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1954 Carolina League

1954 > Class B > League History
Overall: 556 games, 8 teams, approx. 139 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1953 / 1955
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1953 / 1955

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1953 / 1955

League Standings

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Fayetteville Highlanders		86	51	.628	--
Burlington-Graham Pirates	PIT	82	56	.594	4.5
Greensboro Patriots	BOS	79	59	.572	7.5
Durham Bulls	DET	70	68	.507	16.5
Danville Leafs	SFG	70	69	.504	17
High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms	CIN	66	73	.475	21
Reidsville Luckies		56	83	.403	31
Winston-Salem Twins		44	94	.319	42.5

This league's standings, if available, are based on full season team pitching records. Leagues may have have split season and postseason results that are not currently available.

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH	SF
Burlington-Graham Pirates	PIT	24.1	5.38	140	5521	4685	753	1282	219	47	87	641	127	695	699	.274	.364	.396	.761	1856	96	45
Fayetteville Highlanders		27.7	5.35	137	5383	4615	733	1269	229	23	131	665	56	674	647	.275	.366	.420	.786	1937	77	17
Durham Bulls	DET	22.0	5.11	138	5281	4642	705	1307	280	42	106	623	78	514	787	.282	.351	.428	.779	1989	87	38
High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms	CIN	25.9	4.96	140	5344	4770	695	1272	240	24	111	636	47	496	681	.267	.334	.397	.731	1893	57	21
Greensboro Patriots	BOS	23.4	4.94	139	5344	4703	687	1267	219	30	103	614	48	527	709	.269	.340	.394	.734	1855	62	52
Danville Leafs	NYG	22.8	4.41	139	5208	4663	613	1253	243	32	82	548	82	445	679	.269	.330	.387	.718	1806	67	33
Winston-Salem Twins		26.1	4.32	139	5287	4689	600	1212	253	31	77	530	59	505	703	.258	.329	.375	.703	1758	61	32
Reidsville Luckies		29.7	4.26	140	5302	4621	596	1190	223	21	56	524	83	563	582	.258	.336	.351	.687	1623	80	38
League Totals		25.2	4.84	1112	42670	37388	5382	10052	1906	250	753	4781	580	4419	5487	.269	.344	.394	.737	14717	587	276

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	G	GS	R
Danville Leafs	NYG	22.9	4.22	70	69	.504	139	139	587
Greensboro Patriots	BOS	23.0	4.35	79	59	.572	139	139	604
Burlington-Graham Pirates	PIT	23.1	4.44	82	56	.594	140	140	621
Fayetteville Highlanders		27.7	4.49	86	51	.628	137	137	615
Reidsville Luckies		27.9	4.73	56	83	.403	140	140	662
Durham Bulls	DET	23.5	5.20	70	68	.507	138	138	718
High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms	CIN	26.9	5.22	66	73	.475	140	140	731
Winston-Salem Twins		25.5	6.07	44	94	.319	139	139	844
League Totals		25.2	4.84	553	553	.500	1112	1112	5382

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Managers
Fayetteville Highlanders		137	3602	1482	157	108	.970	14	Aaron Robinson and Hugh Taylor
Danville Leafs	NYG	139	3564	1537	176	130	.967	29	Andy Gilbert
Greensboro Patriots	BOS	139	3624	1487	178	164	.966	23	Eddie Popowski
Burlington-Graham Pirates	PIT	140	3694	1355	188	98	.964	30	n/a
Reidsville Luckies		140	3627	1622	202	136	.963	11	Fred Harrington
High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms	CIN	140	3637	1644	229	139	.958	27	Fred Lanifero, Tommy Reis and Don Padgett
Winston-Salem Twins		139	3575	1558	249	122	.954	18	Ralph Hodgin and Duke Brett
Durham Bulls	DET	138	3583	1441	264	124	.950	16	Charlie Metro
League Totals		1112	28906	12126	1643	1021	.961	168

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