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1954 Baltimore Orioles (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953/1955) 54-100, Finished 7th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 483 runs, Allowed 668 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-99 Managed by Jimmie Dykes Ballpark: Memorial Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,060,910 (5th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 96   (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 99   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Clint Courtney      27  122  397   25  107  18  3   4   37  30    7  .270  .323  .360   2   1  10   3   4   3       94
1B *Eddie Waitkus       34   95  311   35   88  17  4   2   33  28   25  .283  .341  .383   0   1   8   1   6   3      105
2B *Bobby Young         29  130  432   43  106  13  6   4   24  54   42  .245  .329  .331   4   4   8   1   9   3       87
3B  Vern Stephens       33  101  365   31  104  17  1   8   46  17   36  .285  .311  .403   0   3   4   0   4   7      101
SS  Billy Hunter        26  125  411   28  100   9  5   2   27  21   38  .243  .281  .304   5   4  14   2  13   4       66
OF  Chuck Diering       31  128  418   35  108  14  1   2   29  56   57  .258  .349  .311   3   7  13   4  10   3       88
OF *Cal Abrams          30  115  423   67  124  22  7   6   25  72   67  .293  .400  .421   1   4   5   4   6   1      133
OF *Gil Coan            32   94  265   29   74  11  1   2   20  16   17  .279  .320  .351   9   4   1   1   3   2       90
    Bob Kennedy         33  106  323   37   81  13  2   6   45  28   43  .251  .306  .359   2   1  16   0   3   5       88
   *Dick Kryhoski       29  100  300   32   78  13  2   1   34  19   24  .260  .305  .327   0   0  10   2   5   4       79
    Jim Fridley         29   85  240   25   59   8  5   4   36  21   41  .246  .311  .371   0   1  13   2   2   1       93
    Sam Mele            32   72  230   17   55   9  4   5   32  18   26  .239  .290  .378   1   0  12   0   4   4       88
    Jim Brideweser      27   73  204   18   54   7  2   0   12  15   27  .265  .317  .319   1   1   5   1   1   1       80
    Les Moss            29   50  126    7   31   3  0   0    5  14   16  .246  .321  .270   0   0   3   0   1   0       69
   *Vic Wertz           29   29   94    5   19   1  0   1   13  11   17  .202  .283  .245   0   0   1   0   0   1       51
    Chico Garcia        29   39   62    6    7   0  2   0    5   8    3  .113  .211  .177   0   0   0   0   0   1       11
    Ray Murray          36   22   61    4   15   4  1   0    2   2    5  .246  .270  .344   0   0   1   0   1   0       73
    Joe Durham          22   10   40    4    9   0  0   1    3   4    7  .225  .295  .300   0   0   0   0   0   0       69
    Frank Kellert       29   10   34    3    7   2  0   0    1   5    4  .206  .308  .265   0   0   0   0   0   0       63
    Don Lenhardt        31   13   33    2    5   1  0   0    1   3    9  .152  .222  .182   0   0   1   0   1   0       16
   *Dick Kokos          26   11   10    1    2   0  0   1    1   4    3  .200  .429  .500   0   0   1   0   0   0      163
    Neil Berry          32    5    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .111  .200  .111   0   0   0   0   0   0      -10

    Don Larsen          24   44   88    6   22   5  3   1    4   5   15  .250  .290  .409   0   0   2   0   2   0       97
    Bob Turley          23   35   81    8   11   2  0   0    5   2   23  .136  .157  .160   1   0   0   0   6   0      -10
    Joe Coleman         31   33   74    4   13   3  0   2    5   3   22  .176  .208  .297   1   0   2   0   4   0       42
    Duane Pillette      31   25   53    5    7   1  0   0    3   5   18  .132  .203  .151   0   0   0   0   6   1        2
    Lou Kretlow         33   32   51    1    8   0  0   0    1   5   19  .157  .232  .157   0   0   0   0   4   0       12
    Bob Chakales        26   38   22    2    8   1  0   0    1   0    2  .364  .364  .409   0   0   1   0   2   0      119
    Howie Fox           33   38   16    1    4   1  0   0    1   0    1  .250  .250  .313   0   0   0   0   0   0       59
    Mike Blyzka         25   37   15    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    6  .133  .133  .133   0   0   0   0   1   0      -24
   #Bob Kuzava          31    4    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0     -100
   *Dave Koslo          34    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
   #Billy O'Dell        22    7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
   *Marlin Stuart       35   22    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
    Vern Bickford       33    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
   *Dick Littlefield    28    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.8  154 5206  483 1309 195 49  52  451 468  634  .251  .313  .338  30  31 131  21  99  44       89
    Rank among 8 AL teams          6    8    6   5  3   8        8    5     6     7     8   6   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Turley          23  35   3.46  14  15  0  35   0  14   0  247.3  178  106   95   7  181  185 1092   5   7  1     103
SP  Joe Coleman         31  33   3.50  13  17  0  32   0  15   4  221.3  184  102   86  16   96  103  912   1   3  0     102
SP  Don Larsen          24  29   4.37   3  21  0  28   1  12   1  201.7  213  106   98  18   89   80  892   2   1  0      82
SP  Duane Pillette      31  25   3.12  10  14  0  25   0  11   1  179.0  158   79   62   9   67   66  758   3   1  0     115
SP  Lou Kretlow         33  32   4.37   6  11  0  20   2   5   0  166.7  169   83   81  12   82   82  730   2   1  0      82

RP  Howie Fox           33  38   3.67   1   2  2   0  23   0   0   73.7   80   33   30   2   34   27  320   3   2  0      98
RP  Mike Blyzka         25  37   4.69   1   5  1   0  17   0   0   86.3   83   48   45   2   51   35  386   1   0  0      76
RP  Bob Chakales        26  38   3.73   3   7  3   6  28   0   0   89.3   81   43   37   8   43   44  386   1   1  0      96
RP  Marlin Stuart       35  22   4.46   1   2  2   0  19   0   0   38.3   46   23   19   2   15   13  177   1   2  0      80

   *Bob Kuzava          31   4   4.18   1   3  0   4   0   0   0   23.7   30   11   11   0   11   15  107   1   0  0      85
   *Billy O'Dell        22   7   2.76   1   1  0   2   4   1   0   16.3   15    7    5   0    5    6   67   0   0  0     130
   *Dave Koslo          34   3   3.14   0   1  0   1   1   0   0   14.3   20    7    5   1    3    3   63   0   0  0     114
   *Dick Littlefield    28   3  10.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.0    8    7    7   0    6    5   31   0   1  0      34
    Vern Bickford       33   1   9.00   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    4.0    5    5    4   0    1    0   20   0   0  0      40
   *Jay Heard           34   2  13.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.3    6    5    5   1    3    2   19   0   0  0      26
    Ryne Duren          25   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    3    3    2   0    1    2   11   0   0  0      40
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.2 154   3.88  54 100  8 154  96  58   6 1373.0 1279  668  592  78  688  668 5971  20  19  1      92
    Rank among 8 AL teams           6   7   2  7           4   7      7    3    5        1    8    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CCourtney 111 539 53 6 8 .990 9 LMoss 38 159 16 5 4 .972 2 RMurray 21 83 9 1 3 .989 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 781 78 12 15 .986 12 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 8.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EWaitkus 78 618 48 0 72 1.000 8.54 DKryhoski 69 591 52 5 52 .992 9.32 FKellert 9 74 2 0 6 1.000 8.44 DLenhardt 2 13 3 0 0 1.000 8.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1296 105 5 130 .996 9.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 4.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BYoung 127 299 310 15 76 .976 4.80 CGarcia 24 57 44 4 15 .962 4.21 JBrideweser 19 39 37 6 8 .927 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 395 391 25 99 .969 5.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .959 3.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VStephens 96 102 186 10 19 .966 3.00 BKennedy 71 81 131 14 10 .938 2.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 183 317 24 29 .954 3.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .960 4.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHunter 124 249 333 32 76 .948 4.69 JBrideweser 48 67 103 10 22 .944 3.54 NBerry 5 6 7 0 2 1.000 2.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 322 443 42 100 .948 5.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .979 2.17 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- CDiering 119 330 17 6 6 .983 2.92 0 119 0 CAbrams 115 248 6 6 1 .977 2.21 0 14 101 GCoan 67 148 1 5 0 .968 2.22 36 32 0 JFridley 67 132 1 2 0 .985 1.99 64 0 3 SMele 62 97 5 4 1 .962 1.65 40 0 24 VWertz 27 47 5 2 1 .963 1.93 0 0 27 BKennedy 21 40 0 1 0 .976 1.90 12 0 9 JDurham 10 22 0 2 0 .917 2.20 10 1 0 DLenhardt 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 7 0 0 DKokos 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1076 35 28 9 .975 2.43 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .959 2.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BTurley 35 7 35 1 1 .977 1.53 JColeman 33 15 41 3 5 .949 2.28 DLarsen 29 14 34 1 3 .980 2.14 DPillette 25 12 43 2 4 .965 2.77 LKretlow 32 4 30 0 2 1.000 1.84 BChakales 38 5 16 3 1 .875 2.12 MBlyzka 37 4 17 1 0 .955 2.19 HFox 38 3 19 0 3 1.000 2.69 MStuart 22 4 8 0 0 1.000 2.82 BKuzava 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.76 BO'Dell 7 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.76 DKoslo 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.26 DLittlefiel 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 VBickford 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 JHeard 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.73 RDuren 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 69 253 11 19 .967 2.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Abrams .293 On-base % Abrams .400 Slugging % Abrams .421 OPS Abrams .821 Games Young 130 At Bats Young 432 Plate Appearances (approx.) Abrams 506 Runs Abrams 67 Hits Abrams 124 Total Bases Abrams 178 Doubles Abrams 22 Triples Abrams 7 Home Runs Stephens 8 RBI Stephens 46 Bases on Balls Abrams 72 Strikeouts Abrams 67 Stolen Bases Coan 9 Singles Diering 91 Adjusted OPS+ Abrams 133 Runs Created Abrams 69 Adjusted Batting Runs Abrams 22 Batting Wins Abrams 2.3 Extra-Base Hits Abrams 35 Times on Base Abrams 200 Offensive Win% Abrams .643 Hit By Pitch Abrams and Diering 4 Sac. Hits Hunter 13 Sac. Flies Stephens 7 Grounded into Double Plays Kennedy 16 Caught Stealing Diering 7 Power/Speed Number Young 4.0 At Bats per Strikeout Young 10.3 At Bats per Home Run Abrams 70.5 Outs Young 350

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Pillette 3.12 Wins Turley 14 Won-Loss % Turley .483 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Pillette 1.257 Hits Allowed/9IP Turley 6.48 Bases on Balls/9IP Pillette 3.37 Strikeouts/9IP Turley 6.73 Games Chakales and Fox 38 Saves Chakales 3 Innings Turley 247.3 Strikeouts Turley 185 Games Started Turley 35 Comp. Games Coleman 15 Shutouts Coleman 4 Home Runs Allow. Larsen 18 Bases On Balls Allow. Turley 181 Hits Allowed Larsen 213 SO to Walk Coleman 1.07 Losses Larsen 21 Earned Runs Allow. Larsen 98 Wild Pitches Turley 5 Hit Batsmen Turley 7 Batters Faced Turley 1092 Games Finished Chakales 28 Adjusted ERA+ Pillette 115

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