1954 Greenville Tigers Statistics

Cotton States League (CSL) - Class: C
Team Record: 80-39
Finished 1st in the CSL
Manager: Willis Hudlin (80-39)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Greenville, Mississippi
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park
Attendance: 48,372, Avg. 813

1954 Greenville Tigers Roster

Playoffs - Greenville Tigers 4 games, Monroe Sports 1
Finals - El Dorado Oilers 4 games, Greenville Tigers 2

The Greenville Tigers of the Cotton States League ended the 1954 season with a record of 80 wins and 39 losses, finishing first in the CSL.

The Tigers gave up 519 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Greenville plated 748 runs. Harry Martin paced the team with 23 home runs, while Allie Benza and William McDowell walloped 15 or more, too. Harry Martin drove in 99 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .337 clip. Jerry Dean led the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 1.8 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Ken Rowe played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Greenville Tigers to do so.

Willis Hudlin 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
Jerry Dean	15	2	.882	1.80	21	18		12	6		150.0	107	37	30	4	46		111	0	2	2
Robert Wiltse	12	4	.750	2.86	18	16		13	1		129.0	108	54	41	3	58		80	1	0	2
Johnie Venable	12	5	.706	3.84	30	21		10	1		143.0	109	83	61	5	117		112	2	1	11
Maurice Kelly	10	7	.588	2.88	34	18		8	1		172.0	153	76	55	7	74		98	7	0	4
Earl Castille	9	3	.750	3.63	25	11		4	1		104.0	97	58	42	6	65		61	2	0	6
James Gaines	8	4	.667	3.14	14	10		6	2		86.0	55	52	30	2	60		62	6	0	3
Paul Jones	5	2	.714	7.80	13	8		4	0		45.0	64	46	39	0	47		22	8	0	3
Ken Rowe	5	5	.500	3.82	17	9		4	0		73.0	52	38	31	2	74		45	4	0	2
Owen Dougherty	2	1	.667	5.09	14	3		0	0		46.0	38	30	26	1	42		21	0	0	2
Harold Renn	1	3	.250		12						0.0
William Reynolds	0	0			1						0.0
Ronald Simmons	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Totals	79	37	.681	3.37	200	114	0	61	12	0	948.0	783	474	355	30	583	0	612	30	3	35	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
Hugh Glaze	104	489	427	89	143	20	5	2	44	16		49	22	.335	.406	.419	.825	179		2	11
Frankie Shell	113	491	422	70	142	25	3	3	77	2		63	16	.336	.424	.431	.855	182		1	5
Harry Martin	102	451	401	105	135	25	11	23	99	27		43	101	.337	.402	.626	1.028	251		1	6
Dick Eaton	120	516	460	82	135	17	10	11	84	33		47	50	.293	.365	.446	.811	205		5	4
William McDowell	120	570	444	121	124	22	4	16	70	11		107	50	.279	.430	.455	.885	202		10	9
Allie Benza	116	492	426	73	117	27	4	16	81	8		59	77	.275	.368	.469	.838	200		4	3
Frank Radigan	120	502	453	59	112	22	9	2	67	11		34	58	.247	.303	.349	.651	158		2	13
Paul Griffith	91	361	289	64	78	5	2	0	26	29		64	29	.270	.409	.301	.710	87		4	4
Paul Jones	24	40	36	6	13	2	0	1	6	0		3	5	.361	.410	.500	.910	18		0	1
Edwin Grimsley	13	51	47	9	13	3	1	0	3	3		4	7	.277	.333	.383	.716	18		0	0
John Maroney	16	60	55	8	13	1	0	0	7	0		4	2	.236	.288	.255	.543	14		0	1
George Berry	22	78	61	9	13	1	0	3	14	0		15	19	.213	.377	.377	.754	23		1	1
Owen Dougherty	31	85	68	7	13	2	1	0	8	0		17	11	.191	.353	.250	.603	17		0	0
Maurice Kelly	38	69	64	7	12	1	2	0	0	0		1	19	.188	.200	.266	.466	17		0	4
Ken Rowe	18	30	27	2	9	0	0	0	4	0		1	8	.333	.357	.333	.690	9		0	2
James Gaines	15	38	36	5	8	2	1	1	7	0		0	9	.222	.222	.417	.639	15		0	2
Robert Wiltse	21	62	54	4	8	0	0	0	3	0		5	18	.148	.220	.148	.368	8		0	3
Fred Bell	8	24	24		6									.250	.250	.250	.500	6
Jerry Dean	21	64	51	5	6	1	0	0	4	0		8	24	.118	.237	.137	.375	7		0	5
Earl Castille	25	42	33	6	4	0	0	0	4	0		7	18	.121	.275	.121	.396	4		0	2
Johnie Venable	30	57	43	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		7	18	.070	.200	.070	.270	3		0	7
Harold Renn	12	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	.167	.167	.333	.500	2		0	0
Jess Bucy	3	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
William Reynolds	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Wirth	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1186	4591	3940	734	1109	177	53	78	608	140	0	538	563	.281	.372	.413	.785	1626	0	30	83	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dick Eaton	1B	120	923	63	19	108	.981	8.217
Hugh Glaze	2B	104	283	294	18	81	.970	5.548
Frank Radigan	2B	13	35	28	3	8	.955	4.846
Allie Benza	3B	116	133	241	30	31	.926	3.224
Frankie Shell	C	112	665	55	7	10	.990	6.429	12
William McDowell	OF	120	294	11	7	2	.978	2.542
Harry Martin	OF	100	191	8	16	3	.926	1.990
Paul Griffith	OF	85	132	13	5	3	.967	1.706
George Berry	OF	15	20	2	2	0	.917	1.467
Owen Dougherty	OF	13	18	1	2	1	.905	1.462
Edwin Grimsley	OF	12	30	4	3	1	.919	2.833
Maurice Kelly	P	34	11	30	2	2	.953	1.206
Johnie Venable	P	30	5	9	5	0	.737	.467
Earl Castille	P	25	4	11	1	1	.938	.600
Jerry Dean	P	21	2	19	1	2	.955	1.000
Robert Wiltse	P	18	2	24	3	1	.897	1.444
Ken Rowe	P	17	7	13	1	2	.952	1.176
James Gaines	P	14	6	13	4	0	.826	1.357
Owen Dougherty	P	14	1	7	0	0	1.000	.571
Paul Jones	P	13	9	13	2	0	.917	1.692
Harold Renn	P	12	1	6	0	0	1.000	.583
Ronald Simmons	P	1						.000
William Reynolds	P	1						.000
Frank Radigan	SS	105	172	200	34	61	.916	3.543
Totals		1115	2944	1065	165	317	.960	3.596	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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