1954 Cincinnati Redlegs season explained

Cincinnati Redlegs
Season:	1954
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Crosley Field
City:	Cincinnati
Owners:	Powel Crosley Jr.
General Managers:	Gabe Paul
Managers:	Birdie Tebbetts
Television:	WCPO-TV (Waite Hoyt, Bob Gilmore)
Radio:	WCPO (Waite Hoyt, Bob Gilmore)

The 1954 Cincinnati Redlegs season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the National League with a record of 74–80, 23 games behind the New York Giants.

Offseason

October 6, 1953: Art Fowler was acquired by the Redlegs from the Milwaukee Braves as part of a conditional deal.^[1]
December 1, 1953: Brooks Lawrence was drafted from the Redlegs by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1953 minor league draft.^[2]

April 17, 1954: In the seventh inning of the Redlegs' third game of 1954, against the Milwaukee Braves at County Stadium, Nino Escalera became the first black player in the history of the Cincinnati franchise.^[3] Escalera, an Afro-Latin American from Puerto Rico, pinch hits for Andy Seminick and singles off Lew Burdette. The next batter for the Redlegs is another pinch hitter, Chuck Harmon, who bats for Corky Valentine; Harmon becomes the team's first-ever African-American player.^[4]

July 1954: Ernie Broglio was acquired by the Redlegs from the Oakland Oaks.^[5]
August 7, 1954: Jim Pearce was purchased by the Redlegs from the Washington Senators.^[6]

1954 Cincinnati Redlegs
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	86	247	58	.235	7	30
1B	149	573	187	.326	49	141
2B	146	505	155	.307	0	44
SS	154	588	147	.250	4	42
3B	110	390	105	.269	3	23
LF	139	542	152	.280	27	92
CF	153	619	185	.299	17	101
RF	130	451	115	.255	18	83

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
94	286	68	.238	2	25
73	183	36	.197	9	20
73	162	43	.265	1	19
73	112	30	.268	0	16
48	81	16	.198	5	14
73	69	11	.159	0	3
53	52	12	.231	0	2
5	3	1	.333	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0
6	1	0	.000	0	0
1	0	0	----	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
40	227.2	12	10	3.83	93
36	194.1	12	11	4.45	73
27	131.0	7	10	5.36	42
29	130.0	6	6	5.26	43

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	166.2	12	5	3.89	85
28	95.2	2	8	6.11	32
37	93.1	5	7	3.95	27
22	60.0	4	4	6.00	29
12	33.2	0	3	6.68	13
2	11.0	1	0	0.00	3
6	10.1	0	2	7.84	5
4	10.1	0	1	6.10	1

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
50	5	8	20	2.67	51
36	7	3	0	3.76	28
16	0	2	0	4.88	7
4	0	0	1	0.00	1
3	1	0	0	1.69	2
2	0	0	0	9.00	2

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fowlear01.shtml Art Fowler page at Baseball-Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lawrebr01.shtml Brooks Lawrence page at Baseball-Reference
Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
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https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brogler01.shtml Ernie Broglio page at Baseball-Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pearcji01.shtml Jim Pearce page at Baseball-Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007