1954 San Jose Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 78-62
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Red Marion (78-62)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: San Jose, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 67,968, Avg. 971
Playoffs - San Jose Red Sox 3 games, Bakersfield Indians 1
Finals - Modesto Reds 4 games, San Jose Red Sox 1
The San Jose Red Sox of the California League ended the 1954 season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.
The Red Sox plated 798 runs and yielded 765 runs. Edward Sobczak paced San Jose with 16 home runs and accounted for 104 RBI. Syl McNinch led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .319. Bob Thollander and Jack Osborn topped the team with 14 wins each, while Troy Herriage recorded a 2.33 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1954 San Jose Red Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Troy Herriage, Ted Bowsfield and Earl Wilson.
Red Marion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Thollander | 14 | 10 | .583 | 4.12 | 31 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 216.0 | 201 | 113 | 99 | 16 | 101 | 193 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Jack Osborn | 14 | 13 | .519 | 4.48 | 39 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 223.0 | 222 | 128 | 111 | 15 | 91 | 152 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Joseph Ross | 13 | 7 | .650 | 4.22 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 192.0 | 186 | 102 | 90 | 8 | 112 | 136 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Troy Herriage | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2.33 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 162.0 | 151 | 56 | 42 | 7 | 64 | 116 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| James Lee | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.70 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 67 | 40 | 36 | 5 | 49 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| William Zonner | 4 | 3 | .571 | 8.25 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 45 | 50 | 44 | 3 | 59 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Floyd Brower | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.71 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 48 | 37 | 26 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Donald Glenn | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.87 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 47 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Earl Wilson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.71 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 46 | 47 | 44 | 6 | 72 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ted Bowsfield | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.95 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 41 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Bull Palica | 36 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cless Hinckley | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Turk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Orland Mecham | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don King | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Storti | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.26 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 48 | 44 | 36 | 3 | 46 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Totals | 69 | 55 | .556 | 4.64 | 307 | 136 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 1123.0 | 1087 | 673 | 579 | 74 | 689 | 0 | 857 | 32 | 2 | 52 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Sobczak | 135 | 603 | 520 | 104 | 162 | 27 | 4 | 16 | 104 | 15 | 66 | 68 | .312 | .394 | .471 | .865 | 245 | 7 | 7 | 3 | |||
| John Smith | 140 | 644 | 503 | 116 | 154 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 68 | 9 | 118 | 81 | .306 | .441 | .439 | .880 | 221 | 6 | 13 | 4 | |||
| Robert Turk | 135 | 566 | 519 | 70 | 151 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 87 | 6 | 30 | 67 | .291 | .330 | .422 | .752 | 219 | 2 | 11 | 4 | |||
| Syl McNinch | 116 | 514 | 454 | 79 | 145 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 88 | 0 | 47 | 31 | .319 | .387 | .458 | .845 | 208 | 4 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Carl Hodson | 121 | 512 | 425 | 79 | 128 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 81 | 6 | 64 | 50 | .301 | .394 | .447 | .841 | 190 | 3 | 17 | 3 | |||
| Gary Killingsworth | 127 | 515 | 459 | 48 | 120 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 42 | 43 | .261 | .323 | .318 | .641 | 146 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |||
| Nino Spatafore | 99 | 442 | 362 | 83 | 106 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 61 | 31 | 66 | 66 | .293 | .408 | .450 | .858 | 163 | 5 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Harvey Toso | 102 | 438 | 367 | 52 | 87 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 52 | 52 | .237 | .337 | .267 | .604 | 98 | 4 | 14 | 1 | |||
| Dick Wilson | 47 | 207 | 165 | 35 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 40 | 20 | .309 | .447 | .467 | .913 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Gauthier | 35 | 127 | 115 | 10 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 27 | .296 | .349 | .374 | .723 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Milton McDermott | 54 | 139 | 122 | 14 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 21 | .279 | .362 | .320 | .682 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Leroy Bradley | 48 | 135 | 113 | 19 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 16 | 16 | .274 | .359 | .416 | .775 | 47 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Wayne Lawrie | 52 | 127 | 108 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 27 | .213 | .323 | .269 | .591 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bob Thollander | 40 | 108 | 95 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 26 | .189 | .264 | .305 | .569 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Jack Osborn | 40 | 90 | 74 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .203 | .314 | .243 | .557 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Ross | 33 | 79 | 61 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 23 | .180 | .342 | .213 | .555 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Elm Daley | 20 | 59 | 44 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 12 | .227 | .404 | .250 | .654 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Weaver | 17 | 69 | 47 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 14 | .170 | .420 | .213 | .633 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Earl Wilson | 21 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .400 | .526 | .400 | .926 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| James Lee | 26 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .286 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Troy Herriage | 24 | 64 | 52 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 28 | .096 | .242 | .135 | .377 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ted Bowsfield | 16 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .364 | .417 | .545 | .962 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Floyd Brower | 23 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .300 | .533 | .400 | .933 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| William Zonner | 15 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .200 | .250 | .267 | .517 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Braga | 24 | 35 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | .115 | .343 | .154 | .497 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donald Glenn | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Julio Ondani | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Orland Mecham | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Kraft | 6 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Keough | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| George Storti | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .091 | .267 | .091 | .358 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Cless Hinckley | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don King | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| William Rauland | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1574 | 5633 | 4761 | 790 | 1325 | 208 | 39 | 80 | 700 | 74 | 0 | 686 | 731 | .278 | .372 | .389 | .761 | 1851 | 0 | 42 | 116 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syl McNinch | 1B | 116 | 813 | 45 | 10 | 70 | .988 | 7.397 | ||||
| Bruce Weaver | 1B | 17 | 121 | 5 | 2 | 11 | .984 | 7.412 | ||||
| Gary Killingsworth | 1B | 13 | 95 | 13 | 1 | 4 | .991 | 8.308 | ||||
| Harvey Toso | 2B | 97 | 259 | 174 | 12 | 56 | .973 | 4.464 | ||||
| Gary Killingsworth | 2B | 42 | 102 | 65 | 11 | 16 | .938 | 3.976 | ||||
| Wayne Lawrie | 2B | 19 | 43 | 19 | 3 | 7 | .954 | 3.263 | ||||
| Robert Turk | 3B | 96 | 101 | 170 | 31 | 12 | .897 | 2.823 | ||||
| Leroy Bradley | 3B | 35 | 24 | 48 | 6 | 9 | .923 | 2.057 | ||||
| John Smith | 3B | 18 | 23 | 46 | 9 | 6 | .885 | 3.833 | ||||
| Carl Hodson | C | 93 | 592 | 53 | 18 | 9 | .973 | 6.935 | 10 | |||
| Bob Gauthier | C | 28 | 192 | 10 | 7 | 4 | .967 | 7.214 | 6 | |||
| Dick Wilson | C | 24 | 186 | 15 | 3 | 5 | .985 | 8.375 | 1 | |||
| Edward Sobczak | OF | 135 | 339 | 18 | 12 | 4 | .967 | 2.644 | ||||
| Nino Spatafore | OF | 92 | 174 | 19 | 6 | 2 | .970 | 2.098 | ||||
| Gary Killingsworth | OF | 77 | 109 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .975 | 1.532 | ||||
| Robert Turk | OF | 41 | 64 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .932 | 1.683 | ||||
| Milton McDermott | OF | 31 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .909 | 1.290 | ||||
| Carl Hodson | OF | 31 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .957 | 1.452 | ||||
| Dick Wilson | OF | 25 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.520 | ||||
| Wayne Braga | OF | 22 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .773 | ||||
| Elm Daley | OF | 18 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.722 | ||||
| Jack Osborn | P | 39 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 1 | .973 | .923 | ||||
| Bull Palica | P | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Ross | P | 33 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 1.061 | ||||
| Bob Thollander | P | 31 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.194 | ||||
| James Lee | P | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .083 | ||||
| Troy Herriage | P | 24 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Earl Wilson | P | 21 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .619 | ||||
| Floyd Brower | P | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ted Bowsfield | P | 16 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .312 | ||||
| William Zonner | P | 15 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .933 | ||||
| Cless Hinckley | P | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .333 | ||||
| George Storti | P | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
| Donald Glenn | P | 13 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Orland Mecham | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don King | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Turk | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Smith | SS | 124 | 181 | 303 | 39 | 44 | .925 | 3.903 | ||||
| Wayne Lawrie | SS | 16 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 4 | .875 | 2.625 | ||||
| Totals | 1517 | 3626 | 1238 | 203 | 272 | .960 | 3.206 | 17 | 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.
