1954 Cedar Rapids Indians Roster
Team Record: 63-72
Finished 6th in the IIIL
Manager: Bill Prince (63-72)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 60,605, Avg. 898
The Cedar Rapids Indians of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1954 season with a record of 63 wins and 72 losses, finishing sixth in the IIIL.
The Indians plated 676 runs and yielded 675 runs. Art Pennington paced Cedar Rapids with 16 home runs John Olczak drove in 91 runs. Art Pennington topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .345 average. Darrell Rothrock led the squad with 12 wins, while Luther Burns recorded a 3.37 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1954 Cedar Rapids Indians who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bob Anderson, Dick Drott, Art Pennington and Al Unser.
Bill Prince served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Nick Alivojvodic | R | R | February 13, 1926 | 6'2" | 205 | |
Bob Anderson | R | R | September 29, 1935 | 6'4" | 210 | East Chicago, IN US |
William Beery | L | L | February 1, 1931 | 5'10" | 165 | |
Ray Bellino | R | R | December 3, 1932 | 6'0" | 175 | Jersey City, NJ US |
Earl Birnel | R | October 18, 1926 | 5'10" | 170 | ||
Emil Borgini | R | November 27, 1929 | 5'10" | 185 | ||
Bill Bower | R | August 8, 1930 | 5'11" | 175 | ||
Allen Burger | R | August 26, 1930 | 5'11" | 169 | ||
Luther Burns | R | R | October 22, 1925 | 6'2" | 182 | |
Ray Coombs | May 9, 1928 | |||||
Bill Dickey | R | R | February 27, 1935 | 6'2" | 185 | Shreveport, LA US |
Herbert Dorsey | ||||||
Dick Drott | R | R | July 1, 1936 | 6'0" | 185 | Cincinnati, OH US |
Ed Funai | R | R | 6'0" | 200 | ||
Lewis Gisinger | R | R | 6'2" | 181 | ||
William Guice | R | 6'1" | 190 | |||
Joe Hinchman | L | L | March 19, 1930 | 6'0" | 185 | Emma, KY US |
Percy Hough | L | R | July 17, 1929 | 6'1" | 185 | Wadesboro, NC US |
Denis Jent | L | L | January 17, 1930 | 6'0" | 160 | |
Michael Jezierski | R | 5'11" | 178 | |||
Bernard Kozub | R | 5'10" | 170 | |||
John Kreuter | L | L | June 4, 1934 | 6'0" | 190 | Metropolis, IL US |
Don Lauters | R | R | January 12, 1931 | 5'6" | 160 | Sioux City, IA US |
Bud McClure | L | L | July 23, 1931 | 6'1" | 195 | Troy, NY US |
Grant Mitchell | R | R | November 29, 1933 | 6'2" | 175 | San Jose, CA US |
Gene Nelson | R | R | 6'0" | 170 | ||
John Olczak | L | L | 5'8" | 170 | ||
Art Pennington | S | R | May 18, 1923 | 5'11" | 180 | Memphis, TN US |
Robert Picciano | R | 6'0" | 185 | |||
Darrell Rothrock | R | L | May 13, 1928 | 6'0" | 200 | Stewardson, IL US |
Paul Schnieders | L | L | August 22, 1926 | 5'11" | 175 | Cole County, MO US |
Carlton Smalley | ||||||
Elvin Stabelfeld | R | R | September 9, 1926 | 5'10" | 190 | Cherokee, IA US |
Dwight Stoddard | S | R | June 1, 1931 | 6'1" | 170 | Detroit, MI US |
Emil Stoyakovich | R | R | 6'2" | 170 | ||
John Swiech | R | R | September 29, 1934 | 5'10" | 175 | Woonsocket, RI US |
Charles Teague | L | 5'8" | 160 | |||
Elmer Tessin | R | R | 6'1" | 183 | ||
Al Unser | R | R | October 12, 1912 | 6'1" | 175 | Morrisonville, IL US |
Elmer Westfall | R | 5'10" | 180 |
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.