1954 Wichita Indians Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 76-77
Finished 6th in the WL
Manager: Herbert Brett (0-0), Les Layton (0-0)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 87,854, Avg. 1,148

1954 Wichita Indians Roster

The Wichita Indians of the Western League ended the 1954 season with a record of 76 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the WL.

The Indians scored 741 runs and conceded 707 runs. Theodore Del Guercio led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .321. Bill Diemer topped Wichita with 17 wins, while John O'Donnell registered a 3 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1954 Wichita Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Garland Lawing, Tommy Warren and Les Layton.

Herbert Brett and Les Layton 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
Bill Diemer	17	10	.630	3.30	48	29					240.0	196	100	88	16	105
John O'Donnell	14	16	.467	3.00	35	30					249.0	250	102	83	16	73
Ira Smith	11	9	.550	4.75	34	25					197.0	205	112	104	23	66
Pete Mazar	8	6	.571	4.06	49	9					142.0	129	71	64	13	34
Don Orwiler	8	10	.444	4.47	31	24					167.0	177	92	83	10	58
Harry Young	4	5	.444	4.43	24	5					67.0	61	39	33	8	43
Tommy Warren	3	1	.750	2.10	15	0					30.0	34	8	7	2	5
Eldon Russell	3	1	.750	3.65	15	3					37.0	40	17	15	3	20
Adam Stempkowski	3	3	.500		9						0.0
Norm Rynard	3	10	.231	4.37	30	11					103.0	96	65	50	10	85
Bernard Rossman	1	2	.333		6						0.0
James Upchurch	1	3	.250		6						0.0
John Malina	0	0			4						0.0
Thomas Wozniak	0	0			2						0.0
Joe Pipak	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Totals	76	77	.497	3.85	311	136	0	0	0	0	1232.0	1188	606	527	101	489	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
Theodore Del Guercio	137	517	517		166	25	7	5						.321	.321	.426	.747	220
Ray Lindquist	150	589	589		161	28	0	4						.273	.273	.341	.615	201
George Hallow	136	513	513		154	28	2	14						.300	.300	.444	.745	228
William Springfield	139	486	486		126	20	10	11						.259	.259	.409	.669	199
Samuel David	102	408	408		114	14	1	1						.279	.279	.326	.605	133
Louie Letlow	102	355	355		106	22	2	2						.299	.299	.389	.687	138
Richard Honacki	139	446	446		99	17	2	5						.222	.222	.303	.525	135
Bob Bareford	114	327	327		86	21	5	1						.263	.263	.367	.630	120
John O'Donnell	76	154	154		51	8	1	0						.331	.331	.396	.727	61
Les Layton	69	199	199		45	13	2	1						.226	.226	.327	.553	65
Ray McLeod	55	167	167		40	5	0	0						.240	.240	.269	.509	45
Bob Masser	45	160	160		37	8	2	5						.231	.231	.400	.631	64
Mike Colombo	46	152	152		36	5	0	4						.237	.237	.349	.586	53
Doc Bowden	27	95	95		19	6	0	1						.200	.200	.295	.495	28
Ira Smith	34	69	69		16	3	0	0						.232	.232	.275	.507	19
Bill Diemer	48	91	91		16	6	0	0						.176	.176	.242	.418	22
Tommie Roberson	22	50	50		13	2	0	1						.260	.260	.360	.620	18
Lawrence Mlynarek	14	51	51		13	2	0	2						.255	.255	.412	.667	21
Don Orwiler	32	57	57		13	3	1	1						.228	.228	.368	.596	21
Milt Joffe	20	66	66		9	2	1	1						.136	.136	.242	.379	16
Pete Mazar	49	35	35		6	1	0	0						.171	.171	.200	.371	7
Tommy Warren	25	19	19		5	2	0	0						.263	.263	.368	.632	7
Norm Rynard	32	31	31		4	0	0	0						.129	.129	.129	.258	4
Harry Young	25	19	19		3	2	0	0						.158	.158	.263	.421	5
Garland Lawing	11	26	26		2	0	0	1						.077	.077	.192	.269	5
Eldon Russell	15	9	9		1	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Bobby Phillips	3	5	5											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
James Upchurch	6	6	6											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Adam Stempkowski	9	16	16											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Fred Boiko	4	7	7											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joe Pipak	3	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bernard Rossman	6	4	4											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Malina	4	4	4											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1699	5134	5134	0	1341	243	36	60	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.261	.358	.619	1836	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Pete Mazar	P	49					.000
Bill Diemer	P	48					.000
Ira Smith	P	34					.000
Don Orwiler	P	31					.000
Norm Rynard	P	30					.000
Harry Young	P	24					.000
Tommy Warren	P	15					.000
Eldon Russell	P	15					.000
Adam Stempkowski	P	9					.000
James Upchurch	P	6					.000
Bernard Rossman	P	6					.000
John Malina	P	4					.000
Joe Pipak	P	3					.000
Thomas Wozniak	P	2					.000
Totals		276	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.

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