1954 Baton Rouge Red Sticks Roster
Team Record: 66-74
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: Joseph Powers (0-0), George Spears (0-0)
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Ballpark: City Park
Attendance: 57,189, Avg. 817
The Baton Rouge Red Sticks of the Evangeline League ended the 1954 season with a record of 66 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.
The Red Sticks scored 755 runs and allowed 761 runs. Guillermo Vega paced batters with significant playing time with a .353 average. Lucio Alvarez topped Baton Rouge with 15 wins and a team-best 3.91 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Roger McKee played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Baton Rouge Red Sticks to do so.
Joseph Powers and George Spears served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Lucio Alvarez | R | R | 5'9" | 148 | ||
Jules Bensel | R | R | 5'7" | 165 | ||
Mario Cardenas | R | , US | ||||
William Clark | ||||||
Elias Comancho | ||||||
Roberto Delgado | R | R | 5'9" | 157 | , MX | |
Richard Detoia | R | 6'1" | 185 | |||
Don Gabor | R | R | 5'11" | 165 | ||
Jose Garcia | R | R | 5'8" | 180 | ||
Jesus Gonzalez | R | 5'7" | 165 | |||
William Gregory | ||||||
Wendell Hall | R | R | March 27, 1934 | 6'0" | 190 | |
Richard Huggins | R | 5'11" | 188 | |||
Alfredo Jimenez | R | 5'9" | 180 | |||
John Karpinski | R | R | 5'9" | 180 | ||
Paul Kruppa | July 7, 1934 | |||||
James Liness | R | 6'0" | 184 | |||
Joseph Marino | ||||||
Roberto Mayorquin | ||||||
Roger McKee | L | L | September 16, 1926 | 6'1" | 160 | Shelby, NC US |
Leo Montellero | ||||||
Joe Pearce | ||||||
Joseph Powers | R | R | 6'2" | 185 | ||
Quinto | ||||||
James Simons | R | R | 6'2" | 187 | ||
Singleton | ||||||
George Spears | R | October 1, 1918 | 5'9" | 165 | ||
Chester Stranczek | R | R | November 19, 1929 | 6'0" | 175 | |
William Torres | R | R | 5'8" | 165 | ||
Jesus Vazquez | R | R | 6'1" | 170 | ||
Guillermo Vega | R | 5'8" | 160 | |||
Gilberto Villarreal | R | 5'10" | 172 |
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.