1954 Ponca City Jets Statistics
Team Record: 62-76
Finished 6th in the WA
Manager: Eddie Carnett (62-76)
Location: Ponca City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Conoco Park
Attendance: 33,962, Avg. 492
The Ponca City Jets of the Western Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 62 wins and 76 losses, finishing sixth in the WA.
The Jets plated 798 runs and allowed 921 runs. Lamar Cagle and Jim Eldridge topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .320. Wayne Doyle led Ponca City with 13 wins, while Shirley Poff recorded a 4.24 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Eddie Carnett played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Ponca City Jets to do so.
Eddie Carnett 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Doyle | 13 | 10 | .565 | 4.30 | 34 | 23 | 199.0 | 194 | 120 | 95 | 21 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Shirley Poff | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4.24 | 34 | 24 | 206.0 | 211 | 150 | 97 | 14 | 142 | ||||||||||
| Bob Ward | 11 | 11 | .500 | 4.38 | 30 | 24 | 181.0 | 215 | 139 | 88 | 14 | 96 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Carnett | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.05 | 14 | 9 | 80.0 | 82 | 44 | 36 | 4 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Roger Aldridge | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.65 | 14 | 8 | 78.0 | 67 | 63 | 49 | 13 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Will Wheless | 4 | 12 | .250 | 6.97 | 45 | 14 | 164.0 | 226 | 160 | 127 | 25 | 85 | ||||||||||
| LaVerne Washington | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Chamberlain | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.33 | 13 | 8 | 49.0 | 51 | 36 | 29 | 4 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Don Keeter | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walt Novak | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cletus Younger | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Ennis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Way | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hubert Brooks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gordon Morgan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Dunn | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Currie | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jay Bradberry | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clifford Babbitt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Jack | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Douglas Alford | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 69 | .465 | 4.90 | 228 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 957.0 | 1046 | 712 | 521 | 95 | 544 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Cagle | 134 | 519 | 519 | 166 | 34 | 4 | 10 | .320 | .320 | .459 | .778 | 238 | |||||||||||
| Jim Eldridge | 124 | 415 | 415 | 133 | 30 | 4 | 17 | .320 | .320 | .535 | .855 | 222 | |||||||||||
| Don Keeter | 134 | 461 | 461 | 123 | 17 | 3 | 3 | .267 | .267 | .336 | .603 | 155 | |||||||||||
| Donald Currie | 110 | 420 | 420 | 101 | 21 | 2 | 7 | .240 | .240 | .350 | .590 | 147 | |||||||||||
| Dale Johnston | 117 | 422 | 422 | 95 | 14 | 2 | 4 | .225 | .225 | .296 | .521 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Frank Bronk | 86 | 320 | 320 | 93 | 19 | 2 | 11 | .291 | .291 | .466 | .756 | 149 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Carnett | 100 | 304 | 304 | 86 | 20 | 6 | 4 | .283 | .283 | .428 | .711 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Ballinger | 68 | 237 | 237 | 63 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .266 | .266 | .371 | .637 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Cliff Pemberton | 53 | 212 | 212 | 61 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .288 | .288 | .392 | .679 | 83 | |||||||||||
| Charles Way | 87 | 193 | 193 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .192 | .192 | .254 | .446 | 49 | |||||||||||
| James Robinson | 38 | 146 | 146 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .185 | .185 | .281 | .466 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Shirley Poff | 52 | 92 | 92 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .315 | .565 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Bartkowski | 23 | 80 | 80 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .212 | .212 | .288 | .500 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Doyle | 38 | 71 | 71 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .183 | .183 | .268 | .451 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Bob Ward | 33 | 61 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .164 | .164 | .180 | .344 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Will Wheless | 46 | 56 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .161 | .304 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Larry White | 13 | 43 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .163 | .163 | .256 | .419 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Eugene White | 11 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 5 | |||||||||||
| LaVerne Washington | 12 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .130 | .130 | .261 | .391 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Roger Aldridge | 17 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .071 | .071 | .179 | .250 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Donald Chamberlain | 14 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Walt Novak | 6 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gordon Morgan | 2 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Douglas Alford | 9 | 27 | 27 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Clifford Babbitt | 4 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jay Bradberry | 4 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Dunn | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bruce Ennis | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Geral Hurley | 2 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Jack | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Linneman | 7 | 23 | 23 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cletus Younger | 5 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1357 | 4249 | 4249 | 0 | 1074 | 185 | 34 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .253 | .364 | .617 | 1546 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Wheless | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Shirley Poff | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Wayne Doyle | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Ward | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Aldridge | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Chamberlain | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Walt Novak | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Cletus Younger | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Jack | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Jay Bradberry | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Clifford Babbitt | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Dunn | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Bruce Ennis | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Hubert Brooks | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 198 | 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.
