Statistics, 1954      

SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE

Wills batting champion(Regina Leader-Post, 04 Sept, 1954)

Ted Wills, pitcher-outfielder with Saskatoon Gems, is the 1954 Saskatchewan Baseball League batting champion, according to statistics released by league headquarters Friday.

Wills, who appeared in 40 games, cracked out 46 hits in 137 times at bat for a .336 average. Collins Jones, Moose Jaw Mallards' left fielder, wound up five percentage points behind Wills with 80 hits in 242 times at bat. Jones took part of 56 of the Moose Jaw club's 60 league contests.

Jones batted in the most runs, 46, and hit the most doubles, 19. Gems' Percy Trimont won home run honours with 11 circuit blasts to his credit and also hit the most triples, nine. Trimont was the league's most walked batter, drawing 60 bases on balls in the 56 games in which he played.

Mario Herrera of Saskatoon stole 24 bases for top honours in that department. Jose Valladares, who started out with Indian Head Rockets and switched to Saskatoon, was next in line with 21.

Rockets' Sergio Fabre captured pitching laurels, posting 10 victories without a loss. Don Kirk of Saskatoon was next in line at 11-1. [Analysis of game reports turned up just 10 wins for Kirk.] Max Weekly, Lloydminster Meridians' southpaw, compiled the most strikeouts, 103.

The Moose Jaw club had the best team batting average, .276, four points better than Saskatoon. Gems had the best fielding club with a percentage of .995. North Battleford Beavers were second with .946 and Moose Jaw third with .930.

(The following stats (with an insert from the Moose Jaw Times-Herald) were published in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix (Sept 4, 1954, page 19). The item mentions "statistician" Steppy Fairman.)

Average : Ted Wills SKG - .336 
Hits : Collins Jones MJM - 80 
Doubles : Jones MJM - 19 
Triples : Percy Trimont SKG - 9 
Home Runs : Trimont SKG - 11 
Runs : Trimont SKG - 51 
RBI : Jones MJM - 46 
Stolen Bases : Mario Herrera SKG - 24 

SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE FINAL         G  AB   R   H  2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI   PCT
Breckner Len SK 44 18 .409
Tyler Walter MJM 31 11 12 .387 a
Wills Ted SKG 40 137 25 46 8 5 3 2 20 18 26 .336
Tanner ED LM 96 32 .333
Jones Collins MJM 56 242 43 80 19 3 6 3 13 22 46 .331
Tate Curtis NB 54 233 45 75 12 1 5 14 5 10 39 .322
Lillie Andy MJM 56 230 41 74 8 2 1 8 30 20 29 .322
Chopp Reg MJM 52 196 35 63 13 2 3 4 14 33 40 .321
Ford John LM 45 157 27 49 8 3 2 14 20 11 27 .312
York Clarence IH 87 27 .310
Hill Ben RT 55 17 .309
White Sammy IH 36 11 .306
Stuart Russ MJM 45 164 28 50 12 2 3 8 18 33 27 .305
Thurnander Arne LM 49 145 12 44 8 2 0 1 18 21 11 .303
Trimont Percy SKG 56 178 51 54 9 9 11 6 60 40 39 .303
O'Farrill Chico NB 55 208 45 62 11 7 5 5 25 27 35 .298
Pemberton Cliff SK 110 32 .291
Summers Lefty RT 76 22 .289
Stone Art NB 58 217 30 62 13 1 1 3 21 29 27 .286
Valladares Jose SKG 53 200 31 57 9 2 1 21 22 11 25 .285
Griggs Bennie SK 67 19 .284
Xiques Leopoldo IH 145 41 .283
Herrera Rick LM 56 188 25 53 13 0 3 8 25 28 31 .282
Garcia Juan IH 60 229 38 64 13 4 4 13 20 32 28 .279
Blackman Jesse NB 60 212 41 59 8 3 8 10 31 19 42 .278
Lipscomb George MJ 108 30 .278
Morton Cy RT 49 184 27 51 10 8 0 0 14 33 25 .277
Jackson Reg RT 60 214 41 59 11 2 2 5 26 25 33 .276
Holdaway Chuck NB 88 24 .273
Girado Ed MJM 52 191 27 52 7 1 0 0 20 20 16 .272
Diaz Ezequiel SKG 55 195 29 53 8 5 0 2 25 18 22 .272
Morrision Felton RT 58 219 27 59 5 6 0 5 9 11 28 .269
Dean Roy NB 46 171 23 46 9 1 4 0 29 36 26 .269
Brown Ben RT 60 203 44 54 4 7 7 4 38 65 35 .266
Miranda Miguel IH 54 163 19 43 5 1 2 3 26 17 26 .264
Reyes Leopoldo SKG 59 224 29 59 11 0 1 6 15 23 24 .263
Burbage Buddy RT 54 190 36 50 5 2 1 8 16 19 18 .263
Bentley Bev SKG 48 183 23 47 5 3 1 1 3 26 26 .257
Herrera Mario SKG 48 192 42 49 7 1 1 24 25 9 26 .255
Warfield Howard RT 60 223 38 56 7 7 4 10 22 57 41 .251
Bennett Bob SKG 40 145 16 36 4 0 0 3 10 18 22 .248
Johnson Harold RT 58 194 40 48 7 2 4 6 56 33 20 .247
Penalver Mario IH 58 212 40 51 15 3 2 11 21 21 28 .241
Henderson Arlington RT 58 185 29 44 5 2 2 16 37 26 33 .238
McGuigan Chuck LM 53 200 31 47 6 2 0 13 13 28 15 .235
Conroy Bill MJM 56 203 35 47 3 1 0 11 31 31 12 .232
Loe Dick MJM 58 225 34 52 13 2 5 7 26 35 23 .231
Nelson Ken NB 59 231 40 52 6 1 2 10 21 26 22 .225
Zayas Roberto LM 55 197 29 42 3 0 3 18 22 17 17 .213
Prats Juan IH 41 146 20 31 3 3 3 9 11 27 15 .212
Green Louis NB 47 168 25 35 4 1 0 1 25 14 19 .208
Yzquierdo Gilberto IH 41 91 8 16 1 1 0 7 15 28 9 .176
Garcia Oswaldo LM 45 132 7 19 2 0 0 1 11 26 27 .144 Source : Regina Leader-Post, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Moose Jaw Times, 04 Sept, 1954
(a) June 4 stats + June 5 boxscore Wins : Fabre IH, Kirk SKG, Griggs SKG - 10 Games : Bessicks RT - 23 Games Started : Weekly LM - 14 Complete Games : Griggs SKG - 12 Innings : Griggs SKG - 133 Strikeouts : Weekly LM - 103
SASKATCHEWAN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Fabre Sergio IH 13 7 6 10 0 1.000 82 76 34 16 27 0 3
Kirk Don SKG 13 11 8 10 1 .909 93 80 33 37 77 2 2
Morrow Jim SKG 14 8 3 6 1 .857 74 67 21 21 46 0 2
Hill Benny RT 21 7 4 7 2 .778 94 99 57 32 81 5 4
Hernandez Hippy IH 10 7 4 5 2 .714 62 69 35 13 15 0 0
Kapp Ed NB 8 6 6 5 2 .714 62 53 19 8 47 0 0
Wills Ted SKG 7 7 6 5 2 .714 59 34 18 26 56 0 1
Griggs Benny SKG 19 13 12 10 5 .667 133 109 57 67 100 4 4
Doig Bob SKG 10 7 5 4 2 .667 60 50 20 24 45 0 2
Pilato Francisco IH 7 5 5 4 2 .667 44 35 13 14 14 4 2
Ellyson Gerry NB 13 7 3 3 2 .600 48 55 32 21 32 1 3
Holdaway Bob NB 17 12 6 7 5 .583 111 111 70 58 84 6 1
Weldon Ken MJM 7 6 3 4 3 .571 50 59 45 26 29 2 1
Summers Lefty RT 17 12 6 6 5 .545 79 85 55 31 38 3 3
Gray Pancho RT/MJM 21 3 2 3 3 .500 78 94 51 26 38 5 1
Brown Boyd RT 19 13 11 7 7 .500 124 136 69 31 63 4 0
Blackman Jesse NB 14 11 10 6 6 .500 90 93 65 44 46 4 3
MacEwen Grant SKG 11 10 4 4 4 .500 67 57 42 45 72 2 3
Stites Bill NB 11 8 4 4 4 .500 75 52 37 18 57 2 0
Mulcahy Tom LM 9 6 6 4 4 .500 54 49 27 26 52 0 0
Kosteniuk Dave MJM 8 5 4 4 4 .500 46 46 25 22 26 3 3
Garcia Roland SKG 7 0 0 1 1 .500
Barton Gary LM 6 3 1 1 1 .500 23 22 11 16 14 0 1
Bessicks Preston RT 23 12 4 6 8 .429 91 93 60 35 55 2 3
Dean Les NB 9 8 4 3 4 .429 53 48 36 29 24 1 0
Psome Creon MJM 13 12 6 5 7 .417 74 81 59 50 35 2 6
McLeod Jackie NB 12 4 2 2 3 .400 45 41 22 18 44 1 0
Coleman Major RT 6 6 3 2 3 .400 33 18 13 25 32 2 4
Weekly Max LM 18 14 11 5 8 .385 111 90 57 49 103 2 1
Martin Darrell LM 15 10 7 5 8 .385 96 99 53 38 46 1 3
Rosell Bob LM 9 8 6 3 5 .375 65 71 33 27 37 3 2
Seymour Al MJM 10 9 0 1 2 .333 53 66 59 50 25 3 1
Martinez Armando IH 12 9 7 3 7 .300 81 88 42 24 24 0 0
Webb Ron LM 10 7 3 2 5 .286 50 53 34 14 23 3 2
Arango Orlando IH 8 3 1 1 3 .250 27 22 19 18 7 0 0
Herrera Rick LM 6 6 0 1 3 .250 31 34 30 22 21 5 2
White Sammy IH 18 11 5 2 7 .222 98 96 74 35 45 2 0
Coleman Emery MJM 8 8 4 1 4 .200 48 53 40 34 23 4 8
King Lionel MJM/RT 21 11 3 1 8 .111 58 67 53 48 32 10 4

(Fewer than six games)
Ellis Ted SKG 3 1 1 3 0 1.000
Seoane Pedro IH 5 4 1 1 0 1.000 26 32 19 13 7 2 0
Quane Jerrry LM 2 1 1 1 0 1.000
George Eric IH 2 2 1 1 0 1.000
Holowaty Bob MJM 4 3 3 2 2 .500 28 24 16 12 18 2 0
Searcie Joe MJM 4 4 4 2 2 .500
Wilson Willie MJM 4 1 1 1 1 .500
Scott Jack NB 3 2 0 1 1 .500
Prats Juan IH 4 3 3 1 2 .333 33 35 15 13 15 2 0
Smith Lloyd IH 4 4 1 1 2 .333
Gardiner Don MJM 5 4 3 1 3 .250
Rodriguez Rod/Monola IH 6 3 0 0 5 .000 22 25 17 11 6 0 0
Koroluk Ernie SKG 3 2 0 0 1 .000
Burks Robert Lee NB 3 1 0 0 1 .000
Gibbons Don LM 2 1 0 0 1 .000
Barrack Eddie LM 2 2 0 0 1 .000
Dodd Doug LM 2 1 0 0 1 .000
Douzas Milt LM 1 0 0 0 1 .000
Morton Sy RT 1 1 0 0 1 .000 28 31 27 19 17 4 3
Washington Ross IH 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Lillie Andy MJM 2 1 0 0 0 .000
Ford John LM 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Carlson Happy NB 2 1 0 0 0 .000
Zayas Roberto LM 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Bruce Al LM 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Pyne Len LM 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Thunander Arne LM 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Tanner Ed LM 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Peerless Charlie SKG 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Isbell Larry MJM 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Pemberton Cliff MJM 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Nelson Ken GNB 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Burbage Buddy RT 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Miranda Miguel IH 1 0 0 0 0 .000 SKG = Saskatoon Gems, NB = North Battleford Beavers, RT = Rosetown Phillies, IH = Indian Head Rockets, MJM = Moose Jaw Mallards, LM = Lloydminster Meridians


SOUTHERN (SASKATCHEWAN) LEAGUE

Bob Chapman, second baseman with the Moose Jaw Lakers, is the new batting champion of the Southern League. Chapman collected 41 safe blows in 110 official at-bats to take the crown with a .373 average. Hank Dornstauder of the Estevan-Bienfait Coalers was runner-up at .364 while Jack Shupe of the Weyburn Beavers followed at .350.

Ralph Hogg, the ageless wonder of the Weyburn Beavers, captured pitching honors with a perfect 4 - 0 record. [Analysis of game reports shows just 3 wins for Hogg.]

SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINAL             G  AB   R   H  2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI   PCT
Chapman Bob MJL 110 41 .373
Dornstauder Hank ES 107 39 .364
Shupe Jack WY 103 36 .350
Burge Jim WY 107 37 .346
Skjerven Gord AS 80 27 .338
Germann Frank ND 75 25 .333
Daley Tim ND 90 29 .322
Wooley Don RRC 120 38 .317
Peterson Ralph MJL 85 27 .318
Erfle Rube AS 99 31 .313 Source : Regina Leader-Post, August 25, 1954 Wins : Orval Verpe ES, Hugo Dombowsky ND/ES - 7 Won-Lost Pct : Jack Devine MJL - 5-1, .833 Games : Tom Leverick RGR, Al Erfle AS - 19 Games Started : Lionel L'Heureux ND - 13 Complete Games : Al Erfle AS - 10

SOUTHERN LEAGUE             G  GS CG  W  L   PCT   IP   H   R ER BB  SO HB WP   ERA
Dombowsky Hugo ND/ES        16  7  6  7  4  .636
Verpe Orval ES              15 10  6  7  4  .636
Leverick Tom RGR            19 11  6  6  5  .545
Erfle Al AS                 19 12 10  6  5  .545
Devine Jack MJL             12  7  5  5  1  .833
Heidt Ed RRC                16  5  5  5  3  .625
Blaisdell Wally MJL         11  9  4  5  3  .625
Hoff Dave WY                13 12  7  5  4  .556
L'Heureux Lionel ND         18 13  7  5  8  .385
White Dave MJL               8  4  3  4  1  .800
Resch Phil ND               11  8  4  4  2  .667
Mitchell Hank RGR           11  6  1  4  3  .571
Woolley Lloyd RRC           11  8  2  4  4  .500
Hogg Ralph WY                6  5  4  3  0 1.000
Skjervan Gordon AS          11  8  3  3  3  .500
Shupe Gayle WY               9  6  4  3  3  .500
Covert Keith WY              9  5  4  3  4  .429
Bell Bob MJL                 6  4  0  2  0 1.000
Nutzhorn Ray MJL             5  1  1  2  0 1.000
Tendler Ernie AS             2  1  0  2  0 1.000
Wall Vic RRC                 7  5  1  2  3  .400
Campbell Gordon AV           9  9  7  2  6  .250
Yeomans Bob MJL              3  2  0  1  0 1.000
Skarbon Archie AS            1  1  0  1  0 1.000
Torgerson Elmer MJL          1  1  1  1  0 1.000
Tysdal Elmer AV              3  3  2  1  1  .000
Richardson Wes RGR           7  6  3  1  2  .333
Booth Frank RGR              6  4  2  1  2  .000
Logan Norm AS                4  2  1  1  2  .333
Harrison Cliff RRC          11  9  2  1  3  .250
Pearson Paul AS              5  4  2  1  3  .250
McKechney Gary ES            6  2  1  0  0  .000
Steele Dale ND               4  0  0  0  0  .000
Faford John ND               2  1  0  0  0  .000
Larter Ron RRC               2  1  0  0  0  .000
Vogt Al RRC                  2  1  0  0  0  .000
Prosofsky Ed RRC             2  0  0  0  0  .000
Schiebelbein Rudy ND         1  0  0  0  0  .000
McKellar AV                  1  1  0  0  0  .000
Renchko Bill ES              1  1  0  0  0  .000
Reily Russ WY                1  0  0  0  0  .000
Chadwick Jim MJL             1  0  0  0  0  .000
Kiel Don ND                  3  3  0  0  1  .000
Dornstauder Hank ES          3  2  1  0  1  .000
Mitchelmore Don RGR          2  1  0  0  1  .000
Buttgereit Walter AV         2  0  0  0  1  .000
Abbott Dale ES               2  2  0  0  1  .000
McFadyen George RGR          1  1  0  0  1  .000
Blondeau Guy RRC             1  1  0  0  1  .000
Kirkpatrick AV               1  0  0  0  1  .000
Campbell Garnet AV           1  0  0  0  1  .000
Forer Don AV                 1  1  1  0  1  .000
McKechney Ron ES             1  1  0  0  1  .000
Triplett Ken ES              1  1  0  0  1  .000
Martinson Ron WY             1  0  0  0  1  .000
Harbourne Jack ES            2  2  2  0  2  .000
Roy George ES               10  5  0  0  3  .000
MJL = Moose Jaw Lakers, WY = Weyburn Beavers, AS = Assiniboia Aces, ND = Notre Dame Hounds, RRC = Regina Royal Caps, RGR = Regina Red Sox, ES = Bienfait-Estevan Coalers, AV = Avonlea Arrows.


FOOTHILLS LEAGUE

The only complete pitching statistics available thus far for league play are for two of the top prairie hurlers, Willie Walasko of Carmangay and Jack Altman of Vulcan.  Altman's stats at the bottom are for all games - league, exhibition, playoff and tournament play.

FOOTHILLS LEAGUE             G GS CG  W  L   PCT   IP   H   R ER BB  SO HB WP   ERA
Walasko Willie CMG 12 11 11 9 2 .818
Altman Jack VU 10 8 8 7 2 .778 ALTMAN FINAL G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Altman Jack VU/GR 21 16 15 12 6 .667 158 115 20 197

All games - league, exhibition, playoff, tournament

 


MANDAK LEAGUE

Former major league outfielder Roy Weatherly of Williston Oilers won the 1954 ManDak League batting crown with a .412 mark.  Sugar Cain of Minot had a higher average but did not have enough appearances to qualify.  Joe Massaro of Minot had the most hits with 92 and led in runs batted in with 66.  Lloyd Gearhart of Williston blasted 17 home runs to set a ManDak League record, four more than the 13 hit by Pete Hughes in 1953.Connie Juelke of Minot had the most triples, 8, and Bill Cleveland of the Oilers led in doubles, with 23. 

The newspaper article did not list pitching statistics other than in the body of the story which noted:

"In the pitching department Sugar Cain of the Mallards finished the year with an 11-1 won-lost record although he dropped his only two starts in the playoffs. Cain was followed by team mates Neil Lettau and Billy Washburn with 13-2 and 7-2 marks respectively and Harry Taylor of Williston had 9-4.

Rod MacKay was the top Brandon hurler with four wins and two losses for a .667 percentage while Dirk Gibbons had 11-7 for .611, Dan Ahtipis 10-7, Ralph Rose 7-5, Mort Wright 3-4 and Leon Day 0-2.  Morley Macfarlane of the Greys was the only pitcher in the league with a perfect record, but the Brandon youth hurled only one game.

Cain was tops in the strike out department with 98 while Ahtipis, who led in walks with 80, was second with 77. Gibbons worked the most innings, 154 2/3 and gave up the most hits, 177. (From the Brandon Sun, 1954)

Average : Roy Weatherly WL - .412 
Hits : Joe Massaro MI - 92 
Doubles : Bill Cleveland WL - 23 
Triples : Connie Juelke MI - 8 
Home Runs : Lloyd Gearhart WL - 17 
RBI : Massaro MI - 66 

MANDAK FINAL                      G  AB   R   H  2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI   PCT
Cain Sugar MI 82 37 5 1 2 20 .451
Weatherley Roy WL 194 80 11 1 14 58 .412
Bowen Ron BR 112 41 6 0 7 18 .366
Lott Ben CA 232 83 17 2 7 53 .358
Renfroe Othello MI 229 80 14 2 3 39 .349
Bowman Duke MI 252 85 18 4 3 57 .337
Stewart Don BR 228 76 13 4 8 41 .333
Miller Bob CA 81 27 6 1 1 13 .333
Gearhart Lloyd WL 239 79 21 2 17 61 .331
Scarborough Dean MI 274 90 14 4 2 60 .328
Massaro Joe MI 283 92 10 0 7 66 .325
Thomas Walt CA 100 32 7 0 0 12 .320
Mascaro Frank BR 284 90 11 6 6 60 .317
McLean Zoonie MI 255 80 14 4 2 20 .314
Day Leon BR 137 43 5 3 1 17 .314
Baxter Dick WL 106 33 3 0 0 11 .311
Spaeter Bill BR 216 66 14 4 4 28 .306
Drake Sammy CA 276 84 11 4 1 30 .304
Corcoran Don MI 259 77 11 3 7 42 .297
Lutz Joe WL 65 19 3 0 8 20 .292
MacKay Gerry BR 306 89 16 7 8 42 .291
Campos Tony WL 249 72 12 4 6 39 .289
Douglas Jesse CA 238 68 16 1 1 44 .286
McKerlie Aylmer CA 46 13 2 0 0 6 .283
Chalfant John WL 161 45 9 1 4 33 .280
Juelke Conrad MI 244 68 10 8 7 46 .279
Louden Lou BR 227 63 5 1 0 21 .278
Washington John CA 249 69 11 2 1 36 .277
Longest Chick CA 246 68 13 1 4 37 .276
Cleveland Bill WL 285 77 23 5 3 38 .270
Martin Ronnie WL 216 57 6 4 0 17 .264
Owens Buddy BR 108 28 6 3 3 18 .259
Moore Dee BR 112 29 4 0 3 19 .259
Daugherty Hal BR 222 57 5 2 11 45 .257
Lockett Lester CA 242 60 16 1 3 31 .248
Bowman Ed MI 215 53 4 6 0 32 .247
Williams Dewey WL 69 17 4 2 1 10 .246
Robinson Norm CA 254 62 7 1 2 23 .244
Ridley Weldon CA 144 32 4 0 3 19 .222
Michalec Vic WL 121 25 3 1 3 11 .207
Jimenez Felipe Phil CA 87 18 1 1 0 6 .207
Afremow Buddy WL 234 44 4 1 2 28 .188
Greene Willie MI 33 6 0 1 0 3 .182
Bowman Wally MI 54 7 0 0 0 2 .130 Source : Minot Daily News Wins : Lettau MI - 13 Won-Lost Pct : Cain MI - 11-1 Innings : Antipis BR - 136
MAN-DAK LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Cain, Sugar MI 13 13 11 11 1 .917 106 69 34 98
Lettau, Neil MI 13 2 .867 131 109 74 52
Washburn, Bill MI 7 2 .778 80 64 35 60
Taylor, Harry WL 9 4 .692 116 98 39 59
Albosta, Ed CA 4 2 .667 71 81 22 30
MacKay, Rod BR 4 2 .667 62 82 7 22
MacFarlane, Morley BR 1 1 1 1 0 1.000 9 4 5 12
Richardson, Murray BR 1 0 1.000
Greene, Wilbur MI 2 1 .667 17 22 8 4
Gibbons, Dirk BR 11 7 .611 155 177 47 70
Ahtipis, Dan BR 10 7 .588 136 143 80 77
Martin, Warren MI 7 5 .583 128 130 59 58
Rose, Red BR 7 5 .583 93 128 37 52
Schoonover, Dick WL 6 5 .545 92 94 41 52
Patton, Danny WL 1 1 .500 35 41 15 12
Canada, Ernie MI 1 1 .500
McCoy, Walt CA 8 9 .471 126 144 57 70
Michalec, Vic WL 6 8 .429 103 117 37 32
Wright, Mort BR 3 4 .429 68 96 38 24
Williams, Ed WL 2 3 .400 37 45 14 25
Woods, Buddy CA 5 8 .385 80 118 52 47
Miller, Bob CA 3 6 .333 90 97 30 31
Lemme, Cliff MI 1 2 .333
Scarborough, Dean MI 1 2 .333
Parker, Fred WL/BR 3 7 .300 84 105 45 33
Baxter,, Dick WL 2 6 .250 80 93 42 41
Merrill, Rollie MI 0 1 .000
Thomas, Jack CA 0 1 .000 8 12 5 1
Day, Leon BR 0 2 .000 11 20 6 6
Murray, John CA 0 3 .000 43 35 41 11
Geisler, Kent WL 0 3 .000 40 47 37 23
Jimenez, Phillip CA 0 5 .000 57 64 54 36 * Minot Daily News MI = Minot Mallards, BR = Brandon Greys, WL = Williston Oilers, CA = Carman Cardinals


INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE

Former Negro League star Wilmer Fields, of the Brantford Red Sox, was the offensive star of the Intercounty League, taking the batting crown with a .379 mark and topping the loop in hits, 87, and tying teammate Harry Fisher for the most home runs, 14.  Fisher's 62 runs batted in topped the circuit.  Fisher was the league's leading hurler, with a 13-4 record

Average : Fields BRS - .379 
Hits : Fields BRS - 87 
Home Runs :  Fisher Harry BRS, Fields BRS - 14 
RBI : Fisher BRS - 62 
Stolen Bases : Karpuk Pete GT - 21 

INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE                G  AB   R   H  2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI   PCT
Fields Wilmer BRS .379 Source : Intercounty Record Book Wins : Fisher BRS - 13
Won-Lost Pct : Fisher BRS - .765 Strikeouts : Maldovan John KR - 110 INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Fisher Harry BRS 13 4 .765
Source : Intercounty Record Book BRS=Brantford Red Sox, GT=Galt Terriers, GU=Guelph-Waterloo Royals, KR=itchener Panthers, LDN=London Majors, STT=St. Thomas Elgins


VANCOUVER & DISTRICT LEAGUE

Gary Pennington of pennant-winning Collingwood captured the batting title beating teammate Walt Hallam for the crown. Pennington finished with a .394 average, nine points better than Hallam. Harry Robinson of Whalley was third at .368. Ron Hammond of the Chiefs finished at .356

VANCOUVER & DISTRICT SR.   G  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR SB  BB SO RBI   PCT
Pennington Gary CW           109     43                          .394
Hallam Walt CW               122     47                          .385
Robinson Harry WC             87     32                          .368
Hammond Ron WC               104     37                          .356
Mortison Roy NW              101     35                          .347
Freiheit Vic MNS              85     29                          .341
Ledlin Ed CW                 116     39                          .336
Parker Dave NW               128     42                          .328
Bellamy Vince MNS             92     30                          .326
Sparrow Ed CW                115     36                          .313
Sinclair Gary CW             125     39                          .312
Black Stan CW                133     41                          .308
Armstrong Ken WV             134     41                          .306
Eades Pete CW                 85     26                          .306
Maxwell Merv WC              101     30                          .297
Bannerman Arnie NW           115     34                          .296
Trotzuk Mike NW              138     40                          .290
Coupland B. MNS               98     28                          .286
Dow Butch NW                 124     34                          .274
Andrews Jimmy WC              85     23                          .271

Source : Vancouver Sun Septemter 8, 1954

CW=Collingwood, MNS=Marpole North Stars, NW=New Westminster, WC=Whalley Chiefs, 
WV=West Vancouver


OKANAGAN MAINLINE BASEBALL LEAGUE

Jack Markin of Princeton Royals edged out Jack Fowles of Kamloops Okonots for the 1954 batting title. Markin finished at .396 while Fowles, with a league-leading 41 hits, was two points behind at .394. Bob Campbell of Kelowna Orioles was a close third hitting .389, just ahead of teammate Hank Tostenson at .388.  Buck Buchanan of Kamloops scored the most runs, 29.  Markin was tops in doubles, 14, and three players tied for the lead in triples, each with two. P. Ceccon of Princeton was the loop's top slugger with six home runs and 29 runs batted in.  Chick Ling, Buchanan and Ron Evenson all of Kamloops tied for the runner-up slot in homers, with five apiece.

The pitching stats (except for those of Ted Bowsfield which are final) are up to and including games of 21 July.

 

AVERAGE : Markin PRN - .396
RUNS : Buchanan KO - 29
HITS : Fowles J. KO - 41
DOUBLES : Markin PRN - 14
TRIPLES : Saklofsky KO, Weeks SUM, Mori PEN - 2
HOME RUNS : Ceccon PRN - 6
RBI : Ceccon PRN - 29
SB : Campbell KWO - 20

OKANAGAN MAINLINE LEAGUE       AB  R   H 2B 3B HR SB  BB  SO RBI   PCT
Markin Jack PRN               101 17  40                          .396
Fowles Jack KO                104 26  41                          .394
Campbell Bolb KWO              72 22  28                          .389
Tostenson Hank KWO             85 16  33                          .388
Slater Don KO                  79 19  30                          .380 (1)
Ceccon P. PRN                 100 28  35                          .350
Schnider Richie OLE            79 19  27                          .342
Ling Chick KO                  62 18  21                          .339
Janicki Walt VER               65 16  22                          .338
Evenson Ron KO                 88 25  29                          .330
Keckalo Walt VER               59  6  19                          .322
Mori  Elmer PEN                84 17  27                          .321

(1) Published figure was .367, but AB/H shown would result in .380 average. 

Source : Kelowna Courier, September 9, 1954

KO=Kamloops Okonots, KWO=Kelowna Orioles, OLE=Oliver Elks, PEN=Penticton Athletics,
PRN=Princeton Royals, SUM=Summerland Macs, VER=Vernon Canadians
KAMLOOPS OKONOTS (Final)       AB  R   H 2B 3B HR SB  BB  SO RBI   PCT
Fowles Jack KO                104 26  41  2  1  2             17  .394
Slater Don KO                  79 19  30  1  1  0             11  .380
Beecroft Gordie KO             17 16   6  0  1  2              9  .353
Ling Chick KO                  62 18  21  5  0  5             25  .339
Evenson Ron KO                 88 25  29  3  0  5             24  .330
Saklofsky Bob KO              113 26  36  8  2  2             18  .319
Buchanan Buck KO               84 29  26  7  0  5             27  .310
MacDonald Bill KO              74 23  22  5  0  4             18  .297
Fowles Len KO                  91 17  26  3  0  2             14  .286
Rota Frank KO                  42  5  11  1  0  0              3  .262
Brkich John KO                 51  9  13  2  0  0             10  .255
Gatin Len KO                   28  6   7  0  0  1              8  .250
McKinnon Bob KO                33  7   8  2  0  0              5  .242
Andreas Neil KO                12  3   2  0  0  0              3  .167
Paetch Bob KO                  19  2   3  1  0  0              3  .158
Sources : Kamloops Sentinel July 28 &  August 25, 1954
VERNON CANADIANS (Final)       AB  R   H 2B 3B HR SB  BB  SO RBI   PCT
Janicki Walt VER               65 16  22                          .338
Jellison Jerry VER              3  1   1                          .333
Keckalo Walt VER               59  6  19                          .322
Adams Ray VER                  75 13  20                          .267
Schaeffer Hap VER              53  7  14                          .264
Schaeffer Les VER              50  4  13                          .260
Dye Vern VER                   53 18  13                          .245
Stecyk Tom VER                 32  8   7                          .219
Graff Red VER                  52 10  11                          .212
Spelay Tony VER                79 13  16                          .203
Inglis Billy VER               37  4   7                          .189
Petruk Bill VER                32  2   6                          .188
Dye George VER                 41  4   7                          .171
Hayashi Kuts VER               12  0   2                          .167
Jackson Ike VER                43  3   7                          .163
Kornitsky Joe VER              11  0   0                          .000
Source : Vernon News, September 2, 1954
PENTICTON ATHLETICS (Final)    AB  R   H 2B 3B HR SB  BB  SO RBI   PCT
Bowsfield Ted PEN              19  2   7        0  0       0   3  .368
Church Mike PEN                 6  1   2        0  0       1   1  .333
Edwards Les PEN                 3  2   1        0  1       0   0  .333
Mori Elmer PEN                 84 17  27        0  8      13  17  .321
Raptis Bill PEN                22  5   7        0  1       4   3  .318
Drossos Sam PEN                71 18  22        0  5      10  16  .310
Posnikoff Joe PEN              64 14  17        2  7      14  10  .266
Burgart Lloyd PEN              83 22  22        2  9      14  10  .265
Jones Gord PEN                 67 14  16        2  4      27  10  .239
Moore Doug PEN                 78 14  18        0  4      12   6  .231
Ashley Barry PEN               54  7  11        0  0      18   9  .204
Jordan Larry PEN               48 10   9        1  1      13   6  .188
Powell Aubrey PEN              67  7  12        0  3       3  10  .179
Drossos George PEN             34 14   5        0  4       9   1  .147
Preen Charlie PEN              31  5   4        0  1      11   6  .129
Getz Richared PEN               4  1   0        0  0       3   0  .000
Source : Penticton Herald, September 8, 1954
    
WINS : Jordan PEN - 8 
SO : Clifton OLE - 85
BB : Dye G. VER - 71
ERA - Bowsfield PEN - 1.83
OKANAGAN MAINLINE LEAGUE     G GS   W  L   PCT   IP   H   R ER  BB  SO   ERA
Bowsfield Ted PEN            7  5   5  1  .833   44  23  18  9  22  51  1.83
Ingram John KWO             14 10   5  5  .500   94  91  53         62  2.50
Clifton Wendell P-O         11  9   6  2  .750   65  47  24         85  2.50
Cristante F. SUM             9  5   3  2  .600   36  31  21         31  2.50
Schnider Richie OLE         12  4   3  1  .750   46  33  64         17  2.70
Brkich Johnny KO             8  4   3  1  .750   41  39  20         37  4.30
Gatin Len KO                10  4   6  2  .750   61  78  35         28  4.40
Jordan Larry PEN            18 13   8  5  .615  114 109  82 64  37  69  5.04
Ball Gary KWO                7  4   2  1  .667   32  34  19         21  5.30
McKinnon Bob KO             11  8   3  2  .600   48  70  49         31  7.00
Dye George VER                                                  71  82
Eyre Bill SUM                                                   58  82
Source :  Vernon News – September 9/54  & Penticton Herald - September 15, 1954
VERNON CANADIANS (Final)     G  GS  W  L   PCT   IP   H   R ER  BB  SO   ERA
Schaefer Hap VER             2      1  0 1.000        0   1  0       0
Jackson Ike VER              9      2  4  .333       50  35 15      17
Schaefer Les VER             4      1  2  .333       18  21 14       9
Dye George VER              17      2  7  .222      126 103 62      82
Spelay Bill VER              1      0  0  .000        0   3  3       1
Dye Vern VER                 1      0  0  .000        1   1  1       0
Hayashi T.(Kuts) VER         5      0  1  .000       18  19 13      18
Sproule Clare VER            1      0  1  .000        8   2  2       8
Source :  Vernon News – September 9/54
PENTICTON ATHLETICS (Final   G GS   W  L   PCT   IP   H   R ER  BB  SO   ERA
Bowsfield Ted PEN            7  5   5  1  .833   44  23  18  9  22  51  1.83
Jordan Larry PEN            18 13   8  5  .615  114 109  82 64  37  69  5.04
Church Mike PEN              3  1   1  1  .500   11  11  13  8  15  10  6.35
Getz Richard PEN             2  0   0  0  .000   12   6   3  3   5  11  2.31
Apolzer Johnny PEN           3  2   0  1  .000    9  10  10 10   6   3  9.65
Posnikoff Joe PEN            1  0   0  0  .000    4  10   7  5   1   2 11.25
Preen Charlie PEN            1  0   0  0  .000    2   3   2  0   1   0  0.00
Burgart Lloyd PRN            1  0   0  0  .000    1   0   2  0   1   0  0.00
Source : Penticton Herald, September 15, 1954
 


COMOX DISTRICT LEAGUE 

Campbell River's veteran shortstop Vern Ferguson is the batting king of the Comox District Baseball League for 1954 finishing with an impressibe .391 average according to figures released by official league scorer Eddie Johnson.  The RCAF's Ian McHardy pounded the ball at an even better clip - .440 - but he failed to qualify for the title, having fewer than 60 at bats. Johnny Hawkins of the Comox Tigers was the runner-up with a .352 average in a league-leading 108 at bats. Ron Lund and Ron Cameron of the Cougars tied with R. Biasutti of Powell River for third, each finishing at .326.

   COMOX DISTRICT LEAGUE           GP  AB   R   H  TB  2B  3B  HR  SB RBI   PCT
   McHardy Ian COF                     50      22                          .440
   Ferguson Vern CRC                   87      34                          .391
   Hawkins Johnny COM                 108      38                          .352
   L'Oiseau Joe COF                    48      16                          .333
   Lund Ron CRC                        92      30                          .326
   Biasutti R. POW                     86      28                          .326
   Cameron Ron CRC                     86      28                          .326
   McDermid Willy POW                 100      32                          .320
   Woods Earl CNL                      91      29                          .319
   Johnson POW                         92      29                          .315
   Chalmers Junior CNL                 90      27                          .300
   Currie Garnie COF                   87      26                          .299
   Murdock Jack UB                     68      20                          .294
   Martin Howie POW                    52      15                          .288
   Donwey Ray CNL                      52      15                          .288
   McCormick POW                       66      19                          .288
   McDonald CRC                        70      20                          .286
   Kolybaba Bill COF                   70      20                          .286
   Orr Freddie CNL                     91      26                          .286
   Pearse B. UB                        68      19                          .279
   McKenzie Lyle CNL                   90      25                          .278
   Teterenko POW                       76      21                          .276
   Palek Bill CRC                      58      15                          .259
   Downey Dick CNL                     93      24                          .258
   Pratt Gordon(Pro) COM               67      17                          .254
   Conti Ty CRC                        95      24                          .253
   Cass Jim COF                        52      13                          .250
   Cochlan Bob POW                    102      25                          .245
   Thulin Harry CRC                    94      22                          .234
   Marshall Don CRC                    89      20                          .225
   Montgomery Jerry COM                58      13                          .224
   Moore Bill CNL                      54      12                          .222
   Richardson  Ricky UB                72      16                          .222
   Ciprick Bill POW                    92      20                          .217
   Gribbling COF                       84      18                          .214
   Fleming POW                         66      14                          .212
   Harrison COM                        66      14                          .212
   Hildebrand J. POW                   81      17                          .210
   McIvor Bob(Shorty) CNL              60      12                          .200
   Pratt Ron UB                        55      11                          .200
   Shillito UB                         76      15                          .197
   Korsa Joe CRC                       75      14                          .187
   Gordon Doc CNL                      59      11                          .186
   Wiotte COF                          70      13                          .186
   McKay S. UB                         55      10                          .182
   Kennedy Don UB                      85      15                          .176
   Young Bobby COF                     52       9                          .173
   Moore Roy COM                       81      13                          .160
   Smith Jake COM                      78      12                          .154
   Urquhart Alex COM                   74      11                          .149
   Montgomery Skip COM                 97      14                          .144
   CNL=Courtenay Legion, COF=Comox RCAF, COM=Comox Tigers, CRC=Campbell River Cougars, P
OW=Powell River, UB=Union Bay
Source : Comox District Free Press, Sesptember 1, 1954


SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE 

Bill Ankoviak, the Albert Lea playing manager, is the batting champion of the Southern Minnesota League in 1954. The first sacker batted at a .374 clip to top Al Radsavage of Winona who finished at .351.  Sid Langston of Austin was third with a .347 average. Don Petschow of Mankato had a league-leadling .375 mark, but did not have enough at bats to qualify for the title.  Ankoviak also led the circuit in runs, 44, and hits, 65. Al Weygandt of Owatonna slugged the most homers, 22 and Dick Morgan of Mankato drove in the most runs, 50.

Vern Edmunds of Waseca led the hurlers with 15 wins. Monte Lopez of Owatonna had 12. Carmen Ferullo had the top winning percentage with an 11-4 mark.

AVE :  Ankoviak LEA - .374 
RUNS : Ankoviak LEA - 44
HITS : Ankoviak LEA - 65
2B : Pfasterer MAK & Gregory LEA - 15
3B: Sichko LEA - 4
HR : Weygandt OW - 22
RBI : Morgan MAK - 50
   SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE       GP  AB   R   H  TB  2B  3B  HR  SB RBI   PCT
   Petschow Don MAK                   112      42                          .375
   Ankoviak Bill LEA               45 174  44  65 106  13   2   8      34  .374
   Radsavage Al WIN                43 174  26  61 107  12   2  10      47  .351
   Langston Sid AUS                32 118  19  41  65   6   0   6      21  .347
   Morgan Dick MAK                    160      55 117   5   3  17      50  .344
   Sivinski John LEA               45 181  35  62 117  10   0  15      40  .343
   Kaess Dick FAR                      91      31                          .341
   Marquardt Del LEA               45 168  26  57  86   9   1   6      27  .339
   Sichko Mike LEA                 43 171  31  58  93  12   4   5      21  .339
   Minnis Virl OW                      72      24                          .333
   Shargey Steve WIN               20  66   5  22  29   4   0   1       9  .333
   Hormann Don(Gabby) WIN          16  60  13  20  32   6   0   2       7  .333
   Weygandt Al  OW                    145  42  48 119   5   0  22      44  .331
   Schlaffer Augie ROC                149      49                          .329
   McCarthy Jerry FAR                 122      40                          .328
   Triplett Jack  WIN              36 144  32  47  77  10   1   6      25  .326
   Wheeler Don ROC                    151      49                          .325
   Hancock Fred ROC                   101      32                          .317
   Barnacle Bill ROC                   54      17                          .315
   Olive Gene WSA                     175      54                          .309
   Podoley Joe WSA                    159      49                          .308
   Sexson Joe AUS                  25  91   9  28  35   2   1   1       8  .308
   Pfasterer Kent MAK                 189  42  58      15              36  .307
   Musgrave Bob FAR                    95      29                          .305
   Reed Wally OW                      158      48              11          .304
   Ludwig Bob FAR                     146      44           3              .301
   Raso Joe AUS                    37 134  20  39  54   7   1   2      20  .291
   Roberts  Perry LEA              34 129  17  37  60   8   0   5      17  .287
   McCabe Bob LEA                  44 173  28  49  65  10   3   0      13  .283
   Jok Dick LEA                    40 146  24  41  65   3   0   7      25  .281
   Gleason George AUS              16  57   8  16  29   2   1   3      13  .281
   Gregory Gus LEA                 45 178  22  45  68  15   1   2      28  .253
   Niro Joe WIN                    39 129  11  32  42   7   0   1      15  .248
   Martin Olin AUS                 43 172  22  42  58   8   1   2      16  .244
   Sites Ernie AUS                 23  82  15  20  41   3   0   6      16  .244
   Sebastian John AUS              36 107  12  25  37   3   0   3       7  .234
   Bartholomew Bob AUS             32 120  14  28  33   1   2   0       7  .233
   Leach Bill WIN                  43 147  22  34  58   4   1   6      20  .231
   Anderson Dick AUS               15  52   4  12  14   2   0   0       4  .231
   Lindgren Red AUS                23  88  10  20  28   3   1   1       5  .227
   Poliak John LEA                 24  54   6  12  18   3   0   1       5  .222
   Campeau Bill AUS                22  66   7  14  19   2   0   1       4  .212
   Mikesell Maury WIN              42 155  19  32  49   6   1   3      16  .206
   Harriman Earl WIN               29  97   8  20  28   5   0   1       4  .206
   Rosenbaum Ray AUS               19  35   5   7  11   1   0   1       7  .200
   Miller Don AUS                  36 117  11  23  36   3   2   2      12  .197
   House Sam LEA                   29  57   9  11  22   1   2   2      11  .193
   Wilkins Dewey LEA               22  58   7  11  21   1   0   3       8  .190
   Budde Al WIN                    17  38   4   7   8   1   0   0       0  .184
   Morgan Herb AUS                 14  50   8   9  17   2   0   2       3  .180
   Schoonmaker Jerry AUS           11  41   4   7   8   1   0   0       6  .171
   DeRose Carl AUS                 23  48   1   8  14   3   0   1       6  .167
   Ferullo Carmen LEA              23  50   3   8  10   2   0   0       5  .160
   Gorman Chuck WIN                10  13   3   2   6   1   0   1       3  .154
   Lawler Jim AUS                  23  66   4  10  16   3   0   1       3  .152
   New George LEA                  17  20   2   3   4   1   0   0       1  .150
   McGrath Jack WIN                26  53   2   3   3   0   0   0       3  .057
   Skemp Bill AUS                   5  10   0   0   0   0   0   0       0  .000
   Wieczorek Ralph(Butch) WIN       3   3   1   0   0   0   0   0       0  .000
   Mahoney Bob AUS                  1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0       0  .000
 * Statistics incomplete. No reports for complete lineups for Mankato, Owatonna, Rochester.
   Faribault, Waseca
Source : Winona Daily News, October 4, 1954, Albert Lea Sunday Tribune, October 3, 1954 Austin Daily Herald, September 29, 1954, Albert Lea Sunday Tribune, August 29, 1954, Winona Daily News, September 7, 1954, Austin Daily Herald, August 30, 1954
WINS : Edmonds WSA - 15 
PCT : Ferullo LEA - .733
   SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE       W  L   PCT  IP   H   R  BB  SO    ERA
   Ferullo Carmen LEA             11  4  .733 143 131      51  93   3.65
   Edmonds Vern WSA               15  6  .714
   Vike Don FAR                    8  4  .667
   Wilkins Dewey LEA              11  6  .647 149 121      42  81   2.89
   Saul Pep FAR                    9  5  .643
   Lopez Monte OW                 12  7  .632
   Lawler Jim AUS                 11  8  .579 163 139      81 104
   Rosenbaum Ray AUS               5  6  .455  86 110      35  47
   Gorman WIN                      2  3  .400  42  50  36  22  17   6.48
   New George LEA                  3  5  .375  60  61      39  35   5.28
   McGrath WIN                     5  9  .357 138 149  90  53 102   5.03
   Budde WIN                       3  7  .300  82 101  51  33  67   4.50
   DeRose Carl AUS                 3  9  .250 130 149      24  67
   House Sam LEA                   0  0  .000   8   8       7   3   3.38
   Radsavage Al WIN                0  0  .000   7   8   5   5   4   6.43
   Roberts Perry LEA               0  0  .000   2   1       1   1   0.00
   Mahoney AUS                     0  1  .000   3   7       3   2
   Wieczorek WIN                   0  2  .000  11  20  15   7   1   7.59
   * Stats incomplete.


CHINOOK BASEBALL LEAGUE

Outfielder Fred Storey of the Calgary Universal Mercurys captured the Chinook Baseball League batting championship for 1954 registering a .364 mark to top teammate Harvey Wylie who finished at .342.

Jim McKinnon of Drumheller Miners took third spot with an average of .336, while Murray Dodds and Harry Noble of the Carstairs Cardinals were close behind with .333 averages.

John Makos of the league winning Red Deer Dodgers topped the pitching department with a record of seven wins and three losses. Drumheller's Rudy Nocair was close behind with an 8-4 mark. Marcel DeVoss of Carstairs had the most wins, 10.

Cy Ing of Red Deer led the power hitters banging out a total of eight homers during the course of the season. Dave Abel of the Mercs was next in line with five. The triples crown went to Bruce Ing of Carstairs. He hit three. Storey's 17 doubles easily topped that department. A pair of Red Deer Dodgers led in runs batted in, as Cy Ing knocked in 35 runners and Jerry Kernaghan pushed in 34. Abel was right behind with 33.

AVE :  Storey CGM - .364 
RUNS : Bassen CGM - 37
HITS : Ing Cy RD - 44
2B : Storey CGM - 17
3B: Ing Bruce - 3
HR : Ing Cy RD - 8
RBI : Ing Cy RD - 35
CHINOOK LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Bessie N. DH 1 0 1 0 1.000 English CGM 3 1 2 0 .667 Lauer Lefty RD 7 1 4 2 .571 Hodgson Joe RD 4 1 2 1 .500 Karbonic RD 4 0 2 0 .500 Kyle Gus CGM 38 9 14 6 .368 Storey Fred CGM 110 24 40 17 33 .364 Nielson Dale DH 11 4 4 2 .364 Wylie Harv CGM 82 19 28 24 .341 McKinnon Jim DH 122 21 41 19 .336 Noble Harry CS 138 27 46 20 .333 Dodds Murray CS 90 15 30 13 .333 Kovacik Alec CGM 6 1 2 1 .333 Tolar RD 6 1 2 0 .333 Tesluk Ernie CGM 3 1 1 0 .333 Able Dave CGM 131 24 43 5 31 .328 Ing Cy RD 139 30 44 8 35 .317 Kernaghan Jerry RD 111 19 35 34 .315 Ing Ken RD 127 26 40 25 .315 Hill Charlie DH 64 7 20 13 .313 Boychuk John RD 13 6 4 8 .308 Sparrow Bill DH 99 16 30 13 .303 Bondie Buck CS 129 17 39 17 .302 Thederahn Bill DH 43 6 13 6 .302 Berlando Jimmy RD 120 21 36 14 .300 Service Bill RD 115 26 34 15 .296 Gazely Pete RD 44 3 13 5 .295 Umari Bob RD 85 22 25 9 .294 Lahey Bert CGM 65 9 19 2 .292 Hucul CGM 14 4 4 1 .286 Casebeer Mernus CS 125 23 35 13 .280 Martin Dave RD 90 18 25 10 .278 Pollard Lou CS 18 6 5 2 .278 Ing Bruce CS 58 11 16 3 10 .276 Makos John RD 80 15 22 13 .275 Saville Jim DH 125 27 34 15 .272 McLellan Charlie RD 118 28 32 13 .271 Edmondson George CS 63 5 17 7 .270 Bassen Hank CGM 121 37 32 11 .264 Ryan Eddie CGM 27 3 7 4 .259 VanWassenhove Reg DH 89 16 23 4 .258 Scott Pete DH 90 12 23 11 .256 Shields Jim CGM 52 11 13 4 .250 Passey CS 4 2 1 0 .250 Alfrey Darwin CS 117 20 29 20 .248 Loewen Don CS 148 20 36 22 .243 Andronyk Jack DH 95 16 23 12 .242 Gallagher Charlie CGM 120 16 29 23 .242 Bond Leroy DH 101 20 24 12 .238 (1) Nociar Rudy DH 51 4 12 6 .235 Gilliland George CS 13 2 3 2 .231 Loughlin Ronnie DH 100 22 23 8 .230 Armeneau Wes RD 107 18 24 10 .224 Wylie Cliff CGM 104 15 23 17 .221 Bertamini Art DH 88 14 19 13 .216 Goodwin Herb CGM 121 15 26 21 .215 Leismer CS 152 19 30 11 .197 DeVoss Marcel CS 67 9 13 5 .194 Stephenson Wayne(Wimpy) CGM 69 7 12 6 .174 Samuels Jack DH 72 5 11 5 .153 (1) Blakely Stan CGM 75 10 11 3 .147 (1) Misuraca Arnind CGM 7 1 1 0 .143 Ott Bill DH 29 2 4 3 .138 Gibson Brian CGM 33 3 4 4 .121 Wilson Hugh CS 34 3 4 3 .118 Marquardt Doug DH 18 6 2 0 .111 Bigelow Al CS 37 7 4 6 .108 Brookman Johnny CS 21 3 0 1 .000 Pellerin Jerry RD 0 2 0 0 .000 Sandulak Sandy RD 0 0 0 0 .000 Fleming CGM 1 0 0 0 .000 Gilday CGM 1 0 0 0 .000 Books Dave CGM 2 0 0 0 .000 Clark CGM 3 0 0 0 .000 Casebeer Lloyd CS 3 0 0 0 .000 Lausten CS 3 0 0 0 .000 Ursick CS 3 0 0 0 .000 Both DH 3 0 0 0 .000 Merus DH 3 0 0 0 .000 Tanner RD 3 0 0 0 .000 Kollmyzic CGM 4 0 0 0 .000 Abbott Walt RD 6 1 0 0 .000 Gillespie Lawrence RD 9 1 0 0 .000 Tanenee CS 10 0 0 0 .000 The published statistics displayed some inaccurate averages (according to the hits
and at bats shown), Leroy Bond was shown at .258, Jack Samuals .222 and Stan Blakely .173.
CGM=Calgary Universal Mercurys, CS=Carstairs Cardinals, DH=Drumheller Miners, RD=Red Deer Dodgers
Source : Calgary Herald, September 18, Red Deer Advocate, September 22, 1954
CHINOOK LEAGUE                   G  GS  CG  W  L   PCT  IP   H  BB  SO  WP    ERA
Lauer Lefty RD                              2  0 1.000
Boychuk John RD                             1  0 1.000
Makos John RD                               7  3  .700
Nociar Rudy DH                              8  4  .667
Martin Dave RD                              5  3  .625
DeVoss Marcel CS                           10  7  .588
Stephenson Wayne(Wimpy) CGM                 7  6  .538
Marquardt Doug DH                           3  2  .600
     


HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE

Zeke Bella, Halifax Cardinals fleet center-fielder, had the most outstanding season in the history of the H&D League, winning the batting championship with an average of .419, and tieing teammate Jerry Cline in runs batted in with 51.  Leader in doubles was George Lewis of Liverpool with 18. Deacon Jones of Truro had the most triples, 9: and Jerry Cline was the home-run leader with 12. 

Cline, old pro Jim Edwards, Stellarton, and Hugh Hamil, Dartmouth all stole 13 bases.  Cline duplicated his numbers from the previous year with Guelph of the Ontario Intercounty League where he hit .275 and led the league with 12 home runs.

The Dartmouth Arrows were the classiest club on defense with a .961 team fielding average. 

Pitching leaders were as follows: Jim Heller, Halifax, 10-2; Bob Davis, Halifax, 9-2; Jim Kukendall, Dartmouth, 9-3; Don Eason, Truro, 9-3; and Don Swanson, Liverpool 12-6.  Don Richards of Liverpool led the strikeout brigade with 108.

HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE       GP  AB   R   H  TB  2B  3B  HR  SB RBI   PCT
HALIFAX CARDINALS
Kane Buddy                       2   4       2                          .500
Bella John(Zeke)                60 191  55  80      17   5   8  10  51  .419
Carter Billy                    58 244  50  77      12   0   6   0  27  .316
Cline Bill                      36  95  11  28       3   1   5   0  20  .295
Carroll Tom                     58 218  50  61      10   0   7   4  34  .280
Cline Jerry                     63 244  43  68       9   2  12  13  51  .279
Clark Johnny                    31 123  23  33       3   2   0   2  10  .268
Scariato Bob                    63 232  35  62      11   1   7   2  44  .267
Boudreau Don                    49 161  23  41       3   2   7   2  24  .255
Cosgrove Jack                   44 130  21  33       5   0   1   0  10  .254
Serpico Neil                    22  88  15  20       3   0   3   0   7  .227
Wilkins Dick                    59 208  19  41       3   2   5   1  23  .197
McCafferty George                2   8       1                          .125
Decker Bob                       2   1       0                          .000
Perry Roland                     1   3       0                          .000
Heller Jim(Smokey)              23
Picker Ed                       17
Davis Bob                       15
Tarpey Phil                     15
Pinto Mickey                    14
Levinson Jerry                  10
Foote Amby                       8
Duffy Russ                       8
Kemp Roy                         1
       
DARTMOUTH ARROWS
Bergeron Bill                   55 196  45  59       6   3   3   8  21  .301
Yvars Johnny                    51 172  33  48      10   3   0   4  15  .279
Stell Sam                       50 161  17  43       9   4   1   1  27  .267
Hamil Hugh                      65 231  34  61       8   2   6  13  39  .264
Luck Eugene(Bucky)              65 255  33  66      11   4   4   7  23  .259
Miller Lewis(Weenie)            63 251  41  63       6   2   5   7  24  .251
Holt Lynwood                    60 212  31  51       6   4   8   0  44  .241
Webb Paul                       32 125  15  29       3   2   2   3   8  .232
Hoch Art                        56 178  20  37       3   1   0   5  20  .208
Arnold Chuck                    49 144  19  26       5   0   3   2  13  .181
Raugh Jim                       23
Kuykendall Jim                  20
Susce Paul                      20
Brendle Paul                    11
McCleney Dick                   16
Conger Luther                   13
       
LIVERPOOL LARRUPERS
Seaman Danny                     5   5       3                          .600
Lewis George                    65 243  41  80      18   3  11   6  50  .329
Buss Ray                        65 246  54  71      15   2   2   4  13  .289  (1)
Powers John                     65 250  42  70      11   1   2   4  19  .280
Kaiser Jack                     65 233  43  65       5   5   7   7  42  .279
Gastall Tom                     32 108  16  29       5   4   3   5  11  .269
Ceccere Ralph                   37 128   7  32       3   3   0   3  11  .250
Hardy Bill                      65 236  26  55       5   2   5   3  27  .233
Bowers Mac                      10  31       7                          .226
Coccodrilli Bob                 12  40       9       1       1          .225
Moran Neil                      27  84   7  18       5   1   0   0   5  .214
Kretchmar Joe                   57 163  10  33       3   1   1   1   9  .202
Clayton Ray                     14  42       7       1                  .167
Belknap                          4  10       0                          .000
Vinci Carmine                    1   2       0                          .000
Swanson Don                     23
Richards Don                    20
Hadlock Ed                      16
Swanson Art(Red)                11
DiFrederico Jim                  8
Gounares Al                      8
Thublin Marcus                   1
      
STELLARTON ALBIONS
Fulghum Joe                     63 234  37  89      15   1   8   5  47  .380  (1)
Baxter Dave                     63 210  32  67       9   1  11   0  33  .319
Turney Jack                     55 207  42  62      13   1   5   6  17  .300
Edwards Jim(Jennings)           63 228  40  68      15   3   6  13  38  .298
Rogers Kent(Baby)               61 228  34  64       7   2   1   4  28  .281
Bachelor Russ                   63 223  32  62      12   2   5   2  27  .278
Blanton Buford                  33 115  13  31       5   2   2   2  15  .270
Wyles Carl                      44 142  22  36       7   1   5   3  22  .254
Cline Gaither                   53 163  24  40       9   1   0   2  12  .245
McKeel Luther                   30 107  20  25       4   1   0   3   6  .234
Frye Will                       13  31   7   7       0   0   3   2   6  .226
Santoli Sonny                    9  31   6   7       0   0   1   3   3  .226
Stroup Paul                      1   0   0   0       0   0   0   0   0  .000
Hemphill Connie                 26
Raines John(Monk)               19
Hamrick Hank                    18
Hall Sherrill                   14
Waselchuk John                  11
Jacobs Cole                      9
Stout Harold                     7
Beard Jim                        5
       
TRURO BEARCATS
Maxwell Stan(Chook)             44 145  13  41       5   4   0   0  15  .283
Norskey Al                      65 273  23  75       7   0   2   0  28  .275  (1)
Pollard Bob                     51 176  20  47       3   1   6   1  27  .267
Jones Grover(Deacon)            65 226  54  55      13   9   7   8  23  .243
Tippery Ken                     65 249  40  59      10   5   8   0  33  .237
Durkin Jimmy                    24  78   5  17       2   0   1   1   0  .218
Eason Ron                       43 122  12  26       1   0   1   1  10  .213
Lambeth Harold(Red)             15  47   5  10       1   0   0   0   1  .213
Haynam Bruce                    58 212  28  45       4   1   2   0  22  .212
Powell Jim                      49 164  24  34       5   1   6   1  24  .207
Thurston Bill                   11  61   5  12       1   1   1   0   8  .197
Tommelein Howie                  9  29       5       1                  .172
Gmitter Fred                     5  14       2                          .143
Short Gene                       2   5       0                          .000
Peterjohn Dick                  16
Anderson John                   15
Gee Johnny                      13
Eason Don                       12
Hinfey Jack                     12
Lary Gene                        9
Kern Don                         7
Judd Walter                      5
Bob Thwaites                     5
Lou Portocarrero                 3
       
KENTVILLE WILDCATS             
Hurley Ed                       56 194  23  56       4   5   0   7  18  .289
Mansfield Bruce                  2   7   0   2       0   0   0   0   0  .286
Prohovich Don                   65 228  33  63      11   6   6   3  31  .276
Pugatch Bob                     44 172  20  45       6   0   4   0  22  .262
Kearns Bill                     41 115  12  30       8   1   1   1  12  .261
Ballestrini Dick                56 172  23  44       9   3   6   2  25  .256
Simourian John                  64 231  48  58      12   1   5  12  26  .251
Colombo Armand                  26 100  16  25       6   1   0   2  10  .250
Gracie Colin                    62 209  15  48       4   3   2   3  19  .230
Rogers Hosea                    52 165  21  34       2   4   4   1  17  .206
Moran Al                        58 184  13  37       5   2   0   1  18  .201
McGrath Jack                    16  56  11  11       0   0   0   5   3  .196
Nedrow John                      2   7       1       0   0   0   0   0  .143
Jordan                           7  22       3       1   0   0   0   0  .136
Paparella Jerry                  5  15       1       1   0   0   0   0  .067
Bauk Steve                      22
Cote Ron                        21
Bunker Dick                     19
Cary Bill                       19
Wolowac Stan                    15
Stenhouse Dave                   8
Perry Ron                        7

(1) Paper showed Buss at .280, hits & at bats would result in .289. Fulghum shown at .383, 
should be .380. Norseky, shown at .271, should be .275.
Source: Halifax Chronicle Herald.
HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE        G  W  L   PCT  IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO   ERA
HALIFAX CARDINALS
Heller Jim(Smokey)                 10  2  .833 108 108  48      44  56
Davis Bob                           9  2  .818 100  90  43      63  89
Levinson Jerry                      6  3  .667  76  67  29      28  33
Picker Ed                           5  3  .625  63  54  28      36  32
Tarpey Phil                         5  4  .556 101 105  59      49  52
Duffy Russ                          2  2  .500  29  33  23      22  18
Foote Amby                          2  2  .500  48  47  34      18  23
Pinto Mickey                        3  4  .429  49  64  47      19  36
Kemp Roy                            0  0  .000   0   2   4       2   0
    
DARTMOUTH ARROWS
Brendle Paul                        7  2  .778  92  66  42      43  77
Kuykendall Jim                      9  3  .750 107  86  47      48  75
McCleney Dick                       8  4  .667  82  76  47      47  46
Raugh Jim                           8  5  .615 123  99  35      41  57
Susce Paul                          6  5  .545 106  92  54      67  84
Conger Luther                       4  4  .500  71  79  45      41  40
      
LIVERPOOL LARRUPERS
Swanson Don                        12  6  .667 131 111  50      57  91
DiFrederico Jim                     3  2  .600  44  53  25      23  26
Richards Don                        7  5  .583 109  88  60      99 108
Gounares Al                         2  2  .500  41  39  26      27  12
Hadlock Ed                          5  8  .385 121 111  46      31  85
Swanson Art(Red)                    2  4  .333  55  63  36      20  22
       
STELLARTON ALBIONS
Raines John(Monk)                   9  6  .600 116 104  44      54  80
Hamrick Hank                        6  4  .600  87  63  32      51  39
Hemphill Connie                     8  8  .500 131 105  53      66 105
Waselchuk John                      1  1  .500  45  37  29      11  19
Hall Sherrill                       4  6  .400  87  85  50      39  54
Stout Harold                        1  2  .333  23  20  24      21  11
Jacobs Cole                         1  3  .250  44  51  26      18  18
Beard Jim                           1  3  .250  26  31  23      12  15
      
TRURO BEARCATS
Eason Don                           9  3  .750  92  70  35      22  69
Gee Johnny                          5  3  .625  69  52  31      16  49
Thurston Bill                       4  5  .444  43  55  30      22  34
Hinfey Jack                         2  3  .400  40  38  30      22  36
Anderson John                       2  5  .286  82  88  40      23  52
Peterjohn Dick                      2  6  .250  88  74  42      67  72
Kern Don                            1  3  .250  41  53  36      27  39
Lary Gene                           1  4  .200  39  60  35      19  26
Lou Portocarrero                    0  1  .000  10  10   9      10   5
Judd Walter                         0  2  .000  28  30  18       7  19
Bob Thwaites                        0  2  .000  24  22  20      15  17
       
KENTVILLE WILDCATS
Stenhouse Dave                      3  1  .750  38  33  16      22  35
Bunker Dick                         7  6  .538 121  97  52      66  93
Bauk Steve                          5  7  .417 119 120  64      52  71
Cote Ron                            6  9  .400 115 112  70      61  64
Perry Ron                           1  5  .167  28  38  27      13  20
Cary Bill                           1  6  .143  66  65  47      37  32
Wolowac Stan                        1  6  .143  65  62  49      65  28