1954 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 79-76
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Skeeter Newsome (79-76)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 121,652, Avg. 1,570
Playoffs - Syracuse Chiefs 4 games, Toronto Maple Leafs 2
Finals - Syracuse Chiefs 4 games, Montreal Royals 3
The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1954 season with a record of 79 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the IL.
The Chiefs led the league with just 601 runs allowed. Syracuse scored 654 runs. Marv Blaylock paced the team with 22 home runs, while Bob Bowman and Joe Lonnett walloped 15 or more also. Bob Bowman drove in 83 runs. Marv Blaylock topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .303. Jim Owens paced the squad with 17 wins, plus Jack Meyer, too added 15 or more wins, too Jim Owens earned a 2.87 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1954 Syracuse Chiefs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Marv Blaylock, Duke Markell, Joe Erautt, Benny Zientara, Johnny Blatnik, Jim Owens, Kurt Krieger, Bill Drescher, Ed Mierkowicz, Lynn Lovenguth, Jack Sanford, Ron Mrozinski, Thornton Kipper, Jackie Mayo, Carden Gillenwater, Jim Command, Don Richmond, Stan Palys, Bob Bowman, Mickey Micelotta, Joe Lonnett, Kent Peterson, Jack Spring, Mike Sandlock, Putsy Caballero and Jack Meyer.
Skeeter Newsome 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Owens | 17 | 9 | .654 | 2.87 | 36 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 223.0 | 183 | 87 | 71 | 4 | 127 | 150 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Jack Meyer | 15 | 11 | .577 | 3.00 | 33 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 210.0 | 171 | 82 | 70 | 10 | 97 | 173 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Kent Peterson | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.76 | 40 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 146.0 | 163 | 70 | 61 | 8 | 43 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Lynn Lovenguth | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.60 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 130.0 | 101 | 58 | 52 | 12 | 65 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Jack Sanford | 8 | 14 | .364 | 3.86 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 154.0 | 142 | 78 | 66 | 9 | 84 | 100 | 8 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Edward Zinker | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.72 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 71 | 35 | 23 | 5 | 35 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Marvin Williams | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.42 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 83.0 | 76 | 53 | 50 | 7 | 42 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Jack Spring | 3 | 10 | .231 | 3.13 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 118.0 | 127 | 51 | 41 | 7 | 37 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Ron Mrozinski | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kurt Krieger | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Tully | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.64 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 47.0 | 44 | 27 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Duke Markell | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dan Ramer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thornton Kipper | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Art Hartley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 75 | 71 | .514 | 3.43 | 348 | 145 | 0 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 1187.0 | 1078 | 541 | 453 | 63 | 546 | 0 | 720 | 29 | 2 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Blaylock | 151 | 626 | 522 | 98 | 158 | 30 | 10 | 22 | 76 | 5 | 91 | 76 | .303 | .407 | .525 | .932 | 274 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Bob Bowman | 152 | 619 | 517 | 87 | 146 | 26 | 3 | 20 | 83 | 4 | 79 | 94 | .282 | .382 | .460 | .842 | 238 | 9 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Woody Smith | 123 | 461 | 403 | 53 | 103 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 48 | 6 | 48 | 25 | .256 | .337 | .360 | .697 | 145 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Johnny Blatnik | 128 | 464 | 392 | 59 | 97 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 71 | 3 | 56 | 76 | .247 | .354 | .423 | .777 | 166 | 9 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Joe Lonnett | 98 | 350 | 295 | 63 | 79 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 63 | 1 | 51 | 40 | .268 | .375 | .542 | .918 | 160 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Putsy Caballero | 93 | 364 | 302 | 31 | 78 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 4 | 52 | 22 | .258 | .363 | .325 | .688 | 98 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Mickey Micelotta | 95 | 381 | 332 | 33 | 76 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 3 | 38 | 56 | .229 | .313 | .322 | .635 | 107 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Ben Tompkins | 88 | 324 | 282 | 31 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 40 | 56 | .230 | .326 | .277 | .603 | 78 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Louis Heyman | 66 | 197 | 170 | 18 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 38 | .206 | .305 | .359 | .663 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Benny Zientara | 54 | 143 | 122 | 12 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 12 | .230 | .331 | .279 | .610 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jim Command | 54 | 136 | 126 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 25 | .214 | .248 | .333 | .581 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Joe Erautt | 37 | 85 | 77 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .234 | .282 | .299 | .581 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Stan Palys | 23 | 82 | 75 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | .187 | .247 | .333 | .580 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Edward Waytula | 27 | 91 | 81 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | .173 | .247 | .235 | .482 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jack Sanford | 29 | 60 | 54 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .241 | .293 | .259 | .552 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jack Meyer | 44 | 77 | 65 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 12 | .185 | .264 | .215 | .479 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Jim Owens | 36 | 84 | 72 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .167 | .241 | .194 | .435 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Kent Peterson | 41 | 57 | 47 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .191 | .255 | .234 | .489 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Larry DiPippo | 10 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .417 | .500 | .667 | 1.167 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jack Spring | 29 | 37 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .156 | .229 | .188 | .416 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Lynn Lovenguth | 61 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .091 | .135 | .121 | .256 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Charles Hood | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Weathers | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Novak | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Marvin Williams | 23 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .040 | .143 | .040 | .183 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Joe Tully | 18 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Sandlock | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ron Mrozinski | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Art Hartley | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Drescher | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Edward Zinker | 47 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1555 | 4770 | 4082 | 541 | 1001 | 162 | 32 | 106 | 537 | 31 | 0 | 555 | 639 | .245 | .338 | .378 | .716 | 1545 | 0 | 33 | 67 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Blaylock | 1B | 151 | 1150 | 90 | 19 | 120 | .985 | 8.212 | ||||
| Putsy Caballero | 2B | 79 | 183 | 198 | 7 | 50 | .982 | 4.823 | ||||
| Ben Tompkins | 2B | 52 | 106 | 104 | 9 | 16 | .959 | 4.038 | ||||
| Benny Zientara | 2B | 31 | 66 | 75 | 1 | 19 | .993 | 4.548 | ||||
| Jim Command | 2B | 12 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 6 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Woody Smith | 3B | 119 | 121 | 201 | 20 | 23 | .942 | 2.706 | ||||
| Ben Tompkins | 3B | 32 | 34 | 59 | 6 | 6 | .939 | 2.906 | ||||
| Joe Lonnett | C | 92 | 476 | 45 | 9 | 8 | .983 | 5.663 | 12 | |||
| Louis Heyman | C | 54 | 247 | 21 | 6 | 3 | .978 | 4.963 | 9 | |||
| Joe Erautt | C | 28 | 133 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.214 | 3 | |||
| Bob Bowman | OF | 150 | 349 | 12 | 18 | 3 | .953 | 2.407 | ||||
| Johnny Blatnik | OF | 110 | 194 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .976 | 1.882 | ||||
| Jackie Mayo | OF | 82 | 171 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .989 | 2.171 | ||||
| Stan Palys | OF | 21 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 2.476 | ||||
| Lynn Lovenguth | P | 58 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .926 | .431 | ||||
| Edward Zinker | P | 47 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 3 | .850 | .362 | ||||
| Kent Peterson | P | 40 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .825 | ||||
| Jim Owens | P | 36 | 20 | 33 | 3 | 4 | .946 | 1.472 | ||||
| Jack Meyer | P | 33 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .939 | .939 | ||||
| Jack Spring | P | 29 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 3 | .917 | 1.138 | ||||
| Jack Sanford | P | 28 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
| Marvin Williams | P | 22 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .727 | ||||
| Joe Tully | P | 18 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .611 | ||||
| Duke Markell | P | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Art Hartley | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Mrozinski | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thornton Kipper | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kurt Krieger | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Ramer | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mickey Micelotta | SS | 95 | 177 | 251 | 22 | 59 | .951 | 4.505 | ||||
| Edward Waytula | SS | 27 | 54 | 79 | 4 | 15 | .971 | 4.926 | ||||
| Jim Command | SS | 27 | 26 | 49 | 5 | 9 | .938 | 2.778 | ||||
| Putsy Caballero | SS | 13 | 19 | 29 | 3 | 7 | .941 | 3.692 | ||||
| Totals | 1523 | 3640 | 1447 | 157 | 364 | .970 | 3.340 | 24 | 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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