1954 Dubuque Packers Statistics
Team Record: 62-61
Finished 4th in the MOVL
Manager: Jack Conway (62-61)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Dubuque, Iowa
Ballpark: John Patrakis Memorial Park
Attendance: 65,993, Avg. 1,073
Playoffs - Danville Dans 2 games, Dubuque Packers 1
The Dubuque Packers of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1954 season with a record of 62 wins and 61 losses, finishing fourth in the MOVL.
The Packers scored 730 runs and yielded 775 runs. Dick Lombardi led Dubuque with 22 home runs Bill Earnhardt accounted for 85 RBI. Dick Lombardi paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .321. Ollie Brantley topped the squad with 13 wins, while Bob Willis recorded a 3.99 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1954 Dubuque Packers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were John Romano, Jack Conway and Fritz Ackley.
Jack Conway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Brantley | 13 | 7 | .650 | 4.25 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 144.0 | 161 | 87 | 68 | 9 | 50 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Thomas Richards | 8 | 6 | .571 | 5.15 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 131.0 | 126 | 98 | 75 | 10 | 95 | 96 | 7 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Bob Willis | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.99 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 133.0 | 112 | 83 | 59 | 9 | 98 | 108 | 6 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Wayne Sperry | 7 | 3 | .700 | 6.17 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 86.0 | 83 | 70 | 59 | 8 | 85 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Thomas McCaffrey | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.32 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 152.0 | 119 | 106 | 73 | 9 | 129 | 152 | 4 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Bill Knapek | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.09 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 69.0 | 58 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Robert Tritsch | 4 | 2 | .667 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Carl Angelo | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fritz Ackley | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 48 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Frank Lucas | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.30 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 60.0 | 64 | 55 | 42 | 7 | 38 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Charles Bauer | 2 | 4 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Peterson | 2 | 4 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| August Kurtz | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Darold Satchell | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Tully | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Williams | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Strickland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vincent Belville | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alfred Goerlach | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Terlip | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 62 | 59 | .512 | 4.53 | 212 | 92 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 826.0 | 771 | 557 | 416 | 59 | 553 | 0 | 644 | 26 | 3 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Lombardi | 118 | 528 | 448 | 105 | 144 | 27 | 10 | 22 | 81 | 18 | 67 | 72 | .321 | .413 | .574 | .986 | 257 | 6 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Bill Earnhardt | 120 | 528 | 484 | 80 | 144 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 85 | 7 | 30 | 30 | .298 | .332 | .424 | .756 | 205 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Donald Strickland | 116 | 491 | 383 | 93 | 122 | 28 | 4 | 13 | 81 | 4 | 102 | 51 | .319 | .462 | .514 | .977 | 197 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Don Miller | 96 | 453 | 392 | 83 | 111 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 20 | 50 | 58 | .283 | .373 | .398 | .771 | 156 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Louis Hurt | 116 | 461 | 379 | 58 | 86 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 63 | 5 | 66 | 105 | .227 | .349 | .325 | .674 | 123 | 7 | 6 | 3 | |||
| Richard Ferronato | 105 | 455 | 381 | 67 | 85 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 65 | 66 | .223 | .338 | .297 | .635 | 113 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Thomas Karwacki | 80 | 327 | 289 | 51 | 80 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 6 | 30 | 28 | .277 | .354 | .346 | .700 | 100 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Billy Smith | 68 | 274 | 236 | 26 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 34 | 36 | .203 | .305 | .271 | .576 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| John Romano | 27 | 107 | 93 | 17 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 7 | .355 | .439 | .591 | 1.031 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Richards | 56 | 150 | 125 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 19 | .248 | .356 | .376 | .732 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| William Staley | 40 | 177 | 150 | 21 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 16 | .193 | .309 | .220 | .529 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jack Conway | 24 | 70 | 65 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .400 | .429 | .569 | .998 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Eugene Martin | 27 | 105 | 97 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 9 | .247 | .305 | .299 | .604 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Denny | 15 | 65 | 55 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .255 | .354 | .400 | .754 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dick Gierek | 9 | 43 | 43 | 13 | .302 | .302 | .302 | .605 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Ollie Brantley | 33 | 64 | 60 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .217 | .230 | .317 | .546 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Dale Scales | 13 | 46 | 41 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .268 | .348 | .366 | .714 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Sperry | 18 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .290 | .312 | .355 | .667 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Fritz Ackley | 16 | 33 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Willis | 22 | 51 | 46 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .174 | .224 | .217 | .442 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| William Maley | 9 | 32 | 32 | 7 | .219 | .219 | .219 | .438 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Knapek | 10 | 31 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .222 | .258 | .370 | .628 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Carl Angelo | 8 | 12 | 12 | 5 | .417 | .417 | .417 | .833 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas McCaffrey | 26 | 64 | 56 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 32 | .071 | .161 | .071 | .233 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| James Peterson | 9 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Tritsch | 11 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .200 | .294 | .467 | .761 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Lucas | 15 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .158 | .273 | .211 | .483 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Bauer | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Vincent Belville | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| August Kurtz | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Alfred Goerlach | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Terlip | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Williams | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1230 | 4682 | 4031 | 701 | 1074 | 190 | 44 | 70 | 578 | 68 | 0 | 542 | 613 | .266 | .356 | .387 | .744 | 1562 | 0 | 39 | 36 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Strickland | 1B | 113 | 948 | 54 | 23 | 73 | .978 | 8.867 | ||||
| Louis Hurt | 2B | 116 | 252 | 329 | 29 | 67 | .952 | 5.009 | ||||
| Richard Ferronato | 3B | 100 | 108 | 154 | 35 | 16 | .882 | 2.620 | ||||
| Jack Conway | 3B | 11 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 2 | .828 | 2.182 | ||||
| Billy Smith | C | 60 | 436 | 29 | 17 | 6 | .965 | 7.750 | 14 | |||
| John Romano | C | 26 | 159 | 24 | 3 | 3 | .984 | 7.038 | 12 | |||
| Eugene Martin | C | 25 | 180 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .984 | 7.600 | 6 | |||
| Dick Lombardi | OF | 118 | 186 | 20 | 14 | 1 | .936 | 1.746 | ||||
| Bill Earnhardt | OF | 117 | 178 | 8 | 9 | 2 | .954 | 1.590 | ||||
| Don Miller | OF | 96 | 191 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .948 | 2.073 | ||||
| Thomas Denny | OF | 14 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 2.143 | ||||
| Ollie Brantley | P | 31 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 1 | .864 | 1.226 | ||||
| Thomas McCaffrey | P | 26 | 12 | 43 | 10 | 1 | .846 | 2.115 | ||||
| Thomas Richards | P | 23 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 3 | .975 | 1.696 | ||||
| Bob Willis | P | 22 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 2 | .923 | 1.636 | ||||
| Wayne Sperry | P | 18 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Frank Lucas | P | 15 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .733 | ||||
| Fritz Ackley | P | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .900 | .818 | ||||
| Robert Tritsch | P | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Knapek | P | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| James Peterson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Bauer | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carl Angelo | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| August Kurtz | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Williams | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Terlip | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Strickland | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alfred Goerlach | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Tully | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vincent Belville | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Karwacki | SS | 80 | 119 | 209 | 32 | 34 | .911 | 4.100 | ||||
| William Staley | SS | 40 | 60 | 73 | 18 | 19 | .881 | 3.325 | ||||
| Totals | 1126 | 2890 | 1121 | 227 | 239 | .946 | 3.562 | 32 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
