1954 Tallahassee Rebels Statistics
Florida International League (FIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 22-76
Finished 4th in the FIL
Manager: Johnny George (0-0), Conk Meriwether (0-0), Duke Doolittle (0-0), Gene Harvey (0-0), Charlie Cuellar (0-0)
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Ballpark: Centennial Field
Attendance: 12,151, Avg. 248
1954 Tallahassee Rebels RosterTeam Record: 22-76
Finished 4th in the FIL
Manager: Johnny George (0-0), Conk Meriwether (0-0), Duke Doolittle (0-0), Gene Harvey (0-0), Charlie Cuellar (0-0)
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Ballpark: Centennial Field
Attendance: 12,151, Avg. 248
The Tallahassee Rebels of the Florida International League ended the 1954 season with a record of 22 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the FIL.
The Rebels scored 445 runs and yielded 706 runs, most in the circuit. Conk Meriwether paced Tallahassee with 14 home runs and accounted for 74 RBI, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .280 clip. Walter Stevens topped the team with 6 wins, and David Wilkinson registered a 3.6 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1954 Tallahassee Rebels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Carlos Santiago, Don Plarski and José Zardón.
Johnny George, Conk Meriwether, Duke Doolittle, Gene Harvey and Charlie Cuellar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Stevens | 6 | 10 | .375 | 6.05 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 125.0 | 157 | 123 | 84 | 16 | 75 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| David Wilkinson | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.60 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 100.0 | 91 | 62 | 40 | 8 | 85 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Tommy Pollet | 5 | 13 | .278 | 4.38 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 144.0 | 144 | 105 | 70 | 6 | 103 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Richard Caplette | 2 | 8 | .200 | 6.59 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 101.0 | 136 | 89 | 74 | 17 | 42 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Raúl Villamia | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hugh King | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Alsup | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene Harvey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny George | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duke Doolittle | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Chergey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Ellison | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Manuel Garcia | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Barry Wood | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alan Siff | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Corona | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Larry Renn | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.54 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 56 | 35 | 32 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Vic Michalec | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.41 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 49.0 | 55 | 34 | 24 | 2 | 35 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Dick Walega | 0 | 7 | .000 | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 20 | 70 | .222 | 5.11 | 203 | 66 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 571.0 | 639 | 448 | 324 | 54 | 369 | 0 | 233 | 13 | 3 | 25 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conk Meriwether | 94 | 409 | 346 | 54 | 97 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 74 | 1 | 56 | 34 | .280 | .381 | .448 | .829 | 155 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Carlos Santiago | 66 | 303 | 254 | 45 | 74 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 41 | 32 | .291 | .392 | .398 | .790 | 101 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Robert Bettin | 89 | 355 | 290 | 36 | 62 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 50 | 34 | .214 | .343 | .248 | .591 | 72 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| John Maroney | 54 | 235 | 214 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 17 | 25 | .280 | .333 | .383 | .717 | 82 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Don Plarski | 55 | 257 | 209 | 46 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 41 | 21 | .282 | .407 | .364 | .771 | 76 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Clifton Patrick | 65 | 266 | 236 | 34 | 57 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 26 | 53 | .242 | .322 | .335 | .657 | 79 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Duke Doolittle | 49 | 186 | 167 | 6 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 13 | .263 | .332 | .329 | .661 | 55 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Charlie Tuttle | 37 | 161 | 142 | 14 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 21 | .239 | .329 | .366 | .695 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nicholas Stanziani | 26 | 113 | 97 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 12 | .268 | .355 | .361 | .715 | 35 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Joseph Clark | 24 | 103 | 86 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 16 | .279 | .392 | .395 | .788 | 34 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| James Foster | 18 | 82 | 60 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 11 | .333 | .506 | .450 | .956 | 27 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dave Ellison | 21 | 95 | 80 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 21 | .250 | .355 | .412 | .767 | 33 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| James Holley | 35 | 84 | 76 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | .224 | .298 | .224 | .521 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Sharp | 22 | 108 | 92 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | .185 | .299 | .207 | .506 | 19 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| John Smirnoff | 12 | 57 | 50 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 | .240 | .321 | .280 | .601 | 14 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Vic Michalec | 25 | 57 | 54 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .222 | .263 | .278 | .541 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tommy Pollet | 41 | 62 | 54 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .185 | .254 | .185 | .439 | 10 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Johnny George | 19 | 75 | 68 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .147 | .205 | .162 | .367 | 11 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jerry Alsup | 17 | 44 | 36 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | .250 | .372 | .306 | .678 | 11 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Louis Russo | 22 | 47 | 36 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 4 | .222 | .391 | .333 | .725 | 12 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| David Wilkinson | 26 | 51 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .170 | .204 | .191 | .396 | 9 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| José Zardón | 5 | 20 | 20 | 6 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Ralph Blinn | 10 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .273 | .448 | .273 | .721 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| George Votruba | 10 | 42 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 4 | .188 | .381 | .250 | .631 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Dempsey Albritton | 10 | 45 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .154 | .267 | .205 | .472 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Walter Stevens | 33 | 50 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .122 | .265 | .146 | .412 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ernest Chretian | 10 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Richard Caplette | 25 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .088 | .139 | .088 | .227 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Moore | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Walega | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .286 | .500 | .286 | .786 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Renn | 20 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .133 | .188 | .267 | .454 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Raúl Villamia | 7 | 20 | 20 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Carolan | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Manuel Garcia | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Chergey | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Corona | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Hugh King | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Raymond Sowins | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alan Siff | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sylvester Richardson | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Barry Wood | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 996 | 3513 | 3012 | 397 | 729 | 110 | 17 | 34 | 349 | 38 | 0 | 422 | 430 | .242 | .340 | .324 | .663 | 975 | 0 | 23 | 56 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conk Meriwether | 1B | 94 | 774 | 60 | 23 | 83 | .973 | 8.872 | ||||
| James Holley | 2B | 15 | 29 | 31 | 2 | 5 | .968 | 4.000 | ||||
| Bill Sharp | 2B | 13 | 32 | 41 | 7 | 10 | .912 | 5.615 | ||||
| John Smirnoff | 2B | 12 | 30 | 37 | 5 | 9 | .931 | 5.583 | ||||
| Clifton Patrick | 3B | 35 | 57 | 63 | 10 | 14 | .923 | 3.429 | ||||
| Joseph Clark | 3B | 20 | 25 | 39 | 5 | 4 | .928 | 3.200 | ||||
| Robert Bettin | C | 57 | 205 | 25 | 7 | 7 | .970 | 4.035 | 17 | |||
| Duke Doolittle | C | 24 | 105 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .968 | 5.042 | 3 | |||
| Johnny George | C | 17 | 59 | 8 | 5 | 4 | .931 | 3.941 | 3 | |||
| Louis Russo | C | 13 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .886 | 2.385 | 2 | |||
| Don Plarski | OF | 55 | 139 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .980 | 2.636 | ||||
| John Maroney | OF | 50 | 102 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .965 | 2.220 | ||||
| Charlie Tuttle | OF | 33 | 65 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .959 | 2.152 | ||||
| Clifton Patrick | OF | 33 | 61 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .919 | 2.061 | ||||
| Robert Bettin | OF | 33 | 69 | 2 | 8 | 2 | .899 | 2.152 | ||||
| Dave Ellison | OF | 21 | 48 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Duke Doolittle | OF | 18 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Jerry Alsup | OF | 12 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.833 | ||||
| Tommy Pollet | P | 37 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 0 | .907 | 1.054 | ||||
| Walter Stevens | P | 30 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 2 | .872 | 1.367 | ||||
| Richard Caplette | P | 25 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .957 | .880 | ||||
| Larry Renn | P | 20 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.100 | ||||
| David Wilkinson | P | 17 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.118 | ||||
| Dick Walega | P | 15 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 1.067 | ||||
| Vic Michalec | P | 10 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.600 | ||||
| Duke Doolittle | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny George | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alan Siff | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manuel Garcia | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Corona | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Chergey | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hugh King | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Alsup | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Barry Wood | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Raúl Villamia | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Harvey | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Ellison | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Santiago | SS | 66 | 138 | 218 | 18 | 42 | .952 | 5.394 | ||||
| Nicholas Stanziani | SS | 14 | 32 | 47 | 10 | 7 | .888 | 5.643 | ||||
| Totals | 839 | 2079 | 768 | 148 | 204 | .951 | 3.393 | 25 | 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.
