1954 California League Pitching Leaders

1953 Season 1955 Season

Classification: C

Overall: 562 games, 8 teams, approx. 140 games in season

Attendance: 993,758 (1,768/game)

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Bob Thorpe	19	STK	C	CHC	28	4	.875	2.28	3.03	34	33	32	5	300.0	266	101	76	13	94	179	8	0	5	1.200	8.0	0.4	2.8	5.4	1.90
2	Earl Escalante	36	SLS	C		18	18	.500	2.93	4.11	49	27	18	1	252.0	251	115	82	9	81	92	10	0	11	1.317	9.0	0.3	2.9	3.3	1.14
3	René Valdés	25	BAK	C	BRO	18	4	.818	2.38	3.10	28	24	21	1	212.0	186	73	56	11	83	204	2	0	2	1.269	7.9	0.5	3.5	8.7	2.46
4	Art Bielefeld	25	STK	C	CHC	17	14	.548	2.97	4.09	37	33	22	2	282.0	273	128	93	23	89	126	9	1	2	1.284	8.7	0.7	2.8	4.0	1.42
5	Rick Botelho*	19	MOD	C	NYY	17	12	.586	2.95	3.58	32	29	18	2	226.0	187	90	74	15	92	234	2	1	10	1.235	7.4	0.6	3.7	9.3	2.54
6	Joseph Bourgeois	21	FRE	C	STL	15	10	.600	4.25	5.34	41	21	9	0	182.0	210	108	86	16	85	115	12	0	10	1.621	10.4	0.8	4.2	5.7	1.35
7	Chuck Donley	20	CCI	C		14	8	.636	3.24	3.87	45	9	3	1	172.0	128	74	62	12	90	132	4	0	2	1.267	6.7	0.6	4.7	6.9	1.47
8	Jack Osborn	20	SJO	C	BOS	14	13	.519	4.48	5.17	39	29	10	1	223.0	222	128	111	15	91	152	5	0	9	1.404	9.0	0.6	3.7	6.1	1.67
9	Bob Thollander	23	SJO	C	BOS	14	10	.583	4.13	4.71	31	28	17	3	216.0	201	113	99	16	101	193	1	0	3	1.398	8.4	0.7	4.2	8.0	1.91
10	John Gabler	23	MOD	C	NYY	13	4	.765	2.93	3.52	22	16	10	2	138.0	114	54	45	6	70	114	6	0	4	1.333	7.4	0.4	4.6	7.4	1.63
11	Ernest Palmieri	19	FRE	C	STL	13	5	.722	4.03	4.62	30	25	13	3	183.0	152	94	82	10	148	152	3	2	7	1.639	7.5	0.5	7.3	7.5	1.03
12	Manny Pérez	37	CCI	C		13	12	.520	2.44	3.71	36	27	20	4	221.0	204	91	60	10	90	152	3	0	3	1.330	8.3	0.4	3.7	6.2	1.69
13	Joseph Ross	23	SJO	C	BOS	13	7	.650	4.22	4.78	33	29	10	0	192.0	186	102	90	8	112	136	4	0	7	1.552	8.7	0.4	5.3	6.4	1.21
14	Tom Cheney	19	FRE	C	STL	12	11	.522	3.86	4.97	32	27	14	4	203.0	182	112	87	11	122	207	3	0	8	1.498	8.1	0.5	5.4	9.2	1.70
15	Terry Kniffen	19	BAK	C	BRO	12	5	.706	4.14	5.45	25	17	9	1	152.0	146	92	70	10	79	136	6	0	1	1.480	8.6	0.6	4.7	8.1	1.72
16	Ken Wright	22	SLS	C		12	18	.400	5.43	7.32	50	26	11	1	214.0	251	174	129	18	101	146	12	0	19	1.645	10.6	0.8	4.2	6.1	1.45
17	Johnny James	20	MOD	C	NYY	11	8	.579	4.41	5.23	34	18	7	0	155.0	157	90	76	11	111	112	3	0	6	1.729	9.1	0.6	6.4	6.5	1.01
18	Tom King	20	VIS	C		11	22	.333	5.63	6.98	49	31	14	1	232.0	277	180	145	35	122	142	5	0	7	1.720	10.7	1.4	4.7	5.5	1.16
19	Gene Shortlidge	24	STK	C	CHC	11	6	.647	3.35	4.66	39	12	6	0	145.0	142	75	54	8	43	61	6	1	5	1.276	8.8	0.5	2.7	3.8	1.42
20	Art Demery	40	BAK	C	BRO	10	9	.526	3.05	4.50	31	14	13	2	174.0	169	87	59	8	78	164	4	1	1	1.420	8.7	0.4	4.0	8.5	2.10
21	Ed Donnelly*	23	FRE	C	STL	10	14	.417	4.99	6.35	37	26	12	1	173.0	177	122	96	7	138	140	8	0	5	1.821	9.2	0.4	7.2	7.3	1.01
22	Troy Herriage	23	SJO	C	BOS	10	10	.500	2.33	3.11	24	22	11	2	162.0	151	56	42	7	64	116	7	0	6	1.327	8.4	0.4	3.6	6.4	1.81
23	Bob Murphy	22	MOD	C	NYY	10	3	.769	2.07	2.63	14	12	11	3	113.0	86	33	26	2	33	106	3	0	5	1.053	6.8	0.2	2.6	8.4	3.21
24	Thomas Page	24	MOD	C	NYY	10	6	.625	2.62	3.99	22	19	9	0	151.0	128	67	44	10	68	70	9	1	7	1.298	7.6	0.6	4.1	4.2	1.03
25	Bob Blaylock	19	FRE	C	STL	9	8	.529	3.89	5.17	26	18	9	0	155.0	131	89	67	7	134	155	4	0	12	1.710	7.6	0.4	7.8	9.0	1.16
26	Ernie Broglio	18	MOD	C	NYY	9	3	.750	3.03	3.21	14	13	7	3	98.0	82	35	33	3	60	99	0	1	3	1.449	7.5	0.3	5.5	9.1	1.65
27	Jim Collins*	23	CCI	C		9	8	.529	4.32	5.55	34	23	8	1	175.0	181	108	84	5	91	81	10	1	1	1.554	9.3	0.3	4.7	4.2	0.89
28	Marshall Epperson*	29	VIS	C		9	8	.529	4.38	5.78	23	18	10	0	148.0	146	95	72	13	85	111	1	0	4	1.561	8.9	0.8	5.2	6.8	1.31
29	Jack Gruell	24	CCI	C		9	11	.450	3.60	5.00	39	24	10	1	205.0	181	114	82	15	126	121	11	0	6	1.498	7.9	0.7	5.5	5.3	0.96
30	Danny Hayling	26	BAK	C	BRO	9	5	.643	4.82	6.45	22	13	4	0	99.0	104	71	53	5	74	62	3	1	0	1.798	9.5	0.5	6.7	5.6	0.84
31	Gene Carlson	22	MOD	C	NYY	8	2	.800	3.44	4.68	30	7	2	0	102.0	96	53	39	10	44	73	4	1	4	1.373	8.5	0.9	3.9	6.4	1.66
32	Don Drysdale	17	BAK	C	BRO	8	5	.615	3.46	4.34	15	14	11	0	112.0	97	54	43	8	58	73	3	1	3	1.384	7.8	0.6	4.7	5.9	1.26
33	Dave Faszholz	21	CCI	C		8	6	.571	5.07	5.81	20	13	7	1	110.0	124	71	62	10	39	54	7	0	0	1.482	10.1	0.8	3.2	4.4	1.38
34	Bob Hughes*	26	VIS	C		8	11	.421	5.13	7.27	26	21	9	1	156.0	184	126	89	12	95	104	5	0	8	1.788	10.6	0.7	5.5	6.0	1.09
35	Paul Pettit*	22	SLS	C		8	7	.533	3.61	4.64	18	16	11	0	132.0	128	68	53	10	51	68	3	0	3	1.356	8.7	0.7	3.5	4.6	1.33
36	Jim Montgomery	19	STK	C	CHC	6	9	.400	4.92	6.16	27	18	5	1	130.0	122	89	71	2	113	98	4	0	13	1.808	8.4	0.1	7.8	6.8	0.87
37	Ernest Pastornicky	22	STK	C	CHC	6	3	.667	4.83	6.04	15	12	3	0	82.0	82	55	44	5	55	42	2	3	3	1.671	9.0	0.5	6.0	4.6	0.76
38	Larry Sherry	18	BAK	C	BRO	6	5	.545	5.15	5.81	21	14	7	2	110.0	95	71	63	7	115	87	4	0	7	1.909	7.8	0.6	9.4	7.1	0.76
39	Gene Bone?	26	FRE	C	STL	5	5	.500	4.73	6.19	19	8	3	0	80.0	89	55	42	6	41	70	1	1	0	1.625	10.0	0.7	4.6	7.9	1.71
40	Donald Jones	20	SLS	C		5	7	.417	3.81	5.76	19	15	7	2	111.0	106	71	47	9	57	86	3	1	3	1.468	8.6	0.7	4.6	7.0	1.51
41	James Lee	20	SJO	C	BOS	5	1	.833	4.70	5.22	24	2	0	0	69.0	67	40	36	5	49	64	1	1	1	1.681	8.7	0.7	6.4	8.3	1.31
42	James Peterson	20	BAK	C	BRO	5	3	.625	4.77	5.45	12	10	3	1	66.0	51	40	35	1	50	60	0	0	5	1.530	7.0	0.1	6.8	8.2	1.20
43	Phil Bach	19	SLS	C		4	6	.400	6.27	7.67	28	15	2	1	122.0	131	104	85	8	98	51	3	0	3	1.877	9.7	0.6	7.2	3.8	0.52
44	Alfredo Ibanez	24	MOD	C	NYY	4	4	.500	3.75	4.41	27	10	4	1	96.0	81	47	40	5	49	58	1	0	3	1.354	7.6	0.5	4.6	5.4	1.18
45	Bob Laubacher?	21	CCI	C		4	8	.333	3.95	5.30	14	9	3	1	73.0	78	43	32	6	45	33	1	0	2	1.685	9.6	0.7	5.5	4.1	0.73
46	Grant Mitchell	20	STK	C	CHC	4	2	.667	2.63	3.32	11	8	4	3	65.0	49	24	19	3	34	37	2	0	5	1.277	6.8	0.4	4.7	5.1	1.09
47	Arky Stanton	21	SLS	C		4	5	.444	5.36	7.64	37	4	0	0	99.0	99	84	59	2	95	53	2	1	6	1.960	9.0	0.2	8.6	4.8	0.56
48	George Wasconis	19	BAK	C	BRO	4	4	.500	5.69	6.80	13	7	3	0	49.0	47	37	31	5	40	23	3	0	2	1.776	8.6	0.9	7.3	4.2	0.58
49	William Zonner	20	SJO	C	BOS	4	3	.571	8.25	9.38	15	8	0	0	48.0	45	50	44	3	59	35	4	0	4	2.167	8.4	0.6	11.1	6.6	0.59
50	Floyd Brower	21	SJO	C	BOS	3	2	.600	5.71	8.12	21	1	0	0	41.0	48	37	26	4	32	21	1	0	3	1.951	10.5	0.9	7.0	4.6	0.66
51	Chris Christin	20	FRE	C	STL	3	5	.375	5.08	6.35	27	1	0	0	78.0	85	55	44	8	56	46	3	0	2	1.808	9.8	0.9	6.5	5.3	0.82
52	Don DeLong?	21	CCI	C		3	6	.333	8.24	8.85	14	9	2	0	59.0	59	58	54	9	71	42	2	0	7	2.203	9.0	1.4	10.8	6.4	0.59
53	Martin Stiles	22	STK	C	CHC	3	8	.273	4.79	5.28	15	13	5	0	92.0	105	54	49	2	41	46	0	1	3	1.587	10.3	0.2	4.0	4.5	1.12
54	Rafael Valdez	20	CCI	C		3	1	.750	3.34	4.89	10	5	1	0	35.0	33	19	13	3	32	18	3	0	0	1.857	8.5	0.8	8.2	4.6	0.56
55	Michael Acker	22	CCI	C		2	7	.222	6.48	7.16	23	11	3	0	93.0	125	74	67	10	53	57	6	0	2	1.914	12.1	1.0	5.1	5.5	1.08
56	Lee Babbitt	18	SLS	C		2	7	.222	4.50	6.54	25	14	1	0	106.0	122	77	53	7	70	60	1	0	4	1.811	10.4	0.6	5.9	5.1	0.86
57	Ted Bowsfield*	19	SJO	C	BOS	2	3	.400	4.95	6.08	16	5	1	0	40.0	26	27	22	3	41	49	3	0	9	1.675	5.9	0.7	9.2	11.0	1.20
58	Herm Brown	24	BAK	C	BRO	2	1	.667			6
59	Bob Drilling	26	FRE	C	STL	2	3	.400	2.38	2.91	12	1	0	0	34.0	40	11	9	1	7	13	1	0	0	1.382	10.6	0.3	1.9	3.4	1.86
60	Fred Dupree	19	STK	C	CHC	2	7	.222	3.69	6.05	21	4	0	0	61.0	71	41	25	6	25	26	0	1	3	1.574	10.5	0.9	3.7	3.8	1.04
61	Frank Gladich	23	BAK	C	BRO	2	2	.500			6
62	Donald Glenn	19	SJO	C	BOS	2	1	.667	6.87	6.87	13	3	1	0	38.0	47	29	29	4	22	18	0	0	0	1.816	11.1	0.9	5.2	4.3	0.82
63	Jerry Larson	18	FRE	C	STL	2	2	.500	4.81	5.76	32	6	1	1	86.0	96	55	46	5	72	60	4	0	1	1.953	10.0	0.5	7.5	6.3	0.83
64	Orval McElrath	20	SLS	C		2	2	.500			9
65	Terry Porter*	21	CCI	C		2	0	1.000			4
66	Earl Wilson	19	SJO	C	BOS	2	2	.500	6.71	7.17	21	6	0	0	59.0	46	47	44	6	72	45	6	0	6	2.000	7.0	0.9	11.0	6.9	0.63
67	Charlie Adams*	20	BAK	C	BRO	1	2	.333			7
68	David Cox*	19	VIS	C		1	2	.333			5
69	Glenn Dangleis	18	SLS	C		1	3	.250	10.40	12.00	17	8	1	0	45.0	61	60	52	3	61	30	2	0	2	2.711	12.2	0.6	12.2	6.0	0.49
70	William Guyett	29	VIS	C		1	0	1.000			6
71	Ned Iwakiri*	19	VIS	C		1	5	.167	8.44	11.06	14	8	0	0	48.0	58	59	45	3	74	31	6	1	3	2.750	10.9	0.6	13.9	5.8	0.42
72	Earl Jones*	35	VIS	C		1	0	1.000			5
73	Larry Karr	22	VIS	C		1	9	.100	5.44	6.59	18	11	2	1	86.0	99	63	52	13	31	34	3	0	1	1.512	10.4	1.4	3.2	3.6	1.10
74	Marty Kutyna	21	FRE	C	STL	1	3	.250	5.92	6.87	11	5	0	0	38.0	35	29	25	3	35	25	2	0	0	1.842	8.3	0.7	8.3	5.9	0.71
75	Maurice McCall	20	BAK	C	BRO	1	1	.500	6.30	6.90	5	3	0	0	30.0	37	23	21	2	15	22	0	2	1	1.733	11.1	0.6	4.5	6.6	1.47
76	Ray Michelucci	22	CCI	C		1	0	1.000			6
77	Larry Powell*	39	VIS	C		1	0	1.000			9
78	Alphonso Preston	22	VIS	C		1	7	.125	6.67	9.67	14	8	1	0	54.0	64	58	40	7	37	33	1	0	2	1.870	10.7	1.2	6.2	5.5	0.89
79	Tom Rea	19	STK	C	CHC	1	1	.500			3
80	Pete Ropar	20	STK	C	CHC	1	2	.333			15
81	Joe Ryan	22	BAK	C	BRO	1	0	1.000			6
82	Ronald Saatzer	20	MOD	C	NYY	1	1	.500			4
83	George Scott	23	FRE	C	STL	1	0	1.000			6
84	Carl Sisk	19	VIS	C		1	12	.077	9.85	12.60	24	13	1	0	95.0	140	133	104	14	83	55	10	0	6	2.347	13.3	1.3	7.9	5.2	0.66
85	Elmer Tessin	23	STK	C	CHC	1	4	.200	4.76	6.62	12	3	0	0	34.0	34	25	18	3	26	15	0	0	3	1.765	9.0	0.8	6.9	4.0	0.58
86	Edward White	23	BAK	C	BRO	1	3	.250	6.60	11.10	14	3	0	0	30.0	32	37	22	4	36	13	3	0	3	2.267	9.6	1.2	10.8	3.9	0.36
87	William Atkins?	--	FRE	C	STL	0	0				1
88	Roger Becker*	24	SLS	C		0	2	.000			6
89	Ronald Berdrow	20	VIS	C		0	4	.000	4.65	8.70	18	5	1	0	60.0	86	58	31	2	39	28	7	1	2	2.083	12.9	0.3	5.9	4.2	0.72
90	Robert Borovicka	21	VIS	C		0	4	.000	6.00	7.59	13	3	1	0	51.0	78	43	34	10	24	23	1	0	3	2.000	13.8	1.8	4.2	4.1	0.96
91	Armand Castro	25	SLS	C		0	0				2
92	William Clark	22	BAK	C	BRO	0	1	.000			6
93	Roger Cook	17	FRE	C	STL	0	0				1
94	Rick Dantas?	--	SLS	C		0	0				3
95	Jim Dawson	22	VIS	C		0	1	.000			8
96	Frank DeCarolis	23	VIS	C		0	1	.000			3
97	Jerry Devlin?	--	SLS	C		0	2	.000			3
98	Donald Domenichelli	19	CCI	C		0	0				1
99	Erwin Edelmaier	24	CCI	C		0	0				3
100	Howie Goss	19	SLS	C		0	1	.000			3