1954 Meridian Millers Statistics
Team Record: 62-56
Finished 3rd in the CSL
Manager: Tod Davis (62-56)
Location: Meridian, Mississippi
Ballpark: Buckwalter Stadium
Attendance: 33,598, Avg. 569
Playoffs - El Dorado Oilers 4 games, Meridian Millers 3
The Meridian Millers of the Cotton States League ended the 1954 season with a record of 62 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the CSL.
The Millers scored 710 runs and gave up 659 runs. Vernon Shetler led Meridian with 17 home runs and accounted for 118 RBI. Gene Pompelia paced all regular hitters by hitting .330. Tom Jayne topped the squad with 20 wins, while Harold Cottle added 15 or more wins, too Tom Jayne earned a 2.73 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Tod Davis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Jayne | 20 | 8 | .714 | 2.73 | 40 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 234.0 | 218 | 98 | 71 | 9 | 74 | 136 | 8 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Harold Cottle | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.56 | 31 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 205.0 | 209 | 92 | 81 | 12 | 77 | 116 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Charles Gross | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.68 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 115.0 | 129 | 74 | 47 | 7 | 46 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Thomas White | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.94 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 162.0 | 146 | 114 | 89 | 21 | 109 | 121 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Francis Healy | 8 | 16 | .333 | 6.31 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 177.0 | 204 | 157 | 124 | 8 | 133 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Clifford Gookin | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.04 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 67.0 | 68 | 52 | 45 | 1 | 46 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| James Dupuy | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Davis | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Norman McCracken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Willie Abercrombie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Gookin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roy Moore | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 61 | 51 | .545 | 4.28 | 190 | 109 | 0 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 960.0 | 974 | 587 | 457 | 58 | 485 | 0 | 565 | 33 | 8 | 37 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Pompelia | 114 | 561 | 463 | 104 | 153 | 36 | 8 | 6 | 72 | 9 | 89 | 31 | .330 | .439 | .482 | .921 | 223 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Vernon Shetler | 118 | 554 | 472 | 77 | 145 | 30 | 6 | 17 | 118 | 1 | 71 | 57 | .307 | .401 | .504 | .905 | 238 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Wendell Forbes | 104 | 474 | 378 | 72 | 117 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 91 | 7 | 82 | 31 | .310 | .436 | .468 | .905 | 177 | 3 | 11 | ||||
| Thomas Davis | 104 | 433 | 346 | 63 | 97 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 59 | 4 | 66 | 44 | .280 | .415 | .422 | .837 | 146 | 14 | 7 | ||||
| Irvin Giordanengo | 102 | 434 | 344 | 50 | 93 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 79 | 48 | .270 | .411 | .384 | .795 | 132 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Jack Maupin | 61 | 283 | 237 | 63 | 83 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 52 | 13 | 38 | 23 | .350 | .446 | .565 | 1.011 | 134 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Ronald Pittman | 81 | 376 | 299 | 65 | 65 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 8 | 71 | 42 | .217 | .371 | .318 | .689 | 95 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Ray Rogers | 92 | 359 | 295 | 47 | 64 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 53 | 64 | .217 | .336 | .292 | .628 | 86 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Bill Jones | 41 | 187 | 149 | 24 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 32 | 10 | .262 | .396 | .403 | .798 | 60 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Chico Heron | 32 | 150 | 114 | 29 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 30 | 26 | .325 | .476 | .474 | .950 | 54 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| George Ryan | 22 | 91 | 59 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 11 | .237 | .494 | .271 | .766 | 16 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Harold Cottle | 31 | 92 | 81 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .173 | .212 | .259 | .471 | 21 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Charles Gross | 27 | 67 | 65 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .185 | .197 | .323 | .520 | 21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Tom Jayne | 40 | 99 | 80 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .138 | .242 | .138 | .379 | 11 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Charles Smith | 17 | 70 | 43 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 8 | .233 | .515 | .256 | .771 | 11 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Thomas White | 30 | 69 | 59 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .169 | .246 | .203 | .450 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| James Carpenter | 20 | 52 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | .170 | .235 | .191 | .427 | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Joe Sprayberry | 20 | 56 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Francis Healy | 32 | 77 | 66 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 21 | .121 | .216 | .121 | .337 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Clifford Gookin | 15 | 32 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .111 | .200 | .148 | .348 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| John Cochran | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Roy Moore | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| William Allgood | 8 | 16 | 16 | 1 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Gookin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1121 | 4551 | 3707 | 662 | 995 | 188 | 37 | 71 | 617 | 50 | 0 | 707 | 505 | .268 | .391 | .397 | .787 | 1470 | 0 | 37 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon Shetler | 1B | 118 | 1001 | 60 | 25 | 78 | .977 | 8.992 | ||||
| Ray Rogers | 2B | 51 | 107 | 134 | 14 | 30 | .945 | 4.725 | ||||
| Chico Heron | 2B | 32 | 88 | 85 | 13 | 20 | .930 | 5.406 | ||||
| Bill Jones | 2B | 18 | 40 | 49 | 7 | 8 | .927 | 4.944 | ||||
| Charles Smith | 2B | 15 | 35 | 49 | 4 | 4 | .955 | 5.600 | ||||
| Wendell Forbes | 3B | 93 | 98 | 166 | 30 | 4 | .898 | 2.839 | ||||
| Ray Rogers | 3B | 30 | 44 | 60 | 7 | 10 | .937 | 3.467 | ||||
| Irvin Giordanengo | C | 100 | 575 | 60 | 10 | 3 | .984 | 6.350 | 6 | |||
| Joe Sprayberry | C | 17 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 3.588 | 0 | |||
| James Carpenter | C | 13 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 3.385 | 5 | |||
| Gene Pompelia | OF | 114 | 292 | 12 | 9 | 3 | .971 | 2.667 | ||||
| Thomas Davis | OF | 92 | 138 | 9 | 8 | 2 | .948 | 1.598 | ||||
| Ronald Pittman | OF | 81 | 186 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .965 | 2.395 | ||||
| Bill Jones | OF | 25 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| George Ryan | OF | 19 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.684 | ||||
| Wendell Forbes | OF | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | ||||
| Tom Jayne | P | 40 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 1 | .932 | 1.025 | ||||
| Francis Healy | P | 32 | 13 | 43 | 4 | 2 | .933 | 1.750 | ||||
| Harold Cottle | P | 31 | 9 | 37 | 1 | 1 | .979 | 1.484 | ||||
| Thomas White | P | 30 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .633 | ||||
| Charles Gross | P | 20 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Clifford Gookin | P | 14 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| James Dupuy | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roy Moore | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Davis | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Norman McCracken | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Gookin | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willie Abercrombie | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Maupin | SS | 59 | 127 | 177 | 15 | 28 | .953 | 5.153 | ||||
| Totals | 1073 | 2970 | 1045 | 168 | 196 | .960 | 3.742 | 11 | 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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