1954 Peoria Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 73-63
Finished 3rd in the IIIL
Manager: Whitey Kurowski (73-63)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Peoria, Illinois
Ballpark: Woodruff Field
Attendance: 78,497, Avg. 1,154
Playoffs - Peoria Chiefs 3 games, Evansville Braves 1
Finals - Quincy Gems 3 games, Peoria Chiefs 0
The Peoria Chiefs of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1954 season with a record of 73 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the IIIL.
The Chiefs led the league with 860 runs. Peoria surrendered 793 runs, most in the circuit. Len Tucker paced the squad with 23 home runs, while Robert Rand and Bob Shawver walloped 15 or more also. Robert Kosis drove in 121 runs. Bob Shawver topped hitters with significant playing time with a .339 average. Red Vogel paced the team with 16 wins, plus Leo Scarpa, too added 15 or more wins, too Leo Scarpa recorded a 4.35 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Bob Duliba played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Peoria Chiefs to do so.
Whitey Kurowski 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Vogel | 16 | 12 | .571 | 5.21 | 38 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 190.0 | 227 | 121 | 110 | 18 | 76 | 111 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Leo Scarpa | 15 | 4 | .789 | 4.35 | 32 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 186.0 | 191 | 106 | 90 | 19 | 68 | 85 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Bob Duliba | 9 | 10 | .474 | 5.01 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 169.0 | 187 | 114 | 94 | 10 | 64 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Robert Rauber | 8 | 4 | .667 | 5.14 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 77.0 | 94 | 47 | 44 | 4 | 40 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Jimmy Davis | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.09 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 92.0 | 99 | 64 | 52 | 9 | 46 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Balay | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.45 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 104.0 | 133 | 71 | 63 | 9 | 43 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Rogers Fister | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.50 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 131.0 | 159 | 94 | 80 | 19 | 89 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Nat Yablon | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.74 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 65.0 | 69 | 34 | 27 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| James Dupuy | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.60 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 33 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Robert Heins | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.28 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 58 | 47 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Gene Puckett | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Hollingsworth | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.69 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 64 | 41 | 31 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Donald Rosburg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leon Harris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rolf Moeller | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Glen Stabelfeld | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 15.0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Ford | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Anthony LaCroix | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 73 | 63 | .537 | 5.07 | 281 | 136 | 0 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 1151.0 | 1328 | 764 | 648 | 112 | 546 | 0 | 561 | 36 | 7 | 30 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Shawver | 136 | 617 | 487 | 105 | 165 | 27 | 6 | 15 | 104 | 12 | 119 | 64 | .339 | .467 | .511 | .978 | 249 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Gene Faszholz | 128 | 582 | 485 | 109 | 155 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 7 | 90 | 40 | .320 | .425 | .412 | .837 | 200 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Sam Goodsoozian | 136 | 677 | 591 | 113 | 153 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 22 | 68 | 35 | .259 | .329 | .316 | .646 | 187 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |||
| Mike Trapani | 133 | 565 | 499 | 85 | 151 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 80 | 13 | 59 | 38 | .303 | .372 | .417 | .789 | 208 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Robert Rand | 131 | 556 | 463 | 85 | 148 | 28 | 4 | 18 | 110 | 7 | 77 | 66 | .320 | .415 | .514 | .929 | 238 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Robert Kosis | 133 | 580 | 512 | 76 | 142 | 39 | 2 | 13 | 121 | 8 | 50 | 49 | .277 | .336 | .438 | .774 | 224 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |||
| Len Tucker | 130 | 588 | 474 | 120 | 139 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 89 | 47 | 96 | 105 | .293 | .420 | .500 | .920 | 237 | 8 | 9 | 1 | |||
| James McClung | 95 | 338 | 290 | 44 | 91 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 1 | 46 | 38 | .314 | .407 | .507 | .913 | 147 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Alton Miller | 40 | 167 | 146 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 17 | .226 | .307 | .390 | .698 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Bennie Crumpton | 26 | 72 | 64 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .359 | .431 | .594 | 1.024 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Red Vogel | 50 | 109 | 97 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .227 | .267 | .309 | .576 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Leo Scarpa | 39 | 85 | 77 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .247 | .275 | .286 | .561 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Charles Keller | 20 | 84 | 77 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | .208 | .274 | .234 | .508 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Duliba | 37 | 73 | 67 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .224 | .254 | .358 | .612 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| John Balay | 31 | 41 | 36 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .278 | .350 | .278 | .628 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Donald Brown | 16 | 69 | 56 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 12 | .179 | .333 | .411 | .744 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rogers Fister | 28 | 57 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .184 | .208 | .204 | .412 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Art Remsa | 7 | 19 | 19 | 6 | .316 | .316 | .316 | .632 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Davis | 20 | 40 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .176 | .263 | .294 | .557 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ed Olsen | 15 | 48 | 45 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .133 | .188 | .156 | .343 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Glen Stabelfeld | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .600 | .600 | .600 | 1.200 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Rauber | 23 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .120 | .154 | .160 | .314 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Anthony LaCroix | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Chuck Hollingsworth | 19 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .118 | .118 | .176 | .294 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| James Dupuy | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .125 | .364 | .125 | .489 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nat Yablon | 15 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .043 | .185 | .043 | .229 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gene Puckett | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Heins | 13 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1445 | 5477 | 4664 | 851 | 1331 | 261 | 32 | 101 | 761 | 120 | 0 | 682 | 598 | .285 | .375 | .420 | .795 | 1959 | 0 | 20 | 54 | 57 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Faszholz | 1B | 112 | 987 | 67 | 14 | 111 | .987 | 9.411 | ||||
| Charles Keller | 1B | 20 | 278 | 9 | 2 | 11 | .993 | 14.350 | ||||
| Sam Goodsoozian | 2B | 136 | 371 | 443 | 22 | 102 | .974 | 5.985 | ||||
| James McClung | 3B | 59 | 53 | 119 | 19 | 17 | .901 | 2.915 | ||||
| Alton Miller | 3B | 40 | 44 | 81 | 12 | 3 | .912 | 3.125 | ||||
| Donald Brown | 3B | 16 | 22 | 25 | 5 | 5 | .904 | 2.938 | ||||
| Bennie Crumpton | 3B | 14 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 0 | .881 | 2.643 | ||||
| Ed Olsen | 3B | 11 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | .733 | 2.000 | ||||
| Robert Rand | C | 131 | 610 | 58 | 13 | 7 | .981 | 5.099 | 12 | |||
| James McClung | C | 11 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.818 | 1 | |||
| Robert Kosis | OF | 131 | 234 | 15 | 7 | 2 | .973 | 1.901 | ||||
| Mike Trapani | OF | 126 | 251 | 15 | 18 | 0 | .937 | 2.111 | ||||
| Len Tucker | OF | 122 | 305 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .978 | 2.549 | ||||
| Gene Faszholz | OF | 15 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 2.267 | ||||
| James McClung | OF | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| Red Vogel | P | 38 | 7 | 36 | 2 | 3 | .956 | 1.132 | ||||
| Bob Duliba | P | 37 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 1.027 | ||||
| Leo Scarpa | P | 32 | 9 | 38 | 1 | 4 | .979 | 1.469 | ||||
| John Balay | P | 31 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .677 | ||||
| Rogers Fister | P | 27 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.185 | ||||
| Robert Rauber | P | 22 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Jimmy Davis | P | 19 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .842 | ||||
| Chuck Hollingsworth | P | 17 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .824 | ||||
| Nat Yablon | P | 15 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 1.267 | ||||
| Robert Heins | P | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .714 | .385 | ||||
| James Dupuy | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Anthony LaCroix | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glen Stabelfeld | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Puckett | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rolf Moeller | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Ford | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Rosburg | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leon Harris | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Shawver | SS | 136 | 251 | 404 | 54 | 82 | .924 | 4.816 | ||||
| Totals | 1375 | 3563 | 1500 | 202 | 357 | .962 | 3.682 | 13 | 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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