1954 Joplin Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 50-89
Finished 7th in the WA
Manager: Bill Kelly (50-89)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Joplin, Missouri
Ballpark: Miners Park II
Attendance: 32,890, Avg. 473
The Joplin Cardinals of the Western Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 50 wins and 89 losses, finishing seventh in the WA.
The Cardinals scored 735 runs and conceded 908 runs. Don Henderson led all regular batters by hitting .324. William Langston topped Joplin with 9 wins, while George Scott recorded a 3.77 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Gene Green played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Joplin Cardinals to do so.
Bill Kelly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Langston | 9 | 20 | .310 | 5.57 | 45 | 21 | 173.0 | 201 | 155 | 107 | 5 | 157 | ||||||||||
| Robert Muesenfechter | 8 | 17 | .320 | 3.92 | 30 | 27 | 200.0 | 195 | 116 | 87 | 7 | 124 | ||||||||||
| James Flanigan | 7 | 10 | .412 | 5.20 | 32 | 24 | 168.0 | 149 | 127 | 97 | 5 | 170 | ||||||||||
| George Scott | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.77 | 24 | 10 | 117.0 | 115 | 68 | 49 | 6 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Stephens | 3 | 2 | .600 | 16 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Johnson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 17 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| David Dexter | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.50 | 14 | 8 | 54.0 | 54 | 32 | 21 | 3 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Donald Brown | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.38 | 12 | 9 | 74.0 | 68 | 52 | 36 | 4 | 46 | ||||||||||
| John Robertson | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.57 | 29 | 9 | 84.0 | 81 | 74 | 52 | 0 | 99 | ||||||||||
| Albert Daffner | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.71 | 10 | 7 | 59.0 | 67 | 47 | 44 | 7 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Herring | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Castleman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Ghelfi | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Keppel | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.40 | 15 | 6 | 45.0 | 57 | 40 | 32 | 4 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Cortes | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Yance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warner Siebert | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Houston Stephens | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 29 | 2 | 50.0 | 51 | 60 | 50 | 4 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Paul Smith | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 50 | 89 | .360 | 5.05 | 306 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1024.0 | 1038 | 771 | 575 | 45 | 863 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Brown | 133 | 518 | 518 | 162 | 22 | 15 | 4 | .313 | .313 | .436 | .749 | 226 | |||||||||||
| Donald Smith | 128 | 489 | 489 | 154 | 34 | 11 | 10 | .315 | .315 | .491 | .806 | 240 | |||||||||||
| Don Henderson | 130 | 469 | 469 | 152 | 19 | 17 | 3 | .324 | .324 | .456 | .780 | 214 | |||||||||||
| Harold Crotts | 132 | 489 | 489 | 130 | 20 | 12 | 8 | .266 | .266 | .405 | .671 | 198 | |||||||||||
| George Smith | 123 | 472 | 472 | 109 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .231 | .231 | .292 | .523 | 138 | |||||||||||
| Ray Sanders | 75 | 249 | 249 | 78 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .313 | .313 | .369 | .683 | 92 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Kiser | 84 | 307 | 307 | 74 | 13 | 7 | 4 | .241 | .241 | .368 | .609 | 113 | |||||||||||
| John Zeleznock | 73 | 284 | 284 | 73 | 15 | 5 | 7 | .257 | .257 | .419 | .676 | 119 | |||||||||||
| Angelo Dal Porto | 71 | 257 | 257 | 58 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .226 | .226 | .300 | .525 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Bernard Kamenski | 39 | 149 | 149 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .289 | .530 | 43 | |||||||||||
| John Oliver | 45 | 139 | 139 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .194 | .194 | .273 | .468 | 38 | |||||||||||
| George Scott | 62 | 149 | 149 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .181 | .181 | .342 | .523 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Gene Green | 28 | 93 | 93 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .269 | .269 | .409 | .677 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Marvin Nevins | 34 | 84 | 84 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .202 | .202 | .298 | .500 | 25 | |||||||||||
| John Slachta | 18 | 51 | 51 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .294 | .294 | .412 | .706 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Elmer Golden | 12 | 36 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .361 | .361 | .389 | .750 | 14 | |||||||||||
| James Flanigan | 32 | 64 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .266 | .453 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Michael Mullen | 30 | 48 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .229 | .229 | .417 | .646 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Robert Muesenfechter | 32 | 68 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .162 | .162 | .206 | .368 | 14 | |||||||||||
| William Langston | 50 | 72 | 72 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .139 | .139 | .194 | .333 | 14 | |||||||||||
| George Husted | 13 | 39 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .359 | .513 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Stephens | 17 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 4 | |||||||||||
| David Dexter | 14 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .278 | .444 | 5 | |||||||||||
| William Keppel | 15 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .267 | .400 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Albert Daffner | 11 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Johnson | 19 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 2 | |||||||||||
| John Robertson | 29 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .074 | .074 | .074 | .148 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Herminio | 5 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Chet DiEmidio | 3 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick Ghelfi | 8 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jerry Herring | 3 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Castleman | 6 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Smith | 8 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Poppell | 5 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Houston Stephens | 29 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Norman Plitt | 9 | 26 | 26 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1525 | 4725 | 4725 | 0 | 1214 | 186 | 84 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .369 | .626 | 1745 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Langston | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| James Flanigan | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Muesenfechter | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Houston Stephens | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| John Robertson | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Eddie Johnson | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Eddie Stephens | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| William Keppel | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| David Dexter | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Albert Daffner | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Smith | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Ghelfi | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Castleman | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Herring | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Warner Siebert | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| James Yance | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 265 | 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.
