1954 Western League Pitching Leaders

1953 Season 1955 Season

Classification: A

Overall: 612 games, 8 teams, approx. 153 games in season

Attendance: 1,798,382 (2,938/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 Clear	26	OMA	A	STL	20	11	.645	2.93	3.61	39	34	22	5	267.0	236	107	87	14	114	145	1	1	7	1.311	8.0	0.5	3.8	4.9	1.27
2	Andy Bush	35	LIN	A	MLN	19	10	.655	3.24	3.98	30	30	24	3	242.0	244	107	87	15	56	142	1	0	3	1.240	9.1	0.6	2.1	5.3	2.54
3	Bob Garber	25	DEN	A	PIT	19	8	.704	3.18	3.83	29	27	19	4	221.0	182	94	78	13	79	173	2	0	7	1.181	7.4	0.5	3.2	7.0	2.19
4	Jim Graves	25	SXC	A	NYG	18	9	.667	3.16	3.56	46	22	16	1	225.0	205	89	79	24	66	106	8	0	8	1.204	8.2	1.0	2.6	4.2	1.61
5	Bill Diemer	22	WCH	A	BAL	17	10	.630	3.30	3.75	48	29	17	2	240.0	196	100	88	16	105	160	4	0	6	1.254	7.4	0.6	3.9	6.0	1.52
6	Don Elston	25	DMO	A	CHC	17	10	.630	2.70	2.99	35	27	17	9	220.0	180	73	66	7	76	171	6	1	5	1.164	7.4	0.3	3.1	7.0	2.25
7	Hy Cohen	23	DMO	A	CHC	16	6	.727	1.88	2.34	27	23	17	6	196.0	153	51	41	1	53	100	3	0	1	1.051	7.0	0.0	2.4	4.6	1.89
8	Charles Garmon	25	DEN	A	PIT	16	7	.696	3.93	4.50	27	25	18	1	206.0	215	103	90	17	68	160	1	2	0	1.374	9.4	0.7	3.0	7.0	2.35
9	Benjamin Wilbur	24	SXC	A	NYG	16	15	.516	4.33	5.21	39	31	14	2	235.0	253	136	113	25	92	111	11	0	7	1.468	9.7	1.0	3.5	4.3	1.21
10	Clyde DeWitt	26	PBO	A	BRO	15	9	.625	3.74	4.65	34	23	11	2	178.0	170	92	74	9	109	100	7	1	7	1.567	8.6	0.5	5.5	5.1	0.92
11	Armando Suarez*	22	PBO	A	BRO	15	7	.682	2.68	3.14	43	23	14	3	215.0	208	75	64	13	101	106	7	2	3	1.437	8.7	0.5	4.2	4.4	1.05
12	Ron Kump	22	OMA	A	STL	14	12	.538	2.28	3.24	30	27	15	1	217.0	207	78	55	6	75	97	4	1	5	1.300	8.6	0.2	3.1	4.0	1.29
13	Paul Menking	25	DMO	A	CHC	14	9	.609	3.45	4.18	33	27	11	5	198.0	207	92	76	10	60	59	3	1	5	1.348	9.4	0.5	2.7	2.7	0.98
14	John O'Donnell*	27	WCH	A	BAL	14	16	.467	3.00	3.69	35	30	22	2	249.0	250	102	83	16	73	108	5	0	4	1.297	9.0	0.6	2.6	3.9	1.48
15	Mel Heim*	24	OMA	A	STL	13	8	.619	3.23	4.14	36	29	12	5	226.0	222	104	81	14	86	145	5	1	9	1.363	8.8	0.6	3.4	5.8	1.69
16	Ray Bauer*	25	DMO	A	CHC	12	10	.545	3.91	4.50	34	24	10	2	168.0	190	84	73	14	33	72	1	0	2	1.327	10.2	0.8	1.8	3.9	2.18
17	Loyal Bloxam	26	DEN	A	PIT	12	9	.571	3.89	5.06	41	20	11	2	176.0	187	99	76	8	90	112	5	0	9	1.574	9.6	0.4	4.6	5.7	1.24
18	Chuck Churn	24	DEN	A	PIT	11	3	.786	4.93	6.00	42	9	5	0	126.0	160	84	69	7	62	73	5	0	3	1.762	11.4	0.5	4.4	5.2	1.18
19	Dick Drilling	24	DEN	A	PIT	11	11	.500	4.03	4.52	29	27	12	2	199.0	207	100	89	15	87	117	0	0	4	1.477	9.4	0.7	3.9	5.3	1.34
20	Ira Smith	27	WCH	A	BAL	11	9	.550	4.75	5.12	34	25	10	1	197.0	205	112	104	23	66	85	8	0	6	1.376	9.4	1.1	3.0	3.9	1.29
21	Gordon Jones	24	OMA	A	STL	10	5	.667	3.40	3.91	18	15	8	2	106.0	106	46	40	5	35	86	3	0	0	1.330	9.0	0.4	3.0	7.3	2.46
22	Harry Pritts*	25	DEN	A	PIT	10	8	.556	3.36	4.16	23	19	12	1	158.0	175	73	59	11	52	102	4	0	8	1.437	10.0	0.6	3.0	5.8	1.96
23	Vance Carlson	28	LIN	A	MLN	9	11	.450	4.58	5.21	37	20	3	0	171.0	181	99	87	11	53	86	5	0	3	1.368	9.5	0.6	2.8	4.5	1.62
24	John Ceplo	22	PBO	A	BRO	9	7	.563	4.37	5.31	35	11	3	2	134.0	125	79	65	4	102	78	9	0	8	1.694	8.4	0.3	6.9	5.2	0.76
25	Eugene Kern	24	PBO	A	BRO	9	11	.450	4.42	4.75	34	21	7	2	165.0	142	87	81	13	100	78	0	1	13	1.467	7.7	0.7	5.5	4.3	0.78
26	Robert Lloyd	21	SXC	A	NYG	9	12	.429	4.64	5.98	33	21	9	1	161.0	178	107	83	15	85	86	4	1	5	1.634	10.0	0.8	4.8	4.8	1.01
27	Andrew Pane*	23	SXC	A	NYG	9	7	.563	3.40	4.41	30	17	7	1	143.0	125	70	54	10	56	90	2	1	12	1.266	7.9	0.6	3.5	5.7	1.61
28	Don Rudolph*	22	CSP	A	CHW	9	14	.391	4.33	5.38	42	21	8	1	189.0	219	113	91	6	93	92	13	1	4	1.651	10.4	0.3	4.4	4.4	0.99
29	George Barker	23	PBO	A	BRO	8	6	.571	3.47	4.21	23	14	6	2	109.0	98	51	42	4	51	63	6	0	0	1.367	8.1	0.3	4.2	5.2	1.24
30	Norm Brown	35	LIN	A	MLN	8	13	.381	4.47	5.97	29	24	13	0	175.0	198	116	87	9	76	58	10	0	6	1.566	10.2	0.5	3.9	3.0	0.76
31	Roger Howard	22	CSP	A	CHW	8	15	.348	5.50	6.35	36	21	6	0	139.0	153	98	85	12	110	127	6	0	18	1.892	9.9	0.8	7.1	8.2	1.15
32	Pete Mazar*	33	WCH	A	BAL	8	6	.571	4.06	4.50	49	9	5	1	142.0	129	71	64	13	34	72	2	0	1	1.148	8.2	0.8	2.2	4.6	2.12
33	Glenn McMinn	21	PBO	A	BRO	8	9	.471	5.27	7.10	35	18	8	0	147.0	193	116	86	12	41	87	6	0	5	1.592	11.8	0.7	2.5	5.3	2.12
34	Don Orwiler*	24	WCH	A	BAL	8	10	.444	4.47	4.96	31	24	7	2	167.0	177	92	83	10	58	89	4	0	1	1.407	9.5	0.5	3.1	4.8	1.53
35	Dom Zanni	22	SXC	A	NYG	8	9	.471	3.34	3.66	30	20	9	3	167.0	121	68	62	11	94	123	7	1	3	1.287	6.5	0.6	5.1	6.6	1.31
36	Lou Ciola	31	OMA	A	STL	7	5	.583	3.06	3.34	49	2	2	0	97.0	90	36	33	4	31	47	0	0	2	1.247	8.4	0.4	2.9	4.4	1.52
37	Don Watkins	29	DMO	A	CHC	7	5	.583	5.23	5.97	24	14	3	0	98.0	103	65	57	10	60	41	5	0	3	1.663	9.5	0.9	5.5	3.8	0.68
38	Roger Wright	32	LIN	A	MLN	7	13	.350	3.31	3.77	46	13	6	0	155.0	155	65	57	10	40	79	0	1	2	1.258	9.0	0.6	2.3	4.6	1.98
39	Walter Yowell	24	CSP	A	CHW	7	14	.333	5.82	6.72	34	24	8	1	170.0	213	127	110	14	87	100	7	2	10	1.765	11.3	0.7	4.6	5.3	1.15
40	Don Bradey	19	CSP	A	CHW	6	8	.429	5.88	7.04	40	12	4	2	124.0	144	97	81	4	75	91	5	1	15	1.766	10.5	0.3	5.4	6.6	1.21
41	Noel Oquendo	25	LIN	A	MLN	6	6	.500	3.95	4.50	22	14	5	0	114.0	116	57	50	3	59	79	7	1	2	1.535	9.2	0.2	4.7	6.2	1.34
42	Chester Vincent*	22	SXC	A	NYG	6	6	.500	5.42	5.94	37	11	2	1	103.0	92	68	62	4	87	105	7	0	8	1.738	8.0	0.3	7.6	9.2	1.21
43	Jerry Dahlke	25	CSP	A	CHW	5	10	.333	5.80	7.00	16	14	6	2	90.0	123	70	58	5	43	46	7	0	3	1.844	12.3	0.5	4.3	4.6	1.07
44	Gene Fodge	22	DMO	A	CHC	5	4	.556	3.99	4.33	29	5	2	0	79.0	72	38	35	6	53	46	2	0	2	1.582	8.2	0.7	6.0	5.2	0.87
45	Robert Hartig	24	DMO	A	CHC	5	7	.417	3.46	3.96	25	8	0	0	91.0	75	40	35	2	55	80	3	0	2	1.429	7.4	0.2	5.4	7.9	1.45
46	Larry Hoffman	21	CSP	A	CHW	5	6	.455	4.67	5.72	30	13	6	0	129.0	157	82	67	8	73	45	9	0	1	1.783	11.0	0.6	5.1	3.1	0.62
47	Harry Hoitsma	24	OMA	A	STL	5	2	.714			8
48	William LaThorpe*	25	DEN	A	PIT	5	6	.455	5.08	6.58	23	9	5	0	78.0	105	57	44	6	38	39	4	0	1	1.833	12.1	0.7	4.4	4.5	1.03
49	Charlie Griffith	30	LIN	A	MLN	4	6	.400	5.26	6.37	12	11	5	1	65.0	61	46	38	2	39	55	2	0	4	1.538	8.4	0.3	5.4	7.6	1.41
50	Dick Hamlin	22	SXC	A	NYG	4	6	.400	4.46	5.30	20	13	5	2	107.0	115	63	53	13	65	58	7	0	10	1.682	9.7	1.1	5.5	4.9	0.89
51	Chuck Hollingsworth	20	OMA	A	STL	4	4	.500	4.96	5.69	19	6	0	0	49.0	50	31	27	1	44	19	1	0	1	1.918	9.2	0.2	8.1	3.5	0.43
52	John Isenhart	19	DEN	A	PIT	4	1	.800	5.63	6.19	13	8	3	0	64.0	61	44	40	0	60	50	1	2	2	1.891	8.6	0.0	8.4	7.0	0.83
53	Joe Kuncl	27	DMO	A	CHC	4	3	.571	3.84	4.63	12	10	4	2	68.0	74	35	29	10	12	32	2	1	0	1.265	9.8	1.3	1.6	4.2	2.67
54	Samuel Nunn	19	DMO	A	CHC	4	3	.571	5.27	5.79	31	4	2	0	70.0	64	45	41	7	44	43	2	0	4	1.543	8.2	0.9	5.7	5.5	0.98
55	Frank Stewart	24	LIN	A	MLN	4	5	.444	3.49	4.70	12	10	6	1	67.0	59	35	26	7	27	38	0	0	0	1.284	7.9	0.9	3.6	5.1	1.41
56	Harry Young	24	WCH	A	BAL	4	5	.444	4.43	5.24	24	5	2	0	67.0	61	39	33	8	43	30	1	0	4	1.552	8.2	1.1	5.8	4.0	0.70
57	Charles Menke	25	SXC	A	NYG	3	3	.500	3.98	4.60	12	6	1	0	43.0	37	22	19	3	30	21	0	0	1	1.558	7.7	0.6	6.3	4.4	0.70
58	Eldon Russell	22	WCH	A	BAL	3	1	.750	3.65	4.14	15	3	1	0	37.0	40	17	15	3	20	13	0	0	1	1.622	9.7	0.7	4.9	3.2	0.65
59	Norm Rynard	24	WCH	A	BAL	3	10	.231	4.37	5.68	30	11	3	1	103.0	96	65	50	10	85	47	2	0	3	1.757	8.4	0.9	7.4	4.1	0.55
60	Joe Stanek	22	PBO	A	BRO	3	3	.500	2.78	3.44	11	8	4	0	68.0	49	26	21	4	52	20	1	0	1	1.485	6.5	0.5	6.9	2.6	0.38
61	Adam Stempkowski	24	WCH	A	BAL	3	3	.500			9
62	Gene Swinger	24	OMA	A	STL	3	4	.429	2.60	4.67	15	3	1	0	52.0	38	27	15	1	27	25	2	0	1	1.250	6.6	0.2	4.7	4.3	0.93
63	Tommy Warren*	36	WCH	A	BAL	3	1	.750	2.10	2.40	15	0	0	0	30.0	34	8	7	2	5	12	0	0	0	1.300	10.2	0.6	1.5	3.6	2.40
64	Garland Brill	23	CSP	A	CHW	2	3	.400	8.02	9.00	11	7	3	0	46.0	57	46	41	6	44	27	1	0	7	2.196	11.2	1.2	8.6	5.3	0.61
65	Jack Bruner*	29	SXC	A	NYG	2	2	.500			8
66	Bob Galey	26	DEN	A	PIT	2	2	.500			8
67	Eddie Hancock?	21	PBO	A	BRO	2	1	.667	5.73	7.36	10	2	1	0	22.0	29	18	14	1	20	9	2	0	2	2.227	11.9	0.4	8.2	3.7	0.45
68	Grant Mitchell	20	DMO	A	CHC	2	3	.400			7
69	Bob Simpson	22	CSP	A	CHW	2	7	.222	6.12	6.72	19	9	2	0	75.0	99	56	51	7	30	30	3	0	3	1.720	11.9	0.8	3.6	3.6	1.00
70	Emerson Unzicker*	21	PBO	A	BRO	2	3	.400	6.75	8.44	18	3	1	0	32.0	45	30	24	2	26	15	3	0	2	2.219	12.7	0.6	7.3	4.2	0.58
71	René Valdés	25	PBO	A	BRO	2	1	.667			7
72	Dick Adair	24	SXC	A	NYG	1	1	.500			2
73	Bob Black	26	CSP	A	CHW	1	6	.143	5.38	7.32	28	7	1	0	107.0	133	87	64	14	61	54	3	0	3	1.813	11.2	1.2	5.1	4.5	0.89
74	Phil Clark	21	OMA	A	STL	1	0	1.000			4
75	Mike Conovan*	29	DEN	A	PIT	1	0	1.000			4
76	Roger Craig	24	PBO	A	BRO	1	1	.500			6
77	George Dries*	29	LIN	A	MLN	1	1	.500			6
78	Richard Duffy*	24	CSP	A	CHW	1	4	.200	8.18	9.55	10	6	1	0	33.0	48	35	30	11	22	15	0	0	2	2.121	13.1	3.0	6.0	4.1	0.68
79	Carmon Dugger	24	OMA	A	STL	1	0	1.000			4
80	Rogers Fister	20	OMA	A	STL	1	3	.250			6
81	Ed Funai	25	DMO	A	CHC	1	1	.500			4
82	Melvin Greer	24	OMA	A	STL	1	4	.200	5.35	5.87	26	3	1	0	69.0	71	45	41	6	44	42	4	0	3	1.667	9.3	0.8	5.7	5.5	0.95
83	Millard Grissom	21	LIN	A	MLN	1	2	.333			5
84	Joe Hinchman*	24	DMO	A	CHC	1	0	1.000			7
85	Roland Hubbard*	24	OMA	A	STL	1	2	.333	6.10	6.68	13	4	0	0	31.0	34	23	21	4	20	23	3	0	0	1.742	9.9	1.2	5.8	6.7	1.15
86	Alfredo Ibanez	24	CSP	A	CHW	1	1	.500			8
87	Stan Jarvis*	21	PBO	A	BRO	1	1	.500			6
88	Norman Johnson	22	SXC	A	NYG	1	0	1.000	6.65	7.43	12	0	0	0	23.0	26	19	17	3	20	15	5	0	2	2.000	10.2	1.2	7.8	5.9	0.75
89	Leslie Klesitz*	23	SXC	A	NYG	1	0	1.000			4
90	Charles Lehrmann	24	DEN	A	PIT	1	1	.500			7
91	Robert Mathieson	23	LIN	A	MLN	1	2	.333	7.33	8.33	10	1	0	0	27.0	36	25	22	5	6	7	1	0	0	1.556	12.0	1.7	2.0	2.3	1.17
92	Ralph Mauriello	19	PBO	A	BRO	1	2	.333			9
93	John McGrath	23	DEN	A	PIT	1	1	.500			1
94	Floyd Melliere	29	OMA	A	STL	1	3	.250	2.48	3.38	14	3	1	0	40.0	32	15	11	2	24	14	0	0	3	1.400	7.2	0.5	5.4	3.2	0.58
95	George New*	26	OMA	A	STL	1	1	.500			3
96	Keith Nicolls	26	CSP	A	CHW	1	1	.500	4.38	6.32	10	2	1	0	37.0	44	26	18	10	16	25	1	0	0	1.622	10.7	2.4	3.9	6.1	1.56
97	Bernard Rossman	26	WCH	A	BAL	1	2	.333			6
98	Donald Stoker*	23	LIN	A	MLN	1	7	.125	5.85	7.35	17	7	2	0	60.0	67	49	39	4	37	30	1	0	5	1.733	10.1	0.6	5.6	4.5	0.81
99	James Upchurch*	25	WCH	A	BAL	1	3	.250			6
100	Fred Waters*	27	DEN	A	PIT	1	0	1.000			3