
1954 Salt Lake City Bees Statistics
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
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.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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Louis Shade | 17 | 8 | .680 | 4.01 | 32 | 27 | 202.0 | 190 | 118 | 90 | 11 | 96 | ||||||||||
Burt Barkelew | 16 | 6 | .727 | 3.39 | 30 | 21 | 199.0 | 194 | 96 | 75 | 18 | 68 | ||||||||||
Don Erickson | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.98 | 39 | 28 | 226.0 | 198 | 117 | 100 | 9 | 135 | ||||||||||
Dan Hellman | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.65 | 39 | 15 | 153.0 | 137 | 79 | 62 | 4 | 96 | ||||||||||
James Brown | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.47 | 30 | 19 | 147.0 | 154 | 95 | 73 | 6 | 86 | ||||||||||
Stan McWilliams | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.32 | 23 | 7 | 110.3 | 117 | 67 | 53 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
Jack Cooley | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.51 | 12 | 0 | 32.7 | 33 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 27 | ||||||||||
Bud Closs | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.68 | 10 | 10 | 50.7 | 56 | 46 | 32 | 3 | 61 | ||||||||||
Otto Hatcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Edward Culbert | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bill Bright | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bob Harrell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.34 | 8 | 3 | 30.7 | 43 | 33 | 25 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
Totals | 78 | 52 | .600 | 4.14 | 231 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1151.3 | 1122 | 678 | 530 | 64 | 632 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Geedey | 132 | 558 | 558 | 158 | 26 | 4 | 9 | .283 | .283 | .392 | .676 | 219 | |||||||||||
Svend Jessen | 132 | 474 | 474 | 139 | 21 | 4 | 25 | .293 | .293 | .513 | .806 | 243 | |||||||||||
Don Strichek | 132 | 499 | 499 | 137 | 20 | 6 | 14 | .275 | .275 | .423 | .697 | 211 | |||||||||||
William Dougan | 118 | 435 | 435 | 126 | 24 | 1 | 5 | .290 | .290 | .384 | .674 | 167 | |||||||||||
John Turk | 95 | 333 | 333 | 123 | 25 | 6 | 14 | .369 | .369 | .607 | .976 | 202 | |||||||||||
John Maggio | 106 | 385 | 385 | 111 | 13 | 7 | 13 | .288 | .288 | .460 | .748 | 177 | |||||||||||
Johnny Caruthers | 127 | 471 | 471 | 111 | 16 | 2 | 9 | .236 | .236 | .335 | .571 | 158 | |||||||||||
Ted Hesse | 74 | 273 | 273 | 78 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .370 | .656 | 101 | |||||||||||
James Stevens | 37 | 138 | 138 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .312 | .312 | .449 | .761 | 62 | |||||||||||
Chuck Longwello | 41 | 138 | 138 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .268 | .507 | 37 | |||||||||||
Jack Cooley | 52 | 118 | 118 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .263 | .263 | .381 | .644 | 45 | |||||||||||
Raymond Von Hagel | 33 | 90 | 90 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .311 | .589 | 28 | |||||||||||
Mil Fore | 40 | 74 | 74 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .324 | .568 | 24 | |||||||||||
James Brown | 30 | 52 | 52 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .308 | .308 | .462 | .769 | 24 | |||||||||||
Kenneth Welgoss | 18 | 62 | 62 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .226 | .258 | .484 | 16 | |||||||||||
Don Erickson | 39 | 81 | 81 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .148 | .148 | .198 | .346 | 16 | |||||||||||
Richard Wendel | 14 | 52 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .250 | .462 | 13 | |||||||||||
Stan McWilliams | 23 | 37 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .243 | .486 | 9 | |||||||||||
Burt Barkelew | 40 | 67 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .090 | .090 | .090 | .179 | 6 | |||||||||||
Louis Shade | 32 | 64 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .078 | .078 | .094 | .172 | 6 | |||||||||||
Dan Hellman | 42 | 42 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .095 | .095 | .190 | .286 | 8 | |||||||||||
Bob Harrell | 8 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Bud Closs | 10 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .190 | .286 | 4 | |||||||||||
Otto Hatcher | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Don Gust | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Edward Culbert | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Bill Bright | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1386 | 4487 | 4487 | 0 | 1215 | 199 | 37 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .271 | .396 | .667 | 1779 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dan Hellman | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
Don Erickson | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
Louis Shade | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
James Brown | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
Burt Barkelew | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
Stan McWilliams | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
Bud Closs | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
Bob Harrell | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
Edward Culbert | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
Otto Hatcher | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 218 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .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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