1954 Lawton Braves Statistics
Team Record: 81-58
Finished 2nd in the SSL
Manager: Travis Jackson (81-58)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Lawton, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Memorial Park
Attendance: 47,431, Avg. 682
Playoffs - Lawton Braves 3 games, McAlester Rockets 2
Finals - Lawton Braves 4 games, Ardmore Cardinals 0
The Lawton Braves of the Sooner State League ended the 1954 season with a record of 81 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the SSL.
The Braves scored 831 runs and surrendered 723 runs. Carl Hrovatic led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .370 average. Wendell Doss earned 24 wins on the mound for Lawton and a team-best 3 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Travis Jackson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Doss | 24 | 12 | .667 | 3.00 | 37 | 31 | 249.0 | 229 | 114 | 83 | 15 | 86 | ||||||||||
| Robert Gilmore | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.34 | 20 | 19 | 140.0 | 152 | 70 | 52 | 7 | 61 | ||||||||||
| John Szarzynski | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.27 | 31 | 25 | 158.0 | 159 | 97 | 75 | 19 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Dudley | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.19 | 28 | 21 | 155.0 | 187 | 83 | 55 | 14 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Michael Kirmer | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.09 | 24 | 13 | 110.0 | 81 | 60 | 50 | 7 | 110 | ||||||||||
| Norris Dorsey | 4 | 1 | .800 | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eugene Dowie | 3 | 1 | .750 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Spencer | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.32 | 29 | 6 | 93.0 | 80 | 67 | 55 | 4 | 95 | ||||||||||
| Victor Thurn | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.13 | 11 | 4 | 46.0 | 35 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Paul Thompson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Tobias | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Binder | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.47 | 19 | 2 | 59.0 | 73 | 60 | 49 | 5 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Joe Kleczynski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Doss | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Willie Parrott | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joel Whitlock | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Henry Asmussen | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 58 | .583 | 3.88 | 261 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1010.0 | 996 | 579 | 435 | 72 | 578 | 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 Hrovatic | 122 | 467 | 467 | 173 | 21 | 7 | 10 | .370 | .370 | .510 | .880 | 238 | |||||||||||
| Jack Bickett | 126 | 450 | 450 | 125 | 29 | 2 | 10 | .278 | .278 | .418 | .696 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Lee Freeman | 105 | 358 | 358 | 100 | 25 | 2 | 9 | .279 | .279 | .436 | .715 | 156 | |||||||||||
| MacDuffee Biggs | 92 | 368 | 368 | 98 | 16 | 3 | 7 | .266 | .266 | .383 | .649 | 141 | |||||||||||
| Jackie Brown | 93 | 332 | 332 | 89 | 18 | 2 | 17 | .268 | .268 | .488 | .756 | 162 | |||||||||||
| Don Carter | 69 | 286 | 286 | 80 | 18 | 3 | 5 | .280 | .280 | .416 | .696 | 119 | |||||||||||
| Frank Alden | 69 | 258 | 258 | 71 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .345 | .620 | 89 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Aycock | 72 | 266 | 266 | 62 | 15 | 3 | 6 | .233 | .233 | .380 | .613 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Bill McKeon | 48 | 183 | 183 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .295 | .295 | .393 | .689 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Cothran | 59 | 228 | 228 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .281 | .518 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Larry Fralic | 54 | 213 | 213 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .282 | .512 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Staniec | 78 | 302 | 302 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 5 | .142 | .142 | .235 | .377 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Edward Horbelt | 36 | 130 | 130 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .215 | .215 | .338 | .554 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Wendell Doss | 41 | 96 | 96 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .177 | .177 | .271 | .448 | 26 | |||||||||||
| John Szarzynski | 32 | 51 | 51 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .314 | .314 | .333 | .647 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Robert Gilmore | 21 | 59 | 59 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .254 | .475 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Mansfield | 18 | 61 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .197 | .197 | .262 | .459 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Dudley | 30 | 66 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .167 | .318 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Dowie | 10 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .429 | .762 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Jim Spencer | 29 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .240 | .440 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Michael Kirmer | 26 | 43 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .116 | .116 | .256 | .372 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Norris Dorsey | 13 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Victor Thurn | 11 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Doss | 11 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bob Binder | 20 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .074 | .074 | .074 | .148 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Joel Whitlock | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Willie Parrott | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Henry Asmussen | 4 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Thompson | 4 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Kleczynski | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Andrew Tobias | 9 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Reckelhoff | 7 | 18 | 18 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1328 | 4391 | 4391 | 0 | 1122 | 208 | 33 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .371 | .626 | 1627 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Doss | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| John Szarzynski | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Spencer | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Dudley | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Kirmer | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Gilmore | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Binder | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Norris Dorsey | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Joel Whitlock | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Victor Thurn | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Andrew Tobias | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Dowie | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Thompson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Willie Parrott | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Henry Asmussen | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Kleczynski | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 257 | 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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