1954 Los Angeles Angels Statistics
Team Record: 73-92
Finished 6th in the PCL
Manager: Bill Sweeney (73-92)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Los Angeles, California
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 238,567, Avg. 2,892
The Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1954 season with a record of 73 wins and 92 losses, finishing sixth in the PCL.
The Angels scored 645 runs and surrendered 694 runs. Fred Richards paced Los Angeles with 24 home runs Bob Usher recorded 73 runs batted in. Gene Mauch led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .287 clip. Cal McLish, Bob Spicer and Joe Hatten topped the squad with 13 wins each, while Bob Spicer recorded a 3.08 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Al Evans, Hy Cohen, Chris Kitsos, Sheldon Jones, Fred Richards, Bubba Church, Ed Chandler, Joe Stanka, Leon Brinkopf, Cal McLish, Bill Moisan, Turk Lown, Herb Adams, Tom Simpson, Tommy Brown, Bruce Edwards, Max West, Bud Hardin, Johnny Pramesa, Dixie Upright, Joe Hatten, John Pyecha, Bob Usher, Randy Gumpert, Gene Mauch, Bob Spicer and Don Robertson were all players from the 1954 Los Angeles Angels who played in the Majors during their careers.
Bill Sweeney 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cal McLish | 13 | 15 | .464 | 3.53 | 37 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 245.0 | 261 | 102 | 96 | 24 | 74 | 120 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Bob Spicer | 13 | 16 | .448 | 3.07 | 33 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 231.3 | 239 | 91 | 79 | 19 | 54 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
Joe Hatten | 13 | 17 | .433 | 3.53 | 41 | 34 | 16 | 2 | 232.0 | 237 | 99 | 91 | 17 | 94 | 138 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Bubba Church | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.89 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 134.3 | 131 | 66 | 58 | 13 | 67 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
John Pyecha | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.24 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 147.3 | 143 | 63 | 53 | 8 | 61 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Turk Lown | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.48 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.7 | 54 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 46 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Randy Gumpert | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.92 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 73 | 46 | 35 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Sheldon Jones | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.86 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 74.0 | 92 | 47 | 40 | 5 | 21 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Alan Ihde | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tom Simpson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.17 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.7 | 77 | 46 | 36 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Joe Hinchman | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.52 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 31.0 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Moisan | 1 | 7 | .125 | 4.09 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 101.3 | 105 | 63 | 46 | 10 | 60 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Ed Chandler | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Joe Stanka | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Hy Cohen | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 73 | 92 | .442 | 3.71 | 341 | 166 | 0 | 72 | 13 | 0 | 1426.0 | 1471 | 694 | 588 | 115 | 546 | 0 | 753 | 22 | 1 | 41 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gene Mauch | 153 | 643 | 565 | 81 | 162 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 58 | 12 | 65 | 55 | .287 | .361 | .398 | .760 | 225 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
Bob Usher | 156 | 647 | 574 | 73 | 146 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 73 | 16 | 57 | 59 | .254 | .324 | .362 | .687 | 208 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||
Tommy Brown | 152 | 579 | 502 | 68 | 132 | 25 | 1 | 14 | 61 | 3 | 53 | 83 | .263 | .338 | .400 | .738 | 201 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 6 | ||
Bruce Edwards | 106 | 440 | 393 | 44 | 117 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 64 | 0 | 35 | 41 | .298 | .353 | .430 | .783 | 169 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
Fred Richards | 145 | 543 | 497 | 58 | 113 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 61 | 2 | 37 | 56 | .227 | .283 | .398 | .681 | 198 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
Bud Hardin | 135 | 468 | 434 | 49 | 105 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 30 | 35 | .242 | .292 | .290 | .583 | 126 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
Al Evans | 92 | 298 | 269 | 19 | 72 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 24 | 22 | .268 | .327 | .364 | .691 | 98 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
Johnny Pramesa | 93 | 257 | 231 | 27 | 68 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 37 | 1 | 21 | 19 | .294 | .352 | .498 | .849 | 115 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Dixie Upright | 94 | 267 | 235 | 26 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 25 | 34 | .234 | .311 | .413 | .723 | 97 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
Don Robertson | 82 | 242 | 219 | 35 | 52 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 19 | 61 | .237 | .306 | .411 | .717 | 90 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Hank Nasternak | 71 | 247 | 211 | 24 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 28 | 28 | .237 | .328 | .313 | .641 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
Max West | 89 | 211 | 169 | 25 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 37 | 1 | 37 | 33 | .260 | .395 | .497 | .892 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
Vic Marasco | 51 | 139 | 125 | 21 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 13 | .272 | .331 | .456 | .787 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
Jacques Monette | 51 | 106 | 96 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 25 | .250 | .311 | .438 | .749 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Dave Cunningham | 40 | 107 | 93 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 33 | .237 | .330 | .419 | .750 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bob Spicer | 34 | 87 | 74 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .243 | .301 | .257 | .558 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
Cal McLish | 39 | 92 | 81 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 30 | .222 | .267 | .346 | .612 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Chris Kitsos | 28 | 92 | 77 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | .221 | .348 | .234 | .582 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hal Meek | 32 | 101 | 93 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .172 | .230 | .226 | .456 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Joe Hatten | 42 | 85 | 77 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .195 | .225 | .221 | .446 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Herb Adams | 15 | 52 | 51 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .255 | .255 | .275 | .529 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bill Moisan | 49 | 55 | 53 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .226 | .255 | .245 | .500 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bubba Church | 26 | 53 | 46 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .239 | .300 | .348 | .648 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
John Pyecha | 28 | 56 | 50 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .140 | .173 | .140 | .313 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Joe Hannah | 7 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .286 | .348 | .381 | .729 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Dick Smith | 11 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .240 | .259 | .320 | .579 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Leon Brinkopf | 14 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .231 | .394 | .462 | .855 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Turk Lown | 30 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .222 | .222 | .278 | .500 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Frank DiPrima | 9 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .222 | .364 | .222 | .586 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Sheldon Jones | 19 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .348 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Randy Gumpert | 37 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .133 | .188 | .200 | .388 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hy Cohen | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ed McDade | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Tom Simpson | 35 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .083 | .077 | .083 | .160 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Joe Hinchman | 5 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Alan Ihde | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gene Hooks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Totals | 1994 | 6067 | 5390 | 645 | 1358 | 203 | 17 | 140 | 600 | 61 | 0 | 519 | 754 | .252 | .319 | .374 | .693 | 2015 | 114 | 32 | 91 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Richards | 1B | 145 | 1177 | 94 | 14 | 106 | .989 | 8.766 | ||||
Dixie Upright | 1B | 21 | 122 | 7 | 2 | 7 | .985 | 6.143 | ||||
Max West | 1B | 13 | 112 | 9 | 1 | 7 | .992 | 9.308 | ||||
Gene Mauch | 2B | 152 | 354 | 380 | 19 | 79 | .975 | 4.829 | ||||
Bud Hardin | 2B | 20 | 40 | 66 | 1 | 12 | .991 | 5.300 | ||||
Frank DiPrima | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Tommy Brown | 2B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
Bruce Edwards | 3B | 106 | 111 | 189 | 22 | 19 | .932 | 2.830 | ||||
Tommy Brown | 3B | 39 | 40 | 69 | 9 | 5 | .924 | 2.795 | ||||
Bud Hardin | 3B | 13 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 4 | .953 | 3.154 | ||||
Leon Brinkopf | 3B | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 2.286 | ||||
Frank DiPrima | 3B | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 3.000 | ||||
Hank Nasternak | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Chris Kitsos | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Al Evans | C | 82 | 409 | 45 | 13 | 3 | .972 | 5.537 | 4 | 26 | 100.0 | |
Johnny Pramesa | C | 55 | 246 | 30 | 8 | 10 | .972 | 5.018 | 6 | 18 | 100.0 | |
Hal Meek | C | 30 | 129 | 16 | 5 | 5 | .967 | 4.833 | 1 | 7 | 100.0 | |
Joe Hannah | C | 7 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 6.143 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 | |
Bob Usher | OF | 154 | 356 | 19 | 4 | 4 | .989 | 2.435 | ||||
Tommy Brown | OF | 107 | 193 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .985 | 1.860 | ||||
Don Robertson | OF | 76 | 114 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .955 | 1.671 | ||||
Dixie Upright | OF | 61 | 94 | 7 | 8 | 3 | .927 | 1.656 | ||||
Jacques Monette | OF | 36 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.250 | ||||
Dave Cunningham | OF | 34 | 86 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .966 | 2.529 | ||||
Max West | OF | 26 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.038 | ||||
Herb Adams | OF | 15 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 2.267 | ||||
Dick Smith | OF | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
Joe Hatten | P | 41 | 17 | 52 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.683 | ||||
Cal McLish | P | 37 | 20 | 38 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.568 | ||||
Randy Gumpert | P | 37 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .324 | ||||
Tom Simpson | P | 35 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .895 | .486 | ||||
Bob Spicer | P | 33 | 10 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.697 | ||||
Bill Moisan | P | 31 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .806 | ||||
Turk Lown | P | 30 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .667 | ||||
John Pyecha | P | 28 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 5 | .974 | 1.357 | ||||
Bubba Church | P | 26 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .808 | ||||
Sheldon Jones | P | 19 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .737 | ||||
Hy Cohen | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
Alan Ihde | P | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
Joe Hinchman | P | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
Joe Stanka | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Bud Hardin | SS | 100 | 186 | 271 | 9 | 42 | .981 | 4.570 | ||||
Hank Nasternak | SS | 63 | 114 | 154 | 16 | 31 | .944 | 4.254 | ||||
Chris Kitsos | SS | 25 | 43 | 72 | 2 | 13 | .983 | 4.600 | ||||
Ed McDade | SS | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
Tommy Brown | SS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Totals | 1753 | 4193 | 1778 | 161 | 375 | .974 | 3.406 | 11 | 0 | 53 | 100.0 |
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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