1954 Lafayette Oilers Statistics

Evangeline League (EL) - Class: C
Team Record: 55-85
Finished 8th in the EL
Manager: Bob Hedington (55-85)
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
Ballpark: Clark Field
Attendance: 74,882, Avg. 1,070

1954 Lafayette Oilers Roster

The Lafayette Oilers of the Evangeline League ended the 1954 season with a record of 55 wins and 85 losses, finishing eighth in the EL.

The Oilers scored 712 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 853 runs. Bob Hedington led all regular batters by hitting .298. J. B. Richard topped Lafayette with 15 wins, while Antonio Sosa recorded a 3.69 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers. Bob Hedington 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
J. B. Richard	15	17	.469	4.61	40	30					289.0	325	173	148	24	84
Mateo Alomar	11	15	.423	6.09	35	20					205.3	260	170	139	26	94
Antonio Sosa	10	17	.370	3.69	38	27					234.0	236	127	96	18	127
Wilfrid Sirois	3	7	.300	6.75	12	8					56.0	48	49	42	2	73
William Yednak	1	2	.333		11						0.0
Bill Ash	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Lindquist	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Walt Dixon	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Totals	40	61	.396	4.88	145	85	0	0	0	0	784.3	869	519	425	70	378	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
Tomas Centeno	138	515	515		136	27	7	2						.264	.264	.355	.619	183
Juan Garcia	131	485	485		135	34	4	6						.278	.278	.402	.680	195
Bob Hedington	115	406	406		121	27	0	11						.298	.298	.446	.744	181
Ed Stutsman	131	467	467		109	18	3	4						.233	.233	.310	.544	145
Eugene Gignac	80	307	307		85	8	1	2						.277	.277	.329	.606	101
Donald Lavigne	67	262	262		82	19	4	7						.313	.313	.496	.809	130
Armando Hernandez	83	260	260		79	22	4	7						.304	.304	.500	.804	130
Royce McElroy	84	289	289		61	6	1	2						.211	.211	.260	.471	75
George Lambrinos	46	189	189		51	4	0	0						.270	.270	.291	.561	55
Sam Garbedian	35	164	164		49	6	0	1						.299	.299	.354	.652	58
Mateo Alomar	64	156	156		41	6	2	5						.263	.263	.423	.686	66
Richard Anderson	41	147	147		38	9	0	5						.259	.259	.422	.680	62
Walt Dixon	39	157	157		36	11	1	5						.229	.229	.408	.637	64
Arthur Pacanowski	30	124	124		34	3	1	0						.274	.274	.315	.589	39
Antonio Sosa	50	107	107		17	0	1	0						.159	.159	.178	.336	19
J. B. Richard	41	103	103		16	3	1	0						.155	.155	.204	.359	21
Jeff Smith	25	68	68		15	2	1	0						.221	.221	.279	.500	19
John DeOrio	28	75	75		13	2	0	0						.173	.173	.200	.373	15
Wilfrid Sirois	13	24	24		5	0	0	0						.208	.208	.208	.417	5
William Yednak	11	12	12		2	1	0	0						.167	.167	.250	.417	3
Bill Ash	4	9	9											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Louis Russo	7	11	11											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1263	4337	4337	0	1125	208	31	57	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.259	.361	.620	1566	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
J. B. Richard	P	40					.000
Antonio Sosa	P	38					.000
Mateo Alomar	P	35					.000
Wilfrid Sirois	P	12					.000
William Yednak	P	11					.000
Bill Ash	P	4					.000
Totals		140	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.

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