1954 Savannah Athletics Statistics
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 2nd in the SAL
Manager: Clyde Kluttz (80-60)
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 82,232, Avg. 1,175
Playoffs - Savannah Athletics 3 games, Macon Peaches 0
Finals - Savannah Athletics 4 games, Jacksonville Braves 3
The Savannah Athletics of the South Atlantic League ended the 1954 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the SAL.
The Athletics plated 708 runs and yielded 646 runs. Al Pinkston led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .360 clip. Mike Kume topped Savannah with 14 wins, while Bill Freese recorded a 2.85 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1954 Savannah Athletics who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Al Pinkston, Hal Raether, Walt Kellner, Clyde Kluttz, Mike Kume, Skeeter Kell, Len Matarazzo, Walt Craddock, Tommy Giordano, Rinty Monahan, Spider Wilhelm and Don Plarski.
Clyde Kluttz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Kume | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.26 | 31 | 28 | 207.0 | 219 | 95 | 75 | 12 | 89 | ||||||||||
| Bill Freese | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.85 | 48 | 4 | 148.7 | 125 | 63 | 47 | 8 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Walt Craddock | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.81 | 26 | 26 | 151.0 | 78 | 78 | 64 | 8 | 108 | ||||||||||
| Jim Miller | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.84 | 35 | 19 | 176.0 | 88 | 88 | 75 | 17 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Rinty Monahan | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.63 | 23 | 18 | 124.0 | 108 | 59 | 50 | 6 | 74 | ||||||||||
| George Skordian | 7 | 5 | .583 | 5.40 | 20 | 11 | 98.3 | 76 | 76 | 59 | 10 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Courtney Stempel | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.63 | 18 | 10 | 79.3 | 86 | 41 | 32 | 3 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Walt Kellner | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.33 | 7 | 7 | 46.0 | 47 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Tony Napoles | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.60 | 28 | 0 | 45.0 | 37 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Richard Friel | 2 | 2 | .500 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael Munsinger | 1 | 1 | .500 | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hal Raether | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Len Matarazzo | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Norman Pollock | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Raymond Steele | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Riale | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stanley Stachurski | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 80 | 60 | .571 | 3.57 | 289 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1075.3 | 864 | 534 | 427 | 67 | 532 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Pinkston | 136 | 500 | 500 | 180 | 33 | 4 | 27 | .360 | .360 | .604 | .964 | 302 | |||||||||||
| Al Isreal | 140 | 550 | 550 | 168 | 24 | 10 | 10 | .305 | .305 | .440 | .745 | 242 | |||||||||||
| Joe Golden | 141 | 528 | 528 | 153 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .290 | .290 | .333 | .623 | 176 | |||||||||||
| Wiley Williams | 137 | 504 | 504 | 138 | 23 | 5 | 21 | .274 | .274 | .464 | .738 | 234 | |||||||||||
| William Robertson | 112 | 439 | 439 | 131 | 16 | 9 | 0 | .298 | .298 | .376 | .674 | 165 | |||||||||||
| Skeeter Kell | 97 | 386 | 386 | 108 | 18 | 8 | 7 | .280 | .280 | .422 | .702 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Spider Wilhelm | 88 | 294 | 294 | 80 | 9 | 2 | 6 | .272 | .272 | .378 | .650 | 111 | |||||||||||
| Richard Kirk | 117 | 324 | 324 | 70 | 19 | 4 | 14 | .216 | .216 | .429 | .645 | 139 | |||||||||||
| Manny Werner | 81 | 282 | 282 | 66 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .234 | .234 | .309 | .543 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Giordano | 40 | 149 | 149 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 7 | .248 | .248 | .423 | .671 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Singleton | 41 | 141 | 141 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .248 | .248 | .291 | .539 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Tranavitch | 50 | 127 | 127 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .197 | .197 | .252 | .449 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Walt Craddock | 27 | 64 | 64 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Jim Miller | 40 | 61 | 61 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .180 | .180 | .213 | .393 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Rinty Monahan | 23 | 41 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .293 | .537 | 12 | |||||||||||
| George Skordian | 21 | 39 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Peter Gentile | 13 | 49 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .163 | .163 | .286 | .449 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Pahr | 16 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .412 | .412 | .647 | 1.059 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Orner | 10 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .263 | .474 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Tony Napoles | 28 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .444 | .778 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Don Plarski | 20 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .190 | .333 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Courtney Stempel | 19 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .120 | .120 | .240 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Bill Freese | 48 | 41 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .073 | .073 | .098 | .171 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Michael Munsinger | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Hal Raether | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mike Kume | 31 | 73 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .014 | .014 | .014 | .027 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Walt Kellner | 5 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Sam Suplizio | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Friel | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Steele | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Stanley Stachurski | 5 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Clyde Kluttz | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Len Matarazzo | 5 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Riale | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ray Carr | 7 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1543 | 4758 | 4758 | 0 | 1272 | 184 | 55 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .392 | .659 | 1863 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Freese | P | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Miller | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Kume | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Tony Napoles | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Walt Craddock | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Rinty Monahan | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| George Skordian | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Courtney Stempel | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Munsinger | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Friel | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Hal Raether | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Walt Kellner | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Stanley Stachurski | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Len Matarazzo | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| William Riale | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Raymond Steele | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 287 | 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.
