1954 Union City Dodgers Statistics

Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League (KITL) - Class: D
Team Record: 76-40
Finished 1st in the KITL
Manager: Earl Naylor (76-40)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Union City, Tennessee
Ballpark: Turner Memorial Field
Attendance: 36,000, Avg. 621
1954 Union City Dodgers Roster

Playoffs - Union City Dodgers 4 games, Madisonville Miners 2

The Union City Dodgers of the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League ended the 1954 season with a record of 76 wins and 40 losses, finishing first in the KITL.

The Dodgers topped the league with 956 runs, ignited by 75 home runs. Union City yielded 675 runs. Al Shinn topped all regular batters by connecting at a .391 clip. Rene Masip led the team with 18 wins, while James Major, too added 15 or more wins, too Chuck Templeton registered a 2.14 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Chuck Templeton and Earl Naylor both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Earl Naylor 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
Rene Masip185.7833.382920173.018183651244
James Major168.6673.983029217.023313396486
Tommy Sheridan107.5884.932523140.715110477475
Chuck Templeton92.8182.141614118.0703528387
Robert Koczwara84.6674.4330585.3885342887
Robert Veritch45.4446.2719570.3745849847
Keith Boyd301.00040.0
Wiley Walker101.00060.0
Jerry Cashill11.50040.0
Joseph Kobelski11.50030.0
Al Giordano12.33350.0
Philip Lentine12.33340.0
William Liberto12.3335.7127475.7937048531
Eleuterio Lopez0030.0
Edward Marks0010.0
Keith Johnson0030.0
John Dickerson0070.0
Jerry Biggs0030.0
Earl Naylor01.00020.0
Richard Pippen01.00050.0
Gayle Boykin01.00060.0
Totals7442.6384.142321000000880.089053640544457000000

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
Ed Allen9339339314020912.356.356.545.901214
Al Shinn90330330129261218.391.391.7061.097233
Lowell Mendenhall10041341312918710.312.312.462.775191
Alberto Costa1113983981241741.312.312.382.693152
Eugene Dearman1134684681221675.261.261.357.618167
Salvatore DeMatteis8533133111212117.338.338.505.843167
Joe Fernandez973803801111562.292.292.379.671144
Al Giordano64234234811489.346.346.590.936138
Dick Barry8524824858700.234.234.262.49665
Clyde Gisclair4616716750445.299.299.461.76077
William Saar3812312333542.268.268.423.69152
James Major30898927522.303.303.472.77542
Rene Masip33838322200.265.265.289.55424
David Russell29979719410.196.196.258.45425
Tommy Sheridan27666618220.273.273.364.63624
James Wilson15666615210.227.227.288.51519
Robert Koczwara32434313140.302.302.512.81422
William Dixon16424212220.286.286.429.71418
Chuck Templeton16494912211.245.245.388.63319
William Liberto28313110200.323.323.387.71012
Earl Naylor1325258201.320.320.520.84013
Morris Hall1031315110.161.161.258.4198
Robert Veritch1924243100.125.125.167.2924
Jerry Biggs333.000.000.000.0000
Wiley Walker61111.000.000.000.0000
Keith Boyd499.000.000.000.0000
Gayle Boykin722.000.000.000.0000
Jerry Cashill511.000.000.000.0000
Richard Pippen522.000.000.000.0000
John Dickerson755.000.000.000.0000
Eleuterio Lopez333.000.000.000.0000
Philip Lentine455.000.000.000.0000
Keith Johnson333.000.000.000.0000
Joseph Kobelski51313.000.000.000.0000
Totals12424188418801253180867500000.299.299.437.736183000000


Fielding:

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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