1954 Keokuk Kernels Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 78-58
Finished 2nd in the IIIL
Manager: Jo-Jo White (78-58)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Keokuk, Iowa
Ballpark: Joyce Park
Attendance: 49,957, Avg. 735

1954 Keokuk Kernels Roster

Playoffs - Quincy Gems 3 games, Keokuk Kernels 1

The Keokuk Kernels of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1954 season with a record of 78 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the IIIL.

The Kernels tallied 729 runs and yielded 675 runs. Roger Maris walloped 32 home runs for Keokuk, while Bob Diers and Frank Tanana swatted 15 or more also. Roger Maris drove in 111 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .315. Stan Pitula led the squad with 20 wins, and Donald Nance recorded a 3.02 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1954 Keokuk Kernels who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Alex Monchak, Roger Maris, Stan Pitula and Dan Osinski.

Jo-Jo White 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
Stan Pitula	20	9	.690	3.16	33	27		24	3		245.0	222	98	86	25	70		172	1	2	6
Dan Osinski	13	10	.565	3.87	27	25		15	2		193.0	181	107	83	11	118		141	6	0	6
George Aitken	12	9	.571	4.02	28	27		13	0		188.0	177	112	84	9	124		155	4	1	12
Donald Nance	10	6	.625	3.02	28	13		7	1		125.0	108	56	42	7	55		47	1	2	2
Raymond Seif	10	12	.455	3.39	27	23		12	1		178.0	184	97	67	13	51		90	1	0	4
John Cerbo	7	9	.438	5.45	26	16		8	0		137.0	162	103	83	20	66		79	0	1	6
Mo Owen	6	2	.750	4.80	37	4		1	0		105.0	108	76	56	10	75		52	4	0	10
Robert Aiello	0	0			3						0.0
Totals	78	57	.578	3.85	209	135	0	80	7	0	1171.0	1142	649	501	95	559	0	736	17	6	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
Roger Maris	134	588	502	105	158	26	6	32	111	25		80	53	.315	.412	.582	.994	292		4	1	1
Joseph Randazzo	136	592	529	88	151	34	6	11	83	11		54	63	.285	.351	.435	.786	230		2	2	5
Stanley Turner	102	460	396	65	114	22	3	14	59	11		53	61	.288	.370	.465	.834	184		2	3	6
Bob Diers	117	496	417	81	108	17	3	21	73	8		74	108	.259	.370	.465	.835	194		1	1	3
John Morse	115	497	409	78	94	9	6	1	41	39		77	87	.230	.357	.289	.646	118		5	4	2
Frank Tanana	77	345	295	65	92	20	2	17	62	6		43	54	.312	.397	.566	.963	167		2	0	5
Joe Camacho	85	365	312	55	89	17	2	7	40	19		48	38	.285	.382	.420	.802	131		2	1	2
Armando Flores	79	274	227	31	51	7	1	2	23	0		44	36	.225	.350	.291	.641	66		1	0	2
Richard Myers	76	272	238	30	50	8	0	7	22	0		28	34	.210	.300	.332	.632	79		3	2	1
Robert Aiello	68	218	168	27	38	9	1	5	20	3		39	59	.226	.398	.381	.779	64		9	2	0
Bill Kallas	53	240	197	23	36	7	1	0	15	6		37	26	.183	.315	.228	.544	45		2	2	2
Alex Monchak	34	141	123	17	27	3	1	2	17	3		16	22	.220	.312	.309	.621	38		1	0	1
Eddie Reed	39	171	145	23	27	1	0	5	16	6		17	43	.186	.285	.297	.581	43		3	6	0
Stan Pitula	49	128	111	15	21	4	0	4	16	0		8	32	.189	.248	.333	.581	37		1	7	1
Dan Osinski	29	77	65	5	13	2	1	0	4	0		6	26	.200	.264	.262	.525	17		0	5	1
Eduardo Monasterio	19	74	68	3	13	2	0	0	10	0		5	19	.191	.247	.221	.467	15		0	1	0
John Cerbo	27	55	48	6	11	3	2	0	5	0		5	19	.229	.302	.375	.677	18		0	2	0
George Aitken	28	71	62	2	8	2	0	0	0	0		2	25	.129	.156	.161	.318	10		0	7	0
Mo Owen	39	41	34	4	7	1	0	1	3	0		5	10	.206	.308	.324	.631	11		0	2	0
Raymond Seif	27	71	64	2	5	2	0	0	3	0		5	19	.078	.145	.109	.254	7		0	2	0
Bob Radley	4	12	12		4									.333	.333	.333	.667	4
Wendell Hall	10	28	22	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		4	2	.091	.231	.091	.322	2		0	2	0
Donald Nance	28	45	40	3	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	23	.050	.093	.050	.143	2		0	2	1
James Fishback	8	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Totals	1383	5267	4490	730	1122	196	35	129	625	137	0	652	859	.250	.348	.395	.743	1775	0	38	54	33	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joseph Randazzo	1B	136	1062	102	19	97	.984	8.559
Bill Kallas	2B	52	95	158	9	30	.966	4.865
Joe Camacho	2B	50	127	127	19	29	.930	5.080
Alex Monchak	2B	34	84	95	7	24	.962	5.265
John Morse	3B	109	117	192	24	26	.928	2.835
Eduardo Monasterio	3B	18	18	32	3	3	.943	2.778
Armando Flores	C	72	413	27	7	6	.984	6.111	1
Richard Myers	C	66	369	30	12	7	.971	6.045	6
Roger Maris	OF	134	305	20	18	3	.948	2.425
Bob Diers	OF	114	239	16	13	4	.951	2.237
Frank Tanana	OF	76	135	10	5	3	.967	1.908
Robert Aiello	OF	48	104	6	7	1	.940	2.292
Eddie Reed	OF	38	106	2	3	0	.973	2.842
Mo Owen	P	37	6	15	1	0	.955	.568
Stan Pitula	P	33	15	48	1	1	.984	1.909
Donald Nance	P	28	10	18	1	3	.966	1.000
George Aitken	P	28	7	28	4	1	.897	1.250
Raymond Seif	P	27	15	41	2	1	.966	2.074
Dan Osinski	P	27	19	41	2	3	.968	2.222
John Cerbo	P	26	14	20	1	1	.971	1.308
Robert Aiello	P	3						.000
Stanley Turner	SS	102	186	222	44	42	.903	4.000
Joe Camacho	SS	34	64	84	12	21	.925	4.353
Totals		1292	3510	1334	214	306	.958	3.749	7	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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