1954 New Orleans Pelicans
Record: 72-72
Finish: 3rd in PL South Division
Runs Scored: 837
Runs Allowed: 860
Exp W-L: 70-74
 
Ballpark: Higgins Park
Attendance: 1,040,417
Manager: Daybreaker

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-62, 6th in the Pioneer League
AA: 38-87, 10th in the Pioneer League
A: 58-67, 8th 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  Sabino Martinez 28 135 552 92 165 38 7 5 67 64 12 54 80 .299 .361 .420 .782 89.3 14.4 3.1
CF  John Heaps 31 141 521 106 171 22 2 21 90 29 10 68 88 .328 .407 .499 .906 102.8 18.2 3.1
C  Jimmy Hildreth 29 134 514 105 194 30 2 20 78 4 1 45 73 .377 .428 .560 .989 109.5 22.6 2.5
1B  Arthur Folsom 23 132 503 69 159 36 1 7 104 4 2 49 57 .316 .379 .433 .812 80.3 13.2 2.0
RF  Bill Sisson 31 136 480 83 126 20 2 15 82 2 1 62 102 .263 .354 .406 .761 72.4 9.8 2.5
3B  Richard Little 28 140 455 48 105 14 0 8 68 0 1 45 83 .231 .303 .314 .617 45.5 0.8 3.5
LF  Osvaldo Paredes 38 113 387 96 122 23 1 32 88 33 5 105 60 .315 .459 .628 1.086 110.3 23.1 1.8
SS  Alonzo Parisi 34 132 426 63 131 25 1 10 74 10 6 49 62 .308 .382 .441 .824 71.1 11.2 4.2
CF #Randy Nieto 27 111 232 35 55 19 5 4 39 9 7 23 39 .237 .305 .414 .719 27.3 2.1 0.9
CF  David Colucci 35 96 150 24 45 5 1 1 22 1 2 16 17 .300 .371 .367 .738 18.1 1.9 0.6
1B  David Metivier 32 98 132 18 33 4 0 5 24 0 0 23 20 .250 .361 .394 .755 20.1 2.5 0.4
C  Ryan Brown 35 42 127 14 30 7 0 1 9 0 0 11 25 .236 .297 .315 .612 12.2 0.6 0.7
2B  John Bouffard 33 83 125 31 31 5 5 2 10 13 6 14 22 .248 .326 .416 .742 17.1 1.5 1.5
P  Alexis Aguiar 23 37 116 8 8 3 0 0 7 1 0 4 39 .069 .099 .095 .194 -3.7 0.0 0.0
SS #Peter Pinion 29 70 101 9 28 4 0 0 15 2 2 7 11 .277 .318 .317 .635 10.4 0.4 1.3
P  John Rademacher 30 34 44 3 5 1 0 1 4 3 2 1 12 .114 .184 .205 .388 1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Salomon Mejorado 24 38 37 6 10 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 7 .270 .282 .378 .660 4.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bryan Crossett 27 63 42 3 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 19 .238 .273 .286 .558 2.7 0.0 0.0
P #William Holley 31 31 41 3 6 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 14 .146 .167 .195 .362 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Thomas Crystal 30 47 33 6 11 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 8 .333 .353 .364 .717 4.5 0.7 0.0
P *Willie Cunningham 26 26 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .036 .100 .036 .136 -1.2 0.0 0.0
RF  Ryan Bishop 34 31 27 7 12 3 0 0 4 2 2 2 5 .444 .483 .556 1.038 5.7 1.1 0.0
P  Vincent Vivian 27 15 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .214 .250 .214 .464 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Brian Martin 32 31 15 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .200 .250 .200 .450 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  John Fobbs 31 51 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .200 .333 .400 .733 0.6 0.2 0.0
P  Everett Macdonald 20 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Israel Pereda 27 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Donald Smith 22 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.2 2008 5114 837 1465 269 27 132 805 180 59 587 869 .286 .362 .427 .789 803.4 124.3 28.1
  Rank among 10 PL teams 1 2 1 8 10 3 2 8 2 4 7 3 2 6 5 1  
* - 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
 Alexis Aguiar 23 21 9 .700 37 37 0 282.0 329 151 30 94 178 4.82 13.5
 Bryan Crossett 27 8 8 .500 63 13 4 160.3 165 80 15 42 87 4.49 11.1
 Salomon Mejorado 24 10 8 .556 38 17 1 143.7 158 87 12 87 84 5.45 5.8
 John Rademacher 30 9 8 .529 33 15 1 139.7 134 61 5 96 81 3.93 9.8
 Thomas Crystal 30 8 7 .533 47 9 1 121.3 129 60 4 52 90 4.45 7.0
 William Holley 31 3 11 .214 31 14 0 114.3 167 81 8 30 50 6.38 0.0
*Willie Cunningham 26 6 4 .600 26 26 0 102.7 109 49 10 34 90 4.30 5.0
 Brian Martin 32 2 5 .286 31 5 1 63.7 98 51 6 27 41 7.21 0.0
 John Fobbs 31 4 1 .800 51 0 17 61.0 63 32 6 26 46 4.72 7.7
 Vincent Vivian 27 0 7 .000 14 8 0 46.3 76 58 8 39 28 11.27 0.0
 Everett Macdonald 20 1 4 .200 28 0 6 34.3 34 16 5 15 23 4.19 3.2
 Israel Pereda 27 0 0 .000 8 0 1 11.7 13 6 0 9 10 4.63 0.6
 Donald Smith 22 0 0 .000 4 0 0 7.0 14 9 0 0 2 11.57 0.0
Team Totals 26.9 72 72 .500 411 144 32 1288.0 1489 741 109 551 810 5.18 63.6
Rank among 10 PL teams 5 5 5 5 7 9 4 8 6 5 8  
* - 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
J.Hildreth 1038.0 114 127 681 70 20 1 .974 17.3
R.Brown 250.0 30 33 146 21 2 0 .988 30.4
Team Total 1288.0 144 160 827 91 22 1 .977 19.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.70
A.Folsom 1091.3 127 131 1071 73 7 87 .994 9.43
D.Metivier 194.7 17 34 177 19 1 14 .995 9.06
R.Nieto 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
R.Bishop 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1288.0 144 167 1251 92 8 101 .994 9.38
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.12
S.Martinez 1115.0 130 131 242 382 26 78 .960 5.04
J.Bouffard 171.0 14 36 55 65 0 14 1.000 6.32
A.Parisi 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1288.0 144 168 297 447 26 92 .966 5.20
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.50
R.Little 1128.3 137 137 87 196 22 17 .928 2.26
J.Bouffard 100.7 7 26 7 25 2 1 .941 2.86
P.Pinion 53.0 0 26 3 13 1 1 .941 2.72
A.Parisi 6.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1288.0 144 192 97 235 25 19 .930 2.32
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.33
A.Parisi 1062.3 124 127 144 300 14 60 .969 3.76
P.Pinion 201.7 20 35 28 70 3 14 .970 4.37
J.Bouffard 18.0 0 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 5.50
R.Brown 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Nieto 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Martinez 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Colucci 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1288.0 144 177 175 379 17 75 .970 3.87
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.24
O.Paredes 927.7 107 109 222 15 6 4 .975 2.30
R.Nieto 271.3 30 34 68 0 2 0 .971 2.26
D.Colucci 86.0 7 16 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.51
R.Little 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1288.0 144 160 313 16 8 4 .976 2.30
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 2.78
J.Heaps 1136.0 128 133 377 7 2 2 .995 3.04
R.Nieto 140.0 16 17 52 1 0 1 1.000 3.41
D.Colucci 8.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Bishop 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1288.0 144 155 433 8 2 3 .995 3.08
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.22
B.Sisson 1123.7 133 134 312 12 2 5 .994 2.60
D.Colucci 134.3 10 28 47 1 0 1 1.000 3.22
J.Heaps 9.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Bishop 9.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
O.Paredes 8.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
R.Nieto 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Metivier 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1288.0 144 171 369 13 2 6 .995 2.67
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 1.90
A.Aguiar 282.0 37 37 24 41 1 1 .985 2.07
B.Crossett 160.3 13 63 11 27 1 0 .974 2.13
S.Mejorado 143.7 17 38 7 23 3 2 .909 1.88
J.Rademacher 139.7 15 33 8 12 1 3 .952 1.29
T.Crystal 121.3 9 47 3 20 0 3 1.000 1.71
W.Holley 114.3 14 31 4 19 1 1 .958 1.81
W.Cunningham 102.7 26 26 3 12 1 0 .938 1.32
B.Martin 63.7 5 31 6 3 0 0 1.000 1.27
J.Fobbs 61.0 0 51 1 5 0 1 1.000 0.89
V.Vivian 46.3 8 14 3 17 1 1 .952 3.89
E.Macdonald 34.3 0 28 3 4 0 1 1.000 1.84
I.Pereda 11.7 0 8 0 3 1 0 .750 2.32
D.Smith 7.0 0 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 6.43
Team Total 1288.0 144 411 74 190 10 13 .964 1.84
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hildreth .377
On-Base Pct Paredes .459
Slugging Pct Paredes .628
OPS Paredes 1.086
XR Paredes 110.3
Games Heaps 141
At-Bats Martinez 552
Runs Heaps 106
Hits Hildreth 194
Total Bases Hildreth 288
Singles Hildreth 142
Doubles Martinez 38
Triples Martinez 7
Homeruns Paredes 32
RBIs Folsom 104
Stolen Bases Martinez 64
Caught Stealing Martinez 12
Walks Paredes 105
Strikeouts Sisson 102
ERA Crossett 4.49
Wins Aguiar 21
Losses Holley 11
Winning Pct Aguiar .700
Saves Fobbs 17
Games Pitched Crossett 63
Games Started Aguiar 37
Complete Games Aguiar 10
Shutouts Aguiar, Crossett, Holley 1
Innings Pitched Aguiar 282.0
Hits Allowed Aguiar 329
Homeruns Allowed Aguiar 30
Strikeouts Aguiar 178
Walks Allowed Rademacher 96
Walks per 9IP Crossett 2.4
Hits per 9IP Crossett 9.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Aguiar 5.7
WHiP Crossett 1.29
OAVG Crossett .264
OOBP Crossett .317
OSLG Crossett .399
OOPS Crossett .716
Team All-Stars
Jimmy Hildreth
Osvaldo Paredes
Player Salaries
Osvaldo Paredes $ 9,550,000
John Heaps $ 7,430,000
Jimmy Hildreth $ 6,600,000
William Holley $ 6,512,123
Sabino Martinez $ 4,200,000
David Colucci $ 4,060,000
Ryan Bishop $ 2,500,123
David Metivier $ 2,123,123
Bill Sisson $ 2,123,123
John Fobbs $ 2,050,000
Thomas Crystal $ 2,050,000
Adam Washington $ 1,430,000
Alonzo Parisi $ 1,400,123
Peter Pinion $ 1,400,123
Willie Cunningham $ 1,280,000
Brian Martin $ 1,234,123
Richard Little $ 1,200,123
Vincent Vivian $ 1,200,000
John Rademacher $ 1,123,123
John Bouffard $ 1,123,123
Jacques Estill $ 1,123,123
Randy Nieto $ 1,000,000
Israel Pereda $ 600,123
Ryan Brown $ 550,000
Kenneth Thompson $ 421,429
Rueben Watson $ 410,000
Arthur Folsom $ 394,286
Steffen Sowa $ 360,000
Erubiel Ibaņez $ 350,000
Salomon Mejorado $ 300,000
Everett Macdonald $ 300,000
Bryan Crossett $ 300,000
Alexis Aguiar $ 300,000
Donald Smith $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/25 Signed     Brian Martin
2/25 Signed     Israel Pereda
2/26 Signed     John Rademacher
2/27 Signed     David Metivier
2/27 Signed     Alonzo Parisi
2/27 Signed     Richard Little
3/1 Signed     John Bouffard
3/2 Signed     Bill Sisson
3/5 Signed     William Holley
3/5 Signed     Peter Pinion
3/6 Signed     Ryan Bishop
3/7 Signed     Jacques Estill
3/7 Signed     Steffen Sowa
4/28 Released Chester Belue