1954 Decatur Commodores Statistics
Team Record: 74-52
Finished 1st in the MOVL
Manager: Johnny Lucadello (74-52)
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 38,776, Avg. 615
Playoffs - Clinton Pirates 2 games, Decatur Commodores 0
The Decatur Commodores of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1954 season with a record of 74 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the MOVL.
The Commodores scored 774 runs and allowed 660 runs. Julio Gomez drove in 75 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .310 clip. Jack Bumgarner led the squad with 22 wins, while Luis Herrera added 15 or more wins, too Jack Bumgarner registered a 2.67 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Johnny Schaive and Johnny Lucadello both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Johnny Lucadello 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Bumgarner | 22 | 8 | .733 | 2.67 | 52 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 229.0 | 188 | 96 | 68 | 6 | 72 | 137 | 12 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Luis Herrera | 17 | 10 | .630 | 3.91 | 34 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 214.0 | 222 | 118 | 93 | 8 | 86 | 174 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Juan Garcia | 14 | 13 | .519 | 5.54 | 32 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 203.0 | 243 | 137 | 125 | 13 | 98 | 92 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Amador Rego | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.58 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 112.0 | 138 | 77 | 57 | 8 | 60 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Johnny Lucadello | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 47.0 | 61 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| German Perez | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.09 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 46.0 | 62 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Len Pillar | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Julio Gomez | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Schaive | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.28 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 43 | 32 | 27 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Lowell Landsem | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Orlando Zgraggen | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alfredo Lopez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Nieman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Brillhart | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Amancio Ferro | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 52 | .587 | 4.24 | 210 | 104 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 897.0 | 957 | 517 | 423 | 45 | 375 | 0 | 505 | 32 | 1 | 32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Gomez | 112 | 505 | 449 | 81 | 139 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 75 | 5 | 46 | 23 | .310 | .373 | .416 | .789 | 187 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Manuel Valdez | 121 | 542 | 476 | 98 | 125 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 64 | 6 | 55 | 83 | .263 | .337 | .363 | .701 | 173 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Jim Freeman | 116 | 493 | 407 | 74 | 120 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 73 | 6 | 69 | 71 | .295 | .406 | .432 | .839 | 176 | 10 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Johnny Lucadello | 110 | 452 | 329 | 79 | 119 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 74 | 3 | 115 | 18 | .362 | .519 | .486 | 1.005 | 160 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Bob Staton | 83 | 362 | 329 | 46 | 102 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 67 | 5 | 25 | 22 | .310 | .361 | .404 | .765 | 133 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Bob Oefinger | 109 | 454 | 370 | 65 | 96 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 5 | 77 | 66 | .259 | .383 | .354 | .737 | 131 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Clarence Hall | 104 | 397 | 327 | 59 | 81 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 39 | 6 | 58 | 70 | .248 | .362 | .358 | .719 | 117 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||
| John Malgarini | 58 | 266 | 212 | 46 | 65 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 22 | 48 | 18 | .307 | .431 | .358 | .790 | 76 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Jim Warner | 45 | 199 | 173 | 35 | 54 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 49 | 9 | 25 | 27 | .312 | .397 | .532 | .929 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joseph Campbell | 41 | 181 | 165 | 25 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .303 | .348 | .442 | .791 | 73 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Lawrence Papini | 54 | 222 | 192 | 40 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 22 | 42 | .250 | .338 | .396 | .734 | 76 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Johnny Schaive | 40 | 131 | 118 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 10 | .271 | .315 | .432 | .748 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Jack Bumgarner | 67 | 141 | 120 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 31 | .208 | .296 | .300 | .596 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Reineirio Valdivia | 20 | 78 | 69 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .333 | .387 | .580 | .966 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Amador Rego | 24 | 57 | 49 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .388 | .444 | .388 | .832 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Juan Garcia | 39 | 95 | 79 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .241 | .333 | .266 | .599 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Clarence Hicks | 11 | 55 | 55 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .327 | .327 | .564 | .891 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eduardo Montamo | 27 | 99 | 81 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 22 | .210 | .347 | .383 | .730 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Luis Herrera | 36 | 100 | 93 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .151 | .194 | .194 | .387 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Andy Smith | 8 | 23 | 23 | 6 | .261 | .261 | .261 | .522 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Lafrano | 9 | 32 | 32 | 6 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Len Pillar | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Amancio Ferro | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| German Perez | 7 | 15 | 15 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Alfredo Lopez | 16 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .120 | .241 | .120 | .361 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Riney | 8 | 21 | 21 | 2 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| James Nieman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lowell Landsem | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Orlando Hernandez | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Brillhart | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Orlando Zgraggen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1294 | 4998 | 4256 | 763 | 1197 | 189 | 65 | 52 | 670 | 72 | 0 | 622 | 574 | .281 | .373 | .393 | .766 | 1672 | 0 | 24 | 56 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Oefinger | 1B | 109 | 972 | 56 | 16 | 81 | .985 | 9.431 | ||||
| Julio Gomez | 1B | 18 | 178 | 8 | 2 | 15 | .989 | 1.333 | ||||
| Johnny Lucadello | 2B | 64 | 157 | 183 | 17 | 48 | .952 | 5.312 | ||||
| Lawrence Papini | 2B | 53 | 137 | 137 | 7 | 31 | .975 | 5.170 | ||||
| Bob Staton | 2B | 19 | 55 | 43 | 5 | 5 | .951 | 5.158 | ||||
| Joseph Campbell | 3B | 36 | 28 | 78 | 13 | 7 | .891 | 2.944 | ||||
| Johnny Lucadello | 3B | 32 | 25 | 62 | 3 | 8 | .967 | 2.719 | ||||
| Bob Staton | 3B | 28 | 27 | 67 | 4 | 7 | .959 | 3.357 | ||||
| Johnny Schaive | 3B | 12 | 13 | 32 | 5 | 1 | .900 | 3.750 | ||||
| Clarence Hall | C | 101 | 455 | 50 | 29 | 5 | .946 | 5.000 | 18 | |||
| Reineirio Valdivia | C | 17 | 114 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .964 | 7.824 | 2 | |||
| Jim Freeman | OF | 115 | 154 | 11 | 13 | 3 | .927 | 1.435 | ||||
| Julio Gomez | OF | 92 | 188 | 7 | 8 | 3 | .961 | 2.120 | ||||
| John Malgarini | OF | 52 | 101 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .982 | 2.077 | ||||
| Jim Warner | OF | 38 | 76 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 2.105 | ||||
| Eduardo Montamo | OF | 25 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .905 | 1.520 | ||||
| Johnny Schaive | OF | 14 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.429 | ||||
| Clarence Hicks | OF | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Jack Bumgarner | P | 52 | 19 | 73 | 3 | 3 | .968 | 1.769 | ||||
| Luis Herrera | P | 34 | 13 | 36 | 2 | 2 | .961 | 1.441 | ||||
| Juan Garcia | P | 32 | 15 | 48 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 1.969 | ||||
| Amador Rego | P | 23 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 1.565 | ||||
| Johnny Schaive | P | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Johnny Lucadello | P | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Alfredo Lopez | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| German Perez | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julio Gomez | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Brillhart | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Orlando Zgraggen | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Len Pillar | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lowell Landsem | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Amancio Ferro | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Nieman | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manuel Valdez | SS | 121 | 199 | 352 | 36 | 52 | .939 | 4.554 | ||||
| Bob Staton | SS | 23 | 28 | 52 | 9 | 6 | .899 | 3.478 | ||||
| Totals | 1189 | 3034 | 1373 | 190 | 287 | .959 | 3.706 | 20 | 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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