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1954 San Francisco Seals

1954 > Class Open > 1954 Pacific Coast League
Overall: 84-84
Scored 688 runs, Allowed 637 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-78

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Tommy Heath
Represented: San Francisco, CA
Ballpark: Seals Stadium (San Francisco, CA)
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 CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 John Albini 25 7 23 22 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .182 .217 .227 .445 5 1 0 0 0
2 Mike Baxes 23 137 510 452 50 112 18 5 2 54 9 42 55 .248 .315 .323 .638 146 10 3 12 1
3 Ted Beard* 33 160 677 563 104 169 35 5 11 62 30 99 97 .300 .404 .439 .843 247 4 2 9 4 Stats for 2 teams
4 Bill Bradford 32 36 27 26 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 .115 .115 .115 .231 3 0 0 1 0
5 Gordy Brunswick 29 39 111 91 20 22 4 0 6 16 1 19 31 .242 .378 .484 .862 44 2 1 0 0
6 Ed Chandler 37 33 67 61 5 9 0 0 0 4 0 2 7 .148 .175 .148 .322 9 1 0 4 0 Stats for 2 teams
7 Oliver Cheso 24 118 452 395 55 99 19 2 4 41 6 47 37 .251 .328 .339 .667 134 9 0 7 3
8 Bob DiPietro 26 109 400 331 54 89 22 3 7 49 2 59 48 .269 .379 .417 .795 138 5 0 9 1
9 Mervyn Donahue 22 30 104 93 5 22 5 0 0 15 1 6 20 .237 .272 .290 .562 27 1 0 1 4
10 Marshall Epperson# 29 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
11 Al Grunwald* 24 9 32 29 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 6 .138 .188 .207 .394 6 3 0 0 1
12 Frank Hiller 33 28 64 56 7 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 8 .196 .211 .196 .407 11 2 0 7 0
13 Ken Holcombe 35 35 73 63 6 11 3 0 0 6 0 6 21 .175 .246 .222 .469 14 0 0 4 0
14 Bob Hughes* 26 8 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 0 0 0 0
15 Frank Kalin 36 8 15 14 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 .286 .333 .286 .619 4 1 0 0 0
16 Al Lien# 39 24 18 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 0 0 0 0
17 Al Lyons 35 108 310 268 36 70 14 0 10 42 3 37 40 .261 .355 .425 .780 114 10 2 3 0 Stats for 2 teams
18 Audie Malone# 31 3 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 0 0
19 Dale McCawley 30 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
20 Mike McCormick 37 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0
21 Dave Melton 25 82 350 329 41 99 21 4 9 54 5 10 33 .301 .322 .471 .793 155 5 1 8 2
22 Jimmy Moran 30 159 702 633 68 184 33 0 0 34 5 46 27 .291 .341 .343 .684 217 9 3 19 1
23 Bob Muncrief 38 46 27 23 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 .130 .200 .174 .374 4 0 0 2 0
24 Elias Osorio* 23 12 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 2 0 0 0 0
25 Tommy Perez 26 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 0 0 0
26 Tony Ponce# 32 49 87 80 5 12 1 0 0 5 0 4 13 .150 .190 .163 .353 13 3 0 3 0
27 Charles Righetti 29 139 525 455 48 116 17 4 2 34 6 40 44 .255 .321 .323 .644 147 11 5 24 1
28 Neill Sheridan 32 22 61 59 5 9 2 2 0 3 0 1 14 .153 .164 .254 .418 15 2 0 0 1 Stats for 2 teams
29 Elmer Singleton 36 36 85 75 9 13 0 0 0 7 1 4 19 .173 .215 .173 .389 13 0 0 6 0
30 Chuck Stevens# 35 78 152 132 15 32 5 2 2 23 2 18 14 .242 .338 .356 .694 47 3 1 1 0 Stats for 2 teams
31 Sal Taormina* 32 116 403 342 54 93 15 1 5 56 1 49 36 .272 .368 .365 .733 125 6 5 3 4
32 Will Tiesiera 26 84 200 185 13 48 7 0 1 18 0 12 19 .259 .312 .314 .625 58 6 2 1 0
33 Anthony Tornay 24 101 292 264 24 68 17 0 1 30 0 18 18 .258 .303 .333 .636 88 11 0 8 2
34 Sam Vico* 30 57 171 146 18 33 6 0 6 24 0 19 17 .226 .319 .390 .710 57 5 1 5 0 Stats for 3 teams
35 Jim Westlake* 23 142 548 459 63 131 17 5 5 70 4 65 62 .285 .373 .377 .750 173 7 3 15 6
36 Robert Willis# 18 9 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 0 0 0 0
37 Adrian Zabala* 37 59 26 20 4 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 .200 .273 .200 .473 4 0 0 4 0
38 Jerry Zuvela* 25 44 108 96 7 24 4 1 1 12 1 10 19 .250 .318 .344 .662 33 3 0 1 1
38 Players 28.6 168 6328 5521 688 1428 257 33 63 628 71 589 717 .259 .332 .351 .683 1940 109 29 157 32
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 GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Bill Bradford 32 6 2 .750 3.39 33 8 3 0 103.2 98 52 39 8 36 55 3 0 0 1.293 8.5 0.7 3.1 4.8 1.53
2 Ed Chandler 37 12 11 .522 3.32 33 23 8 1 179.0 179 70 66 11 56 50 3 2 2 1.313 9.0 0.6 2.8 2.5 0.89 Stats for 2 teams
3 Marshall Epperson* 29 0 0 4.91 8 1 0 0 14.2 11 10 8 1 12 2 1 0 3 1.568 6.8 0.6 7.4 1.2 0.17
4 Frank Hiller 33 11 8 .579 2.92 28 25 6 0 166.1 163 68 54 12 33 58 2 1 5 1.178 8.8 0.6 1.8 3.1 1.76
5 Ken Holcombe 35 10 10 .500 3.07 34 30 8 3 205.0 191 73 70 8 85 75 4 1 4 1.346 8.4 0.4 3.7 3.3 0.88
6 Bob Hughes* 26 2 3 .400 2.63 8 5 1 0 37.2 32 12 11 2 13 25 2 0 1 1.195 7.6 0.5 3.1 6.0 1.92
7 Al Lien* 39 2 4 .333 4.64 24 9 0 0 73.2 87 39 38 5 24 30 3 0 1 1.507 10.6 0.6 2.9 3.7 1.25
8 Al Lyons 35 8 2 .800 2.30 21 2 1 0 43.0 36 18 11 5 13 30 2 1 1 1.140 7.5 1.0 2.7 6.3 2.31 Stats for 2 teams
9 Audie Malone 31 0 1 .000 7.94 3 1 0 0 11.1 20 12 10 0 11 0 0 0 1 2.735 15.9 0.0 8.7 0.0 0.00
10 Bob Muncrief 38 3 7 .300 2.95 46 2 0 0 106.2 97 54 35 10 36 59 1 0 2 1.247 8.2 0.8 3.0 5.0 1.64
11 Tony Ponce 32 14 16 .467 3.41 49 32 13 1 237.1 256 104 90 9 61 69 3 0 10 1.336 9.7 0.3 2.3 2.6 1.13
12 Ted Shandor 25 0 1 .000 7.94 4 0 0 0 5.2 10 7 5 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.941 15.9 1.6 1.6 6.4 4.00
13 Elmer Singleton 36 13 13 .500 3.00 30 30 13 4 213.1 201 75 71 18 65 102 6 0 2 1.247 8.5 0.8 2.7 4.3 1.57
14 Adrian Zabala* 37 11 8 .579 3.22 59 1 0 0 111.2 108 61 40 2 43 43 0 0 3 1.352 8.7 0.2 3.5 3.5 1.00
14 Players 34.8 84 84 .500 168 168 637

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Anthony Tornay 100 311 58 4 6 .989 3.69 7 28
Will Tiesiera 80 224 38 4 6 .985 3.28 4 20
Mervyn Donahue 29 116 12 2 2 .985 4.41 2 6
John Albini 7 15 6 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 3

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jim Westlake 131 1152 111 10 139 .992 9.64
Sam Vico 38 325 27 7 29 .981 9.26 Stats for 3 teams
Chuck Stevens 35 217 12 2 23 .991 6.54 Stats for 2 teams
Al Grunwald 8 80 5 3 9 .966 10.63

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jimmy Moran 154 425 469 16 138 .982 5.81
Oliver Cheso 13 19 37 1 7 .982 4.31
Bob DiPietro 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00
Tommy Perez 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Oliver Cheso 96 76 184 14 20 .949 2.71
Mike Baxes 76 76 180 15 22 .945 3.37
Charles Righetti 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.33

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Charles Righetti 129 246 418 28 96 .960 5.15
Mike Baxes 44 82 117 21 21 .905 4.52
Oliver Cheso 1 1 6 0 1 1.000 7.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ted Beard 154 447 19 6 2 .987 3.03 Stats for 2 teams
Bob DiPietro 95 201 9 4 2 .981 2.21
Sal Taormina 94 183 8 3 1 .985 2.03
Dave Melton 82 178 11 5 2 .974 2.30
Al Lyons 53 161 11 4 0 .977 3.25 Stats for 2 teams
Gordy Brunswick 26 41 2 1 0 .977 1.65
Jerry Zuvela 21 42 3 2 1 .957 2.14
Neill Sheridan 18 30 0 3 0 .909 1.67 Stats for 2 teams
Mike Baxes 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
Sam Vico 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Stats for 3 teams
Frank Kalin 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Mike McCormick 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Elias Osorio 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Robert Willis 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Adrian Zabala 59 5 26 1 3 .969 0.53
Tony Ponce 49 18 39 4 4 .934 1.16
Bob Muncrief 46 2 18 1 0 .952 0.43
Ken Holcombe 34 11 32 3 1 .935 1.26
Bill Bradford 33 4 16 1 0 .952 0.61
Ed Chandler 33 14 33 0 0 1.000 1.42 Stats for 2 teams
Elmer Singleton 30 21 45 1 3 .985 2.20
Frank Hiller 28 9 28 2 2 .949 1.32
Al Lien 24 4 10 0 1 1.000 0.58
Al Lyons 21 2 7 0 1 1.000 0.43 Stats for 2 teams
Marshall Epperson 8 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.25
Bob Hughes 8 2 3 1 1 .833 0.63
Ted Shandor 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50
Audie Malone 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
John Albini 25 R R 6' 2.0" 190 May 30, 1929 Los Angeles, CA, US
Mike Baxes 23 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Dec 18, 1930 San Francisco, CA, US
Ted Beard 33 L L 5' 8.0" 165 Jan 7, 1921 Woodsboro, MD, US
Bill Bradford 32 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Aug 28, 1921 Choctaw, AR, US
Gordy Brunswick 29 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Jan 12, 1925 Tacoma, WA, US
Ed Chandler 37 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Feb 17, 1917 Pinson, AL, US
Oliver Cheso 24 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Aug 2, 1929 San Francisco, CA, US
Bob DiPietro 26 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Sep 1, 1927 San Francisco, CA, US
Mervyn Donahue 22 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Jun 17, 1932 San Francisco, CA, US
Marshall Epperson 29 S L 6' 1.0" 205 Nov 28, 1924 Tecumseh, OK, US
Al Grunwald 24 L L 6' 4.0" 210 Feb 13, 1930 Los Angeles, CA, US
Frank Hiller 33 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Jul 13, 1920 Irvington, NJ, US
Ken Holcombe 35 R R 5' 11.0" 169 Aug 23, 1918 Burnsville, NC, US
Bob Hughes 26 L L 6' 0.0" 178 Jun 3, 1928 Alahambra, CA, US
Frank Kalin 36 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Oct 3, 1917 Steubenville, OH, US
Al Lien 39 S L 6' 2.0" 180 Feb 2, 1915 Canby, OR, US
Al Lyons 35 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Jul 18, 1918 St. Joseph, MO, US
Audie Malone 31 S R 5' 11.0" 165 Mar 16, 1923 Union County, MS, US
Dale McCawley 30 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Aug 12, 1923 Omaha, NE, US
Mike McCormick 37 R R 6' 0.0" 195 May 6, 1917 Angel's Camp, CA, US
Dave Melton 25 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Oct 3, 1928 Pampa, TX, US
Jimmy Moran 30 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Apr 19, 1924 Oakland, CA, US
Bob Muncrief 38 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Jan 28, 1916 Madill, OK, US
Elias Osorio 23 L 6' 0.0" 185 Jul 27, 1930 Rio Chitre, PA
Tommy Perez 26 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Apr 25, 1928 New Monterey, CA, US
Tony Ponce 32 S R 6' 1.0" 205 Aug 12, 1921 Rivera, CA, US
Charles Righetti 29 R 6' 1.0" 165 Mar 4, 1925 San Francisco, CA, US
Ted Shandor 25 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Jul 4, 1928 Cairnbrook, PA, US
Neill Sheridan 32 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Nov 20, 1921 Sacramento, CA, US
Elmer Singleton 36 R R 6' 2.0" 174 Jun 26, 1918 Ogden, UT, US
Chuck Stevens 35 S L 6' 1.0" 180 Jul 10, 1918 Van Houten, NM, US
Sal Taormina 32 L R 5' 11.0" 180 Jun 8, 1922 San Jose, CA, US
Will Tiesiera 26 R 5' 11.0" 185 Jul 21, 1927 Oakland, CA, US
Anthony Tornay 24 R R 6' 0.0" 205 Oct 3, 1929 San Francisco, CA, US
Sam Vico 30 L R 6' 4.0" 200 Aug 9, 1923 San Fernando, CA, US
Jim Westlake 23 L L 6' 1.0" 190 Jul 3, 1930 Sacramento, CA, US
Robert Willis 18 S L 5' 10.0" 170 Oct 5, 1935 Sacramento, CA, US
Adrian Zabala 37 L L 5' 11.0" 165 Aug 26, 1916 San Antonio de los Banos, CU
Jerry Zuvela 25 L L 6' 0.0" 185 Sep 21, 1928 San Pedro, CA, US

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