1954 Statesboro Pilots Statistics
Georgia State League (GSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 57-73
Finished 4th in the GSL
Manager: (57-73)
Location: Statesboro, Georgia
Ballpark: Pilots Field
Attendance: 18,532, Avg. 285
1954 Statesboro Pilots RosterTeam Record: 57-73
Finished 4th in the GSL
Manager: (57-73)
Location: Statesboro, Georgia
Ballpark: Pilots Field
Attendance: 18,532, Avg. 285
Playoffs - Vidalia Indians 4 games, Statesboro Pilots 2
The Statesboro Pilots of the Georgia State League ended the 1954 season with a record of 57 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the GSL.
The Pilots scored 695 runs and conceded 838 runs. James Warren walloped 30 home runs for Statesboro and drove in 99 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .332 clip. James Warren topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.19 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Warren | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.19 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 178.0 | 132 | 79 | 63 | 10 | 66 | 169 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Carlos Lopez | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.86 | 38 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 210.0 | 214 | 118 | 90 | 16 | 99 | 144 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Charles Whaley | 11 | 11 | .500 | 4.22 | 33 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 209.0 | 173 | 124 | 98 | 5 | 118 | 173 | 6 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Warren Tidwell | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6.44 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 109.0 | 142 | 96 | 78 | 14 | 69 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Don Cierniak | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.88 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 51.0 | 57 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 17 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hoover Tally | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Johnson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clifford Thrasher | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.43 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 58.0 | 71 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clyde Lane | 2 | 9 | .182 | 5.62 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 80.0 | 105 | 78 | 50 | 10 | 38 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Curtis White | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ben Glaudi | 1 | 2 | .333 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Tidwell | 1 | 3 | .250 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Burnette | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.94 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 51.0 | 52 | 44 | 28 | 4 | 39 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Donald Bloom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Ford | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Bearden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arvie Pilgrim | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene Phillips | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Peters | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Kuykendall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Omer McMasters | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donnie Leachman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roger Charette | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Herb Reeves | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eph Dealing | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Shaw | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roland Ghant | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 57 | 73 | .438 | 4.41 | 231 | 112 | 0 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 946.0 | 946 | 605 | 464 | 69 | 464 | 0 | 665 | 21 | 1 | 42 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Engel | 129 | 585 | 501 | 91 | 156 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 64 | 10 | 66 | 79 | .311 | .394 | .417 | .811 | 209 | 3 | 14 | 1 | |||
| Clifford Thrasher | 118 | 506 | 448 | 66 | 134 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 79 | 9 | 48 | 41 | .299 | .365 | .426 | .791 | 191 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Gerald Peters | 130 | 617 | 486 | 108 | 131 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 66 | 114 | 63 | .270 | .415 | .372 | .787 | 181 | 9 | 5 | 3 | |||
| James Warren | 99 | 400 | 371 | 70 | 123 | 15 | 1 | 30 | 99 | 15 | 25 | 68 | .332 | .376 | .620 | .996 | 230 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Arvie Pilgrim | 110 | 488 | 411 | 72 | 99 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 63 | 60 | .241 | .354 | .277 | .631 | 114 | 10 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Robert Ford | 112 | 438 | 401 | 49 | 98 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 5 | 29 | 44 | .244 | .299 | .327 | .626 | 131 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Jason Lowery | 70 | 283 | 252 | 44 | 74 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 46 | 9 | 26 | 27 | .294 | .367 | .472 | .840 | 119 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Mallard | 69 | 317 | 268 | 42 | 69 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 39 | 36 | .257 | .350 | .306 | .656 | 82 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Miles Willard | 47 | 200 | 181 | 31 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 24 | .271 | .323 | .370 | .693 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Bobby Kuykendall | 48 | 194 | 161 | 21 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 23 | 25 | .261 | .363 | .404 | .767 | 65 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Carlos Lopez | 55 | 125 | 115 | 18 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 5 | .296 | .341 | .400 | .741 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bob Belladella | 29 | 111 | 97 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 13 | .206 | .297 | .278 | .576 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| August Pompelia | 19 | 79 | 65 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .262 | .392 | .292 | .685 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Bearden | 43 | 133 | 112 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 45 | .134 | .248 | .259 | .507 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Leonard Horton | 20 | 71 | 63 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | .222 | .310 | .254 | .564 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Samuel Dodson | 19 | 44 | 39 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .256 | .341 | .333 | .674 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Walters | 12 | 47 | 45 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .222 | .255 | .311 | .566 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Ferrara | 17 | 70 | 61 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .164 | .250 | .230 | .480 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Charles Whaley | 38 | 93 | 82 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 43 | .122 | .226 | .159 | .384 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Warren Tidwell | 28 | 48 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .170 | .188 | .191 | .379 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Farmer | 14 | 42 | 39 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .179 | .220 | .205 | .425 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Clyde Lane | 16 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .214 | .233 | .214 | .448 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Eddie Tidwell | 11 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .273 | .333 | .273 | .606 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert McCoy | 14 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .133 | .188 | .333 | .521 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roger Parsons | 7 | 18 | 18 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Cierniak | 10 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .083 | .120 | .083 | .203 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andrew Smith | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Hoover Tally | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ben Glaudi | 12 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Burnette | 12 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .062 | .167 | .062 | .229 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Bolch | 7 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Bloom | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Curtis White | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| William Duke | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roger Charette | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roland Ghant | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gene Phillips | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Omer McMasters | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Max Mason | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Johnson | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Shaw | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1352 | 5098 | 4440 | 688 | 1149 | 183 | 31 | 75 | 585 | 157 | 0 | 533 | 680 | .259 | .343 | .365 | .707 | 1619 | 0 | 50 | 45 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Peters | 1B | 127 | 1039 | 44 | 36 | 76 | .968 | 8.528 | ||||
| Robert Ford | 2B | 45 | 90 | 116 | 13 | 22 | .941 | 4.578 | ||||
| Bob Belladella | 2B | 27 | 59 | 83 | 14 | 18 | .910 | 5.259 | ||||
| August Pompelia | 2B | 19 | 54 | 64 | 5 | 15 | .959 | 6.211 | ||||
| Tony Ferrara | 2B | 16 | 36 | 38 | 2 | 4 | .974 | 4.625 | ||||
| Billy Walters | 2B | 12 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 6 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Arvie Pilgrim | 3B | 108 | 123 | 238 | 44 | 19 | .891 | 3.343 | ||||
| Dennis Farmer | 3B | 12 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .852 | 1.917 | ||||
| Clifford Thrasher | C | 99 | 621 | 52 | 21 | 7 | .970 | 6.798 | 21 | |||
| Robert Ford | C | 24 | 102 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .950 | 4.708 | 7 | |||
| Bobby Kuykendall | C | 17 | 91 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 6.000 | 10 | |||
| Albert Engel | OF | 129 | 309 | 10 | 18 | 2 | .947 | 2.473 | ||||
| James Warren | OF | 80 | 108 | 10 | 15 | 1 | .887 | 1.475 | ||||
| Jason Lowery | OF | 67 | 115 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .939 | 1.836 | ||||
| Robert Ford | OF | 38 | 68 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 1.974 | ||||
| Billy Bearden | OF | 37 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.189 | ||||
| Bobby Kuykendall | OF | 21 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.048 | ||||
| Carlos Lopez | OF | 14 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.429 | ||||
| Samuel Dodson | OF | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Clifford Thrasher | OF | 11 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| Carlos Lopez | P | 38 | 15 | 47 | 8 | 2 | .886 | 1.632 | ||||
| Charles Whaley | P | 33 | 4 | 34 | 5 | 0 | .884 | 1.152 | ||||
| James Warren | P | 27 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 1.185 | ||||
| Warren Tidwell | P | 25 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .600 | ||||
| Clyde Lane | P | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ben Glaudi | P | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .333 | ||||
| Eddie Tidwell | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .091 | ||||
| Tommy Burnette | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Don Cierniak | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| Clifford Thrasher | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hoover Tally | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Johnson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gerald Peters | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Omer McMasters | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Ford | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roland Ghant | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roger Charette | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Curtis White | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Bearden | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stephen Shaw | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Herb Reeves | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arvie Pilgrim | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Phillips | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donnie Leachman | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Kuykendall | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eph Dealing | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Bloom | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Mallard | SS | 62 | 102 | 159 | 42 | 34 | .861 | 4.210 | ||||
| Miles Willard | SS | 46 | 86 | 138 | 25 | 25 | .900 | 4.870 | ||||
| Totals | 1255 | 3181 | 1185 | 289 | 240 | .938 | 3.479 | 38 | 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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