9/18/1954, WHA54-HOR54, Crosley Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1954 Whales 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 7 15 3 12 2 1954 Hornets 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 11 1 10 0 Whales AB R H BI AVG Hornets AB R H BI AVG O'Connell 2b 5 0 1 0 .307 Minoso lf 4 0 2 2 .304 Nuxhall p 0 0 0 0 .222 Baker, G 2b 5 0 1 1 .245 Metkovich 1b 3 0 0 0 .214 Hodges 1b 4 0 1 1 .298 Fondy ph 1 0 0 0 .298 Sauer rf 5 0 2 0 .266 Cooper c 4 1 2 0 .333 Thomas cf 5 0 1 0 .256 House ph 0 1 0 0 .288 Crandall c 4 0 1 0 .260 Dark ss 3 1 1 0 .284 Jackson, Randy 3b 4 1 1 0 .274 Borkowski rf 5 1 4 3 .363 Gardner ss 2 0 1 0 .266 Souchock 3b 3 0 1 0 .294 Cavarretta ph 1 1 0 0 .318 Ashburn ph 1 0 0 0 .295 Banks ss 1 0 0 0 .289 Vollmer lf 4 1 2 2 .355 Pierce p 2 1 1 0 .096 Mossi p 0 0 0 0 .250 Lemon, B p 0 0 0 0 .218 Littrell ph 1 1 1 1 .053 Belardi ph 1 1 0 0 .260 Roberts, C 2b 0 0 0 0 .205 Lown p 0 0 0 0 .000 Marquez cf 2 0 0 0 .143 Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0 .000 Harmon ph 2 0 1 0 .231 Marshall ph 1 0 0 0 .167 Coleman, Joe p 1 0 0 0 .286 McCall p 0 0 0 0 .000 Wehmeier p 1 0 1 0 .182 39 4 11 4 Doby ph 0 0 0 0 .284 Hughes p 0 0 0 0 .200 Ennis lf 2 1 1 0 .266 38 7 15 6 Whales INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Coleman, Joe 2.1 2 0 0 2 0 32 17 3.74 Wehmeier 2.2 4 1 1 0 1 37 25 3.12 Hughes BS 4 1.0 3 3 0 0 0 30 17 4.38 Mossi W 5-4 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 29 18 1.96 Nuxhall S 2 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 9 7 3.81 9.0 11 4 1 2 1 137 84 Hornets INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Pierce 5.0 10 3 3 0 4 86 58 4.54 Lemon, B 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 8 4 4.28 Lown BS 1, L 2-1 1.2 2 3 2 4 0 40 17 5.60 Wilhelm 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 13 7 2.64 McCall 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 9 8 2.86 9.0 15 7 6 5 5 156 94 WHA: Doby batted for Wehmeier in the 6th Fondy batted for Metkovich in the 6th Fondy moved to 1b in the 6th Ashburn batted for Souchock in the 7th Harmon batted for Marquez in the 7th Ashburn moved to cf in the 7th Harmon moved to 3b in the 7th Ennis inserted at lf in the 7th House batted for Cooper in the 8th House moved to c in the 8th Littrell batted for Mossi in the 9th Roberts, C inserted at 2b in the 9th HOR: Cavarretta batted for Gardner in the 6th Belardi batted for Lemon, B in the 6th Banks inserted at ss in the 7th Marshall batted for Wilhelm in the 8th E-O'Connell, Dark, Fondy, Banks. 2B-Ennis, Crandall. HR-Vollmer(2), Littrell(1). CS-Fondy, Harmon. K-Metkovich, Dark, Borkowski, Souchock, Ennis, Baker, G. BB-Dark, Doby, Fondy, Ashburn, House, Minoso, Hodges. SH-O'Connell, Dark, Marquez. WP-Lown 2. GWRBI: Borkowski Joe Coleman was injured for this game and 15 more days Temperature: 71, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 4 MPH. 9/18/1954, WHA54-HOR54, Crosley Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1954 Whales 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 7 15 3 12 2 1954 Hornets 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 11 1 10 0 Whales -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ O'Connell 2b 1>43 S 9 note 1 54/SH.2-3 Nuxhall p Metkovich 1b 63 k 5>9 Fondy ph 54/f IW Cooper c S 3>S 63 7>Lown 8 House ph CS2(26) IW Dark ss S.1-3 3/g/SH.1-2 k e6.B-1 W.1-2 Borkowski rf S.3-H;1-2 k 6>S wp.1-2 Wilhelm S.2-3 note 2 Souchock 3b k 9 S.1-3 Ashburn ph wp.3-H;1-2 43 IW Vollmer lf 2>HR 4>9 S.3-H;1-2 8 Mossi p 9>McCall Littrell ph HR Roberts, C 2b Marquez cf 8 8 Lemon, B note 3 Harmon ph 4 S Coleman, Joe p 1/g Wehmeier p S Doby ph IW Hughes p Ennis lf 8>D CS2(24) k 1: 12/b.2XH;1-2;B-1 2: S.3-H;2-H;1-2 3: 24/SH.2-3;1-2 Hornets -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Minoso lf 1>8 3>W S.1-2 note 1 43 Baker, G 2b 6/L 54/f k S.3-H;1-2 9>Nuxhall 53 Hodges 1b W Wehmeier S.2-H;1-3 7 53 463/gdp Sauer rf 9 4>43 46/f 7>Mossi S S Thomas cf 2>S 53 6>Hughes 6 64/f 53 Crandall c 9 D 31 643/gdp Jackson, Randy 3b 9 43 S 8>7 Gardner ss S.1-2 5>43 Cavarretta ph note 2 Banks ss e4/th.B-2 Pierce p 64/f S Lemon, B p Belardi ph note 3 Lown p Wilhelm p Marshall ph 5/fl McCall p 1: S.3-H;2-H;1-3 2: e6/th.1-2;B-1 3: e3.2-3;1-2;B-1 Whales -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------ O'Connell 2b 3 Nuxhall p Metkovich 1b Fondy ph Cooper c House ph Dark ss Borkowski rf Souchock 3b Ashburn ph Vollmer lf Mossi p Littrell ph Roberts, C 2b Marquez cf Harmon ph Coleman, Joe p Wehmeier p Doby ph Hughes p Ennis lf Hornets -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------ Minoso lf Baker, G 2b Hodges 1b Sauer rf Thomas cf Crandall c Jackson, Randy 3b Gardner ss Cavarretta ph Banks ss Pierce p Lemon, B p Belardi ph Lown p Wilhelm p Marshall ph McCall p Whales IN OUT ER Hornets IN OUT ER Coleman, Joe A1 B2 0 Pierce A1 C7 3 Wehmeier B3 C4 1 Lemon, B C8 D2 0 Hughes C5 D3 0 BS 4 Lown D3 E4 2 BS 1, L 2-1 Mossi D4 E1 0 W 5-4 Wilhelm E5 E6 0 Nuxhall E2 E5 0 S 2 McCall E7 F1 1