1954 Phoenix Stars Statistics

Arizona-Texas League (AAL) - Class: C
Team Record: 93-47
Finished 1st in the AAL
Manager: Jerry Gardner (93-47)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 114,450, Avg. 1,635

1954 Phoenix Stars Roster

The Phoenix Stars of the Arizona-Texas League ended the 1954 season with a record of 93 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the AAL.

The Stars paced the circuit with 1248 runs. Phoenix surrendered 914 runs. Bill Jackson walloped 37 home runs for the team, while Earl Smith, Ray Swarts and Leonard Lindborg each added 15 or more, too. Earl Smith drove in 195 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .387 average. Don Rowe led the team with 18 wins, and Richard Schroyer contributed 15 or more victories also Don Rowe earned a 4.15 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1954 Phoenix Stars who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Julio González, Earl Smith, Don Rowe and Howie Goss.

Jerry Gardner 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
Don Rowe	18	3	.857	4.15	29	23		13	1		182.0	149	109	84	8	150		161	3	1	10
Richard Schroyer	17	8	.680	6.12	37	31		13	1		204.3	211	165	139	11	158		196	7	0	10
Solon Shaw	14	7	.667	5.81	39	28		13	1		215.3	307	165	139	27	83		97	2	0	4
Alan Wilson	11	4	.733	5.07	32	8		5	0		115.3	128	80	65	10	66		80	1	0	1
Robert Kennedy	10	3	.769	5.37	24	18		4	0		129.0	132	91	77	10	98		113	8	0	9
Charles Lehrmann	9	4	.692	5.15	18	13		7	0		101.3	115	65	58	4	74		58	3	1	5
Don Corella	7	6	.538	4.30	37	11		3	0		129.7	153	86	62	6	74		95	1	0	7
Leonard Lindborg	4	5	.444	5.68	18	6		2	1		65.0	81	49	41	4	34		28	2	0	1
Bob Wadsworth	2	3	.400	9.90	22	1		0	0		30.0	37	37	33	4	38		15	1	0	4
Norman Rousselot	1	1	.500		5						0.0
Richard Smith					9						0.0
Robert Vruck	0	2	.000		11						0.0
Totals	93	46	.669	5.36	281	139	0	60	4	0	1172.0	1313	847	698	84	775	0	843	28	2	51	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
Ray Swarts	141	695	597	149	213	33	15	16	136	45		76	35	.357	.430	.543	.973	324		7	7	8
Earl Smith	141	699	548	183	212	35	11	32	195	42		119	60	.387	.498	.666	1.164	365		11	12	9
Ken Toothman	139	703	563	193	200	28	18	10	123	46		117	30	.355	.468	.522	.990	294		6	13	4
Bill Jackson	110	528	407	130	139	32	7	37	136	18		105	57	.342	.480	.727	1.207	296		9	1	6
Leonard Lindborg	122	513	419	84	112	14	5	19	110	16		73	83	.267	.374	.461	.834	193		3	10	8
Daniel Coughlin	139	594	495	89	112	16	1	3	75	4		76	63	.226	.333	.281	.614	139		5	14	4
Jack Spence	111	507	353	105	107	25	7	6	60	19		133	67	.303	.496	.465	.960	164		2	19	0
James Davis	82	333	289	71	88	14	7	2	41	9		24	34	.304	.362	.422	.784	122		3	15	2
Jerry Gardner	92	359	304	62	87	15	0	12	58	5		49	51	.286	.390	.454	.844	138		3	3	0
Charlie Barnes	71	298	243	45	68	11	2	4	41	2		47	62	.280	.398	.391	.789	95		2	4	2
Don Rowe	70	224	192	32	55	10	3	0	36	4		22	17	.286	.358	.370	.728	71		0	9	1
Solon Shaw	61	129	111	33	38	4	2	2	17	2		14	15	.342	.425	.468	.894	52		2	2	0
Ernesto García	16	84	65	22	27	4	1	3	14	2		17	6	.415	.542	.646	1.188	42		1	1	0
Richard Schroyer	38	92	69	12	15	1	1	0	13	0		17	26	.217	.372	.261	.633	18		0	6	0
Charles Lehrmann	19	50	42	10	14	1	0	1	10	0		5	8	.333	.388	.429	.816	18		0	1	2
Alan Wilson	32	55	41	5	11	1	1	0	6	0		9	6	.268	.400	.341	.741	14		0	5	0
Don Corella	37	52	43	7	9	1	0	0	7	0		5	13	.209	.294	.233	.527	10		1	1	2
Jack Haley	13	34	30	3	7	2	0	0	4	1		3	7	.233	.294	.300	.594	9		0	0	1
Robert Kennedy	24	65	54	8	7	2	0	0	6	0		8	14	.130	.254	.167	.421	9		1	2	0
Howie Goss	8	27	27		5									.185	.185	.185	.370	5
Bob Wadsworth	22	11	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	0	.333	.455	.333	.788	3		0	0	0
Robert Vruck	11	7	7	1	2	0	0	1	1	0		0	3	.286	.286	.714	1.000	5		0	0	0
Norman Rousselot	5	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1504	6065	4914	1244	1531	249	81	148	1090	215	0	921	657	.312	.422	.486	.908	2386	0	56	125	49	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bill Jackson	1B	110	933	46	19	101	.981	8.900
Don Rowe	1B	27	186	9	7	19	.965	7.222
Daniel Coughlin	2B	139	354	363	34	105	.955	5.158
Jack Spence	3B	103	103	190	22	24	.930	2.845
James Davis	3B	21	17	29	14	4	.767	2.190
Ernesto García	3B	16	15	27	1	3	.977	2.625
Jerry Gardner	C	80	540	68	11	10	.982	7.600	4
Charlie Barnes	C	68	408	59	13	8	.973	6.868	8
Richard Smith	OF	141	227	21	22	2	.919	1.759
Ray Swarts	OF	138	314	19	18	0	.949	2.413
Leonard Lindborg	OF	109	189	17	13	3	.941	1.890
James Davis	OF	42	60	11	3	1	.959	1.690
Solon Shaw	P	39	4	42	1	3	.979	1.179
Richard Schroyer	P	37	5	22	3	1	.900	.730
Don Corella	P	37	4	30	3	1	.919	.919
Alan Wilson	P	32	10	29	1	0	.975	1.219
Don Rowe	P	29	5	32	0	0	1.000	1.276
Robert Kennedy	P	24	2	14	6	1	.727	.667
Bob Wadsworth	P	22	0	7	1	0	.875	.318
Leonard Lindborg	P	18	3	8	1	0	.917	.611
Charles Lehrmann	P	18	2	16	2	1	.900	1.000
Robert Vruck	P	11	0	7	1	0	.875	.636
Richard Smith	P	8						.000
Norman Rousselot	P	5						.000
Ken Toothman	SS	138	252	452	64	98	.917	5.101
Totals		1412	3633	1518	260	385	.952	3.648	12	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.