1954 Harlan Smokies Statistics
Team Record: 39-33
Finished 2nd in the MSL
Manager: Bill Steinecke (39-33)
Location: Harlan, Kentucky
Ballpark: Browning-Leonard Park
Attendance: 10,000, Avg. 278
The Harlan Smokies of the Mountain States League ended the 1954 season with a record of 39 wins and 33 losses, finishing second in the MSL.
The Smokies scored 420 runs and conceded 337 runs. Clyde Briggs led all regular batters by hitting .316. Norman Hughes topped Harlan with 16 wins, while Bill Herman recorded a 2.6 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers. Bill Steinecke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Hughes | 16 | 7 | .696 | 2.71 | 27 | 20 | 166.0 | 140 | 59 | 50 | 8 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Bill Herman | 9 | 1 | .900 | 2.60 | 15 | 6 | 83.0 | 58 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Harry Johnson | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.02 | 19 | 14 | 112.0 | 104 | 60 | 50 | 8 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Cecil Hutson | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Roberts | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.65 | 12 | 5 | 31.0 | 41 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Jim Gilheart | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Cathey | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.97 | 6 | 3 | 34.0 | 39 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Matthews Hudgins | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.68 | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 42 | 37 | 26 | 2 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Bill Owen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Theordius Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Tancabel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Huelfer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pete Comparoni | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert McNeil | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alfred Diez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loren Beckman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roger Charette | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Shuler | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wilbur Caldwell | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 39 | 32 | .549 | 3.42 | 138 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 476.0 | 424 | 224 | 181 | 26 | 229 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Medley | 72 | 278 | 278 | 74 | 10 | 1 | 4 | .266 | .266 | .353 | .619 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Frank Calobrisi | 72 | 285 | 285 | 71 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .249 | .249 | .330 | .579 | 94 | |||||||||||
| Clyde Briggs | 49 | 215 | 215 | 68 | 14 | 0 | 2 | .316 | .316 | .409 | .726 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Theodore Bobrowicz | 62 | 211 | 211 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 1 | .294 | .294 | .365 | .659 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Wilbur Caldwell | 46 | 187 | 187 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 5 | .278 | .278 | .406 | .684 | 76 | |||||||||||
| James Caudle | 40 | 143 | 143 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 9 | .315 | .315 | .566 | .881 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Robert Reid | 46 | 155 | 155 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 5 | .290 | .290 | .452 | .742 | 70 | |||||||||||
| John DiRoberto | 26 | 89 | 89 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .315 | .315 | .449 | .764 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Barry Cox | 30 | 116 | 116 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .293 | .534 | 34 | |||||||||||
| William Cooper | 26 | 101 | 101 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .228 | .228 | .307 | .535 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Frank Alvarez | 18 | 66 | 66 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .470 | .803 | 31 | |||||||||||
| John Kowaleski | 18 | 67 | 67 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .254 | .254 | .358 | .612 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Norman Hughes | 27 | 59 | 59 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .288 | .525 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Art Sabulsky | 12 | 41 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .293 | .293 | .341 | .634 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Harry Johnson | 22 | 48 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .292 | .479 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Robert Young | 19 | 57 | 57 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .228 | .386 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Matthews Hudgins | 20 | 28 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .393 | .607 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Jim Trowbridge | 16 | 46 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .130 | .261 | 6 | |||||||||||
| George Woodard | 12 | 31 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .194 | .355 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Cecil Hutson | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Bill Herman | 15 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .130 | .261 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Roberts | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Loren Beckman | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dale Sanburn | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Shuler | 4 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Henry Forrest | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Gilheart | 7 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Alfred Virgona | 5 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Carlos Warman | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| L. D. Carden | 7 | 25 | 25 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bryant Phillips | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dennis Huelfer | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Angelo DeCello | 4 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Pete Comparoni | 4 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Roger Charette | 6 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Leonhard | 4 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert McNeil | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Cathey | 6 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Theordius Miller | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Mostransky | 8 | 28 | 28 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph Tancabel | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 747 | 2402 | 2402 | 0 | 604 | 105 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 | .251 | .347 | .599 | 834 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Hughes | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Johnson | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Herman | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Cecil Hutson | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Roberts | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Gilheart | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| John Cathey | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Charette | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Shuler | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Robert McNeil | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Comparoni | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Tancabel | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Loren Beckman | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Owen | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Dennis Huelfer | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Alfred Diez | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 121 | 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.
