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1954 Beaumont Exporters

1954 > Class AA > 1954 Texas League
Overall: 77-84
Scored 755 runs, Allowed 819 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-86

Affiliation: Chicago Cubs-NL
Manager: Les Fleming and Mickey Livingston
Represented: Beaumont, TX
Ballpark: n/a
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
1	Howard Anderson	28	43	67	60	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	15	.083	.141	.083	.224	5		0	3	0	Stats for 2 teams
2	Jim Brosnan	24	16	33	28	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	8	.250	.323	.250	.573	7		1	2	0
3	Mike Clark	32	34	83	74	4	13	2	0	0	7	0	0	2	15	.176	.195	.203	.398	15		0	6	1	Stats for 2 teams
4	Buzz Clarkson	39	157	656	543	109	176	21	2	42	135	7	2	104	48	.324	.440	.602	1.042	327		8	1	0	Stats for 2 teams
5	Dave Cunningham	24	51	175	150	23	31	4	0	7	23	1	1	21	39	.207	.308	.373	.681	56		1	3	0
6	Ronald Curnan	28	35	86	72	9	15	2	0	0	1	0	0	13	9	.208	.337	.236	.573	17		1	0	0
7	Herbert Dorsey?	--	4		2		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
8	George Eyrich	29	18	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.143	.250	.143	.393	1		0	0	0
9	Jim Fanning	26	93	352	322	85	98	16	2	7	48	1	3	20	30	.304	.345	.432	.777	139		1	7	2
10	Vern Fear#	29	6		9		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
11	Jim Fiscalini	26	120	407	369	20	80	11	0	2	34	0	0	26	43	.217	.268	.263	.531	97		1	8	3	Stats for 2 teams
12	Les Fleming*	38	158	651	523	97	187	36	4	21	103	0	2	115	49	.358	.474	.562	1.037	294		4	6	3	Stats for 2 teams
13	Ford Garrison	38	106	235	215	23	56	5	0	7	26	2	1	16	21	.260	.312	.381	.693	82		0	4	0
14	Gary Gearhart	30	4		10		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
15	Ev Hall	26	146	645	587	78	175	24	4	5	62	7	7	42	45	.298	.345	.378	.723	222		2	10	4
16	Carlton Hanta	23	39	137	117	15	24	1	3	1	6	1	0	18	21	.205	.311	.291	.602	34		0	2	0
17	Dave Hillman	26	47	93	77	10	10	2	1	0	10	0	0	7	33	.130	.212	.182	.394	14		1	8	0
18	Bill Hockenbury	29	2		2		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0					Stats for 2 teams
19	Paul Hoffmeister	25	47	39	34	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	.088	.205	.088	.293	3		0	0	0
20	Jackson Hollis	26	149	621	530	67	132	27	2	10	58	4	6	68	58	.249	.335	.364	.699	193		4	12	7
21	Michael Jezierski	23	4		3		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
22	Milt Joffe	27	33	95	82	12	12	2	1	0	4	1	0	13	26	.146	.263	.195	.458	16		0	0	0
23	Eddie Kazak	33	153	648	558	102	192	44	2	19	104	2	4	67	49	.344	.412	.532	.944	297		4	9	10
24	Vern Kennedy*	47	18	8	8	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	4		0	0	0
25	Chris Kitsos#	26	47	196	149	21	32	6	2	0	20	2	5	41	34	.215	.392	.282	.674	42		3	2	1
26	Edward Knoblauch*	36	146	685	583	82	178	27	4	0	43	3	7	84	44	.305	.390	.365	.755	213		0	13	5	Stats for 2 teams
27	Joe Kuncl	27	19	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.077	.077	.077	.154	1		0	2	0
28	Max Lanier	38	13	12	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	1	0
29	Red Lavigne	30	27	83	72	7	18	5	0	3	11	0	0	10	8	.250	.349	.444	.794	32		1	0	0
30	Mickey Livingston	39	32	51	48	5	15	4	0	1	7	0	0	3	9	.313	.353	.458	.811	22		0	0	0
31	Red Lynn	40	8		8		2									.250
32	Bob Marquis*	29	143	649	561	102	158	19	16	8	52	11	6	74	69	.282	.370	.415	.785	233		6	6	2
33	Harry Martin	34	7		17		2									.118
34	Willie Ramsdell	38	5		8		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
35	Paul Schramka*	26	21	82	75	10	18	1	0	3	6	0	0	7	9	.240	.305	.373	.678	28		0	0	0
36	Burton Smith*	23	16	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	0		0	0	0
37	Gerald Speck	24	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
38	Elvin Stabelfeld	27	2		1		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
39	Eugene Tarabilda	25	52	71	57	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	21	.070	.185	.070	.255	4		0	6	0
40	Ben Taylor*	26	134	573	488	83	138	21	2	17	83	5	2	73	64	.283	.374	.439	.812	214		2	3	7	Stats for 2 teams
41	Jay Vercrouse	27	12	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
42	Don Watkins	29	4		1		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
43	Bill Williams	41	8		6		1									.167
44	Jeff Williams#	26	41	123	99	13	16	1	0	1	7	0	1	18	26	.162	.320	.202	.522	20		5	1	0	Stats for 2 teams
45	Bob Zick*	27	24	41	38	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.132	.154	.158	.312	6		0	2	0
	45 Players	30.4	161	6173	5337	755	1447	223	40	116	690	40	38	659	705	.271	.353	.393	.746	2098	119	34	104	39

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	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Howard Anderson	28	8	13	.381	4.59	43	23		8	2	190.0	186	110	97	18	96	100	3	1	2	1.484	8.8	0.9	4.5	4.7	1.04	Stats for 2 teams
2	Russ Bauers	40	0	0			1
3	Jim Brosnan	24	7	1	.875	2.78	13	8		4	1	68.0	57	25	21	6	24	58	0	0	4	1.191	7.5	0.8	3.2	7.7	2.42
4	Mike Clark	32	13	9	.591	4.29	34	31		12	1	218.0	219	107	104	16	70	117	4	0	5	1.326	9.0	0.7	2.9	4.8	1.67	Stats for 2 teams
5	Ronald Curnan?	28	0	0			2
6	George Eyrich	29	2	2	.500		18
7	Vern Fear	29	2	3	.400		6
8	Dave Hillman	26	16	11	.593	3.32	36	30		16	2	225.0	211	96	83	19	93	129	2	0	3	1.351	8.4	0.8	3.7	5.2	1.39
9	Bill Hockenbury	29	0	1	.000		2																					Stats for 2 teams
10	Paul Hoffmeister	25	5	8	.385	6.48	47	11		0	0	118.0	128	94	85	16	88	83	8	0	9	1.831	9.8	1.2	6.7	6.3	0.94
11	Vern Kennedy	47	3	4	.429		16
12	Joe Kuncl	27	3	2	.600		10
13	Max Lanier*	38	2	3	.400	4.98	13	7		1	0	47.0	49	29	26	8	28	36	0	0	2	1.638	9.4	1.5	5.4	6.9	1.29
14	Red Lynn	40	0	3	.000		8
15	Willie Ramsdell	38	0	3	.000		5
16	Burton Smith*	23	1	4	.200		15
17	Gerald Speck	24	0	2	.000		10
18	Elvin Stabelfeld	27	0	0			2
19	Eugene Tarabilda	25	9	12	.429	4.19	48	18		5	1	191.0	207	119	89	8	80	82	9	2	9	1.503	9.8	0.4	3.8	3.9	1.03
20	Jay Vercrouse	27	1	1	.500		12
21	Don Watkins	29	0	0			4
22	Bob Zick	27	7	8	.467	3.43	17	15		6	0	105.0	89	49	40	5	58	71	2	1	5	1.400	7.6	0.4	5.0	6.1	1.22
	22 Players	28.4	77	84	.478	4.48	161	161	101	60	9	1391.0	1430	819	693	133	651	768	40	2	50	1.496	9.3	0.9	4.2	5.0	1.18

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
Jim Fiscalini	104	480	51	16	7	.971	5.11	10	Stats for 2 teams
Jim Fanning	86	483	52	11	6	.980	6.22	3
Ronald Curnan	19	68	6	2	0	.974	3.89	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Les Fleming	157	1351	118	9	120	.994	9.36	Stats for 2 teams
Ben Taylor	134	1125	96	15	100	.988	9.11	Stats for 2 teams
Ford Garrison	14	109	8	0	9	1.000	8.36

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jackson Hollis	147		434	362	22	109	.973	5.41
Chris Kitsos	13		32	30	3	8	.954	4.77

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Eddie Kazak	151	163	223	36	37	.915	2.56
Buzz Clarkson	72	71	137	12	11	.945	2.89	Stats for 2 teams
Jeff Williams	13	17	24	6	2	.872	3.15	Stats for 2 teams

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Buzz Clarkson	77	116	223	18	31	.950	4.40	Stats for 2 teams
Carlton Hanta	38	42	105	11	20	.930	3.87
Chris Kitsos	34	55	92	4	10	.974	4.32
Ev Hall	15	16	20	7	5	.837	2.40

LF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Ev Hall	92	200	14	9	.960	2.33
Bob Marquis	22	45	3	1	.980	2.18
Ford Garrison	18	13	0	1	.929	0.72
Paul Schramka	16	41	1	0	1.000	2.63
Jeff Williams	10	18	0	2	.900	1.80	Stats for 2 teams

CF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Edward Knoblauch	145	351	14	11	5	.971	2.52	Stats for 2 teams
Bob Marquis	51	106	1	9	0	.922	2.10
Dave Cunningham	25	58	2	0	0	1.000	2.40
Milt Joffe	14	33	0	1	0	.971	2.36
Ev Hall	12	9	0	0	0	1.000	0.75

RF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bob Marquis	69	121	2	4	0	.969	1.78
Ford Garrison	28	26	2	2	0	.933	1.00
Ev Hall	23	40	2	1	1	.977	1.83
Red Lavigne	22	17	0	1	0	.944	0.77
Dave Cunningham	14	21	2	1	0	.958	1.64
Milt Joffe	12	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.08

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Eugene Tarabilda	48	11	40	6	3	.895	1.06
Paul Hoffmeister	47	6	25	0	3	1.000	0.66
Howard Anderson	43	5	31	1	2	.973	0.84	Stats for 2 teams
Dave Hillman	36	15	23	4	0	.905	1.06
Mike Clark	34	16	42	1	1	.983	1.71	Stats for 2 teams
George Eyrich	18	5	5	1	0	.909	0.56
Bob Zick	17	15	19	3	0	.919	2.00
Vern Kennedy	16	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.31
Burton Smith	15	2	5	1	0	.875	0.47
Jim Brosnan	13	3	9	1	1	.923	0.92
Max Lanier	13	2	13	0	0	1.000	1.15
Jay Vercrouse	12	2	2	0	0	1.000	0.33
Joe Kuncl	10	3	7	0	0	1.000	1.00
Gerald Speck	10	0	1	3	0	.250	0.10
Red Lynn	8						0.00
Vern Fear	6						0.00
Willie Ramsdell	5						0.00
Don Watkins	4						0.00
Ronald Curnan	2						0.00
Bill Hockenbury	2						0.00	Stats for 2 teams
Elvin Stabelfeld	2						0.00
Russ Bauers	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Howard Anderson	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Mar 30, 1926	Nashua, NH, US
Russ Bauers	40	L	R	6' 3.0"	195	May 10, 1914	Townsend, WI, US
Jim Brosnan	24	R	R	6' 4.0"	197	Oct 24, 1929	Cincinnati, OH, US
Mike Clark	32	R	R	6' 4.0"	190	Feb 12, 1922	Camden, NJ, US
Buzz Clarkson	39	R	R	5' 11.0"	210	Mar 13, 1915	Hopkins, SC, US
Dave Cunningham	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Dec 3, 1929	San Pedro, CA, US
Ronald Curnan	28	R		6' 0.0"	175	1926
Herbert Dorsey	--					Unknown
George Eyrich	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Mar 3, 1925	Reading, PA, US
Jim Fanning	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Sep 14, 1927	Chicago, IL, US
Vern Fear	29	S	R	6' 0.0"	170	Aug 21, 1924	Everly, IA, US
Jim Fiscalini	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	May 20, 1928	San Bernardino, CA, US
Les Fleming	38	L	L	5' 10.0"	185	Aug 7, 1915	Singleton, TX, US
Ford Garrison	38	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Aug 29, 1915	Greenville, SC, US
Gary Gearhart	30	R	L	5' 11.0"	180	Aug 10, 1923	New Lebanon, OH, US
Ev Hall	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Nov 14, 1927	Gary, IN, US
Carlton Hanta	23	R		5' 6.0"	145	1931	HI, US
Dave Hillman	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	168	Sep 14, 1927	Dungannon, VA, US
Bill Hockenbury	29	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	1925
Paul Hoffmeister	25	R	R	6' 4.0"	215	Dec 23, 1928	East Chicago, IL, US
Jackson Hollis	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Jan 28, 1928	Charlotte, NC, US
Michael Jezierski	23	R		5' 11.0"	178	1931
Milt Joffe	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Feb 5, 1927	Los Angeles, CA, US
Eddie Kazak	33	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 18, 1920	Steubenville, OH, US
Vern Kennedy	47	L	R	6' 0.0"	175	Mar 20, 1907	Kansas City, MO, US
Chris Kitsos	26	S	R	5' 9.0"	165	Feb 11, 1928	New York, NY, US
Edward Knoblauch	36	L		6' 0.0"	180	Jan 31, 1918
Joe Kuncl	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Jun 6, 1927	Prague, NE, US
Max Lanier	38	R	L	5' 11.0"	180	Aug 18, 1915	Denton, NC, US
Red Lavigne	30	R		5' 9.0"	195	Sep 2, 1923	New Orleans, LA, US
Mickey Livingston	39	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 15, 1914	Newberry, SC, US
Red Lynn	40	R	R	6' 0.0"	162	Dec 27, 1913	Kenney, TX, US
Bob Marquis	29	L	L	6' 1.0"	170	Dec 23, 1924	Oklahoma City, OK, US
Harry Martin	34	R		5' 11.0"	175	Dec 30, 1919	Miamitown, OH, US
Willie Ramsdell	38	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Apr 4, 1916	Williamsburg, KS, US
Paul Schramka	26	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	Mar 22, 1928	Milwaukee, WI, US
Burton Smith	23	L	L	5' 10.0"	175	1931
Gerald Speck	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	1930
Elvin Stabelfeld	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	190	Sep 9, 1926	Cherokee, IA, US
Eugene Tarabilda	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	1929
Ben Taylor	26	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Sep 30, 1927	Metropolis, IL, US
Jay Vercrouse	27	R	R	6' 5.0"	185	1927
Don Watkins	29	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Sep 12, 1924	Nokomis, IL, US
Bill Williams	41	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Jun 22, 1913	Henderson, TX, US
Jeff Williams	26	S	R	5' 10.0"	170	Jul 10, 1927	Orlando, FL, US
Bob Zick	27	L	R	6' 0.0"	168	Apr 26, 1927	Chicago, IL, US

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