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1954 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 68-94
Finish: 7th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 709
Runs Allowed: 913
Exp W-L: 63-99
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 1,157,283
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 7th in the AL
AA: 65-72, 5th in the AL
A: 61-76, 6th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Elmer Valo 33 153 559 89 130 18 4 3 31 24 9 84 61 .233 .335 .295 .631 63.3 9.5 3.6
2B  Johnny Temple 26 150 537 71 145 24 0 3 61 12 1 62 26 .270 .346 .331 .677 60.8 9.9 4.1
1B *Ray Sanders 37 150 523 67 142 33 4 8 78 5 9 75 95 .272 .362 .396 .758 72.0 15.2 1.7
DH *Joe Collins 31 156 504 67 101 10 4 15 69 4 10 73 67 .200 .300 .325 .626 51.5 4.3 2.6
LF  Frank Thomas 25 148 529 77 145 21 1 28 97 1 0 38 60 .274 .322 .476 .799 75.8 16.3 3.6
C *Smoky Burgess 27 141 506 75 149 34 1 12 90 6 2 49 37 .294 .354 .437 .791 75.5 17.9 5.3
2B *Johnny Bero 31 122 342 32 61 13 2 6 38 0 0 39 63 .178 .258 .281 .539 26.1 0.0 3.6
2B  Rocky Bridges 26 112 354 26 73 12 1 3 27 2 1 19 29 .206 .245 .271 .517 20.6 0.0 2.3
1B  Norm Zauchin 24 110 284 40 75 14 1 16 47 0 0 35 51 .264 .344 .489 .833 49.1 11.8 1.5
C  Joe Tipton 32 101 193 27 49 10 1 5 29 1 1 35 21 .254 .367 .394 .761 29.4 6.4 1.6
SS *Preston Ward 26 53 198 25 50 12 3 2 32 0 0 27 19 .253 .342 .374 .716 24.2 4.5 1.7
LF  George Case 38 91 158 26 37 4 2 3 19 9 8 9 43 .234 .275 .342 .617 13.5 0.9 0.8
3B *Don Bollweg 33 66 118 18 38 6 2 6 18 5 1 22 13 .322 .423 .559 .982 27.5 7.7 1.0
1B *Lloyd Merriman 29 58 90 12 20 5 0 1 8 1 0 8 6 .222 .286 .311 .597 7.9 0.8 0.6
RF *Lou Limmer 29 82 76 20 15 1 1 3 14 4 2 18 8 .197 .351 .355 .706 10.7 1.6 0.3
P *Chris Van Cuyk 27 39 83 5 16 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 15 .193 .212 .205 .417 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Landrum 25 38 75 2 14 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 .187 .187 .213 .400 1.9 0.0 0.0
P *Cliff Chambers 32 25 62 6 12 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 12 .194 .203 .210 .413 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Sain 36 25 59 4 19 2 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 .322 .311 .356 .667 6.3 0.8 0.0
1B *Eddie Robinson 33 42 42 4 10 2 0 0 4 1 0 6 5 .238 .333 .286 .619 4.0 0.6 0.0
LF *Rocky Nelson 29 22 42 10 15 3 0 1 5 0 0 2 1 .357 .386 .500 .886 7.0 2.2 0.1
P  Hersh Freeman 25 14 27 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .111 .111 .148 .259 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Ben Flowers 27 12 22 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.6 0.0 0.0
3B *Tom Burgess 26 6 17 1 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 5 .235 .316 .471 .786 2.6 0.6 0.1
2B  Owen Friend 27 6 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .176 .125 .301 -0.3 0.0 0.1
P  Ed Head 36 48 15 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .533 .533 .600 1.133 3.6 1.5 0.0
SS  Dick Smith 26 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .111 .333 .111 .444 0.1 0.0 0.1
P  Jim Hearn 33 73 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Lloyd Hittle 30 68 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bud Podbielan 30 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Qualters 19 55 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
LF *Dick Sipek 31 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.2 0.1
P  Bob Hall 30 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Kline 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Branca 28 92 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0.8 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 29.1 2269 5478 709 1343 231 27 116 695 75 46 610 687 .245 .320 .361 .681 635.5 112.7 34.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 8 6 7 7 7 7 6 3 7 3 4 6 6 7 7 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Chris Van Cuyk 27 13 10 .565 39 39 0 224.3 202 112 26 118 128 4.49 12.9
 Joe Landrum 25 12 12 .500 38 38 0 215.0 211 101 26 52 98 4.23 13.7
*Cliff Chambers 32 8 11 .421 25 25 0 183.0 190 101 30 76 75 4.97 7.0
 Johnny Sain 36 7 13 .350 25 25 0 168.7 177 93 29 64 86 4.96 7.4
 Ralph Branca 28 4 6 .400 92 0 8 108.7 150 85 18 63 33 7.04 0.0
*Lloyd Hittle 30 5 7 .417 68 0 0 100.7 113 66 12 64 23 5.90 1.1
 Jim Hearn 33 2 2 .500 73 0 6 99.0 122 71 17 53 24 6.45 0.7
 Hersh Freeman 25 5 4 .556 14 14 0 92.0 114 53 7 27 37 5.18 2.6
 Ed Head 36 5 8 .385 48 3 0 81.0 75 46 10 39 46 5.11 3.8
 Ben Flowers 27 3 7 .300 12 12 0 75.3 86 52 12 32 40 6.21 0.0
 Tom Qualters 19 3 8 .273 55 0 19 59.7 67 32 4 23 17 4.83 6.3
 Bud Podbielan 30 1 1 .500 2 2 0 16.0 10 8 2 11 5 4.50 1.0
 Ron Kline 22 0 2 .000 2 2 0 10.7 12 8 3 7 6 6.75 0.0
 Bob Hall 30 0 2 .000 2 2 0 10.7 13 9 0 11 3 7.60 0.0
 Johnny Bero 31 0 1 .000 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 28.7 68 94 .420 496 162 33 1445.6 1544 838 197 640 621 5.22 56.5
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 2 7 8 7 8 8 6 7 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 32.3
S.Burgess 1139.0 125 135 498 45 3 0 .995 32.5
J.Tipton 306.7 37 38 146 11 1 0 .994 9.1
Team Total 1445.7 162 173 644 56 4 0 .994 27.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.28
R.Sanders 1208.7 138 142 1517 125 24 150 .986 12.23
D.Bollweg 61.0 7 9 82 5 1 7 .989 12.84
J.Tipton 60.0 6 8 70 8 0 8 1.000 11.70
O.Friend 43.0 5 5 61 4 3 8 .956 13.60
E.Robinson 19.0 2 4 22 0 0 1 1.000 10.42
N.Zauchin 15.0 1 3 16 1 0 1 1.000 10.20
F.Thomas 8.3 0 2 11 2 0 1 1.000 14.05
R.Bridges 6.0 1 2 10 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
P.Ward 3.0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
L.Merriman 2.7 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 10.15
R.Nelson 1.7 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.000 15.88
L.Limmer 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1429.4 160 178 1800 146 28 177 .986 12.25
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.35
J.Temple 1137.3 128 139 278 507 16 101 .980 6.21
J.Bero 224.0 27 32 68 124 2 32 .990 7.71
D.Bollweg 72.0 6 14 18 39 2 9 .966 7.13
D.Smith 9.0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00
R.Bridges 3.3 0 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 10.81
Team Total 1445.7 162 189 368 675 20 143 .981 6.49
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.84
F.Thomas 1090.0 128 132 72 290 18 22 .953 2.99
R.Bridges 75.0 9 10 3 20 1 2 .958 2.76
L.Limmer 61.3 3 18 2 18 0 3 1.000 2.93
D.Bollweg 58.0 5 11 2 19 2 1 .913 3.26
J.Bero 45.0 5 8 3 14 1 0 .944 3.40
N.Zauchin 42.7 4 7 1 10 1 1 .917 2.32
T.Burgess 41.7 5 6 0 9 0 0 1.000 1.94
D.Smith 16.0 2 2 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.94
D.Sipek 11.0 1 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.09
E.Valo 4.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
O.Friend 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.7 162 198 87 390 23 30 .954 2.97
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.54
J.Bero 574.3 69 74 98 265 13 51 .965 5.69
P.Ward 442.0 50 50 85 191 7 43 .975 5.62
R.Bridges 315.3 37 41 60 135 8 35 .961 5.57
D.Bollweg 87.7 4 24 7 46 0 7 1.000 5.44
J.Temple 23.7 2 4 5 7 0 2 1.000 4.56
O.Friend 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Case 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.6 162 195 255 644 28 138 .970 5.60
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.91
N.Zauchin 612.0 68 86 143 2 1 0 .993 2.13
R.Bridges 461.7 58 59 96 2 3 0 .970 1.91
G.Case 252.7 27 34 50 0 1 0 .980 1.78
R.Nelson 74.6 14 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
L.Limmer 53.3 4 18 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
L.Merriman 42.0 3 12 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
P.Ward 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
F.Thomas 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1500.3 174 225 320 5 5 0 .985 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.41
E.Valo 1259.0 145 148 352 6 6 0 .984 2.56
L.Merriman 102.0 11 16 27 0 1 0 .964 2.38
G.Case 70.7 6 10 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.93
F.Thomas 11.0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09
P.Ward 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Tipton 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.7 162 181 407 6 7 0 .983 2.57
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.97
J.Collins 1281.0 151 152 283 4 6 0 .980 2.02
L.Merriman 78.7 5 21 27 0 1 0 .964 3.09
G.Case 39.0 3 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
R.Nelson 6.8 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
E.Robinson 4.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
E.Valo 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Sanders 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1414.5 159 193 326 4 7 0 .979 2.10
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.34
C.Van Cuyk 224.3 39 39 12 34 0 2 1.000 1.85
J.Landrum 215.0 38 38 15 45 0 0 1.000 2.51
C.Chambers 183.0 25 25 12 37 1 4 .980 2.41
J.Sain 168.7 25 25 8 29 0 2 1.000 1.97
R.Branca 108.7 0 92 8 22 1 1 .968 2.48
L.Hittle 100.7 0 68 5 27 1 1 .970 2.86
J.Hearn 99.0 0 73 5 21 1 2 .963 2.36
H.Freeman 92.0 14 14 7 20 0 1 1.000 2.64
E.Head 81.0 3 48 7 16 0 0 1.000 2.56
B.Flowers 75.3 12 12 6 13 1 0 .950 2.27
T.Qualters 59.7 0 55 6 8 2 2 .875 2.11
B.Podbielan 16.0 2 2 1 7 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Kline 10.7 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.69
B.Hall 10.7 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84
J.Bero 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.6 162 496 92 282 7 15 .982 2.33
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Burgess .294
On-Base Pct Sanders .362
Slugging Pct Thomas .476
OPS Thomas .799
XR Thomas 75.8
Games Collins 156
At-Bats Valo 559
Runs Valo 89
Hits Burgess 149
Total Bases Thomas 252
Singles Temple 118
Doubles Burgess 34
Triples Collins, Sanders, Valo 4
Homeruns Thomas 28
RBIs Thomas 97
Stolen Bases Valo 24
Caught Stealing Collins 10
Walks Valo 84
Strikeouts Sanders 95
ERA Landrum 4.23
Wins Van Cuyk 13
Losses Sain 13
Winning Pct Van Cuyk .565
Saves Qualters 19
Games Pitched Branca 92
Games Started Van Cuyk 39
Complete Games Sain 7
Shutouts Chambers, Freeman, Podbielan, Sain 1
Innings Pitched Van Cuyk 224.3
Hits Allowed Landrum 211
Homeruns Allowed Chambers 30
Strikeouts Van Cuyk 128
Walks Allowed Van Cuyk 118
Walks per 9IP Landrum 2.2
Hits per 9IP Van Cuyk 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Van Cuyk 5.1
WHiP Landrum 1.22
OAVG Van Cuyk .242
OOBP Landrum .299
OSLG Van Cuyk .390
OOPS Landrum .695
Team All-Stars
Tom Qualters
Frank Thomas
Player Salaries
Elmer Valo $ 12,785,000
Johnny Sain $ 7,000,000
Eddie Robinson $ 3,000,000
Ralph Branca $ 2,100,000
Smoky Burgess $ 2,000,000
Ray Sanders $ 2,000,000
Jim Hearn $ 1,250,000
Ed Head $ 1,120,000
Johnny Bero $ 450,054
George Case $ 450,000
Joe Tipton $ 350,000
Joe Landrum $ 350,000
Chris Van Cuyk $ 350,000
Joe Collins $ 350,000
Don Bollweg $ 300,000
Owen Friend $ 300,000
Hersh Freeman $ 300,000
Ben Flowers $ 300,000
Bill Glynn $ 300,000
Tom Burgess $ 300,000
Rocky Bridges $ 300,000
Cliff Chambers $ 300,000
Bob Hall $ 300,000
Ron Kline $ 300,000
Norm Zauchin $ 300,000
Lou Limmer $ 300,000
Lloyd Merriman $ 300,000
Bud Podbielan $ 300,000
Tom Qualters $ 300,000
Dick Sipek $ 300,000
Dick Smith $ 300,000
Johnny Temple $ 300,000
Frank Thomas $ 300,000
Preston Ward $ 300,000
Lloyd Hittle $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Ben Wade
Howie Judson		 New York (N) Johnny Bero
2/2 Signed     George Case
2/3 Traded Ralph Weigel Seattle Smoky Burgess
5/1 Traded Rocky Nelson New York (N) Johnny Sain
7/1 Traded Roy Campanella Cleveland Dick Sipek
 
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