1954 Monroe Sports Statistics
Team Record: 53-67
Finished 4th in the CSL
Manager: Ed Head (53-67)
Location: Monroe, Louisiana
Ballpark: Casino Park
Attendance: 30,961, Avg. 516
Playoffs - Greenville Tigers 4 games, Monroe Sports 1
The Monroe Sports of the Cotton States League ended the 1954 season with a record of 53 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the CSL.
The Sports scored 535 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 679 runs. Paul Flores paced Monroe with 15 home runs Charlie Fontana accounted for 86 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time with a .286 average. Bill Halley and Leonard Strickler led the squad with 11 wins each, while Bill Halley recorded a 2.86 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Ed Head 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Halley | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2.86 | 31 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 198.0 | 148 | 84 | 63 | 9 | 97 | 176 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Leonard Strickler | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.87 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 172.0 | 165 | 99 | 74 | 8 | 69 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Miles McWilliams | 9 | 10 | .474 | 5.09 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 184.0 | 211 | 124 | 104 | 10 | 104 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Donald Nuetzel | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.01 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 139.0 | 129 | 95 | 62 | 6 | 85 | 108 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| John Sullivan | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.15 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 156.0 | 147 | 97 | 72 | 4 | 115 | 136 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Winston Jordan | 4 | 3 | .571 | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ernest Jordan | 4 | 3 | .571 | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul Aube | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.48 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 46.0 | 59 | 36 | 28 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Maroney | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.02 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 52.0 | 47 | 36 | 29 | 0 | 53 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Herman Faulk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Marshall | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nick Agnos | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sam Adkisson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 57 | 70 | .449 | 4.11 | 211 | 114 | 0 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 947.0 | 906 | 571 | 432 | 38 | 546 | 0 | 658 | 18 | 4 | 31 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Flores | 120 | 530 | 437 | 85 | 123 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 72 | 9 | 83 | 46 | .281 | .401 | .462 | .863 | 202 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Charlie Fontana | 111 | 475 | 420 | 59 | 120 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 86 | 1 | 45 | 57 | .286 | .356 | .457 | .813 | 192 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Sam Chetta | 119 | 489 | 436 | 46 | 114 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 64 | 0 | 37 | 70 | .261 | .329 | .394 | .724 | 172 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| Charles Forbes | 110 | 476 | 426 | 55 | 102 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 8 | 41 | 90 | .239 | .308 | .305 | .613 | 130 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Bob Norden | 120 | 512 | 410 | 64 | 94 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 3 | 87 | 111 | .229 | .367 | .380 | .747 | 156 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| Frank Marinkovich | 91 | 389 | 342 | 56 | 84 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 39 | 41 | .246 | .326 | .342 | .668 | 117 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Therron Herzog | 85 | 309 | 245 | 31 | 55 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 47 | 68 | .224 | .356 | .269 | .625 | 66 | 3 | 14 | ||||
| Charles Nissel | 75 | 324 | 269 | 34 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 46 | 44 | .186 | .307 | .245 | .552 | 66 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Adrian Martin | 44 | 201 | 179 | 22 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 21 | 34 | .218 | .303 | .268 | .572 | 48 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Virgil Petty | 41 | 144 | 134 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 31 | .157 | .181 | .179 | .360 | 24 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Leonard Morrison | 23 | 91 | 78 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 7 | .244 | .330 | .410 | .740 | 32 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Halley | 42 | 97 | 86 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .221 | .280 | .407 | .687 | 35 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Miles McWilliams | 35 | 79 | 77 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .221 | .221 | .325 | .545 | 25 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Dave Waters | 16 | 72 | 68 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .235 | .257 | .294 | .551 | 20 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Leonard Strickler | 28 | 71 | 64 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .172 | .209 | .172 | .381 | 11 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Amos Chrisco | 14 | 46 | 43 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .186 | .239 | .302 | .541 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Sullivan | 24 | 61 | 54 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .130 | .161 | .167 | .327 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Donald Nuetzel | 25 | 53 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .146 | .300 | .146 | .446 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Paul Aube | 16 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .208 | .321 | .333 | .655 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Don Grzesiek | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| John Maroney | 14 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .154 | .312 | .154 | .466 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Odie Strain | 9 | 22 | 22 | 2 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Nick Agnos | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Sam Adkisson | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Winston Jordan | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Howard Falatic | 12 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .056 | .150 | .111 | .261 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ernest Jordan | 17 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .067 | .000 | .067 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Herman Faulk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1214 | 4553 | 3929 | 529 | 920 | 132 | 45 | 67 | 466 | 38 | 0 | 496 | 724 | .234 | .323 | .342 | .665 | 1343 | 0 | 22 | 106 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Norden | 1B | 120 | 909 | 46 | 29 | 69 | .971 | 7.958 | ||||
| Charles Nissel | 2B | 75 | 154 | 193 | 14 | 37 | .961 | 4.627 | ||||
| Adrian Martin | 2B | 44 | 121 | 95 | 13 | 19 | .943 | 4.909 | ||||
| Paul Flores | 3B | 60 | 68 | 106 | 23 | 14 | .883 | 2.900 | ||||
| Virgil Petty | 3B | 38 | 37 | 45 | 13 | 6 | .863 | 2.158 | ||||
| Dave Waters | 3B | 16 | 26 | 40 | 14 | 3 | .825 | 4.125 | ||||
| Sam Chetta | C | 119 | 794 | 82 | 19 | 10 | .979 | 7.361 | 9 | |||
| Charlie Fontana | OF | 111 | 195 | 13 | 9 | 1 | .959 | 1.874 | ||||
| Charles Forbes | OF | 107 | 202 | 10 | 12 | 1 | .946 | 1.981 | ||||
| Frank Marinkovich | OF | 91 | 247 | 12 | 12 | 6 | .956 | 2.846 | ||||
| Leonard Morrison | OF | 23 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.565 | ||||
| Paul Flores | OF | 16 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 3.000 | ||||
| Amos Chrisco | OF | 12 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Miles McWilliams | P | 34 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 2 | .846 | .971 | ||||
| Bill Halley | P | 31 | 7 | 31 | 3 | 0 | .927 | 1.226 | ||||
| Leonard Strickler | P | 28 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .921 | 1.250 | ||||
| Donald Nuetzel | P | 25 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .862 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Sullivan | P | 24 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 2 | .794 | 1.125 | ||||
| Winston Jordan | P | 15 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .600 | ||||
| Ernest Jordan | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Maroney | P | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Paul Aube | P | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Sam Adkisson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Marshall | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nick Agnos | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Herman Faulk | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Therron Herzog | SS | 76 | 108 | 138 | 30 | 26 | .891 | 3.237 | ||||
| Paul Flores | SS | 42 | 89 | 90 | 16 | 15 | .918 | 4.262 | ||||
| Totals | 1161 | 3075 | 1030 | 233 | 214 | .946 | 3.536 | 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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