1954 Rock Hill Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 65-75
Finished 5th in the TSL
Manager: Samuel Lamitina (0-0), Mel Kerestes (0-0), Jake Early (0-0)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 59,180, Avg. 845
The Rock Hill Chiefs of the Tri-State League ended the 1954 season with a record of 65 wins and 75 losses, finishing fifth in the TSL.
The Chiefs scored 710 runs and allowed 700 runs. Omer Tolson led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .347. Pete Treece earned 26 wins on the mound for Rock Hill and a team-best 3.64 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1954 Rock Hill Chiefs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jake Early, José Zardón, José Valdivielso and Evelio Hernández.
Samuel Lamitina, Mel Kerestes and Jake Early 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Treece | 26 | 15 | .634 | 3.64 | 51 | 36 | 314.0 | 329 | 155 | 127 | 18 | 121 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Lee Brown | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.30 | 23 | 21 | 138.0 | 123 | 82 | 66 | 8 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Rolando Peralta | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.93 | 30 | 8 | 91.3 | 98 | 66 | 50 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Brad Clapham | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.76 | 27 | 18 | 136.0 | 146 | 86 | 72 | 13 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Ancherico | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.58 | 25 | 15 | 90.3 | 110 | 54 | 46 | 6 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Howard Wise | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jake Early | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.69 | 17 | 2 | 67.0 | 59 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Bill Mullins | 3 | 11 | .214 | 5.01 | 27 | 15 | 133.0 | 134 | 87 | 74 | 7 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Venn | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.70 | 7 | 6 | 48.7 | 56 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Evelio Hernández | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.32 | 9 | 6 | 50.0 | 53 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Jimmie Jarrett | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Manuel Maldonado | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Milton Ralat | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Dacus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Larry Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Humberto Bernal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Haines | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Karakul | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 75 | .464 | 4.20 | 253 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1068.3 | 1108 | 603 | 499 | 56 | 479 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Kerestes | 138 | 552 | 552 | 167 | 21 | 12 | 0 | .303 | .303 | .384 | .687 | 212 | |||||||||||
| Juan Vistuer | 139 | 521 | 521 | 157 | 30 | 12 | 9 | .301 | .301 | .457 | .758 | 238 | |||||||||||
| Omer Tolson | 114 | 438 | 438 | 152 | 26 | 11 | 9 | .347 | .347 | .518 | .865 | 227 | |||||||||||
| Paul Fouts | 138 | 493 | 493 | 121 | 19 | 6 | 1 | .245 | .245 | .314 | .560 | 155 | |||||||||||
| Ronnie George | 107 | 355 | 355 | 103 | 15 | 5 | 5 | .290 | .290 | .403 | .693 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Bradshaw | 117 | 374 | 374 | 101 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .270 | .270 | .329 | .599 | 123 | |||||||||||
| John DiFresco | 110 | 390 | 390 | 100 | 16 | 5 | 3 | .256 | .256 | .346 | .603 | 135 | |||||||||||
| José Zardón | 52 | 187 | 187 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .278 | .278 | .326 | .604 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Andy Lano | 50 | 142 | 142 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .225 | .225 | .303 | .528 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Jake Early | 46 | 84 | 84 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .345 | .595 | 29 | |||||||||||
| José Valdivielso | 26 | 92 | 92 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .207 | .207 | .326 | .533 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Lamitina | 33 | 66 | 66 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Lee Brown | 31 | 57 | 57 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .298 | .298 | .298 | .596 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Max Smith | 18 | 60 | 60 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .317 | .567 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Richard Ackermann | 14 | 46 | 46 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .217 | .217 | .283 | .500 | 13 | ||||||||
| Wayne Crawford | 16 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .344 | .594 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Bill Mullins | 28 | 40 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .350 | .550 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Robert Neagle | 14 | 41 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .195 | .390 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Pete Treece | 51 | 97 | 97 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .082 | .082 | .093 | .175 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Brad Clapham | 32 | 51 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .157 | .294 | 8 | |||||||||||
| George Rose | 10 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .346 | .577 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Earl Motsinger | 14 | 31 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .258 | .419 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Rolando Peralta | 32 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Ancherico | 25 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .069 | .069 | .069 | .138 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Don Clark | 8 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Venn | 7 | 17 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Howard Wise | 5 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Humberto Bernal | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Milton Ralat | 9 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ferdinand Cavallaro | 6 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Manuel Maldonado | 7 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Haines | 6 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Evelio Hernández | 8 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jimmie Jarrett | 5 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph Karakul | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1421 | 4325 | 4325 | 6 | 1139 | 165 | 67 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .356 | .619 | 1540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Treece | P | 51 | .000 | |||||
| Rolando Peralta | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Mullins | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Brad Clapham | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Eddie Ancherico | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Lee Brown | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Evelio Hernández | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Milton Ralat | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Venn | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Manuel Maldonado | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| William Haines | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Howard Wise | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Jimmie Jarrett | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Karakul | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Humberto Bernal | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Dacus | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 235 | 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.
