1954 Fresno Cardinals Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Jim Hercinger (73-67)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Fresno, California
Ballpark: John Euless Park
Attendance: 51,678, Avg. 738

1954 Fresno Cardinals Roster

The Fresno Cardinals of the California League ended the 1954 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.

The Cardinals scored 792 runs and allowed 761 runs. Ronny Camacho led Fresno with 16 home runs Bobby Smith drove in 107 runs. Joseph Brunacki paced all regular batters by hitting .344. Joseph Bourgeois topped the team with 15 wins, while Tom Cheney recorded a 3.86 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1954 Fresno Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mel Nelson, Bobby Smith, Tom Cheney, Gene Lillard, Marty Kutyna and Bob Blaylock.

Jim Hercinger 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
Joseph Bourgeois	15	10	.600	4.25	41	21		9	0		182.0	210	108	86	16	85		115	12	0	10
Ernest Palmieri	13	5	.722	4.03	30	25		13	3		183.0	152	94	82	10	148		152	3	2	7
Tom Cheney	12	11	.522	3.86	32	27		14	4		203.0	182	112	87	11	122		207	3	0	8
Ed Donnelly	10	14	.417	4.99	37	26		12	1		173.0	177	122	96	7	138		140	8	0	5
Bob Blaylock	9	8	.529	3.89	26	18		9	0		155.0	131	89	67	7	134		155	4	0	12
Gene Bone	5	5	.500	4.72	19	8		3	0		80.0	89	55	42	6	41		70	1	1	0
Chris Christin	3	5	.375	5.08	27	1		0	0		78.0	85	55	44	8	56		46	3	0	2
Jerry Larson	2	2	.500	4.81	32	6		1	1		86.0	96	55	46	5	72		60	4	0	1
Bob Drilling	2	3	.400	2.38	12	1		0	0		34.0	40	11	9	1	7		13	1	0	0
George Scott	1	0	1.000		6						0.0
Marty Kutyna	1	3	.250	5.92	11	5		0	0		38.0	35	29	25	3	35		25	2	0	0
Roger Cook	0	0			1						0.0
William Atkins	0	0			1						0.0
Joe Ostopchuk	0	1	.000		5						0.0
Totals	73	67	.521	4.34	280	138	0	61	9	0	1212.0	1197	730	584	74	838	0	983	41	3	45	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
Bobby Smith	138	644	586	95	179	19	22	9	107	8		35	57	.305	.344	.459	.804	269		2	17	4
Joseph Brunacki	112	526	459	105	158	29	4	10	91	9		49	41	.344	.408	.490	.898	225		4	9	5
David Garcia	124	588	514	93	151	19	2	0	44	11		58	42	.294	.365	.339	.704	174		2	10	4
Ronny Camacho	136	607	507	81	140	21	2	16	77	4		83	74	.276	.379	.420	.799	213		3	11	3
Wayne Wallace	91	416	379	58	114	19	5	5	51	7		25	31	.301	.351	.417	.768	158		5	6	1
Jim Hercinger	106	414	347	70	105	21	2	10	68	6		50	50	.303	.393	.461	.855	160		2	15	0
Glenn Lukenbill	119	520	397	65	100	12	3	3	55	2		108	84	.252	.413	.320	.733	127		4	7	4
Gene Lillard	55	229	190	33	54	6	3	5	32	1		34	26	.284	.396	.426	.822	81		1	4	0
Ray Matous	69	208	172	18	35	4	0	0	12	1		29	39	.203	.327	.227	.554	39		3	3	1
William Murphy	35	158	133	23	34	9	1	2	24	1		22	37	.256	.365	.383	.749	51		1	2	0
Mel Nelson	39	165	149	15	34	3	1	0	10	2		10	49	.228	.286	.262	.547	39		2	4	0
Jerry Karczewski	23	101	96	10	21	4	0	0	11	0		2	8	.219	.242	.260	.503	25		1	2	0
Joseph Bourgeois	44	77	59	18	17	2	1	0	9	0		15	19	.288	.432	.356	.788	21		0	3	0
Dan Carr	27	104	90	13	16	0	0	1	7	0		12	34	.178	.282	.211	.493	19		1	1	0
Ed Donnelly	43	76	65	8	14	2	0	0	9	1		8	8	.215	.301	.246	.548	16		0	3	0
Ernest Palmieri	31	73	56	7	13	2	0	1	7	0		11	13	.232	.368	.321	.689	18		1	5	0
William Flowerday	12	51	44	9	11	0	1	0	8	0		7	7	.250	.353	.295	.648	13		0	0	0
Tom Cheney	32	90	73	7	11	0	0	0	3	0		7	20	.151	.225	.151	.376	11		0	10	0
Jerry Dahms	7	21	21		7									.333	.333	.333	.667	7
Gene Bone	19	36	30	3	6	0	0	0	3	0		4	9	.200	.314	.200	.514	6		1	1	0
Edwin John	9	10	10		4									.400	.400	.400	.800	4
Bill Batty	6	12	12		4									.333	.333	.333	.667	4
Chris Christin	27	30	24	3	4	0	0	0	0	0		3	10	.167	.286	.167	.452	4		1	2	0
Bob Blaylock	26	62	49	3	4	1	0	0	2	0		9	17	.082	.224	.102	.326	5		0	4	0
Chuck Staniland	5	10	10		3	2	0	0						.300	.300	.500	.800	5
Ralph Morris	2	8	8		2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Bob Drilling	12	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	2		0	0	0
Joe Ostopchuk	5	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Jay Wright	3	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
George Scott	7	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Ed Olsen	4	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Dwight Cook	2	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Marty Kutyna	13	17	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		5	2	.083	.353	.083	.436	1		0	0	0
Robert Kirkland	7	13	13		1									.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Roger Cook	1	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jerry Larson	32	33	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	0		4	11	.000	.129	.000	.129	0		0	2	0
Totals	1423	5342	4573	740	1250	175	47	62	631	53	0	592	691	.273	.359	.373	.732	1705	0	34	121	22	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Wayne Wallace	1B	90	699	41	10	88	.987	8.222
William Murphy	1B	35	250	22	8	30	.971	7.771
William Flowerday	1B	10	75	6	3	7	.964	8.100
Ronny Camacho	2B	120	321	297	23	101	.964	5.150
Joseph Brunacki	2B	22	48	41	1	15	.989	4.045
Glenn Lukenbill	3B	80	90	124	24	15	.899	2.675
Joseph Brunacki	3B	39	27	76	9	5	.920	2.641
Jerry Karczewski	3B	20	20	33	5	1	.914	2.650
Ray Matous	C	52	319	26	11	1	.969	6.635	9
Gene Lillard	C	52	412	38	10	5	.978	8.654	6
Bobby Smith	OF	137	246	10	15	2	.945	1.869
Jim Hercinger	OF	96	234	11	5	5	.980	2.552
Joseph Brunacki	OF	53	74	4	12	0	.867	1.472
Robert Jenkins	OF	39	45	5	1	0	.980	1.282
Mel Nelson	OF	38	66	4	6	0	.921	1.842
Glenn Lukenbill	OF	33	46	8	6	2	.900	1.636
Dan Carr	OF	23	30	4	3	0	.919	1.478
Joseph Bourgeois	P	41	11	19	0	1	1.000	.732
Ed Donnelly	P	37	10	35	2	2	.957	1.216
Jerry Larson	P	32	5	12	2	3	.895	.531
Tom Cheney	P	32	8	31	6	1	.867	1.219
Ernest Palmieri	P	30	10	42	5	6	.912	1.733
Chris Christin	P	27	3	3	4	0	.600	.222
Bob Blaylock	P	26	5	29	2	1	.944	1.308
Gene Bone	P	19	2	19	0	2	1.000	1.105
Bob Drilling	P	12	0	5	0	1	1.000	.417
Marty Kutyna	P	11	2	8	2	1	.833	.909
George Scott	P	6						.000
Joe Ostopchuk	P	5						.000
Roger Cook	P	1						.000
William Atkins	P	1						.000
David Garcia	SS	124	230	371	43	91	.933	4.847
Ronny Camacho	SS	21	22	42	6	9	.914	3.048
Totals		1364	3310	1366	224	395	.954	3.428	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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