1954 Baton Rouge Red Sticks Statistics

Evangeline League (EL) - Class: C
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

1954 Baton Rouge Red Sticks Roster

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.

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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
Lucio Alvarez	15	11	.577	3.91	40	23					235.0	238	119	102	16	53
John Karpinski	14	14	.500	5.53	32	32					228.0	241	159	140	14	161
Chester Stranczek	7	9	.438	4.87	22	14					116.3	138	68	63	6	44
Joseph Powers	7	10	.412	4.31	32	9					119.0	137	79	57	10	28
Paul Kruppa	6	2	.750	4.22	13	10					64.0	65	40	30	2	40
Roberto Delgado	3	7	.300	5.96	22	7					68.0	91	62	45	8	34
James Simons	1	0	1.000		10						0.0
Mario Cardenas	1	2	.333		6						0.0
Quinto	0	2	.000		2						0.0
Totals	54	57	.486	4.74	179	95	0	0	0	0	830.3	910	527	437	56	360	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
Guillermo Vega	130	529	529		187	33	3	2						.353	.353	.439	.792	232
Jose Garcia	138	577	577		170	30	7	18						.295	.295	.464	.759	268
Roger McKee	140	495	495		159	29	12	33						.321	.321	.628	.949	311
John Karpinski	136	513	513		127	16	2	21						.248	.248	.409	.657	210
Jesus Gonzalez	130	477	477		126	23	2	1						.264	.264	.327	.591	156
George Spears	130	475	475		109	18	1	2						.229	.229	.284	.514	135
Wendell Hall	82	284	284		78	14	3	5						.275	.275	.398	.673	113
Gilberto Villarreal	70	215	215		58	8	1	3						.270	.270	.358	.628	77
Richard Huggins	25	91	91		19	1	1	0						.209	.209	.242	.451	22
James Liness	40	132	132		19	4	1	0						.144	.144	.189	.333	25
Richard Detoia	27	68	68		16	0	0	0						.235	.235	.235	.471	16
William Gregory	35	83	83		16	4	1	4						.193	.193	.410	.602	34
Roberto Mayorquin	13	45	45		14	0	0	0						.311	.311	.311	.622	14
Joseph Marino	18	51	51		13	3	0	0						.255	.255	.314	.569	16
Lucio Alvarez	41	81	81		12	0	0	0						.148	.148	.148	.296	12
Chester Stranczek	23	46	46		8	0	0	0						.174	.174	.174	.348	8
Alfredo Jimenez	13	45	45		6	1	0	0						.133	.133	.156	.289	7
Paul Kruppa	16	24	24		3	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	3
Elias Comancho	12	27	27		3	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	3
Joseph Powers	34	33	33		3	1	0	0						.091	.091	.121	.212	4
James Simons	10	14	14		2	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Roberto Delgado	22	22	22		1	0	0	0						.045	.045	.045	.091	1
Leo Montellero	8	14	14											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Singleton	4	4	4											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Clark	8	12	12											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Mario Cardenas	6	11	11											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1311	4368	4368	0	1149	185	34	89	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.382	.645	1669	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Lucio Alvarez	P	40					.000
Joseph Powers	P	32					.000
Chester Stranczek	P	22					.000
Roberto Delgado	P	22					.000
Paul Kruppa	P	13					.000
James Simons	P	10					.000
Mario Cardenas	P	6					.000
Totals		145	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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