1954 Des Moines Bruins Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 88-66
Finished 2nd in the WL
Manager: Les Peden (88-66)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 113,691, Avg. 1,477

1954 Des Moines Bruins Roster

Playoffs - Des Moines Bruins 3 games, Omaha Cardinals 1
Finals - Des Moines Bruins 3 games, Denver Bears 1

The Des Moines Bruins of the Western League ended the 1954 season with a record of 88 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the WL.

The Bruins plated 726 runs and conceded 618 runs. Les Peden topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .310 clip. Don Elston led Des Moines with 17 wins, while Hy Cohen added 15 or more victories as well Hy Cohen earned a 1.88 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1954 Des Moines Bruins who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gene Fodge, Chris Kitsos, Hy Cohen, Bob Speake, El Tappe, Les Peden, Solly Drake, Casey Wise, Ed Winceniak, Vern Morgan, Don Elston, Jim Brosnan, Bruce Edwards, Leon Brinkopf and Dewey Adkins.

Les Peden 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
Don Elston	17	10	.630	2.70	35	27					220.0	180	73	66	7	76
Hy Cohen	16	6	.727	1.88	27	23					196.0	153	51	41	1	53
Paul Menking	14	9	.609	3.45	33	27					198.0	207	92	76	10	60
Ray Bauer	12	10	.545	3.91	34	24					168.0	190	84	73	14	33
Don Watkins	7	5	.583	5.23	24	14					98.0	1	65	57	10	60
Gene Fodge	5	4	.556	3.99	29	5					79.0	72	38	35	6	53
Bob Hartig	5	7	.417	3.46	25	8					91.0	75	40	35	2	55
Joe Kuncl	4	3	.571	3.84	12	10					68.0	74	35	29	10	12
Samuel Nunn	4	3	.571	5.27	31	4					70.0	64	45	41	7	44
Grant Mitchell	2	3	.400		7						0.0
Joe Hinchman	1	0	1.000	0.00	7						16.0	27				10
Ed Funai	1	1	.500		4						0.0
Lewis Gisinger	0	0			1						0.0
Luther Burns	0	0			3						0.0
Pat Brosnan	0	0			1						0.0
Jim Brosnan	0	1	.000	4.00	3						18.0	17	9	8		11
Dewey Adkins	0	4	.000	2.63	19	2					41.0	29	12	12	2	17
Totals	88	66	.571	3.37	295	144	0	0	0	0	1263.0	1089	544	473	69	484	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
Ed Winceniak	142	532	532		149	31	12	9						.280	.280	.434	.714	231
Bob Speake	155	565	565		149	21	8	20						.264	.264	.435	.699	246
Burdette Thurlby	139	495	495		141	19	1	8						.285	.285	.376	.661	186
Les Peden	131	445	445		138	30	1	26						.310	.310	.557	.867	248
Vern Morgan	112	407	407		131	26	1	16						.322	.322	.509	.830	207
Solly Drake	106	351	351		99	13	7	7						.282	.282	.419	.701	147
Casey Wise	98	324	324		92	13	4	0						.284	.284	.349	.633	113
Jimmie McDaniel	121	357	357		89	16	0	19						.249	.249	.454	.703	162
Leon Brinkopf	82	236	236		63	15	1	7						.267	.267	.428	.695	101
Dave Cunningham	44	148	148		39	12	0	2						.264	.264	.385	.649	57
Blas Fernandez	28	108	108		36	9	3	0						.333	.333	.472	.806	51
John Magliolo	32	107	107		27	2	6	2						.252	.252	.439	.692	47
Hal Meek	44	134	134		27	8	0	3						.201	.201	.328	.530	44
James Reiter	31	76	76		20	4	0	3						.263	.263	.434	.697	33
Don Brown	25	77	77		20	2	0	0						.260	.260	.286	.545	22
Bruce Edwards	16	51	51		18	7	0	1						.353	.353	.549	.902	28
Hy Cohen	28	75	75		14	2	0	0						.187	.187	.213	.400	16
Don Elston	38	80	80		13	2	0	0						.162	.162	.188	.350	15
El Tappe	23	64	64		12	1	0	1						.188	.188	.250	.438	16
Hank Nasternak	18	38	38		11	1	2	1						.289	.289	.500	.789	19
Paul Menking	33	69	69		11	2	0	0						.159	.159	.188	.348	13
Ray Bauer	34	55	55		9	0	0	0						.164	.164	.164	.327	9
Bob Hartig	25	26	26		7	0	0	1						.269	.269	.385	.654	10
Gene Fodge	31	24	24		6	2	1	0						.250	.250	.417	.667	10
William Beery	17	43	43		6	1	0	0						.140	.140	.163	.302	7
Chris Kitsos	28	31	31		4	1	0	0						.129	.129	.161	.290	5
Samuel Nunn	31	16	16		3	0	0	0						.188	.188	.188	.375	3
Joe Kuncl	13	20	20		3	2	0	0						.150	.150	.250	.400	5
Don Watkins	24	25	25		3	0	0	0						.120	.120	.120	.240	3
Don Lauters	10	30	30		3	0	1	0						.100	.100	.167	.267	5
Dewey Adkins	20	10	10		2	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	2
John Olczak	3	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Grant Mitchell	7	10	10											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joe Hinchman	7	8	8											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ed Funai	4	8	8											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Luther Burns	3	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Pat Brosnan	1	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Brosnan	3	8	8											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Kreuter	2	2	2											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1709	5058	5058	0	1345	242	48	126	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.266	.407	.673	2061	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Don Elston	P	35					.000
Ray Bauer	P	34					.000
Paul Menking	P	33					.000
Samuel Nunn	P	31					.000
Gene Fodge	P	29					.000
Hy Cohen	P	27					.000
Bob Hartig	P	25					.000
Don Watkins	P	24					.000
Dewey Adkins	P	19					.000
Joe Kuncl	P	12					.000
Grant Mitchell	P	7					.000
Joe Hinchman	P	7					.000
Ed Funai	P	4					.000
Luther Burns	P	3					.000
Jim Brosnan	P	3					.000
Lewis Gisinger	P	1					.000
Pat Brosnan	P	1					.000
Totals		295	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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