1954 San Francisco Seals
Record: 69-75
Finish: 3rd in CL North Division
Runs Scored: 685
Runs Allowed: 723
Exp W-L: 68-76
 
Ballpark: Ohlone Park
Attendance: 2,423,418
Manager: Trapper John

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-58, 4th in the Pacific Coast League
AA: 66-60, 4th in the Pacific Coast League
A: 63-63, 4th in the Pacific Coast 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
3B  George Hoyle 26 137 505 72 148 32 4 6 67 0 1 73 100 .293 .383 .408 .790 78.7 10.6 3.9
1B *Mark Newhouse 29 141 517 69 170 29 0 10 63 2 1 46 46 .329 .393 .443 .836 83.1 12.2 0.9
2B  David Burner 24 136 497 73 133 28 3 5 53 41 3 64 94 .268 .356 .366 .722 70.2 8.3 6.6
LF *John Lafortune 27 133 499 86 156 23 9 20 87 5 8 51 64 .313 .375 .515 .890 88.2 12.9 3.5
SS  John Correa 31 138 503 85 149 33 9 18 88 37 9 25 92 .296 .341 .505 .846 82.8 11.5 5.5
C  Robert Nicol 29 118 420 40 113 28 0 5 52 0 1 53 81 .269 .352 .371 .724 56.6 6.4 6.5
RF  Elmer Johnson 30 125 381 55 98 20 7 14 73 8 8 30 70 .257 .317 .457 .774 53.7 5.5 3.0
RF  David Almond 29 118 361 54 112 13 0 5 37 6 5 30 45 .310 .361 .388 .749 48.6 5.7 2.0
RF *Byron Echague 29 122 301 55 77 20 2 6 32 11 9 45 54 .256 .364 .395 .759 43.6 4.9 1.6
LF *Dennis Burgan 32 89 207 22 51 11 0 2 30 0 1 22 27 .246 .323 .329 .652 23.5 1.4 2.2
3B  Steven Harper 31 84 131 21 24 5 0 2 12 0 0 12 27 .183 .253 .267 .521 8.8 0.0 0.4
C  Albert Walker 27 52 118 11 25 5 0 1 20 0 0 9 16 .212 .267 .280 .547 10.0 0.0 1.7
P  Gary Wadsworth 22 39 101 11 18 7 0 1 9 0 0 2 33 .178 .200 .277 .477 4.6 0.0 0.0
P *Michael Donnelly 29 35 96 5 10 4 1 0 5 2 1 3 34 .104 .129 .167 .295 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Antonio Padula 28 37 95 9 22 3 0 1 9 3 2 2 29 .232 .247 .295 .542 6.7 0.0 0.0
SS  Joseph Smith 31 57 78 9 11 3 2 0 8 2 1 2 11 .141 .163 .231 .393 1.5 0.0 1.0
SS  Benjamin Vanderford 29 27 53 3 14 1 0 0 4 2 1 2 13 .264 .291 .283 .574 4.0 0.0 0.7
P  Osvaldo Valtierra 30 16 49 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 17 .082 .100 .122 .222 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Gordon Nuttall 29 17 41 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .049 .091 .049 .140 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P *Christopher Landis 32 36 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Russell Kiel 28 21 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4 0.2 0.0
P *Herschel Matlock 28 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #John Toomer 26 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Donald Howell 32 73 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Keith Amezcua 23 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 28.4 1790 4969 685 1339 268 37 96 655 119 51 473 869 .269 .337 .396 .733 662.0 79.9 39.6
  Rank among 10 CL teams 10 8 9 6 4 9 8 6 6 4 6 9 7 8 8 8  
* - 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
 Gary Wadsworth 22 17 15 .531 39 39 0 295.7 336 145 21 85 190 4.41 20.1
 Michael Donnelly 29 12 14 .462 35 35 0 265.7 314 143 20 81 155 4.84 13.1
 Antonio Padula 28 13 18 .419 37 37 0 262.0 282 155 30 105 182 5.32 12.1
 Osvaldo Valtierra 30 9 4 .692 16 16 0 128.3 113 39 6 19 97 2.74 14.3
 Gordon Nuttall 29 4 8 .333 17 17 0 127.3 140 66 17 34 65 4.67 6.0
*Donald Howell 32 3 4 .429 73 0 22 66.7 80 35 3 22 51 4.73 8.8
*Christopher Landis 32 1 4 .200 36 0 4 42.7 42 23 3 23 26 4.85 3.2
*Russell Kiel 28 2 1 .667 21 0 1 32.0 37 20 3 16 17 5.63 1.8
 Eric Blakeslee 33 3 7 .300 26 0 8 25.0 31 16 0 12 19 5.76 2.5
 John Toomer 26 3 0 1.000 18 0 1 20.7 25 13 1 6 14 5.66 1.4
*Herschel Matlock 28 2 0 1.000 16 0 0 17.7 10 1 0 5 20 0.51 3.4
*Keith Amezcua 23 0 0 .000 5 0 0 5.3 2 1 0 3 2 1.69 0.7
Team Totals 28.3 69 75 .479 339 144 36 1289.0 1412 657 104 411 838 4.59 87.5
Rank among 10 CL teams 7 7 3 7 5 7 3 6 3 6 6  
* - 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
R.Nicol 1005.0 114 115 681 70 11 0 .986 38.0
A.Walker 279.0 30 38 180 16 4 2 .980 21.8
B.Vanderford 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Smith 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
S.Harper 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1289.0 144 156 864 86 15 2 .984 33.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.39
M.Newhouse 1183.3 131 136 1234 83 15 122 .989 10.02
S.Harper 105.7 13 13 112 9 1 11 .992 10.31
Team Total 1289.0 144 149 1346 92 16 133 .989 10.04
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.35
D.Burner 1148.7 133 134 260 461 10 94 .986 5.65
J.Smith 140.3 11 31 32 50 1 11 .988 5.26
Team Total 1289.0 144 165 292 511 11 105 .986 5.61
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.52
G.Hoyle 1161.0 133 135 81 241 21 19 .939 2.50
S.Harper 100.0 9 19 3 18 0 6 1.000 1.89
J.Smith 24.0 2 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Correa 3.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1288.3 144 162 84 262 21 25 .943 2.42
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 4.65
J.Correa 1155.0 130 132 176 416 31 88 .950 4.61
B.Vanderford 114.3 13 17 17 45 1 8 .984 4.88
J.Smith 19.7 1 9 5 7 0 5 1.000 5.49
Team Total 1289.0 144 158 198 468 32 101 .954 4.65
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.03
J.Lafortune 860.0 97 98 216 7 5 1 .978 2.33
E.Johnson 342.0 41 42 63 2 2 0 .970 1.71
B.Echague 70.0 6 16 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.54
D.Burgan 15.0 0 3 2 2 0 2 1.000 2.40
B.Vanderford 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1289.0 144 160 292 12 7 3 .977 2.12
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.68
E.Johnson 535.7 59 74 177 3 3 0 .984 3.02
D.Burgan 498.7 55 69 158 3 0 2 1.000 2.91
J.Lafortune 254.7 30 31 66 4 3 3 .959 2.47
Team Total 1289.0 144 174 401 10 6 5 .986 2.87
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.06
D.Almond 711.7 82 98 171 6 7 1 .962 2.24
B.Echague 549.7 61 76 127 2 2 1 .985 2.11
E.Johnson 17.7 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.51
J.Lafortune 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Burgan 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1289.0 144 183 301 8 9 2 .972 2.16
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.06
G.Wadsworth 295.7 39 39 21 47 2 3 .971 2.07
M.Donnelly 265.7 35 35 21 42 0 4 1.000 2.13
A.Padula 262.0 37 37 7 34 1 4 .976 1.41
O.Valtierra 128.3 16 16 7 27 0 3 1.000 2.38
G.Nuttall 127.3 17 17 4 22 1 0 .963 1.84
D.Howell 66.7 0 73 2 11 2 0 .867 1.76
C.Landis 42.7 0 36 2 2 1 0 .800 0.84
R.Kiel 32.0 0 21 1 7 0 1 1.000 2.25
E.Blakeslee 25.0 0 26 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.16
J.Toomer 20.7 0 18 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.44
H.Matlock 17.7 0 16 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.53
K.Amezcua 5.3 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
Team Total 1289.0 144 339 67 201 7 16 .975 1.87
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Newhouse .329
On-Base Pct Newhouse .393
Slugging Pct Lafortune .515
OPS Lafortune .890
XR Lafortune 88.2
Games Newhouse 141
At-Bats Newhouse 517
Runs Lafortune 86
Hits Newhouse 170
Total Bases Lafortune 257
Singles Newhouse 131
Doubles Correa 33
Triples Correa, Lafortune 9
Homeruns Lafortune 20
RBIs Correa 88
Stolen Bases Burner 41
Caught Stealing Correa, Echague 9
Walks Hoyle 73
Strikeouts Hoyle 100
ERA Wadsworth 4.41
Wins Wadsworth 17
Losses Padula 18
Winning Pct Wadsworth .531
Saves Howell 22
Games Pitched Howell 73
Games Started Wadsworth 39
Complete Games Padula 12
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Wadsworth 295.7
Hits Allowed Wadsworth 336
Homeruns Allowed Padula 30
Strikeouts Wadsworth 190
Walks Allowed Padula 105
Walks per 9IP Wadsworth 2.6
Hits per 9IP Padula 9.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Padula 6.3
WHiP Wadsworth 1.42
OAVG Padula .276
OOBP Wadsworth .341
OSLG Donnelly .425
OOPS Wadsworth .768
Team All-Stars
John Correa
Player Salaries
John Lafortune $ 8,750,000
Mark Newhouse $ 8,000,000
David Almond $ 5,250,000
Osvaldo Valtierra $ 4,770,007
John Correa $ 4,050,000
Robert Nicol $ 3,500,000
Gordon Nuttall $ 3,450,000
Antonio Padula $ 3,000,000
George Hoyle $ 2,821,429
Russell Kiel $ 2,500,000
Eric Blakeslee $ 2,050,000
Michael Donnelly $ 2,000,000
Donald Howell $ 1,960,000
John Toomer $ 1,800,000
Jaime Gall $ 1,750,000
Christopher Landis $ 1,500,000
Dwayne Alexandre $ 1,314,286
Donald Batts $ 775,000
Byron Echague $ 650,000
Arlie Pedraza $ 600,000
Elmer Johnson $ 555,000
Steven Harper $ 500,000
Dennis Burgan $ 450,000
John Gingrich $ 350,000
Herschel Matlock $ 350,000
Brandon Fowler $ 350,000
William Weinberg $ 350,000
Benjamin Vanderford $ 350,000
Albert Walker $ 340,000
David Cooper $ 325,000
Gary Wadsworth $ 300,000
Keith Amezcua $ 300,000
Joseph Smith $ 300,000
Joe Ackley $ 300,000
David Burner $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/14 Signed     Osvaldo Valtierra
2/14 Signed     Elmer Johnson
2/21 Signed     Donald Batts
2/22 Signed     Albert Walker
3/6 Traded Joe Sanders Oklahoma David Almond
3/7 Signed     Benjamin Vanderford
3/10 Signed     Dennis Burgan
3/14 Signed     Juan Reynosa
3/15 Signed     Dale Garden
3/15 Released Dale Garden