1954 Welch Miners Statistics
Team Record: 59-54
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Jack Crosswhite (59-54)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Welch, West Virginia
Ballpark: Blakely Field
Attendance: 25,086, Avg. 444
Playoffs - Bluefield Blue-Grays 2 games, Welch Miners 0
The Welch Miners of the Appalachian League ended the 1954 season with a record of 59 wins and 54 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Miners plated 687 runs and surrendered 733 runs. Carl Chianese paced Welch with 10 home runs and drove in 87 runs, while leading all regular batters with a .323 average. Bill Kirk topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.32 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Bill Kirk played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Welch Miners to do so.
Jack Crosswhite 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Kirk | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.32 | 35 | 22 | 176.0 | 160 | 85 | 65 | 19 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Funari | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.33 | 29 | 22 | 185.0 | 199 | 113 | 89 | 23 | 70 | ||||||||||
| John Merget | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.60 | 25 | 13 | 129.0 | 138 | 79 | 66 | 17 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Joel Whitlock | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.66 | 20 | 12 | 87.0 | 95 | 62 | 45 | 9 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Randy Vance | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6.95 | 23 | 6 | 66.0 | 93 | 58 | 51 | 4 | 33 | ||||||||||
| LeRoy Schmidt | 4 | 6 | .400 | 8.03 | 20 | 12 | 65.0 | 83 | 62 | 58 | 12 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Bob Slencak | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Smedley | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James McClary | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lester Hodgson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Neff | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Martin Sadorf | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alfred Austin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lee Heffner | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Colby | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Howard Comegys | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Fields | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marlin Fiscel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Frontz | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Nix | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sid Gilmore | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Victor Thurn | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sam Brown | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Werner | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Raymond Menzoni | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 51 | 49 | .510 | 4.75 | 222 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 708.0 | 768 | 459 | 374 | 84 | 286 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Chianese | 112 | 418 | 418 | 88 | 135 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 87 | 10 | .323 | .323 | .486 | .809 | 203 | ||||||||
| Fran Traill | 104 | 389 | 389 | 111 | 15 | 5 | 14 | .285 | .285 | .458 | .743 | 178 | |||||||||||
| Robert Brown | 101 | 382 | 382 | 104 | 17 | 5 | 7 | .272 | .272 | .398 | .670 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Lee Heffner | 62 | 250 | 250 | 72 | 9 | 2 | 7 | .288 | .288 | .424 | .712 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Paul Petrosky | 98 | 270 | 270 | 68 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .252 | .252 | .356 | .607 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Tom Werner | 63 | 222 | 222 | 62 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .279 | .279 | .419 | .698 | 93 | |||||||||||
| Ed Redmond | 62 | 227 | 227 | 57 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .251 | .251 | .357 | .608 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Paul Nix | 47 | 177 | 177 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 2 | .311 | .311 | .412 | .723 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Paul Musselman | 48 | 194 | 194 | 53 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .433 | .706 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Nick Samela | 51 | 187 | 187 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 8 | .273 | .273 | .487 | .759 | 91 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Lucas | 55 | 153 | 153 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 7 | .216 | .216 | .399 | .614 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Leon Molokie | 21 | 74 | 74 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .324 | .324 | .392 | .716 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Robert Oberg | 22 | 87 | 87 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .276 | .276 | .391 | .667 | 34 | |||||||||||
| LeRoy Schmidt | 41 | 65 | 65 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .354 | .354 | .492 | .846 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Funari | 46 | 87 | 87 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .264 | .264 | .391 | .655 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Bill Watts | 26 | 75 | 75 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .267 | .267 | .373 | .640 | 28 | |||||||||||
| LaVern Braddock | 23 | 86 | 86 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .279 | .512 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Robert Davidson | 22 | 74 | 74 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .311 | .568 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Richard Connolly | 18 | 44 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .341 | .341 | .545 | .886 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Herman Creasey | 14 | 47 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .255 | .255 | .404 | .660 | 19 | |||||||||||
| John Merget | 25 | 51 | 51 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .235 | .235 | .294 | .529 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Bill Kirk | 37 | 59 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .203 | .203 | .271 | .475 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Bill Curry | 19 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .207 | .207 | .414 | .621 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Randy Vance | 23 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Joel Whitlock | 20 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .121 | .121 | .212 | .333 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Terry | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gerald Werner | 3 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Stanley Webster | 4 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Slencak | 6 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Smedley | 4 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jon Williams | 3 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Martin Sadorf | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Randle | 6 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Crosswhite | 2 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Alfred Austin | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph Decello | 3 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Fields | 5 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Sid Gilmore | 4 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lester Hodgson | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James McClary | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Raymond Menzoni | 4 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Howard Comegys | 3 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bobby Neff | 6 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Walter Pawlak | 8 | 34 | 34 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Campbell | 6 | 19 | 19 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1248 | 3843 | 3843 | 88 | 1019 | 179 | 45 | 77 | 87 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .395 | .660 | 1519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Kirk | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Anthony Funari | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| John Merget | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Randy Vance | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Joel Whitlock | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Lester Hodgson | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Slencak | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Neff | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| James Fields | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Smedley | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Raymond Menzoni | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| James McClary | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Sid Gilmore | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Werner | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| George Frontz | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Howard Comegys | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Martin Sadorf | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Alfred Austin | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Victor Thurn | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Marlin Fiscel | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Colby | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Sam Brown | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 195 | 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.
