1954 Hopkinsville Hoppers Statistics
Team Record: 58-59
Finished 6th in the KITL
Manager: Ed Wright (0-0), Bearl Brooks (0-0), Dick Ramsey (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Kentucky Park
Attendance: 31,504, Avg. 539
The Hopkinsville Hoppers of the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League ended the 1954 season with a record of 58 wins and 59 losses, finishing sixth in the KITL.
The Hoppers scored 865 runs and gave up 829 runs, most in the circuit. Norman Abrams led batters with significant playing time with a .364 average. Albert Gdula topped Hopkinsville with 9 wins, while Joe Graham recorded a 4.73 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Bill Kern and Ed Wright both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Ed Wright, Bearl Brooks and Dick Ramsey 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 Gdula | 9 | 6 | .600 | 5.67 | 27 | 17 | 146.0 | 176 | 109 | 92 | 13 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Joe Graham | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.73 | 18 | 15 | 118.0 | 129 | 83 | 62 | 16 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Ralph Reiss | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.80 | 30 | 20 | 152.0 | 146 | 91 | 81 | 7 | 79 | ||||||||||
| John Sheldon | 7 | 5 | .583 | 8.67 | 34 | 6 | 98.7 | 140 | 107 | 95 | 9 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Pete Harbold | 7 | 13 | .350 | 8.33 | 39 | 13 | 139.3 | 190 | 163 | 129 | 15 | 96 | ||||||||||
| William Philyaw | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.31 | 11 | 7 | 59.3 | 71 | 39 | 35 | 7 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Leo Bacon | 3 | 1 | .750 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ed Wright | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marlin Fiscel | 2 | 3 | .400 | 11.28 | 13 | 6 | 48.7 | 72 | 62 | 61 | 6 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Robert Sayle | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Jasonis | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Ramsey | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dalton Hancock | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Morgan | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.74 | 9 | 9 | 64.3 | 76 | 47 | 41 | 8 | 21 | ||||||||||
| John Fogerty | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stanley Courtney | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Budd Whitehill | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marvin Lowe | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Thomas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Emanuel Psomos | 0 | 5 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 56 | 66 | .459 | 6.49 | 240 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 826.3 | 1000 | 701 | 596 | 81 | 467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Abrams | 107 | 464 | 464 | 169 | 32 | 6 | 6 | .364 | .364 | .498 | .862 | 231 | |||||||||||
| Tom Jasonis | 108 | 453 | 453 | 138 | 33 | 7 | 12 | .305 | .305 | .488 | .792 | 221 | |||||||||||
| Stephan Durst | 100 | 360 | 360 | 114 | 32 | 2 | 6 | .317 | .317 | .467 | .783 | 168 | |||||||||||
| Dick Ramsey | 112 | 404 | 404 | 113 | 25 | 1 | 19 | .280 | .280 | .488 | .767 | 197 | |||||||||||
| Bearl Brooks | 64 | 272 | 272 | 105 | 22 | 1 | 10 | .386 | .386 | .585 | .971 | 159 | |||||||||||
| Bill Kern | 74 | 291 | 291 | 97 | 21 | 3 | 11 | .333 | .333 | .540 | .873 | 157 | |||||||||||
| William Hughes | 83 | 274 | 274 | 79 | 15 | 5 | 3 | .288 | .288 | .412 | .701 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Roger Herrscher | 68 | 234 | 234 | 66 | 9 | 1 | 7 | .282 | .282 | .419 | .701 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Bill Kasper | 35 | 138 | 138 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .268 | .268 | .406 | .674 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Mason | 46 | 123 | 123 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .252 | .252 | .276 | .528 | 34 | |||||||||||
| William Lynch | 35 | 102 | 102 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .284 | .539 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Jack Campbell | 23 | 85 | 85 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .259 | .259 | .435 | .694 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Albert Gdula | 40 | 85 | 85 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .294 | .494 | 25 | |||||||||||
| William Philyaw | 23 | 54 | 54 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .278 | .278 | .500 | .778 | 27 | |||||||||||
| William Morgan | 18 | 44 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .318 | .318 | .409 | .727 | 18 | |||||||||||
| George Fisher | 12 | 53 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .245 | .453 | 13 | |||||||||||
| John Chadra | 12 | 38 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .263 | .263 | .447 | .711 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Barry Botts | 13 | 44 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .182 | .250 | .432 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Pete Harbold | 42 | 65 | 65 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .123 | .123 | .200 | .323 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Robert Sayle | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Reiss | 30 | 61 | 61 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .098 | .098 | .180 | .279 | 11 | |||||||||||
| John Sheldon | 34 | 36 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .139 | .250 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Marlin Fiscel | 26 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Joe Graham | 18 | 48 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .042 | .042 | .062 | .104 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Courtney | 5 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Thomas | 5 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Budd Whitehill | 3 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Leo Bacon | 7 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Emanuel Psomos | 9 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Marvin Lowe | 4 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Terry Beasley | 2 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Donald Bray | 6 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dalton Hancock | 4 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Fogerty | 3 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ed Wright | 9 | 24 | 24 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1192 | 3855 | 3855 | 0 | 1101 | 224 | 30 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .715 | 1655 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Harbold | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| John Sheldon | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Reiss | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Albert Gdula | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Graham | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Sayle | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Emanuel Psomos | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Leo Bacon | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Wright | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Stanley Courtney | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Thomas | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Marvin Lowe | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Budd Whitehill | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Dalton Hancock | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| John Fogerty | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 199 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
