1954 Lakeland Pilots Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 71-67
Finished 4th in the FSL
Manager: Jim Bello (0-0), Rip Sewell (0-0)
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Henley Stadium
Attendance: 41,808, Avg. 606

1954 Lakeland Pilots Roster

Playoffs - Lakeland Pilots 3 games, Jacksonville Beach Sea Birds 2

The Lakeland Pilots of the Florida State League ended the 1954 season with a record of 71 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the FSL.

The Pilots scored 744 runs and yielded 825 runs. Herman Niehaus led Lakeland with 23 home runs and accounted for 94 RBI, while leading batters with significant playing time by hitting .268. Rolando Ortega topped the squad with 20 wins, and Richard Donnelly also added 15 or more victories also Richard Donnelly registered a 3.5 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Les Witherspoon played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lakeland Pilots to do so.

Jim Bello and Rip Sewell 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
Rolando Ortega	20	9	.690	4.44	34	31		23	0		245.0	276	156	121	2	96		145	11	1	12
Richard Donnelly	16	17	.485	3.50	38	34		19	2		265.0	240	136	103	8	113		216	14	1	9
Billy Boyette	13	6	.684	3.87	35	14		10	0		158.0	155	88	68	2	68		132	6	0	7
John Wantz	8	9	.471	4.98	34	19		6	0		168.0	185	121	93	8	99		74	10	0	6
Dewey Funkhouser	3	4	.429	4.50	28	5		3	0		102.0	118	64	51	4	36		40	8	0	1
James Hardison	2	4	.333		11						0.0
Kenneth Huffman	2	5	.286	7.13	10	8		2	0		53.0	44	50	42	1	71		29	4	0	11
Jim Fernan	0	0			1						0.0
Herman Niehaus	0	0			1						0.0
Alfred Gandolfi	0	0			1						0.0
John Scargle	0	1	.000		5						0.0
Totals	64	55	.538	4.34	198	111	0	63	2	0	991.0	1018	615	478	25	483	0	636	53	2	46	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
Herman Niehaus	127	589	467	93	125	19	4	23	94	2		117	115	.268	.414	.473	.887	221		2	0	3
Alfred Gandolfi	128	555	483	72	123	15	6	5	87	12		66	79	.255	.342	.342	.684	165		1	0	5
Joseph Fazzino	123	574	480	74	98	7	5	0	45	6		80	90	.204	.323	.240	.562	115		6	4	4
Rene Friol	68	311	270	47	91	10	8	2	38	6		37	28	.337	.418	.456	.874	123		2	0	2
Hugh Craig	83	363	318	48	87	5	3	0	37	3		38	26	.274	.353	.308	.661	98		2	3	2
Les Witherspoon	70	316	257	54	85	14	4	5	58	8		54	35	.331	.441	.475	.916	122		0	1	4
Roger Baer	103	438	345	50	81	14	1	0	38	6		86	58	.235	.392	.281	.673	97		4	2	1
George Hughes	50	230	183	39	61	7	2	2	28	1		44	16	.333	.461	.426	.887	78		1	0	2
Bobby Roberts	68	296	261	34	61	12	0	4	44	1		23	47	.234	.311	.326	.636	85		8	0	4
William Bright	51	238	185	36	50	6	2	0	17	1		43	26	.270	.419	.324	.743	60		5	4	1
Rolando Ortega	57	139	115	20	36	4	1	0	9	0		22	8	.313	.423	.365	.789	42		0	2	0
Mason Whidden	39	177	154	22	36	1	3	0	12	1		16	27	.234	.304	.279	.583	43		0	6	1
Jim Bello	18	82	72	10	23	6	1	0	20	1		9	5	.319	.390	.431	.821	31		0	0	1
James Turner	18	73	66	7	21	7	0	1	14	2		4	5	.318	.384	.470	.853	31		3	0	0
John Deer	14	57	46	6	12	1	0	0	4	1		9	13	.261	.386	.283	.669	13		1	0	1
Billy Boyette	35	70	61	12	12	2	0	0	5	0		8	4	.197	.290	.230	.519	14		0	1	0
Carlos Gil	31	80	67	6	12	2	0	0	6	1		12	13	.179	.300	.209	.509	14		0	0	1
Juan Monge	12	51	41	7	10	3	0	0	8	0		8	6	.244	.373	.317	.690	13		1	0	1
Richard Donnelly	38	115	77	4	9	1	0	0	6	0		25	32	.117	.343	.130	.473	10		2	10	1
Dewey Funkhouser	31	50	37	8	6	0	0	0	3	1		10	11	.162	.340	.162	.503	6		0	3	0
John Wantz	34	71	57	7	5	0	0	0	2	0		12	25	.088	.246	.088	.334	5		0	2	0
Manuel Luces	6	17	17		3									.176	.176	.176	.353	3
James Hardison	11	10	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	2		0	1	0
John Scargle	5	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Felix Gomez	3	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Kenneth Huffman	12	24	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		8	10	.071	.409	.071	.481	1		0	2	0
Edward Sharkey	8	19	19		1									.053	.053	.053	.105	1
Abraham Hardee	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Del Shanle	3	9	9		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Enrique Ferris	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Reynaldo Alvarez	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1254	4985	4140	657	1055	136	40	42	575	53	0	732	682	.255	.369	.337	.707	1397	0	38	41	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Herman Niehaus	1B	120	868	59	26	70	.973	7.725
Jim Bello	1B	18	141	12	3	5	.981	8.500
Alfred Gandolfi	2B	122	324	278	27	51	.957	4.934
Carlos Gil	2B	11	18	20	0	4	1.000	3.455
Rene Friol	3B	68	104	107	34	13	.861	3.103
Roger Baer	3B	66	71	116	29	8	.866	2.833
Bobby Roberts	C	68	463	45	18	5	.966	7.471	7
Roger Baer	C	36	192	22	6	3	.973	5.944	10
James Turner	C	18	108	14	2	3	.984	6.778	2
Juan Monge	C	12	68	8	4	2	.950	6.333	3
Joseph Fazzino	OF	123	350	26	10	3	.974	3.057
Les Witherspoon	OF	70	145	8	9	2	.944	2.186
George Hughes	OF	50	110	10	5	1	.960	2.400
Mason Whidden	OF	39	51	6	6	0	.905	1.462
Carlos Gil	OF	10	12	0	1	0	.923	1.200
Richard Donnelly	P	38	18	40	6	3	.906	1.526
Billy Boyette	P	35	8	15	3	1	.885	.657
John Wantz	P	34	2	33	1	0	.972	1.029
Rolando Ortega	P	34	12	40	0	0	1.000	1.529
Dewey Funkhouser	P	28	2	23	3	1	.893	.893
James Hardison	P	11	5	9	1	1	.933	1.273
Kenneth Huffman	P	10	1	6	1	1	.875	.700
John Scargle	P	5						.000
Herman Niehaus	P	1						.000
Alfred Gandolfi	P	1						.000
Jim Fernan	P	1						.000
Hugh Craig	SS	83	121	239	34	32	.914	4.337
William Bright	SS	51	81	129	29	21	.879	4.118
Totals		1163	3275	1265	258	230	.946	3.904	22	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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