1954 Oakland Oaks Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 85-82
Finished 3rd in the PCL
Manager: Chuck Dressen (85-82)
Location: Oakland, California
Ballpark: Oaks' Park
Attendance: 201,922, Avg. 2,418

1954 Oakland Oaks Roster

Playoffs - Oakland Oaks 2 games, San Diego Padres 0
Finals - Oakland Oaks 3 games, San Francisco Seals 0

The Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1954 season with a record of 85 wins and 82 losses, finishing third in the PCL.

The Oaks scored 734 runs and yielded 755 runs. Jim Marshall walloped 31 home runs for Oakland and drove in 123 runs. Sam Chapman led hitters with significant playing time with a .290 average. Don Ferrarese topped the team with 18 wins, while Al Gettel added 15 or more victories as well Al Gettel earned a 3.07 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1954 Oakland Oaks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were George Bamberger, Bill Upton, Lorenzo Davis, Don Ferrarese, Charlie Beamon, Hal White, Fred Besana, James Atkins, Art Schallock, Pete Milne, Bill Howerton, Jim Marshall, Ron Samford, Jesse Flores, Gene Hermanski, Sam Chapman, Bob Wilson, Al Gettel, Spider Jorgensen, Ernie Broglio and Chris Van Cuyk.

Chuck Dressen 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
Don Ferrarese	18	15	.545	3.74	41	33		13	2		250.0	215	115	104	24	174		184	5	0	7
Al Gettel	17	15	.531	3.07	46	34		17	4		284.3	257	108	97	9	79		140	8	1	2
Art Schallock	12	4	.750	4.10	20	15		5	1		98.7	113	46	45	2	39		67	2	0	2
George Bamberger	11	8	.579	3.53	40	24		6	1		178.7	170	75	70	14	81		61	3	0	3
Chris Van Cuyk	5	6	.455	3.96	39	8		3	1		120.3	124	56	53	9	47		59	3	1	3
James Atkins	5	7	.417	5.12	45	14		3	1		130.0	126	90	74	12	65		53	2	2	11
Ernie Broglio	5	8	.385	5.10	25	12		2	0		72.3	69	46	41	6	50		30	0	0	2
Harry Nicholas	4	6	.400	4.92	44	9		3	0		131.7	133	86	72	16	66		66	2	0	2
Bob Murphy	3	2	.600	4.73	27	6		1	0		59.0	61	34	31	5	42		32	3	2	0
Hal White	3	2	.600	5.11	27	1		0	0		44.0	48	27	25	2	29		27	1	0	6
Charlie Beamon	1	0	1.000	2.14	6	5		1	0		21.0	14	11	5	0	27		10	0	0	3
Jesse Flores	1	1	.500	4.03	11	1		0	0		22.3	29	17	10	2	9		10	0	0	0
Rick Botelho	0	0		5.40	1	1		0	0		3.3	5	3	2	0	5		0	0	0	0
Billy Joe Waters	0	1	.000	8.38	5	0		0	0		9.7	17	11	9	3	6		2	1	0	0
Bill Upton	0	3	.000	3.97	5	1		0	0		11.3	11	6	5	0	7		7	0	0	0
Fred Besana	0	4	.000	6.83	7	5		0	0		27.7	36	24	21	1	22		13	0	0	1
Totals	85	82	.509	4.08	389	169	0	54	10	0	1464.3	1428	755	664	105	748	0	761	30	6	42	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
Jim Marshall	166	708	603	90	172	19	5	31	123	15		85	82	.285	.376	.488	.864	294	14	6	9	5
Russ Rose	168	738	623	108	169	25	4	0	35	15		94	62	.271	.370	.324	.694	202	9	6	11	4
Spider Jorgensen	157	671	591	103	167	29	1	14	62	7		55	45	.283	.348	.406	.754	240	8	6	15	4
Sam Chapman	129	522	473	62	137	34	3	11	63	7		42	46	.290	.347	.444	.791	210	10	2	1	4
Pete Milne	128	452	397	56	107	22	8	3	43	2		50	46	.270	.349	.388	.737	154	5	0	2	3
Ron Samford	115	451	419	36	106	20	3	2	48	7		22	44	.253	.289	.329	.619	138	10	1	5	4
Lorenzo Davis	120	396	365	43	105	19	2	9	59	3		24	26	.288	.334	.425	.759	155	15	3	1	3
Lenny Neal	107	386	344	30	93	28	0	5	44	2		24	26	.270	.318	.395	.714	136	14	2	12	4
Gene Hermanski	104	381	322	49	87	9	0	11	48	3		46	39	.270	.368	.401	.769	129	5	7	1	5
Art Cuitti	101	305	282	37	80	13	5	5	35	1		18	25	.284	.329	.418	.747	118	3	2	1	2
Bob Wilson	56	246	220	27	62	12	0	4	33	3		17	15	.282	.339	.391	.730	86	8	2	7	0
Lou Landini	80	237	212	14	53	6	0	0	13	0		18	28	.250	.305	.278	.583	59	6	0	4	3
Bill Howerton	74	207	178	27	46	7	0	3	18	1		27	21	.258	.359	.348	.708	62	5	1	1	0
Don Ferrarese	53	104	93	14	27	6	0	1	7	0		7	11	.290	.347	.387	.734	36	4	1	3	0
Al Gettel	50	109	102	6	23	4	0	0	2	0		1	11	.225	.240	.265	.505	27	4	1	5	0
Joe Unfried	29	76	71	5	15	3	1	0	10	0		2	9	.211	.230	.282	.511	20	1	0	2	1
Chris Van Cuyk	39	39	37	2	7	1	0	1	2	0		0	12	.189	.189	.297	.486	11	1	0	2	0
Art Schallock	22	45	38	3	7	1	0	0	6	0		5	11	.184	.279	.211	.490	8	0	0	2	0
Harry Nicholas	44	40	40	2	7	1	0	0	2	0		0	17	.175	.175	.200	.375	8	0	0	0	0
James Atkins	46	43	39	2	5	0	0	0	1	0		3	9	.128	.209	.128	.338	5	2	1	0	0
George Bamberger	40	57	45	5	5	1	0	0	2	0		9	13	.111	.268	.133	.401	6	0	1	1	1
Tony Rivas	7	20	18	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		2	2	.222	.300	.222	.522	4	0	0	0	0
Ernie Broglio	25	23	21	3	4	2	0	0	5	0		2	6	.190	.261	.286	.547	6	0	0	0	0
Ross McCormack	8	28	23	4	4	0	0	1	2	0		5	3	.174	.321	.304	.626	7	0	0	0	0
Fred Besana	7	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	0	0	0	0
Charlie Beamon	10	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Murphy	27	16	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	5	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0	3	0
Hal White	27	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	1	0
Bill Upton	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Botelho	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Don Farber	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Flores	11	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Munoz	6	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Marasco	4	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Joe Waters	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					0	0	0	1	0
Totals	1972	6354	5616	733	1499	262	32	101	666	66	0	562	631	.267	.336	.379	.715	2128	124	42	91	43	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Jim Marshall	1B	165	1246	98	15	133	.989	8.145
Tommy Munoz	1B	2	8	0	0	0	1.000	4.000
Lorenzo Davis	1B	2	16	1	2	3	.895	8.500
Ron Samford	2B	115	304	268	14	88	.976	4.974
Spider Jorgensen	2B	33	108	70	1	22	.994	5.394
Lorenzo Davis	2B	24	43	40	1	11	.988	3.458
Tony Rivas	2B	5	14	9	0	1	1.000	4.600
Spider Jorgensen	3B	116	131	239	18	31	.954	3.190
Bob Wilson	3B	52	70	93	19	10	.896	3.135
Lorenzo Davis	3B	2	2	3	0	1	1.000	2.500
Art Cuitti	3B	1	0	4	1	0	.800	4.000
Lenny Neal	C	105	513	44	13	13	.977	5.305	8		17	100.0
Lou Landini	C	71	306	37	0	5	1.000	4.831	12		17	100.0
Art Cuitti	C	8	19	2	0	0	1.000	2.625	0		1	100.0
Lorenzo Davis	C	6	13	0	0	0	1.000	2.167	0		0
Sam Chapman	OF	126	321	7	4	0	.988	2.603
Pete Milne	OF	109	189	13	4	0	.981	1.853
Gene Hermanski	OF	97	206	10	8	1	.964	2.227
Lorenzo Davis	OF	71	144	2	3	0	.980	2.056
Art Cuitti	OF	69	163	2	2	0	.988	2.391
Bill Howerton	OF	48	116	2	1	0	.992	2.458
Joe Unfried	OF	18	31	0	0	0	1.000	1.722
Ross McCormack	OF	7	12	1	0	0	1.000	1.857
Bob Wilson	OF	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Charlie Beamon	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Al Gettel	P	46	16	41	4	3	.934	1.239
James Atkins	P	45	11	16	5	1	.844	.600
Harry Nicholas	P	44	3	16	2	0	.905	.432
Don Ferrarese	P	41	10	60	7	4	.909	1.707
George Bamberger	P	40	12	21	1	0	.971	.825
Chris Van Cuyk	P	39	2	14	2	3	.889	.410
Hal White	P	27	0	7	1	0	.875	.259
Bob Murphy	P	27	5	13	2	1	.900	.667
Ernie Broglio	P	25	2	14	1	0	.941	.640
Art Schallock	P	20	3	10	1	0	.929	.650
Fred Besana	P	7	2	8	0	0	1.000	1.429
Charlie Beamon	P	6	1	10	1	0	.917	1.833
Billy Joe Waters	P	5	2	5	1	0	.875	1.400
Bill Upton	P	5	0	4	0	0	1.000	.800
Rick Botelho	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Russ Rose	SS	168	328	435	23	91	.971	4.542
Ron Samford	SS	4	1	2	1	0	.750	.750
Spider Jorgensen	SS	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Lorenzo Davis	SS	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		1806	4376	1625	158	422	.974	3.323	20	0	35	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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