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1954 Baltimore Orioles Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 / 1955)
54-100, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 483 runs, Allowed 668 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-99
Manager: Jimmie Dykes (54-100)
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,060,910 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 93, Pitching - 96;   one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 99
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1953 / 1955 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Clint Courtney* 27 122 437 397 25 107 18 3 4 37 2 1 30 7 .270 .323 .360 .684 94 143 10 3 4 3
2 1B Eddie Waitkus* 34 95 349 311 35 88 17 4 2 33 0 1 28 25 .283 .341 .383 .724 105 119 8 1 6 3
3 2B Bobby Young* 29 130 499 432 43 106 13 6 4 24 4 4 54 42 .245 .329 .331 .660 87 143 8 1 9 3
4 SS Billy Hunter 26 125 451 411 28 100 9 5 2 27 5 4 21 38 .243 .281 .304 .585 66 125 14 2 13 4
5 3B Vern Stephens 33 101 393 365 31 104 17 1 8 46 0 3 17 36 .285 .311 .403 .714 101 147 4 0 4 7
6 LF Jim Fridley 29 85 266 240 25 59 8 5 4 36 0 1 21 41 .246 .311 .371 .681 93 89 13 2 2 1
7 CF Chuck Diering 31 128 491 418 35 108 14 1 2 29 3 7 56 57 .258 .349 .311 .660 88 130 13 4 10 3
8 RF Cal Abrams* 30 115 506 423 67 124 22 7 6 25 1 4 72 67 .293 .400 .421 .821 133 178 5 4 6 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 3B Bob Kennedy 33 106 359 323 37 81 13 2 6 45 2 1 28 43 .251 .306 .359 .665 88 116 16 0 3 5
10 1B Dick Kryhoski* 29 100 330 300 32 78 13 2 1 34 0 0 19 24 .260 .305 .327 .631 79 98 10 2 5 4
11 OF Gil Coan* 32 94 287 265 29 74 11 1 2 20 9 4 16 17 .279 .320 .351 .671 90 93 1 1 3 2
12 OF Sam Mele 32 72 256 230 17 55 9 4 5 32 1 0 18 26 .239 .290 .378 .668 88 87 12 0 4 4
13 MI Jim Brideweser 27 73 222 204 18 54 7 2 0 12 1 1 15 27 .265 .317 .319 .635 80 65 5 1 1 1
14 C Les Moss 29 50 141 126 7 31 3 0 0 5 0 0 14 16 .246 .321 .270 .591 69 34 3 0 1 0
15 RF Vic Wertz* 29 29 106 94 5 19 1 0 1 13 0 0 11 17 .202 .283 .245 .528 51 23 1 0 0 1
16 2B Chico Garcia 29 39 71 62 6 7 0 2 0 5 0 0 8 3 .113 .211 .177 .389 11 11 0 0 0 1
17 C Ray Murray 36 22 64 61 4 15 4 1 0 2 0 0 2 5 .246 .270 .344 .614 73 21 1 0 1 0
18 OF Joe Durham 22 10 44 40 4 9 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 7 .225 .295 .300 .595 69 12 0 0 0 0
19 1B Frank Kellert 29 10 39 34 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 .206 .308 .265 .572 63 9 0 0 0 0
20 UT Don Lenhardt 31 13 37 33 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 .152 .222 .182 .404 16 6 1 0 1 0
21 LF Dick Kokos* 26 11 14 10 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 .200 .429 .500 .929 163 5 1 0 0 0
22 SS Neil Berry 32 5 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 -10 1 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
23 P Don Larsen 24 44 95 88 6 22 5 3 1 4 0 0 5 15 .250 .290 .409 .699 97 36 2 0 2 0
24 P Bob Turley 23 35 89 81 8 11 2 0 0 5 1 0 2 23 .136 .157 .160 .317 -10 13 0 0 6 0
25 P Joe Coleman 31 33 81 74 4 13 3 0 2 5 1 0 3 22 .176 .208 .297 .505 42 22 2 0 4 0
26 P Duane Pillette 31 25 65 53 5 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 18 .132 .203 .151 .354 2 8 0 0 6 1
27 P Lou Kretlow 33 32 60 51 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 19 .157 .232 .157 .389 12 8 0 0 4 0
28 P Bob Chakales 26 38 24 22 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .364 .364 .409 .773 119 9 1 0 2 0
29 P Mike Blyzka 25 37 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .133 .133 .133 .267 -24 2 0 0 1 0
30 P Howie Fox 33 38 16 16 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .313 .563 59 5 0 0 0 0
31 P Bob Kuzava# 31 4 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0
32 P Marlin Stuart* 35 22 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Billy O'Dell# 22 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Dave Koslo* 34 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Dick Littlefield* 28 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Vern Bickford 33 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Ryne Duren 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Jay Heard* 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.8 154 5837 5206 483 1309 195 49 52 451 30 31 467 634 .251 .313 .338 .651 84 1758 131 21 99 44 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 8 6 5 3 8 6 5 8 5 6 7 8 7 8
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Bob Turley 23 14 15 .483 3.46 35 35 0 14 0 0 247.1 178 106 95 7 181 185 7 1 5 1092 103 1.451 6.5 0.3 6.6 6.7 1.02
2 SP Joe Coleman 31 13 17 .433 3.50 33 32 0 15 4 0 221.1 184 102 86 16 96 103 3 0 1 912 102 1.265 7.5 0.7 3.9 4.2 1.07
3 SP Don Larsen 24 3 21 .125 4.37 29 28 1 12 1 0 201.2 213 106 98 18 89 80 1 0 2 892 82 1.498 9.5 0.8 4.0 3.6 0.90
4 SP Duane Pillette 31 10 14 .417 3.12 25 25 0 11 1 0 179.0 158 79 62 9 67 66 1 0 3 758 115 1.257 7.9 0.5 3.4 3.3 0.99
5 SP Lou Kretlow 33 6 11 .353 4.37 32 20 2 5 0 0 166.2 169 83 81 12 82 82 1 0 2 730 82 1.506 9.1 0.6 4.4 4.4 1.00
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 RP Bob Chakales 26 3 7 .300 3.73 38 6 28 0 0 3 89.1 81 43 37 8 43 44 1 0 1 386 96 1.388 8.2 0.8 4.3 4.4 1.02
7 RP Mike Blyzka 25 1 5 .167 4.69 37 0 17 0 0 1 86.1 83 48 45 2 51 35 0 0 1 386 76 1.552 8.7 0.2 5.3 3.6 0.69
8 RP Howie Fox 33 1 2 .333 3.67 38 0 23 0 0 2 73.2 80 33 30 2 34 27 2 0 3 320 98 1.548 9.8 0.2 4.2 3.3 0.79
9 RP Marlin Stuart 35 1 2 .333 4.46 22 0 19 0 0 2 38.1 46 23 19 2 15 13 2 0 1 177 80 1.591 10.8 0.5 3.5 3.1 0.87
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Bob Kuzava* 31 1 3 .250 4.18 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.2 30 11 11 0 11 15 0 0 1 107 85 1.732 11.4 0.0 4.2 5.7 1.36
11 Billy O'Dell* 22 1 1 .500 2.76 7 2 4 1 0 0 16.1 15 7 5 0 5 6 0 0 0 67 130 1.224 8.3 0.0 2.8 3.3 1.20
12 Dave Koslo* 34 0 1 .000 3.14 3 1 1 0 0 0 14.1 20 7 5 1 3 3 0 0 0 63 114 1.605 12.6 0.6 1.9 1.9 1.00
13 Dick Littlefield* 28 0 0 10.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 8 7 7 0 6 5 1 0 0 31 34 2.333 12.0 0.0 9.0 7.5 0.83
14 Vern Bickford 33 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 20 40 1.500 11.3 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00
15 Jay Heard* 34 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 6 5 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 19 26 2.700 16.2 2.7 8.1 5.4 0.67
16 Ryne Duren 25 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 11 40 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
Team Totals 28.2 54 100 .351 3.88 154 154 96 58 6 8 1373.1 1279 668 592 78 688 668 19 1 20 5971 92 1.432 8.4 0.5 4.5 4.4 0.97
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 2 4 7 7 7 3 5 6 1 8 4
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Cal Abrams 30 115 110 979.1 261 249 6 6 1 .977 5.9 7.2 5.9 1.4 4.5 0 2.34 2.22 RF-CF
Neil Berry 32 5 3 30.0 13 6 7 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0 3.90 2.60 SS
Vern Bickford 33 1 1 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.00 P
Mike Blyzka 25 37 0 86.1 22 4 17 1 0 .955 2.19 0.57 P
Jim Brideweser 27 67 46 441.2 262 106 140 16 30 .939 -6.6 -17.9 -5.6 -2.0 -3.6 -1 5.01 3.67 SS-2B
Bob Chakales 26 38 6 89.1 24 5 16 3 1 .875 2.12 0.55 P
Gil Coan 32 68 64 543.2 154 148 1 5 0 .968 -8.0 -17.7 1.0 -1.5 2.6 -9 2.47 2.19 LF-CF
Joe Coleman 31 33 32 221.1 59 15 41 3 5 .949 2.28 1.70 P
Clint Courtney 27 111 105 937.2 598 539 53 6 8 .990 2.0 2.6 2 5.68 5.33 9 10 36 36 50% C
Chuck Diering 31 119 111 1013.1 351 329 16 6 6 .983 10.4 12.3 9.4 3.7 5.7 1 3.06 2.90 CF
Ryne Duren 25 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Joe Durham 22 11 10 89.0 24 22 0 2 0 .917 -1.4 -18.9 -1.4 0.8 -2.2 0 2.22 2.00 LF-CF
Howie Fox 33 38 0 73.2 22 3 19 0 3 1.000 2.69 0.58 P
Jim Fridley 29 67 59 524.0 135 132 1 2 0 .985 -2.8 -6.4 -2.8 -0.4 -2.5 0 2.28 1.99 LF-RF
Chico Garcia 29 24 20 171.0 105 57 44 4 15 .962 -2.1 -14.7 -2.1 0.4 -2.5 0 5.32 4.21 2B
Jay Heard 34 2 0 3.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 0.50 P
Billy Hunter 26 124 121 1037.2 614 249 333 32 76 .948 -11.1 -12.8 -10.1 -0.1 -10.0 -1 5.05 4.69 SS
Frank Kellert 29 9 9 80.0 76 74 2 0 6 1.000 -1.1 -16.5 -1.1 -0.5 -0.6 0 8.55 8.44 1B
Bob Kennedy 33 92 76 714.2 266 120 131 15 10 .944 -4.5 -7.6 -3.5 -2.5 -1.0 0 -1 3.16 2.73 3B-LF-RF
Dick Kokos 26 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -120.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 LF
Dave Koslo 34 3 1 14.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.26 0.67 P
Lou Kretlow 33 32 20 166.2 34 4 30 0 2 1.000 1.84 1.06 P
Dick Kryhoski 29 69 67 620.1 648 591 52 5 52 .992 1.6 3.1 1.6 2.8 -1.2 0 9.33 9.32 1B
Bob Kuzava 31 4 4 23.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.76 0.50 P
Don Larsen 24 29 28 201.2 49 14 34 1 3 .980 2.14 1.66 P
Don Lenhardt 31 9 7 75.0 25 22 3 0 0 1.000 0.1 1.6 0.1 -0.4 0.5 0 0 3.00 2.78 LF-1B
Dick Littlefield 28 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Sam Mele 32 64 58 515.0 106 98 4 4 1 .962 -8.1 -18.9 -7.1 -3.9 -3.2 -1 1.78 1.59 LF-RF
Les Moss 29 38 31 284.0 180 159 16 5 4 .972 -1.0 -4.2 -1 5.55 4.61 2 5 10 7 41% C
Ray Murray 36 21 18 151.2 93 83 9 1 3 .989 0.0 0.0 0 5.46 4.38 1 4 9 7 44% C
Billy O'Dell 22 7 2 16.1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.76 0.71 P
Duane Pillette 31 25 25 179.0 57 12 43 2 4 .965 2.77 2.20 P
Vern Stephens 33 96 95 822.0 298 102 186 10 19 .966 -1.4 -2.0 -1.4 1.3 -2.7 0 3.15 3.00 3B
Marlin Stuart 35 22 0 38.1 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 2.82 0.55 P
Bob Turley 23 35 35 247.1 43 7 35 1 1 .977 1.53 1.20 P
Eddie Waitkus 34 78 76 655.1 666 618 48 0 72 1.000 -0.8 -1.5 -1.8 -2.9 1.1 1 9.15 8.54 1B
Vic Wertz 29 27 27 227.0 53 46 5 2 1 .962 -0.8 -4.2 -0.8 1.0 -1.8 0 2.02 1.89 RF
Bobby Young 29 127 118 1066.1 624 299 310 15 76 .976 -6.9 -7.8 -4.9 -2.4 -2.5 -2 5.14 4.80 2B
Team Totals 29.7 154 1386 12360.0 5891 4122 1622 147 401 .975 -37.4 -3.6 -25.4 -5.7 -19.7 -9 -4 1 4.18 3.49 12 19 55 50 48%
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 5 6
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1953 / 1955 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics