1954 Abilene Blue Sox Statistics
Team Record: 65-70
Finished 4th in the WTNML
Manager: Jay Haney (65-70)
Location: Abilene, Texas
Ballpark: Blue Sox Stadium
Attendance: 77,668, Avg. 1,151
Playoffs - Pampa Oilers 4 games, Abilene Blue Sox 2
The Abilene Blue Sox of the West Texas-New Mexico League ended the 1954 season with a record of 65 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the WTNML.
The Blue Sox scored 901 runs and conceded 967 runs, most in the circuit. Robert Pascal led all regular batters by hitting .360. Andres Alonso topped Abilene with 22 wins and a team-best 5.28 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1954 Abilene Blue Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Oliverio Ortiz, Jimmie Newberry and Orlando Varona.
Jay Haney served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Alonso | 22 | 16 | .579 | 5.28 | 58 | 27 | 261.0 | 307 | 184 | 153 | 35 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Orlando Pacheco | 8 | 8 | .500 | 6.24 | 30 | 22 | 151.3 | 204 | 117 | 105 | 20 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Jay Haney | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.63 | 12 | 3 | 38.3 | 52 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 24 | ||||||||||
| John Jones | 3 | 4 | .429 | 7.83 | 12 | 10 | 56.3 | 80 | 56 | 49 | 7 | 36 | ||||||||||
| John Shaw | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.59 | 13 | 8 | 56.3 | 54 | 50 | 35 | 5 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Max Newcom | 3 | 5 | .375 | 8.12 | 16 | 7 | 72.0 | 118 | 81 | 65 | 20 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Jimmie Newberry | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.01 | 21 | 7 | 79.3 | 95 | 62 | 53 | 15 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Bob Wilkinson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Singleton | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oliverio Ortiz | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alvis Whisenhunt | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.29 | 11 | 1 | 34.0 | 34 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 19 | ||||||||||
| William Heater | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Peterson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Calvin Saunders | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Orlando Varona | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Glenn Burns | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas O'Barr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Walt Novak | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Art Bowland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Peter MacKenzie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jabe Brazzle | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Matthews | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loba Gibson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Juan DelToro | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 49 | 59 | .454 | 6.06 | 223 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 748.7 | 944 | 599 | 504 | 115 | 307 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osmond Walker | 130 | 498 | 498 | 163 | 21 | 8 | 3 | .327 | .327 | .420 | .747 | 209 | |||||||||||
| Robert Pascal | 122 | 444 | 444 | 160 | 43 | 4 | 22 | .360 | .360 | .624 | .984 | 277 | |||||||||||
| Art Bowland | 120 | 446 | 446 | 159 | 28 | 4 | 14 | .357 | .357 | .531 | .888 | 237 | |||||||||||
| Glenn Burns | 134 | 526 | 526 | 152 | 35 | 6 | 27 | .289 | .289 | .532 | .821 | 280 | |||||||||||
| Orlando Varona | 127 | 507 | 507 | 141 | 24 | 4 | 6 | .278 | .278 | .377 | .655 | 191 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Ellison | 114 | 378 | 378 | 105 | 36 | 4 | 11 | .278 | .278 | .481 | .759 | 182 | |||||||||||
| Peter MacKenzie | 109 | 391 | 391 | 103 | 20 | 7 | 2 | .263 | .263 | .366 | .629 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Jim Matthews | 78 | 288 | 288 | 78 | 10 | 2 | 18 | .271 | .271 | .507 | .778 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Wayland Goza | 69 | 253 | 253 | 74 | 14 | 2 | 10 | .292 | .292 | .482 | .775 | 122 | |||||||||||
| Andres Alonso | 83 | 136 | 136 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .265 | .265 | .441 | .706 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Jay Haney | 34 | 110 | 110 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 4 | .255 | .255 | .409 | .664 | 45 | |||||||||||
| John Shaw | 31 | 66 | 66 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .303 | .303 | .424 | .727 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Harold Niemeyer | 18 | 56 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .232 | .250 | .482 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Orlando Pacheco | 35 | 70 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .129 | .129 | .257 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Max Newcom | 18 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Jimmie Newberry | 24 | 41 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .146 | .146 | .293 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Juan DelToro | 7 | 11 | 11 | 4 | .364 | .364 | .364 | .727 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| John Jones | 18 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .121 | .121 | .121 | .242 | 4 | |||||||||||
| James Frederick | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Loba Gibson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Peter Guzy | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Oliverio Ortiz | 9 | 14 | 14 | 1 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Alvis Whisenhunt | 13 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Walt Novak | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jabe Brazzle | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| William Heater | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ray Steele | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Singleton | 8 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Earl Grimes | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Calvin Saunders | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bernardo Martinez | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Wilkinson | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1327 | 4366 | 4366 | 0 | 1268 | 245 | 43 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 | .290 | .451 | .742 | 1971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Alonso | P | 58 | .000 | |||||
| Orlando Pacheco | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Jimmie Newberry | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Max Newcom | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| John Jones | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Alvis Whisenhunt | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| John Singleton | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Oliverio Ortiz | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Juan DelToro | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| William Heater | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Walt Novak | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Calvin Saunders | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Loba Gibson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Jabe Brazzle | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Wilkinson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Peterson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas O'Barr | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
