1954 Knoxville Smokies Statistics
Team Record: 72-66
Finished 2nd in the TSL
Manager: Pat McGlothin (0-0), Lewis Davis (0-0)
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 77,975, Avg. 1,130
Playoffs - Knoxville Smokies 3 games, Spartanburg Peaches 2
Finals - Knoxville Smokies 3 games, Asheville Tourists 1
The Knoxville Smokies of the Tri-State League ended the 1954 season with a record of 72 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the TSL.
The Smokies led the circuit with just 677 runs allowed. Knoxville scored 682 runs, worst in the league,. Mel Nunes topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .288 clip. Charlie Alsop paced the team with 15 wins, while Joe Pipak earned a 2.79 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1954 Knoxville Smokies who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ken Polivka, Al LaMacchia, George Bradshaw and Pat McGlothin.
Pat McGlothin and Lewis Davis 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Alsop | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.84 | 37 | 24 | 192.0 | 177 | 97 | 82 | 4 | 106 | ||||||||||
Ken Polivka | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.07 | 20 | 15 | 129.0 | 130 | 56 | 44 | 4 | 55 | ||||||||||
Joe Pipak | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.79 | 20 | 15 | 142.0 | 116 | 57 | 44 | 8 | 55 | ||||||||||
Theodore Birkeland | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.11 | 29 | 19 | 171.0 | 170 | 77 | 59 | 7 | 46 | ||||||||||
Leonidas Dansby | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.30 | 28 | 21 | 180.0 | 177 | 109 | 86 | 11 | 91 | ||||||||||
Carl Wells | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0.00 | 4 | 33.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Pat McGlothin | 2 | 1 | .667 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Ralph Dollinger | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.31 | 16 | 7 | 61.3 | 66 | 49 | 43 | 2 | 39 | ||||||||||
Irving Burton | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Al LaMacchia | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
James Hanna | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
John Huffstetler | 1 | 4 | .200 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Dean Franks | 1 | 5 | .167 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Andrew Mascia | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.22 | 14 | 8 | 58.7 | 65 | 47 | 34 | 2 | 35 | ||||||||||
Don Bould | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Marvin Bastion | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Max Davidson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Dick Walega | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Irving Boim | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
James McDonald | 0 | 4 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals | 70 | 64 | .522 | 3.65 | 234 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 967.0 | 901 | 492 | 392 | 38 | 427 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Neil | 102 | 356 | 356 | 116 | 18 | 6 | 22 | .326 | .326 | .596 | .921 | 212 | |||||||||||
Mel Nunes | 109 | 403 | 403 | 116 | 14 | 6 | 7 | .288 | .288 | .404 | .692 | 163 | |||||||||||
Max Davidson | 118 | 398 | 398 | 108 | 15 | 9 | 4 | .271 | .271 | .384 | .656 | 153 | |||||||||||
James Finn | 129 | 445 | 445 | 108 | 20 | 2 | 4 | .243 | .243 | .324 | .566 | 144 | |||||||||||
Wilbur McConnell | 86 | 291 | 291 | 85 | 15 | 4 | 3 | .292 | .292 | .402 | .694 | 117 | |||||||||||
Lewis Davis | 78 | 269 | 269 | 84 | 11 | 4 | 3 | .312 | .312 | .416 | .729 | 112 | |||||||||||
Grady Watts | 88 | 346 | 346 | 84 | 16 | 3 | 6 | .243 | .243 | .358 | .601 | 124 | |||||||||||
Art Sabulsky | 87 | 305 | 305 | 83 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .272 | .272 | .344 | .616 | 105 | |||||||||||
George Pack | 105 | 374 | 374 | 80 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .270 | .484 | 101 | |||||||||||
Elmer Smith | 57 | 225 | 225 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .218 | .218 | .307 | .524 | 69 | |||||||||||
Muscle Shoals | 42 | 158 | 158 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 6 | .297 | .297 | .468 | .766 | 74 | |||||||||||
Orlando Echevarria | 45 | 132 | 132 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .212 | .212 | .280 | .492 | 37 | |||||||||||
Ken Polivka | 34 | 61 | 61 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .377 | .377 | .525 | .902 | 32 | |||||||||||
William Mostransky | 29 | 103 | 103 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .223 | .223 | .272 | .495 | 28 | |||||||||||
Gene Castiglione | 14 | 55 | 55 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .309 | .582 | 17 | |||||||||||
Charlie Alsop | 41 | 70 | 70 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .314 | .514 | 22 | |||||||||||
Joe Pipak | 20 | 46 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .283 | .522 | 13 | |||||||||||
Leonidas Dansby | 32 | 64 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .172 | .172 | .344 | 11 | |||||||||||
Theodore Birkeland | 31 | 56 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .179 | .357 | 10 | |||||||||||
Lee Jenkins | 17 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .216 | .216 | .270 | .486 | 10 | |||||||||||
Andrew Mascia | 14 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .312 | .562 | 5 | |||||||||||
Ralph Dollinger | 16 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 6 | |||||||||||
Dean Franks | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | |||||||||||
Pat McGlothin | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | |||||||||||
John Huffstetler | 10 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | |||||||||||
Dick Walega | 5 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Chester Voni | 4 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Irving Boim | 5 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Irving Burton | 2 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Lester Crouch | 4 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Aldo Salvent | 8 | 25 | 25 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
James McDonald | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
James Hanna | 9 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Al LaMacchia | 1 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Dale Lynch | 7 | 26 | 26 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Carl Wells | 4 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Totals | 1386 | 4380 | 4380 | 0 | 1114 | 169 | 53 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .254 | .358 | .613 | 1569 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Alsop | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
Theodore Birkeland | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
Leonidas Dansby | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
Ken Polivka | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
Joe Pipak | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
Ralph Dollinger | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
Andrew Mascia | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
Dean Franks | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
Pat McGlothin | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
James McDonald | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
John Huffstetler | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
James Hanna | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
Irving Boim | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
Carl Wells | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
Irving Burton | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
Don Bould | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
Al LaMacchia | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
Marvin Bastion | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 231 | 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.
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