1954 Tri-City Braves Statistics
Team Record: 56-81
Finished 6th in the WIL
Manager: Edo Vanni (56-81)
Location: Kennewick, Washington; Pasco, Washington; Richland, Washington
Ballpark: Sanders-Jacobs Field
Attendance: 57,625, Avg. 841
The Tri-City Braves of the Western International League ended the 1954 season with a record of 56 wins and 81 losses, finishing sixth in the WIL.
The Braves scored 723 runs and yielded 806 runs, most in the circuit. Len Tran topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .335. Donald Robertson led Tri-City with 17 wins, while Jess Dobernic recorded a 4.23 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Herman Besse and Jess Dobernic both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Edo Vanni 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Robertson | 17 | 11 | .607 | 4.33 | 40 | 29 | 226.3 | 269 | 140 | 109 | 8 | 95 | ||||||||||
| Jess Dobernic | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.23 | 41 | 11 | 149.0 | 135 | 76 | 70 | 13 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Walt Clough | 9 | 16 | .360 | 4.65 | 31 | 28 | 207.0 | 237 | 128 | 107 | 14 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Dale Thomason | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5.79 | 37 | 16 | 154.0 | 207 | 115 | 99 | 7 | 67 | ||||||||||
| Dale Bloom | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.46 | 22 | 13 | 101.3 | 107 | 58 | 39 | 9 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Herman Besse | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.94 | 6 | 5 | 46.7 | 65 | 42 | 36 | 3 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Bud Guldborg | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.60 | 7 | 7 | 34.3 | 50 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Clifford Coggin | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.45 | 8 | 4 | 32.3 | 32 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Earl Lemieux | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.64 | 20 | 1 | 39.3 | 50 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Gordy Brunswick | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ted Savarese | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 53 | 69 | .434 | 4.85 | 223 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 990.3 | 1152 | 656 | 534 | 70 | 405 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrence Carroll | 137 | 541 | 541 | 168 | 21 | 5 | 1 | .311 | .311 | .373 | .684 | 202 | |||||||||||
| Len Tran | 135 | 466 | 466 | 156 | 23 | 4 | 4 | .335 | .335 | .427 | .762 | 199 | |||||||||||
| Vic Buccola | 128 | 484 | 484 | 154 | 28 | 1 | 1 | .318 | .318 | .386 | .705 | 187 | |||||||||||
| Bob Moniz | 130 | 490 | 490 | 143 | 40 | 5 | 2 | .292 | .292 | .406 | .698 | 199 | |||||||||||
| John Warren | 121 | 406 | 406 | 126 | 31 | 2 | 6 | .310 | .310 | .441 | .751 | 179 | |||||||||||
| Richard Watson | 124 | 455 | 455 | 120 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .264 | .264 | .297 | .560 | 135 | |||||||||||
| Edo Vanni | 79 | 237 | 237 | 84 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .354 | .354 | .451 | .806 | 107 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Johnson | 90 | 227 | 227 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 5 | .295 | .295 | .423 | .718 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Robert McGuire | 60 | 206 | 206 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .364 | .650 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Sam Kanelos | 32 | 120 | 120 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .258 | .258 | .333 | .592 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Gordy Brunswick | 34 | 109 | 109 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .229 | .229 | .321 | .550 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Walt Clough | 34 | 72 | 72 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .264 | .292 | .556 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Dale Thomason | 42 | 74 | 74 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .297 | .541 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Donald Robertson | 49 | 81 | 81 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .173 | .333 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Jess Dobernic | 41 | 55 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .218 | .418 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Ray Tran | 10 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .304 | .304 | .435 | .739 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Ernie Hockaday | 12 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .250 | .458 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Clifford Coggin | 10 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .278 | .500 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Dale Bloom | 25 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .200 | .300 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bob Cassidy | 5 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ted Savarese | 7 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Earl Lemieux | 22 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bud Guldborg | 7 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Herman Besse | 8 | 19 | 19 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1342 | 4174 | 4174 | 0 | 1213 | 214 | 24 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .291 | .291 | .371 | .662 | 1550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jess Dobernic | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Robertson | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Dale Thomason | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Walt Clough | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Dale Bloom | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Earl Lemieux | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Clifford Coggin | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Bud Guldborg | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Savarese | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Herman Besse | P | 6 | .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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
