1954 San Antonio Missions Statistics
Team Record: 78-83
Finished 5th in the TL
Manager: Don Heffner (78-83)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Ballpark: Mission Stadium
Attendance: 149,065, Avg. 1,852
The San Antonio Missions of the Texas League ended the 1954 season with a record of 78 wins and 83 losses, finishing fifth in the TL.
The Missions scored 754 runs and conceded 798 runs. Frank Kellert walloped 41 home runs for San Antonio, while Witty Quintana, Jim Pisoni and Jerry Jacobs each swatted 15 or more, too. Frank Kellert drove in 146 runs. Joe Durham led hitters with significant playing time with a .318 average. Ryne Duren topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.44 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1954 San Antonio Missions who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Joe Durham, Chuck Locke, Stan Hollmig, Jim Snyder, Chuck Oertel, Mel Held, Jim Pisoni, Bob Harrison, Frank Kellert, Al Epperly, Russ Derry, Irv Medlinger, Ryne Duren and Bobby Herrera.
Don Heffner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryne Duren | 14 | 14 | .500 | 3.44 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 220.0 | 149 | 100 | 84 | 11 | 144 | 224 | 15 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| John Jancse | 13 | 4 | .765 | 3.03 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 119.0 | 105 | 50 | 40 | 7 | 57 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Chuck Locke | 12 | 19 | .387 | 4.58 | 41 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 232.0 | 237 | 129 | 118 | 28 | 91 | 161 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Vachel Perkins | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.35 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 151.0 | 176 | 84 | 73 | 19 | 72 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bobby Herrera | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.71 | 35 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 148.0 | 154 | 79 | 61 | 14 | 57 | 99 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Bill Pilgram | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.60 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 135.0 | 135 | 83 | 69 | 17 | 91 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Mel Held | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.78 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 119.0 | 129 | 59 | 50 | 11 | 33 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Al Epperly | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.85 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 52.0 | 59 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Pat Gosney | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.88 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 59 | 46 | 39 | 5 | 58 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Harry Wilson | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.93 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 71 | 50 | 47 | 11 | 44 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bob Harrison | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.84 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 74.0 | 70 | 55 | 48 | 7 | 87 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Irv Medlinger | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eldon Russell | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Adam Stempkowski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Orwiler | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 77 | 84 | .478 | 4.34 | 346 | 158 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 1362.0 | 1344 | 764 | 657 | 132 | 745 | 0 | 885 | 45 | 3 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Durham | 161 | 681 | 610 | 102 | 194 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 108 | 10 | 4 | 60 | 112 | .318 | .378 | .484 | .862 | 295 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Frank Kellert | 161 | 696 | 602 | 116 | 190 | 33 | 3 | 41 | 146 | 1 | 4 | 78 | 60 | .316 | .392 | .585 | .976 | 352 | 1 | 9 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Oertel | 159 | 713 | 609 | 110 | 168 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 79 | 52 | .276 | .366 | .397 | .763 | 242 | 11 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Witty Quintana | 150 | 625 | 551 | 65 | 139 | 24 | 3 | 19 | 82 | 11 | 5 | 64 | 88 | .252 | .331 | .410 | .741 | 226 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Jacobs | 156 | 627 | 530 | 78 | 138 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 80 | 15 | 7 | 85 | 143 | .260 | .364 | .411 | .776 | 218 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Harry Schwegman | 122 | 427 | 376 | 45 | 95 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 23 | .253 | .329 | .359 | .688 | 135 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Jim Snyder | 114 | 414 | 365 | 53 | 85 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 43 | .233 | .316 | .285 | .601 | 104 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jim Pisoni | 106 | 385 | 323 | 46 | 79 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 62 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 71 | .245 | .358 | .461 | .819 | 149 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Karol Kwak | 101 | 294 | 257 | 30 | 75 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 22 | .292 | .371 | .350 | .721 | 90 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Hopkins | 108 | 358 | 322 | 32 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 72 | .189 | .262 | .236 | .498 | 76 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Don Masterson | 88 | 249 | 225 | 20 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 47 | .240 | .309 | .356 | .665 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Locke | 61 | 114 | 110 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | .227 | .241 | .364 | .605 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Stan Hollmig | 19 | 60 | 54 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .315 | .362 | .519 | .881 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mel Held | 41 | 39 | 37 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .270 | .308 | .297 | .605 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ryne Duren | 38 | 84 | 77 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | .104 | .138 | .156 | .293 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Russ Derry | 18 | 59 | 45 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | .156 | .356 | .244 | .600 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vachel Perkins | 26 | 60 | 54 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .130 | .175 | .185 | .361 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Harry Wilson | 24 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .353 | .353 | .529 | .882 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Jancse | 46 | 38 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .200 | .250 | .267 | .517 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pat Gosney | 18 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .238 | .273 | .238 | .511 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Epperly | 15 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .294 | .375 | .669 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Harrison | 19 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Herrera | 35 | 53 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .089 | .128 | .111 | .239 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Bill Pilgram | 37 | 52 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .070 | .149 | .070 | .219 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Thomas | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Theodore Del Guercio | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Knoke | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Orwiler | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Eldon Russell | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Masser | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Adam Stempkowski | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Jenkins | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Samuel David | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1856 | 6145 | 5378 | 755 | 1389 | 223 | 52 | 136 | 690 | 57 | 45 | 629 | 900 | .258 | .338 | .395 | .732 | 2124 | 0 | 31 | 74 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Kellert | 1B | 161 | 1237 | 84 | 7 | 120 | .995 | 8.205 | ||||
| Jim Snyder | 2B | 108 | 235 | 203 | 10 | 63 | .978 | 4.056 | ||||
| Harry Schwegman | 2B | 78 | 161 | 156 | 8 | 36 | .975 | 4.064 | ||||
| Jerry Jacobs | 3B | 153 | 177 | 239 | 29 | 25 | .935 | 2.719 | ||||
| Harry Schwegman | 3B | 11 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 4 | .970 | 2.909 | ||||
| Charlie Hopkins | C | 105 | 575 | 63 | 16 | 9 | .976 | 6.076 | 5 | |||
| Don Masterson | C | 77 | 408 | 27 | 7 | 9 | .984 | 5.649 | 7 | |||
| Jim Pisoni | CF | 99 | 255 | 13 | 8 | 1 | .971 | 2.707 | ||||
| Joe Durham | CF | 49 | 128 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .985 | 2.714 | ||||
| Karol Kwak | CF | 24 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Joe Durham | LF | 115 | 222 | 9 | 6 | 4 | .975 | 2.009 | ||||
| Karol Kwak | LF | 38 | 69 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 1.947 | ||||
| Stan Hollmig | LF | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| John Jancse | P | 46 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .963 | .565 | ||||
| Chuck Locke | P | 41 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .488 | ||||
| Mel Held | P | 41 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .969 | .756 | ||||
| Ryne Duren | P | 38 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 4 | .968 | .789 | ||||
| Bill Pilgram | P | 37 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .958 | .622 | ||||
| Bobby Herrera | P | 35 | 3 | 36 | 5 | 4 | .886 | 1.114 | ||||
| Vachel Perkins | P | 26 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .615 | ||||
| Harry Wilson | P | 24 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Bob Harrison | P | 16 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .750 | ||||
| Pat Gosney | P | 15 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .867 | ||||
| Al Epperly | P | 15 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Don Orwiler | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Irv Medlinger | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eldon Russell | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Adam Stempkowski | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Oertel | RF | 154 | 248 | 15 | 8 | 4 | .970 | 1.708 | ||||
| Russ Derry | RF | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Witty Quintana | SS | 147 | 272 | 396 | 52 | 82 | .928 | 4.544 | ||||
| Harry Schwegman | SS | 18 | 30 | 42 | 7 | 11 | .911 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1705 | 4156 | 1479 | 178 | 383 | .969 | 3.305 | 12 | 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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