1954 Rochester Red Wings Statistics
Team Record: 86-68
Finished 3rd in the IL
Manager: Harry Walker (86-68)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Rochester, New York
Ballpark: Silver Stadium
Attendance: 195,141, Avg. 2,534
Playoffs - Montreal Royals 4 games, Rochester Red Wings 2
The Rochester Red Wings of the International League ended the 1954 season with a record of 86 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the IL.
The Red Wings scored 695 runs and conceded 608 runs. Bill Virdon paced Rochester with 22 home runs, while Allie Clark walloped 15 or more, too. Bill Virdon drove in 98 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .333 clip. Jack Faszholz led the team with 18 wins, and Larry Jackson recorded a 3.19 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1954 Rochester Red Wings who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Cloyd Boyer, Tom Burgess, Don Richmond, Pete Castiglione, Mario Picone, Gary Blaylock, Memo Luna, Tony Jacobs, Al Papai, Nelson Burbrink, Bill Connelly, Allie Clark, Joe Cunningham, Bill Virdon, Vern Benson, Niles Jordan, Jack Faszholz, Tom Alston, Harry Walker, Larry Jackson, Al Richter and Duke Markell.
Harry Walker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Faszholz | 18 | 9 | .667 | 3.20 | 31 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 225.0 | 235 | 85 | 80 | 19 | 50 | 62 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Jacobs | 13 | 1 | .929 | 2.91 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 79 | 37 | 32 | 7 | 53 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Larry Jackson | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.19 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 172.0 | 179 | 69 | 61 | 5 | 70 | 73 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Gary Blaylock | 10 | 12 | .455 | 3.34 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 178.0 | 159 | 81 | 66 | 10 | 94 | 100 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Memo Luna | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.50 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 162.0 | 157 | 70 | 63 | 16 | 45 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Niles Jordan | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.11 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 88.0 | 114 | 55 | 50 | 13 | 29 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mario Picone | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.29 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 63.0 | 46 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ed Ludwig | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.09 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 66 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Harry Hoitsma | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.50 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 62 | 30 | 29 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Connelly | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.50 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 59 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 42 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Knight | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tony Stathos | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Shirley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Reeder | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cloyd Boyer | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al Papai | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duke Markell | 25 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Hoch | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harry Walker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Octavio Rubert | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 82 | 61 | .573 | 3.60 | 342 | 137 | 0 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 1155.0 | 1156 | 515 | 462 | 85 | 451 | 0 | 524 | 38 | 5 | 18 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Virdon | 139 | 563 | 505 | 85 | 168 | 28 | 11 | 22 | 98 | 12 | 44 | 37 | .333 | .385 | .562 | .948 | 284 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Al Richter | 154 | 677 | 592 | 86 | 154 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 67 | 35 | .260 | .336 | .304 | .640 | 180 | 2 | 14 | 2 | |||
| Allie Clark | 128 | 512 | 467 | 79 | 151 | 29 | 6 | 18 | 81 | 2 | 35 | 37 | .323 | .370 | .527 | .897 | 246 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Lou Ortiz | 135 | 509 | 426 | 30 | 96 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 2 | 69 | 42 | .225 | .331 | .317 | .648 | 135 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Tom Alston | 79 | 324 | 290 | 43 | 86 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 4 | 24 | 40 | .297 | .352 | .455 | .807 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Nelson Burbrink | 103 | 376 | 332 | 42 | 85 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 37 | 41 | .256 | .332 | .319 | .652 | 106 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Walter Derucki | 119 | 389 | 346 | 46 | 82 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 13 | 38 | 44 | .237 | .314 | .335 | .650 | 116 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Pete Castiglione | 99 | 335 | 302 | 37 | 81 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 21 | 21 | .268 | .312 | .358 | .670 | 108 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Joe Cunningham | 66 | 282 | 211 | 49 | 67 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 3 | 57 | 26 | .318 | .471 | .531 | 1.002 | 112 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Vern Benson | 93 | 330 | 263 | 53 | 63 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 7 | 60 | 40 | .240 | .377 | .384 | .761 | 101 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Tom Burgess | 76 | 294 | 250 | 28 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 2 | 37 | 36 | .236 | .337 | .392 | .729 | 98 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Harry Walker | 78 | 181 | 155 | 27 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 24 | 12 | .310 | .406 | .355 | .760 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Pete Riggan | 65 | 190 | 170 | 12 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 35 | .229 | .298 | .347 | .645 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Jack Faszholz | 32 | 92 | 82 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 27 | .171 | .227 | .195 | .422 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Niles Jordan | 27 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .310 | .375 | .483 | .858 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Emil Tellinger | 21 | 42 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .216 | .268 | .324 | .593 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Gary Blaylock | 42 | 66 | 60 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .133 | .148 | .217 | .364 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Tony Jacobs | 61 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .280 | .308 | .360 | .668 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Connelly | 20 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .227 | .227 | .318 | .545 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Memo Luna | 26 | 62 | 52 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .096 | .113 | .096 | .209 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Larry Jackson | 30 | 62 | 53 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .075 | .155 | .094 | .250 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Cloyd Boyer | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .444 | .778 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Mario Picone | 15 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Harry Hoitsma | 12 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .176 | .222 | .176 | .399 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| James McArdle | 14 | 35 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .094 | .121 | .094 | .215 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Tony Stathos | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ed Ludwig | 16 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Vern Rapp | 7 | 15 | 15 | 2 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Octavio Rubert | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Knight | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Al Papai | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1695 | 5496 | 4784 | 659 | 1257 | 219 | 46 | 88 | 593 | 69 | 0 | 551 | 586 | .263 | .340 | .383 | .723 | 1832 | 0 | 28 | 91 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Alston | 1B | 77 | 639 | 51 | 9 | 69 | .987 | 8.961 | ||||
| Joe Cunningham | 1B | 65 | 545 | 48 | 4 | 58 | .993 | 9.123 | ||||
| Harry Walker | 1B | 11 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Lou Ortiz | 2B | 134 | 351 | 330 | 21 | 94 | .970 | 5.082 | ||||
| Walter Derucki | 2B | 13 | 34 | 35 | 1 | 13 | .986 | 5.308 | ||||
| Vern Benson | 2B | 12 | 22 | 33 | 4 | 6 | .932 | 4.583 | ||||
| Walter Derucki | 3B | 106 | 90 | 176 | 18 | 29 | .937 | 2.509 | ||||
| Pete Castiglione | 3B | 53 | 49 | 98 | 6 | 16 | .961 | 2.774 | ||||
| Vern Benson | 3B | 24 | 15 | 46 | 3 | 5 | .953 | 2.542 | ||||
| Nelson Burbrink | C | 102 | 446 | 55 | 5 | 7 | .990 | 4.912 | 6 | |||
| Pete Riggan | C | 50 | 217 | 22 | 1 | 3 | .996 | 4.780 | 11 | |||
| James McArdle | C | 13 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .927 | 2.923 | 1 | |||
| Bill Virdon | OF | 134 | 361 | 6 | 14 | 1 | .963 | 2.739 | ||||
| Allie Clark | OF | 123 | 211 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .991 | 1.780 | ||||
| Tom Burgess | OF | 74 | 146 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .994 | 2.095 | ||||
| Vern Benson | OF | 64 | 95 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .960 | 1.500 | ||||
| Harry Walker | OF | 33 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| Pete Castiglione | OF | 26 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.192 | ||||
| Emil Tellinger | OF | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.182 | ||||
| Tony Jacobs | P | 61 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .889 | .393 | ||||
| Gary Blaylock | P | 37 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .906 | .784 | ||||
| Jack Faszholz | P | 31 | 21 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.839 | ||||
| Larry Jackson | P | 30 | 12 | 41 | 3 | 7 | .946 | 1.767 | ||||
| Memo Luna | P | 26 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.462 | ||||
| Duke Markell | P | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Niles Jordan | P | 25 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .960 | ||||
| Bill Connelly | P | 20 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .550 | ||||
| Ed Ludwig | P | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Mario Picone | P | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Harry Hoitsma | P | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Cloyd Boyer | P | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tony Stathos | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Knight | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Octavio Rubert | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Hoch | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Shirley | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dennis Reeder | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Walker | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Papai | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Richter | SS | 154 | 312 | 449 | 25 | 91 | .968 | 4.942 | ||||
| Totals | 1621 | 3817 | 1573 | 136 | 426 | .975 | 3.325 | 18 | 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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