1954 Seattle Rainiers

1954 > Class Open > 1954 Pacific Coast League
Overall: 77-85
Scored 637 runs, Allowed 742 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-92

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Jerry Priddy
Represented: Seattle, WA
Ballpark: Sick's Stadium (Seattle, WA)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1953 / 1955

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1	Gene Bearden*	33	50	80	78	5	17	2	0	1	9	0	1	10	.218	.225	.282	.507	22	0	0	0	1
2	Jack Bukowatz	23	97	357	329	30	79	7	0	1	24	2	25	36	.240	.295	.271	.565	89	10	1	1	1
3	Tommy Byrne*	34	86	196	176	21	52	10	2	7	39	1	14	32	.295	.347	.494	.841	87	4	2	0	4
4	Merl Combs*	34	135	470	404	45	99	16	4	4	43	2	56	34	.245	.343	.334	.677	135	11	4	6	0	Stats for 2 teams
5	Jim Davis#	29	2	7	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	.400	.571	.600	1.171	3	0	0	0	0
6	Joe Erautt	32	32	96	89	7	18	6	0	1	10	0	2	9	.202	.228	.303	.532	27	4	1	4	0
7	Bill Evans	35	36	38	35	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	8	.143	.189	.143	.332	5	1	1	1	0
8	Nanny Fernandez	35	138	527	444	61	113	24	5	12	62	3	67	58	.255	.345	.412	.758	183	10	0	6	10	Stats for 2 teams
9	Van Fletcher	29	44	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	1	0	3	0
10	Bob Hall	30	41	86	79	1	11	3	0	0	5	0	1	37	.139	.148	.177	.325	14	0	0	5	1	Stats for 2 teams
11	Pete Hernandez	24	20	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	0	0
12	Lloyd Jenney*	25	59	159	134	17	31	9	0	1	12	0	21	26	.231	.331	.321	.652	43	0	0	2	2
13	Joe Joshua	28	42	92	82	15	16	2	0	1	12	2	9	26	.195	.283	.256	.539	21	0	1	0	0
14	Vern Kindsfather	29	40	27	22	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	.182	.280	.182	.462	4	0	0	2	0
15	Tom Lovrich	24	9	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	1	0	1	0
16	Clarence Maddern	32	141	510	456	62	123	22	5	12	72	2	42	48	.270	.331	.419	.750	191	14	3	3	6
17	Don Mallott	24	82	198	175	21	39	3	1	0	11	0	20	27	.223	.303	.251	.554	44	5	1	0	2
18	Carmen Mauro*	27	35	118	96	12	26	3	1	1	7	2	17	16	.271	.391	.354	.745	34	1	2	3	0
19	Lonnie Myers	22	40	30	28	4	9	1	0	0	3	0	1	5	.321	.345	.357	.702	10	0	0	1	0
20	Steve Nagy*	35	47	51	43	5	6	0	0	1	3	0	7	10	.140	.275	.209	.484	9	1	1	0	0
21	Ray Orteig	34	119	404	354	35	90	18	2	14	65	0	36	43	.254	.318	.435	.753	154	18	1	5	8
22	Jerry Priddy	34	96	326	275	22	68	12	0	0	24	1	47	43	.247	.356	.291	.647	80	3	0	3	1
23	Herman Reich	36	62	146	131	15	34	9	0	2	19	0	13	9	.260	.324	.374	.698	49	8	0	1	1	Stats for 2 teams
24	Robert Roberts	25	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0
25	George Schmees*	29	113	395	360	59	107	21	10	15	69	9	27	49	.297	.341	.536	.877	193	7	0	2	6
26	Leo Thomas	30	151	590	505	68	129	18	1	4	64	3	73	39	.255	.346	.319	.665	161	17	0	7	5
27	Jackie Tobin*	33	143	587	528	65	131	14	1	0	26	8	47	50	.248	.314	.278	.593	147	11	4	8	0
28	Bob Wellman	28	11	22	19	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	.211	.318	.263	.581	5	1	1	0	0
29	Al Widmar	29	40	62	48	3	7	1	0	0	6	0	11	16	.146	.305	.167	.472	8	0	0	3	0
30	Artie Wilson*	33	163	711	660	92	222	24	16	0	50	20	32	28	.336	.371	.421	.793	278	13	6	11	2
31	Al Zarilla*	35	113	402	347	40	75	11	4	3	32	2	48	46	.216	.316	.297	.613	103	5	4	0	3
	31 Players	31.5	164	5977	5295	637	1356	210	47	66	583	51	540	637	.256	.326	.351	.677	1858	130	33	68	41

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Gene Bearden*	33	11	13	.458	4.05	44	29	9	2	202.0	218	106	91	12	97	82	2	0	5	1.559	9.7	0.5	4.3	3.7	0.85
2	Tommy Byrne*	34	20	10	.667	3.15	36	30	24	1	260.1	218	106	91	19	118	199	6	0	3	1.291	7.5	0.7	4.1	6.9	1.69
3	Jim Davis*	29	1	0	1.000	1.80	2	2	1	0	15.0	12	3	3	0	7	9	0	0	0	1.267	7.2	0.0	4.2	5.4	1.29
4	Bill Evans	35	5	7	.417	4.66	36	14	3	2	114.0	109	59	59	8	52	58	0	1	4	1.412	8.6	0.6	4.1	4.6	1.12
5	Van Fletcher	29	4	6	.400	2.77	44	1	0	0	78.0	79	42	24	3	17	22	2	0	1	1.231	9.1	0.3	2.0	2.5	1.29
6	Bob Hall	30	12	17	.414	3.52	39	34	13	4	242.2	221	107	95	15	101	138	6	3	7	1.327	8.2	0.6	3.7	5.1	1.37	Stats for 2 teams
7	Pete Hernandez	24	3	2	.600	6.45	19	0	0	0	22.1	27	20	16	1	15	18	0	0	0	1.881	10.9	0.4	6.0	7.3	1.20
8	Vern Kindsfather	29	4	6	.400	4.21	40	9	1	0	107.0	134	68	50	1	64	30	2	0	5	1.850	11.3	0.1	5.4	2.5	0.47
9	Tom Lovrich	24	0	1	.000	4.19	9	1	0	0	19.1	25	16	9	0	9	4	1	0	1	1.759	11.6	0.0	4.2	1.9	0.44
10	Lonnie Myers	22	4	7	.364	4.83	40	9	2	0	113.2	123	70	61	2	51	45	3	0	10	1.531	9.7	0.2	4.0	3.6	0.88
11	Steve Nagy*	35	7	11	.389	3.76	32	21	7	1	131.2	146	73	55	6	55	53	4	0	3	1.527	10.0	0.4	3.8	3.6	0.96
12	Jerry Priddy	34	1	1	.500	4.10	10	1	0	0	26.1	22	13	12	2	12	10	1	0	3	1.291	7.5	0.7	4.1	3.4	0.83
13	Robert Roberts	25	1	0	1.000	2.00	7	1	1	0	18.0	14	7	4	1	6	7	2	0	0	1.111	7.0	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.17
14	Jim Suchecki	26	0	0		15.43	3	0	0	0	2.1	8	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.857	30.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	1.00
15	Al Widmar	29	8	13	.381	4.75	40	28	8	3	178.0	215	105	94	15	60	63	6	1	1	1.545	10.9	0.8	3.0	3.2	1.05
	15 Players	30.4	77	85	.475		164	164					742

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	CS
Ray Orteig	106	467	50	10	13	.981	4.88	5	18
Lloyd Jenney	43	176	21	6	5	.970	4.58	5	9
Joe Erautt	29	106	12	4	8	.967	4.07	1	2
Jackie Tobin	1	0	0	0	0		0.00	0	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Artie Wilson	72	595	34	5	57	.992	8.74
Herman Reich	41	236	21	6	18	.977	6.27	Stats for 2 teams
George Schmees	26	217	12	3	20	.987	8.81
Jerry Priddy	25	260	12	4	20	.986	10.88
Clarence Maddern	18	108	14	1	23	.992	6.78
Tommy Byrne	13	86	7	3	5	.969	7.15
Don Mallott	2	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jack Bukowatz	75	169	201	13	40	.966	4.93
Jerry Priddy	51	110	91	7	25	.966	3.94
Artie Wilson	49	129	130	6	39	.977	5.29
Merl Combs	8	12	12	1	3	.960	3.00	Stats for 2 teams
Don Mallott	1	3	1	1	0	.800	4.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Leo Thomas	149	140	322	13	39	.973	3.10
Nanny Fernandez	90	95	222	19	21	.943	3.52	Stats for 2 teams
Don Mallott	5	1	3	0	1	1.000	0.80
Jackie Tobin	5	4	6	0	1	1.000	2.00
Artie Wilson	5	4	11	1	1	.938	3.00
Jerry Priddy	2	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.00
Joe Joshua	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Merl Combs	74	141	233	26	47	.935	5.05	Stats for 2 teams
Don Mallott	60	111	156	22	33	.924	4.45
Artie Wilson	45	79	102	9	13	.953	4.02
Jack Bukowatz	21	35	42	3	6	.963	3.67
Joe Joshua	13	16	27	4	5	.915	3.31
Jerry Priddy	6	10	18	0	2	1.000	4.67
Leo Thomas	1	2	4	0	1	1.000	6.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jackie Tobin	134	323	10	6	2	.982	2.49
Clarence Maddern	118	186	13	8	7	.961	1.69
Al Zarilla	98	192	7	2	1	.990	2.03
George Schmees	83	140	11	3	2	.981	1.82
Nanny Fernandez	38	69	2	2	1	.973	1.87	Stats for 2 teams
Carmen Mauro	32	86	4	1	1	.989	2.81
Joe Joshua	17	27	0	2	0	.931	1.59
Herman Reich	12	15	1	1	1	.941	1.33	Stats for 2 teams
Bob Wellman	9	12	0	1	0	.923	1.33
Lloyd Jenney	7	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.71
Tommy Byrne	5	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gene Bearden	44	10	33	8	3	.843	0.98
Van Fletcher	44	5	20	3	5	.893	0.57
Vern Kindsfather	40	3	27	1	2	.968	0.75
Lonnie Myers	40	2	17	0	1	1.000	0.48
Al Widmar	40	21	38	2	1	.967	1.48
Bob Hall	39	13	38	3	1	.944	1.31	Stats for 2 teams
Tommy Byrne	36	6	42	0	5	1.000	1.33
Bill Evans	36	3	14	0	2	1.000	0.47
Steve Nagy	32	6	25	0	1	1.000	0.97
Pete Hernandez	19	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.05
Jerry Priddy	10	1	12	0	0	1.000	1.30
Tom Lovrich	9	2	4	0	1	1.000	0.67
Robert Roberts	7	1	8	1	0	.900	1.29
Jim Suchecki	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.00
Jim Davis	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.50

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Gene Bearden	33	L	L	6' 3.0"	198	Sep 5, 1920	Lexa, AR, US
Jack Bukowatz	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	155	Nov 4, 1930	Butte, MT, US
Tommy Byrne	34	L	L	6' 1.0"	182	Dec 31, 1919	Baltimore, MD, US
Merl Combs	34	L	R	6' 0.0"	172	Dec 11, 1919	Los Angeles, CA, US
Jim Davis	29	S	L	6' 0.0"	180	Sep 15, 1924	Red Bluff, CA, US
Joe Erautt	32	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Sep 1, 1921	Vibank, SK, CA
Bill Evans	35	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Mar 25, 1919	Quanah, TX, US
Nanny Fernandez	35	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Oct 25, 1918	Wilmington, CA, US
Van Fletcher	29	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Aug 6, 1924	East Bend, NC, US
Bob Hall	30	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Dec 22, 1923	Swissvale, PA, US
Pete Hernandez	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 18, 1929	Hayward, CA, US
Lloyd Jenney	25	L		6' 0.0"	185	Feb 17, 1929	Astoria, NY, US
Joe Joshua	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	202	Jun 10, 1926	San Antonio, TX, US
Vern Kindsfather	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	176	Dec 12, 1924	Portland, OR, US
Tom Lovrich	24	R	R	6' 5.0"	175	Mar 17, 1930	Los Angeles, CA, US
Clarence Maddern	32	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Sep 26, 1921	Lowell, AZ, US
Don Mallott	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	160	Nov 29, 1929	Los Angeles, CA, US
Carmen Mauro	27	L	R	6' 0.0"	167	Nov 10, 1926	St. Paul, MN, US
Lonnie Myers	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Oct 11, 1931	Everett, WA, US
Steve Nagy	35	L	L	5' 9.0"	174	May 28, 1919	Franklin, NJ, US
Ray Orteig	34	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Dec 20, 1919	Orchards, WA, US
Jack Popovich	25	R		5' 11.0"	175	Oct 28, 1928	Kewanee, IL, US
Jerry Priddy	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Nov 9, 1919	Los Angeles, CA, US
Herman Reich	36	R	L	6' 2.0"	200	Nov 23, 1917	Bell, CA, US
Robert Roberts	25	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Sep 30, 1928	Spokane, WA, US
George Schmees	29	L	L	6' 0.0"	190	Sep 6, 1924	Cincinnati, OH, US
Jim Suchecki	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Aug 25, 1927	Chicago, IL, US
Leo Thomas	30	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	Jul 26, 1923	Turlock, CA, US
Jackie Tobin	33	L	R	6' 0.0"	165	Jan 8, 1921	Oakland, CA, US
Bob Wellman	28	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Jul 15, 1925	Norwood, OH, US
Al Widmar	29	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Mar 20, 1925	Cleveland, OH, US
Artie Wilson	33	L	R	5' 10.0"	162	Oct 28, 1920	Jefferson County, AL, US
Al Zarilla	35	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	May 1, 1919	Los Angeles, CA, US

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