1954 Big Spring Broncs Statistics

Longhorn League (LL) - Class: C
Team Record: 70-65
Finished 5th in the LL
Manager: Robert Martin (70-65)
Location: Big Spring, Texas
Ballpark: Steer Stadium
Attendance: 42,078, Avg. 623

1954 Big Spring Broncs Roster

The Big Spring Broncs of the Longhorn League ended the 1954 season with a record of 70 wins and 65 losses, finishing fifth in the LL.

The Broncs tallied 999 runs and yielded 976 runs. Jim Zapp walloped 32 home runs for Big Spring, while Arthur Martin, Robert Martin, Bob Doe and Julian De la Torre each swatted 15 or more, too. Julian De la Torre recorded 143 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .390 clip. Mike Rainey paced the team with 19 wins, and Aramis Arencibia registered a 4.66 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

Jim Zapp played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Big Spring Broncs to do so.

Robert Martin 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
Mike Rainey	19	14	.576	5.11	37	25		17	0		213.0	281	175	121	17	66		110	9	1	10
Aramis Arencibia	14	11	.560	4.66	32	27		17	2		226.0	241	145	117	31	45		140	6	1	6
Thomas McKenna	6	10	.375	7.31	34	17		6	1		154.0	234	147	125	20	54		86	8	1	6
Albert Hill	4	4	.500	6.30	17	12		5	0		90.0	124	77	63	13	29		53	2	0	1
Jefferson Davis	3	0	1.000		4						0.0
Glenn Woodard	2	0	1.000		7						0.0
Robert Martin	2	3	.400	5.54	23	4		1	0		52.0	70	43	32	5	23		22	0	1	0
Frank Maren	2	5	.286	8.88	21	9		0	0		72.0	126	95	71	15	27		27	2	2	5
Gilbert Silva	1	0	1.000		7						0.0
Orlando Permoda	1	0	1.000		11						0.0
Larry Cummins	1	3	.250	5.84	6	5		2	0		37.0	40	35	24	3	20		16	3	1	3
Humberto Baez					27						0.0
Armando Martinez	0	0			1						0.0
Jay Mattson					1						0.0
M. O. Lagrone	0	0			1						0.0
Arthur Martin	0	0			1						0.0
Bill Snead	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Luis Caballero	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Totals	58	58	.500	6.00	250	108	0	50	3	0	898.0	1193	770	599	115	300	0	476	32	7	36	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
Julian De la Torre	105	484	428	105	167	24	4	31	143	4		39	45	.390	.439	.682	1.121	292		6	1	10
Arthur Martin	132	615	525	143	161	28	5	25	125	17		73	82	.307	.390	.522	.911	274		4	4	9
Robert Martin	133	572	492	103	156	26	3	24	118	16		67	37	.317	.395	.528	.924	260		2	3	8
Armando Martinez	121	548	445	111	135	21	10	1	55	18		86	30	.303	.418	.402	.820	179		6	5	6
Bob Doe	106	434	384	67	123	30	4	16	76	2		40	31	.320	.387	.544	.931	209		5	0	5
Luis Caballero	116	460	422	90	122	24	4	3	52	25		32	50	.289	.344	.386	.730	163		4	1	1
Jim Zapp	90	386	341	76	99	18	1	32	86	5		37	64	.290	.371	.630	1.002	215		7	1	0
Wally O'Neil	67	224	190	34	51	10	5	0	19	6		30	41	.268	.365	.374	.739	71		0	2	2
Jim Sampson	36	168	153	29	46	10	3	2	24	7		10	33	.301	.347	.444	.792	68		2	1	2
Aramis Arencibia	41	104	94	19	27	6	0	0	10	1		5	14	.287	.317	.351	.668	33		0	3	2
Jack Wilcox	17	86	72	17	24	4	1	0	10	4		12	4	.333	.429	.417	.845	30		0	2	0
Mike Rainey	54	117	100	15	22	3	2	0	14	1		11	32	.220	.307	.290	.597	29		2	3	1
M. O. Lagrone	32	81	73	11	21	5	1	3	10	0		8	14	.288	.358	.507	.865	37		0	0	0
Gilbert Silva	52	127	107	13	16	3	0	0	2	3		16	36	.150	.260	.178	.438	19		0	4	0
Juan Mejido	16	68	62	9	15	3	0	2	8	1		5	11	.242	.294	.387	.681	24		0	0	1
Thomas McKenna	34	72	58	9	13	4	0	0	6	0		12	21	.224	.357	.293	.650	17		0	2	0
Jim Hollis	23	54	42	8	11	1	0	0	4	1		12	10	.262	.426	.286	.712	12		0	0	0
Jefferson Davis	7	11	11		6									.545	.545	.545	1.091	6
William O'Donnell	6	19	19		6									.316	.316	.316	.632	6
Albert Hill	17	36	33	0	4	0	0	0	3	0		2	7	.121	.167	.121	.288	4		0	0	1
Larry Cummins	6	15	15		3									.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Frank Maren	21	28	24	5	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	10	.125	.250	.125	.375	3		1	0	0
Orlando Permoda	12	7	7	1	2	0	1	0	3	0		0	1	.286	.286	.571	.857	4		0	0	0
Harold Berry	6	14	14		2									.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Bill Snead	8	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Glenn Woodard	7	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Fritz	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1280	4771	4147	869	1240	220	44	139	770	111	0	504	576	.299	.376	.474	.850	1965	0	39	33	48	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Armando Martinez	1B	108	904	47	21	77	.978	8.806
Juan Mejido	1B	14	125	2	8	14	.941	9.071
Robert Martin	2B	83	207	204	22	42	.949	4.952
Arthur Martin	2B	39	93	96	18	20	.913	4.846
Julian De la Torre	3B	98	107	202	34	13	.901	3.153
Robert Martin	3B	22	24	38	9	2	.873	2.818
Luis Caballero	3B	21	20	26	5	1	.902	2.190
Bob Doe	C	104	509	34	13	5	.977	5.221	11
Luis Caballero	C	22	84	15	5	1	.952	4.500	5
M. O. Lagrone	C	15	63	5	6	4	.919	4.533	1
Arthur Martin	OF	105	260	12	15	5	.948	2.590
Jim Zapp	OF	88	115	5	14	1	.896	1.364
Wally O'Neil	OF	62	80	5	12	1	.876	1.371
Luis Caballero	OF	58	101	5	10	1	.914	1.828
Gilbert Silva	OF	42	71	10	5	1	.942	1.929
Jim Sampson	OF	36	81	3	5	0	.944	2.333
Robert Martin	OF	25	61	2	2	0	.969	2.520
Jim Hollis	OF	16	12	0	4	0	.750	.750
Armando Martinez	OF	11	23	1	0	0	1.000	2.182
Mike Rainey	P	37	13	41	3	4	.947	1.459
Thomas McKenna	P	34	6	27	1	1	.971	.971
Aramis Arencibia	P	32	7	31	2	1	.950	1.188
Humberto Baez	P	27						.000
Robert Martin	P	23	7	4	1	0	.917	.478
Frank Maren	P	21	2	11	3	0	.812	.619
Albert Hill	P	17	3	16	1	0	.950	1.118
Orlando Permoda	P	11	1	2	0	1	1.000	.273
Glenn Woodard	P	7						.000
Gilbert Silva	P	7						.000
Larry Cummins	P	6						.000
Bill Snead	P	4						.000
Jefferson Davis	P	4						.000
Luis Caballero	P	3						.000
Jay Mattson	P	1						.000
Arthur Martin	P	1						.000
Armando Martinez	P	1						.000
M. O. Lagrone	P	1						.000
Luis Caballero	SS	20	33	39	8	8	.900	3.600
Jack Wilcox	SS	17	21	49	15	9	.824	4.118
Totals		1256	3034	946	243	212	.942	3.169	17	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.

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