe Wrona	10	17	14	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	5	.143	.250	.214	.464	3		0	1	0
John Jackson	7	18	18		2									.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Anthony Peale	1	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Jay Bradberry	3	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
James Smith	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Mike Whitzer	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Marvin Bastion	6	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1313	5454	4659	944	1355	223	40	105	802	117	0	657	670	.291	.378	.423	.802	1973	0	28	64	46	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Van Davis	1B	123	985	62	15	93	.986	8.512
Lester Crouch	2B	61	155	155	15	42	.954	5.082
Bob Decker	2B	37	81	96	9	18	.952	4.784
Joe Daidone	2B	33	70	88	13	17	.924	4.788
Bob Decker	3B	35	37	50	15	9	.853	2.486
Lester Crouch	3B	33	39	44	13	3	.865	2.515
Ira West	3B	23	23	42	5	1	.929	2.826
Chuck Bledsoe	3B	19	26	31	5	5	.919	3.000
Vincent Monaco	3B	10	14	7	3	2	.875	2.100
James Holley	3B	10	5	20	2	1	.926	2.500
Chuck Bledsoe	C	86	586	43	8	5	.987	7.314	8
Haven Schmidt	C	53	329	24	10	5	.972	6.660	12
Buddy Gilbert	OF	130	299	9	14	2	.957	2.369
Robert Hock	OF	127	191	5	10	0	.951	1.543
James Robinette	OF	80	122	5	9	1	.934	1.588
Vincent Monaco	OF	40	53	7	1	2	.984	1.500
Haven Schmidt	OF	16	18	0	4	0	.818	1.125
Bill Green	P	34	11	25	4	3	.900	1.059
Theodore Rustin	P	33	15	43	8	4	.879	1.758
Jack Wells	P	19	4	18	2	0	.917	1.158
George McLeod	P	17	3	12	2	0	.882	.882
Vincent Monaco	P	15	7	21	2	1	.933	1.867
Manuel Garcia	P	15	3	7	1	1	.909	.667
Richard Meder	P	13	3	7	1	1	.909	.769
Joe Wrona	P	10	0	6	1	0	.857	.600
Howard Whitson	P	9						.000
Pete Gibson	P	9						.000
Richard Wright	P	8						.000
John Jackson	P	6						.000
Marvin Bastion	P	6						.000
Dan Bumstead	P	4						.000
Jay Bradberry	P	3						.000
Mike Whitzer	P	1						.000
Richard Roth	P	1						.000
Anthony Peale	P	1						.000
Chuck Bledsoe	P	1						.000
Jack Bossard	SS	93	188	287	40	59	.922	5.108
Lester Crouch	SS	25	46	67	11	6	.911	4.520
Chuck Bledsoe	SS	18	28	57	11	12	.885	4.722
Totals		1257	3341	1238	234	293	.951	3.643	20	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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