1954 Mexicali Eagles Statistics
Team Record: 92-48
Finished 2nd in the AAL
Manager: Art Lilly (92-48)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Mexicali, Mexico, Mexico
Ballpark: Parque Hidalgo
Attendance: 92,377, Avg. 1,320
The Mexicali Eagles of the Arizona-Texas League ended the 1954 season with a record of 92 wins and 48 losses, finishing second in the AAL.
The Eagles allowed 811 runs, least in the league. Mexicali plated 1047 runs. Ricardo Garza walloped 33 home runs for the squad, while Refugio Bernal, Moises Camacho, Eduardo Escalante and Gustavo Fernandez each swatted 15 or more, too. Eduardo Escalante recorded 143 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .383. Nate Moreland led the squad with 22 wins, and Francisco Ramirez also added 15 or more victories also Francisco Ramirez earned a 3.51 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Rubén Amaro and Nate Moreland both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Art Lilly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nate Moreland | 22 | 11 | .667 | 3.87 | 49 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 228.0 | 238 | 133 | 98 | 20 | 76 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Francisco Ramirez | 18 | 9 | .667 | 3.51 | 48 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 264.0 | 282 | 134 | 103 | 18 | 69 | 193 | 10 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Jesus Armenta | 12 | 7 | .632 | 4.27 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 185.3 | 214 | 112 | 88 | 18 | 55 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Norm Mathews | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.51 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 103.7 | 121 | 71 | 52 | 12 | 55 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Manuel Estrada | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.93 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 96.7 | 127 | 76 | 53 | 4 | 42 | 78 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Alonso Ruiz | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.46 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 76.7 | 96 | 47 | 38 | 3 | 45 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Cesar Gutierrez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Catarino Ponce | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 89 | 45 | .664 | 4.32 | 251 | 135 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 1176.3 | 1391 | 758 | 564 | 93 | 408 | 0 | 668 | 25 | 2 | 26 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eduardo Escalante | 140 | 672 | 587 | 134 | 225 | 34 | 11 | 15 | 143 | 7 | 72 | 45 | .383 | .448 | .555 | 1.003 | 326 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||
| Gustavo Fernandez | 140 | 687 | 618 | 137 | 176 | 25 | 10 | 28 | 96 | 14 | 52 | 98 | .285 | .344 | .494 | .838 | 305 | 5 | 10 | 2 | |||
| Ricardo Garza | 140 | 688 | 506 | 169 | 167 | 32 | 10 | 33 | 111 | 19 | 160 | 55 | .330 | .497 | .628 | 1.126 | 318 | 11 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Art Lilly | 139 | 621 | 480 | 90 | 148 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 91 | 17 | 110 | 44 | .308 | .446 | .446 | .892 | 214 | 14 | 11 | 6 | |||
| Walt Tyler | 69 | 343 | 311 | 67 | 126 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 69 | 2 | 27 | 18 | .405 | .455 | .543 | .998 | 169 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Gerardo Cortez | 80 | 354 | 315 | 60 | 113 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 67 | 6 | 28 | 41 | .359 | .417 | .552 | .970 | 174 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Refugio Bernal | 104 | 448 | 378 | 86 | 109 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 97 | 7 | 48 | 61 | .288 | .389 | .519 | .908 | 196 | 15 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Moises Camacho | 76 | 365 | 311 | 85 | 108 | 27 | 7 | 15 | 65 | 2 | 40 | 21 | .347 | .427 | .624 | 1.051 | 194 | 5 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Rubén Amaro | 93 | 406 | 319 | 55 | 91 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 7 | 72 | 39 | .285 | .419 | .411 | .830 | 131 | 3 | 10 | 2 | |||
| Ernesto Jaramillo | 96 | 351 | 323 | 45 | 85 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 16 | 63 | .263 | .296 | .375 | .670 | 121 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||
| Nate Moreland | 54 | 109 | 98 | 17 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .347 | .396 | .408 | .804 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Carlos Salcido | 34 | 148 | 132 | 25 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 33 | .220 | .299 | .333 | .633 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jesus Armenta | 35 | 87 | 75 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .213 | .306 | .240 | .546 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jesus Mendoza | 21 | 66 | 61 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .246 | .303 | .410 | .713 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Manuel Estrada | 29 | 68 | 61 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .197 | .258 | .279 | .536 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Francisco Ramirez | 48 | 108 | 97 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 37 | .103 | .171 | .134 | .305 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Alonso Ruiz | 16 | 40 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .222 | .282 | .222 | .504 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jose Medrano | 10 | 41 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | .206 | .325 | .235 | .560 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Juan Forte | 8 | 32 | 32 | 6 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Norm Mathews | 33 | 44 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .162 | .225 | .216 | .441 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Hugh Lapham | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Enrique Estrada | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alejandro Flores | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1427 | 5816 | 4929 | 1033 | 1522 | 260 | 68 | 153 | 926 | 88 | 0 | 697 | 682 | .309 | .399 | .482 | .882 | 2377 | 0 | 67 | 92 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eduardo Escalante | 1B | 140 | 1155 | 38 | 19 | 136 | .984 | 8.521 | ||||
| Moises Camacho | 2B | 75 | 192 | 202 | 22 | 60 | .947 | 5.253 | ||||
| Art Lilly | 2B | 65 | 168 | 163 | 25 | 48 | .930 | 5.092 | ||||
| Ricardo Garza | 3B | 106 | 107 | 180 | 29 | 22 | .908 | 2.708 | ||||
| Art Lilly | 3B | 27 | 33 | 58 | 11 | 5 | .892 | 3.370 | ||||
| Rubén Amaro | 3B | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 2.100 | ||||
| Ernesto Jaramillo | C | 81 | 414 | 42 | 9 | 5 | .981 | 5.630 | 11 | |||
| Refugio Bernal | C | 58 | 288 | 28 | 7 | 3 | .978 | 5.448 | 5 | |||
| Gustavo Fernandez | OF | 140 | 422 | 23 | 18 | 5 | .961 | 3.179 | ||||
| Gerardo Cortez | OF | 79 | 127 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .925 | 1.722 | ||||
| Walt Tyler | OF | 69 | 136 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .959 | 2.029 | ||||
| Refugio Bernal | OF | 45 | 87 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .910 | 2.022 | ||||
| Ricardo Garza | OF | 40 | 94 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .970 | 2.450 | ||||
| Carlos Salcido | OF | 33 | 61 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .908 | 2.091 | ||||
| Jesus Mendoza | OF | 21 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.571 | ||||
| Nate Moreland | P | 49 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 5 | .975 | .796 | ||||
| Francisco Ramirez | P | 48 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 3 | .917 | .688 | ||||
| Norm Mathews | P | 31 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .419 | ||||
| Jesus Armenta | P | 30 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Manuel Estrada | P | 21 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .905 | ||||
| Catarino Ponce | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alonso Ruiz | P | 14 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
| Cesar Gutierrez | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rubén Amaro | SS | 81 | 151 | 267 | 39 | 52 | .915 | 5.160 | ||||
| Art Lilly | SS | 46 | 91 | 149 | 17 | 39 | .934 | 5.217 | ||||
| Totals | 1367 | 3600 | 1374 | 251 | 394 | .952 | 3.639 | 16 | 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.
