1954 Havana Sugar Kings Statistics
Team Record: 78-77
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Reggie Otero (78-77)
Location: Havana, Cuba
Ballpark: Estadio Latinamerico
Attendance: 295,453, Avg. 3,812
The Havana Sugar Kings of the International League ended the 1954 season with a record of 78 wins and 77 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.
The Sugar Kings scored 652 runs and gave up 709 runs. Clint Hartung led Havana with 14 home runs Paul Smith drove in 62 runs. Don Nicholas paced all regular batters by connecting at a .276 clip. Jim Melton topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.4 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1954 Havana Sugar Kings who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bill Powell, Danny Morejón, Raúl Sánchez, Julio Moreno, Ray Coleman, Carlos Pascual, Maurice Fisher, Johnny Welaj, Saul Rogovin, Clint Hartung, Hooks Iott, Paul Smith, Bob Ramazzotti, Roberto Ortiz, Don Nicholas, Bubba Harris, Mike Guerra, Pat Scantlebury, Johnny Lipon, Pedro Formental, Julio Becquer, Ray Noble, Juan Delis and Ken Raffensberger.
Reggie Otero 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Melton | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.40 | 39 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 212.0 | 210 | 91 | 80 | 17 | 76 | 85 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Emilio Cueche | 13 | 12 | .520 | 4.80 | 33 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 180.0 | 175 | 107 | 96 | 21 | 79 | 104 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Bubba Harris | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.38 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 73 | 40 | 33 | 9 | 44 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Ken Raffensberger | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.44 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 149.0 | 155 | 63 | 57 | 13 | 29 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Saul Rogovin | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.71 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 165.0 | 169 | 79 | 68 | 10 | 59 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Julio Moreno | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.34 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 141.0 | 158 | 77 | 68 | 8 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hooks Iott | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.55 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 91.0 | 100 | 61 | 46 | 7 | 67 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Vicente Lopez | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.41 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 96.0 | 89 | 54 | 47 | 9 | 46 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pat Scantlebury | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Raúl Sánchez | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.46 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 105.0 | 97 | 60 | 52 | 10 | 53 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Carlos Pascual | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Maurice Fisher | 1 | 4 | .200 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Powell | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lorenzo Onate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clint Hartung | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eusebio Perez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edward Varhely | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 75 | 74 | .503 | 4.01 | 370 | 139 | 0 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 1227.0 | 1226 | 632 | 547 | 104 | 507 | 0 | 586 | 23 | 10 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Lipon | 147 | 607 | 524 | 60 | 140 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 5 | 72 | 43 | .267 | .354 | .328 | .682 | 172 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Paul Smith | 122 | 489 | 414 | 68 | 133 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 62 | 1 | 66 | 22 | .321 | .412 | .444 | .856 | 184 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Don Nicholas | 127 | 540 | 457 | 81 | 126 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 37 | 77 | 42 | .276 | .379 | .368 | .747 | 168 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Ray Noble | 125 | 481 | 409 | 46 | 117 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 61 | 0 | 57 | 47 | .286 | .379 | .403 | .783 | 165 | 8 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Angel Scull | 119 | 498 | 435 | 64 | 117 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 31 | 55 | 33 | .269 | .354 | .329 | .682 | 143 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Julio Becquer | 133 | 466 | 430 | 54 | 112 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 8 | 28 | 48 | .260 | .305 | .363 | .668 | 156 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Luis Garcia | 139 | 506 | 464 | 47 | 103 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 35 | 53 | .222 | .281 | .291 | .572 | 135 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Juan Delis | 128 | 413 | 358 | 57 | 93 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 6 | 32 | 34 | .260 | .338 | .366 | .704 | 131 | 14 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Pedro Formental | 77 | 316 | 266 | 36 | 78 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 41 | 2 | 39 | 28 | .293 | .392 | .477 | .869 | 127 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Clint Hartung | 90 | 317 | 277 | 41 | 74 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 44 | 0 | 36 | 59 | .267 | .349 | .466 | .815 | 129 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Luis Morales | 60 | 192 | 176 | 19 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 32 | .244 | .298 | .301 | .600 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mike Guerra | 67 | 182 | 153 | 15 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 11 | .261 | .354 | .340 | .694 | 52 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Roberto Ortiz | 64 | 138 | 124 | 15 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .266 | .304 | .427 | .732 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Emilio Cueche | 57 | 83 | 75 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .307 | .366 | .360 | .726 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Danny Morejón | 32 | 82 | 73 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 | .219 | .288 | .247 | .534 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Saul Rogovin | 28 | 60 | 55 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | .200 | .241 | .236 | .478 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jim Melton | 47 | 76 | 73 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .151 | .162 | .192 | .354 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ray Coleman | 17 | 57 | 52 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .192 | .232 | .231 | .463 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Julio Moreno | 34 | 50 | 47 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .191 | .224 | .213 | .437 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tony Pacheco | 10 | 36 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .250 | .382 | .286 | .668 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bob Ramazzotti | 9 | 29 | 29 | 6 | .207 | .207 | .207 | .414 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Vicente Lopez | 38 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .211 | .348 | .211 | .558 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Raúl Sánchez | 48 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .160 | .192 | .160 | .352 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Hooks Iott | 29 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .160 | .192 | .280 | .472 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bubba Harris | 58 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Raffensberger | 25 | 58 | 47 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .064 | .120 | .064 | .184 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Andrés Fleitas | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Asdrubal Baro | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Carlos Pascual | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Maurice Fisher | 9 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Eusebio Perez | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Pat Scantlebury | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Edward Varhely | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Welaj | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1879 | 5807 | 5087 | 647 | 1325 | 201 | 42 | 64 | 583 | 95 | 0 | 575 | 591 | .260 | .338 | .354 | .692 | 1802 | 0 | 46 | 51 | 48 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Becquer | 1B | 127 | 1001 | 54 | 10 | 83 | .991 | 8.307 | ||||
| Paul Smith | 1B | 51 | 339 | 35 | 2 | 30 | .995 | 7.333 | ||||
| Don Nicholas | 2B | 74 | 156 | 173 | 23 | 44 | .935 | 4.446 | ||||
| Luis Morales | 2B | 49 | 86 | 120 | 5 | 17 | .976 | 4.204 | ||||
| Danny Morejón | 2B | 27 | 72 | 71 | 6 | 8 | .960 | 5.296 | ||||
| Tony Pacheco | 2B | 10 | 20 | 28 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 4.800 | ||||
| Luis Garcia | 3B | 137 | 159 | 280 | 17 | 27 | .963 | 3.204 | ||||
| Juan Delis | 3B | 29 | 25 | 30 | 3 | 5 | .948 | 1.897 | ||||
| Ray Noble | C | 118 | 508 | 65 | 11 | 8 | .981 | 4.856 | 8 | |||
| Mike Guerra | C | 50 | 199 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .991 | 4.280 | 0 | |||
| Angel Scull | OF | 115 | 343 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .978 | 3.061 | ||||
| Paul Smith | OF | 85 | 165 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .983 | 2.047 | ||||
| Pedro Formental | OF | 76 | 138 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .967 | 1.947 | ||||
| Clint Hartung | OF | 73 | 134 | 12 | 7 | 0 | .954 | 2.000 | ||||
| Juan Delis | OF | 70 | 100 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 1.514 | ||||
| Don Nicholas | OF | 58 | 124 | 10 | 4 | 4 | .971 | 2.310 | ||||
| Roberto Ortiz | OF | 34 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.735 | ||||
| Ray Coleman | OF | 14 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.786 | ||||
| Bubba Harris | P | 58 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .293 | ||||
| Raúl Sánchez | P | 47 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .931 | .574 | ||||
| Jim Melton | P | 39 | 18 | 37 | 6 | 5 | .902 | 1.410 | ||||
| Vicente Lopez | P | 38 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .773 | .447 | ||||
| Julio Moreno | P | 34 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 3 | .921 | 1.029 | ||||
| Emilio Cueche | P | 33 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.000 | ||||
| Hooks Iott | P | 29 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .621 | ||||
| Saul Rogovin | P | 28 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 0 | .872 | 1.214 | ||||
| Ken Raffensberger | P | 25 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.000 | ||||
| Maurice Fisher | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Pascual | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Powell | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eusebio Perez | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward Varhely | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Scantlebury | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Clint Hartung | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lorenzo Onate | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Lipon | SS | 146 | 264 | 412 | 26 | 72 | .963 | 4.630 | ||||
| Juan Delis | SS | 13 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 5 | .935 | 4.462 | ||||
| Totals | 1726 | 4007 | 1568 | 163 | 327 | .972 | 3.230 | 8 | 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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