1954 Cedar Rapids Indians Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 63-72
Finished 6th in the IIIL
Manager: Bill Prince (63-72)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 60,605, Avg. 898

1954 Cedar Rapids Indians Roster

The Cedar Rapids Indians of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1954 season with a record of 63 wins and 72 losses, finishing sixth in the IIIL.

The Indians plated 676 runs and yielded 675 runs. Art Pennington paced Cedar Rapids with 16 home runs John Olczak drove in 91 runs. Art Pennington topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .345 average. Darrell Rothrock led the squad with 12 wins, while Luther Burns recorded a 3.37 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1954 Cedar Rapids Indians who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Al Unser, Dick Drott, Bob Anderson and Art Pennington.

Bill Prince served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Darrell Rothrock	12	9	.571	3.91	34	26		14	0		212.0	210	105	92	14	47		88	6	0	3
Luther Burns	9	11	.450	3.37	34	15		9	0		155.0	119	76	58	10	76		109	4	2	6
Ed Funai	8	5	.615	4.86	32	17		3	0		124.0	103	74	67	6	104		96	1	0	6
Joe Hinchman	6	3	.667	2.09	13	9		6	1		69.0	66	23	16	4	23		45	0	0	2
Ray Coombs	6	7	.462	4.46	29	15		3	0		115.0	130	73	57	8	51		52	8	0	9
Bud McClure	5	2	.714	5.91	28	6		2	0		67.0	77	51	44	10	38		42	3	1	1
Dick Drott	5	7	.417	4.50	23	14		7	1		108.0	92	62	54	11	72		93	2	0	4
Bill Dickey	4	10	.286	4.35	34	12		5	0		124.0	125	79	60	10	77		69	0	0	10
Bob Anderson	3	1	.750	2.92	6						40.0	27	15	13		24
Paul Schnieders	2	3	.400	5.18	10	5		1	1		40.0	46	30	23	3	22		14	0	0	1
Nick Alivojvodic	1	0	1.000		5						0.0
Dwight Stoddard	1	2	.333	0.00	6						11.0	10				7
Grant Mitchell	1	7	.125	4.50	13	5		3	0		48.0	54	30	24	3	31		28	0	0	4
Elvin Stabelfeld	0	0			3						0.0
Emil Stoyakovich	0	0			4						0.0
Elmer Tessin	0	0			3						0.0
Herbert Dorsey	0	0			3						0.0
Denis Jent	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Gene Nelson	0	2	.000		5						0.0
Lewis Gisinger	0	2	.000		4						0.0
Totals	63	72	.467	4.11	292	124	0	53	3	0	1113.0	1059	618	508	79	572	0	636	24	3	46	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
John Olczak	126	567	477	97	150	32	4	10	91	12		76	41	.314	.411	.461	.872	220		4	7	3
Art Pennington	119	517	423	88	146	22	6	16	79	11		88	29	.345	.458	.539	.997	228		3	0	3
Don Lauters	123	558	468	87	134	21	5	9	58	5		80	54	.286	.389	.410	.800	192		1	6	3
William Beery	115	518	473	82	130	16	6	10	39	13		30	64	.275	.320	.397	.718	188		2	12	1
Earl Birnel	130	561	481	65	128	23	1	7	67	5		65	40	.266	.354	.362	.716	174		2	10	3
John Kreuter	118	496	414	58	111	22	1	5	78	1		59	34	.268	.352	.362	.714	150		1	10	12
Ray Bellino	135	548	454	55	110	22	2	9	61	11		71	102	.242	.348	.359	.707	163		3	19	1
Percy Hough	100	355	294	35	63	13	0	6	35	0		54	62	.214	.335	.320	.655	94		1	3	3
Charles Teague	38	141	125	19	45	6	0	0	13	0		13	5	.360	.417	.408	.825	51		0	2	1
Darrell Rothrock	45	95	83	7	22	4	0	0	5	0		7	12	.265	.322	.313	.635	26		0	5	0
Emil Borgini	49	140	116	11	22	5	0	0	13	0		19	21	.190	.309	.233	.542	27		1	4	0
Elmer Westfall	24	108	90	13	19	10	0	2	17	1		16	17	.211	.327	.389	.716	35		0	1	1
Ed Funai	34	57	52	5	14	0	0	1	9	0		0	8	.269	.264	.327	.591	17		0	4	1
Al Unser	13	32	27	3	13	2	0	0	7	0		4	4	.481	.531	.556	1.087	15		0	0	1
Dick Drott	23	41	36	3	12	4	0	0	10	0		2	14	.333	.359	.444	.803	16		0	2	1
William Guice	8	36	36		12									.333	.333	.333	.667	12
Bernard Kozub	35	60	53	8	10	0	0	1	6	0		4	5	.189	.259	.245	.504	13		1	2	0
Ray Coombs	29	44	39	1	7	0	0	0	1	0		1	6	.179	.200	.179	.379	7		0	4	0
Allen Burger	11	29	24	2	6	0	1	0	3	0		3	5	.250	.333	.333	.667	8		0	2	0
Bill Bower	13	47	38	4	6	0	0	0	4	0		7	8	.158	.304	.158	.462	6		1	1	0
Luther Burns	34	59	55	4	6	0	0	0	4	0		1	3	.109	.125	.109	.234	6		0	3	0
Joe Hinchman	13	24	22	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.182	.217	.182	.399	4		0	1	0
Carlton Smalley	4	13	13		3									.231	.231	.231	.462	3
Robert Picciano	7	22	22		3									.136	.136	.136	.273	3
Nick Alivojvodic	5	3	3		2									.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
Grant Mitchell	14	15	13	3	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	5	.154	.267	.154	.421	2		0	0	0
John Swiech	9	14	14		2									.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Bud McClure	28	23	19	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	7	.105	.190	.105	.296	2		0	2	0
Michael Jezierski	6	21	21		2									.095	.095	.095	.190	2
Paul Schnieders	10	18	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		7	4	.100	.471	.100	.571	1		0	1	0
Bob Anderson	6	14	14		1									.071	.071	.071	.143	1
Bill Dickey	36	42	39	3	1	1	0	0	1	0		3	28	.026	.095	.051	.147	2		0	0	0
Lewis Gisinger	5	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Herbert Dorsey	3	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dwight Stoddard	6	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gene Nelson	6	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Denis Jent	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1483	5229	4459	658	1189	203	26	76	604	59	0	615	585	.267	.356	.375	.731	1672	0	20	101	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Kreuter	1B	117	976	52	14	102	.987	8.786
Earl Birnel	2B	99	255	263	28	74	.949	5.232
Charles Teague	2B	30	70	65	8	18	.944	4.500
Don Lauters	3B	89	95	175	27	21	.909	3.034
Earl Birnel	3B	31	43	76	12	8	.908	3.839
Bernard Kozub	3B	10	13	26	3	1	.929	3.900
Percy Hough	C	86	447	54	9	7	.982	5.826	16
Emil Borgini	C	36	176	14	2	2	.990	5.278	0
Bill Bower	C	11	58	8	1	2	.985	6.000	1
John Olczak	OF	125	203	11	10	2	.955	1.712
William Beery	OF	112	273	11	13	2	.956	2.536
Art Pennington	OF	110	148	13	9	2	.947	1.464
Don Lauters	OF	34	46	6	3	1	.945	1.529
Elmer Westfall	OF	24	41	5	1	2	.979	1.917
Darrell Rothrock	P	34	10	57	1	0	.985	1.971
Bill Dickey	P	34	12	23	3	0	.921	1.029
Luther Burns	P	34	3	26	4	0	.879	.853
Ed Funai	P	32	4	13	1	1	.944	.531
Ray Coombs	P	29	6	16	3	1	.880	.759
Bud McClure	P	28	3	6	1	1	.900	.321
Dick Drott	P	23	2	17	0	3	1.000	.826
Grant Mitchell	P	13	3	8	3	1	.786	.846
Joe Hinchman	P	13	2	10	1	0	.923	.923
Paul Schnieders	P	10	0	13	1	0	.929	1.300
Dwight Stoddard	P	6						.000
Bob Anderson	P	6						.000
Gene Nelson	P	5						.000
Nick Alivojvodic	P	5						.000
Emil Stoyakovich	P	4						.000
Lewis Gisinger	P	4						.000
Elmer Tessin	P	3						.000
Elvin Stabelfeld	P	3						.000
Denis Jent	P	3						.000
Herbert Dorsey	P	3						.000
Ray Bellino	SS	135	228	433	32	75	.954	4.896
Totals		1341	3117	1401	190	326	.960	3.369	17	0	0

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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