1954 Beaumont Exporters Statistics
Team Record: 77-84
Finished 7th in the TL
Manager: Les Fleming (0-0), Mickey Livingston (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Beaumont, Texas
Ballpark: Stuart Stadium
Attendance: 100,008, Avg. 1,242
The Beaumont Exporters of the Texas League ended the 1954 season with a record of 77 wins and 84 losses, finishing seventh in the TL.
The Exporters scored 755 runs and gave up 819 runs, most in the circuit. Eddie Kazak paced Beaumont with 19 home runs and drove in 104 runs, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .344 clip. Dave Hillman topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.32 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1954 Beaumont Exporters who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Russ Bauers, Jim Brosnan, Mike Clark, Buzz Clarkson, George Eyrich, Jim Fanning, Vern Fear, Les Fleming, Ford Garrison, Lloyd Gearhart, Dave Hillman, Eddie Kazak, Vern Kennedy, Chris Kitsos, Max Lanier, Mickey Livingston, Red Lynn, Bob Marquis, Willie Ramsdell, Paul Schramka, Ben Taylor, Bill Williams, Leroy Williams and Bob Zick.
Les Fleming and Mickey Livingston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Hillman | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.32 | 36 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 225.0 | 211 | 96 | 83 | 19 | 93 | 129 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Eugene Tarabilda | 9 | 12 | .429 | 4.19 | 48 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 191.0 | 207 | 119 | 89 | 8 | 80 | 82 | 9 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Jim Brosnan | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.78 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 68.0 | 57 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 24 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bob Zick | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.43 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 105.0 | 89 | 49 | 40 | 5 | 58 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Paul Hoffmeister | 5 | 8 | .385 | 6.48 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 118.0 | 128 | 94 | 85 | 16 | 88 | 83 | 8 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Joe Kuncl | 3 | 2 | .600 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vern Kennedy | 3 | 4 | .429 | 16 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Eyrich | 2 | 2 | .500 | 18 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vern Fear | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Max Lanier | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.98 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 47.0 | 49 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jay Ver Crouse | 1 | 1 | .500 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burton Smith | 1 | 4 | .200 | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Watkins | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Russ Bauers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elvin Stabelfeld | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Curnan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Hockenbury | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Speck | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Red Lynn | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Willie Ramsdell | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 58 | 67 | .464 | 4.11 | 284 | 89 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 754.0 | 741 | 412 | 344 | 62 | 371 | 0 | 459 | 21 | 3 | 32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Kazak | 153 | 648 | 558 | 102 | 192 | 44 | 2 | 19 | 104 | 2 | 4 | 67 | 49 | .344 | .412 | .532 | .944 | 297 | 4 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Ev Hall | 146 | 645 | 587 | 78 | 175 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 62 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 45 | .298 | .345 | .378 | .723 | 222 | 2 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Bob Marquis | 143 | 649 | 561 | 102 | 158 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 52 | 11 | 6 | 74 | 69 | .282 | .370 | .415 | .785 | 233 | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Jack Hollis | 149 | 621 | 530 | 67 | 132 | 27 | 2 | 10 | 58 | 4 | 6 | 68 | 58 | .249 | .335 | .364 | .699 | 193 | 4 | 12 | 7 | ||
| Jim Fanning | 93 | 352 | 322 | 85 | 98 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 30 | .304 | .345 | .432 | .777 | 139 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Ford Garrison | 106 | 235 | 215 | 23 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 21 | .260 | .312 | .381 | .693 | 82 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chris Kitsos | 47 | 196 | 149 | 21 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 34 | .215 | .392 | .282 | .674 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dave Cunningham | 51 | 175 | 150 | 23 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 39 | .207 | .308 | .373 | .681 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carlton Hanta | 39 | 137 | 117 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 21 | .205 | .311 | .291 | .602 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Red Lavigne | 27 | 83 | 72 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .250 | .349 | .444 | .794 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Schramka | 21 | 82 | 75 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .240 | .305 | .373 | .678 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Livingston | 32 | 51 | 48 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .312 | .353 | .458 | .811 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Curnan | 35 | 86 | 72 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | .208 | .337 | .236 | .573 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milt Joffe | 33 | 95 | 82 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 26 | .146 | .263 | .195 | .458 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Hillman | 47 | 93 | 77 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 33 | .130 | .212 | .182 | .394 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Jim Brosnan | 16 | 33 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .250 | .323 | .250 | .573 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Zick | 24 | 41 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .132 | .154 | .158 | .312 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vern Kennedy | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eugene Tarabilda | 52 | 71 | 57 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 | .070 | .185 | .070 | .255 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Paul Hoffmeister | 47 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .088 | .205 | .088 | .293 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Lynn | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Harry Martin | 7 | 17 | 17 | 2 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Williams | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jay Ver Crouse | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Eyrich | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max Lanier | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Kuncl | 19 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Don Watkins | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Elvin Stabelfeld | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Speck | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Burton Smith | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herbert Dorsey | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Willie Ramsdell | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Vern Fear | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lloyd Gearhart | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Michael Jezierski | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1419 | 4454 | 3888 | 582 | 1018 | 163 | 33 | 71 | 446 | 32 | 33 | 439 | 532 | .262 | .339 | .376 | .714 | 1460 | 0 | 25 | 76 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Garrison | 1B | 14 | 109 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 8.357 | ||||
| Jack Hollis | 2B | 147 | 434 | 362 | 22 | 109 | .973 | 5.415 | ||||
| Chris Kitsos | 2B | 13 | 32 | 30 | 3 | 8 | .954 | 4.769 | ||||
| Eddie Kazak | 3B | 151 | 163 | 223 | 36 | 37 | .915 | 2.556 | ||||
| Jim Fanning | C | 86 | 483 | 52 | 11 | 6 | .980 | 6.221 | 3 | |||
| Ronald Curnan | C | 19 | 68 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 3.895 | 0 | |||
| Bob Marquis | CF | 51 | 106 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .922 | 2.098 | ||||
| Dave Cunningham | CF | 25 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Milt Joffe | CF | 14 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 2.357 | ||||
| Ev Hall | CF | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Ev Hall | LF | 92 | 200 | 14 | 9 | 0 | .960 | 2.326 | ||||
| Bob Marquis | LF | 22 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 2.182 | ||||
| Ford Garrison | LF | 18 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .722 | ||||
| Paul Schramka | LF | 16 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.625 | ||||
| Eugene Tarabilda | P | 48 | 11 | 40 | 6 | 3 | .895 | 1.062 | ||||
| Paul Hoffmeister | P | 47 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .660 | ||||
| Dave Hillman | P | 36 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 0 | .905 | 1.056 | ||||
| George Eyrich | P | 18 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .556 | ||||
| Bob Zick | P | 17 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 2.000 | ||||
| Vern Kennedy | P | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .312 | ||||
| Burton Smith | P | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .467 | ||||
| Max Lanier | P | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.154 | ||||
| Jim Brosnan | P | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .923 | ||||
| Jay Ver Crouse | P | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Gerald Speck | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .100 | ||||
| Joe Kuncl | P | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Red Lynn | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vern Fear | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willie Ramsdell | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Watkins | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elvin Stabelfeld | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Curnan | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Hockenbury | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Russ Bauers | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Marquis | RF | 69 | 121 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .969 | 1.783 | ||||
| Ford Garrison | RF | 28 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ev Hall | RF | 23 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.826 | ||||
| Red Lavigne | RF | 22 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .773 | ||||
| Dave Cunningham | RF | 14 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.643 | ||||
| Milt Joffe | RF | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Carlton Hanta | SS | 38 | 42 | 105 | 11 | 20 | .930 | 3.868 | ||||
| Chris Kitsos | SS | 34 | 55 | 92 | 4 | 10 | .974 | 4.324 | ||||
| Ev Hall | SS | 15 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 5 | .837 | 2.400 | ||||
| Totals | 1219 | 2210 | 1080 | 145 | 212 | .958 | 2.699 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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.
