1954 Channel Cities Oilers Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 68-72
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Dario Lodigiani (68-72)
Location: Santa Barbara, California; Ventura, California
Attendance: 40,763, Avg. 582

1954 Channel Cities Oilers Roster

The Channel Cities Oilers of the California League ended the 1954 season with a record of 68 wins and 72 losses, finishing sixth in the CL.

The Oilers scored 740 runs and conceded 748 runs. Chuck Essegian walloped 31 home runs for Channel Cities and accounted for 118 RBI. Jose Perez led hitters with significant playing time with a .336 average. Chuck Donley topped the team with 14 wins, while Manny Pérez recorded a 2.44 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1954 Channel Cities Oilers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dario Lodigiani, Dave Melton, Al Gionfriddo and Chuck Essegian.

Dario Lodigiani 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
Chuck Donley	14	8	.636	3.24	45	9		3	1		172.0	128	74	62	12	90		132	4	0	2
Manny Pérez	13	12	.520	2.44	36	27		20	4		221.0	204	91	60	10	90		152	3	0	3
Jim Collins	9	8	.529	4.32	34	23		8	1		175.0	181	108	84	5	91		81	10	1	1
Jack Gruell	9	11	.450	3.60	39	24		10	1		205.0	181	114	82	15	126		121	11	0	6
Dave Faszholz	8	6	.571	5.07	20	13		7	1		110.0	124	71	62	10	39		54	7	0	0
Bob Laubacher	4	8	.333	3.95	14	9		3	1		73.0	78	43	32	6	45		33	1	0	2
Rafael Valdez	3	1	.750	3.34	10	5		1	0		35.0	33	19	13	3	32		18	3	0	0
Don DeLong	3	6	.333	8.24	14	9		2	0		59.0	59	58	54	9	71		42	2	0	7
Terry Porter	2	0	1.000		4						0.0
Michael Acker	2	7	.222	6.48	23	11		3	0		93.0	125	74	67	10	53		57	6	0	2
Ray Michelucci	1	0	1.000		6						0.0
Erwin Edelmaier	0	0			3						0.0
Donald Domenichelli	0	0			1						0.0
John Harvey	0	0			1						0.0
Robert Schmidt	0	2	.000		10						0.0
Totals	68	69	.496	4.06	260	130	0	57	9	0	1143.0	1113	652	516	80	637	0	690	47	1	23	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
Jose Perez	132	566	491	69	165	25	6	2	80	5		64	25	.336	.414	.424	.837	208		3	5	3
Chuck Essegian	140	627	501	119	160	19	3	31	118	17		116	82	.319	.449	.555	1.003	278		3	5	2
Fred Monge	140	666	565	100	158	13	1	5	52	4		84	33	.280	.371	.333	.704	188		0	14	3
Timothy Cronin	138	602	521	66	142	19	2	4	80	9		54	100	.273	.342	.340	.682	177		7	9	11
Donald Domenichelli	137	637	525	96	139	11	4	1	45	16		90	33	.265	.372	.307	.679	161		2	16	4
Al Gionfriddo	118	539	392	92	130	23	1	8	69	5		121	22	.332	.484	.457	.940	179		1	18	7
Jim Leavitt	126	504	449	45	102	13	0	5	47	3		38	45	.227	.293	.290	.582	130		5	9	3
Dave Melton	60	280	257	47	82	12	2	8	64	9		14	12	.319	.349	.475	.824	122		0	5	4
Don Farber	42	164	141	18	37	7	0	2	25	1		17	38	.262	.340	.355	.694	50		0	5	1
Dave Faszholz	42	89	78	9	20	4	0	0	7	0		8	26	.256	.326	.308	.633	24		0	3	0
Duane Hudson	53	162	146	13	19	1	1	1	8	0		16	50	.130	.216	.171	.387	25		0	0	0
Manny Pérez	42	101	76	8	14	2	0	1	9	0		15	32	.184	.319	.250	.569	19		0	10	0
Jack Gruell	41	85	69	5	11	3	1	0	6	1		7	21	.159	.234	.232	.466	16		0	8	1
Chuck Donley	48	68	60	6	9	1	0	0	4	2		5	27	.150	.215	.167	.382	10		0	3	0
Donald Visconti	10	40	37	4	7	1	0	0	2	1		3	12	.189	.250	.216	.466	8		0	0	0
Don DeLong	16	31	24	3	6	0	0	0	2	0		5	7	.250	.379	.250	.629	6		0	2	0
Donald Bricker	12	44	36	2	6	0	0	0	5	0		5	4	.167	.262	.167	.429	6		0	2	1
Bob Laubacher	14	32	29	4	5	3	0	1	5	0		2	12	.172	.226	.379	.605	11		0	1	0
Lou Valletta	14	40	36	1	5	0	1	0	3	0		4	12	.139	.225	.194	.419	7		0	0	0
Michael Acker	28	52	42	5	5	2	0	0	5	0		7	10	.119	.245	.167	.412	7		0	3	0
Jim Collins	38	70	53	6	4	0	0	0	2	0		10	28	.075	.222	.075	.298	4		0	7	0
Ron Hamilton	6	22	22		3									.136	.136	.136	.273	3
Terry Porter	4	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Dario Lodigiani	1	3	3		1	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Robert Schmidt	11	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	.200	.333	.400	.733	2		0	0	0
Ray Michelucci	6	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Rafael Valdez	10	15	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		4	5	.111	.385	.111	.496	1		0	2	0
Erwin Edelmaier	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1432	5460	4582	718	1235	160	22	69	639	74	0	690	637	.270	.365	.359	.724	1646	0	21	127	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jose Perez	1B	110	927	46	10	90	.990	8.845
John Matzek	1B	23	164	4	11	21	.939	7.304
Donald Domenichelli	2B	134	408	329	36	104	.953	5.500
Timothy Cronin	3B	135	145	303	60	34	.882	3.319
Jim Leavitt	C	124	676	87	19	12	.976	6.153	14
Jose Perez	C	12	61	6	0	1	1.000	5.583	0
Chuck Essegian	OF	140	289	7	15	0	.952	2.114
Al Gionfriddo	OF	116	220	6	8	2	.966	1.948
Dave Melton	OF	52	101	5	4	2	.964	2.038
Duane Hudson	OF	38	47	1	3	0	.941	1.263
Don Farber	OF	38	65	4	6	2	.920	1.816
Donald Bricker	OF	12	19	0	1	0	.950	1.583
Donald Visconti	OF	10	22	2	1	0	.960	2.400
Chuck Donley	P	45	7	25	1	3	.970	.711
Jack Gruell	P	39	12	35	3	2	.940	1.205
Manny Pérez	P	36	4	40	4	0	.917	1.222
Jim Collins	P	34	6	27	6	0	.846	.971
Michael Acker	P	23	3	14	2	1	.895	.739
Dave Faszholz	P	20	4	19	1	0	.958	1.150
Bob Laubacher	P	14	1	18	1	1	.950	1.357
Don DeLong	P	14	4	6	2	0	.833	.714
Rafael Valdez	P	10	1	7	0	0	1.000	.800
Robert Schmidt	P	10	1	3	0	0	1.000	.400
Ray Michelucci	P	6						.000
Terry Porter	P	4						.000
Erwin Edelmaier	P	3						.000
John Harvey	P	1						.000
Donald Domenichelli	P	1						.000
Fred Monge	SS	140	251	468	44	85	.942	5.136
Totals		1344	3438	1462	238	360	.954	3.646	14	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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