1954 Los Angeles Angels
Record: 81-63
Finish: 1st in CL South Division
Runs Scored: 774
Runs Allowed: 690
Exp W-L: 80-64
 
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 2,828,732
Manager: Scott

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 47-79, 10th in the Pacific Coast League
AA: 67-59, 3rd in the Pacific Coast League
A: 56-70, 9th in the Pacific Coast League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost CL League Championship Serie 1-4 to Seattle Rainiers
 
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
LF #Edward Constance 27 135 500 109 173 22 2 31 116 45 22 92 49 .346 .446 .584 1.030 121.0 24.9 2.0
C  Kelvin Hinton 32 123 416 44 108 17 0 11 51 1 0 60 45 .260 .349 .380 .729 60.1 8.2 4.3
3B *Keith Vera 29 126 454 43 118 25 1 11 69 2 0 16 89 .260 .289 .392 .681 50.9 5.4 5.5
1B  Bernie Opitz 26 120 390 63 133 36 0 15 85 4 3 42 27 .341 .410 .549 .959 78.3 16.0 1.4
SS  Vicente Loehr 32 127 383 43 100 9 3 3 32 19 2 28 67 .261 .317 .324 .640 42.6 3.9 4.9
2B  Toby Paschke 29 120 374 75 100 17 5 7 48 51 6 34 60 .267 .337 .396 .732 56.9 8.4 5.5
RF  Faustino Castaneda 30 88 338 57 112 24 4 13 72 15 1 42 29 .331 .407 .541 .949 70.1 14.0 1.8
CF *Abraham Chee 28 82 277 69 86 17 3 13 56 38 21 61 29 .310 .444 .534 .978 64.1 12.1 2.0
1B *William Milligan 30 106 260 40 79 9 2 2 43 11 4 18 33 .304 .357 .377 .734 36.0 5.0 0.9
RF *Joseph Sommers 28 49 183 43 46 11 4 11 26 31 5 30 36 .251 .361 .536 .897 38.2 6.7 1.1
CF *Leroy McKenzie 28 48 188 35 62 8 2 6 23 15 6 23 17 .330 .407 .489 .896 36.8 7.0 1.1
3B  Pete Rustin 31 70 147 22 42 7 0 0 15 9 7 12 26 .286 .346 .333 .679 16.7 1.6 1.7
2B *Robert George 33 45 136 33 55 16 1 2 28 8 3 7 17 .404 .438 .581 1.019 29.2 6.7 1.9
CF  Jason McCoy 27 55 132 17 30 3 0 2 21 2 7 11 27 .227 .290 .295 .585 9.1 0.0 0.7
SS *Ray Card 34 73 125 9 26 4 0 0 8 0 2 16 33 .208 .298 .240 .538 9.2 0.0 2.5
P  Michael Knepper 31 40 119 9 18 7 0 0 5 0 0 4 33 .151 .179 .210 .389 2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Alexander Lenihan 28 32 97 6 10 4 2 0 3 0 0 2 29 .103 .121 .186 .307 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Steven Caesar 28 30 99 6 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 34 .051 .069 .071 .140 -5.2 0.0 0.0
C  Ronald Albano 28 47 88 6 21 3 1 1 9 1 2 8 15 .239 .313 .330 .643 8.8 0.5 0.8
CF  James Fegan 29 73 87 16 19 5 0 1 15 8 2 12 23 .218 .320 .310 .630 9.2 0.5 0.3
C #John Caudillo 32 27 65 11 14 4 0 2 10 1 0 1 16 .215 .224 .369 .593 5.6 0.0 0.6
P #Abraham Costillo 28 30 47 5 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 16 .106 .122 .128 .250 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Robin 34 15 49 4 10 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 18 .204 .250 .245 .495 2.6 0.0 0.0
LF  Bill Bañuelos 34 18 34 6 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 5 .176 .243 .206 .449 1.7 0.0 0.1
P  Leo Perez 28 13 19 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .053 .100 .105 .205 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Charles Beecher 26 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Charles Ellerman 28 24 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Barton Fitz 38 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Titus Pohl 34 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.0 1793 5015 774 1380 255 30 131 745 262 94 529 779 .275 .348 .416 .764 743.2 121.0 39.2
  Rank among 10 CL teams 8 3 7 8 8 5 3 1 9 1 1 6 3 6 6 2  
* - 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
 Michael Knepper 31 25 12 .676 40 40 0 328.3 278 125 36 113 262 3.43 29.3
 Alexander Lenihan 28 14 11 .560 32 32 0 247.7 296 145 29 55 196 5.27 8.1
 Steven Caesar 28 15 11 .577 30 30 0 236.3 238 121 23 83 136 4.61 9.7
 Abraham Costillo 28 8 10 .444 30 20 0 144.3 176 79 16 37 60 4.93 5.1
 Harry Robin 34 7 6 .538 15 15 0 122.0 113 47 6 53 104 3.47 10.4
 Leo Perez 28 2 3 .400 13 7 0 65.3 65 34 8 22 39 4.68 2.6
 Barton Fitz 38 2 4 .333 50 0 14 48.3 60 23 8 10 26 4.28 5.1
*Francis Osgood 29 4 4 .500 43 0 12 45.3 35 13 2 14 28 2.58 10.4
 Charles Ellerman 28 1 1 .500 24 0 2 25.3 35 16 4 9 16 5.68 0.7
 Titus Pohl 34 2 0 1.000 15 0 0 18.3 19 15 4 9 15 7.36 0.1
 Charles Beecher 26 1 1 .500 12 0 0 18.3 22 9 0 5 10 4.42 1.2
 Marc Gibbs 27 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.1
Team Totals 29.9 81 63 .563 305 144 28 1300.0 1338 627 136 410 892 4.34 82.8
Rank among 10 CL teams 2 2 9 1 3 2 7 3 2 5 3  
* - 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 .986 27.3
K.Hinton 991.3 110 115 691 54 8 1 .989 22.9
R.Albano 172.3 19 23 120 12 1 0 .992 29.4
J.Caudillo 136.3 15 19 88 11 3 0 .971 35.0
Team Total 1300.0 144 157 899 77 12 1 .988 24.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.39
B.Opitz 824.3 86 115 1036 69 9 86 .992 12.06
W.Milligan 475.7 58 67 625 36 3 62 .995 12.51
Team Total 1300.0 144 182 1661 105 12 148 .993 12.23
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.35
T.Paschke 867.7 96 115 182 403 7 81 .988 6.07
R.George 212.5 24 24 50 90 3 19 .979 5.93
P.Rustin 120.6 11 18 34 58 3 13 .968 6.87
V.Loehr 17.0 1 5 4 5 0 2 1.000 4.76
R.Card 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1218.8 132 163 270 556 13 115 .985 6.10
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.52
K.Vera 1030.3 118 123 45 281 11 24 .967 2.85
P.Rustin 205.6 20 33 11 48 5 6 .922 2.58
R.George 88.2 6 16 5 26 1 0 .969 3.16
R.Card 35.0 2 12 2 15 1 0 .944 4.37
B.Bañuelos 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1362.1 146 185 64 370 18 30 .960 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 4.65
V.Loehr 974.0 117 122 138 385 17 79 .969 4.83
R.Card 307.0 26 60 55 148 6 23 .971 5.95
R.George 16.6 2 2 3 7 0 1 1.000 5.42
J.Caudillo 5.0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 7.20
R.Albano 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1303.6 145 186 198 542 23 103 .970 5.11
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.03
E.Constance 1159.0 128 128 181 3 5 0 .974 1.43
L.McKenzie 256.7 28 30 62 1 2 0 .969 2.21
A.Chee 111.3 11 15 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.86
J.McCoy 62.0 8 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.45
J.Fegan 49.0 5 8 3 0 1 0 .750 0.55
B.Bañuelos 26.0 3 3 4 0 1 0 .800 1.38
F.Castaneda 25.2 3 4 6 0 1 0 .857 2.14
J.Sommers 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1690.6 186 196 288 5 10 0 .967 1.56
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.68
A.Chee 486.5 52 56 117 1 0 0 1.000 2.18
J.Sommers 191.6 21 23 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.07
J.McCoy 145.0 17 18 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.36
J.Fegan 52.0 6 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
B.Bañuelos 12.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Constance 7.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
F.Castaneda 3.7 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.30
L.McKenzie 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 898.5 97 115 216 3 0 0 1.000 2.19
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.06
F.Castaneda 727.9 82 84 142 3 2 0 .986 1.79
J.Sommers 216.8 24 25 43 2 1 1 .978 1.87
L.McKenzie 155.1 16 16 25 1 0 1 1.000 1.51
A.Chee 85.3 8 11 14 1 1 1 .938 1.58
J.McCoy 52.0 6 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
J.Fegan 39.0 4 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
B.Bañuelos 26.0 3 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
E.Constance 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1304.1 143 156 249 7 4 3 .985 1.77
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.06
M.Knepper 328.3 40 40 23 63 5 5 .945 2.36
A.Lenihan 247.7 32 32 12 54 2 1 .971 2.40
S.Caesar 236.3 30 30 16 55 7 8 .910 2.70
A.Costillo 144.3 20 30 9 36 1 1 .978 2.81
H.Robin 122.0 15 15 6 24 1 2 .968 2.21
L.Perez 65.3 7 13 4 16 1 1 .952 2.76
B.Fitz 48.3 0 50 4 7 1 0 .917 2.05
F.Osgood 45.3 0 43 1 6 0 2 1.000 1.39
C.Ellerman 25.3 0 24 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.13
T.Pohl 18.3 0 15 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.96
C.Beecher 18.3 0 12 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.96
M.Gibbs 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1300.0 144 305 79 271 18 21 .951 2.42
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Constance .346
On-Base Pct Constance .446
Slugging Pct Constance .584
OPS Constance 1.030
XR Constance 121.0
Games Constance 135
At-Bats Constance 500
Runs Constance 109
Hits Constance 173
Total Bases Constance 292
Singles Constance 118
Doubles Opitz 36
Triples Paschke 5
Homeruns Constance 31
RBIs Constance 116
Stolen Bases Paschke 51
Caught Stealing Constance 22
Walks Constance 92
Strikeouts Vera 89
ERA Knepper 3.43
Wins Knepper 25
Losses Knepper 12
Winning Pct Knepper .676
Saves Fitz 14
Games Pitched Fitz 50
Games Started Knepper 40
Complete Games Knepper 21
Shutouts Knepper 4
Innings Pitched Knepper 328.3
Hits Allowed Lenihan 296
Homeruns Allowed Knepper 36
Strikeouts Knepper 262
Walks Allowed Knepper 113
Walks per 9IP Lenihan 2.0
Hits per 9IP Knepper 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Knepper 7.2
WHiP Knepper 1.19
OAVG Knepper .229
OOBP Knepper .299
OSLG Knepper .372
OOPS Knepper .671
Team All-Stars
Steven Caesar
Faustino Castaneda
Edward Constance
Michael Knepper
Alexander Lenihan
Player Salaries
Joseph Sommers $ 12,000,000
Harry Robin $ 9,550,000
Edward Constance $ 9,250,000
Alexander Lenihan $ 8,270,000
Michael Knepper $ 7,780,000
Toby Paschke $ 6,340,000
Kelvin Hinton $ 4,370,000
Leroy McKenzie $ 4,000,000
Abraham Costillo $ 4,000,000
Keith Luera $ 3,200,000
William Milligan $ 3,200,000
Leo Perez $ 2,500,000
Steven Caesar $ 2,400,000
Francis Osgood $ 2,123,456
Titus Pohl $ 2,050,000
Bernie Opitz $ 2,000,000
Barton Fitz $ 1,800,000
John Caudillo $ 1,800,000
Ray Card $ 1,700,000
Keith Vera $ 1,430,000
James Fegan $ 1,400,000
Vicente Loehr $ 810,000
Robert George $ 625,000
Charles Beecher $ 548,571
Charles Ellerman $ 510,000
Marc Gibbs $ 421,429
William Wright $ 350,000
Jason McCoy $ 350,000
Tom Town $ 320,000
Leopoldo Llerena $ 320,000
Ronald Albano $ 300,000
James McGlothlin $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Mark Yokley
Marvin Haight
Salt Lake City Vicente Loehr
2/17 Signed     Abraham Costillo
2/20 Traded Alejo Torralbo
$500,000
Denver Jose Corrales
John Campbell
Robert Yamamoto
2/20 Claimed Keith Luera Los Angeles Keith Luera
2/26 Signed     Abraham Chee
2/28 Traded Jose Corrales
Round Draft Pick.
Salt Lake City Bennie Fusco
Round Draft Pick.
2/28 Traded Leroy Mckenzie
Jose Napoles
Round Draft Pick.
Dallas Francis Osgood
Charles Beecher
James Palafox
Jerry Ward
3/14 Signed     James Mcglothlin
3/14 Signed     Jason Maskell
3/14 Signed     Marvin Mosier
3/15 Traded Otto Wiltse
Brandon Hanks
Jerry Ward
Omaha Ian Dennard
3/15 Signed     Bill Bañuelos
4/14 Released Jeffery Kelley    
7/21 Traded Cristian Otero
Larry Byrd
Bruce Rollins
Houston Harry Robin
$2,500,000
7/21 Claimed Keith Luera Los Angeles Keith Luera
7/28 Traded Abraham Chee
$3,000,000
Oklahoma Joseph Sommers
Round Draft Pick.
7/28 Traded Faustino Castaneda
Pete Rustin
Dallas Leroy Mckenzie
Robert George
Pablo Herrero
Round Draft Pick.
8/4 Released Bill Bañuelos    
9/1 Signed     Dale Garden