1954 Salt Lake City Bees Roster

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 78-53
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Charlie Gassaway (78-53)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Ballpark: Derks Field
Attendance: 128,001, Avg. 1,954
1954 Salt Lake City Bees Statistics

Playoffs - Salt Lake City Bees 2 games, Idaho Falls Russets 1
Finals - Great Falls Electrics 3 games, Salt Lake City Bees 2

The Salt Lake City Bees of the Pioneer League ended the 1954 season with a record of 78 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the PL.

The Bees scored 811 runs and allowed 731 runs. Svend Jessen led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .293 clip. Louis Shade topped Salt Lake City with 17 wins, while Burt Barkelew added 15 or more wins, too Burt Barkelew recorded a 3.39 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Don Erickson played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Salt Lake City Bees to do so.

Charlie Gassaway served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Burt BarkelewRRApril 3, 19176'2"165Los Angeles, CA US
Bill BrightLLMay 26, 19306'0"175Bloomfield, IN US
James BrownRLApril 21, 19325'10"188Greenville, IL US
John CaruthersRRAugust 26, 19335'11"175Fort Worth, TX US
Bud ClossLRDecember 28, 19316'4"220Bryan, TX US
Jack CooleyRRAugust 17, 19316'0"178Colton, CA US
Edward CulbertLLMarch 15, 19366'1"175
William DouganR5'11"175
Don EricksonRRDecember 13, 19316'0"175Springfield, IL US
Mil ForeLRFebruary 16, 19305'9"185Lodi, CA US
Larry GeedeyL6'2"190
Don GustL5'10"180
Bob HarrellRRNovember 27, 19346'1"195Eure, NC US
Otto HatcherMay 28, 1931Los Angeles, CA US
Dan HellmanRLJanuary 30, 19355'10"170Minot, ND US
Ted HesseLLSeptember 25, 19305'9"185San Francisco, CA US
Svend JessenLLDecember 18, 19225'11"185San Leandro, CA US
Chuck LongwelloRRJuly 28, 19346'1"190
John MaggioLLJune 6, 19285'7"165Homer City, PA US
Richard MatlockSRJune 11, 19346'1"190San Francisco, CA US
Stan McWilliamsRRNovember 3, 19276'3"195Vallejo, CA US
Louis ShadeRRJanuary 10, 19326'1"195Huron, SD US
James StevensRRJanuary 11, 19326'0"180Asheville, NC US
Don StrichekRRFebruary 16, 19346'1"194Youngstown, OH US
John TurkRRMay 4, 19316'0"200Cleveland, OH US
Raymond Von HagelRFebruary 27, 19346'3"210Brookside, AL US
Kenneth WelgossR5'10"170
Richard WendelRRAugust 22, 19356'0"175Plainfield, NJ US
Mike Woods

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.




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