1954 Eau Claire Braves Statistics
Team Record: 71-63
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: Charlie Root (71-63)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Carson Park
Attendance: 45,952, Avg. 686
Playoffs - Eau Claire Braves 2 games, St. Cloud Rox 1
Finals - Fargo-Moorhead Twins 3 games, Eau Claire Braves 0
The Eau Claire Braves of the Northern League ended the 1954 season with a record of 71 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Braves tallied 759 runs and allowed 681 runs. Johnny Goryl led all regular hitters by connecting at a .314 clip. Georges Maranda topped Eau Claire with 18 wins and a team-best 3.16 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1954 Eau Claire Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Johnny Goryl, Georges Maranda and Julie Bowers.
Charlie Root 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georges Maranda | 18 | 6 | .750 | 3.16 | 37 | 25 | 228.0 | 200 | 96 | 80 | 17 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Vic Rehm | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.51 | 22 | 18 | 141.0 | 115 | 68 | 55 | 8 | 94 | ||||||||||
| James Mertlik | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.81 | 24 | 19 | 144.0 | 143 | 75 | 61 | 10 | 98 | ||||||||||
| Don Edinger | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.54 | 19 | 16 | 125.0 | 134 | 76 | 63 | 13 | 55 | ||||||||||
| William DuBrava | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.06 | 24 | 10 | 82.0 | 91 | 49 | 37 | 12 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Ray Lague | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.28 | 24 | 9 | 92.0 | 97 | 61 | 54 | 15 | 50 | ||||||||||
| William Colby | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.86 | 10 | 8 | 50.0 | 56 | 34 | 27 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Jack Schlarb | 2 | 1 | .667 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vaughn Stedman | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eugene Dowie | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.00 | 17 | 7 | 63.0 | 62 | 46 | 42 | 5 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Carl Lutz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chal Port | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom McBride | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.60 | 14 | 4 | 47.0 | 51 | 37 | 24 | 6 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Buddy Zebrowski | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.58 | 14 | 9 | 50.0 | 42 | 37 | 31 | 5 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Benjamin Bonine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Binder | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Wright | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Augustoni | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 71 | 63 | .530 | 4.17 | 245 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1022.0 | 991 | 579 | 474 | 95 | 608 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Goryl | 117 | 465 | 465 | 146 | 38 | 3 | 9 | .314 | .314 | .467 | .781 | 217 | |||||||||||
| William Figueroa | 133 | 506 | 506 | 144 | 23 | 4 | 5 | .285 | .285 | .375 | .660 | 190 | |||||||||||
| Charles Graham | 128 | 484 | 484 | 130 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .269 | .269 | .331 | .599 | 160 | |||||||||||
| Rufus Johnson | 119 | 423 | 423 | 118 | 19 | 4 | 15 | .279 | .279 | .449 | .728 | 190 | |||||||||||
| Bill Robertson | 103 | 389 | 389 | 115 | 19 | 9 | 15 | .296 | .296 | .506 | .802 | 197 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Schiller | 92 | 324 | 324 | 99 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .306 | .306 | .383 | .688 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Ray Harbaugh | 68 | 254 | 254 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .272 | .272 | .339 | .610 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Bill Wright | 94 | 277 | 277 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 11 | .238 | .238 | .390 | .628 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Mickey McGuire | 63 | 228 | 228 | 58 | 11 | 5 | 3 | .254 | .254 | .386 | .640 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Frank Benevides | 73 | 200 | 200 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .285 | .285 | .355 | .640 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Charles Cadario | 43 | 111 | 111 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .216 | .216 | .342 | .559 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Lew Jones | 23 | 89 | 89 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .258 | .258 | .326 | .584 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Ballinger | 26 | 82 | 82 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .195 | .195 | .256 | .451 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Georges Maranda | 38 | 78 | 78 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .192 | .192 | .359 | .551 | 28 | |||||||||||
| James Mertlik | 25 | 50 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .340 | .600 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Vic Rehm | 22 | 52 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .288 | .538 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Al Forthmann | 21 | 57 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .228 | .228 | .246 | .474 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Don Edinger | 21 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .196 | .196 | .283 | .478 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Julie Bowers | 10 | 33 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .273 | .515 | 9 | |||||||||||
| William DuBrava | 24 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .259 | .519 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Dowie | 17 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .300 | .550 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ray Lague | 27 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .172 | .207 | .379 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jack Schlarb | 11 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .500 | .786 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Tom McBride | 14 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .385 | .615 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Buddy Zebrowski | 15 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | |||||||||||
| William Colby | 10 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Chal Port | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Binder | 5 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Hugh Wise | 8 | 25 | 25 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Walsh | 5 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Vaughn Stedman | 6 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Wes Sell | 6 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Carl Lutz | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Augustoni | 6 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1381 | 4355 | 4355 | 0 | 1163 | 192 | 42 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .379 | .646 | 1649 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georges Maranda | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| James Mertlik | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Lague | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| William DuBrava | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Vic Rehm | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Don Edinger | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Dowie | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Buddy Zebrowski | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Tom McBride | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Schlarb | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| William Colby | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Vaughn Stedman | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| William Augustoni | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Binder | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Chal Port | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Carl Lutz | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Benjamin Bonine | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 242 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
