1954 St. Paul Saints Statistics
Team Record: 75-78
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Clay Bryant (75-78)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Ballpark: Lexington Park
Attendance: 134,006, Avg. 1,752
The St. Paul Saints of the American Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 75 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.
The Saints plated 748 runs and surrendered 693 runs. Jim Baxes paced St. Paul with 22 home runs, while Walt Moryn, Eddie Moore, Charlie Neal, Bud Hutson and Don Zimmer each walloped 15 or more also. Bud Hutson drove in 81 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .300. Ron Negray led the team with 17 wins, and Wade Browning recorded a 3.67 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Dick Williams, Charlie Neal, Johnny Bucha, Gino Cimoli, Bob Darnell, Ernie Nevel, Jim Baxes, Bill Antonello, Ray Moore, Don Bessent, Bert Hamric, Bob Milliken, Ron Negray, Stan Rojek, Earl Mossor, Walt Moryn, Rudy Rufer, Johnny Rutherford and Don Zimmer were all players from the 1954 St. Paul Saints who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Clay Bryant 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Negray | 17 | 12 | .586 | 4.14 | 32 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 211.0 | 209 | 107 | 97 | 14 | 75 | 118 | 4 | 2 | 15 | ||||
Bob Darnell | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.85 | 28 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 180.0 | 174 | 88 | 77 | 12 | 86 | 131 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||
Don Bessent | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.93 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 183.0 | 187 | 92 | 80 | 16 | 67 | 104 | 2 | 0 | 11 | ||||
Wade Browning | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.67 | 31 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 196.0 | 177 | 92 | 80 | 27 | 74 | 121 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Ray Moore | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.21 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 112.0 | 87 | 43 | 40 | 11 | 58 | 101 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Billy Darden | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.74 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 78 | 43 | 37 | 4 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Ernie Nevel | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.51 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 77 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Ronnie Lee | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.18 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 99.0 | 114 | 65 | 57 | 13 | 49 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Johnny Rutherford | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.38 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 56.0 | 58 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Norman Fox | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.39 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Gilbert Mills | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Bob Milliken | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Chuck Page | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dick McCoy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Earl Mossor | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.82 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 39 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 75 | 78 | .490 | 4.04 | 337 | 146 | 0 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 1260.0 | 1232 | 636 | 565 | 116 | 526 | 0 | 741 | 23 | 5 | 46 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Neal | 146 | 658 | 585 | 101 | 159 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 66 | 20 | 57 | 109 | .272 | .341 | .451 | .792 | 264 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | ||
Bud Hutson | 142 | 567 | 493 | 85 | 148 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 81 | 9 | 61 | 82 | .300 | .377 | .479 | .855 | 236 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||
Ted Bartz | 145 | 528 | 500 | 59 | 129 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 53 | 8 | 17 | 70 | .258 | .281 | .392 | .673 | 196 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 3 | ||
Jim Baxes | 148 | 593 | 523 | 73 | 118 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 73 | 4 | 59 | 110 | .226 | .301 | .402 | .702 | 210 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 7 | ||
Bert Hamric | 88 | 341 | 309 | 60 | 108 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 18 | 29 | 46 | .350 | .408 | .557 | .964 | 172 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
John Golich | 120 | 411 | 364 | 53 | 107 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 58 | 4 | 38 | 54 | .294 | .368 | .431 | .799 | 157 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
Johnny Bucha | 74 | 278 | 256 | 48 | 90 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 43 | 2 | 20 | 28 | .352 | .401 | .598 | .998 | 153 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Walt Moryn | 71 | 308 | 269 | 44 | 81 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 50 | 4 | 29 | 23 | .301 | .373 | .558 | .930 | 150 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
Don Zimmer | 73 | 301 | 268 | 54 | 78 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 53 | 14 | 28 | 44 | .291 | .361 | .560 | .921 | 150 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Eddie Moore | 109 | 302 | 268 | 57 | 70 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 48 | 2 | 30 | 70 | .261 | .336 | .496 | .832 | 133 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Herb Olson | 86 | 260 | 228 | 16 | 63 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 24 | 44 | .276 | .341 | .377 | .718 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
Dick Williams | 49 | 184 | 162 | 23 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 19 | .247 | .317 | .407 | .724 | 66 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
Rudy Rufer | 62 | 197 | 167 | 11 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 34 | .186 | .275 | .216 | .491 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
Stan Rojek | 52 | 144 | 132 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .227 | .275 | .280 | .555 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Wade Browning | 47 | 92 | 84 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 29 | .226 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bob Darnell | 36 | 78 | 64 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .250 | .351 | .344 | .695 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Ernest Yelen | 31 | 93 | 83 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .181 | .269 | .241 | .510 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Moore | 23 | 46 | 42 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .310 | .341 | .524 | .865 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Don Bessent | 35 | 72 | 62 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .161 | .221 | .210 | .430 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
Ron Negray | 32 | 78 | 74 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .108 | .120 | .122 | .242 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Lyle Olsen | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | .294 | .294 | .294 | .588 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Ronnie Lee | 34 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .208 | .296 | .375 | .671 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Billy Darden | 58 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .423 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Gino Cimoli | 9 | 18 | 18 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Bill Antonello | 5 | 17 | 17 | 2 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Johnny Rutherford | 11 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .105 | .190 | .105 | .296 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gilbert Mills | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Earl Mossor | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .444 | .556 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ernie Nevel | 37 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Milliken | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Dick McCoy | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Clint Weaver | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Lou Landini | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Norman Fox | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1787 | 5701 | 5092 | 744 | 1356 | 205 | 53 | 173 | 674 | 93 | 0 | 475 | 856 | .266 | .330 | .429 | .760 | 2186 | 118 | 28 | 73 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ted Bartz | 1B | 122 | 1009 | 85 | 14 | 128 | .987 | 8.967 | ||||
Dick Williams | 1B | 17 | 148 | 14 | 2 | 18 | .988 | 9.529 | ||||
Walt Moryn | 1B | 12 | 78 | 9 | 1 | 9 | .989 | 7.250 | ||||
Charlie Neal | 2B | 146 | 348 | 416 | 19 | 126 | .976 | 5.233 | ||||
Jim Baxes | 3B | 147 | 142 | 313 | 23 | 34 | .952 | 3.095 | ||||
Johnny Bucha | C | 68 | 370 | 27 | 5 | 6 | .988 | 5.838 | 4 | |||
Herb Olson | C | 66 | 334 | 28 | 8 | 8 | .978 | 5.485 | 8 | |||
Ernest Yelen | C | 30 | 146 | 11 | 2 | 4 | .987 | 5.233 | 3 | |||
Bud Hutson | OF | 138 | 283 | 12 | 7 | 1 | .977 | 2.138 | ||||
John Golich | OF | 93 | 151 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .969 | 1.699 | ||||
Bert Hamric | OF | 81 | 202 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .977 | 2.593 | ||||
Eddie Moore | OF | 79 | 161 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .971 | 2.152 | ||||
Walt Moryn | OF | 59 | 94 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .970 | 1.661 | ||||
Dick Williams | OF | 29 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 2.241 | ||||
Billy Darden | P | 58 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .905 | .328 | ||||
Ernie Nevel | P | 37 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .541 | ||||
Don Bessent | P | 35 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 3 | .935 | 1.229 | ||||
Ronnie Lee | P | 34 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .676 | ||||
Ron Negray | P | 32 | 13 | 30 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.344 | ||||
Wade Browning | P | 31 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 1.226 | ||||
Bob Darnell | P | 28 | 9 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .927 | 1.357 | ||||
Ray Moore | P | 20 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
Earl Mossor | P | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .846 | ||||
Norman Fox | P | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .462 | ||||
Johnny Rutherford | P | 11 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
Dick McCoy | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Bob Milliken | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Gilbert Mills | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Chuck Page | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Don Zimmer | SS | 73 | 152 | 200 | 16 | 43 | .957 | 4.822 | ||||
Rudy Rufer | SS | 59 | 93 | 141 | 18 | 46 | .929 | 3.966 | ||||
Stan Rojek | SS | 37 | 30 | 62 | 6 | 20 | .939 | 2.486 | ||||
Totals | 1593 | 3873 | 1551 | 157 | 461 | .972 | 3.405 | 15 | 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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