1954 Salt Lake City Bees Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 78-53
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Charlie Gassaway (78-53)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Ballpark: Derks Field
Attendance: 128,001, Avg. 1,954
1954 Salt Lake City Bees Roster

Playoffs - Salt Lake City Bees 2 games, Idaho Falls Russets 1
Finals - Great Falls Electrics 3 games, Salt Lake City Bees 2

The Salt Lake City Bees of the Pioneer League ended the 1954 season with a record of 78 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the PL.

The Bees scored 811 runs and allowed 731 runs. Svend Jessen led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .293 clip. Louis Shade topped Salt Lake City with 17 wins, while Burt Barkelew added 15 or more wins, too Burt Barkelew recorded a 3.39 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Don Erickson played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Salt Lake City Bees to do so.

Charlie Gassaway 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
Louis Shade178.6804.013227202.0190118901196
Burt Barkelew166.7273.393021199.019496751868
Don Erickson1312.5203.983928226.01981171009135
Dan Hellman117.6113.653915153.01377962496
James Brown108.5564.473019147.01549573686
Stan McWilliams56.4554.32237110.31176753742
Jack Cooley401.0005.5112032.7332720527
Bud Closs24.3335.68101050.7564632361
Otto Hatcher0010.0
Edward Culbert0060.0
Bill Bright0010.0
Bob Harrell01.0007.348330.7433325121
Totals7852.6004.1423113000001151.3112267853064632000000

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
Larry Geedey1325585581582649.283.283.392.676219
Svend Jessen13247447413921425.293.293.513.806243
Don Strichek13249949913720614.275.275.423.697211
William Dougan1184354351262415.290.290.384.674167
John Turk9533333312325614.369.369.607.976202
John Maggio10638538511113713.288.288.460.748177
John Caruthers1274714711111629.236.236.335.571158
Ted Hesse74273273781512.286.286.370.656101
James Stevens37138138431112.312.312.449.76162
Chuck Longwello4113813833400.239.239.268.50737
Jack Cooley5211811831531.263.263.381.64445
Raymond Von Hagel33909025300.278.278.311.58928
Mil Fore40747418600.243.243.324.56824
James Brown30525216311.308.308.462.76924
Kenneth Welgoss18626214200.226.226.258.48416
Don Erickson39818112101.148.148.198.34616
Richard Wendel14525211200.212.212.250.46213
Stan McWilliams2337379000.243.243.243.4869
Burt Barkelew4067676000.090.090.090.1796
Louis Shade3264645100.078.078.094.1726
Dan Hellman4242424101.095.095.190.2868
Bob Harrell813132.154.154.154.3082
Bud Closs1021212010.095.095.190.2864
Otto Hatcher1221.500.500.5001.0001
Don Gust2110000.000.000.000.0000
Edward Culbert6660000.000.000.000.0000
Bill Bright2110000.000.000.000.0000
Totals13864487448701215199379700000.271.271.396.667177900000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Dan HellmanP39.000
Don EricksonP39.000
Louis ShadeP32.000
James BrownP30.000
Burt BarkelewP30.000
Stan McWilliamsP23.000
Bud ClossP10.000
Bob HarrellP8.000
Edward CulbertP6.000
Otto HatcherP1.000
Totals2180000.000

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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