1954 Denver Grizzlies
Record: 89-55
Finish: 1st in PL North Division
Runs Scored: 842
Runs Allowed: 679
Exp W-L: 86-58
 
Ballpark: Jellystone Park
Attendance: 3,002,396
Manager: Chris

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-53, 1st in the Pioneer League
AA: 92-34, 1st in the Pioneer League
A: 61-65, 7th in the Pioneer League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won Series of the West 4-0 over Seattle Rainiers
Won PL League Championship Serie 4-3 over Oklahoma 89ers
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
SS *Joe Whelan 30 137 507 119 155 31 10 24 85 29 17 107 57 .306 .432 .548 .980 114.6 21.1 9.7
LF  Paul O'Neill 29 137 492 135 158 28 1 37 113 53 18 96 74 .321 .441 .608 1.049 127.5 25.3 3.3
1B *August Jones 29 139 468 89 142 28 0 16 89 2 0 105 72 .303 .429 .466 .894 97.4 17.4 2.3
3B  Juan Soderberg 27 136 491 70 151 31 5 14 102 2 2 52 94 .308 .373 .477 .849 81.5 13.2 4.3
C  Robert Roquemore 28 124 481 65 159 40 6 0 88 3 4 45 55 .331 .390 .439 .829 77.7 13.3 6.4
RF  Jose Villar 28 125 462 82 142 42 8 8 63 29 18 42 59 .307 .364 .485 .849 72.2 11.3 3.3
2B #Kenneth Curry 28 124 415 46 121 25 1 5 67 3 2 38 66 .292 .354 .393 .746 56.4 7.7 5.5
RF *Thomas Tweed 30 117 283 43 73 24 3 5 54 27 13 24 46 .258 .318 .417 .735 36.6 3.9 1.9
CF #Dave Arnau 23 95 274 32 63 22 2 2 26 22 11 30 38 .230 .312 .347 .658 31.1 2.5 2.9
LF *Gregory Gaudette 33 39 120 30 48 12 1 7 20 1 2 16 15 .400 .471 .692 1.163 31.4 6.9 1.0
P  Donald Phillips 27 38 107 11 10 5 0 0 5 6 3 8 32 .093 .154 .140 .294 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Fabian Cordova 28 36 102 8 12 4 0 0 3 0 1 6 30 .118 .167 .157 .324 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Carl Nicosia 29 34 103 3 8 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 26 .078 .087 .097 .184 -3.5 0.0 0.0
1B  Anthony Fujita 33 65 100 14 21 2 1 1 14 1 1 9 27 .210 .273 .280 .553 6.5 0.0 0.3
C #Mike Tucker 34 43 95 13 25 5 1 1 19 0 0 13 11 .263 .358 .368 .726 11.9 1.4 1.3
2B *Casimiro Dominguez 32 63 94 11 32 6 0 1 18 7 3 7 20 .340 .386 .436 .822 14.5 2.3 1.4
3B  Victor Espinoza 28 51 86 19 19 6 0 0 16 2 0 10 6 .221 .293 .291 .584 8.9 0.2 0.6
SS  Franklin Grimshaw 33 69 73 26 15 2 0 1 7 10 4 5 17 .205 .256 .274 .530 5.5 0.0 1.6
CF  James Davis 30 24 65 8 17 2 1 2 9 6 1 5 15 .262 .324 .415 .739 9.0 1.0 0.5
P #Alejo Torralbo 35 22 61 3 11 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 21 .180 .180 .246 .426 1.7 0.0 0.0
LF *Danny Fowler 35 28 43 7 10 3 0 1 6 0 0 2 6 .233 .261 .372 .633 3.9 0.1 0.3
P  Adrian Latta 30 8 19 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .053 .143 .105 .248 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Mark Renn 25 7 18 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.4 0.0 0.0
C  Ralph Brogan 26 9 14 6 7 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 .500 .500 .643 1.143 3.8 1.1 0.2
P #Donnie Geer 32 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Juan Coen 28 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Vance Guth 33 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Adolph Wright 30 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Enrique Martinez 29 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Teo Chaidez 27 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Alfred Hadsell 34 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 1816 4989 842 1403 327 40 125 813 210 101 622 807 .281 .363 .438 .801 788.2 128.8 47.0
  Rank among 10 PL teams 4 1 5 1 5 5 1 4 8 2 3 5 1 4 1 3  
* - 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
 Donald Phillips 27 25 8 .758 38 38 0 294.7 245 123 29 156 308 3.76 23.4
 Fabian Cordova 28 15 12 .556 36 36 0 289.0 262 130 30 120 269 4.05 19.2
 Carl Nicosia 29 16 10 .615 34 34 0 255.3 252 124 32 110 206 4.37 14.2
 Alejo Torralbo 35 9 10 .474 22 19 1 148.3 141 83 32 55 131 5.04 6.7
 Adrian Latta 30 3 3 .500 8 2 0 54.3 52 40 11 36 45 6.63 0.2
 Alfred Hadsell 34 7 5 .583 50 0 14 51.0 59 28 9 20 45 4.94 5.3
 Mark Renn 25 3 3 .500 7 7 0 49.7 53 31 5 26 38 5.62 1.3
*Juan Coen 28 3 0 1.000 28 0 9 35.3 28 9 3 12 23 2.29 7.8
 Aaron Ritchie 37 1 3 .250 39 0 6 30.7 31 14 4 10 15 4.11 3.6
*Adolph Wright 30 4 0 1.000 28 0 3 29.3 27 11 2 9 20 3.38 4.2
 Enrique Martinez 29 0 1 .000 17 1 0 19.3 12 7 3 9 13 3.26 1.9
 Donnie Geer 32 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 17.0 14 3 0 3 14 1.59 2.5
 Teo Chaidez 27 0 0 .000 17 0 1 13.7 23 19 3 9 5 12.51 0.0
*Vance Guth 33 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 7.0 4 2 0 4 3 2.57 0.8
Team Totals 30.3 89 55 .618 330 139 34 1294.6 1203 624 163 579 1135 4.34 91.2
Rank among 10 PL teams 2 2 3 2 3 2 10 2 8 2 2  
* - 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 .980 27.4
R.Roquemore 1070.3 119 123 930 88 11 0 .989 25.4
M.Tucker 197.3 22 24 192 15 1 0 .995 25.0
R.Brogan 27.0 3 3 24 3 0 0 1.000 22.2
Team Total 1294.7 144 150 1146 106 12 0 .991 25.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.70
A.Jones 1114.7 129 134 1121 88 10 98 .992 9.76
A.Fujita 173.0 15 36 162 7 1 16 .994 8.79
G.Gaudette 18.7 2 2 20 2 0 2 1.000 10.59
R.Brogan 5.0 0 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 16.20
J.Villar 2.0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1313.4 146 175 1315 98 11 116 .992 9.68
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.12
K.Curry 1015.7 124 124 212 342 14 70 .975 4.91
C.Dominguez 213.0 18 49 48 80 4 20 .970 5.41
F.Grimshaw 53.0 1 22 9 19 2 3 .933 4.75
J.Whelan 10.0 1 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
V.Espinoza 3.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1294.7 144 198 272 445 20 93 .973 4.98
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.50
J.Soderberg 1092.3 125 132 74 199 16 18 .945 2.25
V.Espinoza 180.3 17 35 16 29 4 2 .918 2.25
J.Whelan 20.0 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.35
F.Grimshaw 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1294.7 144 171 92 230 20 20 .942 2.24
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.33
J.Whelan 1176.3 131 132 176 416 22 83 .964 4.53
F.Grimshaw 118.3 13 16 23 46 0 4 1.000 5.25
Team Total 1294.7 144 148 199 462 22 87 .968 4.60
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.24
P.O'Neill 925.3 101 107 164 3 3 1 .982 1.62
G.Gaudette 243.4 28 30 57 2 1 0 .983 2.18
D.Fowler 56.0 7 7 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
T.Tweed 45.0 5 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.40
J.Villar 11.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Davis 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1286.7 143 154 243 6 4 1 .984 1.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 2.78
D.Arnau 677.0 81 87 165 4 1 1 .994 2.25
T.Tweed 465.3 45 78 105 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
J.Davis 151.3 18 19 32 1 1 1 .971 1.96
G.Gaudette 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1294.0 144 184 302 5 2 2 .994 2.14
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.22
J.Villar 945.3 104 108 186 10 0 2 1.000 1.87
P.O'Neill 237.0 27 27 52 0 1 0 .981 1.97
T.Tweed 103.0 12 15 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.79
D.Arnau 8.3 1 1 3 0 1 0 .750 3.24
T.Blake 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1294.7 144 152 250 10 2 2 .992 1.81
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 1.90
D.Phillips 294.7 38 38 20 48 4 2 .944 2.08
F.Cordova 289.0 36 36 11 36 2 2 .959 1.46
C.Nicosia 255.3 34 34 21 48 1 6 .986 2.43
A.Torralbo 148.3 19 22 4 22 1 0 .963 1.58
A.Latta 54.3 2 8 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.66
A.Hadsell 51.0 0 50 3 13 0 0 1.000 2.82
M.Renn 49.7 7 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.27
J.Coen 35.3 0 28 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.78
A.Ritchie 30.7 0 39 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.17
A.Wright 29.3 0 28 3 4 2 0 .778 2.15
E.Martinez 19.3 1 17 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.86
D.Geer 17.0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.53
T.Chaidez 13.7 0 17 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.32
V.Guth 7.0 0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 3.86
Team Total 1294.6 139 330 70 201 11 12 .961 1.88
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Roquemore .331
On-Base Pct O'Neill .441
Slugging Pct O'Neill .608
OPS O'Neill 1.049
XR O'Neill 127.5
Games Jones 139
At-Bats Whelan 507
Runs O'Neill 135
Hits Roquemore 159
Total Bases O'Neill 299
Singles Roquemore 113
Doubles Villar 42
Triples Whelan 10
Homeruns O'Neill 37
RBIs O'Neill 113
Stolen Bases O'Neill 53
Caught Stealing Villar, O'Neill 18
Walks Whelan 107
Strikeouts Soderberg 94
ERA Phillips 3.76
Wins Phillips 25
Losses Cordova 12
Winning Pct Phillips .758
Saves Hadsell 14
Games Pitched Hadsell 50
Games Started Phillips 38
Complete Games Phillips 15
Shutouts Phillips 2
Innings Pitched Phillips 294.7
Hits Allowed Cordova 262
Homeruns Allowed Nicosia, Torralbo 32
Strikeouts Phillips 308
Walks Allowed Phillips 156
Walks per 9IP Torralbo 3.3
Hits per 9IP Phillips 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Phillips 9.4
WHiP Torralbo 1.32
OAVG Phillips .228
OOBP Cordova .319
OSLG Phillips .376
OOPS Phillips .701
Team All-Stars
Alfred Hadsell
August Jones
Carl Nicosia
Paul O'Neill
Donald Phillips
Robert Roquemore
Joe Whelan
Player Salaries
Donald Phillips $ 14,501,000
Joe Whelan $ 10,270,000
Paul O'Neill $ 7,870,000
Fabian Cordova $ 6,100,000
Carl Nicosia $ 5,770,000
Gregory Gaudette $ 5,240,000
August Jones $ 5,000,000
Kenneth Curry $ 4,000,100
Jose Villar $ 4,000,000
Juan Soderberg $ 3,950,000
Franklin Grimshaw $ 3,200,000
Juan Coen $ 3,100,000
Alejo Torralbo $ 2,900,000
Robert Roquemore $ 2,750,000
Alfred Hadsell $ 2,050,000
Aaron Ritchie $ 1,800,000
Enrique Martinez $ 1,390,000
Thomas Tweed $ 1,345,000
Mike Tucker $ 750,000
James Davis $ 710,000
Adolph Wright $ 660,000
Anthony Fujita $ 500,000
Casimiro Dominguez $ 451,555
Dave Arnau $ 300,000
Vance Guth $ 300,000
Donnie Geer $ 300,000
Ralph Brogan $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Richard Shiflet San Diego Paul O'Neill
2/18 Signed     Donald Phillips
2/19 Signed     Jose Villar
2/20 Traded Freddy Botella Vancouver Castor Paradiso
2/20 Traded Jose Corrales
John Campbell
Robert Yamamoto
Los Angeles Alejo Torralbo
$500,000
2/26 Signed     Robert Roquemore
2/27 Signed     Kenneth Curry
3/2 Signed     Thomas Tweed
3/3 Signed     Anthony Fujita
3/6 Signed     Danny Fowler
3/14 Signed     Richard Walker
3/14 Signed     Casimiro Dominguez
3/14 Signed     Robert Costales
3/14 Signed     Jose Ramos
3/14 Signed     Donnie Geer
3/14 Signed     Tommy Blake
3/14 Signed     Michael Menjivar
3/14 Signed     Bobby Jeppesen
3/14 Signed     Scott Maloof
3/14 Signed     William Raygoza
3/14 Signed     Rickey Hunziker
3/14 Signed     David Greer
3/14 Signed     Jack Wyatt
3/14 Signed     Chris Burriss
3/14 Signed     Ronald Banach
3/14 Signed     Curt Wilmes
3/14 Signed     David Gardner
3/14 Signed     Eric Anderson
3/14 Signed     Gregorio Hernandez
3/14 Signed     Ahmed Glover
3/14 Signed     Alex Plasencia
3/14 Signed     Edward Tea
3/14 Signed     Robert Tally
3/14 Signed     William Park
3/14 Signed     Bill Dawkins
3/15 Traded Juan Tarin
Timothy Kleckner
Houston Michael Roy
Brian Scudder
3/15 Released Bobby Jeppesen    
3/15 Released William Park    
3/15 Released Bill Dawkins    
4/14 Released Daniel Hill    
5/5 Released Scott Maloof    
5/5 Released Curt Wilmes    
5/5 Released Robert Tally    
5/19 Signed     Vance Guth
6/2 Released Eric Anderson    
6/2 Traded Frank Guzman
Round Draft Pick.
Hollywood Bud Pulaski
Christopher Isabel
7/7 Traded Mark Renn
William Johnson
Gary Jeter
Dallas Juan Coen
Adrian Latta
$1,300,000
7/28 Signed     Fred Carswell
7/28 Traded Michael Roy Portland James Davis
8/1 Signed     Clarence Gulley
8/1 Traded Danny Fowler
Bud Pulaski
Round Draft Pick.
Houston Gregory Gaudette
8/1 Traded Teo Chaidez San Diego David Trapani
9/15 Released Richard Downard    
9/24 Released Tommy Blake    
10/8 Released Adrian Latta    
10/9 Released Victor Espinoza