1954 St. Petersburg Saints Statistics
Team Record: 64-37
Finished 1st in the FIL
Manager: Rudy Laskowski (64-37)
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 30,759, Avg. 609
The St. Petersburg Saints of the Florida International League ended the 1954 season with a record of 64 wins and 37 losses, finishing first in the FIL.
The Saints plated 598 runs and conceded 497 runs. Neb Wilson paced St. Petersburg with 20 home runs and drove in 109 runs. Eugene Krupp led hitters with significant playing time with a .332 average. Stan Milankovich topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.74 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Bobo Holloman played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the St. Petersburg Saints to do so.
Rudy Laskowski 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Milankovich | 18 | 2 | .900 | 2.74 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 164.0 | 137 | 70 | 50 | 4 | 61 | 91 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Rudy Laskowski | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.35 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 102.0 | 122 | 49 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Donald Sommers | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.56 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 48.0 | 38 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jefferson Davis | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.83 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 94.0 | 81 | 60 | 40 | 2 | 81 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Max Gnagy | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Langston | 3 | 1 | .750 | 17 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Blackburn | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.60 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | 41 | 50 | 33 | 1 | 81 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bobo Holloman | 3 | 3 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Denis Jent | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alger Shillings | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Simons | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| LeRoy Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carmen Corbissero | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Lovett | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| T. Lambstaff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Williamson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Simanovsky | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Brackett | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 49 | 27 | .645 | 3.51 | 159 | 53 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 461.0 | 419 | 250 | 180 | 11 | 258 | 0 | 255 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neb Wilson | 103 | 465 | 389 | 96 | 128 | 32 | 4 | 20 | 109 | 7 | 61 | 30 | .329 | .433 | .586 | 1.019 | 228 | 10 | 5 | ||||
| Eugene Krupp | 97 | 421 | 319 | 64 | 106 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 74 | 10 | 91 | 18 | .332 | .480 | .464 | .944 | 148 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| George Wegerek | 95 | 452 | 392 | 75 | 101 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 11 | 51 | 56 | .258 | .343 | .347 | .690 | 136 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Max Gnagy | 93 | 426 | 346 | 65 | 100 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 69 | 31 | .289 | .407 | .358 | .766 | 124 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| James Mendenhall | 101 | 434 | 371 | 72 | 96 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 60 | 6 | 53 | 47 | .259 | .354 | .383 | .737 | 142 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Dick Kobilarcik | 87 | 361 | 279 | 44 | 79 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 61 | 3 | 72 | 46 | .283 | .440 | .394 | .834 | 110 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| Pete Stroud | 54 | 218 | 201 | 13 | 53 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 35 | .264 | .312 | .333 | .645 | 67 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Robert Suba | 49 | 204 | 172 | 38 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 29 | 6 | .279 | .383 | .355 | .738 | 61 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Richard Rostenkowski | 32 | 116 | 105 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 9 | .200 | .250 | .257 | .507 | 27 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| James Gingerella | 23 | 86 | 72 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 21 | .236 | .353 | .292 | .645 | 21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Rudy Laskowski | 39 | 81 | 68 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 8 | .235 | .342 | .338 | .680 | 23 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Stan Milankovich | 29 | 73 | 62 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .210 | .269 | .226 | .494 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Donald Sommers | 11 | 28 | 26 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .423 | .464 | .462 | .926 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Detoia | 26 | 70 | 59 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | .169 | .300 | .169 | .469 | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Denis Jent | 9 | 19 | 19 | 8 | .421 | .421 | .421 | .842 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Jefferson Davis | 18 | 37 | 35 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .229 | .250 | .343 | .593 | 12 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| James Simons | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Alger Shillings | 7 | 14 | 14 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Marino | 9 | 17 | 17 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerald Blackburn | 13 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .150 | .190 | .150 | .340 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Thomas Langston | 18 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .222 | .364 | .333 | .697 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Richard Huggins | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobo Holloman | 9 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Junior Dodgin | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Philip Philip | 8 | 21 | 21 | 2 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Simanovsky | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerald Brackett | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ted Manooch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Milan Kovich | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Williamson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 958 | 3633 | 3051 | 511 | 840 | 130 | 38 | 41 | 469 | 51 | 0 | 489 | 338 | .275 | .379 | .383 | .762 | 1169 | 0 | 22 | 71 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Krupp | 1B | 56 | 421 | 17 | 11 | 54 | .976 | 7.821 | ||||
| Robert Suba | 1B | 47 | 410 | 27 | 4 | 34 | .991 | 9.298 | ||||
| Max Gnagy | 2B | 86 | 252 | 222 | 18 | 65 | .963 | 5.512 | ||||
| Dick Kobilarcik | 2B | 18 | 29 | 31 | 5 | 8 | .923 | 3.333 | ||||
| Dick Kobilarcik | 3B | 79 | 55 | 158 | 31 | 13 | .873 | 2.696 | ||||
| Neb Wilson | 3B | 26 | 19 | 42 | 5 | 5 | .924 | 2.346 | ||||
| Pete Stroud | C | 54 | 247 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .981 | 4.870 | 6 | |||
| Richard Rostenkowski | C | 30 | 135 | 24 | 7 | 3 | .958 | 5.300 | 7 | |||
| James Gingerella | C | 19 | 92 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .951 | 5.105 | 4 | |||
| Rudy Laskowski | C | 10 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 4.100 | 1 | |||
| James Mendenhall | OF | 98 | 256 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .982 | 2.714 | ||||
| Neb Wilson | OF | 85 | 174 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .984 | 2.141 | ||||
| Eugene Krupp | OF | 45 | 82 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .978 | 2.022 | ||||
| Richard Detoia | OF | 20 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .897 | 1.300 | ||||
| Stan Milankovich | P | 28 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.179 | ||||
| Rudy Laskowski | P | 23 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .478 | ||||
| Jefferson Davis | P | 18 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Thomas Langston | P | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .471 | ||||
| Gerald Blackburn | P | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .231 | ||||
| Max Gnagy | P | 11 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.091 | ||||
| Denis Jent | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobo Holloman | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alger Shillings | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gerald Brackett | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Sommers | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Simons | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Williamson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Simanovsky | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Lovett | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| T. Lambstaff | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| LeRoy Johnson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carmen Corbissero | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Wegerek | SS | 95 | 178 | 297 | 54 | 56 | .898 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 927 | 2422 | 952 | 165 | 252 | .953 | 3.640 | 18 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
