1954 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics
Team Record: 97-57
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Luke Sewell (97-57)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ballpark: Maple Leaf Stadium
Attendance: 408,876, Avg. 5,310
Playoffs - Syracuse Chiefs 4 games, Toronto Maple Leafs 2
The Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League ended the 1954 season with a record of 97 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the IL.
The Maple Leafs paced the league with 802 runs, powered by 140 home runs. Toronto allowed 641 runs. Ed Stevens led the squad with 27 home runs, while Elston Howard, Loren Babe and Sam Jethroe each walloped 15 or more, too. Ed Stevens drove in 113 runs. Elston Howard topped all regular batters by connecting at a .330 clip. Connie Johnson paced the team with 17 wins, and Ed Blake as well added 15 or more victories as well Rudy Minarcin recorded a 3.6 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Ed Blake, Héctor Rodríguez, Al Grunwald, Bill Powell, Sam Jethroe, Ray Shore, Jack Crimian, Vic Lombardi, Ed Stevens, Fred Hahn, Hal Keller, Elston Howard, Rudy Minarcin, Bobby Balcena, Lou Sleater, Buddy Kerr, Billy DeMars, Chuck Kress, Harry Schaeffer, Bob Wiesler, Bobby Hogue, Archie Wilson, Loren Babe, Bobo Holloman, Jerry Fahr, Mike Goliat, Connie Johnson and Frank Barnes were all players from the 1954 Toronto Maple Leafs who played in the Majors during their careers.
Luke Sewell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connie Johnson | 17 | 8 | .680 | 3.72 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 201.0 | 187 | 91 | 83 | 15 | 86 | 145 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ed Blake | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.92 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 209.0 | 237 | 105 | 91 | 23 | 73 | 86 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Rudy Minarcin | 11 | 2 | .846 | 3.60 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 145.0 | 146 | 70 | 58 | 11 | 65 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Vic Lombardi | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.29 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 107.0 | 117 | 59 | 51 | 7 | 37 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jack Crimian | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.34 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104.0 | 92 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 32 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Frank Barnes | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.22 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 147.0 | 132 | 80 | 69 | 17 | 102 | 118 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ray Shore | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.59 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 65 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 32 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Fred Hahn | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.36 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 75 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 24 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Bob Landeck | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.57 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 63 | 33 | 25 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Harry Schaeffer | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Wiesler | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Fahr | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Hogue | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Powell | 25 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lou Sleater | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alois Zilian | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bobo Holloman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 90 | 52 | .634 | 3.63 | 353 | 128 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 1116.0 | 1114 | 524 | 450 | 91 | 473 | 0 | 661 | 29 | 4 | 31 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Jethroe | 154 | 678 | 593 | 113 | 181 | 36 | 8 | 21 | 84 | 23 | 70 | 98 | .305 | .383 | .499 | .883 | 296 | 7 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Loren Babe | 151 | 667 | 582 | 99 | 168 | 27 | 4 | 19 | 73 | 5 | 78 | 43 | .289 | .371 | .447 | .818 | 260 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Elston Howard | 138 | 552 | 497 | 78 | 164 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 109 | 2 | 36 | 44 | .330 | .380 | .569 | .949 | 283 | 9 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Héctor Rodríguez | 147 | 650 | 535 | 105 | 164 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 8 | 92 | 38 | .307 | .409 | .381 | .791 | 204 | 4 | 15 | 4 | |||
| Ed Stevens | 155 | 651 | 552 | 99 | 161 | 24 | 6 | 27 | 113 | 4 | 85 | 73 | .292 | .383 | .504 | .886 | 278 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Lew Morton | 114 | 447 | 380 | 69 | 110 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 75 | 5 | 62 | 20 | .289 | .388 | .439 | .827 | 167 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Mike Goliat | 137 | 493 | 407 | 66 | 101 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 61 | 2 | 72 | 62 | .248 | .370 | .393 | .763 | 160 | 7 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Archie Wilson | 116 | 371 | 344 | 48 | 97 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 63 | 4 | 20 | 42 | .282 | .317 | .471 | .788 | 162 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Bobby Wilson | 65 | 244 | 216 | 25 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 23 | 29 | .306 | .368 | .407 | .775 | 88 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Donald Griffin | 76 | 244 | 222 | 21 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 13 | 16 | .266 | .301 | .324 | .626 | 72 | 0 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Billy DeMars | 40 | 145 | 134 | 17 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 6 | .299 | .336 | .396 | .731 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Chuck Kress | 53 | 185 | 146 | 25 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 36 | 21 | .253 | .401 | .452 | .853 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Ed Blake | 41 | 95 | 79 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .241 | .311 | .329 | .640 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Connie Johnson | 43 | 82 | 76 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .224 | .244 | .263 | .507 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Vic Lombardi | 31 | 50 | 41 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .268 | .318 | .317 | .635 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Rudy Minarcin | 26 | 61 | 51 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .216 | .333 | .255 | .588 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Frank Barnes | 31 | 58 | 45 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .200 | .302 | .200 | .502 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Jack Crimian | 56 | 33 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .185 | .214 | .296 | .511 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Alois Zilian | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Buddy Kerr | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Wiesler | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Hahn | 21 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Fahr | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Shore | 45 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Bob Landeck | 23 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Harry Schaeffer | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Grunwald | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bobo Holloman | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lou Sleater | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1705 | 5798 | 5009 | 805 | 1432 | 224 | 57 | 140 | 747 | 61 | 0 | 626 | 582 | .286 | .366 | .437 | .803 | 2190 | 0 | 34 | 82 | 47 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Stevens | 1B | 154 | 1269 | 107 | 18 | 136 | .987 | 8.935 | ||||
| Mike Goliat | 2B | 82 | 178 | 213 | 10 | 50 | .975 | 4.768 | ||||
| Bobby Wilson | 2B | 62 | 128 | 166 | 5 | 43 | .983 | 4.742 | ||||
| Loren Babe | 2B | 17 | 31 | 46 | 5 | 5 | .939 | 4.529 | ||||
| Loren Babe | 3B | 134 | 112 | 270 | 28 | 37 | .932 | 2.851 | ||||
| Héctor Rodríguez | 3B | 21 | 15 | 50 | 3 | 2 | .956 | 3.095 | ||||
| Elston Howard | C | 97 | 528 | 40 | 7 | 7 | .988 | 5.856 | 11 | |||
| Donald Griffin | C | 63 | 312 | 48 | 5 | 6 | .986 | 5.714 | 7 | |||
| Sam Jethroe | OF | 154 | 415 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .973 | 2.773 | ||||
| Lew Morton | OF | 110 | 184 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .975 | 1.745 | ||||
| Archie Wilson | OF | 99 | 166 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .983 | 1.758 | ||||
| Mike Goliat | OF | 49 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Chuck Kress | OF | 45 | 75 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .962 | 1.689 | ||||
| Elston Howard | OF | 38 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.632 | ||||
| Jack Crimian | P | 56 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .955 | .375 | ||||
| Ray Shore | P | 45 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .200 | ||||
| Connie Johnson | P | 34 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .953 | 1.206 | ||||
| Ed Blake | P | 33 | 9 | 42 | 4 | 5 | .927 | 1.545 | ||||
| Frank Barnes | P | 30 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 2 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Vic Lombardi | P | 27 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Rudy Minarcin | P | 26 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.423 | ||||
| Bill Powell | P | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Landeck | P | 23 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .826 | ||||
| Fred Hahn | P | 21 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.048 | ||||
| Harry Schaeffer | P | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Bob Wiesler | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobo Holloman | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alois Zilian | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lou Sleater | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Fahr | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Hogue | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Héctor Rodríguez | SS | 127 | 224 | 318 | 24 | 76 | .958 | 4.268 | ||||
| Billy DeMars | SS | 28 | 62 | 84 | 7 | 20 | .954 | 5.214 | ||||
| Totals | 1633 | 3900 | 1569 | 152 | 401 | .973 | 3.349 | 18 | 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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