1954 Tifton Indians Statistics
Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 60-80
Finished 7th in the GGL
Manager: Edd Hartness (60-80)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Tifton, Georgia
Ballpark: Eve Park
Attendance: 30,143, Avg. 431
1954 Tifton Indians RosterTeam Record: 60-80
Finished 7th in the GGL
Manager: Edd Hartness (60-80)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Tifton, Georgia
Ballpark: Eve Park
Attendance: 30,143, Avg. 431
The Tifton Indians of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1954 season with a record of 60 wins and 80 losses, finishing seventh in the GGL.
The Indians scored 755 runs and yielded 795 runs, most in the circuit. Kelvin Roberts paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .331. Tony Sarmiento topped Tifton with 15 wins, while Bruce Hemmerle registered a 3.45 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Dick Stigman and Ken Retzer both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Edd Hartness 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Sarmiento | 15 | 13 | .536 | 3.66 | 35 | 25 | 224.0 | 197 | 123 | 91 | 13 | 90 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Hemmerle | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.45 | 30 | 24 | 198.0 | 189 | 112 | 76 | 5 | 118 | ||||||||||
| Wilbur Johnson | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.20 | 25 | 16 | 137.0 | 137 | 100 | 64 | 6 | 99 | ||||||||||
| Hal Larned | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.56 | 17 | 14 | 98.3 | 85 | 51 | 28 | 0 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Trossen | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.69 | 20 | 7 | 78.7 | 55 | 52 | 41 | 0 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Joe Haney | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.80 | 23 | 10 | 85.3 | 88 | 46 | 36 | 5 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Philip Swanson | 3 | 5 | .375 | 7.33 | 11 | 6 | 46.7 | 47 | 48 | 38 | 0 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Koszenski | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.58 | 12 | 5 | 55.0 | 56 | 32 | 28 | 5 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Ted Fowler | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.80 | 19 | 8 | 65.7 | 73 | 45 | 35 | 5 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Verne Deering | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.29 | 15 | 9 | 68.0 | 82 | 47 | 40 | 0 | 35 | ||||||||||
| John Brosnan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hazen Davis | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Robinson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Price | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Armenio Badia | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Cobb | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Stigman | 0 | 6 | .000 | 6.71 | 12 | 7 | 55.0 | 70 | 48 | 41 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 79 | .432 | 4.19 | 250 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1111.7 | 1079 | 704 | 518 | 40 | 684 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelvin Roberts | 140 | 522 | 522 | 173 | 36 | 4 | 5 | .331 | .331 | .444 | .776 | 232 | |||||||||||
| Larry Spinner | 136 | 497 | 497 | 142 | 17 | 7 | 19 | .286 | .286 | .463 | .748 | 230 | |||||||||||
| Ken Retzer | 130 | 450 | 450 | 138 | 24 | 1 | 8 | .307 | .307 | .418 | .724 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Edd Hartness | 113 | 365 | 365 | 133 | 27 | 2 | 4 | .364 | .364 | .482 | .847 | 176 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Company | 90 | 346 | 346 | 90 | 20 | 2 | 6 | .260 | .260 | .382 | .642 | 132 | |||||||||||
| Armenio Badia | 99 | 345 | 345 | 86 | 11 | 3 | 11 | .249 | .249 | .394 | .643 | 136 | |||||||||||
| Loran Chafin | 59 | 228 | 228 | 65 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .285 | .285 | .404 | .689 | 92 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Farmer | 56 | 192 | 192 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .271 | .510 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Smiley | 42 | 139 | 139 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 5 | .273 | .273 | .496 | .770 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Eduardo Monasterio | 42 | 151 | 151 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .245 | .245 | .384 | .629 | 58 | |||||||||||
| Richard Gentry | 44 | 159 | 159 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .189 | .189 | .308 | .497 | 49 | |||||||||||
| John Cornwell | 25 | 95 | 95 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .221 | .221 | .263 | .484 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Dave Casanega | 26 | 91 | 91 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .220 | .220 | .319 | .538 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Ed Torres | 23 | 77 | 77 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .286 | .519 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Albert Pare | 31 | 107 | 107 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .196 | .346 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Jack Jones | 26 | 74 | 74 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .203 | .257 | .459 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Jones | 27 | 87 | 87 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .172 | .172 | .218 | .391 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Robert Lewis | 28 | 89 | 89 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .169 | .169 | .315 | .483 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Wilbur Johnson | 27 | 62 | 62 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .226 | .226 | .355 | .581 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Tony Sarmiento | 38 | 88 | 88 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .159 | .170 | .330 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Joe Haney | 34 | 48 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .208 | .417 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Lawman | 18 | 57 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .175 | .175 | .175 | .351 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Hemmerle | 30 | 69 | 69 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .145 | .145 | .174 | .319 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Donald Robinson | 15 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .300 | .567 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Michael DeStefano | 18 | 48 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .146 | .146 | .229 | .375 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Johnson | 12 | 37 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .162 | .162 | .324 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Koszenski | 13 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Philip Swanson | 11 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Verne Deering | 15 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Ted Fowler | 21 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .050 | .050 | .100 | .150 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Hal Larned | 18 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .031 | .031 | .031 | .062 | 1 | |||||||||||
| John Brosnan | 9 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Trossen | 21 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dick Stigman | 12 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ted Sroda | 6 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Cobb | 6 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lou Conti | 3 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Senkowitz | 3 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Hazen Davis | 6 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Howard Langston | 3 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gene Vejsicky | 4 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1480 | 4661 | 4661 | 0 | 1186 | 208 | 36 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .254 | .361 | .615 | 1682 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edd Hartness | 1B | 73 | 513 | 29 | 5 | .991 | 7.425 | |
| Charlie Smiley | 1B | 41 | 335 | 13 | 14 | .961 | 8.488 | |
| Loran Chafin | 2B | 58 | 166 | 151 | 19 | .943 | 5.466 | |
| Dennis Farmer | 2B | 38 | 73 | 80 | 9 | .944 | 4.026 | |
| John Cornwell | 2B | 24 | 58 | 50 | 9 | .923 | 4.500 | |
| Thomas Johnson | 2B | 11 | 24 | 28 | 5 | .912 | 4.727 | |
| Larry Spinner | 3B | 97 | 107 | 184 | 28 | .912 | 3.000 | |
| Eduardo Monasterio | 3B | 31 | 31 | 59 | 9 | .909 | 2.903 | |
| Ken Retzer | C | 127 | 817 | 122 | 28 | .971 | 7.394 | |
| Kelvin Roberts | OF | 115 | 177 | 14 | 15 | .927 | 1.661 | |
| Armenio Badia | OF | 97 | 198 | 13 | 18 | .921 | 2.175 | |
| Ronald Company | OF | 90 | 133 | 13 | 13 | .918 | 1.622 | |
| Albert Pare | OF | 30 | 59 | 6 | 8 | .890 | 2.167 | |
| Robert Lewis | OF | 24 | 33 | 1 | 5 | .872 | 1.417 | |
| Michael DeStefano | OF | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .905 | 1.727 | |
| Tony Sarmiento | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Bruce Hemmerle | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Wilbur Johnson | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Haney | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Trossen | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Fowler | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Hal Larned | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Verne Deering | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Stigman | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Stanley Koszenski | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Philip Swanson | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| John Brosnan | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Hazen Davis | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Cobb | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Price | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Gentry | SS | 44 | 92 | 133 | 22 | .911 | 5.114 | |
| Ronald Jones | SS | 23 | 24 | 44 | 10 | .872 | 2.957 | |
| Ed Torres | SS | 21 | 35 | 34 | 10 | .873 | 3.286 | |
| Dave Casanega | SS | 20 | 34 | 38 | 4 | .947 | 3.600 | |
| Jerry Lawman | SS | 16 | 31 | 43 | 3 | .961 | 4.625 | |
| Totals | 1233 | 2958 | 1056 | 236 | 0 | .944 | 3.255 |
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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