1954 Wichita Falls/Sweetwater Spudders Statistics
Longhorn League (LL) - Class: C
Team Record: 27-109
Finished 8th in the LL
Manager: Billy McCarty (27-109)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Sweetwater, Texas; Wichita Falls, Texas
Ballpark: Spudder Park, City Park
Attendance: 20,101, Avg. 296
1954 Wichita Falls/Sweetwater Spudders RosterTeam Record: 27-109
Finished 8th in the LL
Manager: Billy McCarty (27-109)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Sweetwater, Texas; Wichita Falls, Texas
Ballpark: Spudder Park, City Park
Attendance: 20,101, Avg. 296
The Wichita Falls/Sweetwater Spudders of the Longhorn League ended the 1954 season with a record of 27 wins and 109 losses, finishing eighth in the LL.Wichita Falls (??-??) transferred to Sweetwater May 6.
The Spudders scored 704 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 1327 runs, most in the circuit. Charlie Tuttle led Wichita Falls/Sweetwater with 19 home runs Ken Cluley drove in 97 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .360 average, while Robert Abshire registered a 8.26 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1954 Wichita Falls/Sweetwater Spudders who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Julio González, Vallie Eaves and Oliverio Ortiz.
Billy McCarty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Lopez | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.49 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 97.0 | 138 | 91 | 70 | 11 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Miguel De La Torre | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Albert McCarty | 1 | 5 | .167 | 13.64 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 33.0 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 14 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Noel McMellon | 1 | 10 | .091 | 10.32 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 68.0 | 113 | 107 | 78 | 3 | 43 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Robert Abshire | 1 | 13 | .071 | 8.26 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 122.0 | 184 | 162 | 112 | 10 | 86 | 88 | 4 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Julio Ramos | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jay Mattson | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Wingate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Tuttle | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Howard Morganstern | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gustavo Muniz | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Salmon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oliverio Ortiz | 30 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Esteban Nunez | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jaime Fals | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Leroy Finkler | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Royce Ankeny | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Julio González | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pedro Gonzalez | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sergio Hebra | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gilberto Hernandez | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Herbert Dwire | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Smith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ken Cluley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pompeyo Recio | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George McAllister | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jennings Gibbs | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Shuler | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Langford | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Duane Peters | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 45 | 38 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Donz Stevens | 0 | 10 | .000 | 5.59 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 95.0 | 120 | 88 | 59 | 10 | 43 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Totals | 6 | 58 | .094 | 7.89 | 256 | 51 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 445.0 | 671 | 546 | 390 | 48 | 251 | 0 | 245 | 22 | 4 | 35 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Cluley | 110 | 501 | 464 | 94 | 167 | 33 | 9 | 14 | 97 | 5 | 31 | 8 | .360 | .400 | .560 | .960 | 260 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Pompeyo Recio | 122 | 567 | 507 | 101 | 152 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 61 | 13 | 47 | 57 | .300 | .362 | .385 | .747 | 195 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Albert McCarty | 114 | 438 | 386 | 37 | 111 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 45 | 45 | .288 | .364 | .415 | .779 | 160 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Charlie Tuttle | 93 | 399 | 333 | 65 | 107 | 23 | 2 | 19 | 76 | 2 | 57 | 58 | .321 | .417 | .574 | .991 | 191 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Joseph Spencer | 76 | 319 | 294 | 30 | 85 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 19 | 34 | .289 | .331 | .371 | .702 | 109 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| William Looney | 77 | 310 | 290 | 38 | 82 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 12 | 18 | .283 | .318 | .362 | .680 | 105 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Eduardo Gavilan | 67 | 311 | 269 | 56 | 79 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 31 | 38 | .294 | .368 | .390 | .759 | 105 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Jose Traspuesto | 46 | 179 | 168 | 19 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 18 | .292 | .320 | .345 | .665 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Jose Gonzalez | 39 | 163 | 144 | 19 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 8 | .236 | .311 | .285 | .595 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| James Turner | 59 | 201 | 171 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 69 | .146 | .265 | .187 | .452 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Noel McMellon | 33 | 100 | 96 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .250 | .280 | .396 | .676 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Davis Floyd | 33 | 125 | 108 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 25 | .194 | .287 | .241 | .528 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Robert Abshire | 36 | 63 | 59 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 27 | .203 | .242 | .203 | .445 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jennings Gibbs | 12 | 51 | 49 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .224 | .255 | .245 | .500 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donz Stevens | 30 | 69 | 59 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .186 | .279 | .322 | .601 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Francisco Lopez | 28 | 42 | 37 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .243 | .333 | .351 | .685 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Morris Warshaw | 16 | 55 | 52 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .154 | .200 | .231 | .431 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leroy Finkler | 11 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .233 | .258 | .267 | .525 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Salty Copeland | 6 | 26 | 26 | 6 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Angel Castrillo | 7 | 25 | 25 | 4 | .160 | .160 | .160 | .320 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Ledbetter | 8 | 27 | 27 | 4 | .148 | .148 | .148 | .296 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| James Boyd | 7 | 28 | 28 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| John Trucks | 10 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .121 | .237 | .152 | .388 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| M. T. Staten | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Duane Peters | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Salmon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Langford | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Cecil Hickerson | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Howard Morganstern | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robbins | 5 | 17 | 17 | 1 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Blair | 6 | 18 | 18 | 1 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Royce Ankeny | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sergio Hebra | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| George McAllister | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Talley | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Murray Forsvall | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Miguel De La Torre | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Shuler | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Watson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1094 | 4168 | 3755 | 521 | 1026 | 170 | 49 | 45 | 477 | 52 | 0 | 335 | 495 | .273 | .334 | .381 | .715 | 1429 | 0 | 22 | 30 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Spencer | 1B | 53 | 468 | 12 | 8 | 43 | .984 | 9.057 | ||||
| Albert McCarty | 1B | 51 | 399 | 10 | 16 | 34 | .962 | 8.020 | ||||
| Davis Floyd | 1B | 11 | 75 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .950 | 6.909 | ||||
| Eduardo Gavilan | 2B | 38 | 102 | 103 | 15 | 15 | .932 | 5.395 | ||||
| Jose Gonzalez | 2B | 34 | 82 | 97 | 16 | 18 | .918 | 5.265 | ||||
| Eduardo Gavilan | 3B | 22 | 21 | 32 | 10 | 6 | .841 | 2.409 | ||||
| William Looney | 3B | 18 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 4 | .814 | 2.667 | ||||
| James Turner | C | 50 | 208 | 26 | 21 | 3 | .918 | 4.680 | 17 | |||
| Jose Traspuesto | C | 44 | 235 | 22 | 14 | 1 | .948 | 5.841 | 8 | |||
| William Looney | C | 42 | 233 | 14 | 5 | 6 | .980 | 5.881 | 3 | |||
| Ken Cluley | OF | 110 | 271 | 15 | 17 | 5 | .944 | 2.600 | ||||
| Charlie Tuttle | OF | 91 | 159 | 11 | 21 | 1 | .890 | 1.868 | ||||
| Albert McCarty | OF | 45 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .951 | 1.289 | ||||
| Davis Floyd | OF | 22 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .943 | 2.273 | ||||
| Joseph Spencer | OF | 21 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.238 | ||||
| William Looney | OF | 15 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Morris Warshaw | OF | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .727 | ||||
| John Trucks | OF | 10 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| Noel McMellon | OF | 10 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Oliverio Ortiz | P | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Francisco Lopez | P | 24 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .917 | ||||
| Robert Abshire | P | 24 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 0 | .741 | .833 | ||||
| Donz Stevens | P | 19 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .947 | ||||
| Gilberto Hernandez | P | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julio Ramos | P | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Esteban Nunez | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pedro Gonzalez | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Noel McMellon | P | 14 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jay Mattson | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Albert McCarty | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Duane Peters | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jaime Fals | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| George McAllister | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Langford | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Herbert Dwire | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Miguel De La Torre | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Cluley | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pompeyo Recio | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charlie Tuttle | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shuler | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gustavo Muniz | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sergio Hebra | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julio González | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leroy Finkler | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Wingate | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Smith | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Salmon | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Howard Morganstern | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jennings Gibbs | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Royce Ankeny | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pompeyo Recio | SS | 117 | 217 | 345 | 76 | 52 | .881 | 4.803 | ||||
| Totals | 1071 | 2692 | 799 | 264 | 190 | .930 | 3.260 | 28 | 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.
