1954 Olean Giants Statistics
Team Record: 46-80
Finished 7th in the PONYL
Manager: Austin Knickerbocker (0-0), Chick Genovese (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Olean, New York
Ballpark: Bradner Stadium
Attendance: 19,203, Avg. 305
The Olean Giants of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1954 season with a record of 46 wins and 80 losses, finishing seventh in the PONYL.
The Giants scored 682 runs and gave up 939 runs, most in the circuit. Stan Anderson led batters with significant playing time with a .304 average. Donald Woerner topped Olean with 9 wins and a team-best 5.56 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1954 Olean Giants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Austin Knickerbocker, Andre Rodgers and Joe Shipley.
Austin Knickerbocker and Chick Genovese 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Woerner | 9 | 14 | .391 | 5.56 | 30 | 23 | 186.0 | 193 | 146 | 115 | 5 | 169 | ||||||||||
| John Lytle | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5.83 | 37 | 15 | 156.0 | 199 | 133 | 101 | 6 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Norman Faulconer | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.97 | 38 | 8 | 110.0 | 130 | 94 | 73 | 6 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Gilbert Bassetti | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.38 | 18 | 5 | 76.0 | 77 | 47 | 37 | 2 | 57 | ||||||||||
| John Miron | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.37 | 19 | 4 | 70.0 | 76 | 45 | 34 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Emile Evans | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Cardosi | 3 | 1 | .750 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Andersen | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6.34 | 12 | 9 | 71.0 | 76 | 58 | 50 | 5 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Gordon Dyment | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Picone | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Lovito | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Kitchen | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8.05 | 13 | 7 | 57.0 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 6 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Joe Shipley | 1 | 7 | .125 | 12.29 | 16 | 12 | 41.0 | 53 | 63 | 56 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Frank Incontrera | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Andre Rodgers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sylvio Mastroianni | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marion Cowdell | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Knickerbocker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Roger Collins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Burke | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Anderson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bernard Hill | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Rogan | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Snider | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Petriello | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vic Davis | 0 | 8 | .000 | 7.03 | 18 | 7 | 73.0 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 5 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 46 | 80 | .365 | 6.15 | 270 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 840.0 | 950 | 717 | 574 | 36 | 664 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Anderson | 126 | 471 | 471 | 143 | 29 | 8 | 9 | .304 | .304 | .456 | .760 | 215 | |||||||||||
| Andre Rodgers | 125 | 440 | 440 | 126 | 23 | 4 | 9 | .286 | .286 | .418 | .705 | 184 | |||||||||||
| Robert Lesko | 122 | 436 | 436 | 121 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .278 | .278 | .351 | .628 | 153 | |||||||||||
| Edward Opich | 101 | 393 | 393 | 109 | 17 | 4 | 3 | .277 | .277 | .364 | .641 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Willie Lefever | 61 | 237 | 237 | 63 | 13 | 4 | 3 | .266 | .266 | .392 | .658 | 93 | |||||||||||
| Bob Manning | 77 | 270 | 270 | 58 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .215 | .215 | .270 | .485 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Austin Knickerbocker | 49 | 176 | 176 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 7 | .301 | .301 | .477 | .778 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Robert Strunak | 44 | 174 | 174 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .293 | .293 | .374 | .667 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Donald Woerner | 76 | 149 | 149 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 1 | .275 | .275 | .356 | .631 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Frank Incontrera | 57 | 179 | 179 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 5 | .173 | .173 | .324 | .497 | 58 | |||||||||||
| David Birdsall | 28 | 103 | 103 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .330 | .592 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Fred Kitchen | 43 | 108 | 108 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .241 | .241 | .333 | .574 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Gene Sodersten | 32 | 95 | 95 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .253 | .253 | .484 | .737 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Charles Pearson | 49 | 134 | 134 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .179 | .179 | .269 | .448 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Lindley | 40 | 115 | 115 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .304 | .504 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Paul Blatchford | 24 | 63 | 63 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .302 | .302 | .508 | .810 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Robert Caldwell | 18 | 46 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .283 | .500 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Norman Faulconer | 38 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .276 | .517 | 8 | |||||||||||
| John Miron | 31 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Darwin Snyder | 11 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 6 | |||||||||||
| John Skarzynski | 13 | 42 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .190 | .333 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Joe Shipley | 17 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .263 | .474 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Vic Davis | 22 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Gilbert Bassetti | 18 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .167 | .300 | 5 | |||||||||||
| John Lytle | 37 | 54 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .074 | .074 | .111 | .185 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Andersen | 14 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Emile Evans | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Lovito | 12 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .214 | .357 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Petriello | 11 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Merlo | 3 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Don Summerhalter | 9 | 33 | 33 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Anderson | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph Burke | 2 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Donald Snider | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Cardosi | 9 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Marion Cowdell | 4 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Rogan | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Sylvio Mastroianni | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gordon Dyment | 7 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bernard Hill | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Picone | 6 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1358 | 4003 | 4003 | 0 | 999 | 195 | 35 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .352 | .602 | 1411 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Faulconer | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| John Lytle | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| John Miron | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Vic Davis | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Gilbert Bassetti | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Shipley | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Andersen | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Emile Evans | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Cardosi | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Petriello | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Andrew Lovito | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Picone | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Gordon Dyment | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Marion Cowdell | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Snider | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Rogan | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Anderson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Burke | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Sylvio Mastroianni | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Bernard Hill | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Collins | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 224 | 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.
