1954 YEARBOOK · TML AMERICAN 1954 Final Standings Oceanic Conference Atmospheric Conference W-L Pct. GB W-L Pct. GB

1954 YEARBOOK

SEASON R25

TML Champion Albany Avalanche ♦♦

Complete TML Records and Career Statistics at: www.tmlam.org/history.html

TML 1954 Season Highlights at a Glance by Biff Barnes Sr. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5/14/1954, WW54-CH54, Sportsman’s Park The season’s longest game ended in the 17th when Tom

123 456 789 012 345 67 R H E Umphlett scored on a bases loaded sac fly/DP (runner

Walla Walla 000 001 000 000 000 01 2 10 2 out at 3rd). The Micmacs had tied the game on a

Cheticamp 000 000 001 000 000 00 1 16 0 sac fly in the home 9th! 51 players saw action.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/5/1954, SM54-BB54, Ebbets Field 1-Hitter

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Browns IP H R ER BB K ERA

Summer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Don Larsen 9 1 0 0 0 2 3.42

Brooklyn 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 2 4 0 2B by Lockman broke up perfect game with 2 outs/8th.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/11/1954, AV54-SF54, Wrigley Field Avalanche AB R H HR BI BB AVG

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Ted Williams lf 5 3 4 3 8 0 .341

Albany 2 0 2 0 1 4 2 0 0 11 14 2 Williams socked 3 HRs, including a GS in the 6th,

Sioux Falls 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 driving in 8 runs. He hit HRs in his first 2 ABs.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/27/1954, BB54-AV54, Briggs Stadium Avalanche AB R H HR BI BB AVG

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Duke Snider cf 5 3 4 2 7 0 .368

Brooklyn 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 Snider cracked a GS-HR in the 2nd and added a 3-run HR

Albany 2 5 0 3 4 0 0 2 x 16 13 0 in the 5th, and those 7 RBI put the game out of reach.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/7/1954, EL54-CH54, Sportsman’s Park Micmacs AB R H HR BI BB AVG

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Yogi Berra c 5 2 5 1 2 0 .301

El Dorado 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 1 Berra sparked all but one scoring rally by rapping

Cheticamp 2 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 x 12 17 1 out 3 singles, a double and a solo HR.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/15/1954, DT54-WW54, Comiskey Park 1-Hitter

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Wombats IP H R ER BB K ERA

Duluth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Johnny Podres 9 1 0 0 0 3 2.74

Walla Walla 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 x 5 9 1 Podres gave up a lone 1B to Joe Durham in the 5th.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/9/1954, MO54-DT54, Memorial Stadium 1-Hitter

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Squirrel IP H R ER BB K ERA

Moosen 0 0 4 1 1 1 3 2 1 13 19 0 Virgil Trucks 9 1 0 0 2 2 3.60

Duluth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Trucks lost no-hitter on an 8th inning 1B by Kell.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/12/1954, EQ54-WW54, Comiskey Park Wombats AB R H HR BI BB AVG

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Roy Sievers 4 5 3 2 7 2 .226

Coachella Vy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 Sievers drew 2 BBs in 2nd inning, then hit a GS-HR(4th)

Walla Walla 0 12 0 5 2 8 0 0 x 27 23 0 & 3-run HR (6th) in the biggest blowout in TML history.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The two longest winning streaks were both by Albany, 21-games (6/20-7/15) and 20-games (8/23-9/14),

and both times involving Coachella Valley, Brooklyn and Moosen as the opponents. The longest

losing streak was 17 games by Duluth (6/19-7/18).

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Albany’s Ted Williams set a new All Time OBP TML Record with a .540 OBP. Albany set a new regular

Season TML team record for walks drawn (842). Duluth set a new team record for least SB (3) and

Brooklyn for least Strikeouts by their pitchers (459). Though not a TML Record, Coachella Valley’s

Spec Shea set a new futility record, going 0-27 (not enough innings to qualify, lasting only 80 IP).

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the closest balloting ever, repeat winner Duke Snider was Albany’s 5th consecutive “Player of the

Year!” Albany had the top 3 players in the “Player of the Year” results (Snider,Mantle,Williams).

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ted Williams remains the TML Career Leader in AVG (.361), SLG (.691), OBP (.493) and RC/27 (13.3).

Teammate Mickey Mantle is still #2 in two categories (SLG .636, OBP .450). Hank Aaron ends his TML

career in 2nd place in HRs with 735, finishing only 8 HRs behind Career HR leader Barry Bonds!

Aaron remains the leader in career GW-RBI (325), RBI (2541), EXBH(1444) and TB (6792). Bob Rush is

the new career WPCT leader at .852. Warren Spahn has moved into 2nd place in career CG (249).

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/2/1954, AV54-BY54, Griffith Stadium

Pat Barry’s powerhouse Albany Avalanche reached the TML World Series for a 5th consecutive season

and successfully defended their TML Retro Championship! It was their record-setting 9th franchise

Championship and for Pat, a record-setting 8th Managerial Championship. However, the Avalanche

barely made it past the tough pitching of Walla Walla in 7 games before sweeping Bloomington in the

TML World Series. Bob Weisman’s Bloomington Burning Bunyans had reached the TML World Series by

defeating Arkansas in 6 games. Playoff Co-MVPs Ted Williams (.411, 14 R, 14 RBI), Duke Snider (.381,

9 R, 14 RBI) and Mickey Mantle (.356, 11 R, 7 RBI) played in every game and the trio accounted for

over half of Albany’s total runs in the post season!

Table of Contents

Final TML 1954 American Standings .......................................... 1 All Star Team .................................................................................... 2 TML World Series – Bloomington vs. Albany ..................................3

Atmospheric Conference Final – Arkansas vs. Bloomington ......................5 Oceanic Conference Final – Walla Walla vs. Albany. ...................................7 Pitching Gems ......................................................................................................9

American Association (Player & Pitcher of the Year) ............ 10 Final 1954 American Association Stats ...................................... 11

Individual Team Pages: Albany Avalanche (AV) ....................................................................................17 Arkansas Travelers (AR) ...................................................................................18 Beverly Hillbillies (BV) ......................................................................................19 Bloomington Burning Bunyans (BY) ...............................................................20 Brooklyn Browns (BB) .......................................................................................21 Cheticamp Micmacs (CH) .................................................................................22 Coachella Valley Earthquakes (EQ) ................................................................23 Duluth Thundercats (DT) .................................................................................24 El Dorado Gold Sox (EL) ...................................................................................25 Moosen Squirrel (MO) .......................................................................................26 North Adams Bevers (NA) ...............................................................................27 Sioux Falls Fighting Sioux (SF) ........................................................................28 Summer Cyclones (SM) .....................................................................................29 Walla Walla Wombats (WW) ...........................................................................30 Stat Key ................................................................................................................31

(Cover Design & Yearbook Layout by Mike Landin)

TML AMERICAN

1954 Final Standings

Oceanic Conference Atmospheric Conference

W-L Pct. GB W-L Pct. GB

Albany 120-34 .779 -- Bloomington 98-56 .636 --

Walla Walla 100-54 .649 20 Arkansas 93-61 .604 5

Beverly 98-56 .636 22 Cheticamp 87-67 .565 11

Moosen 81-73 .526 39 North Adams 78-76 .506 20

Duluth 46-108 .299 74 Sioux Falls 75-79 .487 23

Brooklyn 36-118 .234 84 El Dorado 73-81 .474 25

Coachella Vly 35-119 .227 85 Summer 58-96 .377 40

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American Playoff Results

Conference Finals: Albany defeated Walla Walla 4 games to 3

Bloomington defeated Arkansas 4 games to 2

TML World Series

Albany defeated Bloomington 4 games to none

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1954 All Stars

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Starter Back-up

Catcher: Yogi Berra (CH) Bill Sarni (EL)

Firstbase: Ted Kluszewski (AR) Mickey Vernon (DT)

Secondbase: Bobby Avila (CH) Granny Hamner (WW)

Thirdbase: Hank Thompson (CH) Eddie Mathews (BY)

Shortstop: Mickey Mantle (AV) Al Rosen (SF)

Outfield: Duke Snider (AV) Richie Ashburn (CH)

Outfield: Ted Williams (AV) Wally Moon (MO)

Outfield: Willie Mays (BV) Larry Doby (AR)

Starting Pitcher: Johnny Antonelli (AR)

Closer: Hoyt Wilhelm (WW)

Remaining Starters Remaining Pitchers

Robin Roberts (BV) Bob Lemon (AR)

Carl Erskine (AV) Don Liddle (WW)

Bob Turley (AV) Joe Coleman (WW)

Bob Rush (AV) Clem Labine (AV)

Mike Garcia (WW) Frank Smith (BY)

Paul Minner (MO) Jim Hughes (BV)

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BY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

AV 0 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 x 10 13 0 BY Starter: Wynn(17-9, 3.41) AV Starter: Rush(21-3, 3.10) Win-Rush(1-0) Loss-Wynn(0-1) HR-Snider(1).

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BY 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0

AV 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 x 4 9 0 BY Starter: Simmons(16-5, 2.73) AV Starter: Schmitz(15-4, 2.82) Win-Kiely(1-0) Save-Labine(1) Loss-Simmons(0-1) HR-Williams(1).

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AV 3 0 3 3 1 1 2 0 0 13 14 0

BY 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 5 9 2 AV Starter: Erskine(23-6, 3.35) BY Starter: Garver(18-11, 3.01) Win-Erskine(1-0) Loss-Garver(0-1) HR-Williams 2 (2,3), Snider(2), Crandall(1).

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AV 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 8 11 0

BY 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 5 7 1 AV Starter: Conley(16-4, 3.49) BY Starter: Poholsky(10-3, 2.08) Win-Turley(1-0) Save-Rush(1) Loss-Lawrence(0-1) HR-Williams(4), Joost(1).

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Albany Avalanche Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Bob Nieman 1.000 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Eddie Joost .500 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dusty Rhodes .500 2 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ted Williams .471 4 17 9 8 7 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0

Duke Snider .429 4 14 4 6 11 2 1 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0

Smoky Burgess .400 2 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mickey Mantle .389 4 18 5 7 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Del Crandall .357 4 14 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Nellie Fox .333 4 15 2 5 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Roy McMillan .250 4 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Eddie Yost .231 4 13 6 3 4 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Skowron .200 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Harry Agganis .200 4 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Al Smith .000 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0

Elmer Valo .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers .167 4 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0

Total .313 4 150 35 47 34 7 4 8 25 17 1 0 0 0 0

Name ERA W L S BS GS GR CG SH INN H R ER HR BB IW K

Billy Hoeft 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2

Sid Hudson 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Leo Kiely 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Don Mossi 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0

Bob Rush 0.00 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 7 0 3

Bob Turley 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0

Johnny Schmitz 3.00 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6.0 6 2 2 0 2 0 1

Gene Conley 3.60 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 3 2 2 0 3 0 3

Carl Erskine 6.43 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 8 5 5 0 2 0 4

Clem Labine 6.75 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4.0 5 3 3 0 2 0 3

Total 2.84 4 0 2 1 4 10 0 1 38.0 26 12 12 0 21 1 16

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS

Albany 4 114 53 0 6 167 1.000 1 2 2

Bloomington Burning Bunyans Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Ray Boone .500 4 10 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Red Wilson .500 3 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0

Bobby Morgan .444 4 9 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ed McGhee .333 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Wally Westlake .250 4 8 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chico Carrasquel .222 4 9 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jim Gilliam .214 4 14 1 3 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1

Jim Delsing .200 4 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1

Don Bollweg .200 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

Billy Bruton .176 4 17 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0

Andy Seminick .125 4 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Gene Woodling .125 4 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0

Eddie Mathews .091 4 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0

Chuck Harmon .000 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mel Hoderlein .000 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Serena .000 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers .000 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Total .202 4 129 12 26 12 3 2 0 21 16 0 0 2 2 2


Marion Fricano 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1

Ray Narleski 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chet Nichols 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0

Erv Palica 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 1 2 0 0

Ralph Branca 3.38 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.2 4 2 1 1 1 0 1

Curt Simmons 4.50 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 8 3 3 0 4 0 3

Frank Smith 4.50 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 4 0 1

Tom Poholsky 6.35 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 8 4 4 1 1 0 4

Art Fowler 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 3 4 1 1 1 1 2

Brooks Lawrence 12.00 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 3 4 4 2 1 0 2

Early Wynn 14.73 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 6 6 6 0 4 2 3

Ned Garver 18.00 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 6 6 1 3 0 0

Chuck Stobbs 27.00 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1.0 4 3 3 1 0 0 0

Total 7.25 0 4 0 0 4 15 0 0 36.0 47 35 29 8 25 3 17


Bloomington 4 108 60 5 7 173 .971 0 0 0

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Atmospheric Conference Final

Arkansas Travelers (AR) vs. Bloomington Burning Bnnyans (BY)

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AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 3

BY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 11 3 AR Starter: Antonelli(25-10, 2.43) BY Starter: Wynn(17-9, 3.41) Win-Fowler(1-0) Loss-Gorman(0-1) HR-none.

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AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 3

BY 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 x 6 13 0 AR Starter: Grim(11-5, 2.66) BY Starter: Simmons(16-5, 2.73) Win-Simmons(1-0) Loss-Grim(0-1) HR-none.

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BY 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 9 14 0

AR 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 5 11 1 BY Starter: Garver(18-11, 3.01) AR Starter: Lemon(18-9, 2.84) Win-Garver(1-0) Loss-Lemon(0-1) HR-Carrasquel(1), Seminick(1).

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BY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0

AR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 BY Starter: Haddix(12-5, 2.91) AR Starter: Antonelli(25-10, 2.43) Win-Grissom(1-0) Loss-Haddix(0-1) HR-none.

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BY 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 3

AR 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 x 12 16 0 BY Starter: Wynn(17-9, 3.41) AR Starter: Grim(11-5, 2.66) Win-Grim(1-1) Loss-Wynn(0-1) HR-Musial(1).

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AR 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 5 0

BY 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 16 0 AR Starter: Lemon(18-9, 2.84) BY Starter: Simmons(16-5, 2.73) Win-Smith(1-0) Loss-Grissom(1-1) HR-Thomas(1).

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Bloomington Burning Bunyans Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Eddie Mathews .400 5 15 4 6 2 2 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0

Gene Woodling .389 5 18 3 7 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0

Jim Gilliam .387 6 31 3 12 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

Jim Delsing .375 5 16 3 6 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ed McGhee .333 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Chico Carrasquel .316 6 19 1 6 4 2 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0

Ray Boone .300 5 10 0 3 3 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0

Billy Bruton .290 6 31 6 9 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

Andy Seminick .267 5 15 2 4 4 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0

Don Bollweg .250 6 16 2 4 1 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0

Wally Westlake .231 4 13 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Red Wilson .182 4 11 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Bobby Morgan .077 5 13 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0

Chuck Harmon .000 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mel Hoderlein .000 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Serena .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers .067 6 15 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0

Total .272 6 239 27 65 27 11 2 2 28 26 0 2 0 1 0


Art Fowler 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.2 3 0 0 0 3 1 2

Ray Narleski 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3

Tom Poholsky 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chuck Stobbs 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Harvey Haddix 2.00 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9.0 6 2 2 0 3 1 6

Brooks Lawrence 2.70 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0

Curt Simmons 2.84 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.2 12 4 4 0 9 0 7

Frank Smith 3.00 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2

Early Wynn 4.66 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9.2 14 7 5 0 3 0 8

Chet Nichols 4.91 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.2 4 2 2 1 0 0 2

Ned Garver 5.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9.0 11 5 5 0 5 1 4

Erv Palica 13.50 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 0 1

Total 3.60 4 2 0 1 6 13 1 0 60.0 62 26 24 2 27 3 35


Bloomington 6 180 84 6 10 270 .978 1 0 0

Arkansas Travelers Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Sam Dente 1.000 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Tuttle .500 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Frank Baumholtz .400 5 5 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Johnny Temple .379 6 29 3 11 2 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0

Frank Thomas .346 6 26 4 9 4 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0

Ted Kluszewski .308 6 26 2 8 4 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0

Larry Doby .292 6 24 3 7 1 0 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 0

Randy Jackson .250 5 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0

Stan Musial .250 6 24 3 6 5 1 0 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 0

Sammy White .214 4 14 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Johnny Logan .208 6 24 2 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ted Lepcio .182 3 11 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0

Pete Runnels .167 4 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Stan Lopata .143 3 14 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0

Jim Pendleton .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers .067 6 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0

Total .265 6 234 26 62 25 5 3 2 27 35 0 2 0 0 0


Harry Dorish 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1

Ellis Kinder 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2

Johnny Antonelli 0.53 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17.0 9 2 1 0 6 0 5

Marv Grissom 2.25 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 5 0 0

Bob Grim 3.46 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 13.0 15 5 5 0 5 0 7

Ernie Johnson 3.86 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2.1 6 4 1 0 1 1 2

Jack Harshman 3.86 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.1 7 2 1 0 2 0 3

Hal Jeffcoat 4.50 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0

Bob Lemon 8.03 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.1 19 11 11 1 7 2 6

Tom Gorman 13.50 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

Total 3.32 2 4 0 1 6 15 0 0 59.2 65 27 22 2 28 3 26


Arkansas 6 179 84 7 8 270 .974 1 1 0

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AV 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 0

WW 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 x 3 7 1 AV Starter: Conley(16-4, 3.49) WW Starter: Podres(10-6, 2.66) Win-Podres(1-0) Save-Wilhelm(1) Loss-Hudson(0-1) HR-Mantle(2), Sievers(3).

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AV 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 5 7 1

WW 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 x 6 13 0 AV Starter: Rush(21-3, 3.10) WW Starter: Garcia(20-10, 2.43) Win-Johnson(1-0) Save-Wilhelm(2) Loss-Labine(0-1) HR-Sievers(4).

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AV 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 x 3 6 0 WW Starter: Coleman(17-7, 2.50) AV Starter: Erskine(23-6, 3.35) Win-Erskine(2-0) Loss-Coleman(0-2) HR-Wertz(2), Williams(3), Rhodes(2).

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WW 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1

AV 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 x 2 9 0 WW Starter: Liddle(9-3, 1.81) AV Starter: Schmitz(15-4, 2.82) Win-Schmitz(1-1) Save-Mossi(1) Loss-Liddle(0-1) HR-Skowron(1).

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Albany Avalanche Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Roy McMillan 1.000 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Elmer Valo .500 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dusty Rhodes .375 4 8 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Smoky Burgess .368 6 19 2 7 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ted Williams .364 7 22 5 8 7 2 0 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0

Duke Snider .357 7 28 5 10 3 2 1 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Skowron .333 6 12 2 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Mickey Mantle .333 7 27 6 9 4 1 0 2 3 7 0 0 0 0 0

Eddie Joost .333 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nellie Fox .333 7 24 0 8 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Al Smith .222 7 27 2 6 0 1 0 0 4 7 1 0 0 0 0

Eddie Yost .130 6 23 3 3 3 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0

Harry Agganis .083 4 12 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Del Crandall .000 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Bob Nieman .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers .211 7 19 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0

Total .277 7 238 32 66 31 10 1 8 27 36 3 0 1 0 1


Leo Kiely 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Don Mossi 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Max Surkont 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Carl Erskine 1.50 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 18.0 9 3 3 2 5 0 15

Gene Conley 3.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 1 2 0 4

Johnny Schmitz 3.97 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11.1 12 5 5 0 7 1 3

Bob Rush 4.50 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14.0 15 8 7 2 8 0 14

Clem Labine 18.00 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2.0 4 4 4 0 5 0 1

Sid Hudson 54.00 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1.0 4 6 6 1 3 0 0

Billy Hoeft 99.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 1 3 3 0 2 0 0

Total 4.50 4 3 1 2 7 11 2 0 60.0 53 31 30 6 32 1 42


Albany 7 180 85 2 4 267 .993 0 4 0

Walla Walla Wombats Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS

Billy Consolo 1.000 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Ferris Fain .400 4 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Alex Grammas .346 7 26 3 9 3 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0

Roy Sievers .286 7 28 6 8 11 3 0 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 0

Solly Hemus .286 4 14 2 4 3 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0

Billy Gardner .286 2 7 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Jim Busby .259 7 27 4 7 1 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 3 0

Bob Skinner .250 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Vic Wertz .240 7 25 4 6 5 0 0 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 0

Granny Hamner .222 7 27 6 6 2 3 1 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0

Willie Miranda .200 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Billy Shantz .167 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Monte Irvin .160 7 25 3 4 1 0 0 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 0

Wes Westrum .077 6 13 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0

Carl Sawatski .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pitchers .000 7 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0

Total .235 7 226 31 53 30 10 1 6 32 42 2 2 0 4 0


Moe Burtschy 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0

Joe Nuxhall 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3

Hoyt Wilhelm 0.00 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 6.0 6 0 0 0 1 0 5

Johnny Podres 1.29 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 5 2 1 1 4 0 5

Don Liddle 2.70 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 10.0 13 3 3 1 4 0 5

Bob Keegan 3.52 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.2 7 3 3 1 2 0 1

Joe Coleman 5.73 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 11.0 11 7 7 4 6 0 9

Don Johnson 9.82 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3.2 4 4 4 0 2 0 0

Mike Garcia 11.17 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9.2 12 12 12 1 6 0 8

Bob Purkey 27.00 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0

Total 4.70 3 4 3 0 7 13 0 0 59.1 66 32 31 8 27 0 36


Walla Walla 7 178 69 2 6 249 .992 0 0 1

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TML American No-Hitter

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TML American 1-Hitters 4/25 SM at BV R.Roberts 1W, 4K 1out/7th Won 4-1 4/26 SF at MO V.Trucks 1W, 7K, 1out/4th Won 3-0 ** 6/ 1 SF at AV B.Turley 5W, 4K, 0out/8th Won 3-1 ** ** 6/ 5 SM at BB D.Larsen 0W, 2K, 2out/8th Won 2-0 ** 9/15 DT at WW J.Podres 0W, 3K, 2out/5th Won 5-0 10/9 MO at DT V.Trucks 2W, 2K, 1out/8th Won 13-0

Combined 1-Hitter 7/19 WW at DT J.Gray 6W, 5K, 2out/1st ND J.Sain 1K Won 2-1

Note: there were 21 2-hitters, combined or otherwise.

* 9 *

Team Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total

1. (AV) Duke Snider 7 6 1 152

2. (AV) Mickey Mantle 5 6 2 1 1423. (AV) Ted Williams 2 8 2 1 1104. (AR) Ted Kluszewski 2 3 7 2 1035. (BV) Willie Mays 1 1 9 2 1 826. (CH) Hank Thompson 2 9 1 617. (CH) Richie Ashburn 1 11 1 428. (CH) Bobby Avila 9 1 1 399. (MO) Wally Moon 1 6 3 22

10. (MO) Don Mueller 2 1 1 1311. (AR) Larry Doby 2 5 912. (SF) Gil Hodges 1 1 613. (EL) Harvey Kuenn 1 1 5

14. (AV) Al Smith 1 515. (MO) Pee Wee Reese 1 416. (CH) Bobby Thompson 1 417. (WW) Roy Sievers 1 318. (BY) Eddie Mathews 1 3

19. (SF) Al Rosen 1 220. (BB) Jim Rivera 1 221. (SF) Hank Sauer 1 122. (EL) Dee Fondy 1 123. (EL) Minnie Minoso 1 1

Team Player 1 2 3 Total

1. (BV) Robin Roberts 9 2 3 54

2. (AR) Johnny Antonelli 4 9 473. (WW) Mike Garcia 3 2 114. (WW) Don Liddle 1 5

5. (AV) Bob Rush 4 46. (EQ) Warren Spahn 2 27. (WW) Hoyt Wilhelm 1 18. (AV) Carl Erskine 1 19. (MO) Paul Minner 1 1

Player of the Year

Duke Snider (AV)

Pitcher of the Year

Robin Roberts (BV)

Firemen of the Year

Hoyt Wilhelm (WW)

Jim Hughes (BV)

* 10 *

TML American Team StatsFinal TML 1954

TEAM AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27Albany .302 .487 .394 154 5457 1118 1649 1071 256 63 209 2658 ♦842 48 596 14 73 22 9 30 166 1071 7.1

Cheticamp .289 .413 .364 154 5452 864 1576 825 231 41 120 2249 646 8 503 78 64 31 14 34 142 841 5.4

Arkansas .284 .442 .353 154 5411 777 1538 746 214 60 173 2391 571 44 518 42 50 31 12 28 176 830 5.4

Moosen .279 .385 .350 154 5392 753 1502 717 213 48 88 2075 601 12 534 52 48 25 14 17 150 736 4.8

Beverly .276 .410 .348 154 5360 773 1477 736 232 52 128 2197 607 33 548 36 67 18 12 24 157 769 5.0

El Dorado .274 .378 .328 154 5399 673 1480 639 258 58 63 2043 399 18 527 18 49 45 15 62 160 660 4.3

North Adams .271 .371 .330 154 5404 690 1466 657 200 65 70 2006 457 14 508 52 62 30 13 46 160 659 4.2

Bloomington .265 .375 .351 154 5306 743 1406 700 213 39 97 1988 700 51 573 38 54 57 25 33 144 721 4.7

Sioux Falls .263 .399 .346 154 5270 724 1385 696 184 39 152 2103 648 7 693 33 44 36 27 50 181 726 4.7

Walla Walla .256 .369 .334 154 5302 706 1359 675 180 49 107 1958 609 18 613 22 47 41 12 33 159 663 4.3

Duluth .251 .353 .308 154 5363 550 1344 523 213 38 87 1894 441 12 680 12 48 ♦3 5 25 172 567 3.6

Brooklyn .246 .348 .313 154 5335 593 1311 566 195 49 85 1859 507 8 615 15 46 26 8 35 178 574 3.6

Summer .239 .343 .310 154 5220 549 1247 522 214 48 77 1788 527 10 697 43 42 16 7 30 136 562 3.6

Coachella Vly .221 .302 .295 154 5186 476 1145 447 172 40 57 1568 531 10 580 22 39 24 10 30 141 470 3.0

Totals .266 .338 74857 19885 2975 1513 8086 8185 733 183 2222 4.5

.384 2156 9989 9520 689 28777 293 477 405 477 9776

Team ERA W L W% SV BS RP GS GR CG SHO INN H R ER HR BB IW K HBP WP BK AVGWalla Walla 2.59 100 54 .649 29 5 50 154 144 54 15 1398.1 1257 468 403 69 508 17 620 31 10 6 .239

Arkansas 3.01 93 61 .604 23 8 35 154 157 60 18 1387.2 1238 534 464 63 550 14 700 30 20 2 .238

Albany 3.34 120 34 .779 33 10 54 154 169 40 9 1386.1 1220 586 514 102 550 3 746 42 28 2 .234

Bloomington 3.40 98 56 .636 47 12 68 154 257 28 17 1394.2 1334 593 527 81 518 18 692 35 14 2 .250

Beverly 3.43 98 56 .636 26 6 41 154 149 53 10 1376.1 1284 590 525 118 434 16 608 39 15 2 .243

Moosen 3.83 81 73 .526 26 15 40 154 189 43 15 1368.1 1357 664 583 92 525 14 611 19 31 3 .256

Cheticamp 4.16 87 67 .565 39 12 62 154 255 26 6 1381 1392 762 638 117 600 29 511 38 44 7 .259

Sioux Falls 4.28 75 79 .487 25 7 39 154 182 43 6 1361.2 1525 734 648 119 511 14 504 38 24 3 .283

Summer 4.28 58 96 .377 22 8 35 154 220 29 9 1367.2 1430 758 651 117 557 28 465 28 31 4 .268

El Dorado 4.33 73 81 .474 35 15 62 154 347 16 7 1371 1407 729 660 146 671 26 550 29 31 8 .264

North Adams 4.35 78 76 .506 27 20 51 154 209 36 8 1388.2 1536 768 671 106 555 34 679 38 18 2 .278

Brooklyn 5.11 36 118 .234 12 7 19 154 221 17 4 1362.2 1589 878 773 147 668 26 ♦459 29 34 0 .294

Duluth 5.12 46 108 .299 24 20 40 154 359 3 5 1359 1600 901 773 95 729 29 550 41 34 10 .293

Coachella Vly 6.13 35 119 .227 13 11 28 154 431 26 4 1349.2 1716 1024 919 141 710 25 490 40 39 9 .314

Totals 4.09 1078 381 624 3289 133 19885 8749 8086 8185 373 .266

1078 .500 156 2156 474 19253 9989 1513 293 477 60

* 11 *

TML American Fielding StatsFinal TML 1954

Team PCT G PO A E DP TC PB SB CS SB% CPO PPOAlbany .983 154 4159 1827 104 145 6090 9 29 17 .630 1 3

Arkansas .982 154 4163 1911 109 188 6183 7 22 13 .629 0 1

Sioux Falls .982 154 4085 1866 107 162 6058 12 23 12 .657 1 3

Beverly .981 154 4129 1892 119 143 6140 11 20 12 .625 0 3

Bloomington .980 154 4184 1908 127 148 6219 8 19 19 .500 2 13

Walla Walla .979 154 4195 1866 128 166 6189 4 28 9 .757 3 3

Brooklyn .979 154 4088 1980 130 203 6198 17 9 12 .429 2 4

El Dorado .978 154 4113 1892 133 161 6138 9 41 14 .745 1 2

Moosen .978 154 4105 1889 133 166 6127 4 25 5 .833 0 0

Coachella Vly .978 154 4049 1971 134 222 6154 17 42 14 .750 0 8

Summer .974 154 4103 1947 160 166 6210 6 54 15 .783 0 6

North Adams .973 154 4166 1870 166 180 6202 22 31 16 .660 0 6

Cheticamp .971 154 4143 1941 181 197 6265 8 17 10 .630 0 0

Duluth .970 154 4077 1905 184 187 6166 3 45 15 .750 1 1

Totals .978 57759 1915 86339 405 .689 53

2156 26665 2434 137 183 11

Golden Glove Awards

Firstbase Secondbase Thirdbase

Ted Kluszewski (AR) Nellie Fox (AV) Willie Jones (MO).998, 154 G, 3 E, 1579 PO, 175 DP .988, 154 G, 11 E, 552 A, 110 DP .971, 140 G, 12 E, 323 A, 37 DP

Shortstop Leftfield Centerfield

Jerry Snyder (EQ) Stan Musial (AR) Duke Snider (AV).983, 154 G, 15 E, 631 A, 139 DP .988, 154 G, 4 E, 9 A, 331 PO .989, 154 G, 5 E, 12 A, 420 PO

Rightfield Catcher Pitcher

Larry Doby (AR) Andy Seminick (BY) Larry Jansen (BB)1.000 154 G, 0 E, 16 A, 322 PO 1.000, 100 G, 0 E, 4 PB, 29% SB% 1.000, 40 G, 0 E, 4 DP, 61 TC

* 12 *

TML American Batting LeadersFinal TML 1954

Batting Average Games At Bats RunsMueller MO .376 32 tied with 154 Busby WW 672 Mantle AV 159

Williams AV .367 Fondy EL 669 Yost AV 148

Snider AV .357 Temple AR 666 Snider AV 147

Mays BV .351 Rivera BB 652 Avila CH 130

Kluszewski AR .351 Avila CH 649 Mays BV 129

Mantle AV .340 Banks NA 643 Williams AV 127

Moon MO .335 Mueller MO 643 Thompson CH 123

Kuenn EL .334 Schoendest NA 641 Minoso EL 121

Ashburn CH .334 Baker SM 640 Gilliam BY 121

Avila CH .333 Kuenn EL 637 Ashburn CH 120

Smith AV .327 Doby AR 634 Musial AR 117

Bell BB .325 Hamner WW 633 Doby AR 116

Schoendest NA .324 Ashburn CH 626 Moon MO 115

Bruton BY .320 Jensen SF 626 Rivera BB 112

Thompson CH .313 Moon MO 624 2 tied with 110

Hits Runs Batted In Doubles TriplesMueller MO 242 Snider AV 189 Fondy EL 45 Minoso EL 20

Avila CH 216 Mantle AV 141 Mays BV 41 Mays BV 18

Snider AV 214 Kluszewski AR 136 Vernon DT 39 Vernon DT 17

Mays BV 214 Hodges SF 128 Minoso EL 35 Mantle AV 16

Kuenn EL 213 Thompson CH 128 Berra CH 35 Musial AR 15

Mantle AV 210 Berra CH 120 Baker SM 34 Abrams SM 13

Moon MO 209 Williams AV 113 Kiner SM 33 Hodges SF 11

Ashburn CH 209 Sievers WW 111 Snider AV 33 Kiner SM 11

Schoendest NA 208 Musial AR 107 Bell BB 33 Finigan SF 11

Temple AR 208 Sauer SF 106 Hamner WW 33 Kuenn EL 11

Bell BB 196 Mays BV 105 Yost AV 32 Rivera BB 11

Fox AV 194 Fox AV 103 Thompson CH 32 Sarni EL 10

Kluszewski AR 193 Doby AR 103 Mueller MO 32 Snider AV 10

3 tied with 192 Mueller MO 101 4 tied with 31 Moon MO 10

Avila CH 101 5 tied with 9

Homeruns Total Bases Slugging Pct. On Base Pct.

Kluszewski AR 43 Snider AV 378 Williams AV .744 Williams AV ♦.540

Williams AV 40 Mantle AV 372 Kluszewski AR .645 Kluszewski AR .457

Snider AV 37 Mays BV 366 Snider AV .630 Ashburn CH .446

Mantle AV 35 Kluszewski AR 355 Mantle AV .603 Snider AV .446

Sauer SF 33 Avila CH 321 Mays BV .601 Mantle AV .436

Sievers WW 33 Vernon DT 319 Thompson CH .541 Mathews BY .435

Thompson CH 31 Doby AR 318 Mathews BY .533 Smith AV .428

Doby AR 31 Rivera BB 312 Vernon DT .533 Thompson CH .426

Hodges SF 29 Thompson CH 311 Musial AR .529 Reese MO .420

Mathews BY 27 Musial AR 309 Minoso EL .525 Mays BV .417

Musial AR 27 Minoso EL 291 Hodges SF .512 Rosen SF .410

Rivera BB 26 Hodges SF 291 Doby AR .502 Minoso EL .404

Mays BV 25 Williams AV 288 Sauer SF .497 Moon MO .402

4 tied with 22 Bell BB 286 Avila CH .495 Mueller MO .400

Moon MO 286 Smith AV .487 Avila CH .398

Walks Stolen Bases Runs Created RC/27 OutsWilliams AV 149 Bruton BY 32-12 Mantle AV 171 Williams AV 16.4

Ashburn CH 124 Fondy EL 22-2 Snider AV 168 Kluszewski AR 11.6

Mathews BY 121 Temple AR 22-7 Williams AV 164 Mantle AV 10.7

Thompson CH 115 Busby WW 19-1 Kluszewski AR 164 Snider AV 10.6

Reese MO 113 Jensen SF 19-15 Mays BV 147 Mays BV 9.3

Kluszewski AR 112 Rivera BB 14-4 Thompson CH 139 Smith AV 8.9

Rosen SF 110 Torgeson CH 10-0 Avila CH 130 Thompson CH 8.8

Mantle AV 110 Minoso EL 10-4 Ashburn CH 121 Mathews BY 8.6

Yost AV 109 Mantle AV 9-1 Moon MO 117 Ashburn CH 7.5

Snider AV 102 Kuenn EL 9-5 Doby AR 115 Avila CH 7.4

Hemus WW 89 Michaels SF 7-1 Rosen SF 115 Minoso EL 7.4

Torgeson CH 87 Hemus WW 7-3 Minoso EL 115 Moon MO 7.2

Musial AR 87 Fox AV 7-4 Vernon DT 114 Rosen SF 7.0

Abrams SM 86 Jacobs MO 7-5 Rivera BB 112 Vernon DT 7.0

Sievers WW 81 3 tied with 6 Bell BB 108 Yost AV 6.9

* 13 *

TML American Pitching LeadersFinal TML 1954

Earned Run Average Games Complete Games ShutoutsLiddle WW 1.81 Kuzava DT 97 Spahn EQ 24 Gomez AR 5

Antonelli AR 2.43 Stewart EQ 81 Antonelli AR 21 Antonelli AR 5

Garcia WW 2.43 Pepper EQ 80 Lemon AR 17 Haddix BY 4

Minner MO 2.47 Picone EQ 73 Roberts BV 17 Gromek SF 4

Coleman WW 2.50 Savransky BB 73 Minner MO 16 Trucks MO 4

Wehmeier CH 2.72 Pascual DT 72 Gromek SF 16 Roberts BV 4

Simmons BY 2.73 Sain DT 68 Garcia WW 15 Pierce NA 3

Sullivan NA 2.82 Trice EQ 68 Trucks MO 13 Pillette SM 3

Schmitz AV 2.82 Bishop EQ 63 Rush AV 11 Minner MO 3

Lemon AR 2.84 Friend NA 59 Coleman WW 11 18 tied with 2

Roberts BV 2.85 Ridzik EL 59 Larsen BB 10

Haddix BY 2.91 Miller DT 56 Nixon BV 10

Garver BY 3.01 Hooper NA 55 Porterfeld BV 10

Keegan WW 3.07 Hughes BV 55 5 tied with 9

Rush AV 3.10 2 tied with 53

Wins Losses Walks Strikeouts

Roberts BV 26-9 Shea EQ ♦0-27 Gray DT 180 Roberts BV 177

Antonelli AR 25-10 Mrozinski EQ 3-26 Cole BB 159 Turley AV 174

Erskine AV 23-6 Jansen BB 4-26 Turley AV 146 Erskine AV 167

Turley AV 22-7 Sima BB 5-25 Klippstein EL 131 Antonelli AR 163

Rush AV 21-3 Spahn EQ 10-23 Miller DT 127 Wynn BY 143

Garcia WW 20-10 Cole BB 7-22 Picone EQ 119 Garcia WW 138

Minner MO 19-6 Miller DT 4-20 Brewer CH 119 Newcombe NA 136

Lemon AR 18-9 Valentine SM 10-20 Jansen BB 119 Coleman WW 123

Garver BY 18-11 Herbert EQ 5-19 Gomez AR 113 Nixon BV 122

Gromek SF 18-12 Gray DT 6-19 Pepper EQ 110 Trucks MO 122

Brewer CH 18-13 Dickson EL 7-16 McDermott MO 108 Brewer CH 119

Coleman WW 17-7 Larsen BB 8-16 Sima BB 108 Gromek SF 117

Wynn BY 17-9 Henry SF 9-16 Coleman WW 107 Sullivan NA 114

Conley AV 16-4 Trucks MO 12-16 Spahn EQ 98 Rush AV 112

Simmons BY 16-5 2 tied with 15 Antonelli AR 97 Ford NA 109

Innings Pitched Opp. Batting Avg. Walks per 9 IP Strikeouts per 9 IP

Roberts BV 318.2 Roberts BV .214 Gray DT 7.8 Turley AV 6.7

Antonelli AR 299.2 Trucks MO .217 Cole BB 5.8 Clevenger EL 5.8

Brewer CH 275.0 Antonelli AR .221 Turley AV 5.6 Wynn BY 5.6

Garcia WW 273.2 Liddle WW .222 Miller DT 5.4 Erskine AV 5.6

Erskine AV 269.0 Turley AV .225 McDermott MO 4.8 Haddix BY 5.4

Valentine SM 263.2 Rush AV .225 Klippstein EL 4.8 Ford NA 5.3

Spahn EQ 262.0 Coleman WW .229 Pascual DT 4.7 Sullivan NA 5.3

Lemon AR 257.0 McDermott MO .229 Kellner CH 4.6 Conley AV 5.1

Jansen BB 249.0 Conley AV .231 Clevenger EL 4.5 Pascual DT 5.1

Cole BB 246.0 Lemon AR .232 Gomez AR 4.4 Roberts BV 5.0

Newcombe NA 246.0 Klippstein EL .233 Sima BB 4.4 Newcombe NA 5.0

Klippstein EL 245.1 Wehmeier CH .233 Jansen BB 4.3 Nixon BV 4.9

Coleman WW 244.2 Garcia WW .236 Ford NA 4.0 Antonelli AR 4.9

Gromek SF 244.2 Nixon BV .236 Coleman WW 3.9 Trucks MO 4.6

Trucks MO 238.0 Minner MO .240 Brewer CH 3.9 Garcia WW 4.5

Saves Blown Saves Relief Points Winning Percentage

Smith BY 26 Friend NA 10 Hughes BV 29 Rush AV .875

Hughes BV 20 Sain DT 8 Wilhelm WW 29 Conley AV .800

Crone EL 18 Chakales NA 6 Smith BY 28 Erskine AV .793

Wilhelm WW 18 Hetki CH 6 Friend NA 24 Schmitz AV .789

Tremel SF 17 Marlowe MO 5 Labine AV 24 Simmons BY .762

Labine AV 16 Pascual DT 5 Crone EL 21 Minner MO .760

Grissom AR 16 Grissom AR 5 Narleski BY 19 Turley AV .759

Davis CH 15 Hughes BV 5 Davis CH 18 Roberts BV .743

Miller SM 14 Brazle BB 4 Tremel SF 18 Antonelli AR .714

Jolly MO 13 Buhl EL 4 Grissom AR 17 Coleman WW .708

Friend NA 13 Jolly MO 4 Miller SM 17 Haddix BY .706

Narleski BY 12 Labine AV 4 Hetki CH 16 Friend NA .688

Mossi AV 11 Crone EL 4 Mossi AV 16 Grim AR .688

Sain DT 10 Wilhelm WW 4 Jolly MO 14 Johnson WW .688

3 tied with 8 Smith BY 4 Sain DT 14 Wehmeier CH .688

* 14 *

TML American Miscellaneous LeadersFinal TML 1954

Intentional Walks Strikeouts Caught Stealing Hit by Pitch

Mathews BY 35 Kiner SM 108 Jensen SF 19-15 Minoso EL 24

Kluszewski AR 33 Finigan SF 96 Bruton BY 32-12 Banks NA 14

Collins BV 14 Durham DT 95 Temple AR 22-7 Carrasquel BY 10

Mays BV 12 Mantle AV 94 Banks NA 3-6 Thomas AR 10

Hemus WW 11 Sievers WW 93 Jacobs MO 7-5 Rivera BB 10

Skowron AV 10 Doby AR 91 Kuenn EL 9-5 Williams EL 9

Agganis AV 10 Snider AV 88 Piersall CH 5-4 Lollar SF 8

Snider AV 9 Fondy EL 87 Rosen SF 6-4 Sauer SF 8

Hatfield EL 8 Rivera BB 80 Fox AV 7-4 Yost AV 8

Minoso EL 8 Ennis BV 79 Minoso EL 10-4 McDougald SF 7

Rhodes AV 7 Greengrass DT 77 Rivera BB 14-4 7 tied with 6

Williams AV 7 Yost AV 76 Finigan SF 2-3

Bell BB 7 Abrams SM 75 Ashburn CH 3-3

Westlake BY 6 Hodges SF 74 Moon MO 4-3

White AR 6 Snyder EQ 72 Hemus WW 7-3

Sacrifice Bunts Sacrifice Flys Ground into DPs Game Winning RBI

Torgeson CH 14 Snider AV 13 Musial AR 39 Snider AV 23

Gromek SF 13 Musial AR 12 Cole DT 36 Doby AR 21

Logan AR 13 Berra CH 12 Schoendest NA 30 Hodges SF 18

Dark CH 13 Piersall CH 10 Jensen SF 30 Mays BV 18

Avila CH 12 Rizzuto SM 10 Ennis BV 27 Mantle AV 18

Jones MO 11 Dark CH 10 Kiner SM 27 Sievers WW 16

Newcombe NA 10 Busby WW 9 Sievers WW 26 Banks NA 15

Brewer CH 9 Mantle AV 9 Snider AV 26 Kluszewski AR 14

O'Connell BV 9 Noren BV 8 Minoso EL 25 Ennis BV 14

Thompson CH 9 Sievers WW 8 Finigan SF 25 Thompson CH 14

Rizzuto SM 8 Mays BV 8 Banks NA 25 Musial AR 14

Baker SM 8 Avila CH 8 Hodges SF 24 Berra CH 14

Ashburn CH 8 14 tied with 7 Mays BV 24 Moon MO 14

6 tied with 7 Hamner WW 24 Hamner WW 14

Rosen SF 24 Mueller MO 14

Starts Games in Relief Hits Allowed Homeruns AllowedBrewer CH 40 Kuzava DT 97 Jansen BB 366 Marrero EL 40

Valentine SM 39 Stewart EQ 81 Newcombe NA 318 Roberts BV 33

Jansen BB 39 Pepper EQ 80 Sima BB 305 Brewer CH 31

Cole BB 38 Picone EQ 73 Spahn EQ 282 Mrozinski EQ 30

Gray DT 38 Savransky BB 73 Miller DT 260 Sima BB 28

Roberts BV 38 Sain DT 68 Henry SF 259 Valentine SM 28

Antonelli AR 37 Trice EQ 68 Roberts BV 257 Larsen BB 25

Sima BB 37 Bishop EQ 63 Brewer CH 254 Cole BB 25

Klippstein EL 36 Friend NA 59 Valentine SM 252 Spahn EQ 25

Marrero EL 36 Ridzik EL 57 3 tied with 251 Savransky BB 24

Wild Pitches Balks Most Run Support Quality Starts

Gray DT 14 Pascual DT 5 Turley AV 251 Garcia WW 29

VanBrabant SM 12 Kemmerer DT 4 Conley AV 226 Klippstein EL 28

Brewer CH 12 Pepper EQ 4 Rush AV 226 Antonelli AR 27

Sima BB 11 Wilhelm WW 3 Erskine AV 226 Erskine AV 26

Cole BB 11 Trice EQ 3 Brewer CH 216 Coleman WW 25

Rush AV 10 Portocoero MO 3 Roberts BV 197 Roberts BV 25

Drews DT 9 Henry SF 3 Lemon AR 190 Lemon AR 24

Erskine AV 9 Valentine SM 3 Klippstein EL 177 Wynn BY 24

5 tied with 8 9 tied with 2 Houtteman CH 172 Brewer CH 24

Coleman WW 170 2 tied with 22

Runs Allowed Earned Runs Allowed Hit by Pitch Relief Wins

Jansen BB 184 Jansen BB 169 Miller DT 13 Wilhelm WW 11

Sima BB 179 Sima BB 151 Pascual DT 11 Friend NA 11

Miller DT 161 Miller DT 138 Turley AV 11 Hughes BV 9

Cole BB 153 Newcombe NA 138 Brewer CH 11 Hetki CH 8

Newcombe NA 153 Cole BB 135 Stewart EQ 10 Labine AV 8

Spahn EQ 146 Spahn EQ 128 Gomez AR 10 Narleski BY 7

Brewer CH 142 Brewer CH 124 Gromek SF 10 Hooper NA 6

Gray DT 135 Gray DT 121 4 tied with 9 4 tied with 5

Valentine SM 134 Henry SF 118

3 tied with 129 Larsen BB 114

* 15 *

vs. RHP vs. LHP ShutoutsTeam W - L PCT. Team W - L PCT. Team W - L PCT.

Albany 87 - 22 .798 Bloomington 30 - 9 .769 Arkansas 18 - 8 .692

Walla Walla 78 - 35 .690 Albany 33 - 12 .733 Bloomington 17 - 4 .810

Beverly 69 - 43 .616 Beverly 29 - 13 .690 Walla Walla 15 - 8 .652

Arkansas 71 - 45 .612 Cheticamp 23 - 13 .639 Moosen 15 - 8 .652

Bloomington 68 - 47 .591 Arkansas 22 - 16 .579 Beverly 10 - 6 .625

Moosen 66 - 52 .559 Sioux Falls 23 - 17 .575 Albany 9 - 2 .818

Cheticamp 64 - 54 .542 Walla Walla 22 - 19 .537 Summer 9 - 11 .450

El Dorado 54 - 51 .514 North Adams 24 - 23 .511 North Adams 8 - 12 .400

North Adams 54 - 53 .505 Moosen 15 - 21 .417 El Dorado 7 - 11 .389

Sioux Falls 52 - 62 .456 Summer 15 - 22 .405 Cheticamp 6 - 4 .600

Summer 43 - 74 .368 El Dorado 19 - 30 .388 Sioux Falls 6 - 11 .353

Duluth 31 - 77 .287 Duluth 15 - 31 .326 Duluth 5 - 17 .227

Brooklyn 28 - 87 .243 Coachella Vly 10 - 29 .256 Brooklyn 4 - 8 .333

Coachella Vly 25 - 90 .217 Brooklyn 8 - 31 .205 Coachella Vly 4 - 23 .148

790 - 792 .499 288 - 286 .502 133 - 133 .500

Miscellaneous Team Stats TML American – 1954

Home Record Road Record 1-Run Games Extra Inning GamesTeam W - L PCT. Team W - L PCT. Team W - L PCT. Team W - L PCT.

Albany 65 - 12 ♦.844 Albany 55 - 22 .714 North Adams 30 - 12 .714 Albany 10 - 3 .769

Walla Walla 54 - 23 .701 Walla Walla 46 - 31 .597 Walla Walla 33 - 23 .589 Walla Walla 10 - 4 .714

Bloomington 54 - 23 .701 Arkansas 45 - 32 .584 Albany 21 - 15 .583 Beverly 8 - 4 .667

Beverly 53 - 24 .688 Beverly 45 - 32 .584 Sioux Falls 21 - 16 .568 Coachella Vly 6 - 3 .667

Arkansas 48 - 29 .623 Bloomington 44 - 33 .571 Bloomington 26 - 20 .565 North Adams 12 - 8 .600

Cheticamp 48 - 29 .623 Cheticamp 39 - 38 .506 Cheticamp 23 - 19 .548 Moosen 7 - 6 .538

Moosen 44 - 33 .571 Moosen 37 - 40 .481 Beverly 29 - 24 .547 Cheticamp 6 - 7 .462

North Adams 42 - 35 .545 El Dorado 37 - 40 .481 El Dorado 22 - 20 .524 Duluth 5 - 6 .455

Sioux Falls 41 - 36 .532 North Adams 36 - 41 .468 Moosen 21 - 22 .488 Bloomington 7 - 9 .438

El Dorado 36 - 41 .468 Sioux Falls 34 - 43 .442 Coachella Vly 13 - 15 .464 Arkansas 6 - 9 .400

Summer 29 - 48 .377 Summer 29 - 48 .377 Summer 19 - 28 .404 El Dorado 6 - 9 .400

Duluth 21 - 56 .273 Duluth 25 - 52 .325 Duluth 16 - 24 .400 Sioux Falls 3 - 5 .375

Coachella Vly 17 - 60 .221 Brooklyn 23 - 54 .299 Arkansas 14 - 22 .389 Summer 3 - 7 .300

Brooklyn 13 - 64 .169 Coachella Vly 18 - 59 .234 Brooklyn 9 - 37 .196 Brooklyn 3 - 12 .200

565 - 513 .524 513 - 565 .476 297 - 297 .500 92 - 92 .500

* 16 *

ALBANY Avalanche Manager: Pat Barry (Elizabeth) Age: 60 Occupation: Retired

TML Champion x 2

The Season Story

The Avalanche racked up 120 wins and earned their 4th championship in 5 years by getting past Walla Walla

and Bloomington in the playoffs. The outfield of Mantle, .340 35 HR 141 RBI; Snider, .357 37 HR 189 RBIs;

and Williams, .367 40 HR 113 RBI paced the offense. Fox, Smith and Yost got on base for them regularly. It

was probably Albany’s best team ever. The starting pitching was strong this year and it had to be as the bullpen

was not deep. Rush was 21-3 with a 3.10 ERA. Erskine was 23-6 with a 3.35 ERA. Turley was 22-7 with a

4.00 ERA and playoff hero Schmidt was 15-4 with a 2.82 ERA. Mossi and Labine were the bullpen and pitched

well. Ted Williams bashed 7 homers in the post season to earn MVP honors. Next season the team weakens

considerably with Williams off to Korea and Skowron to the bushes. However, a playoff run cannot be ruled

out.

Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27

Joost,Eddie .500 .750 .592 43 40 14 20 12 1 0 3 30 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 20.1

Coleman,Jerry .400 1.000 .400 11 5 3 2 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18.0

Valo,Elmer .387 .613 .535 40 31 10 12 3 3 2 0 19 11 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 16.2

Burgess,Smoky .380 .497 .447 91 300 51 114 60 19 2 4 149 38 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 19 63 8.2

Williams,Ted .367 *.744 ♦.540 124 387 127 142 113 24 1 40 288 *149 7 22 0 4 0 1 1 20 164 *16.4

Snider,Duke .357 .630 .446 154 600 147 214 *189 33 10 37 *378 102 9 88 0 *13 1 1 5 26 168 10.6

Mantle,Mickey .340 .603 .436 154 617 *159 210 141 25 16 35 372 110 1 94 1 9 9 1 1 13 *171 10.7

Rhodes,Dusty .330 .625 .438 76 176 39 58 47 5 4 13 110 33 7 20 0 0 1 0 1 3 50 11.1

Smith,Al .327 .487 .428 133 419 106 137 70 29 4 10 204 74 0 52 1 5 1 1 4 2 96 8.9

Fox,Nellie .311 .408 .362 154 623 88 194 103 17 8 9 254 49 3 9 5 6 7 4 4 22 89 5.2

Skowron,Bill .298 .515 .394 90 235 47 70 62 11 5 10 121 41 10 20 0 7 0 0 1 14 46 6.7

Agganis,Harry .277 .406 .375 117 357 62 99 61 7 6 9 145 58 10 23 1 5 0 1 1 6 58 5.7

Yost,Eddie .270 .417 .398 146 545 148 147 70 32 3 14 227 109 0 76 1 1 3 0 8 2 103 6.9

Crandall,Del .247 .481 .289 114 324 47 80 54 22 0 18 156 21 0 33 0 4 0 0 0 13 41 4.3

Nieman,Bob .241 .448 .281 30 58 9 14 8 6 0 2 26 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 8 4.2

McMillan,Roy .204 .226 .264 111 235 12 48 27 5 0 0 53 19 0 22 1 5 0 0 2 6 15 2.0

Souchock,Steve .091 .182 .167 12 11 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0

Pitchers .176 .241 .197 154 494 48 87 50 16 2 4 119 14 0 123 3 8 0 0 1 16 21 1.3

Total .302 .487 .394 154 5457 1118 1649 1071 256 63 209 2658 842 48 596 14 73 22 9 30 166 1071 7.1

Name ERA W L W% SV BS RP GS GR CG Sho INN H R ER HR BB IW K HB WP BK OAVG

Mossi,Don 1.62 8 4 .667 11 1 16 5 33 3 1 88.2 44 20 16 6 40 0 58 3 0 0 .144

Labine,Clem 1.64 8 2 .800 16 4 24 0 45 0 0 77.0 57 22 14 3 30 0 28 2 0 0 .203

Kiely,Leo 1.95 4 2 .667 2 3 5 2 16 0 0 37.0 29 13 8 3 13 0 12 0 0 0 .215

Schmitz,Johnny 2.82 15 4 .789 2 0 3 23 3 4 1 181.2 176 68 57 11 48 0 56 1 1 0 .250

Rush,Bob 3.10 21 3 *.875 0 0 0 29 0 11 0 229.1 195 95 79 10 75 1 112 7 10 0 .225

Erskine,Carl 3.35 23 6 .793 0 0 0 35 0 7 2 269.0 250 117 100 22 90 0 167 7 9 0 .243

Conley,Gene 3.49 16 4 .800 0 0 1 25 1 8 1 188.1 164 80 73 13 75 1 107 9 4 0 .231

Surkont,Max 3.77 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 14.1 13 7 6 3 6 0 3 0 1 0 .241

Turley,Bob 4.00 22 7 .759 0 0 0 35 0 7 1 234.0 191 107 104 21 146 1 174 11 1 2 .225

Hoeft,Billy 4.26 2 1 .667 1 0 3 0 20 0 0 25.1 31 12 12 2 9 0 12 1 0 0 .307

Wade,Ben 8.36 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 14.0 21 13 13 3 7 0 9 0 1 0 .356

Baczewski,Fred 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5.0 9 5 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .429

Hudson,Sid 10.72 1 1 .500 1 1 2 0 22 0 0 22.2 40 27 27 3 11 0 7 1 1 0 .392

Total 3.34 120 34 .779 33 10 54 154 169 40 9 1386.1 1220 586 514 102 550 3 746 42 28 2 .234

* 17 *

ARKANSAS Travelers Manager: Bill “Willie” Jelks (Lynda) Age: 74 Occupation: Retired USAF Flyboy

The Season Story

Despite making the playoffs and losing in the firs wt round, the Travs had higher expectations with time running

out. Ted Kluszewski was great for the offense as was Johnny Temple and Larry Doby; Johnny Antonelli and

Bob Lemon excelled on the mound but the team folded in critical games, Stan Musial being the main culprit.

1953 looks good but we have minimal confidence.


Pendleton,Jim 1.000 1.000 1.000 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Kluszewski,Ted .351 .645 .457 154 550 109 193 136 23 5 *43 355 112 33 20 0 7 0 0 1 17 164 11.6

Temple,Johnny .312 .351 .377 154 666 94 208 41 18 4 0 234 69 0 32 7 4 22 7 2 9 95 5.3

Doby,Larry .293 .502 .364 154 634 116 186 103 21 9 31 318 73 1 91 0 5 1 1 0 17 115 6.6

Baumholtz,Frank .293 .362 .339 64 58 7 17 9 0 2 0 21 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 4.6

Tuttle,Bill .292 .375 .419 48 24 5 7 6 2 0 0 9 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 6.1

Musial,Stan .286 .529 .375 154 584 117 167 107 31 15 27 309 87 0 19 0 12 1 2 3 *39 107 6.1

White,Sammy .281 .373 .315 121 306 24 86 33 20 1 2 114 15 6 27 6 2 0 0 1 11 33 3.8

Lopata,Stan .280 .533 .366 103 289 44 81 57 10 3 19 154 40 2 34 0 5 1 0 2 12 55 6.6

Lepcio,Ted .279 .405 .355 74 215 22 60 26 16 1 3 87 26 0 29 0 3 0 0 1 7 31 5.1

Thomas,Frank .274 .446 .328 154 603 74 165 83 29 6 21 269 41 0 68 3 4 1 1 10 21 84 4.9

Logan,Johnny .266 .379 .324 154 591 73 157 57 17 7 12 224 47 2 49 13 3 0 0 5 18 71 4.1

Runnels,Pete .264 .453 .328 55 53 7 14 4 3 2 1 24 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 4.9

Jackson,Randy .264 .399 .307 116 368 46 97 52 12 4 10 147 24 0 44 1 2 2 0 0 8 45 4.3

Dente,Sam .200 .200 .200 10 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4

Pitchers .211 .267 .251 154 464 39 98 32 12 1 4 124 22 0 97 11 2 3 1 3 13 30 2.1

Total .284 .442 .353 154 5411 777 1538 746 214 60 173 2391 571 44 518 42 50 31 12 28 176 830 5.4


Gorman,Tom 1.45 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 18.2 13 4 3 0 5 0 12 1 0 0 .197

Johnson,Ernie 2.36 3 2 .600 3 0 6 0 26 0 0 42.0 28 12 11 4 15 0 27 2 1 1 .188

Antonelli,Johnny 2.43 25 10 .714 0 0 0 37 0 21 ^5 299.2 245 93 81 11 97 0 163 4 0 0 .221

Grissom,Marv 2.52 1 9 .100 16 5 17 0 32 0 0 35.2 32 12 10 4 14 0 20 1 0 0 .239

Dorish,Harry 2.61 6 4 .600 3 0 6 6 21 3 1 76.0 53 24 22 7 19 3 27 1 3 0 .193

Grim,Bob 2.66 11 5 .688 0 0 0 20 2 5 2 152.1 128 52 45 5 76 0 99 2 3 0 .229

Jeffcoat,Hal 2.67 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 20 0 0 27.0 25 13 8 1 21 2 10 2 0 0 .248

Lemon,Bob 2.84 18 9 .667 0 0 0 33 1 17 2 257.0 225 89 81 11 78 2 108 3 2 0 .232

Gomez,Ruben 3.49 14 11 .560 0 0 1 32 1 9 ^5 229.2 210 106 89 10 113 0 98 10 4 1 .242

Koslo,Dave 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5.0 6 2 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 .300

Harshman,Jack 4.04 7 4 .636 0 1 1 16 6 3 1 118.0 118 54 53 6 68 2 83 1 6 0 .266

Lopat,Eddie 4.04 5 3 .625 0 0 0 10 1 2 0 69.0 87 38 31 3 15 1 22 3 0 0 .307

Kinder,Ellis 4.37 2 3 .400 1 1 3 0 35 0 0 57.2 68 35 28 1 26 3 30 0 0 0 .294

Total 3.01 93 61 .604 23 8 35 154 157 60 18 1387.2 1238 534 464 63 550 14 700 30 20 2 .238

* 18 *

BEVERLY Hillbillies Manager: Mike Dickinson (Andrea) Age: 48 Occupation: Meteorologist/Philanthropist

The Season Story

It appears that the Hillbillies best just wasn't good enough to earn a playoff spot. Overall the Hillbillies won 98

games but couldn't overcome the powerful Avalanche (losing 12 of 14 overall). Willie Mays paced a balanced

offensive attack. Mays led the team in home runs, rbis, runs, and walks. Irv Noren, Billy Goodman, Clint

Courtney, and Danny O'Connell all contributed to the decent offensive attack. Robin Roberts led the league in

wins (26). Bob Feller, Willard Nixon, and Bob Porterfield all contributed double digit wins. Though Willie

Mays is nearing the end, the Hillbillies will return a deep lineup and solid pitching... probably just enough to be

obliterated by Albany once again.


Mays,Willie .351 .601 .417 150 609 129 214 105 41 18 25 366 74 12 60 0 8 5 2 0 24 147 9.3

Vollmer,Clyde .330 .460 .409 54 100 15 33 11 4 0 3 46 13 0 21 0 1 0 0 1 2 20 7.6

Noren,Irv .313 .464 .382 139 412 70 129 76 16 8 10 191 51 1 26 0 8 3 2 0 5 77 7.0

Goodman,Billy .311 .381 .377 136 488 80 152 29 18 2 4 186 49 0 12 6 1 3 2 3 5 74 5.7

Courtney,Clint .296 .411 .340 94 348 44 103 46 12 2 8 143 20 0 6 0 4 1 2 5 11 46 4.8

Gordon,Sid .295 .437 .409 151 325 47 96 62 10 0 12 142 66 0 24 2 7 0 1 1 12 61 6.6

Collins,Joe .294 .497 .396 95 286 49 84 49 25 3 9 142 50 14 26 1 4 1 2 1 8 57 7.0

Bolling,Milt .286 .429 .365 130 175 18 50 22 12 2 3 75 21 2 20 2 2 1 0 2 2 29 6.0

O'Connell,Danny .285 .381 .335 146 543 75 155 72 24 5 6 207 42 1 46 9 7 0 0 2 9 71 4.7

Ennis,Del .256 .387 .323 142 558 69 143 87 19 0 18 216 54 0 79 0 7 3 0 4 27 66 4.0

Slaughter,Enos .255 .387 .388 71 106 13 27 16 3 4 1 41 23 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 17 5.4

Hofman,Bobby .245 .471 .319 45 102 15 25 25 5 0 6 48 12 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 16 5.2

Kryhoski,Dick .243 .322 .297 132 230 29 56 18 10 1 2 74 16 2 13 2 1 0 0 2 7 21 3.1

Strickland,George .241 .342 .323 116 336 44 81 41 9 2 7 115 43 0 51 1 5 0 0 0 9 39 3.9

Campanella,Roy .213 .415 .300 131 253 32 54 41 9 3 12 105 31 0 23 0 2 0 0 1 17 28 3.4

Thomson,Bobby .106 .128 .204 36 47 3 5 3 1 0 0 6 6 0 19 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0.8

Murray,Ray .000 .000 .000 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Pitchers .160 .215 .224 154 438 41 70 33 14 2 2 94 36 1 109 13 7 1 0 2 12 22 1.5

Total .276 .410 .348 154 5360 773 1477 736 232 52 128 2197 607 33 548 36 67 18 12 24 157 769 5.0


Corwin,Al 2.45 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 11.0 10 8 3 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 .233

Roberts,Robin 2.85 *26 9 .743 1 0 3 38 4 17 4 *318.2 257 112 101 33 66 5 *177 4 0 0 *.214

Feller,Bob 3.06 11 3 .786 0 0 0 18 0 8 0 147.0 120 51 50 9 36 1 59 3 0 0 .221

Nixon,Willard 3.26 15 11 .577 0 0 0 30 0 10 1 223.2 202 94 81 16 92 3 122 7 1 0 .236

Aber,Al 3.36 8 4 .667 0 0 1 14 8 3 2 112.1 104 49 42 7 38 0 39 4 0 0 .240

Porterfield,Bob 3.40 15 12 .556 0 0 0 31 0 10 0 235.1 251 102 89 15 71 4 88 5 2 2 .269

Byrd,Harry 3.71 9 5 .643 0 0 0 17 2 5 1 131.0 125 59 54 11 42 0 51 7 6 0 .252

Hughes,Jim 3.86 9 3 .750 20 5 ^29 0 55 0 0 65.1 56 33 28 8 28 0 33 1 4 0 .226

Stuart,Marlin 4.32 1 1 .500 1 0 2 0 17 0 0 16.2 25 9 8 2 5 1 7 1 0 0 .347

Miller,Bob 4.33 3 4 .429 3 1 5 1 36 0 0 60.1 65 29 29 8 19 2 9 3 1 0 .275

Byrne,Tommy 5.08 1 4 .200 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 28.1 35 19 16 3 21 0 12 0 0 0 .304

Staley,Gerry 8.10 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 26.2 34 25 24 5 15 0 9 2 1 0 .321

Total 3.43 98 56 .636 26 6 41 154 149 53 10 1376.1 1284 590 525 118 434 16 608 39 15 2 .243

* 19 *

BLOOMINGTON Burning Bunyans Manager: Bob Weisman (Janet) Age: 58 Occupation: Meteorology Professor

The Season Story

Bloomington was a true Lake Wobegon-ish team: most of the players were above average, which produced a

fine regular season. Eddie Mathews, as usual, was the star. He logged a Top 10 runs-created-per game with over

8.5. The pop wasn’t always there, but the on-base percentage was. But, the depth including Bobby Morgan and

Ray Boone was key. Even Bill Serena had 3 game-winning pinch-hit HRs. And, when defense was needed, BY

turned 6 DPs in a 16-inning game 1 win in the conference championship , leading to the series win. Pitching-

wise, the starters weren’t league leaders, but all did solid job. Probably, Curt Simmons was the most

consistently effective pitcher. Frank Smith and Ray Narelski sacrificed individual awards for the team, splitting

the closer job. In the World Series, however, the most effective player against the Avalanche was the

Bloomington weather radio, which signaled a blizzard warning during Game 2. If only it had been an

Avalanche warning…


Bruton,Billy .320 .395 .371 138 582 76 186 66 21 4 5 230 45 0 66 1 6 *32 12 6 3 91 5.9

Boone,Ray .310 .490 .384 125 310 46 96 66 16 2 12 152 38 4 23 0 3 1 1 1 20 53 6.0

Morgan,Bobby .296 .448 .378 107 297 50 88 56 15 0 10 133 43 0 50 1 7 1 1 0 14 50 5.8

Gilliam,Jim .295 .388 .372 146 614 121 181 57 31 4 6 238 78 0 12 1 4 5 1 0 11 93 5.6

Bollweg,Don .289 .462 .379 123 305 38 88 55 24 4 7 141 45 4 24 0 6 0 0 3 7 56 6.6

Woodling,Gene .288 .410 .378 107 344 55 99 48 11 8 5 141 50 0 38 0 2 4 1 1 3 58 6.2

McGhee,Ed .286 .329 .368 72 161 15 46 15 4 0 1 53 21 0 19 0 2 0 1 1 4 20 4.5

Westlake,Wally .276 .416 .360 100 221 29 61 46 8 1 7 92 28 6 36 0 0 1 0 1 16 29 4.5

Mathews,Eddie .275 .533 .435 131 426 88 117 90 19 5 27 227 121 *35 42 0 4 5 2 3 13 104 8.6

Delsing,Jim .269 .379 .338 114 372 38 100 45 20 3 5 141 40 0 32 1 4 1 2 1 8 49 4.6

Wilson,Red .232 .307 .328 106 228 22 53 27 15 1 0 70 34 1 16 4 3 1 0 0 8 24 3.5

Carrasquel,Chico .232 .302 .339 150 483 66 112 45 14 1 6 146 71 1 60 2 5 2 2 10 17 52 3.6

Seminick,Andy .216 .282 .318 104 259 21 56 23 4 5 1 73 37 0 43 0 1 0 0 2 9 24 3.1

Harmon,Chuck .215 .250 .266 78 200 26 43 26 4 0 1 50 13 0 16 0 3 3 2 2 2 14 2.3

Hoderlein,Mel .200 .200 .333 37 25 1 5 1 0 0 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.8

Serena,Bill .129 .323 .250 50 62 5 8 7 1 1 3 20 9 0 22 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2.8

Pitchers .161 .182 .203 154 417 46 67 27 6 0 1 76 22 0 70 28 4 1 0 1 9 17 1.2

Total .265 .375 .351 154 5306 743 1406 700 213 39 97 1988 700 51 573 38 54 57 25 33 144 721 4.7 Name ERA W L W% SV BS RP GS GR CG Sho INN H R ER HR BB IW K HB WP BK OAVG

Poholsky,Tom 2.08 10 3 .769 2 1 3 14 11 4 1 121.1 102 29 28 1 23 1 63 1 0 2 .227

Smith,Frank 2.70 2 5 .286 *26 4 28 0 48 0 0 63.1 46 20 19 8 22 0 39 4 0 0 .197

Simmons,Curt 2.73 16 5 .762 0 0 0 31 0 6 2 221.0 201 78 67 8 88 0 107 5 0 0 .240

Narleski,Ray 2.80 7 4 .636 12 2 19 0 45 0 0 54.2 33 18 17 5 29 2 36 0 1 0 .171

Haddix,Harvey 2.91 12 5 .706 0 0 1 23 3 5 4 157.2 149 57 51 6 53 1 95 5 2 0 .250

Garver,Ned 3.01 18 11 .621 0 0 0 31 0 7 2 206.0 200 84 69 12 57 4 87 6 1 0 .253

Lawrence,Brooks 3.11 4 4 .500 6 3 10 1 30 0 0 55.0 50 22 19 3 21 3 23 2 0 0 .240

Wynn,Early 3.41 17 9 .654 0 0 0 34 0 4 2 229.2 214 92 87 15 83 2 143 1 3 0 .246

Fowler,Art 4.03 5 3 .625 0 1 1 14 19 1 1 105.0 111 51 47 3 53 2 48 3 6 0 .271

Fricano,Marion 4.46 2 1 .667 0 0 1 2 18 1 0 42.1 40 28 21 3 16 1 15 2 0 0 .242

Stobbs,Chuck 5.76 1 3 .250 1 1 2 2 30 0 0 54.2 68 38 35 7 25 2 15 1 1 0 .304

Nichols,Chet 6.21 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 2 15 0 0 29.0 40 20 20 0 14 0 7 2 0 0 .331

Palica,Erv 6.45 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 23 0 0 37.2 56 35 27 5 17 0 12 1 0 0 .350

Branca,Ralph 10.38 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 15 0 0 17.1 24 21 20 5 17 0 2 2 0 0 .343

Total 3.40 98 56 .636 47 12 68 154 257 28 17 1394.2 1334 593 527 81 518 18 692 35 14 2 .250

* 20 *

BROOKLYN Browns

Manager: Jim Pertierra (Janet) Age: 68 Occupation: Stat Supervisor MLB.com

The Season Story

The giant thud heard around the TML was the double whammy of the teams that dominated the 70's and 60's

hurtling into the pits of the TML basement. Old rivals Coachella and Sanford/Brooklyn have no where to go but

up as they will no doubt do together. For the Browns it will be a slow, weary climb made brighter by the

presence of Jack Roosevelt Robinson and..........little else. A year to forget is in the process of being forgotten.


Bell,Gus .325 .474 .381 154 603 77 196 81 33 9 13 286 57 7 39 1 7 2 0 2 18 108 6.7

Robinson,Jackie .312 .491 .413 77 285 49 89 38 14 5 9 140 45 0 28 1 3 3 1 6 21 55 6.6

Rivera,Jim .294 .479 .359 154 652 112 192 81 20 11 26 312 59 0 80 2 6 14 4 10 19 112 6.1

Hunter,Billy .294 .353 .400 20 17 0 5 1 1 0 0 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.1

Carey,Andy .285 .382 .363 98 400 61 114 54 10 4 7 153 46 0 37 3 4 1 1 5 17 55 4.7

Clark,Mel .273 .364 .333 16 11 1 3 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3.2

Coan,Gil .265 .367 .294 73 49 7 13 5 2 0 1 18 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3.7

Young,Bobby .263 .390 .342 61 205 20 54 21 9 4 3 80 24 0 10 2 1 2 0 1 5 28 4.8

House,Frank .241 .357 .303 98 381 32 92 56 11 0 11 136 35 0 28 0 3 0 0 0 9 41 3.7

Lemon,Jim .238 .286 .304 25 84 11 20 9 1 0 1 24 8 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 2.9

Amoros,Sandy .226 .345 .291 71 252 30 57 28 17 2 3 87 24 0 22 1 2 1 0 0 7 25 3.3

DeMaestri,Joe .222 .282 .264 154 582 41 129 50 17 3 4 164 30 1 64 0 4 0 1 5 21 40 2.3

Kennedy,Bob .219 .318 .272 56 233 21 51 22 13 2 2 74 18 0 37 1 3 0 0 0 16 17 2.2

Bolling,Frank .207 .250 .265 98 372 25 77 30 13 0 1 93 28 0 57 4 5 2 1 3 5 26 2.3

Borkowski,Bob .196 .255 .226 82 51 5 10 3 3 0 0 13 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1.8

Robertson,Jim .162 .228 .258 59 197 11 32 16 11 1 0 45 24 0 31 0 2 0 0 2 8 12 1.8

Escalera,Nino .151 .189 .245 154 502 46 76 37 6 5 1 95 63 0 67 0 5 1 0 1 11 26 1.6

Maxwell,Charlie .000 .000 .000 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Tappe,El .000 .000 .000 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Pitchers .224 .286 .284 154 451 43 101 34 13 3 3 129 38 0 82 0 1 0 0 0 15 35 2.6

Total .246 .348 .313 154 5335 593 1311 566 195 49 85 1859 507 8 615 15 46 26 8 35 178 574 3.6


Littlefield,Dick 2.45 1 3 .250 2 0 3 0 23 0 0 36.2 26 14 10 5 17 0 17 2 0 0 .210

Brazle,Al 3.66 2 4 .333 2 4 4 0 43 0 0 64.0 84 31 26 4 23 2 22 0 1 0 .316

Lint,Royce 3.87 5 11 .313 0 0 0 14 31 0 0 151.0 141 80 65 16 72 1 74 0 7 0 .247

Collum,Jackie 4.09 2 4 .333 6 1 8 0 26 0 0 33.0 32 15 15 2 15 2 10 0 0 0 .256

Cole,Dave 4.94 7 22 .241 0 0 0 38 2 3 1 246.0 251 153 135 25 159 1 89 5 11 0 .268

Larsen,Don 4.94 8 16 .333 0 0 0 26 0 10 2 207.2 227 125 114 25 82 3 80 1 2 0 .282

Martin,Morrie 5.09 0 2 .000 1 0 1 0 22 0 0 40.2 42 24 23 2 21 2 16 0 2 0 .264

Savransky,Moe 5.21 2 5 .286 1 2 3 0 73 0 0 112.1 115 73 65 24 52 1 10 9 0 0 .269

Jansen,Larry 6.11 4 26 .133 0 0 0 39 1 4 0 249.0 *366 *184 *169 16 119 *10 75 9 0 0 .348

Sima,Al 6.11 5 25 .167 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 222.1 305 179 151 28 108 4 66 3 11 0 .328

Total 5.11 36 118 .234 12 7 19 154 221 17 4 1362.2 1589 878 773 147 668 26 459 29 34 0 .294

* 21 *

CHETICAMP Micmacs Manager: Eric Rogers

Age: 59 Occupation: Meteorologist

The Season Story

A virtual rerun of the 1955 season: Micmacs start out strong, are overtaken by Arkansas for second place in

period 2, and come up short in period 3. Proof that an good offense can only take a team so far if the pitching is

mediocre. As in '55 the Micmacs could score runs with the potent lead-off hitters Ashburn and Avila, with

Hank Thompson (31 HR, 128 RBI) and Berra batting behind them. But the pitching was a motley crew with no

starting ace and no real stopper, as only two pitchers had more strikes them walks. The 1953 team looks like

they'll be in the playoff hunt again but will they break through? We'll see... Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27

Glynn,Bill .392 .451 .446 57 51 9 20 7 0 0 1 23 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 9.9

Metkovich,George .366 .503 .430 70 145 24 53 21 11 3 1 73 15 0 12 0 2 0 0 3 9 30 7.8

Ashburn,Richie .334 .383 .446 154 626 120 209 52 16 6 1 240 124 0 39 8 1 3 3 4 4 121 7.5

Avila,Bobby .333 .495 .398 154 649 130 216 101 29 5 22 321 72 1 36 12 8 3 2 4 16 130 7.4

Thompson,Hank .313 .541 .426 154 575 123 180 128 32 3 31 311 115 0 71 9 6 1 1 3 15 139 8.8

Piersall,Jimmy .305 .429 .337 128 466 54 142 90 26 4 8 200 26 0 39 2 10 5 4 2 9 67 5.2

Berra,Yogi .304 .458 .365 154 622 99 189 120 35 5 17 285 66 1 14 0 12 0 1 1 18 104 6.1

Pellagrini,Eddie .286 .429 .412 18 14 2 4 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 7.5

Belardi,Wayne .284 .554 .391 92 74 13 21 17 2 0 6 41 10 0 8 0 0 1 0 3 1 17 8.5

Torgeson,Earl .267 .354 .365 154 554 87 148 62 22 4 6 196 87 1 51 *14 5 10 0 1 20 76 4.6

Wilson,Bill .261 .479 .352 108 234 42 61 47 8 2 13 112 33 4 35 0 4 1 1 2 4 41 6.1

Lynch,Jerry .257 .400 .304 51 105 11 27 17 0 0 5 42 8 1 13 0 2 0 0 0 3 13 4.1

Dark,Alvin .254 .320 .284 154 615 71 156 85 21 4 4 197 26 0 44 13 10 4 2 4 21 53 2.9

Olson,Karl .253 .343 .281 74 198 14 50 29 13 1 1 68 9 0 16 0 3 1 0 0 14 16 2.5

St. Claire,Ebba .231 .385 .444 55 39 13 9 7 0 0 2 15 15 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 7.0

Marshall,Willard .222 .250 .370 24 36 1 8 5 1 0 0 9 9 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 3.4

Yvars,Sal .200 .250 .238 21 20 3 4 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.1

Miksis,Eddie .200 .200 .200 9 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4

Rice,Hal .000 .000 .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Pitchers .185 .246 .237 154 422 47 78 35 12 4 2 104 25 0 107 20 0 0 0 4 5 26 1.9


Wehmeier,Herm 2.72 11 5 .688 6 0 8 20 17 2 1 155.1 138 65 47 11 53 0 46 3 4 0 .233

Judson,Howie 3.00 8 4 .667 4 2 7 8 18 0 0 81.0 85 36 27 7 35 2 20 3 3 0 .265

Davis,Jim 3.45 9 9 .500 15 3 18 12 30 3 1 117.1 92 50 45 5 58 3 41 4 3 2 .215

Wilson,Jim 3.52 7 4 .636 5 0 5 19 8 5 1 145.2 134 68 57 10 40 2 56 7 1 0 .238

Hetki,Johnny 3.68 8 6 .571 8 6 16 0 51 0 0 63.2 65 30 26 3 21 3 18 1 0 0 .267

Brewer,Tom 4.06 18 13 .581 0 0 0 *40 0 9 1 275.0 254 142 124 31 119 7 119 11 12 0 .242

Houtteman,Art 4.19 13 11 .542 0 0 1 25 3 6 2 184.2 218 111 86 12 55 1 69 2 0 2 .286

Lown,Turk 4.61 3 0 1.000 0 0 3 0 44 0 0 54.2 61 34 28 4 47 3 31 0 8 0 .286

Kellner,Alex 4.97 7 10 .412 0 0 0 30 7 1 0 184.2 200 127 102 13 95 7 70 6 5 0 .277

LaPalme,Paul 5.29 1 4 .200 1 1 2 0 47 0 0 80.0 85 49 47 12 42 0 32 0 8 2 .275

Gray,Ted 11.31 2 1 .667 0 0 2 0 30 0 0 39.0 60 50 49 9 35 1 9 1 0 1 .357

Total 4.16 87 67 .565 39 12 62 154 255 26 6 1381.0 1392 762 638 117 600 29 511 38 44 7 .259

* 22 *

COACHELLA VALLEY Earthquakes Manager: Mike Landin (Teri) Age: 64 Occupation: Retired/Part-time Professor/Softball Player

The Season Story

The roster purge continued into a fourth season, leading to a second consecutive last place finish and the second

lowest win total (35) in franchise history! No hitter reached 10 HRs on the season and the only two .300 hitters

were two part-timers, Eddie Waitkus and Phil Cavaretta. The team RBI leader was Jerry Snyder (50 RBI),

despite only a .206 average! He also led the team in runs scored (51). The two “Warrens” (Hacker & Spahn)

had fine seasons, but one would never know it from their won/loss records. Spahn did lead the league in CG

again, this time with 24. Spec Shea set a “TML Record” for futility, going 0-27 on the season! There will be at

least two more “cellar dweller” seasons ahead, before things turn around. A move to Oakdale for the 1953

season will offer a change of scenery.


Waitkus,Eddie .316 .429 .372 94 326 41 103 37 15 2 6 140 29 4 21 3 2 0 0 1 6 53 6.1

Cavarretta,Phil .300 .389 .392 102 180 20 54 20 7 0 3 70 29 2 13 0 3 1 1 0 4 29 5.9

Mele,Sam .283 .452 .338 137 343 36 97 47 21 8 7 155 27 1 28 0 5 0 1 4 17 48 4.8

Atwell,Toby .282 .326 .368 114 273 30 77 25 5 2 1 89 36 0 10 1 3 0 1 3 10 34 4.3

Cunningham,Joe .270 .403 .359 99 315 28 85 33 5 5 9 127 43 3 29 0 2 0 2 2 3 48 5.5

Smalley,Roy .250 .313 .333 38 48 7 12 3 0 0 1 15 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 3.2

Hoak,Don .246 .414 .333 133 244 37 60 24 5 6 8 101 29 0 34 0 0 3 2 3 6 34 4.7

Diering,Chuck .245 .303 .329 145 400 40 98 37 17 0 2 121 46 0 52 3 2 1 2 5 13 40 3.4

Regalado,Rudy .237 .272 .306 98 169 16 40 8 3 0 1 46 14 0 16 1 0 1 0 3 3 15 3.0

Baker,Floyd .227 .295 .285 116 427 36 97 25 26 0 1 126 34 0 36 0 1 0 0 1 6 37 3.0

Kellert,Frank .212 .303 .235 34 33 1 7 2 3 0 0 10 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.5

Snyder,Jerry .206 .237 .284 154 519 51 107 50 4 0 4 123 55 0 72 0 4 6 0 3 14 37 2.3

Boyd,Bob .201 .295 .261 102 244 18 49 28 17 0 2 72 21 0 10 0 3 5 0 0 9 19 2.4

Wilber,Del .181 .306 .228 62 160 9 29 15 6 4 2 49 9 0 21 0 1 0 0 1 1 12 2.4

Roberts,Curt .168 .220 .251 140 481 35 81 28 10 6 1 106 54 0 51 2 2 3 1 0 14 28 1.8

Tipton,Joe .145 .273 .269 62 110 7 16 10 3 1 3 30 20 0 22 0 4 0 0 0 0 10 2.8

Lowrey,Peanuts .094 .133 .202 154 436 31 41 23 7 5 0 58 58 0 69 0 4 2 0 2 23 12 0.8

Lund,Don .080 .112 .115 61 125 5 10 5 4 0 0 14 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0.3

Pitchers .232 .329 .266 154 353 28 82 27 14 1 6 116 17 0 83 12 2 1 0 0 5 31 2.9


Morgan,Tom 3.32 1 2 .333 5 3 6 0 30 0 0 40.2 43 16 15 1 12 0 12 2 1 0 .279

Hacker,Warren 3.63 3 9 .250 0 1 1 18 14 1 1 131.1 132 56 53 12 33 1 72 3 0 0 .257

Spahn,Warren 4.40 10 23 .303 0 0 0 34 0 *24 1 262.0 282 146 128 25 98 2 102 6 2 1 .271

Bishop,Charlie 4.91 2 3 .400 0 2 2 0 63 0 0 80.2 102 54 44 6 45 0 25 5 0 0 .313

Trice,Bob 5.17 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 68 0 0 94.0 115 58 54 6 35 2 23 3 1 3 .304

Kretlow,Lou 5.73 1 4 .200 6 2 7 0 22 0 0 22.0 28 16 14 4 6 0 17 0 0 0 .311

Mrozinski,Ron 5.97 3 26 .103 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 152.1 183 113 101 30 81 2 58 3 4 0 .304

Pepper,Laurin 6.45 4 3 .571 0 0 4 0 80 0 0 143.2 170 114 103 10 110 8 31 2 8 4 .305

Stewart,Bunky 6.97 4 2 .667 2 3 6 0 81 0 0 115.0 160 99 89 8 63 5 49 10 8 0 .341

Herbert,Ray 7.96 5 19 .208 0 0 0 34 0 1 1 124.1 184 119 110 6 69 0 67 3 3 0 .345

Picone,Mario 8.25 2 0 1.000 0 0 2 0 73 0 0 103.2 145 104 95 21 119 3 13 0 6 1 .344

Shea,Spec 12.71 0 *27 .000 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 80.0 172 129 113 12 39 2 21 3 6 0 .444

Total 6.13 35 119 .227 13 11 28 154 431 26 4 1349.2 1716 1024 919 141 710 25 490 40 39 9 .314

* 23 *

DULUTH Thundercats Manager: Kevin Tyle (Bryan) Age: 53 Occupation: Computer Administrator/Meteorologist

The Season Story

Same old, same old ... while some teams go from feast to famine and back again, Duluth remains on a quasi-

permanent "diet". Very few bright spots except for Mickey Vernon, Walt Dropo, and Ed Fitz Gerald having

good years offensively. Hard to imagine that things can get any worse as the early 50s approach, but a .500

mark seems to be a long way off.


Dropo,Walt .330 .446 .380 121 112 11 37 17 7 0 2 50 8 0 11 0 0 0 0 1 5 18 6.0

Vernon,Mickey .301 .533 .365 151 599 92 180 77 39 17 22 319 62 3 44 0 6 0 0 2 18 114 7.0

Stephens,Vern .297 .380 .334 98 374 39 111 40 19 0 4 142 22 1 35 3 2 1 1 0 9 46 4.5

Brideweser,Jim .292 .354 .331 118 226 21 66 28 9 1 1 80 14 1 14 0 2 0 0 0 8 25 4.0

Fitz Gerald,Ed .289 .412 .364 104 284 40 82 26 5 6 6 117 31 1 15 1 1 0 0 3 12 41 5.1

Kell,George .280 .384 .349 87 268 34 75 26 13 0 5 103 28 0 15 0 1 0 0 1 4 37 5.1

Wright,Tom .277 .398 .338 113 191 24 53 17 4 5 3 76 16 0 32 0 3 0 0 3 4 26 4.9

Pope,Dave .272 .380 .362 90 92 14 25 11 1 0 3 35 13 3 23 0 0 0 1 0 2 13 4.8

Cole,Dick .260 .324 .306 147 503 37 131 38 25 2 1 163 31 3 53 2 4 0 0 4 36 42 2.7

Post,Wally .258 .336 .294 122 473 45 122 42 17 4 4 159 21 0 68 1 7 1 1 6 6 48 3.5

Dittmer,Jack .241 .396 .358 59 187 22 45 26 14 0 5 74 34 0 14 1 3 0 0 2 9 27 4.7

Durham,Joe .238 .309 .297 154 499 42 119 58 8 0 9 154 43 0 95 0 3 0 0 0 4 48 3.4

Owen,Mickey .224 .282 .290 35 85 7 19 7 2 0 1 24 8 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 2.8

Greengrass,Jim .221 .336 .267 131 524 57 116 38 21 3 11 176 33 0 77 0 7 1 2 2 20 43 2.7

Littrell,Jack .205 .318 .314 43 44 10 9 2 2 0 1 14 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3.2

Walker,Rube .175 .296 .290 76 223 17 39 24 9 0 6 66 36 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 6 20 2.9

Suder,Pete .158 .193 .174 70 171 8 27 13 6 0 0 33 4 0 26 0 3 0 0 0 9 4 0.8

Bilko,Steve .156 .297 .260 64 64 6 10 8 3 0 2 19 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 1.6

Williams,Dick .144 .206 .168 41 97 4 14 7 3 0 1 20 3 0 23 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1.1

Pitchers .184 .202 .224 154 347 20 64 18 6 0 0 70 18 0 90 4 5 0 0 1 8 16 1.4

Total .251 .353 .308 154 5363 550 1344 523 213 38 87 1894 441 12 680 12 48 3 5 25 172 567 3.6


Newhouser,Hal 2.81 2 1 .667 4 1 6 0 28 0 0 32.0 30 11 10 1 15 0 9 0 0 0 .248

Pollet,Howie 4.11 5 7 .417 0 0 0 17 4 2 2 111.2 112 61 51 6 48 1 44 4 0 0 .256

Drews,Karl 4.28 10 14 .417 0 0 0 31 4 0 0 187.1 230 106 89 13 71 2 77 1 9 0 .301

Hearn,Jim 4.61 4 12 .250 0 1 0 15 14 0 0 109.1 130 74 56 4 45 2 37 2 0 0 .293

Konstanty,Jim 4.74 5 5 .500 2 3 7 0 47 0 0 68.1 87 42 36 3 23 2 4 2 0 0 .310

Kemmerer,Russ 5.08 0 3 .000 0 0 0 6 14 0 0 62.0 55 36 35 2 38 2 36 3 1 4 .238

Pascual,Camilo 5.24 4 15 .211 8 5 11 16 56 0 0 182.0 210 129 106 10 95 6 103 11 6 *5 .286

Gray,Johnny 5.25 6 19 .240 0 0 0 38 2 1 0 207.1 220 135 121 14 *180 5 86 2 *14 0 .274

Miller,Stu 5.90 4 20 .167 0 0 0 31 25 0 0 210.1 260 161 138 18 127 3 68 *13 1 0 .304

Sain,Johnny 6.14 4 9 .308 10 8 14 0 68 0 0 73.1 99 56 50 15 17 3 30 1 0 1 .315

Kuzava,Bob 6.32 2 3 .400 0 2 2 0 *97 0 0 115.1 167 90 81 9 70 3 56 2 3 0 .350

Total 5.12 46 108 .299 24 20 40 154 359 3 5 1359.0 1600 901 773 95 729 29 550 41 34 10 .293

* 24 *

EL DORADO Gold Sox

Manager: Jack Kohn (Patti) Age: 80 Occupation: Retired USAF Lt. Colonel

The Season Story

In my second year of retro baseball, it was a continuing battle to approach the target of a respectable .500

season. A shortage of power and pitching made that goal unattainable when a late season collapse ended that

dream. The 1954 Gold Sox season started optimistically with a 39-31 first period performance but there just

wasn't enough starting pitching to sustain that performance into the second period. Long time stalwart Hank

Aaron concluded his TML career while shortstop Harvey Kuenn, outfielder Minnie Minoso and 1b Dee Fondy

will anchor the Gold Sox in the upcoming 1953 season. There won't be enough draft help to make their six

returning pitchers into a solid mound staff, however. A .500 season will be the goal for 1953.


Sarni,Bill .351 .517 .383 116 385 46 135 62 23 10 7 199 21 0 25 0 3 0 0 1 13 72 7.4

Kuenn,Harvey .334 .429 .368 152 637 74 213 79 23 11 5 273 34 0 19 4 5 9 5 3 20 96 5.7

Hatfield,Fred .312 .419 .418 104 234 38 73 31 16 0 3 98 39 8 19 0 2 0 1 5 9 41 6.5

Frazier,Joe .308 .418 .375 69 91 7 28 13 4 3 0 38 7 0 18 0 2 0 0 4 1 15 6.3

Minoso,Minnie .303 .525 .404 150 554 121 168 98 35 *20 16 291 71 8 35 1 2 10 4 *24 25 115 7.4

Schell,Danny .303 .422 .350 104 287 36 87 36 15 2 5 121 18 0 29 1 4 0 1 5 11 40 5.0

Aaron,Hank .291 .438 .330 131 498 71 145 73 31 3 12 218 27 0 31 2 5 0 0 4 15 69 5.0

Fondy,Dee .287 .404 .322 154 669 110 192 61 *45 6 7 270 36 0 87 0 3 22 2 0 12 88 4.8

Morgan,Vern .282 .314 .294 65 156 12 44 16 5 0 0 49 4 0 21 0 3 0 0 0 3 14 3.3

Batts,Matt .279 .411 .326 72 129 11 36 16 11 0 2 53 10 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 6 16 4.3

Cerv,Bob .259 .464 .306 82 112 14 29 19 8 0 5 52 9 0 20 0 3 0 0 0 6 14 4.2

Naragon,Hal .246 .282 .295 49 142 6 35 20 3 1 0 40 11 0 18 0 3 0 0 0 2 13 3.0

Williams,Davey .229 .271 .286 148 532 39 122 63 20 1 0 144 35 0 30 0 5 0 0 9 17 41 2.5

Talbot,Bob .226 .252 .263 101 305 25 69 22 6 1 0 77 14 1 22 0 2 0 2 2 4 20 2.2

Allie,Gair .196 .225 .287 80 204 23 40 5 3 0 1 46 25 1 35 0 0 2 0 1 3 15 2.4

Merriman,Lloyd .192 .244 .370 65 78 19 15 2 4 0 0 19 20 0 6 0 0 2 0 2 0 10 4.1

Kazanski,Ted .167 .167 .167 10 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9

Evers,Hoot .077 .154 .125 13 13 1 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.8

Pitchers .127 .141 .170 154 361 18 46 18 5 0 0 51 17 0 98 10 3 0 0 2 13 8 0.7


Buhl,Bob 2.56 11 6 .647 6 4 9 14 22 3 2 112.1 102 38 32 5 53 2 54 1 7 0 .236

Beard,Ralph 2.68 4 4 .500 4 2 7 3 46 0 0 74.0 70 25 22 0 35 1 11 1 2 0 .253

Klippstein,Johnny 3.12 15 12 .556 0 0 0 36 0 5 2 245.1 211 96 85 12 131 3 98 7 2 2 .233

Dickson,Murry 3.71 7 16 .304 2 1 3 25 10 5 1 184.1 184 87 76 19 64 4 61 4 1 0 .255

Marrero,Connie 4.00 12 9 .571 0 0 0 36 0 2 0 216.0 220 103 96 *40 66 4 64 3 2 1 .258

Crone,Ray 4.25 4 7 .364 18 4 21 1 48 1 0 59.1 50 28 28 12 33 2 28 0 0 0 .229

Ridzik,Steve 4.34 5 4 .556 3 2 7 2 57 0 0 83.0 86 44 40 7 33 0 47 2 2 2 .265

Clevenger,Tex 4.52 4 9 .308 1 1 3 22 23 0 0 155.1 173 91 78 15 77 5 100 5 2 0 .280

Wiesler,Bob 5.06 5 2 .714 0 1 5 2 37 0 0 42.2 44 25 24 1 41 1 33 0 0 1 .272

Deal,Cot 7.04 4 2 .667 0 0 4 0 48 0 0 69.0 85 56 54 12 30 0 19 4 2 2 .307

Brosnan,Jim 7.90 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 39 0 0 62.2 86 58 55 16 45 3 20 0 6 0 .331

Ditmar,Art 9.40 1 9 .100 1 0 2 13 17 0 0 67.0 96 78 70 7 63 1 15 2 5 0 .344

Total 4.33 73 81 .474 35 15 62 154 347 16 7 1371.0 1407 729 660 146 671 26 550 29 31 8 .264

* 25 *

MOOSEN Squirrel Manager: Bill Graham (Cathy Ann) Age: 68 Occupation: Attorney/Freelance Writer

The Season Story

Our great rebuilding efforts really have started paying off. We finished above .500for the first time in a few

years at 81-73. Of course, the pythag says we should have been 87-67. I think this is another instance of

Crooked Hillary at work. So sad! And what is all this fake news about Albany winning another title by 20

games over 100 game winner Walla Walla? The real news is the trade war started by Beverly. I think there

should be a tariff on Dickinson's draft picks to equalize the playing field. And Albany should pay for my

rebuilding efforts. Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27

Mueller,Don *.376 .432 .400 153 643 73 *242 101 32 2 0 278 25 1 12 6 6 1 1 4 22 106 6.6

Moon,Wally .335 .458 .402 150 624 115 209 84 24 10 11 286 72 1 55 0 6 4 3 2 14 117 7.2

Groth,Johnny .321 .500 .396 85 84 13 27 20 3 0 4 42 11 0 11 1 1 0 1 0 1 17 7.5

McCullough,Clyde .307 .511 .333 34 88 11 27 15 9 0 3 45 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 15 6.5

Robinson,Eddie .301 .487 .379 64 156 19 47 24 14 0 5 76 20 0 26 0 1 0 0 0 3 30 7.1

Reese,Pee Wee .300 .420 .420 141 547 106 164 59 24 9 8 230 113 1 67 3 2 5 0 2 19 103 6.8

Ward,Preston .286 .423 .371 94 343 53 98 45 13 2 10 145 48 1 45 2 4 0 1 1 9 55 5.7

Jones,Willie .285 .416 .355 140 565 82 161 92 26 3 14 235 62 1 53 11 3 5 0 1 13 86 5.4

Wyrostek,Johnny .283 .433 .362 77 233 38 66 46 14 6 3 101 31 0 27 1 4 0 1 0 7 37 5.5

Jacobs,Spook .279 .295 .334 94 312 41 87 19 5 0 0 92 28 0 12 1 4 7 5 0 1 33 3.8

Hatton,Grady .261 .416 .358 103 161 34 42 22 11 4 2 67 26 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 4 25 5.4

Pesky,Johnny .250 .359 .286 83 156 18 39 15 2 3 3 56 8 2 5 0 3 0 0 1 3 16 3.5

Landrith,Hobie .234 .438 .402 45 64 9 15 16 1 0 4 28 18 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7.2

Cox,Billy .231 .250 .304 36 104 8 24 10 2 0 0 26 11 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 8 2.5

Hegan,Jim .227 .341 .282 123 422 39 96 55 8 5 10 144 33 0 47 5 5 0 0 1 18 38 2.9

Alston,Tom .217 .330 .291 100 221 28 48 24 14 1 3 73 20 1 35 0 0 1 2 3 13 18 2.6

Philley,Dave .208 .339 .313 86 245 39 51 26 5 3 7 83 38 3 20 2 1 1 0 0 6 27 3.6

Shuba,George .000 .000 .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Pitchers .140 .161 .204 154 422 27 59 44 6 0 1 68 34 0 98 19 4 0 0 1 12 15 1.0


Minner,Paul 2.47 19 6 .760 0 0 0 28 1 16 3 229.1 207 67 63 10 42 0 67 2 1 0 .240

Brown,Hal 3.39 5 3 .625 3 3 8 0 50 0 0 95.2 113 45 36 10 26 1 46 2 1 0 .295

Trucks,Virgil 3.40 12 16 .429 0 0 0 33 0 13 4 238.0 194 105 90 8 87 2 122 2 4 0 .217

McDermott,Mickey 3.61 14 9 .609 0 0 0 29 0 7 0 202.0 172 89 81 9 108 1 92 2 6 0 .229

Dixon,Sonny 3.91 4 9 .308 0 0 2 14 28 1 0 133.1 160 75 58 9 33 0 43 3 1 0 .294

Jolly,Dave 4.05 1 8 .111 13 4 14 1 35 0 0 60.0 55 35 27 8 31 1 23 0 1 0 .240

Podbielan,Bud 4.40 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 14.1 14 7 7 2 8 0 7 0 1 0 .255

Reynolds,Allie 4.41 10 6 .625 0 0 0 19 1 2 1 122.1 125 61 60 11 62 4 72 2 4 0 .262

Marlowe,Dick 4.54 2 2 .500 8 5 10 0 27 0 0 35.2 36 21 18 3 18 0 15 0 1 0 .271

Portocarrero,Arnie 5.05 8 6 .571 0 2 1 12 18 2 1 103.1 113 65 58 13 48 3 49 2 5 3 .272

Loes,Billy 5.46 3 6 .333 0 0 0 18 0 2 1 112.0 133 72 68 7 48 1 69 2 3 0 .294

Fox,Howie 6.85 2 2 .500 2 1 4 0 18 0 0 22.1 35 22 17 2 14 1 6 2 3 0 .361

Total 3.83 81 73 .526 26 15 40 154 189 43 15 1368.1 1357 664 583 92 525 14 611 19 31 3 .256

* 26 *

NORTH ADAMS Bevers Manager: Mike Ameen

Age: 54 Occupation: Restaurateur & College Softball Coach

The Season Story

The Bevers took a hit this year following making the playoffs 3 years in a row (57,56,55)finishing 4ht in their

division going s mediocre 78-76. The team pitching leaders were Frank Sullivan (2.82) and Whitey Ford (3.53)

both going 12-6. The offense hit only 70 Hr's and as led in Rbi's (72) by Rip Repulski. Red Schoendienst had

an outstanding year hitting .324 with 208 hits, 30 doubles and scoring 98 runs. Unfortunately for the Bevers he

had very little help from the other Bevers starting 8. As we navigate though the next few years losing vital parts

for our recent success the team management must draft well and make some timely trades in able for it to re

load for what hopefully will be another playoff run and shot at the ultimate goal of a TML Championship!


Mitchell,Dale .444 .556 .500 10 9 3 4 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 13.6

Schoendienst,Red .324 .399 .383 154 641 98 208 69 30 6 2 256 61 0 10 0 4 3 2 2 30 93 5.4

Power,Vic .311 .415 .338 135 434 45 135 67 14 8 5 180 18 3 15 0 4 3 1 2 17 56 4.7

Calderone,Sam .308 .385 .438 16 13 2 4 1 1 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5.6

Bauer,Hank .282 .385 .342 130 358 46 101 63 6 8 5 138 34 0 34 0 5 3 1 1 7 49 4.9

Jablonski,Ray .281 .349 .346 137 570 74 160 44 28 1 3 199 53 0 35 0 4 3 1 6 16 70 4.4

Repulski,Rip .280 .438 .329 131 450 64 126 72 31 5 10 197 32 1 61 0 5 4 0 3 8 66 5.3

Kaline,Al .278 .352 .297 126 443 55 123 59 18 3 3 156 13 1 49 6 7 6 0 2 13 45 3.5

Limmer,Lou .275 .496 .337 103 240 33 66 41 9 4 12 119 25 1 24 0 5 0 1 0 6 40 5.8

Marsh,Fred .274 .336 .293 74 113 10 31 4 3 2 0 38 3 0 19 0 0 3 1 0 5 10 3.0

Banks,Ernie .271 .379 .330 154 643 90 174 68 22 9 10 244 45 0 42 2 3 3 6 14 25 75 4.0

Bailey,Ed .268 .528 .395 53 123 25 33 25 3 7 5 65 26 0 21 0 2 1 0 1 0 29 8.5

Cooper,Walker .261 .392 .386 58 153 27 40 21 9 4 1 60 29 2 25 0 3 0 0 4 3 26 5.9

Katt,Ray .245 .325 .291 72 151 13 37 17 7 1 1 49 11 1 15 2 3 0 0 0 7 13 2.9

Pafko,Andy .232 .345 .293 127 435 55 101 65 8 4 11 150 34 2 32 7 7 1 0 6 10 45 3.4

Moss,Les .229 .255 .301 52 157 7 36 7 1 0 1 40 16 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 2.8

Fridley,Jim .176 .221 .284 29 68 8 12 3 1 1 0 15 10 1 12 0 2 0 0 1 4 4 1.9

Pitchers .186 .223 .265 154 403 35 75 30 8 2 1 90 42 0 93 35 7 0 0 4 6 29 2.1

Total .271 .371 .330 154 5404 690 1466 657 200 65 70 2006 457 14 508 52 62 30 13 46 160 659 4.2


McDonald,Jim 2.64 2 1 .667 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 71.2 51 24 21 3 45 2 9 0 0 0 .202

Sullivan,Frank 2.82 12 6 .667 0 0 0 26 0 6 1 195.0 183 79 61 17 60 6 114 8 1 0 .246

Ford,Whitey 3.53 12 9 .571 0 0 0 26 0 9 2 186.1 174 79 73 9 82 5 109 1 4 0 .246

Jones,Gordon 3.89 3 3 .500 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 44.0 46 20 19 3 11 1 21 0 1 0 .260

Meyer,Russ 4.07 4 5 .444 3 1 4 9 7 1 0 73.0 78 35 33 2 22 2 29 1 1 0 .270

Friend,Bob 4.28 11 5 .688 13 *10 24 0 59 0 0 101.0 108 55 48 8 30 2 41 2 0 1 .267

Maglie,Sal 4.37 7 11 .389 0 0 0 25 0 5 0 167.0 195 91 81 7 55 6 80 7 0 1 .290

Newcombe,Don 5.05 10 15 .400 2 1 3 33 17 7 1 246.0 318 153 138 23 92 1 136 8 0 0 .312

Perkowski,Harry 5.06 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 18 0 0 26.2 27 20 15 1 24 2 11 0 2 0 .255

Pierce,Billy 5.30 6 10 .375 0 0 0 20 0 4 3 124.0 131 83 73 12 57 2 87 2 4 0 .267

Law,Vern 5.81 1 2 .333 4 0 5 0 34 0 0 62.0 83 45 40 8 22 5 25 2 5 0 .310

Hooper,Bob 6.39 6 3 .667 1 2 7 0 55 0 0 74.2 114 57 53 6 38 0 11 7 0 0 .356

Chakales,Bob 8.31 3 5 .375 4 6 7 0 19 0 0 17.1 28 27 16 7 17 0 6 0 0 0 .364

Total 4.35 78 76 .506 27 20 51 154 209 36 8 1388.2 1536 768 671 106 555 34 679 38 18 2 .278

* 27 *

SIOUX FALLS Fighting Sioux Manager: Jeff Chapman (Sally) Age: 52 Occupation: NWS Meteorologist

The Season Story

With great power comes great responsibility. The long ball was expected to be at the center of the Fighting

Sioux offense, but in this case, home runs also came with great strikeouts. It seemed inexplicable that the team

drew the least intentional walks, but that speaks for the weakness of the lower part of the order. Leaders in

Jensen (105 runs), Hodges (128 RBI), Sauer (33 HR) and Rosen (110 BB) showed balance in importance at the

top. Since Sioux Falls was also near the top in fielding, the reason for the disappointing sub .500 season fell

mainly to pitching. While near median for ERA, pitchers were far too hittable and tried to keep up the HR pace

with hitters. Gromek completed a fine season with a team leading 18 wins, and by some miracle Tremel rode a

5.70 ERA to 17 saves. Looks like a shady past lies behind...


Moryn,Walt .370 .593 .386 39 54 5 20 9 4 4 0 32 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 11 7.8

Adcock,Joe .315 .472 .361 93 108 13 34 22 6 1 3 51 6 0 15 0 2 0 0 3 1 19 6.7

Rosen,Al .301 .467 .410 153 591 103 178 77 24 4 22 276 110 0 40 0 5 6 4 2 24 115 7.0

Hodges,Gil .290 .512 .358 147 568 94 165 128 17 11 29 291 63 0 74 2 7 0 0 1 24 100 6.2

Finigan,Jim .286 .388 .358 148 605 90 173 61 22 11 6 235 68 0 96 4 2 2 3 1 25 81 4.7

Jensen,Jackie .284 .454 .361 150 626 105 178 81 28 6 22 284 76 0 57 0 6 19 *15 2 30 94 5.1

Sauer,Hank .281 .497 .371 147 549 79 154 106 20 0 33 273 75 1 69 0 6 1 1 8 13 104 6.8

Bridges,Rocky .268 .268 .367 86 41 4 11 5 0 0 0 11 7 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 4.3

McDougald,Gil .262 .398 .375 115 362 60 95 42 20 1 9 144 59 4 64 2 1 0 2 7 7 57 5.5

Astroth,Joe .247 .319 .339 85 166 19 41 13 9 0 1 53 21 0 13 0 0 0 0 2 2 19 4.1

Furillo,Carl .246 .327 .310 132 456 38 112 48 13 0 8 149 38 0 43 0 4 0 0 6 20 44 3.2

Lollar,Sherm .235 .325 .322 115 311 33 73 36 7 0 7 101 33 2 31 0 2 0 0 8 9 33 3.6

Zernial,Gus .229 .333 .291 80 201 25 46 27 0 0 7 67 18 0 42 0 1 0 1 0 9 18 2.9

Michaels,Cass .196 .321 .357 76 168 24 33 22 7 1 4 54 38 0 29 0 2 7 1 5 2 24 4.6

Bertoia,Reno .115 .192 .200 23 26 3 3 1 2 0 0 5 3 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.4

Fanning,Jim .067 .067 .125 22 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0

Pitchers .161 .180 .223 154 423 29 68 18 5 0 1 76 31 0 100 25 3 1 0 4 10 19 1.3

Total .263 .399 .346 154 5270 724 1385 696 184 39 152 2103 648 7 693 33 44 36 27 50 181 726 4.7


McCall,Windy 2.15 4 3 .571 3 2 7 2 19 0 0 37.2 35 14 9 1 19 0 15 2 2 0 .252

Thies,Jake 2.23 7 3 .700 0 0 0 11 2 6 1 88.2 69 26 22 5 34 1 45 2 0 0 .212

Wheat,Lee 3.04 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 23.2 26 9 8 1 6 0 2 1 0 0 .302

Blyzka,Mike 3.46 4 3 .571 0 1 4 0 40 0 0 75.1 71 37 29 4 46 1 37 2 0 0 .247

Consuegra,Sandy 3.48 8 4 .667 2 0 3 16 11 4 0 134.2 146 57 52 6 34 2 28 2 2 0 .269

Gromek,Steve 3.60 18 12 .600 0 0 1 31 4 16 4 244.2 245 106 98 23 61 4 117 10 3 0 .262

Raschi,Vic 4.14 12 14 .462 0 0 0 33 0 7 1 228.1 251 129 105 20 90 2 87 3 4 0 .278

O'Donnell,George 4.45 1 2 .333 0 0 1 2 13 0 0 32.1 47 21 16 2 11 0 3 0 0 0 .341

Henry,Bill 4.70 9 16 .360 0 0 0 33 2 4 0 226.0 259 125 118 23 94 1 81 5 8 3 .288

Zuverink,George 5.25 10 14 .417 1 1 2 25 8 6 0 185.0 247 117 108 16 62 3 58 9 2 0 .322

Tremel,Bill 5.70 1 5 .167 17 3 18 0 30 0 0 23.2 25 17 15 1 11 0 5 1 1 0 .272

Keriazakos,Gus 6.75 0 1 .000 2 0 2 1 16 0 0 25.1 40 24 19 6 5 0 21 1 2 0 .357

Wojey,Pete 12.00 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 5 6 4 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 .333

Herrin,Tom 12.15 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 22 0 0 33.1 59 46 45 11 32 0 3 0 0 0 .401

Total 4.28 75 79 .487 25 7 39 154 182 43 6 1361.2 1525 734 648 119 511 14 504 38 24 3 .283

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SUMMER Cyclones Manager: Ken Fusci (Rozanne) Age: 70 Occupation: Retired – Part Time at Saratoga Casino

The Season Story

With Team Batting next to last in the League and much worse than expected, the Summer Cyclones did not

make much progress toward contention; however, the Team Pitching did improve to tied for 8th in the League,

and a decent core group of Players will return. No rosy predictions for Summer heading back to '53, but there is

hope that the Team will move up a few more rungs from its 4th from the bottom League finish in '54.


Henley,Gail .309 .545 .345 39 55 11 17 7 1 0 4 30 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 7.0

White,Charlie .291 .309 .361 61 55 1 16 10 1 0 0 17 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4.3

Baker,Gene .281 .427 .327 154 640 82 180 66 34 4 17 273 43 0 59 8 4 0 2 2 17 86 4.7

Lockman,Whitey .279 .364 .332 154 552 51 154 69 22 2 7 201 46 0 20 1 5 0 1 0 4 70 4.6

Abrams,Cal .267 .418 .369 145 531 75 142 75 27 13 9 222 86 1 75 1 5 1 0 2 9 88 5.9

Adams,Bobby .265 .350 .356 118 377 52 100 29 23 3 1 132 48 0 55 2 0 1 0 5 3 51 4.9

Garagiola,Joe .251 .405 .357 75 195 22 49 26 9 0 7 79 29 2 9 0 2 0 0 4 8 28 4.9

Kiner,Ralph .244 .404 .322 154 589 71 144 70 33 11 13 238 68 3 *108 1 7 2 1 3 27 73 4.1

Renna,Bill .237 .363 .324 113 400 40 95 45 11 6 9 145 47 0 49 1 0 2 2 4 5 49 4.2

Kress,Chuck .235 .235 .235 80 17 1 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2.2

Shepard,Jack .231 .298 .300 87 299 23 69 26 10 2 2 89 30 0 55 4 1 0 0 0 14 25 2.7

Rice,Del .212 .267 .247 94 146 9 31 11 8 0 0 39 7 0 21 0 1 0 0 0 5 9 2.0

Majeski,Hank .209 .275 .229 91 91 7 19 8 3 0 1 25 3 2 13 0 2 0 0 0 7 4 1.4

Rizzuto,Phil .208 .256 .286 154 453 40 94 38 16 0 2 116 52 2 42 8 10 4 0 2 13 36 2.5

Hall,Dick .199 .252 .269 45 151 10 30 6 2 3 0 38 14 0 15 0 1 0 0 1 10 9 1.8

Terwilliger,Wayne .195 .258 .260 128 256 24 50 20 5 1 3 66 23 0 30 0 2 1 0 0 4 18 2.3

King,Chick .162 .216 .262 24 37 1 6 0 0 1 0 8 5 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.9

Taylor,Joe .000 .000 .182 11 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.3

Pitchers .128 .180 .176 154 367 29 47 13 9 2 2 66 16 0 129 17 2 4 1 6 7 13 1.0


Stone,Dean 3.27 8 14 .364 1 0 2 24 10 7 0 189.2 191 82 69 10 66 1 77 1 6 0 .262

Pillette,Duane 3.41 10 10 .500 0 0 0 25 0 9 3 179.1 166 83 68 12 67 4 67 3 6 0 .240

Miller,Bob 3.45 3 5 .375 14 2 17 0 53 0 0 94.0 95 48 36 3 43 1 27 0 1 0 .260

Burdette,Lew 3.46 15 12 .556 0 0 3 27 11 8 2 210.2 203 94 81 18 58 2 78 2 1 0 .250

Greenwood,Bob 3.57 1 2 .333 1 1 2 0 18 0 0 35.1 33 17 14 1 21 2 2 2 2 1 .258

Hurd,Tom 3.66 1 0 1.000 4 3 5 0 20 0 0 19.2 17 9 8 3 13 0 5 0 0 0 .233

Valentine,Corky 3.82 10 20 .333 0 0 0 39 0 4 1 263.2 252 134 112 28 88 6 101 8 1 3 .248

Willis,Jim 4.15 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 17.1 22 11 8 2 13 1 4 1 0 0 .324

Fornieles,Mike 4.63 1 6 .143 0 1 0 6 24 0 0 81.2 71 45 42 4 33 1 25 4 0 0 .237

Roe,Preacher 4.92 5 9 .357 0 0 1 18 9 1 1 117.0 134 73 64 13 51 3 44 0 0 0 .287

Milliken,Bob 5.43 4 4 .500 2 1 5 3 34 0 0 69.2 89 44 42 10 32 4 27 4 2 0 .314

Van Brabant,Ozzie 10.74 0 11 .000 0 0 0 12 26 0 0 89.2 157 118 107 13 72 3 8 3 12 0 .398

Total 4.28 58 96 .377 22 8 35 154 220 29 9 1367.2 1430 758 651 117 557 28 465 28 31 4 .268

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WALLA WALLA Wombats Manager: Bryan Sakolsky

Age: 51 Occupation: Business Development Director

The Season Story

It was a story of amazing pitching and decent offense that allowed the Wombats to finish in second place. Mike

Garcia (20-10 2.43), Joe Coleman (17-7 2.50), Hoyt Wilhelm (11-1, 18 saves and a 0.75 ERA) and league ERA

leader Don Liddle (9-3, 6 saves, 1.81). The amazing run lasted until game 7 of league finals and a 2-1 loss to

Albany. The offense was a different story. Vic Wertz lead the team with a .309 average, followed closely by

Granny Hamner and his .302 average and 97 RBIs. Despite a .226 average Roy Sievers hit 33 HRs, scored 103

runs and knocked in 111 runs. He also had 4 home runs and 10 RBIs in the league championship series.


Umphlett,Tom .500 .500 .500 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.5

Consolo,Billy .319 .375 .419 38 72 6 23 8 4 0 0 27 13 0 11 0 1 0 2 0 1 12 6.0

Wertz,Vic .309 .493 .362 105 434 65 134 72 19 2 19 214 36 0 43 0 2 2 0 1 8 78 6.8

Hemus,Solly .302 .423 .505 108 222 47 67 27 11 5 2 94 89 11 22 0 4 7 3 6 3 59 9.7

Hamner,Granny .302 .444 .358 154 633 87 191 97 33 9 13 281 56 0 47 0 7 1 0 3 24 97 5.5

Fain,Ferris .290 .394 .381 96 241 31 70 27 3 2 6 95 34 3 8 0 1 2 0 2 7 37 5.6

Busby,Jim .286 .375 .331 154 *672 110 192 62 20 5 10 252 45 0 52 2 9 19 1 5 13 87 4.7

Irvin,Monte .274 .396 .357 120 442 55 121 56 12 6 10 175 54 0 22 4 2 2 2 4 20 60 4.7

Shantz,Billy .267 .323 .322 69 161 14 43 17 9 0 0 52 13 2 26 0 2 0 0 1 12 14 2.9

Gardner,Billy .256 .303 .327 90 254 26 65 25 9 0 1 77 25 0 47 0 0 0 1 2 1 27 3.8

Skinner,Bob .255 .382 .315 81 165 26 42 21 5 2 4 63 15 0 12 1 1 1 0 0 2 21 4.4

Lenhardt,Don .250 .250 .250 23 8 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0

Grammas,Alex .248 .291 .318 123 467 49 116 50 13 2 1 136 47 0 32 1 5 5 0 3 21 43 3.1

Miranda,Willie .238 .343 .283 119 105 10 25 13 3 1 2 36 7 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 4 9 2.9

Sievers,Roy .226 .452 .318 154 593 103 134 111 27 4 33 268 81 1 93 0 8 1 2 3 26 82 4.5

Westrum,Wes .191 .230 .325 84 209 20 40 28 2 3 0 48 41 0 37 0 1 0 0 1 0 19 3.1

Sawatski,Carl .190 .380 .279 70 179 18 34 30 5 7 5 68 22 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 5 19 3.4

Pitchers .132 .154 .191 154 441 38 58 29 5 1 1 68 31 0 125 14 3 1 0 2 11 14 0.9

Total .256 .369 .334 154 5302 706 1359 675 180 49 107 1958 609 18 613 22 47 41 12 33 159 663 4.3


Werle,Bill 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000

Wilhelm,Hoyt 0.75 11 1 .917 18 4 ^29 0 53 0 0 72.1 55 9 6 0 23 0 30 2 2 3 .215

Liddle,Don *1.81 9 3 .750 6 0 6 19 8 4 2 159.0 132 40 32 3 64 2 53 4 0 0 .222

Johnson,Don 2.43 11 5 .688 0 0 2 16 11 6 1 137.0 106 41 37 12 48 3 63 3 1 0 .210

Garcia,Mike 2.43 20 10 .667 0 0 0 34 0 15 2 273.2 241 80 74 9 76 0 138 7 0 1 .236

Coleman,Joe 2.50 17 7 .708 0 0 0 32 0 11 2 244.2 208 82 68 16 107 6 123 4 1 0 .229

Hoskins,Dave 2.57 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 5 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 .192

Podres,Johnny 2.66 10 6 .625 0 0 1 19 4 8 1 152.1 150 61 45 7 43 0 81 2 3 0 .254

Purkey,Bob 2.96 2 0 1.000 0 0 2 0 17 0 0 27.1 23 9 9 0 16 0 8 2 0 1 .240

Keegan,Bob 3.07 13 11 .542 0 0 0 27 0 9 2 196.2 211 75 67 10 69 1 53 1 0 0 .277

Nuxhall,Joe 4.40 3 7 .300 4 0 5 6 25 1 0 90.0 87 46 44 4 43 4 50 5 2 0 .250

Burtschy,Moe 4.58 4 3 .571 0 1 4 0 25 0 0 37.1 39 23 19 8 14 1 20 1 1 0 .257

Total 2.59 100 54 .649 29 5 50 154 144 54 15 1398.1 1257 468 403 69 508 17 620 31 10 6 .239

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Stat Key

RC (Runs Created) = [(A times B) plus C], all divided by D, where

A = H + BB + HBP - CS – GIDP

B = TB + [.26 x (BB - IBB + HBP)]

C = .52 x (SH + SF + SB)

D = AB + BB + HBP + SH + SF

RC / 27 outs: runs created per 27 outs; in other words, the number of runs a player

would create if he were to bat in all nine positions in the batting order.

QS (Quality Starts): the number of starts in which a pitcher pitches six (6) innings

or more and gives up three (3) runs or fewer.

OAVG: the batting percentage against each pitcher.

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Batting & Pitching Leaders: the following symbols were used to denote

individual accomplishments that were record-breakers:

♦ - TML Record

◊ - Tied TML Record

Team Stats: an asterisk ( * ) preceding any stat indicates that the player or pitcher

led his Association in that stat category; a caret ( ^ ) indicates that the player or

pitcher tied for the lead in his Association in that stat category.

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Documents

1954 YEARBOOK · TML AMERICAN 1954 Final Standings Oceanic Conference Atmospheric Conference W-L Pct. GB W-L Pct. GB