1954 Visalia Cubs Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 37-103
Finished 8th in the CL
Manager: Larry Flynn (0-0), Bob Hughes (0-0), Larry Powell (0-0)
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 29,689, Avg. 424

1954 Visalia Cubs Roster

The Visalia Cubs of the California League ended the 1954 season with a record of 37 wins and 103 losses, finishing eighth in the CL.

The Cubs scored 652 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 1119 runs, most in the circuit. Joseph Simons led Visalia with 25 home runs and drove in 99 runs. Nap Gulley paced hitters with significant playing time with a .316 average. Tom King topped the squad with 11 wins, while Marshall Epperson earned a 4.38 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Nap Gulley and Earl Jones both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Larry Flynn, Bob Hughes and Larry Powell 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
Tom King	11	22	.333	5.62	49	31		14	1		232.0	277	180	145	35	122		142	5	0	7
Marshall Epperson	9	8	.529	4.38	23	18		10	0		148.0	146	95	72	13	85		111	1	0	4
Bob Hughes	8	11	.421	5.13	26	21		9	1		156.0	184	126	89	12	95		104	5	0	8
Earl Jones	1	0	1.000		5						0.0
William Guyett	1	0	1.000		6						0.0
Larry Powell	1	0	1.000		9						0.0
David Cox	1	2	.333		5						0.0
Ned Iwakiri	1	5	.167	8.44	14	8		0	0		48.0	58	59	45	3	74		31	6	1	3
Alphonso Preston	1	7	.125	6.67	14	8		1	0		54.0	64	58	40	7	37		33	1	0	2
Larry Karr	1	9	.100	5.44	18	11		2	1		86.0	99	63	52	13	31		34	3	0	1
Carl Sisk	1	12	.077	9.85	24	13		1	0		95.0	140	133	104	14	83		55	10	0	6
Gene Marinacci	0	0			1						0.0
Benjamin Williams	0	0			4						0.0
Nap Gulley	0	0			1						0.0
Everette Neal	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Robert Groth	0	1	.000		6						0.0
Frank DeCarolis	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Glen Rohrbacker	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Zeb Walker	0	1	.000		6						0.0
Jim Dawson	0	1	.000		8						0.0
Ronnie Watts	0	3	.000		9						0.0
Charles Schmandt	0	3	.000	8.24	29	4		0	0		83.0	121	93	76	16	55		42	5	1	3
Ronald Berdrow	0	4	.000	4.65	18	5		1	0		60.0	86	58	31	2	39		28	7	1	2
Robert Borovicka	0	4	.000	6.00	13	3		1	0		51.0	78	43	34	10	24		23	1	0	3
Paul Myers	0	6	.000		7						0.0
Totals	36	102	.261	6.11	304	122	0	39	3	0	1013.0	1253	908	688	125	645	0	603	44	3	39	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
Joseph Simons	141	627	536	88	144	25	5	25	99	4		82	91	.269	.366	.474	.840	254		3	2	4
Nap Gulley	124	524	446	77	141	27	5	14	81	12		70	59	.316	.404	.493	.897	220		0	2	6
Paul Saiza	131	589	511	82	117	6	6	0	35	18		71	51	.229	.326	.264	.591	135		3	4	0
Don Saner	91	388	308	49	92	28	3	2	53	6		72	50	.299	.429	.429	.858	132		2	1	5
Bob Geels	108	432	373	41	87	12	0	0	23	3		54	80	.233	.333	.265	.598	99		2	2	1
Ray Kozub	92	333	286	39	69	13	3	2	24	4		43	56	.241	.340	.329	.669	94		0	4	0
Dave Casanega	45	194	170	24	52	10	1	0	20	5		18	32	.306	.377	.376	.753	64		2	3	1
Robert Cerrato	54	227	184	21	46	5	1	0	22	0		37	38	.250	.378	.288	.666	53		2	2	2
Dale Scales	61	221	207	18	44	10	1	2	25	0		13	53	.213	.259	.300	.559	62		0	1	0
Don George	29	90	80	12	20	5	0	2	11	0		10	15	.250	.333	.388	.721	31		0	0	0
Heron McDaniel	40	175	126	25	19	5	0	1	11	7		44	46	.151	.382	.214	.596	27		3	2	0
Howard Langston	35	78	72	5	18	2	1	2	13	0		4	21	.250	.308	.389	.697	28		2	0	0
Robert Borovicka	32	76	71	6	16	6	0	1	7	0		5	17	.225	.276	.352	.628	25		0	0	0
Gene Marinacci	41	130	107	6	16	4	1	1	5	1		22	52	.150	.300	.234	.534	25		1	0	0
Galen Bowman	23	52	42	8	15	3	0	1	11	0		8	4	.357	.481	.500	.981	21		2	0	0
Bob Zuber	21	70	64	6	14	2	1	0	4	2		6	4	.219	.286	.281	.567	18		0	0	0
Leodis Wesley	14	52	41	7	13	1	0	0	6	3		9	7	.317	.451	.341	.792	14		1	1	0
Bob Hughes	47	78	69	7	10	2	0	0	4	0		7	10	.145	.221	.174	.395	12		0	1	1
Bob Whitworth	14	54	50	4	9	2	1	0	3	0		4	7	.180	.241	.260	.501	13		0	0	0
Tom King	49	91	66	9	9	0	0	0	2	0		14	29	.136	.296	.136	.433	9		1	10	0
Glen Lewis	22	81	73	6	8	0	0	2	7	0		6	30	.110	.175	.192	.367	14		0	1	1
Harold Haddican	9	31	31		7									.226	.226	.226	.452	7
Ronald Odekirk	10	47	42	0	5	0	0	0	3	0		3	15	.119	.191	.119	.311	5		1	0	1
Ned Iwakiri	15	21	16	1	4	0	0	0	3	0		4	6	.250	.429	.250	.679	4		1	0	0
Charles Smith	11	30	22	2	4	1	0	0	4	1		8	11	.182	.400	.227	.627	5		0	0	0
Marshall Epperson	23	58	46	8	4	3	0	0	5	0		10	24	.087	.250	.152	.402	7		0	2	0
Norm Tanner	7	21	21		3									.143	.143	.143	.286	3
Earl Jones	5	12	12		2									.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Ronald Berdrow	18	20	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	11	.111	.158	.111	.269	2		1	1	0
Paul Myers	7	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
William Guyett	6	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
William Day	2	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
David Cox	5	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Larry Powell	9	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Alphonso Preston	16	21	14	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		7	4	.071	.381	.071	.452	1		0	0	0
Larry Karr	18	31	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	15	.040	.172	.040	.212	1		1	2	0
Charles Schmandt	29	31	29	3	1	1	0	0	2	0		2	20	.034	.097	.069	.166	2		0	0	0
Carl Sisk	24	33	29	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	17	.034	.097	.034	.131	1		0	2	0
Ronnie Watts	10	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.000	.091	.000	.091	0		0	0	0
Zeb Walker	6	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Dawson	8	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Frank DeCarolis	3	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Groth	6	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gus Goodlow	12	9	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	1		1	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	0		0	0	0
Robert Aubert	7	8	8		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1480	4981	4248	560	999	173	29	55	487	67	0	640	884	.235	.338	.328	.666	1395	0	28	43	22	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dale Scales	1B	56	453	22	15	47	.969	8.482
Don Saner	1B	40	339	9	7	20	.980	8.700
Dave Casanega	2B	36	70	52	2	19	.984	3.389
Paul Saiza	2B	31	92	68	12	18	.930	5.161
Heron McDaniel	2B	31	80	74	4	29	.975	4.968
Ray Kozub	2B	30	66	57	8	14	.939	4.100
Bob Geels	3B	60	69	155	38	18	.855	3.733
Robert Cerrato	3B	54	88	159	24	23	.911	4.574
Ray Kozub	C	55	288	36	7	2	.979	5.891	8
Glen Lewis	C	21	113	14	4	4	.969	6.048	8
Bob Zuber	C	19	98	12	2	3	.982	5.789	2
Howard Langston	C	18	72	4	4	0	.950	4.222	7
Bob Whitworth	C	13	63	8	5	1	.934	5.462	4
Joseph Simons	OF	138	330	29	13	2	.965	2.601
Nap Gulley	OF	118	211	22	12	3	.951	1.975
Don Saner	OF	52	90	4	12	0	.887	1.808
Gene Marinacci	OF	37	59	1	5	0	.923	1.622
Don George	OF	19	40	3	2	1	.956	2.263
Galen Bowman	OF	16	20	0	1	0	.952	1.250
Robert Borovicka	OF	14	14	2	3	0	.842	1.143
Tom King	P	49	9	51	4	3	.938	1.224
Charles Schmandt	P	29	1	6	1	0	.875	.241
Bob Hughes	P	26	5	25	4	2	.882	1.154
Carl Sisk	P	24	1	16	4	0	.810	.708
Marshall Epperson	P	23	2	22	1	1	.960	1.043
Larry Karr	P	18	2	15	2	1	.895	.944
Ronald Berdrow	P	18	0	7	1	1	.875	.389
Alphonso Preston	P	14	1	15	5	0	.762	1.143
Ned Iwakiri	P	14	1	11	0	0	1.000	.857
Robert Borovicka	P	13	0	5	0	0	1.000	.385
Ronnie Watts	P	9						.000
Larry Powell	P	9						.000
Jim Dawson	P	8						.000
Paul Myers	P	7						.000
Zeb Walker	P	6						.000
William Guyett	P	6						.000
Robert Groth	P	6						.000
Earl Jones	P	5						.000
David Cox	P	5						.000
Benjamin Williams	P	4						.000
Glen Rohrbacker	P	3						.000
Everette Neal	P	3						.000
Frank DeCarolis	P	3						.000
Gene Marinacci	P	1						.000
Nap Gulley	P	1						.000
Paul Saiza	SS	90	129	269	37	40	.915	4.422
Bob Geels	SS	45	54	124	26	11	.873	3.956
Totals		1297	2860	1297	265	263	.940	3.205	29	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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