1954 Omaha Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 83-68
Finished 3rd in the WL
Manager: Ferrell Anderson (83-68)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 150,131, Avg. 1,988
Playoffs - Des Moines Bruins 3 games, Omaha Cardinals 1
The Omaha Cardinals of the Western League ended the 1954 season with a record of 83 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the WL.
The Cardinals paced the league with just 612 runs allowed. Omaha scored 663 runs, worst in the league,. Jim King topped all regular hitters by hitting .314. Bob Clear led the squad with 20 wins, while Ron Kump earned a 2.28 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Jackie Brandt, Gordon Jones, Jim King, Phil Clark, Ferrell Anderson, Lou Ciola, Neal Hertweck and Bob Blaylock were all players from the 1954 Omaha Cardinals who played in the Majors during their careers.
Ferrell Anderson 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 Clear | 20 | 11 | .645 | 2.93 | 39 | 34 | 267.0 | 236 | 107 | 87 | 14 | 114 | ||||||||||
| Ron Kump | 14 | 12 | .538 | 2.28 | 30 | 27 | 217.0 | 207 | 78 | 55 | 6 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Mel Heim | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.23 | 36 | 29 | 226.0 | 222 | 104 | 81 | 14 | 86 | ||||||||||
| Gordon Jones | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.40 | 18 | 15 | 106.0 | 106 | 46 | 40 | 5 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Lou Ciola | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.06 | 49 | 2 | 97.0 | 90 | 36 | 33 | 4 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Harry Hoitsma | 5 | 2 | .714 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Hollingsworth | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.96 | 19 | 6 | 49.0 | 50 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Gene Swinger | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.60 | 15 | 3 | 52.0 | 38 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Carmon Dugger | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Phil Clark | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George New | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roland Hubbard | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.10 | 13 | 4 | 31.0 | 34 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Rogers Fister | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Floyd Melliere | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.48 | 14 | 3 | 40.0 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Melvin Greer | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.35 | 26 | 3 | 69.0 | 71 | 45 | 41 | 6 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Jim Michalec | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Shirley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ray Kangas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Blaylock | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Wolf | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 83 | 68 | .550 | 3.21 | 305 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1154.0 | 1086 | 512 | 411 | 57 | 500 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barney Elser | 151 | 609 | 609 | 171 | 30 | 11 | 2 | .281 | .281 | .376 | .657 | 229 | |||||||||||
| Jim King | 148 | 528 | 528 | 166 | 31 | 6 | 25 | .314 | .314 | .538 | .852 | 284 | |||||||||||
| Whitey Ries | 135 | 491 | 491 | 143 | 26 | 1 | 11 | .291 | .291 | .415 | .707 | 204 | |||||||||||
| Donald McLennan | 127 | 504 | 504 | 132 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .262 | .262 | .321 | .583 | 162 | |||||||||||
| Hector Mayer | 145 | 492 | 492 | 130 | 22 | 6 | 0 | .264 | .264 | .333 | .598 | 164 | |||||||||||
| Ferrell Anderson | 107 | 296 | 296 | 81 | 12 | 0 | 3 | .274 | .274 | .345 | .618 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Jay Drake | 98 | 310 | 310 | 79 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .255 | .255 | .352 | .606 | 109 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Viotto | 107 | 309 | 309 | 75 | 10 | 4 | 10 | .243 | .243 | .398 | .641 | 123 | |||||||||||
| William Hopkins | 84 | 228 | 228 | 60 | 4 | 3 | 8 | .263 | .263 | .412 | .675 | 94 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Wallace | 30 | 114 | 114 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .307 | .553 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Jackie Brandt | 21 | 67 | 67 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .313 | .313 | .448 | .761 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Bob Clear | 40 | 100 | 100 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .270 | .470 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Ron Kump | 31 | 75 | 75 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .253 | .320 | .573 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Vincent Moreci | 14 | 46 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .370 | .630 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Freddy Desouza | 16 | 51 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .196 | .196 | .353 | .549 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Mel Heim | 37 | 76 | 76 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .132 | .132 | .263 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Melvin Greer | 28 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .429 | .476 | .905 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Lou Ciola | 55 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Art Mazmanian | 24 | 60 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Gordon Jones | 18 | 34 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Hollingsworth | 27 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Melliere | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 4 | |||||||||||
| James Miller | 8 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Shirley | 5 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gene Swinger | 18 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| George New | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Michalec | 7 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Harry Keister | 8 | 18 | 18 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ray Kangas | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Roland Hubbard | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Harry Hoitsma | 9 | 20 | 20 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Rogers Fister | 6 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Carmon Dugger | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Phil Clark | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Blaylock | 4 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Donald Wolf | 5 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1552 | 4563 | 4563 | 0 | 1197 | 185 | 45 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .367 | .630 | 1676 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Ciola | P | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Clear | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Mel Heim | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Kump | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Melvin Greer | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Hollingsworth | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Gordon Jones | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Swinger | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Floyd Melliere | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Roland Hubbard | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Hoitsma | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Michalec | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Rogers Fister | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Wolf | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Shirley | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Carmon Dugger | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Phil Clark | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Blaylock | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| George New | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Kangas | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 305 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
