1954 St. Cloud Rox Statistics
Team Record: 76-54
Finished 2nd in the NL
Manager: Charlie Fox (76-54)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 56,383, Avg. 867
Playoffs - Eau Claire Braves 2 games, St. Cloud Rox 1
The St. Cloud Rox of the Northern League ended the 1954 season with a record of 76 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the NL.
The Rox paced the league with just 635 runs allowed. St. Cloud scored 780 runs. Willie Kirkland topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .360 average. Ron Mahrt led the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.84 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1954 St. Cloud Rox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were John Fitzgerald, Willie Kirkland and Charlie Fox.
Charlie Fox 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Mahrt | 16 | 10 | .615 | 2.84 | 29 | 27 | 206.0 | 188 | 92 | 65 | 6 | 105 | ||||||||||
| Bill O'Donnell | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.82 | 32 | 15 | 139.0 | 153 | 79 | 59 | 12 | 43 | ||||||||||
| John Fitzgerald | 10 | 5 | .667 | 4.29 | 20 | 19 | 130.0 | 97 | 68 | 62 | 4 | 117 | ||||||||||
| Albert Lange | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.32 | 25 | 13 | 123.0 | 111 | 75 | 59 | 8 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Richard Messner | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.62 | 11 | 10 | 79.0 | 62 | 35 | 23 | 3 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Lee | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.59 | 11 | 9 | 58.0 | 44 | 44 | 36 | 2 | 62 | ||||||||||
| George Smith | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.43 | 10 | 7 | 63.0 | 62 | 34 | 31 | 4 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Paul Mesich | 3 | 1 | .750 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Douglas Bogenreif | 3 | 1 | .750 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gordon Dyment | 3 | 1 | .750 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Doug McDermid | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.46 | 29 | 9 | 101.0 | 93 | 68 | 50 | 10 | 46 | ||||||||||
| James McDonald | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Mascia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thaddeus Szczepaniak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Lovito | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Norman Johnson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Neil Roberts | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 71 | 52 | .577 | 3.85 | 209 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 899.0 | 810 | 495 | 385 | 49 | 510 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Kirkland | 114 | 406 | 406 | 146 | 11 | 11 | 27 | .360 | .360 | .640 | 1.000 | 260 | |||||||||||
| Jesse Rogers | 128 | 475 | 475 | 146 | 23 | 7 | 23 | .307 | .307 | .531 | .838 | 252 | |||||||||||
| George Reid | 128 | 489 | 489 | 141 | 27 | 3 | 16 | .288 | .288 | .454 | .742 | 222 | |||||||||||
| Dick Barnhart | 128 | 435 | 435 | 135 | 18 | 5 | 16 | .310 | .310 | .485 | .795 | 211 | |||||||||||
| Jack Wigley | 131 | 473 | 473 | 134 | 22 | 7 | 2 | .283 | .283 | .372 | .655 | 176 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Harris | 116 | 452 | 452 | 120 | 18 | 8 | 5 | .265 | .265 | .374 | .639 | 169 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Lettieri | 116 | 432 | 432 | 115 | 15 | 4 | 14 | .266 | .266 | .417 | .683 | 180 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Fox | 107 | 319 | 319 | 103 | 19 | 1 | 5 | .323 | .323 | .436 | .759 | 139 | |||||||||||
| George Smith | 69 | 200 | 200 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 6 | .290 | .290 | .430 | .720 | 86 | |||||||||||
| John Spreen | 48 | 134 | 134 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .201 | .201 | .328 | .530 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Albert Lange | 35 | 61 | 61 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .295 | .295 | .344 | .639 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Ron Mahrt | 37 | 81 | 81 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .198 | .198 | .383 | .580 | 31 | |||||||||||
| John Fitzgerald | 21 | 55 | 55 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .291 | .564 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Richard Messner | 11 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Bill O'Donnell | 32 | 49 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .184 | .184 | .265 | .449 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Gene Sodersten | 17 | 50 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .180 | .180 | .320 | .500 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Doug McDermid | 30 | 31 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .258 | .452 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Reggie Lee | 15 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .333 | .571 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Rollie Thomas | 7 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Douglas Bogenreif | 7 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Neil Roberts | 4 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gordon Dyment | 7 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Myers | 6 | 20 | 20 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Mesich | 8 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James McDonald | 6 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Andrew Lovito | 3 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Lefever | 8 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Norman Johnson | 5 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Andrew Mascia | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1346 | 4297 | 4297 | 0 | 1213 | 182 | 48 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 | .282 | .434 | .717 | 1866 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill O'Donnell | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Doug McDermid | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Mahrt | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Albert Lange | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| John Fitzgerald | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Messner | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Reggie Lee | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Mesich | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Gordon Dyment | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Douglas Bogenreif | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| James McDonald | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Norman Johnson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Neil Roberts | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Andrew Lovito | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Andrew Mascia | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Thaddeus Szczepaniak | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 199 | 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.
