1954 Kansas City Jacks
Record: 42-102
Finish: 5th in PL North Division
Runs Scored: 637
Runs Allowed: 911
Exp W-L: 49-95
 
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,388,304
Manager: The Epic

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-64, 7th in the Pioneer League
AA: 56-70, 7th in the Pioneer League
A: 62-64, 6th in the Pioneer League
 
 
 
 
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
2B #Edward Shiflett 31 144 585 97 173 39 3 8 59 41 18 56 112 .296 .354 .414 .768 87.7 10.0 4.0
CF  James Fabela 23 144 570 83 160 41 8 5 58 24 12 59 73 .281 .349 .407 .756 78.1 8.4 1.5
3B  Vinny Velazquez 30 144 524 93 138 34 6 24 90 19 16 96 67 .263 .380 .489 .869 96.7 12.5 3.1
CF  William Fraley 27 144 537 51 132 17 5 9 74 18 11 44 107 .246 .303 .346 .650 57.1 2.8 1.7
2B  James Mickel 26 144 509 63 116 32 8 6 54 31 11 49 126 .228 .303 .358 .660 57.2 3.8 3.6
1B *Anthony Bergh 36 123 382 39 89 20 3 3 42 0 0 34 90 .233 .307 .325 .631 37.2 1.7 1.1
C  Jonathan Bianchi 31 111 311 34 77 25 3 4 51 0 4 34 60 .248 .328 .386 .714 38.4 3.1 3.3
C #Luis Villalba 33 85 297 45 89 37 4 2 47 1 0 45 50 .300 .389 .471 .860 52.0 7.5 4.0
CF *Jason Massingill 19 79 272 34 55 17 6 2 34 23 2 40 50 .202 .310 .331 .641 31.9 2.1 1.3
1B  Cristobal Evangelista 35 104 181 26 42 8 0 7 39 0 0 37 44 .232 .375 .392 .767 30.7 3.5 0.5
CF  Michael Van Pelt 29 51 196 31 45 6 4 4 28 32 8 18 41 .230 .306 .362 .668 24.1 1.5 0.8
P  Earl Griffin 30 38 98 3 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 44 .092 .135 .112 .247 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Matt Freeborn 33 33 90 4 18 2 0 1 7 0 1 1 32 .200 .207 .256 .462 4.1 0.0 0.0
P *John Loomis 19 31 69 5 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 16 .130 .187 .159 .346 1.6 0.0 0.0
P *Christopher Ross 33 26 55 6 6 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 17 .109 .155 .164 .319 0.5 0.0 0.0
RF  Brian Ropp 32 14 56 4 11 4 0 1 6 1 1 4 10 .196 .262 .321 .584 4.4 0.0 0.3
CF *Peter Elizalde 24 66 51 8 14 5 0 0 3 0 0 5 10 .275 .339 .373 .712 6.1 0.6 0.0
SS #Andrew Ostrander 23 51 52 6 11 2 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 .212 .268 .308 .576 3.8 0.0 0.4
P *Glenn Mungo 23 7 19 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .105 .150 .211 .361 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Christian Schwandt 26 8 19 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .053 .100 .105 .205 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Elbert Dickerman 32 48 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Eugene Sayler 31 10 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.0 0.0 0.0
C  Emanuel Adrover 25 10 10 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .300 .300 .600 .900 1.5 0.3 0.0
P *James George 27 51 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 .100 .100 .200 .300 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Walter Pegram 28 43 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Enrique Bemudez 27 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Victor Marlow 34 67 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Andrew Allen 26 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.3 1818 4929 637 1203 303 50 77 609 190 85 540 984 .244 .322 .373 .695 608.6 57.7 25.6
  Rank among 10 PL teams 10 10 10 2 3 10 10 6 6 5 10 10 10 10 10 10  
* - 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
 Earl Griffin 30 6 22 .214 38 38 0 275.7 300 175 34 170 126 5.71 7.5
 Matt Freeborn 33 10 19 .345 33 33 0 231.3 246 123 25 89 113 4.79 12.8
 John Loomis 19 8 17 .320 31 29 0 187.7 262 156 31 73 57 7.48 0.0
*Christopher Ross 33 8 12 .400 26 25 0 170.3 204 121 25 89 116 6.39 3.1
*Elbert Dickerman 32 0 0 .000 48 0 0 67.0 70 27 5 18 37 3.63 5.6
 James George 27 2 2 .500 51 0 1 62.0 79 36 4 21 23 5.23 3.4
 Victor Marlow 34 0 5 .000 67 0 8 58.3 73 44 7 31 24 6.79 0.9
 Christian Schwandt 26 2 4 .333 8 8 0 54.0 51 31 7 27 40 5.17 2.0
*Glenn Mungo 23 1 4 .200 7 7 0 53.7 67 24 2 15 25 4.03 3.1
 Walter Pegram 28 0 3 .000 43 0 1 49.0 56 24 5 18 27 4.41 2.9
 Eugene Sayler 31 3 2 .600 10 4 0 34.7 46 25 3 13 22 6.49 1.0
 Andrew Allen 26 2 10 .167 28 0 5 31.0 48 25 3 20 20 7.26 0.0
*Enrique Bemudez 27 0 2 .000 14 0 1 13.0 23 10 0 9 12 6.92 0.0
 Shelby Brinn 33 0 0 .000 3 0 0 3.0 3 1 0 2 0 3.00 0.4
Team Totals 28.7 42 102 .292 407 144 16 1290.6 1528 822 151 595 642 5.73 42.7
Rank among 10 PL teams 10 10 10 10 5 10 9 10 10 10 10  
* - 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
L.Villalba 669.3 75 81 340 74 11 3 .974 39.2
J.Bianchi 621.3 69 70 331 48 7 1 .982 30.2
Team Total 1290.7 144 151 671 122 18 4 .978 34.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.70
A.Bergh 897.7 112 117 960 68 8 81 .992 10.31
C.Evangelista 386.3 32 78 438 39 3 37 .994 11.11
P.Elizalde 6.7 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 6.76
Team Total 1290.7 144 198 1403 107 11 118 .993 10.53
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.12
E.Shiflett 978.3 112 112 246 392 13 71 .980 5.87
J.Mickel 281.0 32 32 66 91 2 21 .987 5.03
A.Ostrander 30.7 0 8 7 20 1 4 .964 7.93
Team Total 1290.0 144 152 319 503 16 96 .981 5.73
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.50
V.Velazquez 1285.7 144 144 103 293 18 27 .957 2.77
A.Ostrander 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1290.7 144 147 103 293 18 27 .957 2.76
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.33
J.Mickel 967.7 112 112 188 337 18 57 .967 4.88
E.Shiflett 280.3 32 32 52 106 6 19 .963 5.07
A.Ostrander 38.7 0 18 3 22 1 4 .962 5.82
P.Elizalde 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
A.Bergh 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Van Pelt 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1291.1 144 164 244 466 25 81 .966 4.95
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.24
J.Fabela 987.7 112 112 221 6 8 2 .966 2.07
W.Fraley 286.0 32 32 73 4 2 3 .975 2.42
M.Van Pelt 28.7 3 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.82
P.Elizalde 17.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
Team Total 1319.4 147 149 306 10 10 5 .969 2.16
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 2.78
J.Massingill 675.3 79 79 222 6 3 0 .987 3.04
M.Van Pelt 412.1 47 47 135 2 0 1 1.000 2.99
B.Ropp 120.7 14 14 44 1 0 0 1.000 3.36
P.Elizalde 11.7 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Bianchi 9.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Bergh 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1231.4 140 150 401 9 3 1 .993 3.00
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.22
W.Fraley 1004.7 112 112 260 5 14 1 .950 2.37
J.Fabela 286.0 32 32 81 0 1 0 .988 2.55
Team Total 1290.7 144 144 341 5 15 1 .958 2.41
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 1.90
E.Griffin 275.7 38 38 14 38 2 2 .963 1.70
M.Freeborn 231.3 33 33 13 41 7 2 .885 2.10
J.Loomis 187.7 29 31 9 29 2 2 .950 1.82
C.Ross 170.3 25 26 8 20 1 2 .966 1.48
E.Dickerman 67.0 0 48 7 15 0 1 1.000 2.96
J.George 62.0 0 51 4 18 0 1 1.000 3.19
V.Marlow 58.3 0 67 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.31
C.Schwandt 54.0 8 8 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.17
G.Mungo 53.7 7 7 5 12 0 0 1.000 2.85
W.Pegram 49.0 0 43 1 4 2 0 .714 0.92
E.Sayler 34.7 4 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.60
A.Allen 31.0 0 28 1 9 1 2 .909 2.90
E.Bemudez 13.0 0 14 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.77
S.Brinn 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1290.6 144 407 73 217 15 13 .951 2.02
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Shiflett .296
On-Base Pct Velazquez .380
Slugging Pct Velazquez .489
OPS Velazquez .869
XR Velazquez 96.7
Games Mickel, Fabela, Shiflett, Fraley, Velazquez 144
At-Bats Shiflett 585
Runs Shiflett 97
Hits Shiflett 173
Total Bases Velazquez 256
Singles Shiflett 123
Doubles Fabela 41
Triples Fabela, Mickel 8
Homeruns Velazquez 24
RBIs Velazquez 90
Stolen Bases Shiflett 41
Caught Stealing Shiflett 18
Walks Velazquez 96
Strikeouts Mickel 126
ERA Freeborn 4.79
Wins Freeborn 10
Losses Griffin 22
Winning Pct Ross .400
Saves Marlow 8
Games Pitched Marlow 67
Games Started Griffin 38
Complete Games Griffin 13
Shutouts Freeborn 2
Innings Pitched Griffin 275.7
Hits Allowed Griffin 300
Homeruns Allowed Griffin 34
Strikeouts Griffin 126
Walks Allowed Griffin 170
Walks per 9IP Freeborn 3.5
Hits per 9IP Freeborn 9.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Ross 6.1
WHiP Freeborn 1.45
OAVG Freeborn .271
OOBP Freeborn .334
OSLG Freeborn .405
OOPS Freeborn .739
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Michael Van Pelt $ 20,000,000
Vinny Velazquez $ 6,770,000
Luis Villalba $ 6,340,000
Cristobal Evangelista $ 4,060,000
Enrique Bemudez $ 3,250,000
Matt Freeborn $ 2,600,000
Edward Shiflett $ 1,430,000
Elbert Dickerman $ 1,390,000
Shelby Brinn $ 1,000,000
Lorenzo Barros $ 750,000
James George $ 750,000
Eugene Sayler $ 750,000
Christopher Ross $ 750,000
James Mickel $ 614,286
Anthony Bergh $ 490,000
Victor Marlow $ 450,000
Walter Pegram $ 421,429
Shaun Whipple $ 380,000
Jonathan Bianchi $ 375,000
Andrew Allen $ 350,000
William Fraley $ 350,000
Earl Griffin $ 350,000
James Blazek $ 350,000
Glenn Mungo $ 300,000
Peter Elizalde $ 300,000
Jason Massingill $ 300,000
James Fabela $ 300,000
Emanuel Adrover $ 300,000
John Loomis $ 300,000
Andrew Ostrander $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/18 Signed     Enrique Bemudez
2/18 Signed     Christopher Ross
2/18 Signed     Lorenzo Barros
2/19 Signed     Eugene Sayler
2/21 Signed     Shelby Brinn
3/15 Released Don Kittle    
5/19 Traded Christian Schwandt Hollywood Michael Brookshire
Larry Dulac
David Stilwell
$3,300,000
6/2 Released David Stilwell    
7/28 Traded Noble Hendrickson
Brian Ropp
Houston Michael Van Pelt
$7,000,000