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1954 Baltimore Orioles  (1953)  (1955) 59-95, 7th in American League Scored 528 runs, Allowed 734 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-101 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .701 Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 60-94   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 54-100 Manager(s): Pat Carr

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Cal Abrams           30  132  463   68  140  35   8   3   29   0   7   79   57  .302  .410  .432   86   6.9  3(-1)e8    48  
 1B  Roy Sievers          27  154  556   66  100  32   3  23   82   6   0   97   84  .180  .302  .372   62   3.5  4e11     -103  
 3B  Vern Stephens        33  124  400   33  115  24   1  11   53   0   0   21   42  .288  .321  .435   55   5.1  4e17       42  
 2B *Bobby Young          29  142  467   48  115  10   3   7   47   7   4   67   37  .246  .338  .325   55   4.0  3e20        4  
 OF  Chuck Diering        31  142  452   54   97  18   1   4   32   4   2   70   85  .215  .325  .285   46   3.2  1(0)e8    -50  
 C  *Clint Courtney       27  122  439   38  105  16   4  10   49   3   0   31   11  .239  .295  .362   45   3.5  4(-1)e3   -27  
 SS  Billy Hunter         26  140  458   39  115  13   6   2   39  10   4   17   39  .251  .277  .319   37   2.8  2e44       11  
 OF *Gil Coan             32  111  289   35   82  15   1   2   34  12   4   21   21  .284  .331  .363   36   4.6  3(+1)e13   23  
 OF  Jim Fridley          29   96  252   29   58  13   9   6   31   0   0   36   51  .230  .332  .425   35   4.7  4(+1)e5    75  
 OF  Danny Schell         26   96  302   27   73  15   1   4   25   0   0   21   33  .242  .296  .338   26   2.9  4(+1)e9  -127  
 C   Ray Katt             27   71  162   20   41   2   1   5   17   2   0   17   31  .253  .324  .370   20   4.4  4(0)e15   -55  
 SS #Willy Miranda        28   65  127   13   31   2   1   1    6   0   0   12   10  .244  .307  .299   11   3.1  1e44      -38  
 C  *Rube Walker          28   50   76    8   18   4   0   2   16   0   0    6   11  .237  .298  .368    8   3.9  3(-1)e1    52  
 2B  Chico Garcia         29   41   75    7   15   3   3   0    1   0   0    9    7  .200  .286  .320    7   3.2  3e34      217  
 C   Ray Murray           36   31   63    7   16   6   0   0    3   0   0    4    7  .254  .294  .349    5   3.0  4(+2)e4    29  
 3B *Vern Morgan          25   29  102    4   26   2   0   0    7   0   0    0   19  .255  .255  .275    5   1.8  4e59       21  
 OF  Dick Williams        25   27   58    3    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    5   12  .121  .190  .138    1    .9  3(+1)e16  -96  
 3B *Jim Command          25    7   22    4    4   0   0   2    3   0   0    1    5  .182  .208  .455    1   2.4  4e37      -82  
 SS  Foster Castleman     23    9   12    3    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .250  .308  .333    1   3.5  unrated    83  
 SS #Mel Hoderlein        31   11   30    1    3   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    6  .100  .156  .133    0    .7  4e56     -103  
 1B *Jesse Levan          27    6   10    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200  .273  .200    0   1.8  4e30     -127  
 SS  Neil Berry           32    4    8    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .125  .125  .250    0   1.0  4e24       64  
 1B  Frank Kellert        30    3    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .111  .111  .111    0    .4  3e25     -350  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           554                  -13

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Johnny Schmitz       33  10   7  .588  32  31   2   1   0   0   0  203.2  201   90   70   9   82   69  3.09   90   3.9  -25  
  P  Bob Feller           35  10   9  .526  19  19   9   0   0   0   2  154.1  144   76   64  20   36   69  3.73   70   4.0   -2  
  P *Ed Lopat             36   9  15  .375  30  29   2   0   0   0   0  184.2  243  109  103  16   34   55  5.02  118   5.7   46  
  P  Sal Maglie           37   8  16  .333  32  31  11   0   0   0   4  234.1  239  107   95  17   82  134  3.65  113   4.3  -41  
  P  Duane Pillette       31   6  15  .286  28  28   5   0   0   0   0  190.0  210  107  103  26   70   83  4.88  113   5.3  107  
  P  Bob Greenwood        26   4   1  .800  22   0   0  18  10   3   0   40.2   23    7    7   3    6   10  1.55    7   1.7 -181  
  P  Pete Wojey           34   4   3  .571  17   0   0  10   0   1   0   30.2   27   17   16   4   16   24  4.70   15   4.6  -32  
  P  Mike Blyzka          25   4   5  .444  35   0   0  27   2   0   0   68.0   55   20   13   1   38   40  1.72   28   3.7  -91  
  P *Paul LaPalme         30   3  13  .188  29  15   3   8   1   0   0  109.2  136   85   74  15   53   55  6.07   81   6.6    0  
  P  Howie Fox            33   1   7  .125  43   0   0  33   1   0   0   80.0   91   64   56   4   48   30  6.30   54   6.0   19  
  P  Larry Jansen         33   0   0  .000  16   1   0   7   0   0   0   41.1   53   26   24   3   13   16  5.23   27   5.8  -92  
  P *Moe Savransky        25   0   1  .000  16   0   0  10   0   0   0   25.1   24   13   13   7    7    4  4.62   15   5.5  -35  
  P  Jim Pearce           29   0   1  .000   9   0   0   5   2   3   0   12.1   16    7    6   0    8    5  4.38    7   5.6  219  
  P  Turk Lown            30   0   2  .000   6   0   0   3   2   0   0    8.2    7    6    6   0    9    8  6.23    4   4.2  -46  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 33                                                                                      748          0

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Clint Courtney 973 109 112 514 39 8 3 .986 28 11 Ray Katt 223 26 27 110 13 3 2 .976 13 4 Rube Walker 107 10 18 48 5 1 0 .981 1 2 Ray Murray 81 9 10 35 3 4 0 .905 10 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy Sievers 1325 145 152 1469 170 6 117 .996 11.14 Frank Kellert 22 3 3 21 3 0 4 1.000 9.82 Jesse Levan 17 2 3 20 0 1 1 .952 10.59 Ray Katt 11 2 2 12 1 1 1 .929 10.64 Rube Walker 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Young 1195 134 141 400 400 15 94 .982 6.02 Chico Garcia 166 18 29 67 51 3 17 .975 6.40 Willy Miranda 10 0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 3.60 Ray Katt 7 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 Cal Abrams 5 1 1 1 6 0 1 1.000 11.81 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vern Stephens 932 102 116 64 233 17 11 .946 2.87 Vern Morgan 211 26 26 18 56 6 4 .925 3.15 Willy Miranda 175 20 25 8 43 5 2 .911 2.62 Jim Command 58 6 7 5 13 4 0 .818 2.79 Chico Garcia 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 2.25 Ray Katt 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Jesse Levan 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Hunter 1131 133 139 231 471 30 78 .959 5.59 Willy Miranda 134 8 30 33 48 5 17 .942 5.45 Mel Hoderlein 79 10 11 7 28 2 5 .946 3.99 Neil Berry 22 2 4 6 8 0 1 1.000 5.73 Foster Castleman 11 1 3 3 1 2 1 .667 3.27 Vern Morgan 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Clint Courtney 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 Chico Garcia 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil Coan 507 57 64 140 0 6 0 .959 2.48 Danny Schell 496 55 60 107 1 1 0 .991 1.96 Jim Fridley 256 28 31 45 4 1 0 .980 1.72 Dick Williams 57 5 11 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.58 Ray Murray 23 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 Roy Sievers 18 3 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Ray Katt 17 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 Vern Morgan 6 1 1 2 0 1 0 .667 3.00 Cal Abrams 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jesse Levan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chuck Diering 1090 118 132 306 11 3 0 .991 2.62 Cal Abrams 147 17 17 40 2 3 0 .933 2.58 Dick Williams 83 12 13 23 2 1 0 .962 2.71 Gil Coan 62 7 12 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.76 Danny Schell 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cal Abrams 908 97 111 158 6 5 2 .970 1.63 Jim Fridley 295 36 37 57 2 1 1 .983 1.80 Danny Schell 128 14 18 24 0 1 0 .960 1.68 Gil Coan 19 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 Ray Murray 11 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 Dick Williams 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Ray Katt 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Foster Castleman 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1954 Draft

Round 1 (#2):	Ed Lopat
Round 1 (#6):	Larry Jansen
Round 2 (#16):	Clint Courtney
Round 3 (#30):	Vern Stephens
Round 4 (#44):	Danny Schell
Round 5 (#56):	Bob Greenwood
Round 6 (#68):	Willy Miranda
Round 7 (#79):	Pete Wojey
Round 8 (#87):	Paul LaPalme
Round 9 (#92):	Frank Kellert
Round 10 (#97):	Moe Savransky
Round 11 (#100):	Turk Lown
Round 12 (#102):	Dick Williams

Transactions

• 1954-01: acquired Jim Pearce as a free agent
• 1954-05: acquired Jim Command as a free agent
• 1954-12: acquired Mel Hoderlein as a free agent
• 1954-12: traded Frank Kellert to CHN for Vern Morgan
• 1954-14: acquired Jesse Levan as a free agent
• 1954-14: released Jim Command
• 1954-15: released Mel Hoderlein
• 1954-15: acquired Foster Castleman as a free agent
• 1954-17: released Jesse Levan
• 1954-17: acquired Neil Berry as a free agent

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