1954 Johnson City Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 49-70
Finished 5th in the AL
Manager: Lee Peterson (0-0), Hal Contini (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
Ballpark: Keystone Field
Attendance: 22,553, Avg. 379
The Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League ended the 1954 season with a record of 49 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.
The Cardinals tallied 639 runs and yielded 776 runs. John Briggs led batters with significant playing time with a .302 average. Howie Nunn topped Johnson City with 11 wins and a team-best 4.4 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Howie Nunn played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Johnson City Cardinals to do so.
Lee Peterson and Hal Contini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Nunn | 11 | 5 | .688 | 4.40 | 31 | 14 | 139.0 | 167 | 83 | 68 | 10 | 68 | ||||||||||
| James Hemric | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.96 | 17 | 9 | 78.0 | 74 | 56 | 43 | 12 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Ted Thiem | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.93 | 21 | 12 | 84.0 | 109 | 63 | 46 | 5 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Lee Peterson | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.50 | 30 | 12 | 130.0 | 149 | 83 | 65 | 15 | 27 | ||||||||||
| John Sorrentino | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.98 | 8 | 7 | 52.0 | 48 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||||
| James Farmer | 4 | 11 | .267 | 6.50 | 27 | 20 | 126.0 | 134 | 105 | 91 | 14 | 115 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Johnson | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.10 | 12 | 7 | 61.0 | 55 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Kreisler Speas | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Snell | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Nunn | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Masucci | 2 | 4 | .333 | 8.74 | 19 | 8 | 68.0 | 70 | 77 | 66 | 6 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Charles Hoffman | 1 | 5 | .167 | 7.16 | 17 | 7 | 49.0 | 71 | 58 | 39 | 3 | 39 | ||||||||||
| James Thompson | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Zimmerman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hal Contini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alfred Davis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ned Jilton | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Carl Brown | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.20 | 11 | 4 | 45.0 | 56 | 44 | 36 | 5 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 49 | 68 | .419 | 5.39 | 230 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 832.0 | 933 | 623 | 498 | 71 | 521 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Briggs | 120 | 463 | 463 | 140 | 28 | 7 | 17 | .302 | .302 | .503 | .806 | 233 | |||||||||||
| Jerome Parke | 113 | 423 | 423 | 125 | 17 | 5 | 10 | .296 | .296 | .430 | .726 | 182 | |||||||||||
| Richard Stanton | 97 | 351 | 351 | 101 | 23 | 2 | 23 | .288 | .288 | .561 | .849 | 197 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Davis | 78 | 288 | 288 | 84 | 20 | 6 | 8 | .292 | .292 | .486 | .778 | 140 | |||||||||||
| Len Vingers | 63 | 251 | 251 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 4 | .255 | .255 | .351 | .606 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Olan Matthews | 54 | 218 | 218 | 59 | 6 | 3 | 5 | .271 | .271 | .394 | .665 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Milton Green | 64 | 204 | 204 | 50 | 4 | 4 | 4 | .245 | .245 | .363 | .608 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Richard Czekaj | 64 | 200 | 200 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 10 | .220 | .220 | .440 | .660 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Frank Marsh | 44 | 142 | 142 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .289 | .289 | .465 | .754 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Grady Chavis | 25 | 87 | 87 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .379 | .379 | .402 | .782 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Tom Raimondo | 35 | 119 | 119 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .261 | .261 | .336 | .597 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Harold Conn | 25 | 90 | 90 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .322 | .322 | .500 | .822 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Paul Rieder | 31 | 103 | 103 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .291 | .534 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Charles McCoy | 34 | 114 | 114 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .219 | .219 | .298 | .518 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Peter Johnson | 19 | 78 | 78 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .295 | .295 | .385 | .679 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Carl Brown | 32 | 79 | 79 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .266 | .266 | .418 | .684 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Samuel DePaola | 26 | 93 | 93 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .183 | .183 | .280 | .462 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Hal Contini | 16 | 39 | 39 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .385 | .385 | .410 | .795 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Lee Peterson | 31 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .196 | .196 | .304 | .500 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Paul Schifferle | 21 | 68 | 68 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .147 | .265 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Dave Masucci | 22 | 37 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .189 | .189 | .378 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Howie Nunn | 34 | 51 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .176 | .314 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Joe Nunn | 12 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .259 | .481 | 7 | |||||||||||
| James Farmer | 28 | 48 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .167 | .292 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Ted Thiem | 22 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .172 | .207 | .379 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Carl Dargay | 15 | 45 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 5 | |||||||||||
| James Hemric | 19 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Johnson | 18 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Warner Carmichael | 2 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Valtin | 10 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Thompson | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Kreisler Speas | 9 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Sorrentino | 8 | 18 | 18 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Snell | 9 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ned Jilton | 7 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Eugene Poepsel | 5 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Hoffman | 17 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Moynihan | 4 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1237 | 3858 | 3858 | 0 | 987 | 175 | 39 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .393 | .649 | 1516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Nunn | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Lee Peterson | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| James Farmer | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Thiem | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Masucci | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Hoffman | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| James Hemric | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Eddie Johnson | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Kreisler Speas | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Snell | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| John Sorrentino | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Nunn | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| James Thompson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Ned Jilton | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Zimmerman | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 216 | 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.
