1954 Modesto Reds Statistics
Team Record: 88-52
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Jack Graham (0-0), Jerry Crosby (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Modesto, California
Ballpark: Del Webb Field
Attendance: 102,888, Avg. 1,470
Playoffs - Modesto Reds 3 games, Stockton Ports 0
Finals - Modesto Reds 4 games, San Jose Red Sox 1
The Modesto Reds of the California League ended the 1954 season with a record of 88 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Reds led the league with just 604 runs allowed. Modesto scored 870 runs. Billy Kerr paced the team with 23 home runs and drove in 128 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time with a .309 average. Rick Botelho topped the squad with 17 wins, and Bob Murphy recorded a 2.07 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1954 Modesto Reds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Johnny James, John Gabler, Russ Derry, Ernie Broglio, Herman Reich and Jack Graham.
Jack Graham and Jerry Crosby 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Botelho | 17 | 12 | .586 | 2.95 | 32 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 226.0 | 187 | 90 | 74 | 15 | 92 | 234 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| John Gabler | 13 | 4 | .765 | 2.93 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 138.0 | 114 | 54 | 45 | 6 | 70 | 114 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Johnny James | 11 | 8 | .579 | 4.41 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 155.0 | 157 | 90 | 76 | 11 | 111 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bob Murphy | 10 | 3 | .769 | 2.07 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 113.0 | 86 | 33 | 26 | 2 | 33 | 106 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Thomas Page | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.62 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 151.0 | 128 | 67 | 44 | 10 | 68 | 70 | 9 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Ernie Broglio | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.03 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 98.0 | 82 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 60 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Gene Carlson | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.44 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 102.0 | 96 | 53 | 39 | 10 | 44 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Alfredo Ibanez | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.75 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 96.0 | 81 | 47 | 40 | 5 | 49 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Ronald Saatzer | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rudolph Rovai | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bull Palica | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Newlin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earl Mortensen | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| McRae Morrell | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Larus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Kerr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harry Higgins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Stanich | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Hansen | 0 | 6 | .000 | 7.03 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 32.0 | 38 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 83 | 51 | .619 | 3.26 | 240 | 129 | 0 | 70 | 11 | 0 | 1111.0 | 969 | 503 | 402 | 65 | 559 | 0 | 882 | 29 | 6 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Bell | 140 | 651 | 548 | 99 | 157 | 32 | 5 | 10 | 94 | 5 | 88 | 112 | .286 | .388 | .418 | .805 | 229 | 3 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Billy Kerr | 130 | 574 | 473 | 106 | 146 | 34 | 1 | 23 | 128 | 4 | 84 | 70 | .309 | .412 | .531 | .943 | 251 | 3 | 9 | 5 | |||
| Robert Nard | 134 | 592 | 497 | 79 | 126 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 2 | 71 | 107 | .254 | .352 | .328 | .680 | 163 | 7 | 12 | 5 | |||
| James Keating | 82 | 390 | 317 | 64 | 108 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 79 | 2 | 65 | 21 | .341 | .449 | .511 | .960 | 162 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Jerry Crosby | 99 | 446 | 347 | 72 | 105 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 64 | 3 | 83 | 24 | .303 | .438 | .455 | .894 | 158 | 4 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Jack Holmquist | 111 | 431 | 372 | 59 | 104 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 49 | 15 | .280 | .366 | .328 | .694 | 122 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Jose Bustamante | 96 | 415 | 348 | 60 | 94 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 2 | 56 | 52 | .270 | .377 | .411 | .788 | 143 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |||
| August Suhr | 75 | 341 | 272 | 45 | 83 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 5 | 60 | 28 | .305 | .427 | .430 | .857 | 117 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||
| Richard Stacy | 46 | 218 | 183 | 35 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 21 | 25 | .273 | .377 | .328 | .705 | 60 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Russ Derry | 55 | 255 | 201 | 42 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 46 | 50 | .244 | .394 | .418 | .812 | 84 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Edward Fairman | 38 | 154 | 129 | 22 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 18 | .310 | .401 | .442 | .843 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Jack Graham | 24 | 117 | 73 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 40 | 9 | .384 | .586 | .603 | 1.189 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Herman Reich | 21 | 87 | 74 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 5 | .284 | .376 | .365 | .741 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Rick Botelho | 32 | 103 | 84 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 7 | .214 | .298 | .214 | .512 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Larry Hampshire | 29 | 126 | 101 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 12 | .168 | .333 | .218 | .551 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Dallas | 21 | 81 | 62 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 3 | .258 | .420 | .274 | .694 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Gabler | 22 | 62 | 52 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .269 | .339 | .442 | .781 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Page | 25 | 67 | 56 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .250 | .323 | .268 | .590 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Donald Williams | 17 | 69 | 56 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 15 | .250 | .391 | .411 | .802 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ellis Daugherty | 12 | 57 | 43 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 5 | .256 | .439 | .419 | .857 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gene Carlson | 33 | 43 | 41 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .244 | .256 | .463 | .719 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Verle Sorgen | 19 | 61 | 45 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 11 | .222 | .417 | .222 | .639 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Murphy | 16 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .217 | .288 | .239 | .528 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Johnny James | 40 | 73 | 59 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .153 | .286 | .153 | .438 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Gordy Brunswick | 9 | 33 | 33 | 8 | .242 | .242 | .242 | .485 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Krebsbach | 9 | 30 | 30 | 6 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Vincent Pisani | 10 | 38 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | .161 | .316 | .258 | .574 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alfredo Ibanez | 28 | 40 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .156 | .289 | .156 | .446 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ernie Broglio | 14 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .152 | .243 | .152 | .395 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Maguire | 6 | 12 | 12 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Kabbes | 11 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .118 | .273 | .118 | .390 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Richard Conner | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Yarber | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Gale Taylor | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Earl Mortensen | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Hansen | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Saatzer | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rudolph Rovai | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hugh Ord | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Odie Strain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| McRae Morrell | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Larus | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| George Stanich | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1440 | 5717 | 4704 | 845 | 1294 | 228 | 34 | 85 | 763 | 44 | 0 | 828 | 686 | .275 | .387 | .392 | .779 | 1845 | 0 | 50 | 103 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August Suhr | 1B | 74 | 605 | 26 | 5 | 64 | .992 | 8.527 | ||||
| Jerry Crosby | 1B | 27 | 246 | 5 | 1 | 21 | .996 | 9.296 | ||||
| Jack Graham | 1B | 21 | 166 | 9 | 4 | 24 | .978 | 8.333 | ||||
| Ellis Daugherty | 1B | 12 | 98 | 6 | 2 | 11 | .981 | 8.667 | ||||
| Robert Nard | 2B | 133 | 370 | 316 | 31 | 108 | .957 | 5.158 | ||||
| Jose Bustamante | 3B | 87 | 75 | 182 | 26 | 24 | .908 | 2.954 | ||||
| Jack Holmquist | 3B | 44 | 42 | 84 | 9 | 10 | .933 | 2.864 | ||||
| Donald Williams | 3B | 13 | 5 | 26 | 7 | 5 | .816 | 2.385 | ||||
| Billy Kerr | C | 128 | 912 | 91 | 6 | 14 | .994 | 7.836 | 7 | |||
| James Keating | OF | 81 | 130 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .972 | 1.716 | ||||
| Jerry Crosby | OF | 70 | 126 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .977 | 1.843 | ||||
| Russ Derry | OF | 55 | 78 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .967 | 1.600 | ||||
| Richard Stacy | OF | 45 | 61 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .944 | 1.489 | ||||
| Jack Holmquist | OF | 41 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.488 | ||||
| Edward Fairman | OF | 37 | 103 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 2.838 | ||||
| Larry Hampshire | OF | 27 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .953 | 2.259 | ||||
| Herman Reich | OF | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Dallas | OF | 17 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .960 | 1.412 | ||||
| Verle Sorgen | OF | 14 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 2.071 | ||||
| Johnny James | P | 34 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .897 | .765 | ||||
| Rick Botelho | P | 32 | 10 | 31 | 3 | 0 | .932 | 1.281 | ||||
| Gene Carlson | P | 30 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .960 | .800 | ||||
| Alfredo Ibanez | P | 27 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .909 | .741 | ||||
| Thomas Page | P | 22 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| John Gabler | P | 22 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .864 | ||||
| Bull Palica | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Murphy | P | 14 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.714 | ||||
| Ernie Broglio | P | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| Dick Hansen | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Earl Mortensen | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Stanich | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Saatzer | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| McRae Morrell | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rudolph Rovai | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Newlin | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Larus | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Kerr | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Higgins | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Bell | SS | 136 | 208 | 420 | 38 | 69 | .943 | 4.618 | ||||
| Totals | 1319 | 3441 | 1376 | 165 | 369 | .967 | 3.652 | 7 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
