1954 Odessa Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 54-82
Finished 6th in the LL
Manager: Jack Knight (0-0), Wayne Batson (0-0)
Location: Odessa, Texas
Ballpark: Oiler Park
Attendance: 26,281, Avg. 386
The Odessa Oilers of the Longhorn League ended the 1954 season with a record of 54 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the LL.
The Oilers scored 900 runs and yielded 1066 runs. Bob Bauer led Odessa with 21 home runs, while Tony DiPrimio walloped 15 or more, too. Tony DiPrimio and Wayne Batson each drove in 113 runs. Roberto Fabian paced all regular batters with a .334 average. Miguel Sotelo and Wenceslao Ortiz topped the squad with 10 wins each, and Wenceslao Ortiz registered a 5.4 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Julio González and Leo Posada both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Jack Knight and Wayne Batson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wenceslao Ortiz | 10 | 5 | .667 | 5.40 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 130.0 | 164 | 105 | 78 | 14 | 56 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Miguel Sotelo | 10 | 9 | .526 | 5.56 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 157.0 | 167 | 134 | 97 | 10 | 108 | 117 | 6 | 2 | 17 | ||||
| Ray Mink | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.86 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 56.0 | 67 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Feller | 6 | 15 | .286 | 7.03 | 38 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 187.0 | 282 | 195 | 146 | 24 | 41 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Benjamin Bonine | 5 | 2 | .714 | 7.38 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 61.0 | 86 | 55 | 50 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Harold Braun | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.67 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 81.0 | 101 | 64 | 51 | 12 | 23 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| John Lagan | 2 | 8 | .200 | 6.45 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 74.0 | 105 | 69 | 53 | 13 | 22 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Rider | 1 | 4 | .200 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Evelio Ortega | 1 | 7 | .125 | 7.33 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 54.0 | 75 | 57 | 44 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Socrates Red | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leroy Molden | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gene Wulf | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Julio González | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jaime Fals | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony DiPrimio | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Bethany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pete Costello | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earl Caldwell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Jennings | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Batson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clint Rogas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Carl Davis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Needham | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Laurence Kelcher | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 44 | 61 | .419 | 6.11 | 235 | 96 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 800.0 | 1047 | 710 | 543 | 98 | 298 | 0 | 377 | 24 | 2 | 32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Batson | 136 | 626 | 546 | 109 | 178 | 44 | 8 | 11 | 113 | 0 | 66 | 48 | .326 | .402 | .496 | .898 | 271 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Bob Bauer | 130 | 578 | 482 | 115 | 154 | 31 | 12 | 21 | 96 | 9 | 86 | 70 | .320 | .424 | .564 | .988 | 272 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Tony DiPrimio | 135 | 599 | 500 | 109 | 151 | 28 | 5 | 19 | 113 | 9 | 86 | 63 | .302 | .409 | .492 | .901 | 246 | 7 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Roberto Fabian | 94 | 429 | 386 | 78 | 129 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 67 | 4 | 36 | 24 | .334 | .387 | .459 | .845 | 177 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jimmy Pace | 105 | 494 | 422 | 99 | 128 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 47 | 20 | 48 | 58 | .303 | .397 | .419 | .816 | 177 | 18 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Earl Caldwell | 90 | 374 | 321 | 67 | 102 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 4 | 44 | 74 | .318 | .394 | .561 | .955 | 180 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Carroll Holmstrom | 85 | 359 | 317 | 41 | 84 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 5 | 33 | 39 | .265 | .338 | .369 | .707 | 117 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Ray Mink | 41 | 174 | 158 | 29 | 49 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 6 | .310 | .364 | .411 | .776 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Tom Myall | 48 | 187 | 157 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 48 | .191 | .312 | .287 | .598 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Richard Jennings | 32 | 132 | 97 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 32 | 27 | .237 | .423 | .330 | .753 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Wenceslao Ortiz | 36 | 69 | 64 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .297 | .338 | .391 | .729 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Miguel Sotelo | 30 | 77 | 75 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 30 | .213 | .224 | .333 | .557 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Leo Posada | 18 | 77 | 64 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 24 | .234 | .351 | .500 | .851 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Hershel Steele | 15 | 59 | 56 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .196 | .237 | .357 | .594 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Evelio Ortega | 15 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .269 | .345 | .346 | .691 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Richard Feller | 38 | 71 | 63 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 25 | .111 | .200 | .127 | .327 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Benjamin Bonine | 11 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .231 | .286 | .269 | .555 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Harold Braun | 24 | 62 | 51 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .118 | .246 | .118 | .364 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Kenneth Sakewitz | 5 | 16 | 16 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Parrish | 5 | 17 | 17 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Lonie Campbell | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| John Lagan | 12 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .074 | .138 | .111 | .249 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Costello | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Rider | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .167 | .375 | .167 | .542 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Patrick O'Keefe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Clint Rogas | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Socrates Red | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| J. C. Raney | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Needham | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Laurence Kelcher | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl Davis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1138 | 4522 | 3901 | 752 | 1127 | 216 | 57 | 90 | 647 | 58 | 0 | 514 | 598 | .289 | .375 | .443 | .818 | 1727 | 0 | 45 | 27 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Batson | 1B | 35 | 1174 | 75 | 21 | 89 | .983 | 35.686 | ||||
| Jimmy Pace | 2B | 62 | 139 | 144 | 19 | 25 | .937 | 4.565 | ||||
| Tom Myall | 2B | 36 | 92 | 78 | 20 | 17 | .895 | 4.722 | ||||
| Bob Bauer | 2B | 28 | 61 | 63 | 12 | 13 | .912 | 4.429 | ||||
| Bob Bauer | 3B | 101 | 95 | 220 | 35 | 21 | .900 | 3.119 | ||||
| Jimmy Pace | 3B | 28 | 19 | 59 | 6 | 2 | .929 | 2.786 | ||||
| Tony DiPrimio | C | 80 | 352 | 45 | 14 | 8 | .966 | 4.962 | 17 | |||
| Earl Caldwell | C | 48 | 223 | 20 | 12 | 2 | .953 | 5.062 | 7 | |||
| Carroll Holmstrom | OF | 85 | 136 | 6 | 16 | 1 | .899 | 1.671 | ||||
| Roberto Fabian | OF | 73 | 180 | 7 | 19 | 1 | .908 | 2.562 | ||||
| Tony DiPrimio | OF | 56 | 112 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .930 | 2.125 | ||||
| Earl Caldwell | OF | 38 | 59 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .899 | 1.632 | ||||
| Richard Jennings | OF | 18 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Leo Posada | OF | 17 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .942 | 2.882 | ||||
| Ray Mink | OF | 16 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 1.938 | ||||
| Hershel Steele | OF | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.583 | ||||
| Richard Feller | P | 38 | 6 | 43 | 4 | 3 | .925 | 1.289 | ||||
| Wenceslao Ortiz | P | 28 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.464 | ||||
| Miguel Sotelo | P | 26 | 6 | 46 | 7 | 3 | .881 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jaime Fals | P | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julio González | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harold Braun | P | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Leroy Molden | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Lagan | P | 12 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .722 | 1.083 | ||||
| Benjamin Bonine | P | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Ray Rider | P | 10 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Evelio Ortega | P | 10 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.100 | ||||
| Ray Mink | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Wulf | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Laurence Kelcher | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Needham | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Clint Rogas | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Batson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Socrates Red | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Jennings | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony DiPrimio | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carl Davis | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pete Costello | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Earl Caldwell | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Bethany | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Mink | SS | 17 | 30 | 71 | 13 | 8 | .886 | 5.941 | ||||
| Jimmy Pace | SS | 16 | 36 | 43 | 8 | 6 | .908 | 4.938 | ||||
| Richard Jennings | SS | 15 | 30 | 36 | 17 | 5 | .795 | 4.400 | ||||
| Roberto Fabian | SS | 13 | 28 | 38 | 6 | 5 | .917 | 5.077 | ||||
| Totals | 1029 | 2926 | 1097 | 266 | 217 | .938 | 3.910 | 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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