1954 Stockton Ports Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Gene Handley (80-60)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Stockton, California
Ballpark: Billy Hebert Field
Attendance: 85,475, Avg. 1,221

1954 Stockton Ports Roster

Playoffs - Modesto Reds 3 games, Stockton Ports 0

The Stockton Ports of the California League ended the 1954 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the CL.

The Ports scored 733 runs and yielded 625 runs. Frank Ernaga led Stockton with 29 home runs, and Wes Moore walloped 15 or more as well. Frank Ernaga drove in 110 runs. Harry Clements paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .309. Bob Thorpe earned 28 wins on the mound for the team, while Art Bielefeld, too added 15 or more wins, too Bob Thorpe recorded a 2.28 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1954 Stockton Ports who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Thorpe, Frank Ernaga and Gene Handley.

Gene Handley 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
Bob Thorpe	28	4	.875	2.28	34	33		32	5		300.0	266	101	76	13	94		179	8	0	5
Art Bielefeld	17	14	.548	2.97	37	33		22	2		282.0	273	128	93	23	89		126	9	1	2
Gene Shortlidge	11	6	.647	3.35	39	12		6	0		145.0	142	75	54	8	43		61	6	1	5
Ernest Pastornicky	6	3	.667	4.83	15	12		3	0		82.0	82	55	44	5	55		42	2	3	3
Jim Montgomery	6	9	.400	4.92	27	18		5	1		130.0	122	89	71	2	113		98	4	0	13
Grant Mitchell	4	2	.667	2.63	11	8		4	3		65.0	49	24	19	3	34		37	2	0	5
Martin Stiles	3	8	.273	4.79	15	13		5	0		92.0	105	54	49	2	41		46	0	1	3
Fred Dupree	2	7	.222	3.69	21	4		0	0		61.0	71	41	25	6	25		26	0	1	3
Tom Rea	1	1	.500		3						0.0
Pete Ropar	1	2	.333		15						0.0
Elmer Tessin	1	4	.200	4.76	12	3		0	0		34.0	34	25	18	3	26		15	0	0	3
Bob Thompson	0	0			2						0.0
Totals	80	60	.571	3.39	231	136	0	77	11	0	1191.0	1144	592	449	65	520	0	630	31	7	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
Harry Clements	137	625	563	97	174	26	4	0	87	4		33	38	.309	.355	.369	.724	208		10	13	6
Frank Ernaga	139	620	506	93	135	23	7	29	110	7		84	142	.267	.374	.512	.885	259		10	7	13
Duane Hermon	140	656	512	94	127	25	9	5	59	17		120	83	.248	.397	.361	.759	185		10	9	5
Wes Moore	135	582	488	71	115	19	1	15	87	3		73	106	.236	.341	.371	.712	181		6	13	2
Bob Rivich	126	489	440	54	102	15	0	9	57	2		40	91	.232	.305	.327	.633	144		7	1	1
Len Bourdet	123	534	445	72	98	9	2	1	44	9		58	77	.220	.315	.256	.571	114		5	23	3
Jacques Monette	87	379	304	59	95	11	7	12	70	9		60	53	.312	.421	.513	.934	156		4	1	10
Jim O'Brien	53	246	205	38	57	10	2	0	24	4		37	33	.278	.391	.346	.737	71		1	3	0
Gene Handley	74	228	178	31	51	5	0	1	26	11		39	12	.287	.409	.331	.741	59		0	8	3
Albert Bates	54	251	185	30	45	6	0	2	31	3		51	33	.243	.415	.308	.723	57		4	10	1
Bob Thorpe	47	150	122	20	31	12	3	0	16	0		19	33	.254	.355	.402	.756	49		0	9	0
James Baldacci	25	108	87	14	18	2	0	3	8	1		20	26	.207	.355	.333	.688	29		0	1	0
Art Bielefeld	38	115	98	11	13	2	0	0	3	0		8	31	.133	.196	.153	.349	15		0	8	1
Daniel Brown	20	25	22	1	8	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	.364	.417	.364	.780	8		0	1	0
Ernest Pastornicky	21	34	28	7	8	1	1	1	6	0		6	8	.286	.412	.500	.912	14		0	0	0
Raul Reza	27	68	63	3	7	1	0	0	2	0		2	14	.111	.152	.127	.278	8		1	2	0
Jim Montgomery	27	46	40	5	6	0	0	0	1	0		3	13	.150	.209	.150	.359	6		0	3	0
Robert Zimmerman	16	43	38	3	5	1	0	0	1	0		3	16	.132	.214	.158	.372	6		1	1	0
Gene Shortlidge	39	59	41	6	5	0	0	0	1	0		12	22	.122	.345	.122	.467	5		2	4	0
Martin Stiles	17	36	33	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		3	18	.091	.167	.091	.258	3		0	0	0
Elmer Tessin	12	11	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.200	.273	.200	.473	2		0	0	0
Grant Mitchell	11	27	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		6	10	.105	.320	.105	.425	2		0	2	0
Bob Thompson	2	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Tom Rea	3	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Fred Dupree	22	16	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	4	.000	.467	.000	.467	0		0	1	0
Pete Ropar	16	9	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	1	0
Totals	1411	5361	4445	715	1108	168	36	78	635	70	0	689	871	.249	.355	.356	.710	1582	0	61	121	45	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Albert Bates	1B	54	472	29	5	43	.990	9.278
James Baldacci	1B	25	248	11	4	25	.985	1.360
Gene Handley	1B	22	189	5	2	17	.990	8.818
Robert Zimmerman	1B	14	116	4	1	11	.992	8.571
Wes Moore	2B	129	395	325	30	83	.960	5.581
Gene Handley	2B	14	27	29	1	9	.982	4.000
Harry Clements	3B	137	147	346	33	31	.937	3.599
Bob Rivich	C	126	629	88	17	8	.977	5.690	18
Raul Reza	C	16	58	6	3	1	.955	4.000	5
Duane Hermon	OF	140	248	15	19	6	.933	1.879
Frank Ernaga	OF	139	324	17	8	3	.977	2.453
Jacques Monette	OF	87	145	12	7	2	.957	1.805
Jim O'Brien	OF	53	73	5	6	0	.929	1.472
Gene Shortlidge	P	39	4	26	3	1	.909	.769
Art Bielefeld	P	37	19	73	1	2	.989	2.486
Bob Thorpe	P	34	7	62	4	2	.945	2.029
Jim Montgomery	P	27	2	22	3	0	.889	.889
Fred Dupree	P	21	1	10	1	0	.917	.524
Martin Stiles	P	15	2	19	2	0	.913	1.400
Pete Ropar	P	15	0	5	0	0	1.000	.333
Ernest Pastornicky	P	15	3	19	0	2	1.000	1.467
Elmer Tessin	P	12	0	8	1	0	.889	.667
Grant Mitchell	P	11	6	11	1	1	.944	1.545
Tom Rea	P	3						.000
Bob Thompson	P	2						.000
Len Bourdet	SS	123	227	441	52	69	.928	5.431
Gene Handley	SS	13	19	33	4	3	.929	4.000
Totals		1323	3361	1621	208	319	.960	3.766	23	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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