1954 Union City Dodgers Statistics
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
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 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.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rene Masip | 18 | 5 | .783 | 3.38 | 29 | 20 | 173.0 | 181 | 83 | 65 | 12 | 44 | ||||||||||
| James Major | 16 | 8 | .667 | 3.98 | 30 | 29 | 217.0 | 233 | 133 | 96 | 4 | 86 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Sheridan | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.93 | 25 | 23 | 140.7 | 151 | 104 | 77 | 4 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Templeton | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.14 | 16 | 14 | 118.0 | 70 | 35 | 28 | 3 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Robert Koczwara | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.43 | 30 | 5 | 85.3 | 88 | 53 | 42 | 8 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Robert Veritch | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6.27 | 19 | 5 | 70.3 | 74 | 58 | 49 | 8 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Keith Boyd | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wiley Walker | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Cashill | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Kobelski | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Al Giordano | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Philip Lentine | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Liberto | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.71 | 27 | 4 | 75.7 | 93 | 70 | 48 | 5 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Eleuterio Lopez | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Marks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keith Johnson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Dickerson | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Biggs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earl Naylor | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Pippen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gayle Boykin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 42 | .638 | 4.14 | 232 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 880.0 | 890 | 536 | 405 | 44 | 457 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Allen | 93 | 393 | 393 | 140 | 20 | 9 | 12 | .356 | .356 | .545 | .901 | 214 | |||||||||||
| Al Shinn | 90 | 330 | 330 | 129 | 26 | 12 | 18 | .391 | .391 | .706 | 1.097 | 233 | |||||||||||
| Lowell Mendenhall | 100 | 413 | 413 | 129 | 18 | 7 | 10 | .312 | .312 | .462 | .775 | 191 | |||||||||||
| Alberto Costa | 111 | 398 | 398 | 124 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .312 | .312 | .382 | .693 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Dearman | 113 | 468 | 468 | 122 | 16 | 7 | 5 | .261 | .261 | .357 | .618 | 167 | |||||||||||
| Salvatore DeMatteis | 85 | 331 | 331 | 112 | 12 | 11 | 7 | .338 | .338 | .505 | .843 | 167 | |||||||||||
| Joe Fernandez | 97 | 380 | 380 | 111 | 15 | 6 | 2 | .292 | .292 | .379 | .671 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Al Giordano | 64 | 234 | 234 | 81 | 14 | 8 | 9 | .346 | .346 | .590 | .936 | 138 | |||||||||||
| Dick Barry | 85 | 248 | 248 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .262 | .496 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Clyde Gisclair | 46 | 167 | 167 | 50 | 4 | 4 | 5 | .299 | .299 | .461 | .760 | 77 | |||||||||||
| William Saar | 38 | 123 | 123 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .268 | .268 | .423 | .691 | 52 | |||||||||||
| James Major | 30 | 89 | 89 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .303 | .303 | .472 | .775 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Rene Masip | 33 | 83 | 83 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .289 | .554 | 24 | |||||||||||
| David Russell | 29 | 97 | 97 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .258 | .454 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Sheridan | 27 | 66 | 66 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 24 | |||||||||||
| James Wilson | 15 | 66 | 66 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .288 | .515 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Robert Koczwara | 32 | 43 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .302 | .302 | .512 | .814 | 22 | |||||||||||
| William Dixon | 16 | 42 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Templeton | 16 | 49 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .245 | .245 | .388 | .633 | 19 | |||||||||||
| William Liberto | 28 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .323 | .323 | .387 | .710 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Earl Naylor | 13 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .320 | .320 | .520 | .840 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Morris Hall | 10 | 31 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .258 | .419 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Robert Veritch | 19 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .167 | .292 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Biggs | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Wiley Walker | 6 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Keith Boyd | 4 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gayle Boykin | 7 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jerry Cashill | 5 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Pippen | 5 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Dickerson | 7 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Eleuterio Lopez | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Philip Lentine | 4 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Keith Johnson | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph Kobelski | 5 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1242 | 4188 | 4188 | 0 | 1253 | 180 | 86 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .299 | .299 | .437 | .736 | 1830 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Major | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Koczwara | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Rene Masip | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| William Liberto | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Tommy Sheridan | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Veritch | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Templeton | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| John Dickerson | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Wiley Walker | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Gayle Boykin | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Pippen | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Philip Lentine | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Cashill | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Keith Boyd | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Eleuterio Lopez | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Kobelski | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Keith Johnson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Biggs | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Marks | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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.
