1954 Indianapolis Indians Statistics
Team Record: 95-57
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Kerby Farrell (95-57)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 282,979, Avg. 3,723
Playoffs - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 2
Finals - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 1
The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 95 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Indians allowed 601 runs, least in the league. Indianapolis tallied 709 runs. Rocky Colavito walloped 38 home runs for the team, and Hank Foiles added 15 or more, too. Rocky Colavito accounted for 116 RBI. Billy Harrell led all regular batters with a .307 average. Herb Score topped the squad with 22 wins, while Sam Jones contributed 15 or more victories as well Herb Score recorded a 2.62 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1954 Indianapolis Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Harry Malmberg, Bob Kelly, José Santiago, Joe Ginsberg, Harry Simpson, Stan Pawloski, Rudy Minarcin, Joe Altobelli, Dave Hoskins, Bob Hazle, Owen Friend, Billy Harrell, Bud Daley, Joe Caffie, Sam Jones, Rocky Colavito, Dick Tomanek, Herb Score, Hank Foiles, Gale Wade, Milt Nielsen, Ted Wilks and Clyde King.
Kerby Farrell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Score | 22 | 5 | .815 | 2.62 | 33 | 32 | 21 | 5 | 251.0 | 140 | 76 | 73 | 13 | 140 | 330 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Sam Jones | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.75 | 35 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 199.0 | 155 | 98 | 83 | 18 | 129 | 178 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Bob Kelly | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.16 | 35 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 208.0 | 203 | 81 | 73 | 11 | 71 | 106 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Howard Rodemoyer | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.20 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 166.0 | 175 | 76 | 59 | 15 | 55 | 71 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Billy Joe Davidson | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.59 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 138.0 | 138 | 58 | 55 | 15 | 51 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Glen Harshbarger | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.63 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 105.0 | 112 | 60 | 54 | 12 | 66 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Dick Tomanek | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.29 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 107.0 | 119 | 58 | 51 | 7 | 53 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ted Wilks | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.66 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 36 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wally Seward | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bud Daley | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marion Murszewski | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Hoskins | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clyde King | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.29 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 35 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Rudy Minarcin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| José Santiago | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 95 | 57 | .625 | 3.46 | 329 | 143 | 0 | 53 | 13 | 0 | 1252.0 | 1113 | 553 | 481 | 98 | 596 | 0 | 917 | 21 | 4 | 32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Altobelli | 149 | 605 | 551 | 73 | 158 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 79 | 4 | 41 | 59 | .287 | .338 | .412 | .750 | 227 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Rocky Colavito | 149 | 617 | 528 | 94 | 143 | 30 | 3 | 38 | 116 | 2 | 75 | 84 | .271 | .369 | .555 | .924 | 293 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Billy Harrell | 134 | 515 | 453 | 70 | 139 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 10 | 46 | 62 | .307 | .372 | .413 | .785 | 187 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Harry Malmberg | 122 | 445 | 399 | 55 | 114 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 32 | 23 | .286 | .340 | .338 | .679 | 135 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Owen Friend | 137 | 504 | 455 | 55 | 114 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 1 | 33 | 95 | .251 | .299 | .411 | .710 | 187 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 6 | ||
| Hank Foiles | 103 | 368 | 337 | 57 | 112 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 59 | 8 | 23 | 42 | .332 | .376 | .540 | .916 | 182 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Gale Wade | 116 | 426 | 377 | 81 | 103 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 24 | 35 | 71 | .273 | .339 | .408 | .747 | 154 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Harry Simpson | 100 | 371 | 330 | 50 | 93 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 58 | 1 | 30 | 52 | .282 | .345 | .479 | .824 | 158 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Bob Prentice | 92 | 331 | 292 | 37 | 73 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 29 | 41 | .250 | .324 | .380 | .704 | 111 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hazle | 106 | 335 | 290 | 45 | 65 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 38 | 30 | .224 | .313 | .338 | .651 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Joe Ginsberg | 59 | 200 | 175 | 15 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 21 | 15 | .291 | .367 | .377 | .744 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Stan Pawloski | 55 | 191 | 164 | 14 | 46 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 20 | .280 | .348 | .366 | .714 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Joe Caffie | 42 | 130 | 118 | 19 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 13 | .288 | .333 | .407 | .740 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Milt Nielsen | 70 | 101 | 91 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 14 | .231 | .297 | .297 | .594 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Herb Score | 34 | 103 | 98 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 39 | .194 | .202 | .224 | .427 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kelly | 37 | 80 | 72 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .181 | .176 | .194 | .370 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Howard Rodemoyer | 41 | 61 | 51 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .235 | .259 | .255 | .514 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Sam Jones | 35 | 74 | 66 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .182 | .194 | .258 | .452 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Billy Joe Davidson | 50 | 40 | 40 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Hoskins | 7 | 14 | 14 | 5 | .357 | .357 | .357 | .714 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Tomanek | 25 | 38 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .147 | .237 | .176 | .413 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Tolleson | 7 | 16 | 16 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Glen Harshbarger | 43 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .174 | .296 | .217 | .514 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Jadwin | 10 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .120 | .120 | .160 | .280 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marion Murszewski | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ted Wilks | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .600 | .667 | 1.267 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Seward | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Richard Myers | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tom Korczowski | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bud Daley | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Clyde King | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1799 | 5646 | 5026 | 707 | 1353 | 230 | 47 | 119 | 654 | 72 | 0 | 450 | 740 | .269 | .331 | .405 | .736 | 2034 | 93 | 35 | 97 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Altobelli | 1B | 148 | 1120 | 84 | 12 | 146 | .990 | 8.135 | ||||
| Harry Malmberg | 2B | 107 | 222 | 251 | 12 | 75 | .975 | 4.421 | ||||
| Stan Pawloski | 2B | 47 | 89 | 94 | 4 | 25 | .979 | 3.894 | ||||
| Bob Prentice | 2B | 23 | 43 | 49 | 2 | 13 | .979 | 4.000 | ||||
| Billy Harrell | 3B | 87 | 59 | 114 | 12 | 16 | .935 | 1.989 | ||||
| Bob Prentice | 3B | 73 | 46 | 114 | 16 | 15 | .909 | 2.192 | ||||
| Hank Foiles | C | 96 | 713 | 65 | 10 | 13 | .987 | 8.104 | 5 | |||
| Joe Ginsberg | C | 48 | 267 | 31 | 4 | 6 | .987 | 6.208 | 4 | |||
| James Jadwin | C | 10 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .955 | 4.200 | 1 | |||
| Rocky Colavito | OF | 147 | 271 | 16 | 7 | 6 | .976 | 1.952 | ||||
| Gale Wade | OF | 97 | 242 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .984 | 2.515 | ||||
| Harry Simpson | OF | 89 | 162 | 7 | 6 | 4 | .966 | 1.899 | ||||
| Bob Hazle | OF | 87 | 165 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .960 | 1.920 | ||||
| Billy Harrell | OF | 31 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 1.516 | ||||
| Joe Caffie | OF | 31 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.581 | ||||
| Milt Nielsen | OF | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.267 | ||||
| Billy Joe Davidson | P | 50 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .580 | ||||
| Glen Harshbarger | P | 43 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .465 | ||||
| Howard Rodemoyer | P | 38 | 15 | 32 | 3 | 2 | .940 | 1.237 | ||||
| Bob Kelly | P | 35 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 4 | .976 | 1.143 | ||||
| Sam Jones | P | 35 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.057 | ||||
| Herb Score | P | 33 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 1.030 | ||||
| Ted Wilks | P | 30 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Dick Tomanek | P | 21 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 3 | .840 | 1.000 | ||||
| Clyde King | P | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .238 | ||||
| Wally Seward | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marion Murszewski | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bud Daley | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Hoskins | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rudy Minarcin | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Santiago | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Owen Friend | SS | 135 | 234 | 346 | 33 | 108 | .946 | 4.296 | ||||
| Billy Harrell | SS | 22 | 22 | 47 | 5 | 13 | .932 | 3.136 | ||||
| Totals | 1622 | 3868 | 1409 | 150 | 461 | .972 | 3.253 | 10 | 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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