1954 San Francisco Seals Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 84-84
Finished 4th in the PCL
Manager: Tommy Heath (84-84)
Location: San Francisco, California
Ballpark: Seals Stadium
Attendance: 298,908, Avg. 3,558

1954 San Francisco Seals Roster

Playoffs - San Francisco Seals 2 games, Hollywood Stars 1
Finals - Oakland Oaks 3 games, San Francisco Seals 0

The San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1954 season with a record of 84 wins and 84 losses, finishing fourth in the PCL.

The Seals plated 688 runs and conceded 637 runs. Ted Beard paced San Francisco with 11 home runs Jim Westlake drove in 70 runs. Ted Beard topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .301 clip. Tony Ponce led the team with 14 wins, while Frank Hiller recorded a 2.93 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Chuck Stevens, Bob Muncrief, Ed Chandler, Adrián Zabala, Al Lyons, Ted Beard, Mike McCormick, Sam Vico, Neill Sheridan, Ken Holcombe, Bob DiPietro, Bill Bradford, Jim Westlake, Frank Hiller, Frank Kalin, Dave Melton, Mike Baxes, Elmer Singleton and Al Grunwald were all players from the 1954 San Francisco Seals who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Tommy Heath 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
Tony Ponce	14	16	.467	3.41	49	32		13	1		237.3	256	104	90	9	61		69	3	0	10
Elmer Singleton	13	13	.500	3.00	30	30		13	4		213.3	201	75	71	18	65		102	6	0	2
Ed Chandler	12	11	.522	3.34	32	23		8	1		178.0	178	68	66	11	55		48	3	2	2
Frank Hiller	11	8	.579	2.92	28	25		6	0		166.3	163	68	54	12	33		58	2	1	5
Adrián Zabala	11	8	.579	3.22	59	1		0	0		111.7	108	61	40	2	43		43	0	0	3
Ken Holcombe	10	10	.500	3.07	34	30		8	3		205.0	191	73	70	8	85		75	4	1	4
Bill Bradford	6	2	.750	3.39	33	8		3	0		103.7	98	52	39	8	36		55	3	0	0
Bob Muncrief	3	7	.300	2.95	46	2		0	0		106.7	97	54	35	10	36		59	1	0	2
Bob Hughes	2	3	.400	2.63	8	5		1	0		37.7	32	12	11	2	13		25	2	0	1
Al Lien	2	4	.333	4.64	24	9		0	0		73.7	87	39	38	5	24		30	3	0	1
Al Lyons	0	0		3.38	1	1		0	0		5.3	6	2	2	1	1		4	1	0	0
Marshall Epperson	0	0		4.91	8	1		0	0		14.7	11	10	8	1	12		2	1	0	3
Audie Malone	0	1	.000	7.94	3	1		0	0		11.3	20	12	10	0	11		0	0	0	1
Ted Shandor	0	1	.000	7.94	4	0		0	0		5.7	10	7	5	1	1		4	0	0	0
Totals	84	84	.500	3.30	359	168	0	52	9	0	1470.3	1458	637	539	88	476	0	574	29	4	34	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
Jimmy Moran	159	702	633	68	184	33	0	0	34	5		46	27	.291	.341	.343	.684	217	9	3	19	1
Ted Beard	158	672	559	104	168	35	5	11	62	30		98	97	.301	.404	.440	.844	246	4	2	9	4
Jim Westlake	142	548	459	63	131	17	5	5	70	4		65	62	.285	.373	.377	.750	173	7	3	15	6
Charles Righetti	139	525	455	48	116	17	4	2	34	6		40	44	.255	.321	.323	.644	147	11	5	24	1
Mike Baxes	137	510	452	50	112	18	5	2	54	9		42	55	.248	.315	.323	.638	146	10	3	12	1
Dave Melton	82	350	329	41	99	21	4	9	54	5		10	33	.301	.322	.471	.793	155	5	1	8	2
Reno Cheso	118	452	395	55	99	19	2	4	41	6		47	37	.251	.328	.339	.667	134	9	0	7	3
Sal Taormina	116	403	342	54	93	15	1	5	56	1		49	36	.272	.368	.365	.733	125	6	5	3	4
Bob DiPietro	109	400	331	54	89	22	3	7	49	2		59	48	.269	.379	.417	.795	138	5	0	9	1
Tony Tornay	101	292	264	24	68	17	0	1	30	0		18	18	.258	.303	.333	.636	88	11	0	8	2
Will Tiesiera	84	200	185	13	48	7	0	1	18	0		12	19	.259	.312	.314	.625	58	6	2	1	0
Al Lyons	48	144	124	16	29	5	0	5	17	1		18	20	.234	.340	.395	.735	49	5	2	0	0
Jerry Zuvela	44	108	96	7	24	4	1	1	12	1		10	19	.250	.318	.344	.662	33	3	0	1	1
Chuck Stevens	58	100	87	11	23	5	1	2	22	2		12	7	.264	.354	.414	.767	36	2	0	1	0
Gordy Brunswick	39	111	91	20	22	4	0	6	16	1		19	31	.242	.378	.484	.862	44	2	1	0	0
Mervyn Donahue	30	104	93	5	22	5	0	0	15	1		6	20	.237	.272	.290	.562	27	1	0	1	4
Elmer Singleton	36	85	75	9	13	0	0	0	7	1		4	19	.173	.215	.173	.389	13	0	0	6	0
Tony Ponce	49	87	80	5	12	1	0	0	5	0		4	13	.150	.190	.162	.353	13	3	0	3	0
Frank Hiller	28	64	56	7	11	0	0	0	2	0		1	8	.196	.211	.196	.407	11	2	0	7	0
Ken Holcombe	35	73	63	6	11	3	0	0	6	0		6	21	.175	.246	.222	.469	14	0	0	4	0
Sam Vico	19	65	56	7	10	3	0	2	5	0		8	8	.179	.292	.339	.632	19	2	1	0	0
Ed Chandler	32	67	61	5	9	0	0	0	4	0		2	7	.148	.175	.148	.322	9	1	0	4	0
Neill Sheridan	12	43	41	3	7	1	2	0	3	0		1	8	.171	.186	.293	.479	12	0	0	0	1
Frank Kalin	8	15	14	0	4	0	0	0	3	0		1	1	.286	.333	.286	.619	4	1	0	0	0
Adrián Zabala	59	26	20	4	4	0	0	0	3	0		2	4	.200	.273	.200	.473	4	0	0	4	0
John Albini	7	23	22	1	4	1	0	0	0	0		1	4	.182	.217	.227	.445	5	1	0	0	0
Al Grunwald	9	32	29	1	4	2	0	0	1	0		2	6	.138	.188	.207	.394	6	3	0	0	1
Bob Muncrief	46	27	23	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	8	.130	.200	.174	.374	4	0	0	2	0
Bill Bradford	36	27	26	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	11	.115	.115	.115	.231	3	0	0	1	0
Elias Osorio	12	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	0	0
Tommy Perez	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0
Mike McCormick	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0
Audie Malone	3	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0
Robert Willis	9	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Hughes	8	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	0	0	0	0
Marshall Epperson	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Dale McCawley	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Al Lien	24	18	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	8	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2008	6318	5519	687	1428	257	33	63	626	75	0	590	716	.259	.332	.352	.683	1940	109	28	149	32	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Jim Westlake	1B	131	1152	111	10	139	.992	9.641
Al Grunwald	1B	8	80	5	3	9	.966	1.625
Jimmy Moran	2B	154	425	469	16	138	.982	5.805
Reno Cheso	2B	13	19	37	1	7	.982	4.308
Tommy Perez	2B	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Bob DiPietro	2B	1	2	3	0	0	1.000	5.000
Reno Cheso	3B	96	76	184	14	20	.949	2.708
Mike Baxes	3B	76	76	180	15	22	.945	3.368
Charles Righetti	3B	3	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.333
Tony Tornay	C	100	311	58	4	6	.989	3.690	7		28	100.0
Will Tiesiera	C	80	224	38	4	6	.985	3.275	4		20	100.0
Mervyn Donahue	C	29	116	12	2	2	.985	4.414	2		6	100.0
John Albini	C	7	15	6	0	0	1.000	3.000	0		3	100.0
Bob DiPietro	OF	95	201	9	4	2	.981	2.211
Sal Taormina	OF	94	183	8	3	1	.985	2.032
Dave Melton	OF	82	178	11	5	2	.974	2.305
Gordy Brunswick	OF	26	41	2	1	0	.977	1.654
Jerry Zuvela	OF	21	42	3	2	1	.957	2.143
Mike Baxes	OF	4	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.500
Frank Kalin	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Robert Willis	OF	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000
Elias Osorio	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike McCormick	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Adrián Zabala	P	59	5	26	1	3	.969	.525
Tony Ponce	P	49	18	39	4	4	.934	1.163
Bob Muncrief	P	46	2	18	1	0	.952	.435
Ken Holcombe	P	34	11	32	3	1	.935	1.265
Bill Bradford	P	33	4	16	1	0	.952	.606
Elmer Singleton	P	30	21	45	1	3	.985	2.200
Frank Hiller	P	28	9	28	2	2	.949	1.321
Al Lien	P	24	4	10	0	1	1.000	.583
Bob Hughes	P	8	2	3	1	1	.833	.625
Marshall Epperson	P	8	0	2	0	1	1.000	.250
Ted Shandor	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Audie Malone	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Charles Righetti	SS	129	246	418	28	96	.960	5.147
Mike Baxes	SS	44	82	117	21	21	.905	4.523
Reno Cheso	SS	1	1	6	0	1	1.000	7.000
Totals		1526	3568	1903	147	489	.974	3.585	13	0	57	100.0

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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