1954 Waco Pirates Statistics
Big State League (BSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 105-42
Finished 1st in the BSL
Manager: Jack Paepke (105-42)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Waco, Texas
Ballpark: Katy Park
Attendance: 79,201, Avg. 1,078
1954 Waco Pirates RosterTeam Record: 105-42
Finished 1st in the BSL
Manager: Jack Paepke (105-42)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Waco, Texas
Ballpark: Katy Park
Attendance: 79,201, Avg. 1,078
Playoffs - Waco Pirates 4 games, Austin Pioneers 2
Finals - Waco Pirates 4 games, Corpus Christi Clippers 3
The Waco Pirates of the Big State League ended the 1954 season with a record of 105 wins and 42 losses, finishing first in the BSL.
Jack Paepke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Sheetz | 19 | 7 | .731 | 2.67 | 38 | 27 | 219.0 | 203 | 89 | 65 | 17 | 105 | ||||||||||
| Don Kildoo | 15 | 4 | .789 | 3.39 | 33 | 19 | 183.0 | 156 | 73 | 69 | 6 | 104 | ||||||||||
| Mike Hoffman | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.44 | 39 | 22 | 212.0 | 202 | 103 | 81 | 11 | 106 | ||||||||||
| Roger Sawyer | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.03 | 24 | 14 | 181.0 | 137 | 79 | 61 | 4 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Fred Waters | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.18 | 20 | 11 | 116.0 | 126 | 54 | 41 | 10 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Ramon Salgado | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.48 | 14 | 11 | 87.0 | 75 | 31 | 24 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Peter Nicolis | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.24 | 14 | 4 | 50.0 | 34 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Jack Paepke | 6 | 1 | .857 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Al Grunwald | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.03 | 12 | 10 | 67.0 | 61 | 38 | 30 | 2 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Larry Lassalle | 4 | 2 | .667 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pete Furibondo | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Matile | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jess Leach | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ernie Johnson | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 104 | 40 | .722 | 3.14 | 226 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1115.0 | 994 | 488 | 389 | 53 | 531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Román Mejías | 139 | 560 | 560 | 198 | 49 | 12 | 15 | .354 | .354 | .564 | .918 | 316 | |||||||||||
| Jack Falls | 125 | 478 | 478 | 167 | 34 | 7 | 22 | .349 | .349 | .588 | .937 | 281 | |||||||||||
| Roberto Sanchez | 131 | 539 | 539 | 162 | 26 | 9 | 16 | .301 | .301 | .471 | .772 | 254 | |||||||||||
| Rex Babcock | 142 | 494 | 494 | 126 | 23 | 3 | 6 | .255 | .255 | .350 | .605 | 173 | |||||||||||
| Oscar Rodriguez | 125 | 424 | 424 | 118 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .278 | .278 | .382 | .660 | 162 | |||||||||||
| George Matile | 110 | 400 | 400 | 101 | 21 | 3 | 8 | .252 | .252 | .380 | .633 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Ron Boone | 89 | 287 | 287 | 86 | 11 | 3 | 6 | .300 | .300 | .422 | .721 | 121 | |||||||||||
| James Monahan | 77 | 283 | 283 | 81 | 13 | 2 | 11 | .286 | .286 | .463 | .749 | 131 | |||||||||||
| Jack Paepke | 75 | 245 | 245 | 77 | 16 | 3 | 8 | .314 | .314 | .502 | .816 | 123 | |||||||||||
| William Phillips | 84 | 299 | 299 | 70 | 9 | 4 | 10 | .234 | .234 | .391 | .625 | 117 | |||||||||||
| Al Grunwald | 61 | 192 | 192 | 56 | 13 | 4 | 12 | .292 | .292 | .589 | .880 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Ray Zonta | 42 | 162 | 162 | 38 | 17 | 3 | 8 | .235 | .235 | .525 | .759 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Taylor | 23 | 87 | 87 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 4 | .287 | .287 | .483 | .770 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Sheetz | 36 | 84 | 84 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 1 | .274 | .274 | .417 | .690 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Mike Hoffman | 33 | 90 | 90 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .233 | .233 | .444 | .678 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Fred Waters | 20 | 49 | 49 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .327 | .327 | .490 | .816 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Roger Sawyer | 22 | 65 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .215 | .400 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Don Kildoo | 29 | 68 | 68 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .162 | .162 | .191 | .353 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Ramon Salgado | 12 | 31 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .161 | .323 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Robert Swanson | 8 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Pete Furibondo | 4 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jess Leach | 5 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ernie Johnson | 6 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Peter Nicolis | 8 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Larry Lassalle | 7 | 17 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1413 | 4897 | 4897 | 0 | 1393 | 265 | 63 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .284 | .449 | .734 | 2201 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Hoffman | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Sheetz | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Don Kildoo | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Sawyer | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Waters | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Ramon Salgado | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Peter Nicolis | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Ernie Johnson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Lassalle | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Furibondo | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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.
