1954 West Palm Beach Indians Statistics
Team Record: 47-51
Finished 3rd in the FIL
Manager: Gil Torres (47-51)
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Connie Mack Field
Attendance: 23,247, Avg. 474
The West Palm Beach Indians of the Florida International League ended the 1954 season with a record of 47 wins and 51 losses, finishing third in the FIL.
The Indians tallied 449 runs and allowed 440 runs. Mack Meeks paced West Palm Beach with 13 home runs and drove in 61 runs. Ralph Prince led hitters with significant playing time with a .282 average. Rene Solis topped the squad with 11 wins, while Enrique Collantes earned a 2.77 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1954 West Palm Beach Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Whitey Platt, Les Witherspoon and Gil Torres.
Gil Torres 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rene Solis | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.27 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 179.0 | 164 | 82 | 65 | 9 | 64 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Enrique Collantes | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.77 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 146.0 | 132 | 64 | 45 | 4 | 83 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Pete Lussier | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.22 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 98.0 | 96 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 44 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jesus Ayon | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.57 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 116.0 | 113 | 68 | 46 | 7 | 63 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Rafael Lopez | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.27 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 116.0 | 123 | 75 | 55 | 3 | 79 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Thomas Venn | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.48 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 69.0 | 62 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 35 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Gil Torres | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.44 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 52 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Carmelo Maldonado | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jorge Lopez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John McCulloch | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eusebio Perez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Armando Suarez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jose Aguiar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Sulkowski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rudolph Gonzales | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 47 | 51 | .480 | 3.36 | 180 | 89 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 783.0 | 742 | 389 | 292 | 35 | 378 | 0 | 376 | 27 | 2 | 16 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mack Meeks | 99 | 442 | 368 | 62 | 103 | 25 | 3 | 13 | 61 | 6 | 67 | 33 | .280 | .394 | .470 | .864 | 173 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Ralph Prince | 99 | 420 | 355 | 46 | 100 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 51 | 16 | .282 | .373 | .315 | .689 | 112 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Severino Mendez | 94 | 436 | 387 | 64 | 92 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 41 | 85 | .238 | .314 | .344 | .658 | 133 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Gene Stewart | 81 | 353 | 294 | 42 | 80 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 46 | 22 | .272 | .380 | .418 | .798 | 123 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Orlando Gonzalez | 81 | 297 | 258 | 28 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 26 | 55 | .252 | .328 | .302 | .630 | 78 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| Tony Pacheco | 55 | 235 | 194 | 35 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 38 | 18 | .253 | .378 | .335 | .713 | 65 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Whitey Platt | 28 | 125 | 109 | 15 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 8 | .312 | .380 | .505 | .885 | 55 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Armando Suarez | 47 | 161 | 138 | 20 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 18 | .246 | .350 | .312 | .662 | 43 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Rene Solis | 47 | 135 | 125 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 16 | .256 | .301 | .392 | .693 | 49 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Gil Torres | 35 | 75 | 63 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .381 | .451 | .444 | .895 | 28 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Thomas Venn | 38 | 131 | 107 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 26 | .206 | .341 | .290 | .631 | 31 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| James Durkin | 17 | 56 | 49 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .327 | .411 | .367 | .778 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jesus Ayon | 26 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .217 | .250 | .261 | .511 | 12 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Enrique Collantes | 25 | 60 | 48 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | .146 | .268 | .167 | .435 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bill Conroy | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | .294 | .294 | .294 | .588 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Rafael Lopez | 36 | 40 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .083 | .132 | .083 | .215 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Carmelo Maldonado | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Pete Lussier | 18 | 37 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .074 | .194 | .074 | .268 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Les Witherspoon | 11 | 44 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .053 | .182 | .132 | .313 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jose Aguiar | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Celiberti | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Leeson Hogarth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rudolph Gonzales | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Sulkowski | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie Balciulis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 867 | 3143 | 2685 | 377 | 684 | 103 | 23 | 38 | 311 | 44 | 0 | 365 | 364 | .255 | .348 | .353 | .701 | 947 | 0 | 19 | 74 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Stewart | 1B | 81 | 683 | 37 | 7 | 64 | .990 | 8.889 | ||||
| Les Witherspoon | 1B | 10 | 68 | 3 | 4 | 5 | .947 | 7.100 | ||||
| Tony Pacheco | 2B | 48 | 148 | 107 | 3 | 30 | .988 | 5.312 | ||||
| Orlando Gonzalez | 3B | 66 | 80 | 130 | 15 | 16 | .933 | 3.182 | ||||
| Armando Suarez | C | 41 | 178 | 17 | 6 | 5 | .970 | 4.756 | 4 | |||
| Thomas Venn | C | 24 | 107 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .968 | 5.042 | 1 | |||
| James Durkin | C | 16 | 69 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.188 | 2 | |||
| Mack Meeks | OF | 99 | 164 | 12 | 9 | 3 | .951 | 1.778 | ||||
| Severino Mendez | OF | 93 | 281 | 10 | 7 | 3 | .977 | 3.129 | ||||
| Whitey Platt | OF | 28 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.786 | ||||
| Rafael Lopez | P | 36 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .912 | .861 | ||||
| Rene Solis | P | 24 | 13 | 30 | 3 | 0 | .935 | 1.792 | ||||
| Enrique Collantes | P | 24 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 3 | .963 | 1.083 | ||||
| Jesus Ayon | P | 24 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .972 | 1.458 | ||||
| Gil Torres | P | 20 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .850 | ||||
| Pete Lussier | P | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Venn | P | 11 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.182 | ||||
| Rudolph Gonzales | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carmelo Maldonado | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| John McCulloch | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Aguiar | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Sulkowski | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Armando Suarez | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eusebio Perez | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jorge Lopez | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ralph Prince | SS | 99 | 172 | 320 | 29 | 51 | .944 | 4.970 | ||||
| Totals | 785 | 2036 | 811 | 95 | 187 | .968 | 3.627 | 7 | 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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