1954 Magic Valley Cowboys Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 67-65
Finished 5th in the PL
Manager: Everett Robinson (67-65)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Twin Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 66,952, Avg. 1,014

1954 Magic Valley Cowboys Roster

The Magic Valley Cowboys of the Pioneer League ended the 1954 season with a record of 67 wins and 65 losses, finishing fifth in the PL.

The Cowboys tallied 839 runs and surrendered 814 runs. Gene Hooks led all regular batters with a .333 average. Dwight Stoddard topped Magic Valley with 17 wins and a team-best 3.23 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bob Will played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Magic Valley Cowboys to do so.

Everett Robinson 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
Dwight Stoddard	17	3	.850	3.23	34	20					170.0	135	76	61	18	99
Alan Ihde	14	8	.636	3.48	26	19					155.0	145	72	60	8	67
Robert Faust	11	12	.478	5.71	41	25					197.0	198	144	125	23	164
Chuck Jorgensen	8	4	.667	5.12	30	16					128.3	127	94	73	10	87
Fred Dupree	5	4	.556	5.60	15	8					64.3	83	41	40	6	34
Elmer Tessin	3	4	.429	3.76	14	8					76.7	78	41	32	9	23
Tom Rea	3	6	.333	6.23	19	11					78.0	70	74	54	6	87
Del Walker	2	5	.286	6.56	15	7					60.3	57	50	44	10	58
Jim Speer	2	7	.222	8.39	28	5					68.7	73	66	64	8	71
John Buttrey	1	0	1.000		3						0.0
Jim Dayen	1	3	.250	6.83	18	5					55.3	72	54	42	4	45
Everett Robinson	0	0			1						0.0
Gene Nelson	0	0			3						0.0
Sam Meyer	0	0			5						0.0
George Belme	0	0			4						0.0
Ron Magnuson	0	3	.000		11						0.0
Jim Gilheart	0	4	.000	5.61	6	4					33.7	31	26	21	3	25
Totals	67	63	.515	5.10	273	128	0	0	0	0	1087.3	1069	738	616	105	760	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
Gene Hooks	120	483	483		161	24	6	12						.333	.333	.482	.816	233
Ed McDade	118	470	470		144	31	3	3						.306	.306	.404	.711	190
Bobby Lemmel	132	525	525		144	26	7	4						.274	.274	.373	.648	196
Everett Robinson	133	475	475		142	29	2	20						.299	.299	.495	.794	235
Bob Will	96	334	334		120	26	3	8						.359	.359	.527	.886	176
Charles McGuckin	81	308	308		103	12	2	2						.334	.334	.406	.740	125
Orville Rickey	87	315	315		84	13	1	11						.267	.267	.419	.686	132
Donald Gonsalves	82	230	230		64	8	1	1						.278	.278	.335	.613	77
Buster Cloud	63	184	184		52	10	1	3						.283	.283	.397	.679	73
Dean Manns	35	122	122		36	11	2	1						.295	.295	.443	.738	54
Robert Hanny	44	147	147		35	9	2	3						.238	.238	.388	.626	57
Allen Burger	47	152	152		34	4	0	2						.224	.224	.289	.513	44
Bill Mills	35	114	114		32	5	1	1						.281	.281	.368	.649	42
Arthur Cybulski	26	108	108		23	9	1	0						.213	.213	.315	.528	34
Robert Faust	50	90	90		21	4	2	2						.233	.233	.389	.622	35
Alan Ihde	26	57	57		15	3	0	2						.263	.263	.421	.684	24
Dwight Stoddard	34	68	68		14	2	0	1						.206	.206	.279	.485	19
Tom Rea	19	30	30		7	1	0	0						.233	.233	.267	.500	8
Gene Steiger	13	32	32		7	0	0	2						.219	.219	.406	.625	13
Pete Ortega	9	39	39		7									.179	.179	.179	.359	7
John Buttrey	15	41	41		6	1	0	0						.146	.146	.171	.317	7
Elmer Tessin	14	27	27		5	1	0	0						.185	.185	.222	.407	6
Chuck Jorgensen	31	50	50		5	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	5
Fred Dupree	15	26	26		4	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308	4
Jim Dayen	18	18	18		3	1	0	0						.167	.167	.222	.389	4
Del Walker	15	19	19		3	0	0	0						.158	.158	.158	.316	3
Jim Speer	29	23	23		3	1	0	0						.130	.130	.174	.304	4
Harold Donathan	4	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Buddy Davis	5	16	16		2									.125	.125	.125	.250	2
Gene Nelson	3	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
James Stack	3	9	9		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Sam Meyer	5	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ron Magnuson	11	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Gilheart	6	11	11		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1424	4538	4538	0	1279	231	34	78	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.282	.399	.681	1812	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Robert Faust	P	41					.000
Dwight Stoddard	P	34					.000
Chuck Jorgensen	P	30					.000
Jim Speer	P	28					.000
Alan Ihde	P	26					.000
Tom Rea	P	19					.000
Jim Dayen	P	18					.000
Del Walker	P	15					.000
Fred Dupree	P	15					.000
Elmer Tessin	P	14					.000
Ron Magnuson	P	11					.000
Jim Gilheart	P	6					.000
Sam Meyer	P	5					.000
George Belme	P	4					.000
Gene Nelson	P	3					.000
Totals		269	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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