1954 Vidalia Indians Statistics
Team Record: 85-44
Finished 1st in the GSL
Manager: James Beavers (85-44)
Location: Vidalia, Georgia
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 53,334, Avg. 827
Playoffs - Vidalia Indians 4 games, Statesboro Pilots 2
Finals - Vidalia Indians 4 games, Douglas Trojans 0
The Vidalia Indians of the Georgia State League ended the 1954 season with a record of 85 wins and 44 losses, finishing first in the GSL.
The Indians allowed 590 runs, least in the league. Vidalia plated 828 runs. James Beavers and Robert Driggers paced the team with 16 home runs apiece. Robert Driggers accounted for 105 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .337. Phil Gilbert led the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 2.23 ERA, leading regular hurlers. James Beavers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Gilbert | 22 | 6 | .786 | 2.23 | 40 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 258.0 | 215 | 90 | 64 | 9 | 74 | 168 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Jim Vanderbeek | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.83 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 191.0 | 166 | 74 | 60 | 11 | 73 | 113 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Thomas Doke | 11 | 8 | .579 | 4.42 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 159.0 | 167 | 96 | 78 | 9 | 77 | 124 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Richard Adam | 10 | 4 | .714 | 4.24 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 140.0 | 126 | 78 | 66 | 16 | 54 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Donald Vaughn | 9 | 1 | .900 | 2.07 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 87.0 | 66 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 28 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Plushanski | 7 | 2 | .778 | 4.46 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 109.0 | 143 | 74 | 54 | 4 | 22 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Larry Norris | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Beavers | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wendell Chance | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Draper | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Norman Hughes | 1 | 5 | .167 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Sedlak | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ray Corley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wiley Walker | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 80 | 41 | .661 | 3.26 | 213 | 109 | 0 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 944.0 | 883 | 438 | 342 | 53 | 328 | 0 | 583 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Driggers | 122 | 578 | 502 | 90 | 169 | 45 | 6 | 16 | 105 | 9 | 60 | 65 | .337 | .408 | .546 | .953 | 274 | 5 | 4 | 7 | |||
| James Beavers | 124 | 543 | 495 | 105 | 162 | 31 | 5 | 16 | 84 | 23 | 35 | 36 | .327 | .372 | .507 | .879 | 251 | 4 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Jose Duenas | 105 | 494 | 425 | 84 | 142 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 77 | 7 | 53 | 21 | .334 | .409 | .459 | .868 | 195 | 6 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Harold Green | 128 | 599 | 469 | 89 | 115 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 29 | 102 | 55 | .245 | .389 | .335 | .724 | 157 | 10 | 16 | 2 | |||
| William Deal | 102 | 460 | 405 | 75 | 102 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 65 | 16 | 51 | 67 | .252 | .336 | .430 | .766 | 174 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Bill Hinson | 115 | 486 | 410 | 69 | 90 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 64 | 3 | 56 | 55 | .220 | .312 | .337 | .648 | 138 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||
| Frank Menna | 81 | 323 | 261 | 52 | 72 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 3 | 59 | 48 | .276 | .408 | .418 | .826 | 109 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ronnie West | 71 | 262 | 229 | 45 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 29 | 34 | .214 | .304 | .258 | .561 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Clyde Briggs | 43 | 185 | 174 | 26 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 18 | .241 | .281 | .264 | .545 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Walter Pawlak | 32 | 149 | 131 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 35 | .237 | .315 | .282 | .598 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Phil Gilbert | 44 | 114 | 92 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 11 | .239 | .364 | .283 | .646 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Ron Rice | 18 | 82 | 70 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 22 | .286 | .383 | .343 | .726 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mayes Dobbins | 25 | 129 | 89 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 7 | .191 | .391 | .213 | .604 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Thomas Doke | 31 | 69 | 66 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .152 | .164 | .242 | .407 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Richard Adam | 30 | 61 | 48 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .188 | .310 | .188 | .498 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Donald Vaughn | 17 | 46 | 39 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .205 | .326 | .231 | .557 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Vanderbeek | 31 | 77 | 60 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 26 | .117 | .209 | .150 | .359 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Wendell Chance | 9 | 17 | 17 | 5 | .294 | .294 | .294 | .588 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Norris | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Plushanski | 27 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .111 | .220 | .111 | .331 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wiley Walker | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Norman Hughes | 10 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .125 | .263 | .188 | .451 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Sachetti | 8 | 22 | 22 | 2 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Sedlak | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Art Roberts | 7 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Sevier | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Corley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rudy Warren | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Draper | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1205 | 4811 | 4110 | 736 | 1088 | 191 | 44 | 69 | 610 | 110 | 0 | 559 | 557 | .265 | .354 | .383 | .737 | 1574 | 0 | 36 | 62 | 44 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Beavers | 1B | 120 | 1043 | 89 | 24 | 84 | .979 | 9.433 | ||||
| Robert Driggers | 1B | 14 | 95 | 8 | 4 | 5 | .963 | 7.357 | ||||
| Walter Pawlak | 2B | 32 | 72 | 87 | 3 | 13 | .981 | 4.969 | ||||
| Mayes Dobbins | 2B | 25 | 60 | 62 | 7 | 11 | .946 | 4.880 | ||||
| Ron Rice | 2B | 18 | 36 | 44 | 7 | 9 | .920 | 4.444 | ||||
| Ronnie West | 2B | 17 | 30 | 36 | 10 | 4 | .868 | 3.882 | ||||
| Harold Green | 3B | 126 | 147 | 262 | 68 | 22 | .857 | 3.246 | ||||
| Bill Hinson | C | 115 | 744 | 74 | 19 | 11 | .977 | 7.113 | 2 | |||
| Robert Driggers | C | 11 | 53 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .923 | 5.455 | 1 | |||
| William Deal | OF | 101 | 217 | 11 | 12 | 4 | .950 | 2.257 | ||||
| Robert Driggers | OF | 95 | 171 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .957 | 1.863 | ||||
| Frank Menna | OF | 74 | 102 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .924 | 1.486 | ||||
| Clyde Briggs | OF | 43 | 99 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 2.302 | ||||
| Ronnie West | OF | 19 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.684 | ||||
| Phil Gilbert | P | 40 | 23 | 40 | 3 | 3 | .955 | 1.575 | ||||
| Jim Vanderbeek | P | 31 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.387 | ||||
| Thomas Doke | P | 31 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 1.065 | ||||
| Richard Adam | P | 29 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.103 | ||||
| Fred Plushanski | P | 27 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .912 | 1.148 | ||||
| Donald Vaughn | P | 13 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.000 | ||||
| Norman Hughes | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Beavers | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wendell Chance | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wiley Walker | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Sedlak | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Norris | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Draper | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Corley | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Duenas | SS | 103 | 175 | 265 | 46 | 45 | .905 | 4.272 | ||||
| Ronnie West | SS | 27 | 44 | 54 | 16 | 7 | .860 | 3.630 | ||||
| Totals | 1153 | 3176 | 1172 | 252 | 226 | .945 | 3.771 | 3 | 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.
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