1954 Roswell Rockets Statistics
Team Record: 87-51
Finished 2nd in the LL
Manager: Pat Stasey (87-51)
Location: Roswell, New Mexico
Ballpark: Fair Park Stadium
Attendance: 53,280, Avg. 772
Playoffs - Carlsbad Potashers 4 games, Roswell Rockets 2
The Roswell Rockets of the Longhorn League ended the 1954 season with a record of 87 wins and 51 losses, finishing second in the LL.
The Rockets led the league with 1211 runs, powered by 130 home runs. Roswell allowed 890 runs. Joe Bauman crushed 72 homers for the squad and drove in 224 runs, while leading all regular batters by hitting .400. Thomas Sawyer topped the team with 18 wins, and Evelio Hernández earned a 3.73 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1954 Roswell Rockets who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Vallie Eaves, Oliverio Ortiz, Ossie Álvarez and Evelio Hernández.
Pat Stasey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Sawyer | 18 | 11 | .621 | 5.55 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 206.0 | 251 | 147 | 127 | 25 | 94 | 142 | 7 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Evelio Hernández | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.73 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 123.0 | 125 | 65 | 51 | 5 | 43 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tom Brookshier | 7 | 1 | .875 | 4.57 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 | 69 | 45 | 33 | 3 | 57 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ray Faust | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.02 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 65.0 | 85 | 41 | 29 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Eugene Nalley | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.46 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 123.0 | 130 | 82 | 61 | 12 | 64 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Toribio Pestana | 4 | 4 | .500 | 7.11 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 57.0 | 74 | 38 | 45 | 8 | 49 | 41 | 4 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Samuel Fowlkes | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mario Cassio | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.40 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 30.0 | 31 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Samuel Hechevarria | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 38 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Orlando | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Celso Oviedo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oliverio Ortiz | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Angel Oliva | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Esteban Nunez | 22 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Humberto Baez | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Manuel Mantaras | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gilberto Hernandez | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pedro Gonzalez | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jose Gallardo | 25 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Collatto | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carlos Bell | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ramon Laza | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.78 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 59 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 57 | 37 | .606 | 5.11 | 264 | 86 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 740.0 | 862 | 511 | 420 | 70 | 389 | 0 | 467 | 31 | 9 | 43 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Bauman | 138 | 669 | 498 | 188 | 199 | 35 | 3 | 72 | 224 | 4 | 150 | 99 | .400 | .535 | .916 | 1.451 | 456 | 9 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Duane White | 137 | 687 | 613 | 153 | 185 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 78 | 28 | 61 | 102 | .302 | .366 | .419 | .785 | 257 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |||
| Ossie Álvarez | 133 | 644 | 553 | 134 | 174 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 92 | 51 | 74 | 40 | .315 | .397 | .425 | .822 | 235 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Weldon Day | 134 | 638 | 549 | 127 | 170 | 31 | 11 | 14 | 101 | 19 | 70 | 71 | .310 | .394 | .483 | .877 | 265 | 10 | 4 | 5 | |||
| William Greer | 103 | 468 | 400 | 122 | 159 | 35 | 4 | 13 | 101 | 12 | 57 | 25 | .398 | .472 | .602 | 1.075 | 241 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Carlos Bell | 111 | 465 | 437 | 68 | 133 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 83 | 9 | 18 | 44 | .304 | .337 | .387 | .724 | 169 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Pat Stasey | 105 | 471 | 414 | 75 | 122 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 80 | 3 | 49 | 50 | .295 | .369 | .423 | .792 | 175 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Dioscorides Wilson | 91 | 445 | 355 | 94 | 93 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 78 | 44 | .262 | .396 | .361 | .757 | 128 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Charlie Balciulis | 38 | 165 | 139 | 30 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 23 | .288 | .393 | .475 | .867 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Sawyer | 56 | 125 | 114 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .237 | .274 | .272 | .546 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Manuel Mantaras | 17 | 68 | 59 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 3 | .373 | .418 | .475 | .892 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Evelio Hernández | 22 | 54 | 50 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .240 | .283 | .300 | .583 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Eugene Nalley | 20 | 57 | 51 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .216 | .268 | .412 | .680 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Tom Brookshier | 13 | 36 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .258 | .361 | .484 | .845 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Faust | 10 | 36 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .242 | .278 | .303 | .581 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Toribio Pestana | 30 | 40 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .219 | .375 | .250 | .625 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Celso Oviedo | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Samuel Hechevarria | 7 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Mario Cassio | 12 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .133 | .125 | .200 | .325 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jose Taboada | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ramon Laza | 16 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Orlando | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Angel Oliva | 11 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .300 | .000 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Crouse | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Samuel Fowlkes | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ricardo Montano | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Dilldine | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1219 | 5159 | 4414 | 1059 | 1379 | 237 | 62 | 130 | 887 | 142 | 0 | 613 | 572 | .312 | .398 | .483 | .881 | 2130 | 0 | 50 | 31 | 51 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Bauman | 1B | 138 | 1273 | 92 | 14 | 142 | .990 | 9.891 | ||||
| Weldon Day | 2B | 129 | 342 | 389 | 39 | 104 | .949 | 5.667 | ||||
| William Greer | 3B | 64 | 45 | 120 | 13 | 14 | .927 | 2.578 | ||||
| Carlos Bell | C | 78 | 388 | 51 | 13 | 5 | .971 | 5.628 | 13 | |||
| Charlie Balciulis | C | 37 | 224 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .967 | 6.351 | 3 | |||
| Manuel Mantaras | C | 15 | 76 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .978 | 6.000 | 5 | |||
| Duane White | OF | 137 | 355 | 18 | 22 | 5 | .944 | 2.723 | ||||
| Pat Stasey | OF | 104 | 148 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .963 | 1.510 | ||||
| Dioscorides Wilson | OF | 87 | 126 | 7 | 17 | 0 | .887 | 1.529 | ||||
| Carlos Bell | OF | 28 | 45 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .906 | 1.714 | ||||
| William Greer | OF | 22 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.364 | ||||
| Thomas Sawyer | P | 36 | 19 | 66 | 10 | 1 | .895 | 2.361 | ||||
| Jose Gallardo | P | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Esteban Nunez | P | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Evelio Hernández | P | 22 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Toribio Pestana | P | 21 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .619 | ||||
| Eugene Nalley | P | 19 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 1.421 | ||||
| Pedro Gonzalez | P | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ramon Laza | P | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .312 | ||||
| Gilberto Hernandez | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Angel Oliva | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .750 | .273 | ||||
| Tom Brookshier | P | 11 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mario Cassio | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Ray Faust | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Oliverio Ortiz | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Samuel Hechevarria | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Humberto Baez | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Samuel Fowlkes | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Bell | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Celso Oviedo | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Orlando | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manuel Mantaras | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Collatto | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ossie Álvarez | SS | 132 | 266 | 500 | 52 | 93 | .936 | 5.803 | ||||
| Totals | 1235 | 3353 | 1370 | 210 | 378 | .957 | 3.824 | 21 | 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.
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