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SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE :
 (Regina
Leader-Post, 04 Sept, 1954)
Ted Wills, pitcher-outfielder with Saskatoon Gems, is the 1954
Saskatchewan Baseball League batting champion, according to statistics released by league
headquarters Friday.
Wills, who appeared in 40 games,
cracked out 46 hits in 137 times at bat for a .336 average. Collins Jones,
Moose Jaw Mallards' left fielder, wound up five percentage points behind Wills with 80
hits in 242 times at bat. Jones took part of 56 of the Moose Jaw club's 60 league
contests.
Jones batted in the most runs, 46, and hit the most
doubles, 19. Gems' Percy Trimont won home run honours with 11 circuit
blasts to his credit and also hit the most triples, nine. Trimont was the league's most
walked batter, drawing 60 bases on balls in the 56 games in which he played.
Mario Herrera of Saskatoon stole 24 bases
for top honours in that department. Jose Valladares, who started out with
Indian Head Rockets and switched to Saskatoon, was next in line with 21.
Rockets' Sergio Fabre captured pitching
laurels, posting 10 victories without a loss. Don Kirk of Saskatoon was
next in line at 11-1. Max Weekly, Lloydminster Meridians' southpaw,
compiled the most strikeouts, 103.
The Moose Jaw club had the best team batting average, .276,
four points better than Saskatoon. Gems had the best fielding club with a percentage of
.995. North Battleford Beavers were second with .946 and Moose Jaw third with .930.
Average : Ted Wills SKG - .336
Hits : Collins Jones MJM - 80
Doubles : Jones MJM - 19
Triples : Percy Trimont SKG - 9
Home Runs : Trimont SKG - 11
Runs : Trimont SKG - 51
RBI : Jones MJM - 46
Stolen Bases : Mario Herrera SKG - 24
The following stats
(with an insert from the Moose Jaw Times-Herald) were published in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix (Sept 4, 1954, page
19). The item mentions "statistician" Steppy Fairman.
SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Breckner, Len SKG 44 18 .409
(1)
Wills, Ted SKG 40 137 25 46 8 5 3 2 20 18 26 .336
Tanner, ED LM
96
32 .333
(2)
Jones, Collins MJM 56 242 43 80 19 3 6 3 13 22 46 .331
Lillie, Andy MJM 56 230 41 74 8 2 1 8 30 20 29 .322
Tate, Curtis NB 54 233 45 75 12 1 5 14 5 10 39 .322
Chopp, Reg MJM 52 196 35 63 13 2 3 4 14 33 40 .321
Ford, John LM 45 157 27 49 8 3 2 14 20 11 27 .312
York, Clarence IH 87 27 .310
(1)
Hill, Ben RT
55 17 .309
(1)
White, Sammy IH
36 11 .306
(1)
Stuart, Russ MJM 45 164 28 50 12 2 3 8 18 33 27 .305
Thurnander, Arne LM 49 145 12 44 8 2 0 1 18 21 11 .303
Trimont, Percy SKG 56 178 51 54 9 9 11 6 60 40 39 .303
O'Farrill, Chico NB 55 208 45 62 11 7 5 5 25 27 35 .298
Pemberton, Cliff SKG 110 32 .291
(1)
Summers, Lefty RT 76 22 .289
(1)
Stone, Art NB 58 217 30 62 13 1 1 3 21 29 27 .286
Valladares, Jose SKG 53 200 31 57 9 2 1 21 22 11 25 .285
Griggs, Bennie SKG 67 19 .284
(1)
Xiques, Leopoldo IH 145 41 .283
(1)
Herrera, Rick LM 56 188 25 53 13 0 3 8 25 28 31 .282
Garcia, Juan IH 60 229 38 64 13 4 4 13 20 32 28 .279
Blackman, Jesse NB 60 212 41 59 8 3 8 10 31 19 42 .278
Lipscomb, George MJM 108 30 .278
(1)
Morton, Cy RT 49 184 27 51 10 8 0 0 14 33 25 .277
Jackson, Reg RT 60 214 41 59 11 2 2 5 26 25 33 .276
Holdaway, Chuck NB 88 24 .273
(1)
Diaz, Ezequiel SKG 55 195 29 53 8 5 0 2 25 18 22 .272
Girado, Ed MJM 52 191 27 52 7 1 0 0 20 20 16 .272
Dean, Roy NB 46 171 23 46 9 1 4 0 29 36 26 .269
Morrision, Felton RT 58 219 27 59 5 6 0 5 9 11 28 .269
Brown, Ben RT 60 203 44 54 4 7 7 4 38 65 35 .266
Miranda, Miguel IH 54 163 19 43 5 1 2 3 26 17 26 .264
Reyes, Leopoldo SKG 59 224 29 59 11 0 1 6 15 23 24 .263
Burbage, Buddy RT 54 190 36 50 5 2 1 8 16 19 18 .263
Bentley, Bev SKG 48 183 23 47 5 3 1 1 3 26 26 .257
Herrera, Mario SKG 48 192 42 49 7 1 1 24 25 9 26 .255
Warfield, Howard RT 60 223 38 56 7 7 4 10 22 57 41 .251
Bennett, Bob SKG 40 145 16 36 4 0 0 3 10 18 22 .248
Johnson, Harold RT 58 194 40 48 7 2 4 6 56 33 20 .247
Penalver, Mario IH 58 212 40 51 15 3 2 11 21 21 28 .241
Henderson, Arlington RT 58 185 29 44 5 2 2 16 37 26 33 .238
McGuigan, Chuck LM 53 200 31 47 6 2 0 13 13 28 15 .235
Conroy, Bill MJM 56 203 35 47 3 1 0 11 31 31 12 .232
Loe, Dick MJM 58 225 34 52 13 2 5 7 26 35 23 .231
Nelson, Ken NB 59 231 40 52 6 1 2 10 21 26 22 .225
Zayas, Roberto LM 55 197 29 42 3 0 3 18 22 17 17 .213
Pratz, Juan IH 41 146 20 31 3 3 3 9 11 27 15 .212
Green, Louis NB 47 168 25 35 4 1 0 1 25 14 19 .208
Yzquierdo, Gilberto IH 41 91 8 16 1 1 0 7 15 28 9 .176
Garcia, Oswaldo LM 45 132 7 19 2 0 0 1 11 26 27 .144
(1) Not enough at bats to
qualify. The Star-Phoenix article
listed several Saskatoon players who didn't have enough at bats
to qualify for the batting title. Len Breckner .409 (in 19
games), Cliff Pemberton .297, Bennie Griggs .284, Don Kirk .229,
Jim Morrow .217, Bentley MacEwen .111, Bob Doig .091.
The Moose Jaw Times-Herald also
listed players who didn't play in enough games to qualify for
the batting title. A player had to participate in at least
two-thirds of the regularly schedule games. Thus, in an oddity,
Wills won the batting title with 137 at bats, but Leopoldo
Xiques, with 145 at bats, didn't qualify. The Saskatoon Star
Phoenix noted that Cliff Pemberton had finished with a .297
mark, the Times-Herald shows Pemberton at .291.
G GS CG W L IP AB R H HR
BB SO HB WP ERA
Kirk, Don
SK
13 8 11 1
93 33 80
37 77 2 2
Fabre, Sergio IH
13 6 10 0
82 34 76
16 27 0 3
Griggs, Bennie SK
19 11 10 5 133 57
109 67 100 4 4
Holdaway, Bob NB
17 6 7 5
111 70 111 58
84 6 1
Brown, Boyd RT
20 8 7 7
124 69 136 31
63 4 0
Hill, Benny RT
22 4 6 2
94 57 99
32 81 5 4
Bessicks, Preston RT
22 3 6 7
91 60 93
35 55 2 3
Morrow, Jim
SK
14 3 5 1
74 21 67
21 46 0 2
Kapp, Ed
NB
8 6 5 2
62 19 53
8 47 0 0
Wills, Ted
SK
7 6 5 2
59 18 34
26 56 0 1
Hernandez, Hippy IH
11 3 5 3
62 35 69
13 15 0 0
Blackman, Jesse NB
14 8 5 6
90 65 93
44 46 4 3
Weekly, Max
LM
18 11 5 8 111
57 90 49 103 2 1
Doig, Bob
SK
10 5 4 2
60 20 50
24 45 0 2
Summers, Lefty RT
14 5 4 3
79 55 85
31 38 3 3
Weldon, Ken MJ
7 3 4 3
50 45 59
26 29 2 1
Stites, Bill NB
12 4 4 4
75 37 52
18 57 2 0
McEwen, Grant SK 11
4 4 4 67 42 57
45 72 2 3 (1)
Martin, Darrell LM
16 6 4 9
96 53 99
38 46 1 3
Piloto, Francisco IH
7 5 3 1
44 13 35
14 14 4 2
Gray, Pancho MJ
17 2 3 3
78 51 94
26 38 5 1
Ellyson, Gerry NB
13 3 3 3
48 32 55
21 32 1 3
Kosteniuk, Dave MJ
8 4 3 4
46 25 46
22 26 3 3
Martinez, Armando IH
12 6 3 5
81 42 88
24 24 0 0
Psome, Creon MJ
10 5 3 5
74 59 81
50 35 2 6
Rosell, Bob
LM
9 6 3 5
65 33 71
27 37 3 2
Holowaty, Bob MJ
4 2 2 2
28 16 24
12 18 2 0
Morton, Cy RT
4 1 2 2
28 27 31
19 17 4 3
McLeod, Jackie NB
12 2 2 3
45 22 41
18 44 1 0
Dean, Les
NB
9 3 2 3
53 36 48
29 24 1 0
Webb, Ron
LM
9 2 2 4
50 34 53
14 23 3 2
Mulcahy, Tom
LM
8 5 2 4
54 27 49
26 52 0 0
Coleman, Emery MJ
7 4 2 4
48 40 53
34 23 4 8
White, Sammy IH
19 5 2 7
98 74 96
35 45 2 0
Seymour, Al MJ
10 0 1 2
53 59 66
50 25 3 1
Prats, Juan IH
4 3 1 2
33 15 35
13 15 2 0
Herrera, Rick LM
6 0 1 3
31 30 34
22 21 5 2
Coleman, Major RT
5 2 1 3
33 13 18
25 32 2 4
King, Lionel MJ
20 2 1 6
58 53 67
48 32 10 4
Seoane, Pedro IH
5 1 0 0
26 19 32
13 7 2 0
Barton, Gary
LM
6 1 0 1
23 11 22
16 14 0 1
Orango, Orlando IH
8 1 0 4
27 19 22
18 7 0 0
Rodriguez, Rod IH
5 0 0 4
22 17 25
11 6 0 0
(1) Obviously, Bentley MacEwen of SKG
SKG = Saskatoon Gems, NB = North Battleford
Beavers, RT = Rosetown Phillies, IH = Indian Head Rockets, MJM = Moose
Jaw Mallards, LM = Lloydminster Meridians
MANDAK
LEAGUE :
Former major league outfielder Roy Weatherly
of Williston Oilers won the 1954 ManDak League batting crown with a .412
mark. Sugar Cain of
Minot had a higher average but did not have enough appearances
to qualify. Joe Massaro of Minot had the most hits with 92
and led in runs batted in with 66. Lloyd Gearhart of
Williston blasted 17 home runs to set a Mandak League record,
four more than the 13 hit by Pete Hughes in 1953.Connie
Juelke of Minot had the most triples, 8, and Bill Cleveland of
the Oilers led in doubles, with 23.
The newspaper article did
not list pitching statistics
other than in the body of the story which noted:
"In the pitching
department Sugar Cain of the Mallards finished the year with an
11-1 won-lost record although he dropped his only two starts in
the playoffs. Cain was followed by team mates Neil Lettau and
Billy Washburn with 13-2 and 7-2 marks respectively and
Harry Taylor of Williston had 9-4.
Rod MacKay was the top
Brandon hurler with four wins and two losses for a .667
percentage while Dirk Gibbons had 11-7 for .611,
Dan Ahtipis
10-7, Ralph Rose 7-5, Mort Wright 3-4 and
Leon Day 0-2.
Morley Macfarlane of the Greys was the only pitcher in the
league with a perfect record, but the Brandon youth hurled only
one game.
Cain was tops in the strike
out department with 98 while Ahtipis, who led in walks with 80,
was second with 77. Gibbons worked the most innings, 154 2/3 and
gave up the most hits, 177.
(From the Brandon Sun,
1954)
Average : Roy Weatherly WL -
.412
Hits : Joe Massaro MI - 92
Doubles : Bill Cleveland WL - 23
Triples : Connie Juelke MI - 8
Home Runs : Lloyd Gearhart WL - 17
RBI : Massaro MI - 66
MANDAK FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Cain, Sugar MI 82 37 5 1 2 20 .451
Weatherly, Roy WL 194 80 11 1 14 58 .412
Bowen, Ron BR 112 41 6 0 7 18 .366
Lott, Benjamin CA 232 83 17 2 7 53 .358
Renfroe, Othello MI 229 80 14 2 3 39 .349
Bowman, Duke MI 252 85 18 4 3 57 .337
Stewart, Don BR 228 76 13 4 8 41 .333
Miller, Bob CA 81 27 6 1 1 13 .333
Gearhart, Lloyd WL 239 79 21 2 17 61 .331
Scarborough, Dean MI 274 90 14 4 2 60 .328
Massaro, Joe MI 283 92 10 0 7 66 .325
Thomas, Walt CA 100 32 7 0 0 12 .320
Mascaro, Frank BR 284 90 11 6 6 60 .317
McLean, Zoonie MI 255 80 14 4 2 20 .314
Day, Leon BR 137 43 5 3 1 17 .314
Baxter, Dick WL 106 33 3 0 0 11 .311
Spaeter, Bill BR 216 66 14 4 4 28 .306
Drake, Sammy CA 276 84 11 4 1 30 .304
Corcoran, Don MI 259 77 11 3 7 42 .297
Lutz, Joe WL 65 19 3 0 8 20 .292
MacKay, Gerry BR 306 89 16 7 8 42 .291
Campos, Tony WL 249 72 12 4 6 39 .289
Douglas, Jesse CA 238 68 16 1 1 44 .286
McKerlie, Almer CA 46 13 2 0 0 6 .283
Chalfant, John WL 161 45 9 1 4 33 .280
Juelke, Connie MI 244 68 10 8 7 46 .279
Louden, Lou BR 227 63 5 1 0 21 .278
Washington, John CA 249 69 11 2 1 36 .277
Longest, Chick CA 246 68 13 1 4 37 .276
Cleveland, Bill WL 285 77 23 5 3 38 .270
Martin, Ronnie WL 216 57 6 4 0 17 .264
Owens, Buddy BR 108 28 6 3 3 18 .259
Moore, Dee BR 112 29 4 0 3 19 .259
Daugherty, Hal BR 222 57 5 2 11 45 .257
Lockett, Lester CA 242 60 16 1 3 31 .248
Bowman, Ed MI 215 53 4 6 0 32 .247
Williams, Dewey WL 69 17 4 2 1 10 .246
Robinson, Norm CA 254 62 7 1 2 23 .244
Ridley, Weldon CA 144 32 4 0 3 19 .222
Michalec, James WL 121 25 3 1 3 11 .207
Jiminez, Phil CA 87 18 1 1 0 6 .207
Afremow, Buddy WL 234 44 4 1 2 28 .188
Greene, Wilbur MI 33 6 0 1 0 3 .182
Bowman, Wally MI 54 7 0 0 0 2 .130
MI = Minot Mallards, BR = Brandon Greys, WL = Williston
Oilers, CA = Carman Cardinals
SOUTHERN
(SASKATCHEWAN) LEAGUE :
Bob Chapman, second baseman with the Moose Jaw Lakers, is the new
batting champion of the Southern League. Chapman collected 41 safe blows
in 110 official at-bats to take the crown with a .373 average. Hank
Dornstauder of the Estevan-Bienfait Coalers was runner-up at .365 while
Jack Shupe of the Weyburn Beavers followed at .350. Ralph
Hogg, the
ageless wonder of the Weyburn Beavers, captured pitching honors with a
perfect 4 - 0 record.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Chapman, Bob MJL 110 41 .373
Dornstauder, Hank ES 107 39 .364
Shupe, Jack WY 103 36 .350
Burge, Jim WY 107 37 .346
Skjerven, Gord AS 80 27 .338
Germann, Frank ND 75 25 .333
Daley, Tim ND 90 29 .322
Wooley, Don RRC 120 38 .317
Peterson, Ralph MJL 85 27 .318
Erfle, Rube AS 99 31 .313
MJL = Moose Jaw Lakers, WY = Weyburn Beavers, AS =
Assiniboia Aces, ND = Notre Dame Hounds, RRC = Regina Royal Caps, RGR =
Regina Red Sox, ES = Bienfait-Estevan Coalers, AV = Avonlea Arrows.
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