1954 Clinton Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 63-59
Finished 3rd in the MOVL
Manager: Robert Clark (63-59)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Clinton, Iowa
Ballpark: Alliant Energy Field
Attendance: 74,768, Avg. 1,226
Playoffs - Clinton Pirates 2 games, Decatur Commodores 0
Finals - Danville Dans 3 games, Clinton Pirates 0
The Clinton Pirates of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1954 season with a record of 63 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the MOVL.
The Pirates led the league with just 634 runs allowed. Clinton scored 642 runs, worst in the league,. John Wrye recorded 78 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .321. David Jimenez paced the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.71 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Earl Francis played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Clinton Pirates to do so.
Robert Clark 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Jimenez | 20 | 6 | .769 | 2.71 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 216.0 | 141 | 82 | 65 | 5 | 128 | 249 | 9 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| Earl Francis | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.10 | 28 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 180.0 | 136 | 91 | 62 | 5 | 119 | 169 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bill Bethea | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.28 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 122.0 | 109 | 76 | 58 | 1 | 111 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Walter DeLotelle | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.44 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 75.0 | 87 | 50 | 37 | 2 | 35 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| William Dennis | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.75 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 108.0 | 119 | 66 | 57 | 6 | 48 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Brown | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.54 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 61.0 | 54 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 35 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Cedric Wolfman | 3 | 10 | .231 | 5.16 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 75.0 | 78 | 63 | 43 | 0 | 59 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Russel Betts | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edmund Greicius | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Plish | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Long | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dickie Tyndall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Clark | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Larry Hill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Brettell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gary Marhoover | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lester Humphreys | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.59 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 80 | 50 | 36 | 1 | 34 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Paul Sizemore | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 59 | .516 | 3.84 | 193 | 108 | 0 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 895.0 | 804 | 507 | 382 | 21 | 569 | 0 | 792 | 27 | 5 | 47 | 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 Wrye | 122 | 524 | 495 | 71 | 159 | 39 | 19 | 6 | 78 | 6 | 19 | 28 | .321 | .349 | .513 | .862 | 254 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Bobby Clark | 115 | 480 | 411 | 86 | 121 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 30 | 56 | 18 | .294 | .382 | .436 | .817 | 179 | 5 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Del Johnston | 111 | 419 | 363 | 66 | 100 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 47 | 18 | 49 | 53 | .275 | .361 | .421 | .782 | 153 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| John Schneider | 83 | 289 | 263 | 40 | 80 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 55 | 6 | 21 | 27 | .304 | .356 | .464 | .820 | 122 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Leo Dwojeski | 93 | 380 | 334 | 51 | 78 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 25 | 35 | 37 | .234 | .308 | .317 | .625 | 106 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Jack O'Keefe | 50 | 209 | 191 | 36 | 63 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 3 | 14 | 10 | .330 | .376 | .571 | .946 | 109 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Edward Miller | 72 | 292 | 250 | 36 | 58 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 36 | 38 | .232 | .329 | .316 | .645 | 79 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Don Land | 82 | 289 | 253 | 31 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 29 | 64 | .217 | .302 | .300 | .602 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Edward Mathes | 68 | 295 | 264 | 38 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 53 | .201 | .271 | .239 | .509 | 63 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |||
| John Kilroy | 62 | 247 | 217 | 21 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 50 | .203 | .293 | .263 | .555 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Regis Zaski | 31 | 122 | 114 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 21 | .219 | .270 | .228 | .499 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Jimenez | 31 | 92 | 87 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 15 | .218 | .225 | .287 | .512 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Earl Francis | 32 | 79 | 71 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .254 | .303 | .423 | .725 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Don Erickson | 25 | 102 | 89 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 17 | .180 | .270 | .236 | .506 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Glenn Gongorek | 16 | 60 | 56 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | .232 | .271 | .321 | .593 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Edmund Greicius | 19 | 53 | 50 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .240 | .283 | .580 | .863 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Reider | 13 | 48 | 44 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .250 | .298 | .364 | .662 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| William Dennis | 24 | 47 | 45 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .244 | .261 | .289 | .550 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Adolph Long | 14 | 70 | 51 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 13 | .196 | .386 | .255 | .641 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Cedric Wolfman | 24 | 44 | 41 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .220 | .256 | .293 | .548 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Benson Phillips | 17 | 60 | 43 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 18 | .209 | .433 | .256 | .689 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Walter DeLotelle | 13 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .207 | .194 | .276 | .469 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Bill Brown | 8 | 23 | 23 | 5 | .217 | .217 | .217 | .435 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Bethea | 18 | 53 | 50 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .080 | .132 | .120 | .252 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Sizemore | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Lester Humphreys | 19 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .111 | .111 | .148 | .259 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Long | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Marhoover | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dickie Tyndall | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Russel Betts | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Plish | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Brettell | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1196 | 4387 | 3912 | 579 | 990 | 162 | 72 | 49 | 476 | 115 | 0 | 370 | 529 | .253 | .321 | .369 | .690 | 1443 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Miller | 1B | 72 | 610 | 29 | 20 | 55 | .970 | 8.875 | ||||
| Jack O'Keefe | 1B | 50 | 406 | 29 | 2 | 47 | .995 | 8.700 | ||||
| Edward Mathes | 2B | 57 | 138 | 150 | 17 | 31 | .944 | 5.053 | ||||
| Don Land | 2B | 41 | 86 | 86 | 8 | 22 | .956 | 4.195 | ||||
| Regis Zaski | 2B | 29 | 59 | 59 | 15 | 15 | .887 | 4.069 | ||||
| Leo Dwojeski | 3B | 88 | 71 | 139 | 32 | 17 | .868 | 2.386 | ||||
| Don Land | 3B | 27 | 17 | 36 | 8 | 5 | .869 | 1.963 | ||||
| Del Johnston | C | 96 | 759 | 103 | 30 | 9 | .966 | 8.979 | 33 | |||
| John Schneider | C | 39 | 176 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .970 | 4.897 | 19 | |||
| John Wrye | OF | 122 | 161 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .972 | 1.434 | ||||
| John Kilroy | OF | 59 | 69 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 1.305 | ||||
| John Schneider | OF | 40 | 56 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .935 | 1.450 | ||||
| Don Erickson | OF | 25 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .962 | 2.040 | ||||
| Benson Phillips | OF | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .897 | 1.625 | ||||
| Glenn Gongorek | OF | 15 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.600 | ||||
| Adolph Long | OF | 14 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .938 | 2.143 | ||||
| Edmund Greicius | OF | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| David Jimenez | P | 30 | 5 | 50 | 2 | 2 | .965 | 1.833 | ||||
| Earl Francis | P | 28 | 9 | 43 | 4 | 5 | .929 | 1.857 | ||||
| William Dennis | P | 22 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .864 | .864 | ||||
| Lester Humphreys | P | 19 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .800 | .842 | ||||
| Bill Bethea | P | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Cedric Wolfman | P | 16 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .826 | 1.188 | ||||
| Walter DeLotelle | P | 13 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.077 | ||||
| Bill Brown | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Marhoover | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Russel Betts | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edmund Greicius | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Long | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Sizemore | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Clark | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Plish | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Brettell | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dickie Tyndall | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Hill | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Clark | SS | 113 | 209 | 358 | 30 | 70 | .950 | 5.018 | ||||
| Don Land | SS | 15 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 5 | .875 | 1.867 | ||||
| Edward Mathes | SS | 11 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .921 | 3.182 | ||||
| Totals | 1134 | 3004 | 1235 | 215 | 295 | .952 | 3.738 | 52 | 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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