1954 Middlesboro Athletics Statistics
Team Record: 48-34
Finished 1st in the MSL
Manager: Walt Dixon (48-34)
Location: Middlesboro, Kentucky
Ballpark: Hilltop Speedway Park
Attendance: 9,031, Avg. 220
The Middlesboro Athletics of the Mountain States League ended the 1954 season with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses, finishing first in the MSL.
The Athletics plated 448 runs and gave up 429 runs. Walt Dixon and Sam Garbedian topped hitters with significant playing time with a .337 average. Jim Anders led Middlesboro with 12 wins, while William Morgan registered a 3.47 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Jack Bruner played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Middlesboro Athletics to do so.
Walt Dixon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Anders | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.54 | 29 | 17 | 160.0 | 147 | 82 | 63 | 9 | 63 | ||||||||||
| William Philyaw | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.97 | 23 | 14 | 118.0 | 118 | 73 | 52 | 3 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Kermit Doub | 9 | 4 | .692 | 4.46 | 23 | 15 | 119.0 | 140 | 77 | 59 | 6 | 42 | ||||||||||
| William Morgan | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.47 | 23 | 18 | 148.0 | 139 | 70 | 57 | 3 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Albert Turner | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.76 | 20 | 13 | 102.0 | 113 | 77 | 54 | 4 | 68 | ||||||||||
| William Halstead | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walt Dixon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ron Grace | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Robinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Ross | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Taylor | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hollis Robertson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 48 | 34 | .585 | 3.96 | 143 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 647.0 | 657 | 379 | 285 | 25 | 295 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Garbedian | 82 | 294 | 294 | 99 | 17 | 3 | 3 | .337 | .337 | .446 | .782 | 131 | |||||||||||
| Walt Dixon | 80 | 270 | 270 | 91 | 17 | 5 | 13 | .337 | .337 | .581 | .919 | 157 | |||||||||||
| Albert Roberts | 81 | 281 | 281 | 84 | 20 | 3 | 4 | .299 | .299 | .434 | .733 | 122 | |||||||||||
| James McCrary | 82 | 325 | 325 | 74 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .228 | .228 | .308 | .535 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Charles Greenhill | 82 | 269 | 269 | 72 | 11 | 4 | 13 | .268 | .268 | .483 | .751 | 130 | |||||||||||
| William Williams | 82 | 294 | 294 | 63 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .269 | .483 | 79 | |||||||||||
| William Halstead | 66 | 220 | 220 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 7 | .245 | .245 | .386 | .632 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Adam McCoy | 36 | 73 | 73 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .219 | .219 | .329 | .548 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Jack Bruner | 24 | 76 | 76 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .250 | .421 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Kermit Doub | 25 | 41 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .268 | .268 | .341 | .610 | 14 | |||||||||||
| William Morgan | 25 | 57 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .175 | .175 | .281 | .456 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Jim Anders | 29 | 61 | 61 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .164 | .164 | .213 | .377 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Albert Turner | 23 | 39 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .179 | .333 | 7 | |||||||||||
| William Philyaw | 24 | 44 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .227 | .364 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bill Ross | 13 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .385 | .385 | .615 | 1.000 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Haydon McPartland | 4 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Hollis Robertson | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Robinson | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Peter Taylor | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Cook | 3 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ron Grace | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 768 | 2381 | 2381 | 0 | 614 | 113 | 28 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .384 | .642 | 915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Anders | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| William Philyaw | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| William Morgan | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Kermit Doub | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Albert Turner | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Ross | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Peter Taylor | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Grace | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| James Robinson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Hollis Robertson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 136 | 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.
