1954 Los Angeles Angels Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 73-92
Finished 6th in the PCL
Manager: Bill Sweeney (73-92)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Los Angeles, California
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 238,567, Avg. 2,892

1954 Los Angeles Angels Roster

The Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1954 season with a record of 73 wins and 92 losses, finishing sixth in the PCL.

The Angels scored 645 runs and surrendered 694 runs. Fred Richards paced Los Angeles with 24 home runs Bob Usher recorded 73 runs batted in. Gene Mauch led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .287 clip. Joe Hatten, Bob Spicer and Cal McLish topped the squad with 13 wins each, while Bob Spicer recorded a 3.08 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Ed Chandler, Bubba Church, Joe Stanka, Fred Richards, Al Evans, Hy Cohen, Chris Kitsos, Sheldon Jones, Tommy Brown, Herb Adams, Bruce Edwards, Tom Simpson, Turk Lown, Cal McLish, Leon Brinkopf, Bill Moisan, Bob Usher, Joe Hatten, John Pyecha, Gene Mauch, Don Robertson, Bob Spicer, Randy Gumpert, Dixie Upright, Max West, Johnny Pramesa and Bud Hardin were all players from the 1954 Los Angeles Angels who played in the Majors during their careers.

Bill Sweeney 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
Cal McLish	13	15	.464	3.53	37	35		17	3		245.0	261	102	96	24	74		120	6	1	2
Bob Spicer	13	16	.448	3.07	33	31		15	4		231.3	239	91	79	19	54		122	3	0	10
Joe Hatten	13	17	.433	3.53	41	34		16	2		232.0	237	99	91	17	94		138	7	0	4
Bubba Church	11	9	.550	3.89	26	22		10	3		134.3	131	66	58	13	67		91	0	0	7
John Pyecha	7	7	.500	3.24	28	19		9	1		147.3	143	63	53	8	61		63	2	0	5
Turk Lown	5	3	.625	2.48	30	0		0	0		72.7	54	30	20	0	46		52	1	0	2
Randy Gumpert	4	4	.500	4.92	37	0		0	0		64.0	73	46	35	7	27		33	0	0	1
Sheldon Jones	3	6	.333	4.86	19	11		2	0		74.0	92	47	40	5	21		37	1	0	1
Alan Ihde	1	0	1.000	3.48	7	0		0	0		10.3	9	4	4	0	1		5	0	0	0
Tom Simpson	1	4	.200	5.17	35	0		0	0		62.7	77	46	36	6	25		31	0	0	4
Joe Hinchman	1	4	.200	5.52	5	5		2	0		31.0	28	20	19	4	10		11	0	0	0
Bill Moisan	1	7	.125	4.09	31	8		1	0		101.3	105	63	46	10	60		41	2	0	5
Ed Chandler	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	1	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0
Joe Stanka	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0		4.0	1	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0
Hy Cohen	0	0		6.60	9	1		0	0		15.0	20	15	11	2	3		6	0	0	0
Totals	73	92	.442	3.71	341	166	0	72	13	0	1426.0	1471	694	588	115	546	0	753	22	1	41	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
Gene Mauch	153	643	565	81	162	26	2	11	58	12		65	55	.287	.361	.398	.760	225	9	1	12	0
Bob Usher	156	647	574	73	146	21	1	13	73	16		57	59	.254	.324	.362	.687	208	17	5	6	5
Tommy Brown	152	579	502	68	132	25	1	14	61	3		53	83	.263	.338	.400	.738	201	10	7	11	6
Bruce Edwards	106	440	393	44	117	23	1	9	64	0		35	41	.298	.353	.430	.783	169	7	1	7	4
Fred Richards	145	543	497	58	113	11	1	24	61	2		37	56	.227	.283	.398	.681	198	9	2	5	2
Bud Hardin	135	468	434	49	105	11	2	2	21	5		30	35	.242	.292	.290	.583	126	11	1	3	0
Al Evans	92	298	269	19	72	11	0	5	29	1		24	22	.268	.327	.364	.691	98	8	0	4	1
Johnny Pramesa	93	257	231	27	68	14	0	11	37	1		21	19	.294	.352	.498	.849	115	13	1	1	3
Dixie Upright	94	267	235	26	55	8	2	10	28	2		25	34	.234	.311	.413	.723	97	4	2	3	2
Don Robertson	82	242	219	35	52	7	5	7	28	4		19	61	.237	.306	.411	.717	90	4	3	0	1
Hank Nasternak	71	247	211	24	50	7	0	3	16	1		28	28	.237	.328	.313	.641	66	3	1	6	1
Max West	89	211	169	25	44	4	0	12	37	1		37	33	.260	.395	.497	.892	84	1	2	1	2
Vic Marasco	51	139	125	21	34	8	0	5	16	1		9	13	.272	.331	.456	.787	57	1	2	3	0
Jacques Monette	51	106	96	12	24	4	1	4	10	1		9	25	.250	.311	.438	.749	42	3	0	0	1
Dave Cunningham	40	107	93	20	22	3	1	4	11	4		13	33	.237	.330	.419	.750	39	1	0	1	0
Bob Spicer	34	87	74	1	18	1	0	0	9	1		6	9	.243	.301	.257	.558	19	0	1	4	2
Cal McLish	39	92	81	8	18	1	0	3	10	0		5	30	.222	.267	.346	.612	28	3	1	2	3
Chris Kitsos	28	92	77	9	17	1	0	0	2	3		14	14	.221	.348	.234	.582	18	1	1	0	0
Hal Meek	32	101	93	7	16	2	0	1	5	0		6	10	.172	.230	.226	.456	21	3	1	1	0
Joe Hatten	42	85	77	4	15	2	0	0	3	0		3	18	.195	.225	.221	.446	17	0	0	5	0
Herb Adams	15	52	51	3	13	1	0	0	1	3		0	2	.255	.255	.275	.529	14	0	0	1	0
Bill Moisan	49	55	53	4	12	1	0	0	2	0		2	14	.226	.255	.245	.500	13	1	0	0	0
Bubba Church	26	53	46	6	11	2	0	1	3	0		4	6	.239	.300	.348	.648	16	0	0	3	0
John Pyecha	28	56	50	3	7	0	0	0	1	0		2	19	.140	.173	.140	.313	7	0	0	4	0
Joe Hannah	7	24	21	2	6	2	0	0	3	0		2	3	.286	.348	.381	.729	8	0	0	1	0
Dick Smith	11	27	25	3	6	2	0	0	2	0		1	4	.240	.259	.320	.579	8	1	0	0	1
Leon Brinkopf	14	33	26	3	6	3	0	1	5	0		7	7	.231	.394	.462	.855	12	2	0	0	0
Turk Lown	30	19	18	2	4	1	0	0	1	0		0	5	.222	.222	.278	.500	5	0	0	1	0
Frank DiPrima	9	23	18	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		4	1	.222	.364	.222	.586	4	1	0	1	0
Sheldon Jones	19	24	23	3	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.174	.174	.174	.348	4	0	0	1	0
Randy Gumpert	37	16	15	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	6	.133	.188	.200	.388	3	0	0	0	0
Hy Cohen	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0
Ed McDade	5	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	1	0	1	0
Tom Simpson	35	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.083	.077	.083	.160	1	0	0	0	1
Joe Hinchman	5	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0
Alan Ihde	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Hooks	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1994	6067	5390	645	1358	203	17	140	600	61	0	519	754	.252	.319	.374	.693	2015	114	32	91	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Fred Richards	1B	145	1177	94	14	106	.989	8.766
Dixie Upright	1B	21	122	7	2	7	.985	6.143
Max West	1B	13	112	9	1	7	.992	9.308
Gene Mauch	2B	152	354	380	19	79	.975	4.829
Bud Hardin	2B	20	40	66	1	12	.991	5.300
Frank DiPrima	2B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Tommy Brown	2B	1	4	1	0	0	1.000	5.000
Bruce Edwards	3B	106	111	189	22	19	.932	2.830
Tommy Brown	3B	39	40	69	9	5	.924	2.795
Bud Hardin	3B	13	14	27	2	4	.953	3.154
Leon Brinkopf	3B	7	7	9	1	1	.941	2.286
Frank DiPrima	3B	5	8	7	1	1	.938	3.000
Hank Nasternak	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Chris Kitsos	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Al Evans	C	82	409	45	13	3	.972	5.537	4		26	100.0
Johnny Pramesa	C	55	246	30	8	10	.972	5.018	6		18	100.0
Hal Meek	C	30	129	16	5	5	.967	4.833	1		7	100.0
Joe Hannah	C	7	37	6	1	2	.977	6.143	0		2	100.0
Bob Usher	OF	154	356	19	4	4	.989	2.435
Tommy Brown	OF	107	193	6	3	0	.985	1.860
Don Robertson	OF	76	114	13	6	1	.955	1.671
Dixie Upright	OF	61	94	7	8	3	.927	1.656
Jacques Monette	OF	36	44	1	1	1	.978	1.250
Dave Cunningham	OF	34	86	0	3	0	.966	2.529
Max West	OF	26	25	2	1	0	.964	1.038
Herb Adams	OF	15	33	1	1	1	.971	2.267
Dick Smith	OF	11	15	0	0	0	1.000	1.364
Joe Hatten	P	41	17	52	0	4	1.000	1.683
Cal McLish	P	37	20	38	1	1	.983	1.568
Randy Gumpert	P	37	3	9	2	0	.857	.324
Tom Simpson	P	35	2	15	2	2	.895	.486
Bob Spicer	P	33	10	46	0	2	1.000	1.697
Bill Moisan	P	31	4	21	0	1	1.000	.806
Turk Lown	P	30	7	13	1	1	.952	.667
John Pyecha	P	28	4	34	1	5	.974	1.357
Bubba Church	P	26	3	18	1	1	.955	.808
Sheldon Jones	P	19	2	12	0	0	1.000	.737
Hy Cohen	P	9	1	3	0	0	1.000	.444
Alan Ihde	P	7	2	1	0	0	1.000	.429
Joe Hinchman	P	5	1	8	0	0	1.000	1.800
Joe Stanka	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Bud Hardin	SS	100	186	271	9	42	.981	4.570
Hank Nasternak	SS	63	114	154	16	31	.944	4.254
Chris Kitsos	SS	25	43	72	2	13	.983	4.600
Ed McDade	SS	4	3	2	0	1	1.000	1.250
Tommy Brown	SS	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		1753	4193	1778	161	375	.974	3.406	11	0	53	100.0

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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