1954 Thomasville Dodgers Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 64-71
Finished 6th in the GGL
Manager: Boyd Bartley (0-0), George Pfister (0-0), John Angelone (0-0)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Thomasville, Georgia
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 36,079, Avg. 535

1954 Thomasville Dodgers Roster

The Thomasville Dodgers of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1954 season with a record of 64 wins and 71 losses, finishing sixth in the GGL.

The Dodgers scored 655 runs and surrendered 694 runs. Don Williams led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .311 clip. Ron Wells topped Thomasville with 14 wins, while Thomas McMullen registered a 2.18 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Dick Tracewski played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Thomasville Dodgers to do so.

Boyd Bartley, George Pfister and John Angelone 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
Ron Wells	14	11	.560	3.04	32	28					207.0	189	94	70	6	75
Bob Virkstis	11	8	.579	2.70	45	13					189.7	187	82	57	4	48
John Barbier	9	9	.500	3.14	27	19					152.0	177	79	53	2	47
Wilbert Pender	9	11	.450	4.35	25	23					151.0	134	104	73	3	116
Thomas McMullen	8	8	.500	2.18	20	14					136.0	102	50	33	3	57
Gordon Royce	4	1	.800	3.29	12	4					52.0	53	27	19	2	19
Stanley McCasland	2	0	1.000		7						0.0
William Wells	2	1	.667		6						0.0
Maurice McCall	2	3	.400		9						0.0
Fred Brandt	1	0	1.000		8						0.0
Martin Heinz	1	2	.333		10						0.0
Ronald Petrovich	1	4	.200		8						0.0
Don Williams	0	0			1						0.0
John Angelone	0	0			1						0.0
Cliff Ohr	0	0			3						0.0
David Perkins	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Donald Turek	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Dick Draper	0	1	.000		9						0.0
Benjamin Poole	0	2	.000		9						0.0
Clark Mixon	0	2	.000		9						0.0
Richard Zimmerman	0	2	.000		3						0.0
John McLean	0	3	.000		6						0.0
Totals	64	70	.478	3.09	258	101	0	0	0	0	887.7	842	436	305	20	362	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
Don Williams	123	418	418		130	22	12	3						.311	.311	.443	.754	185
Paul Cozart	111	453	453		123	16	5	3						.272	.272	.349	.620	158
Eugene Elder	116	413	413		108	25	4	3						.262	.262	.363	.625	150
Clarence Pillow	114	413	413		94	16	7	10						.228	.228	.373	.600	154
Bobby Brown	102	344	344		79	7	5	1						.230	.230	.288	.517	99
Dick Tracewski	72	274	274		76	7	4	3						.277	.277	.365	.642	100
Harold Holderfield	78	267	267		74	11	6	1						.277	.277	.375	.652	100
Donald Dimott	75	261	261		73	18	5	5						.280	.280	.444	.724	116
David Russell	81	237	237		66	7	2	2						.278	.278	.350	.629	83
Walter Pawlak	52	184	184		44	2	0	0						.239	.239	.250	.489	46
Clyde Gisclair	35	104	104		29	4	0	1						.279	.279	.346	.625	36
Carl Beiler	33	98	98		26	0	2	0						.265	.265	.306	.571	30
Bob Virkstis	50	70	70		17	2	1	1						.243	.243	.343	.586	24
James Caldwell	22	76	76		16	2	0	0						.211	.211	.237	.447	18
John Barbier	28	64	64		15	3	1	0						.234	.234	.312	.547	20
Thomas Pavuk	14	44	44		14	5	0	1						.318	.318	.500	.818	22
Richard Corthell	15	49	49		13	3	0	0						.265	.265	.327	.592	16
Wilbert Pender	26	53	53		12	2	1	0						.226	.226	.302	.528	16
Ransome Crisp	24	47	47		11	0	0	0						.234	.234	.234	.468	11
William Deal	22	63	63		11	0	0	0						.175	.175	.175	.349	11
John Angelone	13	43	43		10	1	0	0						.233	.233	.256	.488	11
Chester Pohutsky	19	44	44		10	0	0	0						.227	.227	.227	.455	10
Ron Wells	34	70	70		10	3	0	0						.143	.143	.186	.329	13
Thomas McMullen	21	46	46		9	0	0	0						.196	.196	.196	.391	9
Donald Battle	11	24	24		5	0	0	0						.208	.208	.208	.417	5
Robert Turner	12	24	24		3	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	3
Martin Heinz	11	12	12		2	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Maurice McCall	10	14	14		2	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Gordon Royce	12	16	16		2	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	2
Benjamin Poole	10	9	9		1	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Charles Callaway	5	13	13											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Fred Brandt	8	4	4											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Morris Hall	8	21	21											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Wells	6	15	15											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Frank Lightfoot	9	28	28											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Anthony Castelli	6	17	17											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dick Draper	9	4	4											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Thomas Lauderdale	2	3	3											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Stanley McCasland	7	7	7											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John McLean	6	4	4											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Clark Mixon	9	6	6											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Cliff Ohr	4	2	2											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Ford	2	8	8											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
David Perkins	4	4	4											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ronald Petrovich	8	8	8											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Donald Turek	4	3	3											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1443	4381	4381	0	1085	156	55	34	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.248	.332	.579	1453	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Clarence Pillow	1B	66	581	26	11		.982	9.197
Chester Pohutsky	1B	17	118	12	5		.963	7.647
Eugene Elder	2B	92	218	263	34		.934	5.228
Walter Pawlak	2B	41	86	99	11		.944	4.512
Paul Cozart	3B	54	46	91	10		.932	2.537
Richard Corthell	3B	15	15	23	6		.864	2.533
John Angelone	3B	12	11	26	3		.925	3.083
Don Williams	C	114	721	90	15		.982	7.114
Ransome Crisp	C	16	64	6	4		.946	4.375
Bobby Brown	OF	93	164	9	16		.915	1.860
David Russell	OF	72	115	9	4		.969	1.722
Harold Holderfield	OF	69	136	5	6		.959	2.043
Donald Dimott	OF	40	51	2	6		.898	1.325
Clyde Gisclair	OF	34	56	4	0		1.000	1.765
Carl Beiler	OF	28	33	0	5		.868	1.179
William Deal	OF	19	37	5	1		.977	2.211
Bob Virkstis	P	45						.000
Ron Wells	P	32						.000
John Barbier	P	27						.000
Wilbert Pender	P	25						.000
Thomas McMullen	P	20						.000
Gordon Royce	P	12						.000
Martin Heinz	P	10						.000
Benjamin Poole	P	9						.000
Clark Mixon	P	9						.000
Maurice McCall	P	9						.000
Dick Draper	P	9						.000
Ronald Petrovich	P	8						.000
Fred Brandt	P	8						.000
Stanley McCasland	P	7						.000
William Wells	P	6						.000
John McLean	P	6						.000
Donald Turek	P	4						.000
David Perkins	P	4						.000
Richard Zimmerman	P	3						.000
Cliff Ohr	P	3						.000
Dick Tracewski	SS	72	138	191	28		.922	4.569
James Caldwell	SS	18	41	37	12		.867	4.333
Totals		1128	2631	898	177	0	.952	3.129

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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