1954 Spartanburg Peaches Statistics

Tri-State League (TSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 66-72
Finished 4th in the TSL
Manager: Jimmy Bloodworth (66-72)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 34,918, Avg. 506

1954 Spartanburg Peaches Roster

Playoffs - Knoxville Smokies 3 games, Spartanburg Peaches 2

The Spartanburg Peaches of the Tri-State League ended the 1954 season with a record of 66 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the TSL.

The Peaches plated 686 runs and conceded 687 runs. Gordy Coleman led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .318 clip. Ben Smyth topped Spartanburg with 14 wins, while Raymond Simpson registered a 3.24 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1954 Spartanburg Peaches who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dick Brown, Gordy Coleman and Jimmy Bloodworth.

Jimmy Bloodworth served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ben Smyth	14	14	.500	3.60	32	29					220.0	211	116	88	10	107
Jack Bowes	13	7	.650	3.88	26	24					160.0	162	91	69	2	109
Jimmy Bloodworth	9	2	.818	3.29	34	4					123.0	118	51	45	7	26
Raymond Simpson	8	9	.471	3.24	20	17					136.0	103	67	49	5	74
Richard Mitchener	8	11	.421	4.77	32	24					181.0	185	113	96	9	131
Jack Sanoff	4	5	.444	4.90	17	7					79.0	71	48	43	0	56
Leonard Nayman	4	8	.333	4.25	34	18					146.0	151	85	69	5	81
William Miller	2	2	.500		6						0.0
Isben Seif	2	5	.286	6.88	14	8					52.3	52	40	40	2	28
Henry Dunbar	1	2	.333		5						0.0
William Proverbs	1	5	.167	5.72	18	5					56.7	61	39	36	7	47
Robert Borovicka	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Bob Coleman	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Totals	66	72	.478	4.17	242	136	0	0	0	0	1154.0	1114	650	535	47	659	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
Gordy Coleman	137	556	556		177	35	9	13						.318	.318	.484	.802	269
Richard Stellern	136	501	501		155	23	21	3						.309	.309	.457	.766	229
Dominic Della Rocca	139	499	499		138	24	5	6						.277	.277	.381	.657	190
Clell Hobson	101	403	403		117	27	1	6						.290	.290	.407	.697	164
George Zuraw	133	455	455		112	20	3	4						.246	.246	.330	.576	150
Robert O'Donnell	108	404	404		108	11	4	0						.267	.267	.314	.582	127
Richard Baller	87	344	344		102	6	5	0						.297	.297	.343	.640	118
Richard Mohn	87	295	295		76	14	3	4						.258	.258	.366	.624	108
Jimmy Bloodworth	80	158	158		47	12	0	5						.297	.297	.468	.766	74
Kenneth Whitehead	33	124	124		46	12	2	1						.371	.371	.524	.895	65
Don Jubin	52	152	152		44	8	2	4						.289	.289	.447	.737	68
Tex Dargiewicz	42	156	156		44	10	5	2						.282	.282	.449	.731	70
Dick Brown	34	106	106		30	6	0	2						.283	.283	.396	.679	42
Ben Smyth	32	84	84		17	3	2	1						.202	.202	.321	.524	27
Raymond Simpson	23	54	54		12	1	0	0						.222	.222	.241	.463	13
Jack Bowes	28	54	54		11	2	0	0						.204	.204	.241	.444	13
George Sutton	13	52	52		10	0	0	0						.192	.192	.192	.385	10
Leonard Nayman	34	51	51		9	1	0	0						.176	.176	.196	.373	10
Thomas Alexander	15	47	47		7	1	0	0						.149	.149	.170	.319	8
Richard Mitchener	33	65	65		7	1	0	0						.108	.108	.123	.231	8
Jack Sanoff	17	30	30		6	1	1	0						.200	.200	.300	.500	9
Isben Seif	15	23	23		5	0	0	0						.217	.217	.217	.435	5
William Proverbs	19	24	24		5	0	0	0						.208	.208	.208	.417	5
Robert Borovicka	2	3	3											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Coleman	2	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Henry Dunbar	5	4	4											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Cob Jarvis	8	26	26											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Charlie Smiley	1	2	2											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Miller	6	6	6											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1422	4679	4679	0	1285	218	63	51	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.275	.381	.655	1782	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Leonard Nayman	P	34					.000
Ben Smyth	P	32					.000
Richard Mitchener	P	32					.000
Jack Bowes	P	26					.000
Raymond Simpson	P	20					.000
William Proverbs	P	18					.000
Jack Sanoff	P	17					.000
Isben Seif	P	14					.000
William Miller	P	6					.000
Henry Dunbar	P	5					.000
Bob Coleman	P	2					.000
Robert Borovicka	P	2					.000
Totals		208	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.

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