1954 New Orleans Pelicans Statistics
Team Record: 92-62
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Danny Murtaugh (92-62)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Ballpark: Pelican Stadium
Attendance: 206,305, Avg. 2,679
Playoffs - New Orleans Pelicans 4 games, Birmingham Barons 2
Finals - Atlanta Crackers 4 games, New Orleans Pelicans 1
The New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 92 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the SA.
The Pelicans led the league with 860 runs. New Orleans allowed 671 runs. Gene Freese paced all regular batters with a .332 average. Bob Schultz topped the team with 18 wins, while Nelson King, too added 15 or more wins, too Nelson King recorded a 2.25 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1954 New Orleans Pelicans who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Danny Kravitz, Curt Raydon, George Freese, Bob Garber, Milt Graff, Jim Waugh, Hardy Peterson, Bobby Del Greco, Bob Schultz, Clem Koshorek, Len Yochim, Bill Hall, Erv Dusak, Chuck Churn, Nelson King, Cal Hogue, Roy Face, Dale Coogan, Gail Henley, John Powers, Felipe Montemayor, Gene Freese and Ed Wolfe.
Danny Murtaugh 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Schultz | 18 | 11 | .621 | 3.52 | 41 | 33 | 261.0 | 250 | 118 | 102 | 28 | 103 | ||||||||||
Nelson King | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2.25 | 31 | 23 | 184.0 | 170 | 54 | 46 | 11 | 29 | ||||||||||
Roy Face | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.45 | 40 | 25 | 192.0 | 217 | 111 | 95 | 19 | 45 | ||||||||||
Cal Hogue | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.79 | 20 | 20 | 133.0 | 114 | 66 | 56 | 12 | 79 | ||||||||||
Len Yochim | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.06 | 19 | 14 | 100.0 | 100 | 51 | 34 | 6 | 47 | ||||||||||
Paul Almonte | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.56 | 44 | 0 | 91.0 | 90 | 42 | 36 | 14 | 27 | ||||||||||
Les Phillips | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.79 | 26 | 5 | 84.0 | 77 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 46 | ||||||||||
Ed Wolfe | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.73 | 15 | 10 | 55.0 | 65 | 38 | 35 | 6 | 30 | ||||||||||
Curt Raydon | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.96 | 23 | 11 | 83.0 | 100 | 61 | 55 | 10 | 43 | ||||||||||
Bob Anderton | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.30 | 18 | 3 | 56.0 | 66 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 17 | ||||||||||
Larry Lassalle | 3 | 3 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Harry Pritts | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Alan Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jim Waugh | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Peter Nicolis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Erv Dusak | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Chuck Churn | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 6.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Bob Garber | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 6.0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Totals | 92 | 62 | .597 | 3.73 | 309 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1251.0 | 1249 | 606 | 518 | 110 | 471 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gene Freese | 145 | 548 | 548 | 182 | 30 | 6 | 16 | .332 | .332 | .496 | .828 | 272 | |||||||||||
George Freese | 134 | 497 | 497 | 161 | 26 | 2 | 23 | .324 | .324 | .523 | .847 | 260 | |||||||||||
Clem Koshorek | 150 | 572 | 572 | 155 | 29 | 2 | 5 | .271 | .271 | .355 | .626 | 203 | |||||||||||
Felipe Montemayor | 137 | 489 | 489 | 151 | 30 | 6 | 24 | .309 | .309 | .542 | .851 | 265 | |||||||||||
Dale Coogan | 148 | 513 | 513 | 135 | 20 | 2 | 11 | .263 | .263 | .374 | .637 | 192 | |||||||||||
Bob Honor | 103 | 362 | 362 | 120 | 13 | 5 | 3 | .331 | .331 | .420 | .751 | 152 | |||||||||||
John Powers | 106 | 366 | 366 | 97 | 13 | 9 | 23 | .265 | .265 | .538 | .803 | 197 | |||||||||||
Gail Henley | 109 | 370 | 370 | 83 | 15 | 1 | 7 | .224 | .224 | .327 | .551 | 121 | |||||||||||
Danny Kravitz | 82 | 271 | 271 | 79 | 13 | 2 | 11 | .292 | .292 | .476 | .768 | 129 | |||||||||||
Hardy Peterson | 79 | 248 | 248 | 70 | 18 | 0 | 3 | .282 | .282 | .391 | .673 | 97 | |||||||||||
Erv Dusak | 60 | 168 | 168 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 7 | .250 | .250 | .446 | .696 | 75 | |||||||||||
Milt Graff | 66 | 132 | 132 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .341 | .606 | 45 | |||||||||||
Bobby Del Greco | 38 | 98 | 98 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .316 | .531 | 31 | |||||||||||
Cal Hogue | 21 | 54 | 54 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .315 | .315 | .407 | .722 | 22 | |||||||||||
Roy Face | 42 | 66 | 66 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .242 | .242 | .364 | .606 | 24 | |||||||||||
Nelson King | 32 | 66 | 66 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .242 | .470 | 16 | |||||||||||
Bob Schultz | 41 | 94 | 94 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .128 | .138 | .266 | 13 | |||||||||||
Len Yochim | 19 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .211 | .368 | 8 | |||||||||||
Curt Raydon | 23 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .240 | .440 | 6 | |||||||||||
Bill Hall | 12 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .150 | .150 | .300 | .450 | 6 | |||||||||||
Paul Almonte | 44 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | |||||||||||
Bob Anderton | 19 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | |||||||||||
Ed Wolfe | 15 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .158 | .263 | 3 | |||||||||||
Les Phillips | 26 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .045 | .045 | .045 | .091 | 1 | |||||||||||
Bob Garber | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
George Wopinek | 4 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Jim Waugh | 6 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
John Richardson | 3 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Larry Lassalle | 8 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Rollie Leveille | 3 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Chuck Churn | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
William Phillips | 9 | 30 | 30 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Gene Corso | 9 | 19 | 19 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Harry Pritts | 6 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Totals | 1705 | 5165 | 5165 | 0 | 1413 | 241 | 39 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 | .274 | .415 | .688 | 2143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Almonte | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
Bob Schultz | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
Roy Face | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
Nelson King | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
Les Phillips | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
Curt Raydon | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
Cal Hogue | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
Len Yochim | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
Bob Anderton | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
Ed Wolfe | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
Larry Lassalle | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
Jim Waugh | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
Harry Pritts | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
Peter Nicolis | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
Bob Garber | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
Chuck Churn | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
Alan Wilson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 307 | 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.
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