1954 Bakersfield Indians Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Ray Perry (80-60)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 73,660, Avg. 1,052

1954 Bakersfield Indians Roster

Playoffs - San Jose Red Sox 3 games, Bakersfield Indians 1

The Bakersfield Indians of the California League ended the 1954 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing third in the CL.

The Indians plated 949 runs, tops in the circuit. Bakersfield conceded 758 runs. Ray Perry walloped 37 home runs for the team, while Edwin Lindsey, Dan Lynk and Don Demeter each added 15 or more as well. Ray Perry recorded 128 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .341 clip. René Valdés led the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.38 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1954 Bakersfield Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Don Demeter, René Valdés, Dick Tracewski, Don Drysdale, Art Demery and Larry Sherry.

Ray Perry served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
René Valdés	18	4	.818	2.38	28	24		21	1		212.0	186	73	56	11	83		204	2	0	2
Terry Kniffen	12	5	.706	4.14	25	17		9	1		152.0	146	92	70	10	79		136	6	0	1
Art Demery	10	9	.526	3.05	31	14		13	2		174.0	169	87	59	8	78		164	4	1	1
Danny Hayling	9	5	.643	4.82	22	13		4	0		99.0	104	71	53	5	74		62	3	1	0
Don Drysdale	8	5	.615	3.46	15	14		11	0		112.0	97	54	43	8	58		73	3	1	3
Larry Sherry	6	5	.545	5.15	21	14		7	2		110.0	95	71	63	7	115		87	4	0	7
James Peterson	5	3	.625	4.77	12	10		3	1		66.0	51	40	35	1	50		60	0	0	5
George Wasconis	4	4	.500	5.69	13	7		3	0		49.0	47	37	31	5	40		23	3	0	2
Herm Brown	2	1	.667		6						0.0
Frank Gladich	2	2	.500		6						0.0
Joe Ryan	1	0	1.000		6						0.0
Maurice McCall	1	1	.500	6.30	5	3		0	0		30.0	37	23	21	2	15		22	0	2	1
Charlie Adams	1	2	.333		7						0.0
Edward White	1	3	.250	6.60	14	3		0	0		30.0	32	37	22	4	36		13	3	0	3
Babe Thomas	0	0			1						0.0
Lewis Sneed	0	0			2						0.0
Alexander Ropek	0	0			2						0.0
Ray Perry	0	0			1						0.0
Leonard Payne	0	0			3						0.0
Edwin Lindsey	0	0			1						0.0
Edward Marks	0	1	.000		9						0.0
Eleuterio Lopez	0	1	.000		2						0.0
William Clark	0	1	.000		6						0.0
Derald Wooton	0	2	.000		4						0.0
James Malloch	0	5	.000		9						0.0
Totals	80	59	.576	3.94	251	119	0	71	7	0	1034.0	964	585	453	61	628	0	844	28	5	25	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
Don Musto	128	615	528	112	172	30	4	9	70	6		66	40	.326	.401	.449	.850	237		4	11	6
Ray Perry	140	652	461	142	157	17	3	37	128	10		184	78	.341	.532	.631	1.163	291		4	3	0
Don Demeter	141	618	540	101	144	18	3	26	89	14		62	147	.267	.350	.456	.806	246		9	4	3
Edwin Lindsey	76	326	267	67	93	13	1	24	90	3		48	41	.348	.442	.674	1.117	180		1	5	5
Dan Lynk	86	373	327	44	88	17	1	15	62	2		39	54	.269	.342	.465	.807	152		0	2	5
Joe Potts	60	246	219	27	67	9	1	1	39	1		23	32	.306	.373	.370	.743	81		1	2	1
John Tobias	49	233	204	32	58	14	1	4	34	1		25	48	.284	.364	.422	.785	86		1	2	1
Bob Taro	50	226	193	43	56	8	2	3	14	4		27	35	.290	.383	.399	.782	77		2	4	0
Robert Weir	52	236	189	44	48	11	0	7	45	0		44	47	.254	.397	.423	.821	80		1	2	0
Ronald Dacko	53	224	180	20	40	6	1	2	29	0		39	37	.222	.369	.300	.669	54		3	2	0
Stan Cebull	35	162	137	19	36	5	0	0	16	0		20	14	.263	.361	.299	.660	41		1	4	0
Ed Serrano	42	153	117	29	30	5	1	1	15	0		36	14	.256	.431	.342	.773	40		0	0	0
Roberto Barbon	25	107	92	16	26	4	1	0	8	0		15	13	.283	.383	.348	.731	32		0	0	0
Thomas Falter	23	104	87	22	25	4	1	1	10	0		17	16	.287	.404	.391	.795	34		0	0	0
René Valdés	32	97	91	15	23	6	0	1	8	0		6	26	.253	.299	.352	.651	32		0	0	0
Bill Coleman	33	115	104	8	21	3	0	1	15	0		9	19	.202	.272	.260	.532	27		1	1	0
Dick Tracewski	25	105	87	10	19	1	2	0	8	1		17	11	.218	.346	.276	.622	24		0	1	0
Ronald Stuart	29	135	100	24	18	0	1	0	12	3		34	12	.180	.385	.200	.585	20		0	0	1
Don Drysdale	20	61	51	8	15	3	2	2	14	0		10	15	.294	.410	.549	.959	28		0	0	0
Art Demery	32	78	62	6	15	1	0	0	5	0		13	14	.242	.368	.258	.626	16		0	2	1
Dale Johnston	19	65	51	7	9	0	0	0	2	1		12	12	.176	.344	.176	.520	9		1	1	0
Larry Sherry	28	61	56	6	9	0	0	0	3	0		4	9	.161	.217	.161	.377	9		0	1	0
Danny Hayling	23	43	35	7	8	1	0	0	2	1		6	10	.229	.349	.257	.606	9		1	0	1
Terry Kniffen	25	68	61	8	8	0	0	0	3	0		4	15	.131	.185	.131	.316	8		0	3	0
John Rucker	10	26	22	6	6	0	1	3	3	0		4	7	.273	.385	.773	1.157	17		0	0	0
James Peterson	15	29	25	6	6	0	0	0	4	0		4	9	.240	.345	.240	.585	6		0	0	0
Fred Sommers	7	14	14		5									.357	.357	.357	.714	5
Charlie Adams	7	8	8		3									.375	.375	.375	.750	3
George Wasconis	13	22	18	3	3	0	0	0	3	0		3	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	3		0	1	0
William Dixon	6	21	21		3									.143	.143	.143	.286	3
Frank Gladich	6	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Ransome Crisp	13	25	22	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	7	.091	.200	.091	.291	2		1	0	0
Joe Ryan	6	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Lewis Sneed	2	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Maurice McCall	6	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
James Malloch	9	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Herm Brown	6	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Jack Ketrick	12	18	13	3	1	0	1	0	0	0		5	6	.077	.333	.231	.564	3		0	0	0
Eleuterio Lopez	2	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Clark	6	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Edward Marks	9	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Alexander Ropek	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Edward White	14	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0
Totals	1377	5331	4445	839	1221	176	27	137	732	47	0	778	794	.275	.385	.419	.804	1862	0	31	53	24	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Robert Weir	1B	52	386	21	5	41	.988	7.827
Dan Lynk	1B	48	367	24	5	22	.987	8.146
Ed Serrano	1B	16	97	2	3	10	.971	6.188
Stan Cebull	2B	33	85	78	5	22	.970	4.939
Thomas Falter	2B	21	64	48	4	121	.966	5.333
Ray Perry	2B	18	49	45	4	13	.959	5.222
Ray Perry	3B	120	118	208	20	25	.942	2.717
Ed Serrano	3B	14	16	26	5	3	.894	3.000
Joe Potts	C	52	414	39	6	6	.987	8.712	1
Ronald Dacko	C	52	356	38	11	6	.973	7.577	10
Bill Coleman	C	30	168	23	6	5	.970	6.367	13
Don Demeter	OF	140	323	12	11	2	.968	2.393
Don Musto	OF	128	207	15	4	6	.982	1.734
Edwin Lindsey	OF	75	86	1	12	0	.879	1.160
John Tobias	OF	34	38	3	4	0	.911	1.206
Ronald Stuart	OF	28	55	4	1	0	.983	2.107
Art Demery	P	31	7	29	2	2	.947	1.161
René Valdés	P	28	8	38	3	3	.939	1.643
Terry Kniffen	P	25	2	14	1	1	.941	.640
Danny Hayling	P	22	7	10	2	1	.895	.773
Larry Sherry	P	21	6	13	1	1	.950	.905
Don Drysdale	P	15	2	22	4	4	.857	1.600
Edward White	P	14	1	2	2	0	.600	.214
George Wasconis	P	13	1	16	1	1	.944	1.308
James Peterson	P	12	7	8	2	1	.882	1.250
Edward Marks	P	9						.000
James Malloch	P	9						.000
Charlie Adams	P	7						.000
Joe Ryan	P	6						.000
Frank Gladich	P	6						.000
William Clark	P	6						.000
Herm Brown	P	6						.000
Maurice McCall	P	5						.000
Derald Wooton	P	4						.000
Leonard Payne	P	3						.000
Lewis Sneed	P	2						.000
Alexander Ropek	P	2						.000
Eleuterio Lopez	P	2						.000
Babe Thomas	P	1						.000
Ray Perry	P	1						.000
Edwin Lindsey	P	1						.000
Dan Lynk	SS	39	60	117	25	18	.876	4.538
Bob Taro	SS	32	39	69	10	5	.915	3.375
Roberto Barbon	SS	25	43	64	11	18	.907	4.280
Dick Tracewski	SS	23	41	67	18	9	.857	4.696
John Tobias	SS	16	25	57	11	6	.882	5.125
Totals		1247	3078	1113	199	352	.955	3.361	24	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.

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