1954 Oklahoma City Indians Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 87-74
Finished 3rd in the TL
Manager: Tommy Tatum (87-74)
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 101,938, Avg. 1,266

1954 Oklahoma City Indians Roster

Playoffs - Houston Buffalos 4 games, Oklahoma City Indians 1

The Oklahoma City Indians of the Texas League ended the 1954 season with a record of 87 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the TL.

The Indians paced the league with 782 runs. Oklahoma City allowed 780 runs. Howard Boles walloped 38 home runs for the squad, while Earl York and Rusty Burns added 15 or more also. Rusty Burns drove in 110 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .319 average. Vicente Amor led the team with 18 wins, and Ernest Groth recorded a 3.75 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1954 Oklahoma City Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tommy Tatum, Danny Lynch, Al Papai, Jay Van Noy, Samuel Williams, Ernest Groth, Hank Edwards, Pete Taylor, Wayne McLeland and Vicente Amor.

Tommy Tatum 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
Vicente Amor	18	11	.621	4.11	41	32		12	0		245.0	254	139	112	21	100		109	3	0	5
Ernest Groth	14	11	.560	3.75	34	25		10	2		199.0	177	91	83	18	59		106	0	0	2
Al Papai	11	11	.500	4.24	30	27		13	2		204.0	231	114	96	22	64		98	2	0	7
Pete Taylor	10	7	.588	4.78	40	17		2	1		160.0	166	99	85	20	78		102	4	0	3
Jack Cardey	8	10	.444	5.03	45	6		0	0		111.0	114	66	62	6	69		49	5	0	5
Al Olsen	6	5	.545	3.47	42	1		0	0		70.0	91	38	27	7	13		32	1	0	1
Chris Nicolosi	4	2	.667	6.05	16	9		2	0		64.0	83	50	43	9	33		25	0	0	4
Marshall Long	2	4	.333	4.06	15	11		1	1		62.0	63	35	28	3	36		31	2	0	7
Max Peterson	1	0	1.000		9						0.0
Donald Weiskopf	0	0			1						0.0
Alfred Dumouchelle	0	0			2						0.0
Clifford Coggin	0	0			3						0.0
Eddie Hughes	0	0			4						0.0
Dean Franks	0	2	.000	5.17	14	7		0	0		47.0	56	28	27	8	14		14	0	0	1
Roger Aldridge	0	3	.000		17						0.0
Samuel Williams	0	3	.000		11						0.0
Totals	74	69	.517	4.36	324	135	0	40	6	0	1162.0	1235	660	563	114	466	0	566	17	0	35	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
Rusty Burns	152	618	524	89	167	37	0	24	110	2	0	79	67	.319	.412	.527	.938	276		6	6	3
Frank Murray	142	611	532	87	157	34	4	1	59	5	8	56	50	.295	.358	.380	.738	202		1	14	8
Jim Neufeldt	153	684	578	121	149	27	6	5	55	43	9	91	94	.258	.358	.351	.710	203		3	6	6
Howard Boles	138	540	484	88	148	26	3	38	109	0	3	48	69	.306	.370	.607	.978	294		4	0	4
Earl York	159	659	579	90	145	27	7	23	95	4	1	64	74	.250	.326	.440	.766	255		2	11	3
Joe Damato	151	595	534	59	131	19	5	5	63	17	3	44	82	.245	.307	.328	.635	175		4	12	1
Jay Van Noy	123	461	400	58	116	31	4	6	56	4	3	50	68	.290	.367	.432	.800	173		1	6	4
Pat Tomkinson	110	367	343	40	95	16	5	1	32	1	0	20	49	.277	.316	.362	.677	124		0	3	1
Ray Cash	93	277	244	22	58	4	0	5	29	2	1	25	53	.238	.309	.316	.624	77		1	5	2
Dick Viskozki	102	268	236	25	53	8	1	0	19	1	0	24	35	.225	.299	.267	.566	63		2	4	2
Allan Cross	106	168	148	26	31	6	1	1	19	0	1	16	16	.209	.283	.284	.567	42		0	2	2
Hank Edwards	42	106	89	10	26	6	0	1	13	0	0	15	9	.292	.387	.393	.780	35		0	0	2
Ernest Groth	52	85	79	12	20	5	0	1	7	0	0	5	7	.253	.306	.354	.660	28		1	0	0
Pete Taylor	49	67	62	6	13	2	0	0	6	0	0	3	9	.210	.246	.242	.488	15		0	2	0
Al Papai	34	83	74	7	13	2	0	0	4	0	0	7	21	.176	.244	.203	.447	15		0	1	1
Vicente Amor	41	99	78	10	10	0	0	0	7	0	1	10	23	.128	.244	.128	.373	10		2	9	0
Del Lang	9	32	32		9									.281	.281	.281	.562	9
Frosty Kennedy	10	35	35	2	9	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	5	.257	.257	.400	.657	14		0	0	0
Thomas Lind	17	56	45	5	9	0	0	0	6	1	0	9	8	.200	.333	.200	.533	9		0	2	0
Chris Nicolosi	16	25	22	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	4	.227	.292	.273	.564	6		0	1	0
Jack Cardey	45	39	33	5	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	7	.121	.216	.212	.428	7		0	2	0
Roger Aldridge	17	11	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.333	.455	.333	.788	3		0	0	0
Clyde Perry	10	23	20	2	3	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	4	.150	.227	.400	.627	8		0	1	0
Dean Franks	15	16	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.133	.188	.133	.321	2		0	0	0
Tommy Tatum	12	17	15	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.133	.235	.200	.435	3		0	0	0
Marshall Long	19	21	20	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.100	.100	.100	.200	2		0	1	0
Eddie Hughes	4	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Max Peterson	9	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Clifford Coggin	4	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Donald Weiskopf	1	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Samuel Williams	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Al Olsen	42	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1888	5993	5260	770	1382	255	38	113	703	80	30	579	777	.263	.337	.390	.727	2052	0	27	88	39	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Earl York	1B	158	1388	67	13	127	.991	9.209
Frank Murray	2B	138	361	299	15	86	.978	4.783
Dick Viskozki	2B	22	28	36	4	12	.941	2.909
Joe Damato	2B	16	41	39	2	13	.976	5.000
Jay Van Noy	3B	66	60	155	16	13	.931	3.258
Joe Damato	3B	60	57	143	7	10	.966	3.333
Allan Cross	3B	31	30	49	5	1	.940	2.548
Dick Viskozki	3B	13	1	9	2	0	.833	.769
Pat Tomkinson	C	103	438	41	6	7	.988	4.650	5
Ray Cash	C	82	353	36	10	7	.975	4.744	11
Jim Neufeldt	CF	149	433	20	3	5	.993	3.040
Jay Van Noy	CF	15	28	3	1	0	.969	2.067
Howard Boles	LF	130	268	8	9	2	.968	2.123
Jay Van Noy	LF	29	53	0	1	0	.981	1.828
Jack Cardey	P	45	5	22	0	4	1.000	.600
Al Olsen	P	42	2	13	0	2	1.000	.357
Vicente Amor	P	41	11	64	4	2	.949	1.829
Pete Taylor	P	40	9	23	1	5	.970	.800
Ernest Groth	P	34	11	32	2	3	.956	1.265
Al Papai	P	30	8	57	0	2	1.000	2.167
Roger Aldridge	P	17	1	6	0	1	1.000	.412
Chris Nicolosi	P	16						.000
Marshall Long	P	15	5	14	2	1	.905	1.267
Dean Franks	P	14	0	11	0	0	1.000	.786
Samuel Williams	P	11	1	1	1	0	.667	.182
Max Peterson	P	9						.000
Eddie Hughes	P	4						.000
Clifford Coggin	P	3						.000
Alfred Dumouchelle	P	2						.000
Donald Weiskopf	P	1						.000
Rusty Burns	RF	147	196	12	11	3	.950	1.415
Allan Cross	RF	43	19	0	0	0	1.000	.442
Hank Edwards	RF	16	12	1	0	1	1.000	.812
Joe Damato	SS	77	108	253	30	44	.923	4.688
Dick Viskozki	SS	60	100	158	15	32	.945	4.300
Thomas Lind	SS	17	23	33	1	6	.982	3.294
Totals		1696	4050	1605	161	389	.972	3.334	16	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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