1954 El Paso Texans Statistics

Arizona-Texas League (AAL) - Class: C
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 4th in the AAL
Manager: Syd Cohen (69-71)
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 63,401, Avg. 906

1954 El Paso Texans Roster

The El Paso Texans of the Arizona-Texas League ended the 1954 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the AAL.

The Texans plated 966 runs and gave up 969 runs. Bill Van Heuitt paced El Paso with 27 home runs, while Gonzalo Garcia and Ventura Morales walloped 15 or more also. Bill Van Heuitt accounted for 147 RBI. Ventura Morales topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .341. Jimmy Ochoa led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 5.09 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1954 El Paso Texans who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Syd Cohen, Julio González, Ford Smith and Earl Wilson.

Syd Cohen 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
Jimmy Ochoa	13	9	.591	5.09	38	22		13	2		212.0	241	147	120	21	85		131	3	0	3
Humberto Estrada	12	16	.429	5.80	42	24		7	0		200.0	204	153	129	9	179		164	7	1	19
Gustavo Bello	11	8	.579	5.86	29	18		10	0		141.3	192	100	92	28	29		58	1	0	1
Ford Smith	9	3	.750	3.54	16	7		5	0		81.3	73	38	32	3	54		61	2	0	4
Earl Wilson	7	3	.700	3.32	19	10		5	1		86.7	47	42	32	2	95		111	3	0	8
George Storti	6	6	.500	6.73	22	16		3	0		103.0	110	86	77	12	105		81	3	1	4
Arthur Muche	1	1	.500		5						0.0
Benjamin Quintana	1	1	.500		8						0.0
Gary Miller	1	4	.200	4.68	15	6		2	0		57.7	61	35	30	3	41		27	1	1	4
William Forrest	1	4	.200	8.65	26	3		0	0		59.3	76	63	57	6	45		23	7	1	4
Fenton Slaughter	0	0			2						0.0
Aurelio Saldana	0	0			2						0.0
Frank Casanova	0	0			2						0.0
Manuel Maldonado	0	0			4						0.0
Don Schneider	0	0			1						0.0
Manuel Juárez	0	0			1						0.0
Syd Cohen	0	0			3						0.0
Richard Leeder	0	0			1						0.0
Ron Hagler					24						0.0
Donald Glenn	0	1	.000		7						0.0
Jack Glover	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Rafael Fabela	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Maximo Olivera	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Jose Rivera	0	2	.000		2						0.0
Thomas McNulty	0	2	.000	6.12	26	6		0	0		67.7	80	59	46	9	61		51	1	0	4
Totals	62	63	.496	5.49	304	112	0	45	3	0	1009.0	1084	723	615	93	694	0	707	28	4	51	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
Ventura Morales	139	660	558	130	190	34	11	24	118	34		90	54	.341	.431	.570	1.001	318		2	6	4
Leonel Aldama	137	648	554	125	185	21	5	6	73	12		75	48	.334	.416	.422	.838	234		4	13	2
Bill Van Heuitt	139	644	546	110	176	29	8	27	147	16		79	78	.322	.404	.553	.958	302		3	6	10
Gonzalo Garcia	140	671	566	138	174	26	8	19	101	22		85	53	.307	.400	.482	.882	273		4	13	3
Romualdo Urias	131	567	527	66	142	19	4	1	69	13		15	40	.269	.298	.326	.624	172		7	16	2
Manuel Juárez	126	503	391	86	120	26	3	9	75	12		105	54	.307	.455	.458	.913	179		2	4	1
Bennie Dobbins	108	408	343	74	97	12	5	2	39	11		50	58	.283	.374	.364	.738	125		1	12	2
Frank Casanova	107	416	372	68	86	22	1	11	71	6		31	57	.231	.301	.384	.685	143		6	7	0
James Baldacci	81	337	273	44	67	10	3	12	48	3		61	60	.245	.382	.436	.818	119		0	2	1
Bob Gauthier	57	195	157	29	46	10	0	8	28	2		33	40	.293	.415	.510	.924	80		1	2	2
Jimmy Ochoa	69	152	139	22	40	4	1	5	24	0		8	17	.288	.331	.439	.770	61		1	4	0
Gustavo Bello	34	68	64	10	18	3	0	2	10	0		3	7	.281	.313	.422	.735	27		0	1	0
Humberto Estrada	43	84	72	9	16	2	0	2	7	0		10	28	.222	.317	.333	.650	24		0	2	0
Earl Wilson	23	37	35	7	13	1	3	0	9	1		2	6	.371	.405	.571	.977	20		0	0	0
George Storti	22	44	43	4	12	3	0	2	6	0		1	6	.279	.295	.488	.784	21		0	0	0
Stan Kulka	19	56	47	5	12	3	0	1	8	0		6	16	.255	.375	.383	.758	18		3	0	0
Ford Smith	25	46	39	8	10	1	0	1	5	1		7	3	.256	.370	.359	.729	14		0	0	0
Peter Alborano	7	21	21		6									.286	.286	.286	.571	6
William Forrest	26	21	20	2	5	1	0	0	1	0		1	7	.250	.286	.300	.586	6		0	0	0
Benjamin Quintana	8	9	9		4									.444	.444	.444	.889	4
Gary Miller	15	20	18	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.222	.222	.222	.444	4		0	2	0
Thomas McNulty	26	23	20	6	4	0	0	0	1	0		3	3	.200	.304	.200	.504	4		0	0	0
Arthur Muche	5	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Donald Glenn	7	11	11		2									.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Don Schneider	7	13	13		2									.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Jack Glover	3	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Tony Guelde	2	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Fenton Slaughter	6	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Syd Cohen	3	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jose Rivera	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Olson	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Manuel Maldonado	4	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1522	5682	4866	944	1436	227	52	132	840	133	0	665	643	.295	.382	.445	.826	2163	0	34	90	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
James Baldacci	1B	81	626	41	9	93	.987	8.235
Leonel Aldama	1B	27	213	15	4	26	.983	8.444
Jimmy Ochoa	1B	11	71	6	1	9	.987	7.000
Manuel Juárez	1B	11	58	4	2	8	.969	5.636
Stan Kulka	1B	10	65	5	0	14	1.000	7.000
Leonel Aldama	2B	111	291	295	17	107	.972	5.279
Bennie Dobbins	2B	29	85	78	9	21	.948	5.621
Manuel Juárez	3B	93	72	149	16	25	.932	2.376
Bennie Dobbins	3B	68	69	127	25	19	.887	2.882
Frank Casanova	C	96	598	92	28	7	.961	7.188	12
Bob Gauthier	C	44	257	32	9	1	.970	6.568	5
Gonzalo Garcia	OF	140	238	12	9	0	.965	1.786
Bill Van Heuitt	OF	139	282	21	12	2	.962	2.180
Ventura Morales	OF	139	273	15	13	4	.957	2.072
Humberto Estrada	P	42	11	33	5	4	.898	1.048
Jimmy Ochoa	P	38	14	49	6	7	.913	1.658
Ron Hagler	P	34						.000
Gustavo Bello	P	29	3	21	3	0	.889	.828
Thomas McNulty	P	26	2	5	2	0	.778	.269
William Forrest	P	26	1	11	1	0	.923	.462
George Storti	P	22	4	22	1	2	.963	1.182
Earl Wilson	P	19	2	10	4	1	.750	.632
Ford Smith	P	16	3	13	0	0	1.000	1.000
Gary Miller	P	15	4	11	3	1	.833	1.000
Benjamin Quintana	P	8						.000
Donald Glenn	P	7						.000
Arthur Muche	P	5						.000
Maximo Olivera	P	4						.000
Manuel Maldonado	P	4						.000
Jack Glover	P	3						.000
Syd Cohen	P	3						.000
Fenton Slaughter	P	2						.000
Aurelio Saldana	P	2						.000
Jose Rivera	P	2						.000
Rafael Fabela	P	2						.000
Frank Casanova	P	2						.000
Don Schneider	P	1						.000
Richard Leeder	P	1						.000
Manuel Juárez	P	1						.000
Romualdo Urias	SS	130	216	412	44	112	.935	4.831
Manuel Juárez	SS	20	23	52	5	12	.938	3.750
Totals		1463	3481	1531	228	475	.956	3.426	17	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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