1954 Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings Statistics
Arizona-Texas League (AAL) - Class: C
Team Record: 57-83
Finished 7th in the AAL
Manager: Ed Roberts (0-0), Ron Smith (0-0)
Location: Bisbee, Arizona; Douglas, Arizona
Ballpark: Copper King Park, Warren Park
Attendance: 45,031, Avg. 643
1954 Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings RosterTeam Record: 57-83
Finished 7th in the AAL
Manager: Ed Roberts (0-0), Ron Smith (0-0)
Location: Bisbee, Arizona; Douglas, Arizona
Ballpark: Copper King Park, Warren Park
Attendance: 45,031, Avg. 643
The Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings of the Arizona-Texas League ended the 1954 season with a record of 57 wins and 83 losses, finishing seventh in the AAL.
The Kings scored 1020 runs and conceded 1147 runs. James Bynon walloped 32 home runs for Bisbee-Douglas, while Manuel Magallón swatted 15 or more also. Manuel Magallón accounted for 141 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .383 clip. Arnulfo Manzo led the team with 17 wins and a team-best 4.73 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Benny Valenzuela played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Bisbee-Douglas Copper Kings to do so.
Ed Roberts and Ron Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnulfo Manzo | 17 | 8 | .680 | 4.72 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 217.3 | 266 | 153 | 114 | 17 | 56 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ron Smith | 10 | 17 | .370 | 5.88 | 45 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 231.0 | 319 | 186 | 151 | 28 | 48 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Charles Matzen | 7 | 9 | .438 | 5.51 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 125.7 | 156 | 89 | 77 | 5 | 91 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Dee Hatton | 5 | 12 | .294 | 6.53 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 132.3 | 146 | 119 | 96 | 9 | 116 | 91 | 4 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Erwin Edelmaier | 4 | 6 | .400 | 8.49 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 58.3 | 94 | 71 | 55 | 11 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Earl Mortensen | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.36 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 127.7 | 143 | 106 | 76 | 9 | 75 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Manuel Morales | 3 | 4 | .429 | 7.15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 56.7 | 88 | 65 | 45 | 7 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roberto Rodriguez | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Smith | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.73 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 66.0 | 64 | 59 | 42 | 4 | 66 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Richard Smith | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Porter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Porges | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Steele | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Adolfo Villicana | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Catarino Ponce | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duane Peters | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ron Hagler | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chet Ashman | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Orville Mohler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Malloch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trinidad Cardova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Larry Karr | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Guillermo Grajeda | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Guillermo Galindo | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Wilburn | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Loepp | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Nelson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 52 | 72 | .419 | 5.82 | 261 | 110 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 1015.0 | 1276 | 848 | 656 | 90 | 509 | 0 | 517 | 26 | 2 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Magallón | 132 | 645 | 567 | 113 | 217 | 37 | 3 | 20 | 141 | 3 | 65 | 50 | .383 | .445 | .564 | 1.010 | 320 | 4 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Vernon Highfield | 142 | 694 | 603 | 109 | 183 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 104 | 5 | 81 | 59 | .303 | .385 | .400 | .785 | 241 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||
| Stephen Hill | 137 | 648 | 553 | 117 | 160 | 23 | 6 | 14 | 83 | 10 | 84 | 96 | .289 | .383 | .429 | .812 | 237 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||
| James Bynon | 132 | 615 | 537 | 109 | 154 | 23 | 2 | 32 | 114 | 4 | 72 | 116 | .287 | .374 | .516 | .889 | 277 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Benny Valenzuela | 86 | 412 | 356 | 87 | 138 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 69 | 2 | 54 | 19 | .388 | .468 | .545 | 1.013 | 194 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Lou Hague | 60 | 294 | 256 | 51 | 88 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 6 | 30 | 30 | .344 | .416 | .445 | .862 | 114 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Delbert Kast | 52 | 252 | 214 | 53 | 83 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 5 | 33 | 23 | .388 | .464 | .561 | 1.025 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Richard Conner | 97 | 459 | 339 | 89 | 83 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 14 | 113 | 91 | .245 | .435 | .375 | .810 | 127 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Robert Evert | 74 | 337 | 259 | 53 | 79 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 55 | 5 | 73 | 57 | .305 | .458 | .459 | .918 | 119 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Chet Ashman | 51 | 221 | 207 | 34 | 64 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 10 | 24 | .309 | .341 | .493 | .834 | 102 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Richard Kraft | 80 | 300 | 257 | 35 | 57 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 33 | 64 | .222 | .313 | .284 | .597 | 73 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Arnulfo Manzo | 69 | 165 | 149 | 28 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 16 | .356 | .415 | .450 | .864 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Heron McDaniel | 69 | 256 | 205 | 37 | 52 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 45 | 56 | .254 | .382 | .366 | .748 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Peter MacKenzie | 23 | 105 | 75 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 28 | 8 | .347 | .524 | .547 | 1.071 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ron Smith | 49 | 116 | 106 | 10 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .245 | .298 | .311 | .610 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ed Roberts | 20 | 85 | 75 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .320 | .373 | .453 | .827 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Earl Mortensen | 33 | 62 | 55 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .218 | .306 | .382 | .688 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Matzen | 20 | 56 | 44 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .182 | .345 | .250 | .595 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ray Steele | 14 | 47 | 38 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | .184 | .326 | .211 | .537 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Roberto Rodriguez | 6 | 13 | 13 | 6 | .462 | .462 | .462 | .923 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Lou Valletta | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | .625 | .625 | .625 | 1.250 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Manuel Morales | 11 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .185 | .241 | .185 | .427 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dee Hatton | 29 | 54 | 52 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 37 | .077 | .111 | .115 | .226 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Nelson | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Butcher | 10 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .103 | .212 | .138 | .350 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Benjamin Jeffey | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Erwin Edelmaier | 12 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .080 | .148 | .080 | .228 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trinidad Cardova | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Loepp | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Smith | 19 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | .050 | .296 | .050 | .346 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Porges | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Duane Peters | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Malloch | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ubaldo Lopez | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Karr | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1450 | 5996 | 5101 | 995 | 1547 | 234 | 53 | 121 | 892 | 73 | 0 | 790 | 852 | .303 | .397 | .441 | .838 | 2250 | 0 | 23 | 55 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Magallón | 1B | 132 | 1164 | 64 | 22 | 117 | .982 | 9.303 | ||||
| Stephen Hill | 2B | 121 | 397 | 328 | 30 | 95 | .960 | 5.992 | ||||
| Benny Valenzuela | 3B | 86 | 104 | 202 | 30 | 24 | .911 | 3.558 | ||||
| Heron McDaniel | 3B | 51 | 39 | 111 | 20 | 15 | .882 | 2.941 | ||||
| Robert Evert | C | 74 | 355 | 47 | 9 | 11 | .978 | 5.432 | 8 | |||
| Vernon Highfield | C | 70 | 320 | 54 | 9 | 11 | .977 | 5.343 | 8 | |||
| James Bynon | OF | 127 | 377 | 14 | 23 | 4 | .944 | 3.079 | ||||
| Vernon Highfield | OF | 72 | 101 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .955 | 1.458 | ||||
| Lou Hague | OF | 59 | 116 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .968 | 2.034 | ||||
| Delbert Kast | OF | 51 | 100 | 6 | 5 | 3 | .955 | 2.078 | ||||
| Chet Ashman | OF | 44 | 72 | 7 | 14 | 0 | .849 | 1.795 | ||||
| Richard Kraft | OF | 22 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .942 | 2.227 | ||||
| Ed Roberts | OF | 16 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .862 | 1.562 | ||||
| Stephen Hill | OF | 14 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 3.000 | ||||
| Arnulfo Manzo | OF | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Richard Conner | OF | 11 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| Robert Butcher | OF | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.200 | ||||
| Ron Smith | P | 45 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .946 | .778 | ||||
| Earl Mortensen | P | 32 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .562 | ||||
| Dee Hatton | P | 29 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 1 | .821 | .793 | ||||
| Arnulfo Manzo | P | 26 | 10 | 44 | 4 | 2 | .931 | 2.077 | ||||
| Charles Matzen | P | 19 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 1.421 | ||||
| John Smith | P | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .389 | ||||
| Ron Hagler | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Erwin Edelmaier | P | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Manuel Morales | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Adolfo Villicana | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Rodriguez | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Nelson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Guillermo Grajeda | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chet Ashman | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Steele | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Guillermo Galindo | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Smith | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Loepp | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Catarino Ponce | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Duane Peters | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Karr | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Wilburn | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Terry Porter | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Porges | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Orville Mohler | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Malloch | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Trinidad Cardova | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Conner | SS | 79 | 115 | 253 | 42 | 46 | .898 | 4.658 | ||||
| Richard Kraft | SS | 38 | 64 | 122 | 18 | 24 | .912 | 4.895 | ||||
| Peter MacKenzie | SS | 17 | 18 | 54 | 12 | 9 | .857 | 4.235 | ||||
| Totals | 1367 | 3517 | 1423 | 269 | 371 | .948 | 3.614 | 16 | 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.
