1954 Nogales Yaquis Roster
1954 Nogales Yaquis StatisticsThe Nogales Yaquis of the Arizona-Texas League ended the 1954 season with a record of 61 wins and 79 losses, finishing sixth in the AAL.
The Yaquis scored 1032 runs and allowed 1180 runs. Minnie Mendoza led Nogales with 16 home runs Santiago Ayala accounted for 116 RBI. Orestes Hernandez topped all regular batters by hitting .379. Pedro Carrillo paced the team with 15 wins, while Regino Vazquez registered a 4.66 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Minnie Mendoza played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Nogales Yaquis to do so.
Manolo Fortés and Virgilio Arteaga served as manager.
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| Player |
Bats |
Throws |
Birth Date |
Height |
Weight |
Hometown |
| Agustin Aguinaga | | | | | | |
| Jesus Alcantar | R | R | | 5'11" | 165 | |
| Rodolfo Alvarado | R | R | March 7, 1925 | 5'9" | 195 | Monterrey, Nuevo Leon MX |
| Juan Arias | R | R | | 5'7" | 150 | |
| Virgilio Arteaga | L | | | 6'0" | 175 | |
| William Avila | | L | | | | , US |
| Santiago Ayala | L | R | August 25, 1926 | 5'10" | 176 | |
| Bill Blackburn | L | R | July 10, 1926 | 6'1" | 170 | Long Beach, CA US |
| David Cabrera | | | | | | |
| Pedro Carrillo | R | R | May 19, 1935 | 6'0" | 190 | |
| Rosendo Del Rio | R | L | | 5'7" | 165 | |
| Jose Echeverria | R | R | March 26, 1935 | 6'2" | 224 | |
| Manolo Fortés | S | R | April 8, 1913 | 6'2" | 192 | Perico, CU |
| Guillermo Frayde | R | R | | 5'11" | 185 | |
| Guillermo Galindo | R | R | | 5'11" | 160 | |
| Mario Garcia | | | | | | |
| Jesus Gomez | | | | | | |
| Rodolfo Gonzalez | | | | | | |
| Guillermo Grajeda | R | R | February 10, 1925 | 5'7" | 160 | Alamos, Sonora MX |
| Hernandez | | | | | | |
| Burro Hernandez | R | R | February 5, 1924 | 5'10" | 180 | Tlahualilo, Durango MX |
| Orestes Hernandez | R | | | 5'9" | 170 | |
| Francisco Higuera | R | R | | 5'8" | 175 | , MX |
| Bernard LaFarga | | | | | | |
| Enrique Leduc | R | R | | 5'10" | 170 | , MX |
| Leonardo Lopez | | | | | | |
| Jesus Martinez | | | | | | |
| Ramon Martinez | | | | | | |
| Rafael Mayer | | | | | | |
| Minnie Mendoza | R | R | December 3, 1934 | 6'0" | 180 | Ceiba del Agua, CU |
| Erubiel Morales | | | | | | |
| G. Neris | | | | | | |
| Luis Noriega | | | | | | |
| Lucio Olivas | L | L | | 5'7" | 170 | , MX |
| Lorenzo Ortiz | | | | | | |
| Roberto Osuna | | | | | | |
| Fernando Ramirez | R | | | 5'7" | 155 | |
| Tito Reynolds | R | | | 5'7" | 180 | |
| Juan Rodriguez | R | | | 5'7" | 170 | |
| Jesus Rojo | | | | | | |
| Jose Roman | R | R | | 5'10" | 170 | |
| Ramon Sandoval | | | | | | |
| Joe Searcie | | R | | | | |
| Manuel Serrano | R | | | 5'10" | 160 | |
| Pinky Vargas | R | R | February 15, 1915 | 5'5" | 170 | |
| Regino Vazquez | R | R | | 6'2" | 155 | , MX |
| Adriano Wong | R | R | November 28, 1928 | | 192 | Campeche, Campeche MX |
| Alfonso Zaldivar | | | | | | |
| Roberto Zazueta | R | R | | 5'11" | 180 | |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
