1954 Carlsbad Potashers Statistics

Longhorn League (LL) - Class: C
Team Record: 87-52
Finished 3rd in the LL
Manager: Pat McLaughlin (87-52)
Location: Carlsbad, New Mexico
Ballpark: Montgomery Field
Attendance: 60,963, Avg. 877

1954 Carlsbad Potashers Roster

Playoffs - Carlsbad Potashers 4 games, Roswell Rockets 2
Finals - Artesia Numexers 4 games, Carlsbad Potashers 2

The Carlsbad Potashers of the Longhorn League ended the 1954 season with a record of 87 wins and 52 losses, finishing third in the LL.

The Potashers scored 1110 runs and surrendered 883 runs. Ike Jackson led Carlsbad with 26 home runs, while Elias Osorio, Carroll Gholson and Pedro Osorio each walloped 15 or more also. Ike Jackson drove in 153 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .383 clip. Robert Weaver paced the squad with 21 wins, plus Merlin Williams and Don Fornall added 15 or more wins, too Robert Weaver recorded a 4.14 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Pat McLaughlin 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
Robert Weaver	21	9	.700	4.14	33	28		19	1		237.0	261	152	109	18	90		189	5	0	5
Don Fornall	16	8	.667	5.58	35	25		14	1		195.0	250	145	121	11	97		114	9	0	3
Merlin Williams	15	10	.600	4.20	39	20		13	1		212.0	228	126	99	13	81		123	5	0	3
Dario Jimenez	13	11	.542	5.13	41	24		13	2		207.0	255	155	118	14	65		79	5	2	2
Ralph Burns	8	3	.727	5.77	28	12		3	1		106.0	135	92	68	14	42		64	3	0	0
Don Hatridge	7	1	.875	4.55	17	11		6	0		89.0	86	57	45	8	46		44	6	0	7
John Singleton	5	3	.625	3.26	12	4		2	1		58.0	76	27	21	4	22		26	1	0	0
Pedro Osorio	1	0	1.000		1						0.0
Rene Solis	0	0			3						0.0
Ike Jackson	0	0			1						0.0
Arthur Herring	0	0			2						0.0
Oliver Hardy	0	0			1						0.0
Raul Dieppa	0	0			1						0.0
Gene Wulf					3						0.0
Eugene Richardson	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Rafael Valdez	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Tom Fornall	0	3	.000	7.31	12	7		0	0		48.0	63	57	39	4	43		22	3	0	5
Totals	86	50	.632	4.84	236	131	0	70	7	0	1152.0	1354	811	620	86	486	0	661	37	2	25	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
Ike Jackson	136	626	561	141	215	48	10	26	153	11		47	44	.383	.436	.643	1.079	361		10	2	6
Oliver Hardy	132	585	550	117	178	37	14	13	86	12		25	36	.324	.351	.513	.863	282		1	3	6
Pedro Osorio	109	502	445	106	155	22	8	18	62	28		39	34	.348	.402	.555	.957	247		6	5	7
Duke Henderson	126	528	438	109	147	30	20	5	83	24		63	65	.336	.429	.530	.958	232		15	3	9
Elias Osorio	114	514	417	124	140	29	18	18	89	16		81	59	.336	.450	.621	1.071	259		10	1	5
Carroll Gholson	92	396	357	84	121	19	16	20	83	0		35	51	.339	.394	.650	1.044	232		0	0	4
Arthur Herring	86	353	312	47	86	14	4	3	54	3		34	29	.276	.346	.375	.721	117		2	0	5
James Stack	60	255	209	31	52	4	1	0	37	4		26	33	.249	.364	.278	.641	58		14	2	4
Dario Jimenez	49	94	86	16	25	3	1	0	11	1		4	10	.291	.319	.349	.668	30		0	3	1
Robert Weaver	36	107	91	15	24	2	1	0	6	1		9	13	.264	.330	.308	.638	28		1	4	2
Merlin Williams	53	109	106	16	24	4	0	2	8	0		0	28	.226	.224	.321	.545	34		0	2	1
Jack Treece	18	91	72	19	18	5	2	1	8	3		18	10	.250	.400	.417	.817	30		0	1	0
Don Fornall	36	87	75	9	16	1	1	0	3	1		2	11	.213	.228	.253	.481	19		0	8	2
Rafael Valdez	35	92	84	16	16	0	1	0	10	3		6	14	.190	.244	.214	.459	18		0	2	0
John Shaw	5	22	22		8									.364	.364	.364	.727	8
Don Hatridge	17	41	36	6	6	1	0	0	3	0		3	10	.167	.225	.194	.419	7		0	1	1
Mario Horta	7	13	13		4									.308	.308	.308	.615	4
Tom Fornall	13	18	16	2	4	0	0	0	4	0		0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	4		0	2	0
Ralph Burns	28	47	43	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	28	.093	.130	.093	.223	4		1	1	1
Pat Dyer	4	8	8		3									.375	.375	.375	.750	3
Eugene Richardson	8	11	11		3									.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Rene Solis	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Luis Diaz	3	10	10		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Singleton	12	25	17	3	0	0	0	0	1	0		5	6	.000	.261	.000	.261	0		1	2	0
Totals	1182	4536	3981	864	1249	219	97	106	702	107	0	398	484	.314	.380	.497	.877	1980	0	61	42	54	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ike Jackson	1B	84	699	21	17	71	.977	8.571
Elias Osorio	1B	57	439	32	4	47	.992	8.263
Oliver Hardy	2B	109	308	258	33	79	.945	5.193
Duke Henderson	2B	21	51	60	16	10	.874	5.286
Jack Treece	2B	10	21	17	7	4	.844	3.800
Carroll Gholson	3B	74	60	134	20	13	.907	2.622
Oliver Hardy	3B	22	18	27	5	1	.900	2.045
Arthur Herring	C	83	413	42	14	9	.970	5.482	6
Ike Jackson	C	50	266	20	10	3	.966	5.720	9
Duke Henderson	OF	101	150	13	23	3	.876	1.614
Pedro Osorio	OF	99	189	16	22	3	.903	2.071
Elias Osorio	OF	60	115	1	11	0	.913	1.933
James Stack	OF	58	155	5	7	4	.958	2.759
Rafael Valdez	OF	24	24	2	3	0	.897	1.083
Carroll Gholson	OF	17	26	3	4	0	.879	1.706
Dario Jimenez	P	41	16	48	5	6	.928	1.561
Merlin Williams	P	39	8	23	2	2	.939	.795
Don Fornall	P	35	5	38	2	4	.956	1.229
Robert Weaver	P	33	10	48	3	2	.951	1.758
Ralph Burns	P	28	1	16	3	2	.850	.607
Don Hatridge	P	17	3	9	0	0	1.000	.706
John Singleton	P	12	0	10	0	0	1.000	.833
Tom Fornall	P	12	0	3	2	0	.600	.250
Eugene Richardson	P	4						.000
Gene Wulf	P	3						.000
Rafael Valdez	P	3						.000
Rene Solis	P	3						.000
Arthur Herring	P	2						.000
Pedro Osorio	P	1						.000
Ike Jackson	P	1						.000
Oliver Hardy	P	1						.000
Raul Dieppa	P	1						.000
Totals		1105	2977	846	213	263	.947	3.460	15	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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