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. [Analysis of game reports turned up just 10 wins for Kirk.] 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.
(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.)
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 SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Breckner Len SK 44 18 .409
Tyler Walter MJM 31 11 12 .387 a
Wills Ted SKG 40 137 25 46 8 5 3 2 20 18 26 .336
Tanner ED LM 96 32 .333
Jones Collins MJM 56 242 43 80 19 3 6 3 13 22 46 .331
Tate Curtis NB 54 233 45 75 12 1 5 14 5 10 39 .322
Lillie Andy MJM 56 230 41 74 8 2 1 8 30 20 29 .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
Hill Ben RT 55 17 .309
White Sammy IH 36 11 .306
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 SK 110 32 .291
Summers Lefty RT 76 22 .289
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 SK 67 19 .284
Xiques Leopoldo IH 145 41 .283
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 MJ 108 30 .278
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
Girado Ed MJM 52 191 27 52 7 1 0 0 20 20 16 .272
Diaz Ezequiel SKG 55 195 29 53 8 5 0 2 25 18 22 .272
Morrision Felton RT 58 219 27 59 5 6 0 5 9 11 28 .269
Dean Roy NB 46 171 23 46 9 1 4 0 29 36 26 .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
Prats 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 Source : Regina Leader-Post, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Moose Jaw Times, 04 Sept, 1954
(a) June 4 stats + June 5 boxscore Wins : Fabre IH, Kirk SKG, Griggs SKG - 10 Games : Bessicks RT - 23 Games Started : Weekly LM - 14 Complete Games : Griggs SKG - 12 Innings : Griggs SKG - 133 Strikeouts : Weekly LM - 103 SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Fabre Sergio IH 13 7 6 10 0 1.000 82 76 34 16 27 0 3
Kirk Don SKG 13 11 8 10 1 .909 93 80 33 37 77 2 2
Morrow Jim SKG 14 8 3 6 1 .857 74 67 21 21 46 0 2
Hill Benny RT 21 7 4 7 2 .778 94 99 57 32 81 5 4
Hernandez Hippy IH 10 7 4 5 2 .714 62 69 35 13 15 0 0
Kapp Ed NB 8 6 6 5 2 .714 62 53 19 8 47 0 0
Wills Ted SKG 7 7 6 5 2 .714 59 34 18 26 56 0 1
Griggs Benny SKG 19 13 12 10 5 .667 133 109 57 67 100 4 4
Doig Bob SKG 10 7 5 4 2 .667 60 50 20 24 45 0 2
Pilato Francisco IH 7 5 5 4 2 .667 44 35 13 14 14 4 2
Ellyson Gerry NB 13 7 3 3 2 .600 48 55 32 21 32 1 3
Holdaway Bob NB 17 12 6 7 5 .583 111 111 70 58 84 6 1
Weldon Ken MJM 7 6 3 4 3 .571 50 59 45 26 29 2 1
Summers Lefty RT 17 12 6 6 5 .545 79 85 55 31 38 3 3
Gray Pancho RT/MJM 21 3 2 3 3 .500 78 94 51 26 38 5 1
Brown Boyd RT 19 13 11 7 7 .500 124 136 69 31 63 4 0
Blackman Jesse NB 14 11 10 6 6 .500 90 93 65 44 46 4 3
MacEwen Grant SKG 11 10 4 4 4 .500 67 57 42 45 72 2 3
Stites Bill NB 11 8 4 4 4 .500 75 52 37 18 57 2 0
Mulcahy Tom LM 9 6 6 4 4 .500 54 49 27 26 52 0 0
Kostenuk Dave MJM 8 5 4 4 4 .500 46 46 25 22 26 3 3
Garcia Roland SKG 7 0 0 1 1 .500
Barton Gary LM 6 3 1 1 1 .500 23 22 11 16 14 0 1
Bessicks Preston RT 23 12 4 6 8 .429 91 93 60 35 55 2 3
Dean Les NB 9 8 4 3 4 .429 53 48 36 29 24 1 0
Psome Creon MJM 13 12 6 5 7 .417 74 81 59 50 35 2 6
McLeod Jackie NB 12 4 2 2 3 .400 45 41 22 18 44 1 0
Coleman Major RT 6 6 3 2 3 .400 33 18 13 25 32 2 4
Weekly Max LM 18 14 11 5 8 .385 111 90 57 49 103 2 1
Martin Darrell LM 15 10 7 5 8 .385 96 99 53 38 46 1 3
Rosell Bob LM 9 8 6 3 5 .375 65 71 33 27 37 3 2
Seymour Al MJM 10 9 0 1 2 .333 53 66 59 50 25 3 1
Martinez Armando IH 12 9 7 3 7 .300 81 88 42 24 24 0 0
Webb Ron LM 10 7 3 2 5 .286 50 53 34 14 23 3 2
Arango Orlando IH 8 3 1 1 3 .250 27 22 19 18 7 0 0
Herrera Rick LM 6 6 0 1 3 .250 31 34 30 22 21 5 2
White Sammy IH 18 11 5 2 7 .222 98 96 74 35 45 2 0
Coleman Emery MJM 8 8 4 1 4 .200 48 53 40 34 23 4 8
King Lionel MJM/RT 21 11 3 1 8 .111 58 67 53 48 32 10 4
(Fewer than six games)
Ellis Ted SKG 3 1 1 3 0 1.000
Seoane Pedro IH 5 4 1 1 0 1.000 26 32 19 13 7 2 0
Quane Jerrry LM 2 1 1 1 0 1.000
George Eric IH 2 2 1 1 0 1.000
Holowaty Bob MJM 4 3 3 2 2 .500 28 24 16 12 18 2 0
Searcie Joe MJM 4 4 4 2 2 .500
Wilson Willie MJM 4 1 1 1 1 .500
Scott Jack NB 3 2 0 1 1 .500
Prats Juan IH 4 3 3 1 2 .333 33 35 15 13 15 2 0
Smith Lloyd IH 4 4 1 1 2 .333
Gardiner Don MJM 5 4 3 1 3 .250
Rodriguez Rod/Monola IH 6 3 0 0 5 .000 22 25 17 11 6 0 0
Koroluk Ernie SKG 3 2 0 0 1 .000
Burks Robert Lee NB 3 1 0 0 1 .000
Gibbons Don LM 2 1 0 0 1 .000
Barrack Eddie LM 2 2 0 0 1 .000
Dodd Doug LM 2 1 0 0 1 .000
Douzas Milt LM 1 0 0 0 1 .000
Morton Sy RT 1 1 0 0 1 .000 28 31 27 19 17 4 3
Washington Ross IH 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Lillie Andy MJM 2 1 0 0 0 .000
Ford John LM 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Carlson Happy NB 2 1 0 0 0 .000
Zayas Roberto LM 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Bruce Al LM 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Pyne Len LM 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Thunander Arne LM 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Tanner Ed LM 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Peerless Charlie SKG 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Isbell Larry MJM 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Pemberton Cliff MJM 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Nelson Ken GNB 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Burbage Buddy RT 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Miranda Miguel IH 1 0 0 0 0 .000 SKG = Saskatoon Gems, NB = North Battleford Beavers, RT = Rosetown Phillies, IH = Indian Head Rockets, MJM = Moose Jaw Mallards, LM = Lloydminster Meridians
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. [Analysis of game reports shows just 3 wins for Hogg.]
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 Source : Regina Leader-Post, August 25, 1954 Wins : Orval Verpe ES, Hugo Dombowsky ND/ES - 7 Won-Lost Pct : Jack Devine MJL - 5-1, .833 Games : Tom Leverick RGR, Al Erfle AS - 19 Games Started : Lionel L'Heureux ND - 13 Complete Games : Al Erfle AS - 10 SOUTHERN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Dombowsky Hugo ND/ES 16 7 6 7 4 .636
Verpe Orval ES 15 10 6 7 4 .636
Leverick Tom RGR 19 11 6 6 5 .545
Erfle Al AS 19 12 10 6 5 .545
Devine Jack MJL 12 7 5 5 1 .833
Heidt Ed RRC 16 5 5 5 3 .625
Blaisdell Wally MJL 11 9 4 5 3 .625
Hoff Dave WY 13 12 7 5 4 .556
L'Heureux Lionel ND 18 13 7 5 8 .385
White Dave MJL 8 4 3 4 1 .800
Resch Phil ND 11 8 4 4 2 .667
Mitchell Hank RGR 11 6 1 4 3 .571
Woolley Lloyd RRC 11 8 2 4 4 .500
Hogg Ralph WY 6 5 4 3 0 1.000
Skjervan Gordon AS 11 8 3 3 3 .500
Shupe Gayle WY 9 6 4 3 3 .500
Covert Keith WY 9 5 4 3 4 .429
Bell Bob MJL 6 4 0 2 0 1.000
Nutzhorn Ray MJL 5 1 1 2 0 1.000
Tendler Ernie AS 2 1 0 2 0 1.000
Wall Vic RRC 7 5 1 2 3 .400
Campbell Gordon AV 9 9 7 2 6 .250
Yeomans Bob MJL 3 2 0 1 0 1.000
Skarbon Archie AS 1 1 0 1 0 1.000
Torgerson Elmer MJL 1 1 1 1 0 1.000
Tysdal Elmer AV 3 3 2 1 1 .000
Richardson Wes RGR 7 6 3 1 2 .333
Booth Frank RGR 6 4 2 1 2 .000
Logan Norm AS 4 2 1 1 2 .333
Harrison Cliff RRC 11 9 2 1 3 .250
Pearson Paul AS 5 4 2 1 3 .250
McKechney Gary ES 6 2 1 0 0 .000
Steele Dale ND 4 0 0 0 0 .000
Faford John ND 2 1 0 0 0 .000
Larter Ron RRC 2 1 0 0 0 .000
Vogt Al RRC 2 1 0 0 0 .000
Prosofsky Ed RRC 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Schiebelbein Rudy ND 1 0 0 0 0 .000
McKellar AV 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Renchko Bill ES 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Reily Russ WY 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Chadwick Jim MJL 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Kiel Don ND 3 3 0 0 1 .000
Dornstauder Hank ES 3 2 1 0 1 .000
Mitchelmore Don RGR 2 1 0 0 1 .000
Buttgereit Walter AV 2 0 0 0 1 .000
Abbott Dale ES 2 2 0 0 1 .000
McFadyen George RGR 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Blondeau Guy RRC 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Kirkpatrick AV 1 0 0 0 1 .000
Campbell Garnet AV 1 0 0 0 1 .000
Forer Don AV 1 1 1 0 1 .000
McKechney Ron ES 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Triplett Ken ES 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Martinson Ron WY 1 0 0 0 1 .000
Harbourne Jack ES 2 2 2 0 2 .000
Roy George ES 10 5 0 0 3 .000 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.
FOOTHILLS LEAGUE
The only complete pitching statistics available thus far for league play are for two of the top prairie hurlers, Willie Walasko of Carmangay and Jack Altman of Vulcan. Altman's stats at the bottom are for all games - league, exhibition, playoff and tournament play.
FOOTHILLS LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Walasko Willie CMG 12 11 11 9 2 .818
Altman Jack VU 10 8 8 7 2 .778 ALTMAN FINAL G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Altman Jack VU/GR 21 16 15 12 6 .667 158 115 20 197
All games - league, exhibition, playoff, tournament
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
Weatherley Roy WL 194 80 11 1 14 58 .412
Bowen Ron BR 112 41 6 0 7 18 .366
Lott Ben 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 Aylmer CA 46 13 2 0 0 6 .283
Chalfant John WL 161 45 9 1 4 33 .280
Juelke Conrad 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 Vic WL 121 25 3 1 3 11 .207
Jimenez Felipe Phil CA 87 18 1 1 0 6 .207
Afremow Buddy WL 234 44 4 1 2 28 .188
Greene Willie MI 33 6 0 1 0 3 .182
Bowman Wally MI 54 7 0 0 0 2 .130 Source : Minot Daily News Wins : Lettau MI - 13 Won-Lost Pct : Cain MI - 11-1 Innings : Antipis BR - 136 MAN-DAK LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Cain, Sugar MI 13 13 11 11 1 .917 106 69 34 98
Lettau, Neil MI 13 2 .867 131 109 74 52
Washburn, Bill MI 7 2 .778 80 64 35 60
Taylor, Harry WL 9 4 .692 116 98 39 59
Albosta, Ed CA 4 2 .667 71 81 22 30
MacKay, Rod BR 4 2 .667 62 82 7 22
MacFarlane, Morley BR 1 1 1 1 0 1.000 9 4 5 12
Richardson, Murray BR 1 0 1.000
Greene, Wilbur MI 2 1 .667 17 22 8 4
Gibbons, Dirk BR 11 7 .611 155 177 47 70
Ahtipis, Dan BR 10 7 .588 136 143 80 77
Martin, Warren MI 7 5 .583 128 130 59 58
Rose, Red BR 7 5 .583 93 128 37 52
Schoonover, Dick WL 6 5 .545 92 94 41 52
Patton, Danny WL 1 1 .500 35 41 15 12
Canada, Ernie MI 1 1 .500
McCoy, Walt CA 8 9 .471 126 144 57 70
Michalec, Vic WL 6 8 .429 103 117 37 32
Wright, Mort BR 3 4 .429 68 96 38 24
Williams, Ed WL 2 3 .400 37 45 14 25
Woods, Buddy CA 5 8 .385 80 118 52 47
Miller, Bob CA 3 6 .333 90 97 30 31
Lemme, Cliff MI 1 2 .333
Scarborough, Dean MI 1 2 .333
Parker, Fred WL/BR 3 7 .300 84 105 45 33
Baxter,, Dick WL 2 6 .250 80 93 42 41
Merrill, Rollie MI 0 1 .000
Thomas, Jack CA 0 1 .000 8 12 5 1
Day, Leon BR 0 2 .000 11 20 6 6
Murray, John CA 0 3 .000 43 35 41 11
Geisler, Kent WL 0 3 .000 40 47 37 23
Jimenez, Phillip CA 0 5 .000 57 64 54 36 * Minot Daily News MI = Minot Mallards, BR = Brandon Greys, WL = Williston Oilers, CA = Carman Cardinals
INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE
Former Negro League star Wilmer Fields, of the Brantford Red Sox, was the offensive star of the Intercounty League, taking the batting crown with a .379 mark and topping the loop in hits, 87, and tying teammate Harry Fisher for the most home runs, 14. Fisher's 62 runs batted in topped the circuit. Fisher was the league's leading hurler, with a 13-4 record
Average : Fields BRS - .379 Hits : Fields BRS - 87 Home Runs : Fisher Harry BRS, Fields BRS - 14 RBI : Fisher BRS - 62 Stolen Bases : Karpuk Pete GT - 21 INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Fields Wilmer BRS .379 Source : Intercounty Record Book Wins : Fisher BRS - 13
Won-Lost Pct : Fisher BRS - .765 Strikeouts : Maldovan John KR - 110 INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Fisher Harry BRS 13 4 .765
Source : Intercounty Record Book BRS=Brantford Red Sox, GT=Galt Terriers, GU=Guelph-Waterloo Royals, KR=itchener Panthers, LDN=London Majors, STT=St. Thomas Elgins
VANCOUVER & DISTRICT LEAGUE
Gary Pennington of pennant-winning Collingwood captured the batting title beating teammate Walt Hallam for the crown. Pennington finished with a .394 average, nine points better than Hallam. Harry Robinson of Whalley was third at .368. Ron Hammond of the Chiefs finished at .356
VANCOUVER & DISTRICT SR. G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Pennington Gary CW 109 43 .394
Hallam Walt CW 122 47 .385
Robinson Harry WC 87 32 .368
Hammond Ron WC 104 37 .356
Mortison Roy NW 101 35 .347
Freiheit Vic MNS 85 29 .341
Ledlin Ed CW 116 39 .336
Parker Dave NW 128 42 .328
Bellamy Vince MNS 92 30 .326
Sparrow Ed CW 115 36 .313
Sinclair Gary CW 125 39 .312
Black Stan CW 133 41 .308
Armstrong Ken WV 134 41 .306
Eades Pete CW 85 26 .306
Maxwell Merv WC 101 30 .297
Bannerman Arnie NW 115 34 .296
Trotzuk Mike NW 138 40 .290
Coupland B. MNS 98 28 .286
Dow Butch NW 124 34 .274
Andrews Jimmy WC 85 23 .271
Source : Vancouver Sun Septemter 8, 1954
CW=Collingwood, MNS=Marpole North Stars, NW=New Westminster, WC=Whalley Chiefs,
WV=West Vancouver
OKANAGAN MAINLINE BASEBALL LEAGUE
Jack Markin of Princeton Royals edged out Jack Fowles of Kamloops Okonots for the 1954 batting title. Markin finished at .396 while Fowles, with a league-leading 41 hits, was two points behind at .394. Bob Campbell of Kelowna Orioles was a close third hitting .389, just ahead of teammate Hank Tostenson at .388. Buck Buchanan of Kamloops scored the most runs, 29. Markin was tops in doubles, 14, and three players tied for the lead in triples, each with two. P. Ceccon of Princeton was the loop's top slugger with six home runs and 29 runs batted in. Chick Ling, Buchanan and Ron Evenson all of Kamloops tied for the runner-up slot in homers, with five apiece.
The pitching stats (except for those of Ted Bowsfield which are final) are up to and including games of 21 July.
AVERAGE : Markin PRN - .396
RUNS : Buchanan KO - 29
HITS : Fowles J. KO - 41
DOUBLES : Markin PRN - 14
TRIPLES : Saklofsky KO, Weeks SUM, Mori PEN - 2
HOME RUNS : Ceccon PRN - 6
RBI : Ceccon PRN - 29
SB : Campbell KWO - 20
OKANAGAN MAINLINE LEAGUE AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Markin Jack PRN 101 17 40 .396 Fowles Jack KO 104 26 41 .394 Campbell Bolb KWO 72 22 28 .389 Tostenson Hank KWO 85 16 33 .388 Slater Don KO 79 19 30 .380 (1) Ceccon P. PRN 100 28 35 .350 Schnider Richie OLE 79 19 27 .342 Ling Chick KO 62 18 21 .339 Janicki Walt VER 65 16 22 .338 Evenson Ron KO 88 25 29 .330 Keckalo Walt VER 59 6 19 .322 Mori Elmer PEN 84 17 27 .321 (1) Published figure was .367, but AB/H shown would result in .380 average.
Source : Kelowna Courier, September 9, 1954
KO=Kamloops Okonots, KWO=Kelowna Orioles, OLE=Oliver Elks, PEN=Penticton Athletics,
PRN=Princeton Royals, SUM=Summerland Macs, VER=Vernon Canadians
KAMLOOPS OKONOTS (Final) AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Fowles Jack KO 104 26 41 2 1 2 17 .394
Slater Don KO 79 19 30 1 1 0 11 .380
Beecroft Gordie KO 17 16 6 0 1 2 9 .353
Ling Chick KO 62 18 21 5 0 5 25 .339
Evenson Ron KO 88 25 29 3 0 5 24 .330
Saklofsky Bob KO 113 26 36 8 2 2 18 .319
Buchanan Buck KO 84 29 26 7 0 5 27 .310
MacDonald Bill KO 74 23 22 5 0 4 18 .297
Fowles Len KO 91 17 26 3 0 2 14 .286
Rota Frank KO 42 5 11 1 0 0 3 .262
Brkich John KO 51 9 13 2 0 0 10 .255
Gatin Len KO 28 6 7 0 0 1 8 .250
McKinnon Bob KO 33 7 8 2 0 0 5 .242
Andreas Neil KO 12 3 2 0 0 0 3 .167
Paetch Bob KO 19 2 3 1 0 0 3 .158
Sources : Kamloops Sentinel July 28 & August 25, 1954
VERNON CANADIANS (Final) AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Janicki Walt VER 65 16 22 .338
Jellison Jerry VER 3 1 1 .333
Keckalo Walt VER 59 6 19 .322
Adams Ray VER 75 13 20 .267
Schaeffer Hap VER 53 7 14 .264
Schaeffer Les VER 50 4 13 .260
Dye Vern VER 53 18 13 .245
Stecyk Tom VER 32 8 7 .219
Graff Red VER 52 10 11 .212
Spelay Tony VER 79 13 16 .203
Inglis Billy VER 37 4 7 .189
Petruk Bill VER 32 2 6 .188
Dye George VER 41 4 7 .171
Hayashi Kuts VER 12 0 2 .167
Jackson Ike VER 43 3 7 .163
Kornitsky Joe VER 11 0 0 .000
Source : Vernon News, September 2, 1954
PENTICTON ATHLETICS (Final) AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Bowsfield Ted PEN 19 2 7 0 0 0 3 .368
Church Mike PEN 6 1 2 0 0 1 1 .333
Edwards Les PEN 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 .333
Mori Elmer PEN 84 17 27 0 8 13 17 .321
Raptis Bill PEN 22 5 7 0 1 4 3 .318
Drossos Sam PEN 71 18 22 0 5 10 16 .310
Posnikoff Joe PEN 64 14 17 2 7 14 10 .266
Burgart Lloyd PEN 83 22 22 2 9 14 10 .265
Jones Gord PEN 67 14 16 2 4 27 10 .239
Moore Doug PEN 78 14 18 0 4 12 6 .231
Ashley Barry PEN 54 7 11 0 0 18 9 .204
Jordan Larry PEN 48 10 9 1 1 13 6 .188
Powell Aubrey PEN 67 7 12 0 3 3 10 .179
Drossos George PEN 34 14 5 0 4 9 1 .147
Preen Charlie PEN 31 5 4 0 1 11 6 .129
Getz Richared PEN 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 .000
Source : Penticton Herald, September 8, 1954
WINS : Jordan PEN - 8
SO : Clifton OLE - 85
BB : Dye G. VER - 71
ERA - Bowsfield PEN - 1.83
OKANAGAN MAINLINE LEAGUE G GS W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Bowsfield Ted PEN 7 5 5 1 .833 44 23 18 9 22 51 1.83
Ingram John KWO 14 10 5 5 .500 94 91 53 62 2.50
Clifton Wendell P-O 11 9 6 2 .750 65 47 24 85 2.50
Cristante F. SUM 9 5 3 2 .600 36 31 21 31 2.50
Schnider Richie OLE 12 4 3 1 .750 46 33 64 17 2.70
Brkich Johnny KO 8 4 3 1 .750 41 39 20 37 4.30
Gatin Len KO 10 4 6 2 .750 61 78 35 28 4.40
Jordan Larry PEN 18 13 8 5 .615 114 109 82 64 37 69 5.04
Ball Gary KWO 7 4 2 1 .667 32 34 19 21 5.30
McKinnon Bob KO 11 8 3 2 .600 48 70 49 31 7.00
Dye George VER 71 82
Eyre Bill SUM 58 82
Source : Vernon News – September 9/54 & Penticton Herald - September 15, 1954
VERNON CANADIANS (Final) G GS W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Schaefer Hap VER 2 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0
Jackson Ike VER 9 2 4 .333 50 35 15 17
Schaefer Les VER 4 1 2 .333 18 21 14 9
Dye George VER 17 2 7 .222 126 103 62 82
Spelay Bill VER 1 0 0 .000 0 3 3 1
Dye Vern VER 1 0 0 .000 1 1 1 0
Hayashi T.(Kuts) VER 5 0 1 .000 18 19 13 18
Sproule Clare VER 1 0 1 .000 8 2 2 8
Source : Vernon News – September 9/54
PENTICTON ATHLETICS (Final G GS W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Bowsfield Ted PEN 7 5 5 1 .833 44 23 18 9 22 51 1.83
Jordan Larry PEN 18 13 8 5 .615 114 109 82 64 37 69 5.04
Church Mike PEN 3 1 1 1 .500 11 11 13 8 15 10 6.35
Getz Richard PEN 2 0 0 0 .000 12 6 3 3 5 11 2.31
Apolzer Johnny PEN 3 2 0 1 .000 9 10 10 10 6 3 9.65
Posnikoff Joe PEN 1 0 0 0 .000 4 10 7 5 1 2 11.25
Preen Charlie PEN 1 0 0 0 .000 2 3 2 0 1 0 0.00
Burgart Lloyd PRN 1 0 0 0 .000 1 0 2 0 1 0 0.00
Source : Penticton Herald, September 15, 1954
COMOX DISTRICT LEAGUE
Campbell River's veteran shortstop Vern Ferguson is the batting king of the Comox District Baseball League for 1954 finishing with an impressibe .391 average according to figures released by official league scorer Eddie Johnson. The RCAF's Ian McHardy pounded the ball at an even better clip - .440 - but he failed to qualify for the title, having fewer than 60 at bats. Johnny Hawkins of the Comox Tigers was the runner-up with a .352 average in a league-leading 108 at bats. Ron Lund and Ron Cameron of the Cougars tied with R. Biasutti of Powell River for third, each finishing at .326.
COMOX DISTRICT LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT McHardy Ian COF 50 22 .440 Ferguson Vern CRC 87 34 .391 Hawkins Johnny COM 108 38 .352 L'Oiseau Joe COF 48 16 .333 Lund Ron CRC 92 30 .326 Biasutti R. POW 86 28 .326 Cameron Ron CRC 86 28 .326 McDermid Willy POW 100 32 .320 Woods Earl CNL 91 29 .319 Johnson POW 92 29 .315 Chalmers Junior CNL 90 27 .300 Currie Garnie COF 87 26 .299 Murdock Jack UB 68 20 .294 Martin Howie POW 52 15 .288 Donwey Ray CNL 52 15 .288 McCormick POW 66 19 .288 McDonald CRC 70 20 .286 Kolybaba Bill COF 70 20 .286 Orr Freddie CNL 91 26 .286 Pearse B. UB 68 19 .279 McKenzie Lyle CNL 90 25 .278 Teterenko POW 76 21 .276 Palek Bill CRC 58 15 .259 Downey Dick CNL 93 24 .258 Pratt Gordon(Pro) COM 67 17 .254 Conti Ty CRC 95 24 .253 Cass Jim COF 52 13 .250 Cochlan Bob POW 102 25 .245 Thulin Harry CRC 94 22 .234 Marshall Don CRC 89 20 .225 Montgomery Jerry COM 58 13 .224 Moore Bill CNL 54 12 .222 Richardson Ricky UB 72 16 .222 Ciprick Bill POW 92 20 .217 Gribbling COF 84 18 .214 Fleming POW 66 14 .212 Harrison COM 66 14 .212 Hildebrand J. POW 81 17 .210 McIvor Bob(Shorty) CNL 60 12 .200 Pratt Ron UB 55 11 .200 Shillito UB 76 15 .197 Korsa Joe CRC 75 14 .187 Gordon Doc CNL 59 11 .186 Wiotte COF 70 13 .186 McKay S. UB 55 10 .182 Kennedy Don UB 85 15 .176 Young Bobby COF 52 9 .173 Moore Roy COM 81 13 .160 Smith Jake COM 78 12 .154 Urquhart Alex COM 74 11 .149 Montgomery Skip COM 97 14 .144
CNL=Courtenay Legion, COF=Comox RCAF, COM=Comox Tigers, CRC=Campbell River Cougars, P
OW=Powell River, UB=Union Bay
Source : Comox District Free Press, Sesptember 1, 1954
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE
Bill Ankoviak, the Albert Lea playing manager, is the batting champion of the Southern Minnesota League in 1954. The first sacker batted at a .374 clip to top Al Radsavage of Winona who finished at .351. Sid Langston of Austin was third with a .347 average. Don Petschow of Mankato had a league-leadling .375 mark, but did not have enough at bats to qualify for the title. Ankoviak also led the circuit in runs, 44, and hits, 65. Al Weygandt of Owatonna slugged the most homers, 22 and Dick Morgan of Mankato drove in the most runs, 50.
Vern Edmunds of Waseca led the hurlers with 15 wins. Monte Lopez of Owatonna had 12. Carmen Ferullo had the top winning percentage with an 11-4 mark.
AVE : Ankoviak LEA - .374
RUNS : Ankoviak LEA - 44
HITS : Ankoviak LEA - 65
2B : Pfasterer MAK & Gregory LEA - 15
3B: Sichko LEA - 4
HR : Weygandt OW - 22
RBI : Morgan MAK - 50
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT
Petschow Don MAK 112 42 .375
Ankoviak Bill LEA 45 174 44 65 106 13 2 8 34 .374
Radsavage Al WIN 43 174 26 61 107 12 2 10 47 .351
Langston Sid AUS 32 118 19 41 65 6 0 6 21 .347
Morgan Dick MAK 160 55 117 5 3 17 50 .344
Sivinski John LEA 45 181 35 62 117 10 0 15 40 .343
Kaess Dick FAR 91 31 .341
Marquardt Del LEA 45 168 26 57 86 9 1 6 27 .339
Sichko Mike LEA 43 171 31 58 93 12 4 5 21 .339
Minnis Virl OW 72 24 .333
Shargey Steve WIN 20 66 5 22 29 4 0 1 9 .333
Hormann Don(Gabby) WIN 16 60 13 20 32 6 0 2 7 .333
Weygandt Al OW 145 42 48 119 5 0 22 44 .331
Schlaffer Augie ROC 149 49 .329
McCarthy Jerry FAR 122 40 .328
Triplett Jack WIN 36 144 32 47 77 10 1 6 25 .326
Wheeler Don ROC 151 49 .325
Hancock Fred ROC 101 32 .317
Barnacle Bill ROC 54 17 .315
Olive Gene WSA 175 54 .309
Podoley Joe WSA 159 49 .308
Sexson Joe AUS 25 91 9 28 35 2 1 1 8 .308
Pfasterer Kent MAK 189 42 58 15 36 .307
Musgrave Bob FAR 95 29 .305
Reed Wally OW 158 48 11 .304
Ludwig Bob FAR 146 44 3 .301
Raso Joe AUS 37 134 20 39 54 7 1 2 20 .291
Roberts Perry LEA 34 129 17 37 60 8 0 5 17 .287
McCabe Bob LEA 44 173 28 49 65 10 3 0 13 .283
Jok Dick LEA 40 146 24 41 65 3 0 7 25 .281
Gleason George AUS 16 57 8 16 29 2 1 3 13 .281
Gregory Gus LEA 45 178 22 45 68 15 1 2 28 .253
Niro Joe WIN 39 129 11 32 42 7 0 1 15 .248
Martin Olin AUS 43 172 22 42 58 8 1 2 16 .244
Sites Ernie AUS 23 82 15 20 41 3 0 6 16 .244
Sebastian John AUS 36 107 12 25 37 3 0 3 7 .234
Bartholomew Bob AUS 32 120 14 28 33 1 2 0 7 .233
Leach Bill WIN 43 147 22 34 58 4 1 6 20 .231
Anderson Dick AUS 15 52 4 12 14 2 0 0 4 .231
Lindgren Red AUS 23 88 10 20 28 3 1 1 5 .227
Poliak John LEA 24 54 6 12 18 3 0 1 5 .222
Campeau Bill AUS 22 66 7 14 19 2 0 1 4 .212
Mikesell Maury WIN 42 155 19 32 49 6 1 3 16 .206
Harriman Earl WIN 29 97 8 20 28 5 0 1 4 .206
Rosenbaum Ray AUS 19 35 5 7 11 1 0 1 7 .200
Miller Don AUS 36 117 11 23 36 3 2 2 12 .197
House Sam LEA 29 57 9 11 22 1 2 2 11 .193
Wilkins Dewey LEA 22 58 7 11 21 1 0 3 8 .190
Budde Al WIN 17 38 4 7 8 1 0 0 0 .184
Morgan Herb AUS 14 50 8 9 17 2 0 2 3 .180
Schoonmaker Jerry AUS 11 41 4 7 8 1 0 0 6 .171
DeRose Carl AUS 23 48 1 8 14 3 0 1 6 .167
Ferullo Carmen LEA 23 50 3 8 10 2 0 0 5 .160
Gorman Chuck WIN 10 13 3 2 6 1 0 1 3 .154
Lawler Jim AUS 23 66 4 10 16 3 0 1 3 .152
New George LEA 17 20 2 3 4 1 0 0 1 .150
McGrath Jack WIN 26 53 2 3 3 0 0 0 3 .057
Skemp Bill AUS 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Wieczorek Ralph(Butch) WIN 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mahoney Bob AUS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
* Statistics incomplete. No reports for complete lineups for Mankato, Owatonna, Rochester. Faribault, Waseca
Source : Winona Daily News, October 4, 1954, Albert Lea Sunday Tribune, October 3, 1954 Austin Daily Herald, September 29, 1954, Albert Lea Sunday Tribune, August 29, 1954, Winona Daily News, September 7, 1954, Austin Daily Herald, August 30, 1954
WINS : Edmonds WSA - 15
PCT : Ferullo LEA - .733
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE W L PCT IP H R BB SO ERA Ferullo Carmen LEA 11 4 .733 143 131 51 93 3.65 Edmonds Vern WSA 15 6 .714 Vike Don FAR 8 4 .667 Wilkins Dewey LEA 11 6 .647 149 121 42 81 2.89 Saul Pep FAR 9 5 .643 Lopez Monte OW 12 7 .632 Lawler Jim AUS 11 8 .579 163 139 81 104 Rosenbaum Ray AUS 5 6 .455 86 110 35 47 Gorman WIN 2 3 .400 42 50 36 22 17 6.48 New George LEA 3 5 .375 60 61 39 35 5.28 McGrath WIN 5 9 .357 138 149 90 53 102 5.03 Budde WIN 3 7 .300 82 101 51 33 67 4.50 DeRose Carl AUS 3 9 .250 130 149 24 67 House Sam LEA 0 0 .000 8 8 7 3 3.38 Radsavage Al WIN 0 0 .000 7 8 5 5 4 6.43 Roberts Perry LEA 0 0 .000 2 1 1 1 0.00 Mahoney AUS 0 1 .000 3 7 3 2 Wieczorek WIN 0 2 .000 11 20 15 7 1 7.59
* Stats incomplete.
CHINOOK BASEBALL LEAGUE
Outfielder Fred Storey of the Calgary Universal Mercurys captured the Chinook Baseball League batting championship for 1954 registering a .364 mark to top teammate Harvey Wylie who finished at .342.
Jim McKinnon of Drumheller Miners took third spot with an average of .336, while Murray Dodds and Harry Noble of the Carstairs Cardinals were close behind with .333 averages.
John Makos of the league winning Red Deer Dodgers topped the pitching department with a record of seven wins and three losses. Drumheller's Rudy Nocair was close behind with an 8-4 mark. Marcel DeVoss of Carstairs had the most wins, 10.
Cy Ing of Red Deer led the power hitters banging out a total of eight homers during the course of the season. Dave Abel of the Mercs was next in line with five. The triples crown went to Bruce Ing of Carstairs. He hit three. Storey's 17 doubles easily topped that department. A pair of Red Deer Dodgers led in runs batted in, as Cy Ing knocked in 35 runners and Jerry Kernaghan pushed in 34. Abel was right behind with 33.
AVE : Storey CGM - .364
RUNS : Bassen CGM - 37
HITS : Ing Cy RD - 44
2B : Storey CGM - 17
3B: Ing Bruce - 3
HR : Ing Cy RD - 8
RBI : Ing Cy RD - 35 CHINOOK LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Bessie N. DH 1 0 1 0 1.000 English CGM 3 1 2 0 .667 Lauer Lefty RD 7 1 4 2 .571 Hodgson Joe RD 4 1 2 1 .500 Karbonic RD 4 0 2 0 .500 Kyle Gus CGM 38 9 14 6 .368 Storey Fred CGM 110 24 40 17 33 .364 Nielson Dale DH 11 4 4 2 .364 Wylie Harv CGM 82 19 28 24 .341 McKinnon Jim DH 122 21 41 19 .336 Noble Harry CS 138 27 46 20 .333 Dodds Murray CS 90 15 30 13 .333 Kovacik Alec CGM 6 1 2 1 .333 Tolar RD 6 1 2 0 .333 Tesluk Ernie CGM 3 1 1 0 .333 Able Dave CGM 131 24 43 5 31 .328 Ing Cy RD 139 30 44 8 35 .317 Kernaghan Jerry RD 111 19 35 34 .315 Ing Ken RD 127 26 40 25 .315 Hill Charlie DH 64 7 20 13 .313 Boychuk John RD 13 6 4 8 .308 Sparrow Bill DH 99 16 30 13 .303 Bondie Buck CS 129 17 39 17 .302 Thederahn Bill DH 43 6 13 6 .302 Berlando Jimmy RD 120 21 36 14 .300 Service Bill RD 115 26 34 15 .296 Gazely Pete RD 44 3 13 5 .295 Umari Bob RD 85 22 25 9 .294 Lahey Bert CGM 65 9 19 2 .292 Hucul CGM 14 4 4 1 .286 Casebeer Mernus CS 125 23 35 13 .280 Martin Dave RD 90 18 25 10 .278 Pollard Lou CS 18 6 5 2 .278 Ing Bruce CS 58 11 16 3 10 .276 Makos John RD 80 15 22 13 .275 Saville Jim DH 125 27 34 15 .272 McLellan Charlie RD 118 28 32 13 .271 Edmondson George CS 63 5 17 7 .270 Bassen Hank CGM 121 37 32 11 .264 Ryan Eddie CGM 27 3 7 4 .259 VanWassenhove Reg DH 89 16 23 4 .258 Scott Pete DH 90 12 23 11 .256 Shields Jim CGM 52 11 13 4 .250 Passey CS 4 2 1 0 .250 Alfrey Darwin CS 117 20 29 20 .248 Loewen Don CS 148 20 36 22 .243 Andronyk Jack DH 95 16 23 12 .242 Gallagher Charlie CGM 120 16 29 23 .242 Bond Leroy DH 101 20 24 12 .238 (1) Nociar Rudy DH 51 4 12 6 .235 Gilliland George CS 13 2 3 2 .231 Loughlin Ronnie DH 100 22 23 8 .230 Armeneau Wes RD 107 18 24 10 .224 Wylie Cliff CGM 104 15 23 17 .221 Bertamini Art DH 88 14 19 13 .216 Goodwin Herb CGM 121 15 26 21 .215 Leismer CS 152 19 30 11 .197 DeVoss Marcel CS 67 9 13 5 .194 Stephenson Wayne(Wimpy) CGM 69 7 12 6 .174 Samuels Jack DH 72 5 11 5 .153 (1) Blakely Stan CGM 75 10 11 3 .147 (1) Misuraca Arnind CGM 7 1 1 0 .143 Ott Bill DH 29 2 4 3 .138 Gibson Brian CGM 33 3 4 4 .121 Wilson Hugh CS 34 3 4 3 .118 Marquardt Doug DH 18 6 2 0 .111 Bigelow Al CS 37 7 4 6 .108 Brookman Johnny CS 21 3 0 1 .000 Pellerin Jerry RD 0 2 0 0 .000 Sandulak Sandy RD 0 0 0 0 .000 Fleming CGM 1 0 0 0 .000 Gilday CGM 1 0 0 0 .000 Books Dave CGM 2 0 0 0 .000 Clark CGM 3 0 0 0 .000 Casebeer Lloyd CS 3 0 0 0 .000 Lausten CS 3 0 0 0 .000 Ursick CS 3 0 0 0 .000 Both DH 3 0 0 0 .000 Merus DH 3 0 0 0 .000 Tanner RD 3 0 0 0 .000 Kollmyzic CGM 4 0 0 0 .000 Abbott Walt RD 6 1 0 0 .000 Gillespie Lawrence RD 9 1 0 0 .000 Tanenee CS 10 0 0 0 .000 The published statistics displayed some inaccurate averages (according to the hits
and at bats shown), Leroy Bond was shown at .258, Jack Samuals .222 and Stan Blakely .173.
CGM=Calgary Universal Mercurys, CS=Carstairs Cardinals, DH=Drumheller Miners, RD=Red Deer Dodgers
Source : Calgary Herald, September 18, Red Deer Advocate, September 22, 1954
CHINOOK LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H BB SO WP ERA Lauer Lefty RD 2 0 1.000 Boychuk John RD 1 0 1.000 Makos John RD 7 3 .700 Nociar Rudy DH 8 4 .667 Martin Dave RD 5 3 .625 DeVoss Marcel CS 10 7 .588 Stephenson Wayne(Wimpy) CGM 7 6 .538 Marquardt Doug DH 3 2 .600
HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE
Zeke Bella, Halifax Cardinals fleet center-fielder, had the most outstanding season in the history of the H&D League, winning the batting championship with an average of .419, and tieing teammate Jerry Cline in runs batted in with 51. Leader in doubles was George Lewis of Liverpool with 18. Deacon Jones of Truro had the most triples, 9: and Jerry Cline was the home-run leader with 12.
Cline, old pro Jim Edwards, Stellarton, and Hugh Hamil, Dartmouth all stole 13 bases. Cline duplicated his numbers from the previous year with Guelph of the Ontario Intercounty League where he hit .275 and led the league with 12 home runs.
The Dartmouth Arrows were the classiest club on defense with a .961 team fielding average.
Pitching leaders were as follows: Jim Heller, Halifax, 10-2; Bob Davis, Halifax, 9-2; Jim Kukendall, Dartmouth, 9-3; Don Eason, Truro, 9-3; and Don Swanson, Liverpool 12-6. Don Richards of Liverpool led the strikeout brigade with 108.
HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT HALIFAX CARDINALS Kane Buddy 2 4 2 .500 Bella John(Zeke) 60 191 55 80 17 5 8 10 51 .419 Carter Billy 58 244 50 77 12 0 6 0 27 .316 Cline Bill 36 95 11 28 3 1 5 0 20 .295 Carroll Tom 58 218 50 61 10 0 7 4 34 .280 Cline Jerry 63 244 43 68 9 2 12 13 51 .279 Clark Johnny 31 123 23 33 3 2 0 2 10 .268 Scariato Bob 63 232 35 62 11 1 7 2 44 .267 Boudreau Don 49 161 23 41 3 2 7 2 24 .255 Cosgrove Jack 44 130 21 33 5 0 1 0 10 .254 Serpico Neil 22 88 15 20 3 0 3 0 7 .227 Wilkins Dick 59 208 19 41 3 2 5 1 23 .197 McCafferty George 2 8 1 .125 Decker Bob 2 1 0 .000 Perry Roland 1 3 0 .000 Heller Jim(Smokey) 23 Picker Ed 17 Davis Bob 15 Tarpey Phil 15 Pinto Mickey 14 Levinson Jerry 10 Foote Amby 8 Duffy Russ 8 Kemp Roy 1 DARTMOUTH ARROWS Bergeron Bill 55 196 45 59 6 3 3 8 21 .301 Yvars Johnny 51 172 33 48 10 3 0 4 15 .279 Stell Sam 50 161 17 43 9 4 1 1 27 .267 Hamil Hugh 65 231 34 61 8 2 6 13 39 .264 Luck Eugene(Bucky) 65 255 33 66 11 4 4 7 23 .259 Miller Lewis(Weenie) 63 251 41 63 6 2 5 7 24 .251 Holt Lynwood 60 212 31 51 6 4 8 0 44 .241 Webb Paul 32 125 15 29 3 2 2 3 8 .232 Hoch Art 56 178 20 37 3 1 0 5 20 .208 Arnold Chuck 49 144 19 26 5 0 3 2 13 .181 Raugh Jim 23 Kuykendall Jim 20 Susce Paul 20 Brendle Paul 11 McCleney Dick 16 Conger Luther 13 LIVERPOOL LARRUPERS Seaman Danny 5 5 3 .600 Lewis George 65 243 41 80 18 3 11 6 50 .329 Buss Ray 65 246 54 71 15 2 2 4 13 .289 (1) Powers John 65 250 42 70 11 1 2 4 19 .280 Kaiser Jack 65 233 43 65 5 5 7 7 42 .279 Gastall Tom 32 108 16 29 5 4 3 5 11 .269 Ceccere Ralph 37 128 7 32 3 3 0 3 11 .250 Hardy Bill 65 236 26 55 5 2 5 3 27 .233 Bowers Mac 10 31 7 .226 Coccodrilli Bob 12 40 9 1 1 .225 Moran Neil 27 84 7 18 5 1 0 0 5 .214 Kretchmar Joe 57 163 10 33 3 1 1 1 9 .202 Clayton Ray 14 42 7 1 .167 Belknap 4 10 0 .000 Vinci Carmine 1 2 0 .000 Swanson Don 23 Richards Don 20 Hadlock Ed 16 Swanson Art(Red) 11 DiFrederico Jim 8 Gounares Al 8 Thublin Marcus 1 STELLARTON ALBIONS Fulghum Joe 63 234 37 89 15 1 8 5 47 .380 (1) Baxter Dave 63 210 32 67 9 1 11 0 33 .319 Turney Jack 55 207 42 62 13 1 5 6 17 .300 Edwards Jim(Jennings) 63 228 40 68 15 3 6 13 38 .298 Rogers Kent(Baby) 61 228 34 64 7 2 1 4 28 .281 Bachelor Russ 63 223 32 62 12 2 5 2 27 .278 Blanton Buford 33 115 13 31 5 2 2 2 15 .270 Wyles Carl 44 142 22 36 7 1 5 3 22 .254 Cline Gaither 53 163 24 40 9 1 0 2 12 .245 McKeel Luther 30 107 20 25 4 1 0 3 6 .234 Frye Will 13 31 7 7 0 0 3 2 6 .226 Santoli Sonny 9 31 6 7 0 0 1 3 3 .226 Stroup Paul 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hemphill Connie 26 Raines John(Monk) 19 Hamrick Hank 18 Hall Sherrill 14 Waselchuk John 11 Jacobs Cole 9 Stout Harold 7 Beard Jim 5 TRURO BEARCATS Maxwell Stan(Chook) 44 145 13 41 5 4 0 0 15 .283 Norskey Al 65 273 23 75 7 0 2 0 28 .275 (1) Pollard Bob 51 176 20 47 3 1 6 1 27 .267 Jones Grover(Deacon) 65 226 54 55 13 9 7 8 23 .243 Tippery Ken 65 249 40 59 10 5 8 0 33 .237 Durkin Jimmy 24 78 5 17 2 0 1 1 0 .218 Eason Ron 43 122 12 26 1 0 1 1 10 .213 Lambeth Harold(Red) 15 47 5 10 1 0 0 0 1 .213 Haynam Bruce 58 212 28 45 4 1 2 0 22 .212 Powell Jim 49 164 24 34 5 1 6 1 24 .207 Thurston Bill 11 61 5 12 1 1 1 0 8 .197 Tommelein Howie 9 29 5 1 .172 Gmitter Fred 5 14 2 .143 Short Gene 2 5 0 .000 Peterjohn Dick 16 Anderson John 15 Gee Johnny 13 Eason Don 12 Hinfey Jack 12 Lary Gene 9 Kern Don 7 Judd Walter 5 Bob Thwaites 5 Lou Portocarrero 3 KENTVILLE WILDCATS Hurley Ed 56 194 23 56 4 5 0 7 18 .289 Mansfield Bruce 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Prohovich Don 65 228 33 63 11 6 6 3 31 .276 Pugatch Bob 44 172 20 45 6 0 4 0 22 .262 Kearns Bill 41 115 12 30 8 1 1 1 12 .261 Ballestrini Dick 56 172 23 44 9 3 6 2 25 .256 Simourian John 64 231 48 58 12 1 5 12 26 .251 Colombo Armand 26 100 16 25 6 1 0 2 10 .250 Gracie Colin 62 209 15 48 4 3 2 3 19 .230 Rogers Hosea 52 165 21 34 2 4 4 1 17 .206 Moran Al 58 184 13 37 5 2 0 1 18 .201 McGrath Jack 16 56 11 11 0 0 0 5 3 .196 Nedrow John 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Jordan 7 22 3 1 0 0 0 0 .136 Paparella Jerry 5 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 .067 Bauk Steve 22 Cote Ron 21 Bunker Dick 19 Cary Bill 19 Wolowac Stan 15 Stenhouse Dave 8 Perry Ron 7 (1) Paper showed Buss at .280, hits & at bats would result in .289. Fulghum shown at .383,
should be .380. Norseky, shown at .271, should be .275.
Source: Halifax Chronicle Herald.
HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE G W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO ERA
HALIFAX CARDINALS
Heller Jim(Smokey) 10 2 .833 108 108 48 44 56
Davis Bob 9 2 .818 100 90 43 63 89
Levinson Jerry 6 3 .667 76 67 29 28 33
Picker Ed 5 3 .625 63 54 28 36 32
Tarpey Phil 5 4 .556 101 105 59 49 52
Duffy Russ 2 2 .500 29 33 23 22 18
Foote Amby 2 2 .500 48 47 34 18 23
Pinto Mickey 3 4 .429 49 64 47 19 36
Kemp Roy 0 0 .000 0 2 4 2 0
DARTMOUTH ARROWS
Brendle Paul 7 2 .778 92 66 42 43 77
Kuykendall Jim 9 3 .750 107 86 47 48 75
McCleney Dick 8 4 .667 82 76 47 47 46
Raugh Jim 8 5 .615 123 99 35 41 57
Susce Paul 6 5 .545 106 92 54 67 84
Conger Luther 4 4 .500 71 79 45 41 40
LIVERPOOL LARRUPERS
Swanson Don 12 6 .667 131 111 50 57 91
DiFrederico Jim 3 2 .600 44 53 25 23 26
Richards Don 7 5 .583 109 88 60 99 108
Gounares Al 2 2 .500 41 39 26 27 12
Hadlock Ed 5 8 .385 121 111 46 31 85
Swanson Art(Red) 2 4 .333 55 63 36 20 22
STELLARTON ALBIONS
Raines John(Monk) 9 6 .600 116 104 44 54 80
Hamrick Hank 6 4 .600 87 63 32 51 39
Hemphill Connie 8 8 .500 131 105 53 66 105
Waselchuk John 1 1 .500 45 37 29 11 19
Hall Sherrill 4 6 .400 87 85 50 39 54
Stout Harold 1 2 .333 23 20 24 21 11
Jacobs Cole 1 3 .250 44 51 26 18 18
Beard Jim 1 3 .250 26 31 23 12 15
TRURO BEARCATS
Eason Don 9 3 .750 92 70 35 22 69
Gee Johnny 5 3 .625 69 52 31 16 49
Thurston Bill 4 5 .444 43 55 30 22 34
Hinfey Jack 2 3 .400 40 38 30 22 36
Anderson John 2 5 .286 82 88 40 23 52
Peterjohn Dick 2 6 .250 88 74 42 67 72
Kern Don 1 3 .250 41 53 36 27 39
Lary Gene 1 4 .200 39 60 35 19 26
Lou Portocarrero 0 1 .000 10 10 9 10 5
Judd Walter 0 2 .000 28 30 18 7 19
Bob Thwaites 0 2 .000 24 22 20 15 17
KENTVILLE WILDCATS
Stenhouse Dave 3 1 .750 38 33 16 22 35
Bunker Dick 7 6 .538 121 97 52 66 93
Bauk Steve 5 7 .417 119 120 64 52 71
Cote Ron 6 9 .400 115 112 70 61 64
Perry Ron 1 5 .167 28 38 27 13 20
Cary Bill 1 6 .143 66 65 47 37 32
Wolowac Stan 1 6 .143 65 62 49 65 28