1954 Mount Vernon Kings Statistics

Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 57-69
Finished 8th in the MOVL
Manager: Lew Bekeza (57-69)
Location: Mount Vernon, Illinois
Ballpark: Veterans Park
Attendance: 27,584, Avg. 438

1954 Mount Vernon Kings Roster

The Mount Vernon Kings of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1954 season with a record of 57 wins and 69 losses, finishing eighth in the MOVL.

The Kings plated 748 runs and conceded 807 runs. John Klingert paced Mount Vernon with 15 home runs Nick Starasta drove in 85 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .347 clip. Allen Evans led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.97 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

José Colás played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Mount Vernon Kings to do so.

Lew Bekeza 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
Allen Evans	14	11	.560	2.97	38	24		18	3		236.0	226	124	78	9	99		167	1	1	4
Charles Tannreuther	8	12	.400	4.19	29	22		11	2		144.0	126	88	67	5	99		132	2	0	5
Robert Hanlin	6	4	.600	4.32	15	10		5	0		77.0	95	53	37	4	30		49	7	1	3
William Gear	6	6	.500	7.18	28	10		1	0		79.0	106	76	63	8	47		63	2	0	1
Joe Blasko	6	6	.500	7.57	21	12		3	0		101.0	121	91	85	10	65		92	1	2	4
Hollis Robertson	2	2	.500		10						0.0
Michael Rowley	2	4	.333		7						0.0
Chuck Hawley	2	7	.222	3.38	13	8		3	0		72.0	73	39	27	0	29		38	4	0	4
Walt Novak	1	0	1.000		4						0.0
Robert Stuber	1	0	1.000		8						0.0
Paul Smith	1	1	.500		2						0.0
Nick Starasta	0	0			1						0.0
Mike Rolla	0	0			1						0.0
Gene Lippold	0	0			1						0.0
Lew Bekeza	0	0			6						0.0
Charles Henry					3						0.0
José Colás	0	0			2						0.0
Alan Bower					30						0.0
Frank Brookman	0	0			2						0.0
Dick Archer	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Alfred Budde	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Anthony Petrovich	0	2	.000		12						0.0
Roland Manfredi	0	3	.000		9						0.0
Totals	49	60	.450	4.53	244	86	0	41	5	0	709.0	747	471	357	36	369	0	541	17	4	21	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
Nick Starasta	123	531	435	94	151	30	8	10	85	12		88	48	.347	.462	.522	.984	227		6	1	1
Lew Bekeza	115	493	417	84	118	25	1	11	67	9		65	67	.283	.379	.427	.806	178		2	5	4
John Klingert	114	486	421	73	101	25	6	15	72	8		47	101	.240	.331	.435	.766	183		12	3	3
Richard Hidalgo	59	261	211	50	68	21	0	7	49	4		42	25	.322	.452	.521	.973	110		8	0	0
Rogers Werner	68	305	249	54	65	4	2	0	24	9		44	29	.261	.389	.293	.682	73		8	4	0
José Colás	67	293	269	38	64	13	0	9	43	8		18	26	.238	.289	.387	.675	104		2	2	2
Allen Evans	72	226	190	42	59	13	5	1	31	2		32	37	.311	.408	.447	.855	85		0	3	1
Jackie Jones	42	196	176	33	51	5	1	2	31	3		16	11	.290	.349	.364	.712	64		1	1	2
Gary Proctor	54	213	189	31	50	9	3	2	24	3		19	33	.265	.333	.376	.709	71		1	3	1
Virgil Black	51	200	182	13	41	8	4	5	35	4		15	60	.225	.290	.396	.686	72		2	0	1
Cesar Argudin	35	162	141	20	31	10	2	3	13	8		18	15	.220	.306	.383	.689	54		0	2	1
Prince Joe Henry	30	124	106	20	29	6	1	1	16	3		16	11	.274	.374	.377	.751	40		1	1	0
Richard Carney	40	188	151	23	27	5	0	0	12	4		32	26	.179	.332	.212	.543	32		3	1	1
Harvey Albright	25	103	85	13	21	4	0	0	6	1		17	25	.247	.379	.294	.673	25		1	0	0
Joe Blasko	43	106	87	16	19	0	1	0	4	0		17	26	.218	.346	.241	.588	21		0	2	0
Raymond Samples	18	57	55	8	15	5	1	0	7	0		0	13	.273	.298	.400	.698	22		2	0	0
Chuck Hawley	18	36	32	3	10	2	0	0	2	0		2	2	.312	.389	.375	.764	12		2	0	0
Wayne Platz	11	44	40	9	10	1	0	0	3	3		4	7	.250	.318	.275	.593	11		0	0	0
Donald Bartlett	15	58	50	4	9	1	0	0	6	0		8	12	.180	.293	.200	.493	10		0	0	0
Robert Stuber	16	22	21	3	8	0	1	1	5	0		1	9	.381	.409	.619	1.028	13		0	0	0
Robert Hanlin	17	35	32	5	8	3	0	0	2	0		1	4	.250	.273	.344	.616	11		0	2	0
Robert Tarlton	6	24	24		6									.250	.250	.250	.500	6
Charles Tannreuther	30	63	53	9	6	1	1	0	0	1		9	33	.113	.242	.170	.412	9		0	1	0
Hollis Robertson	11	16	16	2	4	1	1	0	3	0		0	2	.250	.250	.438	.688	7		0	0	0
William Gear	29	31	26	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		3	11	.154	.241	.154	.395	4		0	2	0
Robert Groves	13	20	17	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		3	3	.176	.300	.176	.476	3		0	0	0
Roland Manfredi	9	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Walt Novak	6	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Paul Smith	2	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
David Pegg	4	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Anthony Petrovich	12	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	1		0	0	0
Michael Rowley	7	12	12		1									.083	.083	.083	.167	1
Frank Brookman	2	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Roth	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Mike Rolla	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Alfred Budde	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1167	4350	3731	650	986	192	38	67	544	82	0	518	639	.264	.360	.390	.750	1455	0	51	33	17	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Rogers Werner	1B	68	511	30	13	40	.977	7.956
Lew Bekeza	1B	50	396	25	14	22	.968	8.420
Cesar Argudin	2B	35	85	83	16	19	.913	4.800
Lew Bekeza	2B	28	50	47	13	11	.882	3.464
José Colás	2B	20	32	55	6	10	.935	4.350
Prince Joe Henry	2B	14	27	39	7	2	.904	4.714
Richard Carney	2B	12	25	27	4	10	.929	4.333
Jackie Jones	3B	42	49	71	10	10	.923	2.857
Harvey Albright	3B	24	24	36	8	2	.882	2.500
José Colás	3B	20	23	31	5	2	.915	2.700
Lew Bekeza	3B	18	15	32	5	3	.904	2.611
Prince Joe Henry	3B	15	10	13	4	1	.852	1.533
Nick Starasta	C	116	764	78	15	10	.982	7.259	18
John Klingert	C	10	43	4	3	0	.940	4.700	3
John Klingert	OF	103	150	5	10	2	.939	1.505
Richard Hidalgo	OF	56	103	5	6	0	.947	1.929
Gary Proctor	OF	50	89	7	4	2	.960	1.920
Allen Evans	OF	34	38	4	4	0	.913	1.235
Virgil Black	OF	34	96	3	8	1	.925	2.912
José Colás	OF	27	56	1	0	0	1.000	2.111
Joe Blasko	OF	16	16	1	3	1	.850	1.062
Raymond Samples	OF	14	23	3	1	0	.963	1.857
Wayne Platz	OF	10	15	2	1	0	.944	1.700
Allen Evans	P	38	14	58	3	2	.960	1.895
Charles Tannreuther	P	29	4	18	0	1	1.000	.759
William Gear	P	28	1	11	0	0	1.000	.429
Joe Blasko	P	21	2	10	5	1	.706	.571
Robert Hanlin	P	15	5	14	2	2	.905	1.267
Chuck Hawley	P	13	4	24	3	2	.903	2.154
Anthony Petrovich	P	12	0	5	1	0	.833	.417
Hollis Robertson	P	10	3	7	0	0	1.000	1.000
Roland Manfredi	P	9						.000
Robert Stuber	P	8						.000
Michael Rowley	P	7						.000
Lew Bekeza	P	6						.000
Walt Novak	P	4						.000
Paul Smith	P	2						.000
José Colás	P	2						.000
Frank Brookman	P	2						.000
Nick Starasta	P	1						.000
Mike Rolla	P	1						.000
Gene Lippold	P	1						.000
Alfred Budde	P	1						.000
Dick Archer	P	1						.000
Richard Carney	SS	28	68	67	12	8	.918	4.821
Totals		1055	2741	816	186	164	.950	3.372	21	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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