1954 Americus-Cordele Orioles

1954 > Class D > 1954 Georgia-Florida League
Overall: 51-88
Scored 614 runs, Allowed 785 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 54-85

Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles-AL
Manager: Cliff Melton and John Landis
Represented: Americus, GA and Cordele, GA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH	SF
1	Gerald Banks?	--	21		12		2	0	0	0					.167		.167		2			Stats for 2 teams
2	James Blomberg?	21	79		255		63	12	2	0					.247		.310		79
3	Lloyd Bohn?	--	15		16		3	0	0	0					.188		.188		3
4	Charles Brandenburg?	21	47		148		38	8	4	1					.257		.385		57
5	John Bunce	20	46		69		18	1	0	0					.261		.275		19
6	Larry Burford	22	138		493		123	13	7	6					.249		.341		168
7	Donald Cartwright?	--	6		14
8	Ronald Coho?	--	72		217		48	6	1	0					.221		.258		56
9	James Cotter?	--	19		67		15	1	0	1					.224		.284		19
10	Chuck Cottier	18	138		507		127	22	9	2					.250		.341		173
11	John DeSousa	19	10		14		3	1	0	0					.214		.286		4
12	Leo Eilbacher*	19	92		378		102	9	4	2					.270		.331		125
13	James Ferguson	23	95		298		51	7	2	0					.171		.208		62
14	Oscar Gonzalez?	--	25		75		8	0	1	1					.107		.173		13
15	Floyd Hammen	23	95		341		81	11	9	1					.238		.331		113
16	Randy Harrison?	--	10		34		9	0	1	0					.265		.324		11
17	Thomas Horne?	--	22		28		3	0	0	0					.107		.107		3
18	Harry Kallas	22	59		245		63	9	1	3					.257		.339		83
19	John Landis?	23	74		261		56	11	1	4					.215		.310		81
20	Charles Lucabaugh*	21	118		420		96	15	8	6					.229		.345		145
21	David Lutz	31	14		28		7	1	0	0					.250		.286		8
22	Don Lyons?	--	9		30
23	Gerald Manahan?	--	2		5
24	Tom McCormack?	--	51		200		42	3	1	0					.210		.235		47
25	Russell McDonald	19	6		8
26	Cliff Melton*	42	17		16		6	2	0	0					.375		.500		8
27	William Moore*	19	20		28		4	0	0	0					.143		.143		4
28	Fred Myatt*	24	17		66		19	1	0	0					.288		.303		20
29	Eugene Schall	19	23		39		5	2	1	0					.128		.231		9
30	Richard Schultz	18	20		54		14	3	0	0					.259		.315		17
31	Gilbert Silva?	--	6		14
32	Robert Thomas	22	22		64		10	2	0	0					.156		.188		12
33	Harv Tomter*	20	36		78		14	2	0	0					.179		.205		16
34	Jon Williams	18	60		193		40	9	1	0					.207		.264		51			Stats for 2 teams
	34 Players	21.1	139	5516	4622	614	1059	147	52	27	502	59	786	1030	.229	.339	.301	.640	1391	79	29

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9
1	Gerald Banks?	--	2	5	.286	5.72	20	3	50.1	49	33	32	3	25	1.470	8.8	0.5	4.5	Stats for 2 teams
2	Lloyd Bohn?	--	2	3	.400		8
3	John Bunce	20	9	15	.375	3.96	41	21	216.0	203	131	95	4	102	1.412	8.5	0.2	4.2
4	Donald Cartwright?	--	0	3	.000		6
5	Thomas Horne?	--	5	6	.455	3.49	22	11	100.2	111	56	39	2	32	1.421	9.9	0.2	2.9
6	Charles Lucabaugh*	21	5	6	.455	2.25	18	10	108.0	94	39	27	2	21	1.065	7.8	0.2	1.8
7	David Lutz	31	2	3	.400	5.07	12	7	76.1	86	53	43	2	49	1.769	10.1	0.2	5.8
8	Russell McDonald	19	0	4	.000		6
9	William Moore*	19	4	7	.364	4.72	19	11	76.1	93	58	40	1	57	1.965	11.0	0.1	6.7
10	Eugene Schall	19	4	7	.364	4.27	21	10	97.0	90	62	46	1	71	1.660	8.4	0.1	6.6
11	Richard Schultz	18	8	7	.533	3.40	17	15	124.1	115	65	47	2	57	1.383	8.3	0.1	4.1
12	Gilbert Silva?	--	3	3	.500	1.36	6	6	53.0	34	11	8	1	18	0.981	5.8	0.2	3.1
13	Harv Tomter	20	6	17	.261	5.00	34	26	205.1	197	131	114	1	130	1.593	8.6	0.0	5.7
	13 Players	20.4	51	88	.367		139	139			785

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Ronald Coho	67	386	48	16	.964	6.48
James Ferguson	55	272	23	18	.942	5.36
Charles Brandenburg	30	171	24	6	.970	6.50

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
James Blomberg	77		625	35	11		.984	8.57
Tom McCormack	44		409	18	7		.984	9.70

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Chuck Cottier	138		370	398	46		.943	5.57

3B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
John Landis	59	78	96	17	.911	2.95
Fred Myatt	17	19	25	6	.880	2.59
Robert Thomas	13	14	23	2	.949	2.85

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Floyd Hammen	72		129	205	35		.905	4.64
Harry Kallas	59		111	186	30		.908	5.03

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Larry Burford	128	224	10	17	.932	1.83
Charles Lucabaugh	101	203	23	12	.950	2.24
Leo Eilbacher	92	219	13	14	.943	2.52
Jon Williams	60	115	2	11	.914	1.95	Stats for 2 teams
James Cotter	17	358	6	6	.984	21.41

P

	G
John Bunce	41
Harv Tomter	34
Thomas Horne	22
Eugene Schall	21
Gerald Banks	20	Stats for 2 teams
William Moore	19
Richard Schultz	17
David Lutz	12
Lloyd Bohn	8
Donald Cartwright	6
Russell McDonald	6
Gilbert Silva	6

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Gerald Banks	--					Unknown
James Blomberg	21					Apr 2, 1933	Brooklyn, NY, US
Lloyd Bohn	--					Unknown
Charles Brandenburg	21					Feb 8, 1933
John Bunce	20	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	1934
Larry Burford	22	R		6' 2.0"		Mar 31, 1932	Cape Girardeau, MO, US
Donald Cartwright	--					Unknown
Ronald Coho	--					Unknown
James Cotter	--					Unknown
Chuck Cottier	18	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Jan 18, 1936	Delta, CO, US
John DeSousa	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	179	1935
Leo Eilbacher	19	L		5' 11.0"	168	1935
James Ferguson	23	R		5' 9.0"	160	1931
Oscar Gonzalez	--					Unknown
Floyd Hammen	23	R		5' 9.0"	160	1931
Randy Harrison	--					Unknown
Thomas Horne	--					Unknown
Harry Kallas	22	R		6' 0.0"	195	1932
John Landis	23			5' 11.0"	185	1931
Charles Lucabaugh	21	L	L	5' 11.0"	183	1933
David Lutz	31	R	R	6' 4.0"	195	1923
Don Lyons	--					Unknown
Gerald Manahan	--					Unknown
Tom McCormack	--					Unknown
Russell McDonald	19	R	R	6' 4.0"	205	1935
Cliff Melton	42	L	L	6' 5.0"	203	Jan 3, 1912	Brevard, NC, US
William Moore	19	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	1935
Fred Myatt	24	L		6' 0.0"	180	1930
Eugene Schall	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	1935
Richard Schultz	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Aug 4, 1935	Chicago, IL, US
Gilbert Silva	--					Unknown
Robert Thomas	22	R		6' 0.0"	185	1932
Harv Tomter	20	L	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jun 15, 1934	Trempealeau County, WI, US
Jon Williams	18	R		5' 11.0"	170	Apr 20, 1936	Mobile, AL, US
Donald Wilson	--					Unknown

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