1954 Salinas Packers Statistics
California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 56-84
Finished 7th in the CL
Manager: John O'Neil (0-0), George Genovese (0-0)
Location: Salinas, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 40,790, Avg. 583
1954 Salinas Packers RosterTeam Record: 56-84
Finished 7th in the CL
Manager: John O'Neil (0-0), George Genovese (0-0)
Location: Salinas, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 40,790, Avg. 583
The Salinas Packers of the California League ended the 1954 season with a record of 56 wins and 84 losses, finishing seventh in the CL.
The Packers scored 744 runs and conceded 898 runs. Paul Pettit led Salinas with 20 home runs and drove in 103 runs. Howie Goss paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .266. Earl Escalante topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.93 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1954 Salinas Packers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included George Genovese, Howie Goss, John O'Neil and Paul Pettit.
John O'Neil and George Genovese 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Escalante | 18 | 18 | .500 | 2.93 | 49 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 252.0 | 251 | 115 | 82 | 9 | 81 | 92 | 10 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Ken Wright | 12 | 18 | .400 | 5.43 | 50 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 214.0 | 251 | 174 | 129 | 18 | 101 | 146 | 12 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Paul Pettit | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.61 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 132.0 | 128 | 68 | 53 | 10 | 51 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Donald Jones | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.81 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 111.0 | 106 | 71 | 47 | 9 | 57 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Arky Stanton | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.36 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 99 | 84 | 59 | 2 | 95 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Phil Bach | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.27 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 122.0 | 131 | 104 | 85 | 8 | 98 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Orval McElrath | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lee Babbitt | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.50 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 106.0 | 122 | 77 | 53 | 7 | 70 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Glenn Dangleis | 1 | 3 | .250 | 10.40 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 61 | 60 | 52 | 3 | 61 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| James Knox | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cory Sharpe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Armand Castro | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Neal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Matzen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Kriczky | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rick Dantas | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eugene Richardson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Howie Goss | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Devlin | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roger Becker | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Watt | 0 | 5 | .000 | 7.29 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 45 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 40 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 56 | 84 | .400 | 4.76 | 299 | 130 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 1123.0 | 1194 | 794 | 594 | 71 | 654 | 0 | 612 | 37 | 2 | 53 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lowenthal | 129 | 568 | 472 | 81 | 125 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 63 | 6 | 71 | 66 | .265 | .366 | .396 | .762 | 187 | 7 | 13 | 5 | |||
| Howie Goss | 123 | 527 | 466 | 80 | 124 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 74 | 23 | 46 | 107 | .266 | .331 | .416 | .748 | 194 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |||
| Paul Pettit | 108 | 488 | 361 | 85 | 117 | 24 | 3 | 20 | 103 | 2 | 117 | 43 | .324 | .488 | .573 | 1.061 | 207 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Warren Goodrich | 86 | 414 | 377 | 62 | 107 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 12 | 24 | 40 | .284 | .327 | .385 | .711 | 145 | 1 | 10 | 2 | |||
| Robert Ayres | 94 | 399 | 345 | 52 | 90 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 44 | 61 | .261 | .346 | .304 | .650 | 105 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||
| John O'Neil | 84 | 337 | 291 | 40 | 81 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 6 | 42 | 22 | .278 | .369 | .375 | .744 | 109 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Larry Neal | 81 | 346 | 275 | 51 | 74 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 55 | 6 | 63 | 64 | .269 | .403 | .440 | .843 | 121 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Lou Hague | 59 | 281 | 229 | 35 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 47 | 25 | .297 | .419 | .341 | .759 | 78 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Horace Tucker | 59 | 241 | 202 | 35 | 62 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 34 | 44 | .307 | .408 | .376 | .784 | 76 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| James Kudell | 53 | 227 | 208 | 20 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 20 | .269 | .312 | .317 | .630 | 66 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| George Genovese | 38 | 137 | 105 | 15 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 27 | 13 | .295 | .444 | .352 | .797 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Calvin Pool | 49 | 141 | 128 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 20 | .242 | .297 | .258 | .555 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Tom Robles | 41 | 140 | 122 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 11 | .230 | .301 | .287 | .588 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Ken Wright | 63 | 106 | 89 | 13 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 13 | .281 | .375 | .393 | .768 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Mike Weltman | 28 | 116 | 102 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 27 | .245 | .330 | .373 | .703 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ray Zonta | 40 | 132 | 107 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 21 | .215 | .359 | .271 | .630 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jack Haley | 40 | 151 | 124 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 23 | 40 | .185 | .322 | .331 | .653 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Kenneth Jacobsen | 25 | 87 | 80 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .275 | .314 | .375 | .689 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Dick Hayes | 50 | 162 | 140 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 51 | .157 | .267 | .307 | .574 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Ballard | 15 | 61 | 57 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .316 | .361 | .491 | .852 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Podsakoff | 30 | 70 | 51 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .216 | .339 | .235 | .574 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Earl Escalante | 49 | 108 | 79 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 29 | .101 | .311 | .127 | .437 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Bob Caselli | 19 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .240 | .367 | .360 | .727 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Gneiser | 36 | 124 | 85 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 32 | .071 | .342 | .082 | .424 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Phil Bach | 29 | 42 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .152 | .263 | .152 | .415 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Donald Jones | 20 | 45 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .147 | .237 | .147 | .384 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Clint Smith | 11 | 35 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .138 | .265 | .207 | .472 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Arky Stanton | 37 | 39 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .121 | .167 | .121 | .288 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Michael Kriczky | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Watt | 13 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .250 | .267 | .517 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Pete Estrada | 4 | 16 | 16 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Orval McElrath | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lee Babbitt | 26 | 40 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 13 | .040 | .385 | .040 | .425 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| James Knox | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Glenn Dangleis | 17 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .000 | .059 | .000 | .059 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Roger Becker | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eugene Richardson | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Dantas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Armand Castro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1591 | 5671 | 4747 | 738 | 1212 | 167 | 38 | 84 | 635 | 83 | 0 | 745 | 877 | .255 | .359 | .360 | .718 | 1707 | 0 | 38 | 111 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lowenthal | 1B | 103 | 928 | 46 | 19 | 91 | .981 | 9.456 | ||||
| Paul Pettit | 1B | 27 | 223 | 9 | 8 | 16 | .967 | 8.593 | ||||
| Jerry Ballard | 1B | 11 | 95 | 9 | 4 | 8 | .963 | 9.455 | ||||
| Robert Ayres | 2B | 76 | 192 | 172 | 21 | 35 | .945 | 4.789 | ||||
| Larry Neal | 2B | 36 | 95 | 87 | 6 | 29 | .968 | 5.056 | ||||
| John O'Neil | 2B | 21 | 63 | 62 | 2 | 25 | .984 | 5.952 | ||||
| George Genovese | 2B | 16 | 52 | 28 | 3 | 15 | .964 | 5.000 | ||||
| James Kudell | 3B | 51 | 48 | 110 | 14 | 7 | .919 | 3.098 | ||||
| Larry Neal | 3B | 39 | 33 | 104 | 15 | 14 | .901 | 3.513 | ||||
| Horace Tucker | 3B | 24 | 22 | 37 | 6 | 3 | .908 | 2.458 | ||||
| George Genovese | 3B | 14 | 10 | 26 | 5 | 4 | .878 | 2.571 | ||||
| Robert Ayres | 3B | 14 | 7 | 34 | 15 | 2 | .732 | 2.929 | ||||
| Calvin Pool | C | 47 | 172 | 22 | 17 | 4 | .919 | 4.128 | 7 | |||
| Tom Robles | C | 35 | 188 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .986 | 6.029 | 15 | |||
| Jerry Gneiser | C | 35 | 146 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .969 | 4.514 | 2 | |||
| Nick Podsakoff | C | 29 | 116 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .976 | 4.138 | 3 | |||
| Kenneth Jacobsen | C | 22 | 109 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .953 | 5.500 | 9 | |||
| Howie Goss | OF | 120 | 205 | 13 | 13 | 4 | .944 | 1.817 | ||||
| Paul Pettit | OF | 65 | 132 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .952 | 2.138 | ||||
| Lou Hague | OF | 59 | 156 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .953 | 2.729 | ||||
| Dick Hayes | OF | 36 | 41 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Horace Tucker | OF | 31 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.194 | ||||
| Jack Haley | OF | 29 | 49 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .945 | 1.793 | ||||
| Ray Zonta | OF | 28 | 48 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .906 | 1.714 | ||||
| Mike Weltman | OF | 26 | 59 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .910 | 2.346 | ||||
| David Lowenthal | OF | 21 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.524 | ||||
| Ken Wright | P | 50 | 17 | 63 | 4 | 2 | .952 | 1.600 | ||||
| Earl Escalante | P | 49 | 16 | 72 | 7 | 5 | .926 | 1.796 | ||||
| Arky Stanton | P | 37 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .947 | .486 | ||||
| Phil Bach | P | 28 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 3 | .909 | 1.071 | ||||
| Lee Babbitt | P | 25 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .783 | .720 | ||||
| Donald Jones | P | 19 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .947 | ||||
| Paul Pettit | P | 18 | 5 | 38 | 4 | 2 | .915 | 2.389 | ||||
| Glenn Dangleis | P | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .118 | ||||
| Joe Watt | P | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Orval McElrath | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Kriczky | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roger Becker | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eugene Richardson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Knox | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Howie Goss | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Devlin | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rick Dantas | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Armand Castro | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cory Sharpe | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Neal | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Matzen | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Warren Goodrich | SS | 85 | 159 | 276 | 58 | 53 | .882 | 5.118 | ||||
| John O'Neil | SS | 54 | 85 | 170 | 16 | 26 | .941 | 4.722 | ||||
| Totals | 1453 | 3572 | 1541 | 301 | 365 | .944 | 3.519 | 36 | 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.
