1954 Nashville Vols Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 64-90
Finished 6th in the SA
Manager: Hugh Poland (64-90)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Sulphur Dell
Attendance: 89,470, Avg. 1,162

1954 Nashville Vols Roster

The Nashville Vols of the Southern Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, finishing sixth in the SA.

The Vols plated 837 runs and surrendered 1003 runs, most in the league. Bob Lennon led all regular batters by hitting .345. Joe Margoneri topped Nashville with 14 wins and a team-best 4.71 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Eric Rodin, Ted Tappe, Lee Tate, Dom Zanni, Roy Jarvis, Joe Margoneri, Bob Lennon, Pete Burnside and Jim Suchecki were all players from the 1954 Nashville Vols who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Hugh Poland 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
Joe Margoneri	14	10	.583	4.71	37	25					197.0	186	117	103	12	124
Dick Libby	12	16	.429	6.20	46	25					183.0	249	150	126	18	83
William Padget	10	18	.357	6.00	47	26					231.0	294	171	154	33	69
Joseph Stupak	9	16	.360	5.10	42	27					196.0	267	143	111	18	71
Pete Burnside	6	4	.600	5.10	19	15					97.0	112	64	55	16	62
Tony Wesoloski	5	9	.357	5.54	33	14					138.0	169	94	85	13	79
Robert Giddens	4	6	.400	5.74	38	7					91.0	92	62	58	5	61
Frederick Sherkel	1	1	.500		14						0.0
Jim Suchecki	1	4	.200		12						0.0
Keith Brown	0	0			6						0.0
Nick Pappas	0	0			4						0.0
Bob Lennon	0	0			3						0.0
Dick Hamlin	0	0			4						0.0
Dom Zanni	0	0		13.50	4						8.0	17	12	12		7
Jim Graves	0	4	.000		5						0.0
Totals	62	88	.413	5.55	314	139	0	0	0	0	1141.0	1386	813	704	115	556	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
Bob Lennon	153	609	609		210	33	6	64						.345	.345	.734	1.079	447
Eric Rodin	128	473	473		159	33	5	18						.336	.336	.541	.877	256
Alex Cosmidis	142	533	533		147	34	2	6						.276	.276	.381	.657	203
Larry DiPippo	120	443	443		132	26	7	20						.298	.298	.524	.822	232
Arthur Dunham	128	453	453		127	24	5	10						.280	.280	.422	.702	191
Floyd Fogg	117	445	445		109	28	3	16						.245	.245	.429	.674	191
Lee Tate	97	356	356		105	13	2	1						.295	.295	.351	.646	125
Buster Boguskie	108	348	348		94	7	0	7						.270	.270	.351	.621	122
Ray Berns	85	257	257		69	9	1	9						.268	.268	.416	.685	107
Robert Pottenger	94	254	254		67	12	0	11						.264	.264	.441	.705	112
Jake Jenkins	36	106	106		30	8	0	2						.283	.283	.415	.698	44
Charles Williams	32	89	89		26	7	1	1						.292	.292	.427	.719	38
Joe Margoneri	42	77	77		22	6	0	1						.286	.286	.403	.688	31
Robert Caldwell	27	94	94		22	5	0	1						.234	.234	.319	.553	30
Ted Tappe	24	80	80		16	2	0	6						.200	.200	.450	.650	36
Joseph Stupak	50	76	76		15	3	0	0						.197	.197	.237	.434	18
Dick Getter	20	64	64		13	5	0	1						.203	.203	.328	.531	21
Dick Libby	46	65	65		11	1	0	1						.169	.169	.231	.400	15
William Padget	47	74	74		8	2	0	0						.108	.108	.135	.243	10
Joseph Borrelli	10	20	20		6	2	0	0						.300	.300	.400	.700	8
Tony Wesoloski	33	47	47		6	0	0	1						.128	.128	.191	.319	9
Pete Burnside	19	30	30		4	0	0	0						.133	.133	.133	.267	4
Frederick Sherkel	14	10	10		3	0	0	0						.300	.300	.300	.600	3
Robert Giddens	40	27	27		3	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	3
Jim Suchecki	12	14	14		2	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Doug Walker	1	2	2											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Keith Brown	6	9	9											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dick Hamlin	5	9	9											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Hafenecker	3	2	2											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Graves	6	5	5											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dom Zanni	5	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1650	5072	5072	0	1406	260	32	176	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.277	.445	.722	2258	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
William Padget	P	47					.000
Dick Libby	P	46					.000
Joseph Stupak	P	42					.000
Robert Giddens	P	38					.000
Joe Margoneri	P	37					.000
Tony Wesoloski	P	33					.000
Pete Burnside	P	19					.000
Frederick Sherkel	P	14					.000
Jim Suchecki	P	12					.000
Keith Brown	P	6					.000
Jim Graves	P	5					.000
Dom Zanni	P	4					.000
Nick Pappas	P	4					.000
Dick Hamlin	P	4					.000
Totals		311	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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