1954 High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 66-73
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Tommy Reis (0-0), Don Padgett (0-0), Tommy Reis (0-0), Fred Lanifero (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: High Point, North Carolina; Thomasville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Finch Field, Finch Field
Attendance: 65,403, Avg. 941
1954 High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms RosterTeam Record: 66-73
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Tommy Reis (0-0), Don Padgett (0-0), Tommy Reis (0-0), Fred Lanifero (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: High Point, North Carolina; Thomasville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Finch Field, Finch Field
Attendance: 65,403, Avg. 941
The High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms of the Carolina League ended the 1954 season with a record of 66 wins and 73 losses, finishing sixth in the CL.
The Hi-Toms scored 695 runs and allowed 731 runs. Noah Goode, Don Stafford and Lou Foust paced High with 17 home runs apiece. Noah Goode drove in 71 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .335 average. Norman Bell led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.33 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Tommy Reis and Woody Rich both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Tommy Reis, Don Padgett, Tommy Reis and Fred Lanifero 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Bell | 15 | 13 | .536 | 3.33 | 38 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 208.0 | 225 | 116 | 77 | 9 | 79 | 103 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Woody Rich | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.59 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 143.0 | 137 | 76 | 57 | 8 | 50 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Jack Taylor | 10 | 17 | .370 | 3.92 | 39 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 225.0 | 244 | 112 | 98 | 16 | 89 | 129 | 8 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Walter Miller | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.21 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 154.0 | 157 | 86 | 72 | 14 | 64 | 124 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| John Gilbert | 9 | 10 | .474 | 5.04 | 35 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 159.0 | 188 | 101 | 89 | 18 | 65 | 74 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Leo Evans | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.32 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 73.0 | 75 | 40 | 35 | 6 | 30 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Kermit Schmidt | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.21 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 77.0 | 79 | 49 | 36 | 7 | 48 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Bill Blanton | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Monk Poole | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.60 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 66 | 36 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Donald Vaughn | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Max Sumwalt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Don Stafford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Ricciani | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Reis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Mathieson | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Cayavec | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Roger Weberg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| August Vierira | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Gear | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.90 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 34 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Gerald Blackburn | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 66 | 73 | .475 | 4.09 | 276 | 131 | 0 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 1111.0 | 1205 | 638 | 505 | 86 | 459 | 0 | 630 | 21 | 3 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Goode | 123 | 484 | 430 | 83 | 144 | 21 | 5 | 17 | 71 | 16 | 49 | 57 | .335 | .405 | .526 | .930 | 226 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Nelvin Cooper | 135 | 565 | 514 | 62 | 128 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 38 | 73 | .249 | .301 | .350 | .651 | 180 | 1 | 10 | 2 | |||
| John Lybrand | 113 | 427 | 389 | 59 | 117 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 68 | 1 | 32 | 35 | .301 | .359 | .470 | .830 | 183 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cart Howerton | 98 | 406 | 391 | 48 | 117 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 12 | 34 | .299 | .321 | .412 | .733 | 161 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Don Stafford | 91 | 391 | 344 | 66 | 105 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 67 | 1 | 41 | 42 | .305 | .389 | .520 | .909 | 179 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Cannon | 105 | 367 | 339 | 53 | 101 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 65 | 2 | 26 | 54 | .298 | .349 | .496 | .844 | 168 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Ricciani | 80 | 363 | 317 | 48 | 89 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 36 | 38 | .281 | .354 | .356 | .710 | 113 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Fred Parnell | 89 | 300 | 275 | 36 | 76 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 45 | 0 | 21 | 34 | .276 | .331 | .440 | .771 | 121 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Kirby Jackson | 66 | 287 | 255 | 47 | 73 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 7 | 27 | 35 | .286 | .354 | .498 | .852 | 127 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Fred Lanifero | 83 | 349 | 289 | 48 | 62 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 49 | 21 | .215 | .338 | .287 | .625 | 83 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Woody Rich | 46 | 89 | 81 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .333 | .375 | .395 | .770 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Donald Cross | 17 | 75 | 68 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | .206 | .280 | .221 | .501 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Taylor | 43 | 88 | 78 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .141 | .193 | .154 | .347 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Walter Miller | 36 | 53 | 49 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .204 | .250 | .224 | .474 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Gilbert | 35 | 60 | 52 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .173 | .259 | .231 | .489 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| George Rose | 9 | 28 | 28 | 8 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| John Gierek | 12 | 34 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .212 | .212 | .273 | .485 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Leonard Morrison | 20 | 76 | 59 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | .119 | .303 | .169 | .472 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Flowers | 14 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .194 | .286 | .226 | .512 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leo Evans | 16 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .200 | .286 | .240 | .526 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Norman Bell | 49 | 75 | 66 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .076 | .103 | .076 | .179 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Robert Stutts | 10 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .158 | .190 | .211 | .401 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Kermit Schmidt | 36 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .150 | .227 | .150 | .377 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Miller | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerald Blackburn | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Monk Poole | 11 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .298 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Max Sumwalt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Vaughn | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Mathieson | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| William Gear | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Blanton | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| August Vierira | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1390 | 4679 | 4200 | 623 | 1130 | 211 | 23 | 97 | 561 | 42 | 0 | 384 | 580 | .269 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 1678 | 0 | 29 | 52 | 14 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Stafford | 1B | 90 | 868 | 45 | 14 | 73 | .985 | 1.144 | ||||
| Fred Lanifero | 2B | 81 | 182 | 263 | 17 | 52 | .963 | 5.494 | ||||
| Robert Ricciani | 3B | 77 | 87 | 165 | 22 | 16 | .920 | 3.273 | ||||
| John Lybrand | 3B | 43 | 43 | 79 | 12 | 4 | .910 | 2.837 | ||||
| Robert Cannon | C | 75 | 368 | 34 | 7 | 1 | .983 | 5.360 | 16 | |||
| Fred Parnell | C | 71 | 365 | 37 | 8 | 6 | .980 | 5.662 | 10 | |||
| Noah Goode | OF | 119 | 239 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .969 | 2.084 | ||||
| Cart Howerton | OF | 92 | 180 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .974 | 2.054 | ||||
| Kirby Jackson | OF | 65 | 87 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .970 | 1.477 | ||||
| John Lybrand | OF | 55 | 97 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .955 | 1.909 | ||||
| Leonard Morrison | OF | 19 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.789 | ||||
| Robert Cannon | OF | 18 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .839 | 1.444 | ||||
| Donald Cross | OF | 17 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .892 | 1.941 | ||||
| Robert Flowers | OF | 12 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jack Taylor | P | 39 | 10 | 53 | 4 | 3 | .940 | 1.615 | ||||
| Norman Bell | P | 38 | 13 | 40 | 2 | 5 | .964 | 1.395 | ||||
| John Gilbert | P | 35 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 0 | .897 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kermit Schmidt | P | 33 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .913 | .636 | ||||
| Walter Miller | P | 33 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .848 | ||||
| Woody Rich | P | 20 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Leo Evans | P | 16 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Gear | P | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Monk Poole | P | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.091 | ||||
| Gerald Blackburn | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Blanton | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| August Vierira | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Vaughn | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Mathieson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Max Sumwalt | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roger Weberg | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Stafford | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Ricciani | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Reis | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Cayavec | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nelvin Cooper | SS | 134 | 224 | 480 | 57 | 90 | .925 | 5.254 | ||||
| Totals | 1244 | 2896 | 1351 | 184 | 261 | .958 | 3.414 | 26 | 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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