1954 Hot Springs Bathers Statistics

Cotton States League (CSL) - Class: C
Team Record: 35-84
Finished 6th in the CSL
Manager: Paul Dean (0-0), Jackie Bales (0-0), Louis Lukasiuk (0-0), Jackie Bales (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Hot Springs, Arkansas
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 24,245, Avg. 407

1954 Hot Springs Bathers Roster

The Hot Springs Bathers of the Cotton States League ended the 1954 season with a record of 35 wins and 84 losses, finishing sixth in the CSL.

The Bathers plated 606 runs and yielded 896 runs, most in the circuit. Jackie Bales paced Hot Springs with 16 home runs Stephen Korfonta accounted for 93 RBI. Franklin Cooper topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .306 clip. John Hreljac led the team with 7 wins and a team-best 6.5 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Joe Scott played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Hot Springs Bathers to do so.

Paul Dean, Jackie Bales, Louis Lukasiuk and Jackie Bales 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
John Hreljac	7	13	.350	6.50	29	19		10	0		162.0	201	151	117	15	97		63	4	0	6
Jim Hicks	6	9	.400	6.51	16	13		10	0		105.0	129	88	76	12	48		68	2	0	6
Nelson Campver	4	4	.500	6.17	15	6		0	0		54.0	70	45	37	2	35		17	1	0	2
Alex Ronay	4	8	.333	5.44	17	9		6	0		81.0	105	73	49	6	51		43	0	1	4
Kenneth Siefert	3	6	.333	7.15	16	8		2	0		73.0	111	79	58	16	42		30	0	0	1
Al Long	3	7	.300	4.50	15	9		6	0		84.0	81	61	42	5	58		30	1	1	4
Willie Mitchell	2	2	.500		6						0.0
Edward White	2	7	.222	4.71	12	10		8	1		84.0	87	55	44	11	41		38	2	1	2
Raymond Glaser	1	6	.143	7.01	16	11		3	0		68.0	72	65	53	15	52		39	4	0	4
Vance Byrd	1	10	.091	5.68	15	11		8	0		95.0	106	81	60	11	51		64	1	0	7
James Dupuy					10						0.0
Laurence Kelcher	0	0			6						0.0
Totals	33	72	.314	5.99	173	96	0	53	1	0	806.0	962	698	536	93	475	0	392	15	3	36	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
Franklin Cooper	120	533	434	86	133	31	3	3	64	6		91	42	.306	.429	.412	.841	179		2	6
Stephen Korfonta	115	497	434	74	128	24	5	9	93	10		58	22	.295	.381	.435	.816	189		2	3
James Miller	110	479	411	72	117	17	2	12	64	7		62	95	.285	.382	.423	.806	174		3	3
Leon Akers	118	552	421	90	96	14	8	4	36	14		121	120	.228	.406	.328	.734	138		5	5
Jackie Bales	76	256	226	32	52	5	0	16	50	0		28	39	.230	.318	.465	.782	105		1	1
Thomas Burks	58	216	195	19	49	6	3	1	15	2		15	35	.251	.305	.328	.633	64		0	6
Howard Bolton	68	258	215	35	41	7	3	1	18	1		40	51	.191	.318	.265	.583	57		0	3
Jack Bridges	41	165	150	16	38	10	0	0	17	3		14	18	.253	.317	.320	.637	48		0	1
Ed Olsen	54	215	189	22	38	8	0	0	23	3		23	40	.201	.288	.243	.531	46		0	3
Conrad Dettling	37	150	138	19	34	6	0	2	23	1		8	16	.246	.297	.333	.631	46		2	2
Robert Adcock	32	139	112	21	23	3	2	4	18	2		27	16	.205	.360	.375	.735	42		0	0
John Parker	32	123	119	6	23	1	1	0	11	0		1	17	.193	.207	.218	.425	26		1	2
Jerry Ledwidge	38	156	125	19	23	4	3	1	22	7		30	29	.184	.342	.288	.630	36		0	1
Gene Wyatt	32	108	86	14	21	4	0	2	18	3		21	28	.244	.393	.360	.753	31		0	1
John Hreljac	31	81	71	10	15	1	2	0	4	4		7	14	.211	.282	.282	.564	20		0	3
Vance Byrd	33	110	104	10	14	2	0	2	7	3		5	28	.135	.174	.212	.386	22		0	1
Kenneth Siefert	17	36	34	6	10	1	0	0	5	0		2	7	.294	.333	.324	.657	11		0	0
James Scott	6	25	25		8									.320	.320	.320	.640	8
Raymond Glaser	17	28	20	3	5	1	0	0	3	0		6	3	.250	.423	.300	.723	6		0	2
Robert Halkard	9	30	30		5									.167	.167	.167	.333	5
Stewart Riles	5	13	13		4									.308	.308	.308	.615	4
Alex Ronay	20	35	29	4	4	1	0	1	5	0		5	11	.138	.286	.276	.562	8		1	0
Edward White	13	29	29	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	12	.138	.138	.138	.276	4		0	0
Charles Rosa	8	23	23		3									.130	.130	.130	.261	3
Al Long	15	33	25	3	3	1	0	0	2	0		8	11	.120	.333	.160	.493	4		0	0
Henry Walters	3	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Joe Scott	2	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Uvoyd Reynolds	5	11	11		2									.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Nelson Campver	15	24	20	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		4	7	.100	.250	.100	.350	2		0	0
Jim Hicks	16	43	36	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		6	21	.056	.190	.056	.246	2		0	1
Laurence Kelcher	6	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Willie Mitchell	7	11	11		1									.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Robert Blackard	5	13	13		1									.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Ray Verble	1	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1165	4422	3779	566	904	147	32	58	501	66	0	582	682	.239	.343	.341	.684	1289	0	17	44	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Conrad Dettling	1B	37	270	28	11	17	.964	8.054
John Parker	1B	32	233	25	3	10	.989	8.062
Ed Olsen	1B	26	179	25	4	15	.981	7.846
Jackie Bales	1B	13	79	14	1	10	.989	7.154
Leon Akers	2B	118	292	296	33	56	.947	4.983
Franklin Cooper	3B	30	65	43	4	4	.964	3.600
Ed Olsen	3B	25	31	41	15	5	.828	2.880
Vance Byrd	3B	14	12	20	7	7	.821	2.286
Howard Bolton	C	62	269	43	14	5	.957	5.032	11
Jackie Bales	C	51	255	22	10	5	.965	5.431	5
Stephen Korfonta	OF	107	242	16	12	0	.956	2.411
Franklin Cooper	OF	81	189	9	4	1	.980	2.444
Thomas Burks	OF	47	94	3	3	0	.970	2.064
Jerry Ledwidge	OF	36	98	7	2	1	.981	2.917
Jack Bridges	OF	36	72	3	1	1	.987	2.083
Robert Adcock	OF	31	84	7	3	0	.968	2.935
Gene Wyatt	OF	24	62	4	0	0	1.000	2.750
John Hreljac	P	29	6	21	4	1	.871	.931
Alex Ronay	P	17	6	23	1	0	.967	1.706
Kenneth Siefert	P	16	4	6	2	0	.833	.625
Jim Hicks	P	16	4	16	0	0	1.000	1.250
Raymond Glaser	P	16	3	11	0	0	1.000	.875
Al Long	P	15	5	18	1	1	.958	1.533
Nelson Campver	P	15	1	10	1	0	.917	.733
Vance Byrd	P	15	5	11	2	0	.889	1.067
Edward White	P	12	6	8	2	2	.875	1.167
James Dupuy	P	10						.000
Willie Mitchell	P	6						.000
Laurence Kelcher	P	6						.000
James Miller	SS	101	209	253	58	44	.888	4.574
Franklin Cooper	SS	12	18	27	2	0	.957	3.750
Totals		1056	2793	1010	200	185	.950	3.601	16	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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