1954 Aberdeen Pheasants Statistics
Team Record: 60-75
Finished 7th in the NL
Manager: Barney Lutz (60-75)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Baseball Park
Attendance: 62,503, Avg. 926
The Aberdeen Pheasants of the Northern League ended the 1954 season with a record of 60 wins and 75 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.
The Pheasants scored 730 runs and surrendered 833 runs. William Hain led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .298 clip. Reginald Pitre topped Aberdeen with 17 wins and a team-best 4.46 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Dave Roberts and Dick Luebke both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Barney Lutz served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reginald Pitre | 17 | 11 | .607 | 4.46 | 36 | 27 | 214.0 | 244 | 129 | 106 | 22 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Arthur Hunt | 10 | 18 | .357 | 4.99 | 39 | 23 | 173.0 | 194 | 118 | 96 | 14 | 113 | ||||||||||
| Rolf Scheel | 8 | 9 | .471 | 5.77 | 37 | 24 | 198.0 | 217 | 153 | 127 | 24 | 112 | ||||||||||
| Ronald Babkoff | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.72 | 12 | 7 | 53.0 | 45 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Paul Carson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Ehrke | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.15 | 9 | 5 | 52.0 | 67 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Dick Luebke | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.62 | 19 | 6 | 80.0 | 96 | 56 | 50 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Dale Kingma | 2 | 3 | .400 | 16 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Hoffman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 25 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Cartwright | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Langan | 0 | 3 | .000 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Damian Kraemer | 0 | 4 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| David Crocker | 0 | 5 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 47 | 63 | .427 | 4.90 | 237 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 770.0 | 863 | 505 | 419 | 77 | 355 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Prais | 132 | 544 | 544 | 153 | 20 | 6 | 4 | .281 | .281 | .362 | .643 | 197 | |||||||||||
| William Hain | 135 | 503 | 503 | 150 | 25 | 8 | 18 | .298 | .298 | .487 | .785 | 245 | |||||||||||
| Dave Roberts | 135 | 499 | 499 | 148 | 28 | 7 | 33 | .297 | .297 | .579 | .876 | 289 | |||||||||||
| John Brice | 136 | 503 | 503 | 140 | 19 | 8 | 6 | .278 | .278 | .384 | .662 | 193 | |||||||||||
| Timothy Hastings | 107 | 420 | 420 | 118 | 24 | 7 | 5 | .281 | .281 | .407 | .688 | 171 | |||||||||||
| George Morris | 136 | 505 | 505 | 117 | 12 | 4 | 3 | .232 | .232 | .289 | .521 | 146 | |||||||||||
| George Blash | 112 | 321 | 321 | 90 | 17 | 4 | 7 | .280 | .280 | .424 | .704 | 136 | |||||||||||
| William Hurst | 78 | 287 | 287 | 82 | 16 | 3 | 7 | .286 | .286 | .436 | .721 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Niles Lupinek | 55 | 165 | 165 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .327 | .582 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Richard Ebeling | 40 | 146 | 146 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .233 | .233 | .329 | .562 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Roy Leafgren | 35 | 97 | 97 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .258 | .258 | .423 | .680 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Reginald Pitre | 38 | 71 | 71 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .423 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Rolf Scheel | 38 | 70 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .186 | .371 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Gene Sally | 16 | 42 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .238 | .429 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Barney Lutz | 21 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .389 | .722 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Hunt | 42 | 54 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Edgar Fields | 13 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .231 | .423 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dale Kingma | 17 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Damian Kraemer | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | |||||||||||
| John Hoffman | 25 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .375 | .500 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Tom Langan | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | |||||||||||
| William Barbour | 16 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .032 | .032 | .032 | .065 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Paul Carson | 9 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Donald Cartwright | 6 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Nick Parise | 9 | 20 | 20 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| David Crocker | 7 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Ehrke | 9 | 18 | 18 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick Luebke | 19 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Babkoff | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1420 | 4447 | 4447 | 0 | 1160 | 180 | 54 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .385 | .646 | 1712 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Hunt | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Rolf Scheel | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Reginald Pitre | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| John Hoffman | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Luebke | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Dale Kingma | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Langan | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Babkoff | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Damian Kraemer | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Ehrke | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Carson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| David Crocker | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Cartwright | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 237 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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