1954 Miami Beach/Greater Miami Flamingos Statistics
Team Record: 63-39
Finished 2nd in the FIL
Manager: Pepper Martin (63-39)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Miami, Florida; Miami Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Flamingo Park, Miami Stadium
Attendance: 14,407, Avg. 282
The Miami Beach/Greater Miami Flamingos of the Florida International League ended the 1954 season with a record of 63 wins and 39 losses, finishing second in the FIL.Miami Beach (27-14) transferred to Greater Miami (36-25) May 20.
The Flamingos scored 601 runs, best in the league. Miami Beach/Greater Miami yielded 486 runs. Jesse Levan led the team with 23 home runs and drove in 89 runs, while leading all regular hitters by hitting .348. Robert Hines topped the squad with 14 wins, and Laban Dean recorded a 2.9 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1954 Miami Beach/Greater Miami Flamingos who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jesse Levan, Minnie Mendoza, Hooks Iott, Danny Morejón and Jack Brittin.
Pepper Martin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Hines | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.30 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 191.0 | 111 | 92 | 70 | 4 | 69 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Laban Dean | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.90 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 118.0 | 113 | 55 | 38 | 2 | 57 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Hooks Iott | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.44 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 70.0 | 58 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Winston Brown | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.08 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 79.0 | 61 | 44 | 27 | 1 | 77 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Gaspar Del Monte | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.39 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 101.0 | 102 | 45 | 38 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Alejandro Chavez | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.79 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 58 | 41 | 33 | 7 | 48 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Brittin | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Allen | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.49 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 80.0 | 75 | 42 | 31 | 4 | 62 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Henrique Hernandez | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.45 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 93.0 | 104 | 55 | 46 | 1 | 47 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Reuben Phillips | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| David Exter | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marvin Rubin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al Quintana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Danny Morejón | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Little | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jesse Levan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harvey Cos | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Floyd Baker | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 36 | .625 | 3.42 | 212 | 89 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 794.0 | 682 | 403 | 302 | 27 | 422 | 0 | 434 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Levan | 101 | 453 | 374 | 83 | 130 | 21 | 5 | 23 | 89 | 18 | 70 | 10 | .348 | .454 | .615 | 1.069 | 230 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| George Wehmeyer | 104 | 441 | 380 | 67 | 107 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 22 | 47 | 14 | .282 | .362 | .353 | .715 | 134 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Frank Smith | 89 | 420 | 364 | 67 | 101 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 18 | 48 | 58 | .277 | .363 | .398 | .762 | 145 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Edward Little | 79 | 320 | 286 | 31 | 82 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 47 | 1 | 24 | 24 | .287 | .348 | .451 | .799 | 129 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Dale Lynch | 54 | 257 | 219 | 40 | 70 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 30 | 17 | .320 | .402 | .443 | .845 | 97 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Elmer Smith | 60 | 264 | 219 | 39 | 59 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 36 | 51 | .269 | .377 | .379 | .756 | 83 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Wallace Widholm | 80 | 261 | 237 | 27 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 16 | 32 | .224 | .278 | .359 | .637 | 85 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Danny Morejón | 38 | 161 | 130 | 23 | 39 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 25 | 13 | .300 | .417 | .438 | .855 | 57 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Humberto Barbon | 29 | 118 | 105 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 16 | .305 | .371 | .438 | .809 | 46 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Patrick O'Neill | 25 | 118 | 99 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 3 | .313 | .404 | .424 | .828 | 42 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Victoriano Moreno | 32 | 116 | 95 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 17 | 16 | .232 | .348 | .305 | .653 | 29 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bob Smith | 16 | 64 | 55 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | .291 | .381 | .364 | .745 | 20 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Roy Parker | 20 | 81 | 70 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 7 | .229 | .325 | .357 | .682 | 25 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Winston Brown | 27 | 57 | 49 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .306 | .393 | .367 | .760 | 18 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Randy Cooper | 16 | 65 | 55 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 11 | .273 | .385 | .382 | .766 | 21 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Hines | 41 | 80 | 69 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .217 | .250 | .232 | .482 | 16 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Laban Dean | 31 | 55 | 47 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .298 | .365 | .426 | .791 | 20 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Gabriel Nunez | 19 | 52 | 44 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | .250 | .353 | .250 | .603 | 11 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Augie Rosa | 10 | 43 | 31 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | .323 | .475 | .355 | .830 | 11 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Humberto Lopez | 14 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .350 | .435 | .350 | .785 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hooks Iott | 10 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .261 | .370 | .304 | .675 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Allen | 24 | 36 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .188 | .235 | .312 | .548 | 10 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Gaspar Del Monte | 30 | 39 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .179 | .303 | .250 | .553 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Edward Kowalski | 19 | 42 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .135 | .220 | .135 | .355 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Brittin | 7 | 11 | 11 | 4 | .364 | .364 | .364 | .727 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Minnie Mendoza | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Alejandro Chavez | 21 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .077 | .400 | .077 | .477 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Henrique Hernandez | 31 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .038 | .167 | .038 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Vincent Pagley | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Harvey Cos | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sylvester Henry | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1048 | 3679 | 3137 | 530 | 874 | 144 | 41 | 54 | 441 | 93 | 0 | 424 | 371 | .279 | .367 | .402 | .770 | 1262 | 0 | 16 | 102 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Levan | 1B | 99 | 903 | 53 | 12 | 83 | .988 | 9.657 | ||||
| Dale Lynch | 2B | 52 | 132 | 148 | 11 | 37 | .962 | 5.385 | ||||
| Edward Kowalski | 2B | 18 | 30 | 29 | 2 | 9 | .967 | 3.278 | ||||
| Augie Rosa | 2B | 10 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .957 | 4.400 | ||||
| Elmer Smith | 3B | 58 | 63 | 124 | 26 | 8 | .878 | 3.224 | ||||
| Danny Morejón | 3B | 38 | 43 | 74 | 16 | 10 | .880 | 3.079 | ||||
| Edward Little | C | 75 | 376 | 59 | 2 | 7 | .995 | 5.800 | 5 | |||
| Wallace Widholm | C | 37 | 169 | 22 | 7 | 8 | .965 | 5.162 | 4 | |||
| Frank Smith | OF | 88 | 213 | 13 | 10 | 2 | .958 | 2.568 | ||||
| Wallace Widholm | OF | 28 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.714 | ||||
| Victoriano Moreno | OF | 26 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.885 | ||||
| Patrick O'Neill | OF | 25 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Roy Parker | OF | 20 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.450 | ||||
| Humberto Barbon | OF | 19 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.684 | ||||
| Bob Smith | OF | 13 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.923 | ||||
| Randy Cooper | OF | 13 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 1.923 | ||||
| Gabriel Nunez | OF | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Robert Hines | P | 35 | 10 | 30 | 5 | 4 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Henrique Hernandez | P | 29 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .931 | ||||
| Gaspar Del Monte | P | 29 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .900 | .931 | ||||
| Laban Dean | P | 26 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .900 | 1.038 | ||||
| Alejandro Chavez | P | 21 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .429 | ||||
| Winston Brown | P | 17 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.471 | ||||
| Bill Allen | P | 17 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .765 | ||||
| Hooks Iott | P | 10 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Jack Brittin | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Reuben Phillips | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harvey Cos | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Floyd Baker | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Exter | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Smith | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marvin Rubin | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Quintana | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Danny Morejón | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward Little | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesse Levan | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Wehmeyer | SS | 104 | 213 | 386 | 50 | 59 | .923 | 5.760 | ||||
| Totals | 946 | 2440 | 1096 | 166 | 238 | .955 | 3.738 | 9 | 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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