1954 Baseball - Year In Review | |
Coaching Staff Ralph Matherly, Head Coach Click here to see individual photos |
Baseball: Cooter Mills, Track: Ken Jarrett Golf: Jimmy James, Tennis: Hal Schaus |
Bob Bondi, 5-10, 167, OF-3B, Tampa
Ken Boyce, 5-8, 160, OF-2B, Joanna, S.C.
Lee Corso, 5-10, 166, OF, Miami
Ron Fraser, 6-0, 170, P, Nutley, N.J.
Carlee Hendrix, 6-0, 160, 3B-2B, Panama City
Louie Jansen, 5-11, 153, 1B, Vincennes, Ind.
Tom Moore, 6-3, 220, OF, Thomasville, Ga.
Harvey Sweeney, 5-11, 160, UTIL, Tallahassee
Fred Twomey, 6-1, 175, 1B, Gloucester, Mass.
Bobby Waits, 5-11, 160, P, Jacksonville
1954 Roster - By Name
From the 1954 Florida State Spring Sports Media Guide, page 5.
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T PY
R No Name Pos B-T Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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28 John Ash P L-L 5-10 180 Fr Sebring
* 14 Gary Ashley C R-R 5-9 175 So * Greenville, S.C. (Parker)
* 32 Jim Atwood P R-R 6-1 200 So * Hollywood
* 24 Tony Avitable P L-L 5-11 175 Fr-R Lindenhurst, N.Y.
* 18 Bob Bondi OF-3B R-R 5-10 167 Fr Tampa
* 15 Ken Boyce OF-2B 5-8 160 Fr Joanna, S.C.
* 30 Forrest Brown P R-R 6-3 178 Sr Madison
* 11 Billy Campbell 2B-3B L-R 5-10 150 Jr ** Panama City
* Lee Corso OF R-R 5-10 166 Fr Miami (Jackson)
Ron Fraser P R-R 6-0 170 Fr Nutley, N.J. (Nutley)
* 28 George Hehemann P R-R 6-3 190 So * Saint Petersburg
* 26 Carlee Hendrix 3B-2B L-R 6-0 160 Fr Panama City (Bay)
* 16 Bob Hudson OF L-R 5-11 160 Jr-R * Sarasota
* 17 Louie Jansen 1B L-L 5-11 153 Fr Vincennes, Ind.
* 19 Max Long P R-R 5-9 175 So * Jacksonville (Lee)
* 31 Ed Mann OF L-R 6-2 185 So Ashford, Ala. (Ashford)
* 12 Billy "Cooter" Mills SS R-R 5-7 144 Sr ** Tallahassee
* 29 Tom Moore OF L-R 6-3 220 So Thomasville, Ga.
* 10 Glayden Schafer OF-SS L-R 5-8 150 So Fremont, Ohio
Tom Sullivan P R-R 6-0 195 So New London, Wis.
Harvey Sweeney UTIL L-L 5-11 160 Fr Tallahassee (Leon)
* 23 Fred Twomey 1B R-R 6-1 175 Fr Gloucester, Mass. (Gloucester)
* 25 Bobby Waits P L-L 5-11 160 Fr Jacksonville (Lee)
* 21 Ham Wernke 3B-P R-R 6-0 175 Jr * Batesville, Ind. (Batesville)
* 20 Bob Wynn C L-R 5-11 170 Sr * Manchester, Ga.
1954 Roster - By Number
From the 1954 Florida State Spring Sports Media Guide, page 5.
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T PY
R No Name Pos B-T Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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* Lee Corso OF R-R 5-10 166 Fr Miami (Jackson)
Ron Fraser P R-R 6-0 170 Fr Nutley, N.J. (Nutley)
Tom Sullivan P R-R 6-0 195 So New London, Wis.
Harvey Sweeney UTIL L-L 5-11 160 Fr Tallahassee (Leon)
* 10 Glayden Schafer OF-SS L-R 5-8 150 So Fremont, Ohio
* 11 Billy Campbell 2B-3B L-R 5-10 150 Jr ** Panama City
* 12 Billy "Cooter" Mills SS R-R 5-7 144 Sr ** Tallahassee
* 14 Gary Ashley C R-R 5-9 175 So * Greenville, S.C. (Parker)
* 15 Ken Boyce OF-2B 5-8 160 Fr Joanna, S.C.
* 16 Bob Hudson OF L-R 5-11 160 Jr-R * Sarasota
* 17 Louie Jansen 1B L-L 5-11 153 Fr Vincennes, Ind.
* 18 Bob Bondi OF-3B R-R 5-10 167 Fr Tampa
* 19 Max Long P R-R 5-9 175 So * Jacksonville (Lee)
* 20 Bob Wynn C L-R 5-11 170 Sr * Manchester, Ga.
* 21 Ham Wernke 3B-P R-R 6-0 175 Jr * Batesville, Ind. (Batesville)
* 23 Fred Twomey 1B R-R 6-1 175 Fr Gloucester, Mass. (Gloucester)
* 24 Tony Avitable P L-L 5-11 175 Fr-R Lindenhurst, N.Y.
* 25 Bobby Waits P L-L 5-11 160 Fr Jacksonville (Lee)
* 26 Carlee Hendrix 3B-2B L-R 6-0 160 Fr Panama City (Bay)
28 John Ash P L-L 5-10 180 Fr Sebring
* 28 George Hehemann P R-R 6-3 190 So * Saint Petersburg
* 29 Tom Moore OF L-R 6-3 220 So Thomasville, Ga.
* 30 Forrest Brown P R-R 6-3 178 Sr Madison
* 31 Ed Mann OF L-R 6-2 185 So Ashford, Ala. (Ashford)
* 32 Jim Atwood P R-R 6-1 200 So * Hollywood
Letter winners from the Tallahassee Democrat, May 30, 1954, page 9.
1954 Schedule and Results
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Jacksonville NAS | ||||||
Jacksonville NAS | ||||||
Georgia First game on the East Campus Diamond. |
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Auburn | ||||||
Davidson College | ||||||
Jacksonville State | ||||||
Amherst College | ||||||
Amherst College | ||||||
Duke | ||||||
Duke | ||||||
Georgia | ||||||
Stetson | ||||||
Stetson Game called after five innings because of rain |
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Georgia Teachers | ||||||
Stetson | ||||||
Stetson | ||||||
Tampa | ||||||
Tampa | ||||||
Florida Southern Col | ||||||
Florida Southern Col |
EOY StatsRef CWS = College World Series Overall Home Away Neutral -------------------------------------------------- FSU record is 13- 8 12- 4 1- 4 0- 0
STARTING BATTING ORDER | |||||||||
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DATE/OPPONENT | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
03/12/1954 Jacksonville NAS |
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03/13/1954 Jacksonville NAS |
Max Long | ||||||||
03/18/1954 Georgia |
Bob Bondi | Billy Campbell | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Tom Moore | Fred Twomey | Bob Hudson | Gary Ashley | Carlee Hendrix | Max Long |
03/20/1954 Tennessee |
Billy "Cooter" Mills | Billy Campbell | Ed Mann | Tom Moore | Fred Twomey | Bob Hudson | Gary Ashley | Carlee Hendrix | George Hehemann |
03/20/1954 Auburn |
Billy "Cooter" Mills | Billy Campbell | Ed Mann | Tom Moore | Bob Hudson | Fred Twomey | Bob Wynn | Carlee Hendrix | John Ash |
03/23/1954 Davidson College |
Bob Bondi | Billy Campbell | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Tom Moore | Bob Hudson | Fred Twomey | Gary Ashley | Carlee Hendrix | Max Long |
03/24/1954 Jacksonville State |
Glayden Schafer | Billy Campbell | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Tom Moore | Bob Hudson | Fred Twomey | Carlee Hendrix | Bob Wynn | Forrest Brown |
03/29/1954 Amherst College |
Ken Boyce | Billy Campbell | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Tom Moore | Fred Twomey | Bob Hudson | Gary Ashley | Carlee Hendrix | Max Long |
03/30/1954 Amherst College |
Ken Boyce | Billy Campbell | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Tom Moore | Bob Hudson | Bob Wynn | Louie Jansen | Carlee Hendrix | Ham Wernke |
04/01/1954 Duke |
Ken Boyce | Billy Campbell | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Tom Moore | Fred Twomey | Bob Hudson | Gary Ashley | Carlee Hendrix | Jim Atwood |
04/02/1954 Duke |
Ken Boyce | Billy Campbell | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Bob Hudson | Fred Twomey | Tom Moore | Bob Wynn | Carlee Hendrix | Max Long |
04/05/1954 Georgia |
Ken Boyce | Billy Campbell | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Bob Hudson | Bobby Waits | Fred Twomey | Bob Wynn | Jim Atwood | Carlee Hendrix |
04/12/1954 Stetson |
Bob Bondi | Billy Campbell | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Fred Twomey | Bob Hudson | Tom Moore | Bobby Waits | Gary Ashley | George Hehemann |
04/13/1954 Stetson |
Carlee Hendrix | Billy Campbell | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Fred Twomey | Bob Hudson | Lee Corso | Ed Mann | Bob Wynn | Ham Wernke |
04/15/1954 Georgia Teachers |
Bob Bondi | Billy Campbell | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Fred Twomey | Bob Hudson | Lee Corso | Ken Boyce | Gary Ashley | Forrest Brown |
04/24/1954 Stetson |
Bob Bondi | Billy Campbell | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Bob Hudson | Fred Twomey | Lee Corso | Ken Boyce | Gary Ashley | Max Long |
04/24/1954 Stetson |
Ken Boyce | Billy Campbell | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Bob Hudson | Fred Twomey | Lee Corso | Carlee Hendrix | Bob Wynn | Forrest Brown |
04/30/1954 Tampa |
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05/01/1954 Tampa |
Ken Boyce | Billy Campbell | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Fred Twomey | Bob Hudson | Lee Corso | Carlee Hendrix | Bob Wynn | George Hehemann |
05/07/1954 Florida Southern Col |
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05/08/1954 Florida Southern Col |
STARTING DEFENSE | |||||||||
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DATE/OPPONENT | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF |
03/12/1954 Jacksonville NAS |
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03/13/1954 Jacksonville NAS |
Max Long | ||||||||
03/18/1954 Georgia |
Max Long | Gary Ashley | Fred Twomey | Billy Campbell | Carlee Hendrix | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Bob Bondi | Bob Hudson | Tom Moore |
03/20/1954 Tennessee |
George Hehemann | Gary Ashley | Fred Twomey | Billy Campbell | Carlee Hendrix | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Ed Mann | Bob Hudson | Tom Moore |
03/20/1954 Auburn |
John Ash | Bob Wynn | Fred Twomey | Billy Campbell | Carlee Hendrix | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Ed Mann | Bob Hudson | Tom Moore |
03/23/1954 Davidson College |
Max Long | Gary Ashley | Fred Twomey | Billy Campbell | Carlee Hendrix | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Bob Bondi | Bob Hudson | Tom Moore |
03/24/1954 Jacksonville State |
Forrest Brown | Bob Wynn | Fred Twomey | Billy Campbell | Carlee Hendrix | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Glayden Schafer | Bob Hudson | Tom Moore |
03/29/1954 Amherst College |
Max Long | Gary Ashley | Fred Twomey | Billy Campbell | Carlee Hendrix | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Ken Boyce | Bob Hudson | Tom Moore |
03/30/1954 Amherst College |
Ham Wernke | Bob Wynn | Louie Jansen | Billy Campbell | Carlee Hendrix | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Ken Boyce | Bob Hudson | Tom Moore |
04/01/1954 Duke |
Jim Atwood | Gary Ashley | Fred Twomey | Billy Campbell | Carlee Hendrix | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Tom Moore | Bob Hudson | Ken Boyce |
04/02/1954 Duke |
Max Long | Bob Wynn | Fred Twomey | Billy Campbell | Carlee Hendrix | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Tom Moore | Bob Hudson | Ken Boyce |
04/05/1954 Georgia |
Jim Atwood | Bob Wynn | Fred Twomey | Billy Campbell | Carlee Hendrix | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Ken Boyce | Bob Hudson | Bobby Waits |
04/12/1954 Stetson |
George Hehemann | Gary Ashley | Fred Twomey | Billy Campbell | Bob Bondi | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Tom Moore | Bob Hudson | Bobby Waits |
04/13/1954 Stetson |
Ham Wernke | Bob Wynn | Fred Twomey | Billy Campbell | Carlee Hendrix | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Lee Corso | Bob Hudson | Ed Mann |
04/15/1954 Georgia Teachers |
Forrest Brown | Gary Ashley | Fred Twomey | Billy Campbell | Bob Bondi | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Lee Corso | Ken Boyce | Bob Hudson |
04/24/1954 Stetson |
Max Long | Gary Ashley | Fred Twomey | Billy Campbell | Bob Bondi | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Lee Corso | Ken Boyce | Bob Hudson |
04/24/1954 Stetson |
Forrest Brown | Bob Wynn | Fred Twomey | Billy Campbell | Carlee Hendrix | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Lee Corso | Bob Hudson | |
04/30/1954 Tampa |
Jim Atwood | Fred Twomey | Billy Campbell | ||||||
05/01/1954 Tampa |
George Hehemann | Bob Wynn | Fred Twomey | Billy Campbell | Carlee Hendrix | Billy "Cooter" Mills | Lee Corso | Ken Boyce | Bob Hudson |
05/07/1954 Florida Southern Col |
Forrest Brown | Gary Ashley | |||||||
05/08/1954 Florida Southern Col |
Ham Wernke | Bob Wynn | Billy "Cooter" Mills |
1954 Batting Statistics
Name AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT =========================================================================================================== Louie Jansen .667 3 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 .667 .667 1 Glayden Schafer .600 2 1 5 3 3 1 0 1 4 .800 .600 Lee Corso .400 7 5 25 6 10 1 0 6 11 .440 .400 Billy "Cooter" Mills .368 17 17 87 32 32 3 3 15 41 .471 1 .375 3 2 Fred Twomey .347 16 16 75 18 26 7 3 1 19 42 .560 2 .364 Billy Campbell .318 17 17 85 23 27 1 3 12 34 .400 .318 1 5 Bob Hudson .313 16 16 80 19 25 5 4 2 18 44 .550 .309 1 2 Max Long .296 11 7 27 6 8 0 1 2 10 .370 .296 Ed Mann .278 5 3 18 2 5 0 0 1 5 .278 .278 Bob Wynn .233 9 9 30 7 7 2 0 2 9 .300 .233 2 Ken Boyce .226 14 9 53 18 12 1 2 4 17 .321 .226 1 Tom Moore .214 10 10 42 4 9 1 0 7 10 .238 2 .244 1 1 Gary Ashley .213 10 9 47 5 10 2 0 9 12 .255 .213 3 Bobby Waits .188 8 2 16 2 3 0 1 2 5 .313 .188 Bob Bondi .184 7 5 38 7 7 0 0 4 7 .184 .184 1 Carlee Hendrix .152 13 13 66 12 10 1 0 6 11 .167 .152 1 Forrest Brown .125 4 4 8 3 1 0 0 1 1 .125 .125 1 Ham Wernke .111 5 3 9 1 1 0 0 1 1 .111 .111 Jim Atwood .083 8 4 24 3 2 0 0 3 2 .083 .083 2 George Hehemann .000 4 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Tom Sullivan .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Harvey Sweeney .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Tony Avitable .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 John Ash .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Ron Fraser .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 ====================================================================================== FSU .268 21 21 746 173 200 25 17 3 113 268 .359 0 5 0 0 .272 2 10 16 0 Opp .274 21 21 541 81 148 22 6 1 58 185 .342 2 .276 10 101954 Pitching Statistics
Name ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA ======================================================================================================================== Max Long 6 3 10 7 5 1 63.2 59 28 25 33 Jim Atwood 3 4 8 4 1 52.0 53 22 24 45 Ham Wernke 1 0 7 2 0 27.1 26 13 18 15 Forrest Brown 2 1 4 3 1 1 23.0 16 11 7 15 George Hehemann 2 0 5 3 0 18.0 17 5 8 7 Bobby Waits 0 0 4 0 0 1 8.2 9 5 3 2 Tom Sullivan 0 0 2 3.2 1 6 3 Ron Fraser 0 0 1 2.0 0 2 2 John Ash 0 1 1 1 0.2 3 4 3 0 ==================================================================================================== FSU 0.00 14 9 42 20 7 0 1 1 199.0 184 88 0 96 122 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Opp 7 13 20 151.0 172 146 74 371954 Fielding Statistics
Name PO AST E FLD% DP ============================================= ======================== FSU 0 0 0 .000
Jacksonville NAS 2, Florida State 1
03/12/1954, Jacksonville, Fla. **Error**
Florida State 7, Jacksonville NAS 4
03/13/1954, Jacksonville, Fla. NAME POSITION AB R H RBI BB SO PO A ======================= ======== == == == === == == == == Max Long P ======================== FSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **Error** NAME IP H R ER BB SO ============================== ==== == == == == == Max Long W (1-0) 9.0 4 =================== FSU 9.0 0 4 0 0 0 **Error**
Florida State 8, Georgia 7
03/18/1954, First game on the East Campus Diamond., Tallahassee, Fla. NAME POSITION AB R H RBI BB SO PO A ======================= ======== == == == === == == == == Bob Bondi LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 Billy Campbell 2B 2 3 1 2 3 2 Billy "Cooter" Mills SS 2 1 1 2 0 4 Tom Moore RF 5 0 1 3 1 0 Fred Twomey 1B 4 0 0 0 15 0 Bob Hudson CF 3 1 2 0 0 0 Gary Ashley C 4 0 0 0 5 2 Carlee Hendrix 3B 3 1 1 0 2 6 Max Long P 3 1 1 0 0 0 ======================== FSU 29 8 7 7 0 0 27 14 Opp 40 7 9 7 24 10 E - Opp-3, FSU-Billy Campbell (1), Carlee Hendrix (1) 2B - Opp-1, FSU-Billy "Cooter" Mills (1), Bob Hudson (1) 3B - FSU-Billy Campbell (1), Bob Hudson (1) SH - FSU-Billy Campbell (1), Billy "Cooter" Mills 2 (2) SB - Opp-1 NAME IP H R ER BB SO ============================== ==== == == == == == Max Long W (2-0) 9.0 9 7 1 6 =================== FSU 9.0 9 7 0 1 6 Opp L 8.0 7 8 6 1
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