1954 Fayetteville Highlanders Statistics
Team Record: 86-51
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Hugh Taylor (0-0), Aaron Robinson (0-0)
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Pittman Stadium
Attendance: 74,304, Avg. 1,085
Playoffs - Fayetteville Highlanders 3 games, Durham Bulls 1
Finals - Fayetteville Highlanders 4 games, Burlington-Graham Pirates 1
The Fayetteville Highlanders of the Carolina League ended the 1954 season with a record of 86 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Highlanders scored 733 runs and yielded 615 runs. James Pokel walloped 38 home runs for Fayetteville, and Jack Hussey added 15 or more, too. Jack Hussey drove in 115 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .322. Albert Cleary led the team with 18 wins, while Jim Foxworth, too contributed 15 or more wins, too Claude Voiselle registered a 3.09 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Aaron Robinson played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Fayetteville Highlanders to do so.
Hugh Taylor and Aaron Robinson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Cleary | 18 | 6 | .750 | 4.08 | 34 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 212.0 | 197 | 105 | 96 | 17 | 93 | 161 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Jim Foxworth | 17 | 7 | .708 | 3.45 | 38 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 219.0 | 202 | 91 | 84 | 16 | 72 | 123 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Claude Voiselle | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.09 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 134.0 | 148 | 61 | 46 | 8 | 38 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Harry Helmer | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.86 | 33 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 189.0 | 194 | 93 | 81 | 11 | 90 | 110 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Arthur Raynor | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.73 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 94.0 | 101 | 46 | 39 | 8 | 33 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Frank Sulkowski | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.72 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 80.0 | 97 | 46 | 42 | 9 | 27 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Cole Jacobs | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salvador Massa | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.89 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 59 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Kenneth Deal | 21 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 71 | 36 | .664 | 3.82 | 211 | 111 | 0 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 974.0 | 998 | 474 | 413 | 74 | 373 | 0 | 587 | 25 | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Lyons | 135 | 644 | 523 | 108 | 165 | 30 | 1 | 8 | 53 | 9 | 104 | 37 | .315 | .433 | .423 | .856 | 221 | 6 | 9 | 2 | |||
| Arthur Jacobs | 137 | 622 | 530 | 96 | 146 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 16 | 67 | 37 | .275 | .365 | .360 | .726 | 191 | 9 | 14 | 2 | |||
| Jack Hussey | 123 | 523 | 404 | 91 | 130 | 24 | 2 | 32 | 115 | 4 | 111 | 84 | .322 | .473 | .629 | 1.102 | 254 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||
| James Pokel | 115 | 507 | 432 | 87 | 128 | 19 | 1 | 38 | 103 | 2 | 69 | 102 | .296 | .395 | .609 | 1.004 | 263 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Dewey Benson | 94 | 374 | 327 | 51 | 126 | 31 | 3 | 9 | 72 | 1 | 44 | 33 | .385 | .457 | .581 | 1.038 | 190 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Bill Fowler | 118 | 468 | 415 | 66 | 112 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 5 | 46 | 32 | .270 | .347 | .376 | .723 | 156 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Rudy Tanner | 100 | 445 | 404 | 51 | 107 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 55 | 5 | 27 | 29 | .265 | .316 | .386 | .702 | 156 | 4 | 8 | 2 | |||
| Gus Montalbano | 109 | 447 | 383 | 61 | 105 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 72 | 5 | 57 | 57 | .274 | .367 | .449 | .816 | 172 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Hiram Gonzalez | 35 | 170 | 145 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 21 | 12 | .262 | .355 | .379 | .735 | 55 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Gene Stewart | 35 | 147 | 129 | 13 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 11 | .271 | .356 | .364 | .721 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jim Foxworth | 57 | 120 | 111 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .189 | .216 | .261 | .477 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Albert Cleary | 36 | 97 | 79 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 25 | .215 | .340 | .316 | .657 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Aaron Robinson | 26 | 73 | 61 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 8 | .262 | .384 | .361 | .744 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Blue | 20 | 39 | 36 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .306 | .359 | .333 | .692 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Brookshire | 20 | 81 | 68 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 19 | .162 | .275 | .206 | .481 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| John Sykes | 33 | 66 | 55 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .182 | .318 | .182 | .500 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harry Helmer | 39 | 74 | 61 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | .115 | .239 | .115 | .354 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Arthur Raynor | 17 | 40 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .189 | .278 | .467 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Claude Voiselle | 25 | 56 | 51 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .118 | .151 | .196 | .347 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| William Romano | 10 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .217 | .357 | .348 | .705 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Sulkowski | 23 | 34 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .156 | .182 | .281 | .463 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Salvador Massa | 18 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Cole Jacobs | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1332 | 5070 | 4319 | 707 | 1208 | 221 | 23 | 129 | 649 | 53 | 0 | 633 | 596 | .280 | .375 | .431 | .806 | 1862 | 0 | 36 | 68 | 14 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Pokel | 1B | 84 | 753 | 35 | 9 | 61 | .989 | 9.381 | ||||
| Gene Stewart | 1B | 35 | 363 | 26 | 5 | 25 | .987 | 11.114 | ||||
| Jack Hussey | 1B | 20 | 149 | 11 | 1 | 13 | .994 | 8.000 | ||||
| Robert Lyons | 2B | 135 | 310 | 386 | 19 | 75 | .973 | 5.156 | ||||
| Arthur Jacobs | 3B | 137 | 145 | 267 | 20 | 16 | .954 | 3.007 | ||||
| Bill Fowler | C | 62 | 300 | 35 | 6 | 1 | .982 | 5.403 | 9 | |||
| Aaron Robinson | C | 19 | 92 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 5.316 | 3 | |||
| Rudy Tanner | OF | 99 | 198 | 14 | 9 | 1 | .959 | 2.141 | ||||
| Jack Hussey | OF | 99 | 141 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .956 | 1.525 | ||||
| Dewey Benson | OF | 87 | 181 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .979 | 2.172 | ||||
| Bill Fowler | OF | 56 | 133 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .972 | 2.518 | ||||
| Hiram Gonzalez | OF | 35 | 78 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 2.286 | ||||
| James Pokel | OF | 31 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .942 | 1.581 | ||||
| Jim Foxworth | OF | 13 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| John Sykes | OF | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Jim Foxworth | P | 38 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 3 | .938 | 1.184 | ||||
| Albert Cleary | P | 34 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .914 | .941 | ||||
| Harry Helmer | P | 33 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 1.424 | ||||
| Claude Voiselle | P | 25 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .560 | ||||
| Frank Sulkowski | P | 22 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .500 | ||||
| Kenneth Deal | P | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Salvador Massa | P | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Arthur Raynor | P | 14 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.929 | ||||
| Cole Jacobs | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gus Montalbano | SS | 108 | 194 | 350 | 27 | 64 | .953 | 5.037 | ||||
| Joe Brookshire | SS | 20 | 31 | 56 | 6 | 5 | .935 | 4.350 | ||||
| Totals | 1261 | 3182 | 1358 | 140 | 276 | .970 | 3.600 | 12 | 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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