1954 Billings Mustangs Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 76-56
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Cliff Dapper (76-56)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 118,998, Avg. 1,803

1954 Billings Mustangs Roster

Playoffs - Great Falls Electrics 2 games, Billings Mustangs 1

The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1954 season with a record of 76 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the PL.

The Mustangs paced the league with just 635 runs allowed. Billings scored 712 runs. Pablo Bernard led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .334 clip. Jim Dunn topped the team with 14 wins, while Bert Haysom recorded a 3.29 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1954 Billings Mustangs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Dunn, Cliff Dapper and Al Grunwald.

Cliff Dapper 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
Jim Dunn	14	10	.583	3.64	28	25					205.0	181	94	83	9	122
Thomas Stricklin	13	12	.520	3.45	31	24					198.0	165	92	76	14	101
Bert Haysom	11	7	.611	3.29	29	22					156.0	141	80	57	5	94
Wallace Sinner	10	7	.588	4.81	22	20					138.3	113	88	74	7	138
Nico Genesta	6	2	.750	3.57	21	2					45.3	41	24	18	2	30
Al Grunwald	5	2	.714	1.85	9	9					73.0	53	28	15	0	48
Dick Green	5	9	.357	4.19	33	10					116.0	106	76	54	5	94
John Burckle	4	1	.800	3.00	13	5					63.0	65	31	21	3	26
Kay Inglet	3	4	.429	3.12	26	5					75.0	55	37	26	4	70
Gabriel Quilici	1	0	1.000		3						0.0
Kenneth Meyer	1	0	1.000		8						0.0
Roger Becker	1	0	1.000		2						0.0
Dick Suhr	1	0	1.000		4						0.0
Ed McLish	0	2	.000		6						0.0
Totals	75	56	.573	3.57	235	122	0	0	0	0	1069.7	920	550	424	49	723	0	0	0	0	0	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
Bennie Sinquefield	128	533	533		164	23	5	4						.308	.308	.392	.700	209
Pablo Bernard	120	473	473		158	33	4	6						.334	.334	.459	.793	217
Robert Bonaparte	127	490	490		146	23	7	9						.298	.298	.429	.727	210
Donald Hedrick	130	473	473		117	12	4	2						.247	.247	.302	.550	143
Cliff Dapper	113	368	368		109	27	1	12						.296	.296	.473	.769	174
Ralph Wilcox	108	376	376		97	24	0	10						.258	.258	.402	.660	151
Joseph Burgess	88	335	335		95	23	4	15						.284	.284	.510	.794	171
Ernesto García	104	361	361		90	20	0	2						.249	.249	.321	.571	116
Erwin Knorzer	113	354	354		81	16	4	8						.229	.229	.364	.593	129
Al Grunwald	39	124	124		34	10	2	3						.274	.274	.460	.734	57
Cal Biron	54	129	129		32	7	0	0						.248	.248	.302	.550	39
Wallace Sinner	25	48	48		11	1	0	0						.229	.229	.250	.479	12
Bert Haysom	34	52	52		10	1	0	0						.192	.192	.212	.404	11
Bud Plaster	25	54	54		10	0	0	0						.185	.185	.185	.370	10
Thomas Stricklin	32	60	60		10	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	10
Jim Dunn	31	74	74		10	1	0	0						.135	.135	.149	.284	11
John Burckle	18	19	19		5	2	0	0						.263	.263	.368	.632	7
Dick Green	34	35	35		3	2	0	0						.086	.086	.143	.229	5
Dick Suhr	4	3	3		2									.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
James Davis	6	18	18		2									.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Kay Inglet	26	19	19		2	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	2
Kenneth Meyer	8	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Gabriel Quilici	3	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Ed McLish	7	11	11		1									.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Nico Genesta	21	11	11		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Roger Becker	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1400	4435	4435	0	1191	225	31	71	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.269	.381	.650	1691	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Dick Green	P	33					.000
Thomas Stricklin	P	31					.000
Bert Haysom	P	29					.000
Jim Dunn	P	28					.000
Kay Inglet	P	26					.000
Wallace Sinner	P	22					.000
Nico Genesta	P	21					.000
John Burckle	P	13					.000
Kenneth Meyer	P	8					.000
Ed McLish	P	6					.000
Dick Suhr	P	4					.000
Gabriel Quilici	P	3					.000
Roger Becker	P	2					.000
Totals		226	0	0	0	0	.000

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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