1954 Evansville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 81-54
Finished 1st in the IIIL
Manager: Bob Coleman (81-54)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 71,691, Avg. 1,062
Playoffs - Peoria Chiefs 3 games, Evansville Braves 1
The Evansville Braves of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1954 season with a record of 81 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the IIIL.
The Braves conceded 587 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Evansville tallied 699 runs. Bill Wells paced the squad with 21 home runs Earl Hersh and Mike Krsnich each recorded 84 runs batted in. Bobby Malkmus led all regular batters by connecting at a .295 clip. Ray Rippelmeyer topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.91 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1954 Evansville Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Al Spangler, Mike Krsnich, Ray Rippelmeyer, Johnny Goryl, Earl Hersh and Bobby Malkmus.
Bob Coleman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Rippelmeyer | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2.91 | 30 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 204.0 | 190 | 90 | 66 | 9 | 94 | 104 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Frederick Vogel | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.16 | 32 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 174.0 | 143 | 76 | 61 | 13 | 95 | 124 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bill Roland | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.33 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 165.0 | 138 | 72 | 61 | 9 | 91 | 148 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Larry Burgess | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.89 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 148.0 | 136 | 75 | 64 | 8 | 90 | 104 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Rudolph Fortin | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.76 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 79.0 | 71 | 41 | 33 | 2 | 37 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Jack Ritter | 5 | 1 | .833 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Oehling | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.80 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 90.0 | 89 | 44 | 38 | 9 | 23 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mel Himes | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Denney | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.17 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 87.0 | 86 | 58 | 50 | 10 | 63 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Ray Lague | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Edinger | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Hockenbury | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.46 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 51 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 41 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Millard Grissom | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Benjamin Bonine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Asmussen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Player | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Skip Pope | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stan Slack | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 54 | .600 | 3.52 | 263 | 117 | 0 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 1023.0 | 922 | 490 | 400 | 61 | 546 | 0 | 665 | 23 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Malkmus | 129 | 578 | 522 | 94 | 154 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 11 | 42 | 54 | .295 | .346 | .420 | .766 | 219 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |||
| Mike Krsnich | 132 | 555 | 488 | 70 | 140 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 84 | 3 | 49 | 43 | .287 | .353 | .426 | .779 | 208 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Earl Hersh | 94 | 406 | 354 | 67 | 123 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 84 | 4 | 48 | 61 | .347 | .427 | .565 | .992 | 200 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Johnny Turco | 80 | 384 | 343 | 63 | 105 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 33 | 37 | .306 | .370 | .388 | .758 | 133 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Bill Wells | 107 | 384 | 326 | 58 | 92 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 72 | 1 | 56 | 79 | .282 | .388 | .546 | .934 | 178 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Leonard Williams | 101 | 385 | 330 | 62 | 89 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 57 | 4 | 49 | 58 | .270 | .362 | .430 | .792 | 142 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Donald Damiano | 127 | 464 | 405 | 48 | 89 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 28 | 62 | .220 | .273 | .254 | .528 | 103 | 3 | 25 | 3 | |||
| Robert Stalker | 69 | 285 | 258 | 39 | 78 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 23 | 25 | .302 | .362 | .430 | .792 | 111 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Whitley | 79 | 343 | 278 | 52 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 57 | 42 | .245 | .378 | .335 | .712 | 93 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Al Spangler | 43 | 189 | 162 | 27 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 18 | .290 | .372 | .401 | .773 | 65 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Lou Soscia | 54 | 194 | 157 | 24 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 34 | 33 | .293 | .419 | .369 | .788 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Walter Peterson | 34 | 129 | 126 | 11 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .270 | .281 | .317 | .599 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rudy Johnson | 63 | 184 | 157 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 9 | .178 | .276 | .223 | .499 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Ray Rippelmeyer | 38 | 95 | 84 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .262 | .293 | .369 | .663 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Bill Robertson | 34 | 112 | 104 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 24 | .212 | .268 | .269 | .537 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Roland | 38 | 60 | 58 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .155 | .169 | .241 | .411 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Alfred Facchini | 9 | 36 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bill Denney | 21 | 39 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .162 | .205 | .270 | .475 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Burgess | 32 | 58 | 46 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .130 | .216 | .130 | .346 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Bill Hockenbury | 18 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .263 | .300 | .368 | .668 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Concannon | 21 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .227 | .292 | .227 | .519 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rudolph Fortin | 27 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .192 | .250 | .192 | .442 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Frank Oehling | 19 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .179 | .250 | .214 | .464 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Mel Himes | 15 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Millard Grissom | 7 | 12 | 12 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny Goryl | 10 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .160 | .250 | .160 | .410 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Frederick Vogel | 32 | 69 | 59 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | .068 | .141 | .068 | .208 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Charles Graham | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Skip Pope | 12 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Ballinger | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Stan Slack | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Philip Williams | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Pedro Alomar | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Lague | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Ritter | 7 | 12 | 12 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Edinger | 9 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Benjamin Bonine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Henry Asmussen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1490 | 5201 | 4563 | 689 | 1212 | 194 | 41 | 81 | 609 | 47 | 0 | 495 | 696 | .266 | .339 | .379 | .718 | 1731 | 0 | 26 | 87 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Whitley | 1B | 76 | 681 | 46 | 16 | 73 | .978 | 9.566 | ||||
| Earl Hersh | 1B | 57 | 463 | 27 | 6 | 64 | .988 | 8.596 | ||||
| Bobby Malkmus | 2B | 128 | 330 | 390 | 24 | 108 | .968 | 5.625 | ||||
| Mike Krsnich | 3B | 130 | 140 | 236 | 25 | 38 | .938 | 2.892 | ||||
| Bill Wells | C | 92 | 491 | 40 | 12 | 5 | .978 | 5.772 | 18 | |||
| Lou Soscia | C | 52 | 276 | 29 | 4 | 2 | .987 | 5.865 | 4 | |||
| Leonard Williams | OF | 83 | 132 | 10 | 10 | 3 | .934 | 1.711 | ||||
| Johnny Turco | OF | 80 | 213 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .978 | 2.812 | ||||
| Robert Stalker | OF | 66 | 98 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 1.636 | ||||
| Rudy Johnson | OF | 51 | 71 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .962 | 1.471 | ||||
| Al Spangler | OF | 43 | 77 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .964 | 1.860 | ||||
| Earl Hersh | OF | 36 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 1.889 | ||||
| Walter Peterson | OF | 32 | 64 | 8 | 4 | 3 | .947 | 2.250 | ||||
| Bill Robertson | OF | 24 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .953 | 1.708 | ||||
| Bill Roland | P | 38 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .857 | .632 | ||||
| Frederick Vogel | P | 32 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .750 | ||||
| Larry Burgess | P | 32 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 1.312 | ||||
| Ray Rippelmeyer | P | 30 | 16 | 47 | 6 | 5 | .913 | 2.100 | ||||
| Rudolph Fortin | P | 27 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .370 | ||||
| Bill Denney | P | 20 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 1 | .724 | 1.050 | ||||
| Frank Oehling | P | 18 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Bill Hockenbury | P | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .353 | ||||
| Mel Himes | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Don Edinger | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Ritter | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Lague | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stan Slack | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Skip Pope | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Millard Grissom | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Player | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Benjamin Bonine | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Henry Asmussen | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Damiano | SS | 127 | 223 | 389 | 38 | 86 | .942 | 4.819 | ||||
| Jack Concannon | SS | 17 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 5 | .929 | 1.529 | ||||
| Totals | 1357 | 3427 | 1380 | 177 | 407 | .964 | 3.542 | 22 | 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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