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1954 Baltimore Orioles

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 / 1955

54-100, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy Dykes (54-100)
Scored 483 runs, Allowed 668 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-99

Ballparks: Memorial Stadium · Attendance: 1,060,910 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 92, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 98

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1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Cal Abrams 30 L L 6' 0" 185 Mar 2, 1924 6 115 110 115 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 103 115 2 0 3.8
Neil Berry 32 R R 5' 10" 168 Jan 11, 1922 7 5 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Vern Bickford 33 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 17, 1920 7 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Mike Blyzka 25 R R 5' 11" 190 Dec 25, 1928 2 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Jim Brideweser 27 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 13, 1927 4 73 46 73 66 0 0 0 19 0 48 0 0 0 0 13 0 -0.2
Bob Chakales 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 10, 1927 4 38 6 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Gil Coan 32 L R 6' 0" 180 May 18, 1922 9 94 64 94 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 32 0 67 27 2 -0.2
Joe Coleman 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 30, 1922 9 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2
Clint Courtney 27 L R 5' 8" 180 Mar 16, 1927 4 122 105 122 111 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 1.3
Chuck Diering 31 R R 5' 10" 165 Feb 5, 1923 7 128 111 128 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 0 119 9 3 1.4
Ryne Duren 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 22, 1929 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Joe Durham 22 R R 6' 1" 186 Jul 31, 1931 1st 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 10 0 0 -0.2
Howie Fox 33 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 1, 1921 9 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Jim Fridley 29 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 6, 1924 2 85 59 85 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 3 67 21 1 -0.5
Chico Garcia 29 R R 5' 8" 170 Dec 24, 1924 1st 39 20 39 24 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 -0.7
Jay Heard 34 L L 5' 7" 155 Jan 17, 1920 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Billy Hunter 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 4, 1928 2 125 121 125 124 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1.2
Frank Kellert 29 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 6, 1924 2 10 9 10 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2
Bob Kennedy 33 R R 6' 2" 193 Aug 18, 1920 13 106 76 106 91 0 0 0 0 71 0 12 0 9 21 19 1 -0.5
Dick Kokos 26 L L 5' 8" 170 Feb 28, 1928 5 11 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 0.0
Dave Koslo 34 L L 5' 11" 180 Mar 31, 1920 11 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Lou Kretlow 33 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 27, 1921 8 32 20 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Dick Kryhoski 29 L L 6' 2" 182 Mar 24, 1925 6 100 67 100 69 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 -0.4
Bob Kuzava 31 B L 6' 2" 202 May 28, 1923 8 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Don Larsen 24 R R 6' 4" 215 Aug 7, 1929 2 44 28 44 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 2.1
Don Lenhardt 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 4, 1922 5 13 7 13 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 5 0 -0.4
Dick Littlefield 28 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1926 5 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Sam Mele 32 R R 6' 1" 183 Jan 21, 1922 8 72 58 72 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 24 62 13 0 -1.3
Les Moss 29 R R 5' 11" 205 May 14, 1925 9 50 31 50 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 -0.3
Ray Murray 36 R R 6' 3" 204 Oct 12, 1917 6 22 18 22 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Billy O'Dell 21 B L 5' 11" 170 Feb 10, 1933 1st 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Duane Pillette 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 24, 1922 6 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4
Vern Stephens 33 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 23, 1920 14 101 95 101 96 0 0 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.0
Marlin Stuart 35 L R 6' 2" 185 Aug 8, 1918 6 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Bob Turley 23 R R 6' 2" 215 Sep 19, 1930 3 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 All-Star
Eddie Waitkus 34 L L 6' 0" 170 Sep 4, 1919 10 95 76 95 78 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0.7
Vic Wertz 29 L R 6' 0" 186 Feb 9, 1925 8 29 27 29 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 27 2 0 -0.4
Bobby Young 29 L R 6' 1" 175 Jan 22, 1925 5 130 118 130 127 0 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.4
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers