1954 Elmira Pioneers Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 77-63
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Tommy Holmes (77-63)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 77,467, Avg. 1,107

1954 Elmira Pioneers Roster

Playoffs - Reading Indians 4 games, Elmira Pioneers 0

The Elmira Pioneers of the Eastern League ended the 1954 season with a record of 77 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the EL.

The Pioneers led the circuit with 607 runs. Elmira allowed 550 runs. Clyde Parris paced the team with 11 home runs and drove in 90 runs, while leading all regular batters by hitting .313. Tom Puehl topped the squad with 13 wins, and Walt Jasinski recorded a 2.35 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1954 Elmira Pioneers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Joe Pignatano, Gabe Gabler, Charley Hall, Clyde Parris, Tommy Holmes and Roger Craig.

Tommy Holmes 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
Tom Puehl	13	5	.722	2.82	34	20		7	0		182.0	156	71	57	6	85		100	2	2	2
Walt Jasinski	10	10	.500	2.35	31	23		12	4		180.0	186	59	47	6	51		60	2	1	0
Melvin Chaplin	9	8	.529	3.59	23	14		9	0		133.0	141	64	53	8	53		33	1	2	1
McKinley Mosley	9	13	.409	3.95	29	21		8	0		164.0	144	85	72	4	73		92	5	0	4
Edward Yasinski	8	5	.615	4.14	20	13		5	1		111.0	108	59	51	4	56		59	2	0	5
Douglas Gostlin	7	3	.700	2.57	25	8		1	0		70.0	58	25	20	0	45		46	3	0	4
Don Brate	6	3	.667	2.96	27	8		4	2		82.0	79	34	27	1	52		32	1	0	6
Henry Franklin	5	4	.556	3.30	15	9		3	1		71.0	63	36	26	1	39		27	0	1	1
Laban Dean	3	1	.750		6						0.0
Emerson Unzicker	3	3	.500	4.08	10	9		2	0		53.0	49	36	24	2	45		31	0	0	2
Joe Bielemeier	3	4	.429	2.50	37	2		1	0		72.0	58	25	20	1	17		30	0	0	0
Herb Banton	1	1	.500		2						0.0
Silas Ramsey	0	0			3						0.0
Salvatore Olivo	0	0			2						0.0
Roger Craig	0	0		9.00	3	1					2.0	4	6	2		2
Arthur Sheridan	0	3	.000		6						0.0
Totals	77	63	.550	3.21	273	128	0	52	8	0	1120.0	1046	500	399	33	518	0	510	16	6	25	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
Clyde Parris	133	572	504	65	158	40	11	11	90	2		55	74	.313	.383	.502	.885	253		4	5	4
Richard Raklovits	135	570	484	74	130	18	11	8	71	6		79	75	.269	.370	.401	.771	194		1	3	3
Gerald Didier	134	584	490	83	125	15	4	1	31	9		75	46	.255	.358	.308	.667	151		5	12	2
Pedro Almenares	123	489	456	63	124	26	3	9	57	4		22	37	.272	.308	.401	.709	183		3	5	3
Oscar Sardinas	109	418	360	51	106	21	7	3	43	2		50	48	.294	.383	.417	.800	150		3	3	2
Jim Koranda	119	457	392	64	96	18	7	10	63	2		58	91	.245	.342	.403	.745	158		1	4	2
Bobby Dolan	106	393	350	45	90	9	8	1	34	18		32	65	.257	.322	.337	.659	118		3	5	3
Joe Pignatano	118	408	335	47	83	10	9	2	51	6		61	52	.248	.362	.349	.712	117		1	8	3
Gabe Gabler	103	374	319	39	54	9	5	7	32	3		41	94	.169	.266	.295	.561	94		3	6	5
Lawrence Stankey	27	119	97	17	28	6	0	3	16	0		15	17	.289	.390	.443	.833	43		3	1	3
Salvatore Olivo	58	146	126	15	26	3	1	0	9	1		17	19	.206	.306	.246	.552	31		1	2	0
Dean Ehlers	53	148	128	8	24	2	1	0	10	1		15	20	.188	.277	.219	.496	28		2	0	3
Tom Puehl	34	71	66	8	17	2	0	0	3	0		2	6	.258	.279	.288	.567	19		0	3	0
Melvin Chaplin	24	52	50	5	10	1	0	0	4	0		1	14	.200	.216	.220	.436	11		0	1	0
Walt Jasinski	31	66	53	2	10	0	0	0	2	0		7	14	.189	.283	.189	.472	10		0	6	0
Charley Hall	14	27	24	3	8	0	1	0	3	0		1	2	.333	.370	.417	.787	10		1	0	1
Tommy Holmes	24	23	19	3	7	1	0	0	5	0		3	0	.368	.435	.421	.856	8		0	0	1
Henry Franklin	15	26	26	2	6	1	0	0	1	0		0	5	.231	.231	.269	.500	7		0	0	0
Edward Yasinski	20	36	33	3	6	0	0	0	1	0		3	14	.182	.250	.182	.432	6		0	0	0
Don Brate	28	31	26	0	4	0	0	0	2	0		4	5	.154	.267	.154	.421	4		0	1	0
McKinley Mosley	29	58	52	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	19	.077	.094	.077	.171	4		0	5	0
Herb Banton	2	6	6		3									.500	.500	.500	1.000	3
Emerson Unzicker	10	19	15	3	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	6	.200	.294	.267	.561	4		0	2	0
Kenneth Worley	4	13	13		2									.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Arthur Sheridan	7	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Laban Dean	6	14	14		1									.071	.071	.071	.143	1
Douglas Gostlin	26	19	16	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	6	.062	.167	.125	.292	2		0	1	0
Joe Bielemeier	37	19	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	.000	.059	.000	.059	0		0	2	0
Joe Kwiatkowski	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1531	5169	4481	604	1127	184	68	55	529	55	0	547	733	.252	.335	.360	.694	1612	0	31	75	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gabe Gabler	1B	100	815	69	16	84	.982	8.840
Lawrence Stankey	1B	27	247	18	10	29	.964	9.815
Jim Koranda	1B	18	117	10	3	10	.977	7.056
Gerald Didier	2B	131	288	340	20	91	.969	4.794
Richard Raklovits	2B	13	26	34	2	5	.968	4.615
Clyde Parris	3B	133	175	292	37	37	.927	3.511
Joe Pignatano	C	108	485	78	10	9	.983	5.213	7
Dean Ehlers	C	35	123	12	1	1	.993	3.857	0
Pedro Almenares	OF	118	253	6	15	0	.945	2.195
Oscar Sardinas	OF	105	182	9	5	2	.974	1.819
Jim Koranda	OF	102	227	21	11	6	.958	2.431
Richard Raklovits	OF	71	133	12	1	1	.993	2.042
Salvatore Olivo	OF	57	98	5	4	1	.963	1.807
Joe Bielemeier	P	37	2	13	0	1	1.000	.405
Tom Puehl	P	34	6	12	2	1	.900	.529
Walt Jasinski	P	31	18	37	1	2	.982	1.774
McKinley Mosley	P	29	9	31	1	1	.976	1.379
Don Brate	P	27	3	16	0	2	1.000	.704
Douglas Gostlin	P	25	5	9	2	0	.875	.560
Melvin Chaplin	P	23	5	31	2	0	.947	1.565
Edward Yasinski	P	20	8	9	1	0	.944	.850
Henry Franklin	P	15	5	8	0	0	1.000	.867
Emerson Unzicker	P	10	5	18	0	3	1.000	2.300
Arthur Sheridan	P	6						.000
Laban Dean	P	6						.000
Silas Ramsey	P	3						.000
Roger Craig	P	3						.000
Salvatore Olivo	P	2						.000
Herb Banton	P	2						.000
Bobby Dolan	SS	96	198	257	36	58	.927	4.740
Richard Raklovits	SS	53	82	147	11	26	.954	4.321
Totals		1440	3515	1494	191	370	.963	3.478	7	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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