1954 Aberdeen Pheasants Roster
Team Record: 60-75
Finished 7th in the NL
Manager: Barney Lutz (60-75)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Baseball Park
Attendance: 62,503, Avg. 926
The Aberdeen Pheasants of the Northern League ended the 1954 season with a record of 60 wins and 75 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.
The Pheasants scored 730 runs and surrendered 833 runs. William Hain led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .298 clip. Reginald Pitre topped Aberdeen with 17 wins and a team-best 4.46 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Dave Roberts and Dick Luebke both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Barney Lutz served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Babkoff | L | L | 6'2" | 175 | ||
| William Barbour | ||||||
| George Blash | L | R | November 4, 1933 | 5'7" | 200 | |
| John Brice | ||||||
| Paul Carson | ||||||
| Donald Cartwright | ||||||
| David Crocker | L | R | November 2, 1933 | 6'3" | 180 | Chelsea, MI US |
| Richard Ebeling | L | 5'11" | 165 | |||
| Robert Ehrke | R | R | 6'4" | 195 | ||
| Edgar Fields | L | 6'2" | 210 | |||
| William Hain | R | R | January 9, 1934 | 6'3" | 195 | St. Louis, MO US |
| Timothy Hastings | L | 5'11" | 170 | |||
| John Hoffman | L | R | November 30, 1923 | 6'4" | 215 | Buffalo, NY US |
| Arthur Hunt | ||||||
| William Hurst | R | R | 5'10" | 188 | ||
| Dale Kingma | L | R | February 22, 1935 | 6'3" | 206 | Lansing, IL US |
| Damian Kraemer | May 20, 1930 | |||||
| Tom Langan | R | L | January 16, 1934 | 6'3" | 198 | |
| Roy Leafgren | R | August 4, 1930 | 6'1" | 190 | Akron, OH US | |
| Dick Luebke | R | L | April 8, 1935 | 6'4" | 200 | Chicago, IL US |
| Niles Lupinek | July 14, 1930 | Chicago, IL US | ||||
| Barney Lutz | L | R | August 20, 1915 | 5'10" | 175 | |
| George Morris | R | 5'9" | 160 | |||
| Nick Parise | ||||||
| Reginald Pitre | R | R | 5'11" | 175 | ||
| Bernard Prais | R | R | September 5, 1933 | 6'0" | 180 | Lake Forest, IL US |
| Dave Roberts | L | L | June 30, 1933 | 6'0" | 172 | Panama, Panama PA |
| Donald Rosburg | L | R | 6'2" | 185 | ||
| Gene Sally | ||||||
| Rolf Scheel | R | R | July 15, 1932 | 6'1" | 185 |
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.
