1954 Lincoln Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 62-88
Finished 7th in the WL
Manager: Whitey Wietelmann (0-0), Glenn McQuillen (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Ballpark: Sherman Field
Attendance: 80,660, Avg. 1,075
The Lincoln Chiefs of the Western League ended the 1954 season with a record of 62 wins and 88 losses, finishing seventh in the WL.
The Chiefs tallied 669 runs and surrendered 804 runs. Glenn McQuillen paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .318. Andy Bush topped Lincoln with 19 wins and a team-best 3.24 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Orinthal Anderson, Carlos Santiago, Whitey Wietelmann, Norm Brown, Fred Hancock, Glenn McQuillen, Ed Wright, Tommy Neill and Walt Linden were all players from the 1954 Lincoln Chiefs who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Whitey Wietelmann and Glenn McQuillen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Bush | 19 | 10 | .655 | 3.24 | 30 | 30 | 242.0 | 244 | 107 | 87 | 15 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Vance Carlson | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.58 | 37 | 20 | 171.0 | 181 | 99 | 87 | 11 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Norm Brown | 8 | 13 | .381 | 4.47 | 29 | 24 | 175.0 | 198 | 116 | 87 | 9 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Roger Wright | 7 | 13 | .350 | 3.31 | 46 | 13 | 155.0 | 155 | 65 | 57 | 10 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Noel Oquendo | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.95 | 22 | 14 | 114.0 | 116 | 57 | 50 | 3 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Frank Stewart | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.49 | 12 | 10 | 67.0 | 59 | 35 | 26 | 7 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Griffith | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.26 | 12 | 11 | 65.0 | 61 | 46 | 38 | 2 | 39 | ||||||||||
| George Dries | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Millard Grissom | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Mathieson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.33 | 10 | 1 | 27.0 | 36 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Donald Stoker | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.85 | 17 | 7 | 60.0 | 67 | 49 | 39 | 4 | 37 | ||||||||||
| George Wegerek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Albert Point | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Bandelier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Wright | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Orinthal Anderson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Whitey Wietelmann | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 14 | 2 | 37.0 | 47 | 37 | 37 | 5 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Bill Bottler | 0 | 5 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 61 | 85 | .418 | 4.29 | 262 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1113.0 | 1164 | 636 | 530 | 71 | 417 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McQuillen | 145 | 534 | 534 | 170 | 41 | 4 | 8 | .318 | .318 | .455 | .773 | 243 | |||||||||||
| John Jones | 148 | 601 | 601 | 170 | 29 | 7 | 4 | .283 | .283 | .374 | .657 | 225 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Neill | 140 | 510 | 510 | 144 | 23 | 1 | 11 | .282 | .282 | .396 | .678 | 202 | |||||||||||
| Orinthal Anderson | 150 | 488 | 488 | 135 | 27 | 4 | 16 | .277 | .277 | .447 | .723 | 218 | |||||||||||
| Billy Smith | 118 | 383 | 383 | 99 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .258 | .258 | .321 | .580 | 123 | |||||||||||
| Walt Linden | 108 | 373 | 373 | 97 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .260 | .260 | .335 | .595 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Mel Rue | 89 | 333 | 333 | 79 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .237 | .237 | .300 | .538 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Fred Hancock | 62 | 236 | 236 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .297 | .297 | .424 | .720 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Burt Stone | 46 | 150 | 150 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .320 | .593 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Christian | 34 | 116 | 116 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .284 | .284 | .371 | .655 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Theodore Laguna | 58 | 160 | 160 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .194 | .194 | .256 | .450 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Whitey Wietelmann | 65 | 147 | 147 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .204 | .204 | .279 | .483 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Frank Calo | 32 | 90 | 90 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .411 | .711 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Andy Bush | 41 | 102 | 102 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .294 | .559 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Larry Neal | 24 | 70 | 70 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .229 | .229 | .329 | .557 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Norm Brown | 35 | 74 | 74 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .216 | .216 | .351 | .568 | 26 | |||||||||||
| George Wegerek | 31 | 94 | 94 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .128 | .128 | .255 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Jack Concannon | 19 | 57 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .193 | .193 | .246 | .439 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Carlos Santiago | 12 | 43 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .233 | .465 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Herman Rhodes | 18 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 | .290 | .290 | .581 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Gordon Bragg | 21 | 48 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .271 | .458 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Roger Wright | 46 | 47 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .149 | .170 | .319 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Vance Carlson | 38 | 52 | 52 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .135 | .154 | .288 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Noel Oquendo | 23 | 37 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .162 | .162 | .243 | .405 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Frank Stewart | 12 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .304 | .522 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Griffith | 12 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .120 | .120 | .240 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Donald Stoker | 17 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bill Bottler | 8 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ed Wright | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Dries | 6 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charley Grant | 5 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Millard Grissom | 6 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ralph Kennedy | 9 | 23 | 23 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Rivich | 8 | 22 | 22 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Mathieson | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Albert Point | 8 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Harold Pfeiffer | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Julio Palazzini | 6 | 19 | 19 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ray Novak | 5 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Bandelier | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1623 | 4973 | 4973 | 0 | 1266 | 226 | 30 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .346 | .600 | 1720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Wright | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Vance Carlson | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Andy Bush | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Norm Brown | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Noel Oquendo | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Stoker | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Stewart | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Charlie Griffith | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Mathieson | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Albert Point | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Bottler | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| George Dries | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Millard Grissom | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Wright | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Bandelier | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 245 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
