1954 Idaho Falls Russets Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 74-58
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Bob Mavis (74-58)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Highland Park
Attendance: 49,105, Avg. 744

1954 Idaho Falls Russets Roster

Playoffs - Salt Lake City Bees 2 games, Idaho Falls Russets 1

The Idaho Falls Russets of the Pioneer League ended the 1954 season with a record of 74 wins and 58 losses, finishing third in the PL.

The Russets plated 917 runs, tops in the circuit. Idaho Falls gave up 769 runs. Tom Sarna topped all regular batters by connecting at a .372 clip. Dick Armbruster led the team with 17 wins, while Reno Barbisan added 15 or more wins, too Reno Barbisan recorded a 4.37 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Bob Mavis and Jim McManus both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Bob Mavis 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
Dick Armbruster	17	6	.739	4.71	29	24					181.7	168	113	95	13	126
Reno Barbisan	15	8	.652	4.37	34	26					208.0	232	133	101	18	73
Art Williams	9	3	.750	4.81	25	19					118.0	116	75	63	4	77
Ewell Utley	8	8	.500	4.96	23	12					118.0	125	75	65	6	45
John Wilson	8	10	.444	4.48	24	18					130.7	137	86	65	8	70
Mike Coen	7	7	.500	4.72	17	16					110.7	107	68	58	4	83
Rowland Davies	3	5	.375	5.02	16	6					61.0	58	39	34	3	50
Joseph Langhamer	2	1	.667		10						0.0
Robert Glomboske	2	1	.667	5.70	9	3					30.0	29	24	19	2	38
Larry Mann	1	1	.500		6						0.0
Larry Campbell	1	2	.333	4.64	19	1					52.3	55	37	27	1	44
Lionel Ackerman	1	3	.250	4.59	25	1					49.0	49	46	25	5	42
Ted Viegas	0	0			3						0.0
Bob Ward	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Donald Domenichelli	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Herbert Isaacson	0	1	.000		6						0.0
Totals	74	58	.561	4.69	252	126	0	0	0	0	1059.3	1076	696	552	64	648	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
Tom Sarna	125	495	495		184	31	13	8						.372	.372	.535	.907	265
Ben Mateosky	132	549	549		161	29	8	27						.293	.293	.523	.816	287
Billy Shields	126	524	524		150	33	9	7						.286	.286	.424	.710	222
Bob Mavis	122	398	398		133	19	1	10						.334	.334	.462	.796	184
John Hack	115	390	390		116	18	5	11						.297	.297	.454	.751	177
Kenneth Rose	103	386	386		97	17	2	0						.251	.251	.306	.557	118
Jerry Streeter	88	320	320		94	13	5	7						.294	.294	.431	.725	138
Jim McManus	72	259	259		80	17	4	5						.309	.309	.463	.772	120
Richard Burt	84	238	238		62	9	1	4						.261	.261	.357	.618	85
Francis Oneto	35	137	137		38	7	2	0						.277	.277	.358	.635	49
Berlin Claridge	51	156	156		37	5	2	0						.237	.237	.295	.532	46
Charles Neal	37	110	110		28	0	0	1						.255	.255	.282	.536	31
Reno Barbisan	34	80	80		22	3	0	0						.275	.275	.312	.588	25
Ewell Utley	33	68	68		19	3	1	1						.279	.279	.397	.676	27
Dick Armbruster	33	69	69		15	2	1	2						.217	.217	.362	.580	25
Reed Chadwick	18	51	51		13	1	1	0						.255	.255	.314	.569	16
Mike Coen	17	45	45		9	2	0	0						.200	.200	.244	.444	11
Art Williams	25	46	46		7	0	0	0						.152	.152	.152	.304	7
William Neyen	9	30	30		6									.200	.200	.200	.400	6
Herbert Isaacson	10	16	16		5	0	0	1						.312	.312	.500	.812	8
Robert Glomboske	9	10	10		4									.400	.400	.400	.800	4
Larry Campbell	19	14	14		4	0	0	0						.286	.286	.286	.571	4
John Wilson	27	45	45		4	0	0	0						.089	.089	.089	.178	4
Joseph Langhamer	10	12	12		3	1	0	0						.250	.250	.333	.583	4
Lionel Ackerman	26	16	16		3	0	0	0						.188	.188	.188	.375	3
Bob Ward	4	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Larry Mann	6	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Rowland Davies	16	18	18		1	0	0	0						.056	.056	.056	.111	1
Donald Domenichelli	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Conley	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ted Viegas	3	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jerome Brick	3	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1395	4500	4500	0	1297	210	55	84	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.288	.415	.704	1869	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Reno Barbisan	P	34					.000
Dick Armbruster	P	29					.000
Art Williams	P	25					.000
Lionel Ackerman	P	25					.000
John Wilson	P	24					.000
Ewell Utley	P	23					.000
Larry Campbell	P	19					.000
Mike Coen	P	17					.000
Rowland Davies	P	16					.000
Joseph Langhamer	P	10					.000
Robert Glomboske	P	9					.000
Larry Mann	P	6					.000
Herbert Isaacson	P	6					.000
Bob Ward	P	4					.000
Ted Viegas	P	3					.000
Donald Domenichelli	P	2					.000
Totals		252	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.

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