1954 Lake Charles Lakers Statistics
Team Record: 67-72
Finished 4th in the EL
Manager: John Faucett (67-72)
Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana
Ballpark: American Legion Park
Attendance: 71,555, Avg. 1,030
Playoffs - New Iberia Pelicans 4 games, Lake Charles Lakers 2
The Lake Charles Lakers of the Evangeline League ended the 1954 season with a record of 67 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the EL.
The Lakers plated 787 runs and yielded 826 runs. Walter Sessi led all regular batters by connecting at a .333 clip. Elwood Moore topped Lake Charles with 11 wins and a team-best 4.28 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1954 Lake Charles Lakers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Stan Goletz, Leo Posada and Walter Sessi.
John Faucett 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elwood Moore | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.28 | 29 | 22 | 181.0 | 163 | 103 | 86 | 18 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Garland Turano | 10 | 10 | .500 | 5.35 | 43 | 22 | 202.0 | 194 | 143 | 120 | 15 | 147 | ||||||||||
| Billy Thompson | 9 | 4 | .692 | 5.12 | 40 | 14 | 146.0 | 172 | 99 | 83 | 14 | 90 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Pollet | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.34 | 14 | 7 | 59.0 | 65 | 48 | 35 | 2 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Harold Bunch | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.66 | 24 | 19 | 133.3 | 144 | 77 | 69 | 9 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Leo Tyson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Douglas Alford | 2 | 4 | .333 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clifford Babbitt | 2 | 4 | .333 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Herbert Dwire | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Smith | 1 | 3 | .250 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Smith | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Raymond Hegstrom | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don White | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Billy Boyette | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul Chergey | 0 | 2 | .000 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 48 | 59 | .449 | 4.90 | 223 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 721.3 | 738 | 470 | 393 | 58 | 387 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Sessi | 141 | 520 | 520 | 173 | 43 | 6 | 25 | .333 | .333 | .583 | .915 | 303 | |||||||||||
| Hernan Gomez | 141 | 590 | 590 | 160 | 28 | 4 | 14 | .271 | .271 | .403 | .675 | 238 | |||||||||||
| John Faucett | 120 | 488 | 488 | 144 | 23 | 2 | 16 | .295 | .295 | .449 | .744 | 219 | |||||||||||
| John Smirnoff | 111 | 429 | 429 | 117 | 17 | 1 | 12 | .273 | .273 | .401 | .674 | 172 | |||||||||||
| Reed Stephens | 105 | 408 | 408 | 113 | 25 | 2 | 6 | .277 | .277 | .392 | .669 | 160 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Smith | 79 | 262 | 262 | 88 | 24 | 2 | 11 | .336 | .336 | .569 | .905 | 149 | |||||||||||
| Leo Posada | 95 | 323 | 323 | 81 | 15 | 4 | 13 | .251 | .251 | .443 | .693 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Gene Depperschmidt | 41 | 150 | 150 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .300 | .300 | .453 | .753 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Luis Oliveros | 29 | 118 | 118 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .280 | .314 | .593 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Dave Ellison | 47 | 131 | 131 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .252 | .252 | .321 | .573 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Ryan | 37 | 130 | 130 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .223 | .223 | .277 | .500 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Yale Lary | 16 | 63 | 63 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .429 | .429 | .714 | 1.143 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Harold Wilson | 44 | 126 | 126 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .206 | .206 | .317 | .524 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Michael Jezierski | 18 | 73 | 73 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .329 | .329 | .425 | .753 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Elwood Moore | 36 | 76 | 76 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .289 | .566 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Garland Turano | 56 | 80 | 80 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .238 | .238 | .438 | .675 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Mike Lyle | 26 | 94 | 94 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .202 | .202 | .223 | .426 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Billy Thompson | 47 | 64 | 64 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .281 | .531 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Virgil Petty | 14 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .283 | .478 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Richard Jennings | 12 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .444 | .556 | 1.000 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Douglas Alford | 26 | 44 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .182 | .295 | .477 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Leo Tyson | 14 | 31 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .226 | .419 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Harold Bunch | 24 | 52 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .135 | .250 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Pollet | 15 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .182 | .318 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Paul Chergey | 14 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | |||||||||||
| AJ Crain | 2 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Fred Smith | 6 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Herbert Dorsey | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Billy Boyette | 2 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Raymond Hegstrom | 7 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Clifford Babbitt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Kyler | 3 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Hurley McLeod | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1332 | 4393 | 4393 | 0 | 1209 | 218 | 31 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .417 | .693 | 1834 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garland Turano | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Thompson | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Elwood Moore | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Bunch | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Tommy Pollet | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Chergey | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Clifford Babbitt | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Raymond Hegstrom | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Smith | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Boyette | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 189 | 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.
