1954 Cedar Rapids Indians Roster

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
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
1954 Cedar Rapids Indians Statistics

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.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Nick AlivojvodicRRFebruary 13, 19266'2"205
Bob AndersonRRSeptember 29, 19356'4"210East Chicago, IN US
William BeeryLLFebruary 1, 19315'10"165
Ray BellinoRRDecember 3, 19326'0"175Jersey City, NJ US
Earl BirnelROctober 18, 19265'10"170
Emil BorginiRNovember 27, 19295'10"185
Bill BowerRAugust 8, 19305'11"175
Allen BurgerRAugust 26, 19305'11"169
Luther BurnsRROctober 22, 19256'2"182
Ray CoombsMay 9, 1928
Bill DickeyRRFebruary 27, 19356'2"185Shreveport, LA US
Herbert Dorsey
Dick DrottRRJuly 1, 19366'0"185Cincinnati, OH US
Ed FunaiRR6'0"200
Lewis GisingerRR6'2"181
William GuiceR6'1"190
Joe HinchmanLLMarch 19, 19306'0"185Emma, KY US
Percy HoughLRJuly 17, 19296'1"185Wadesboro, NC US
Denis JentLLJanuary 17, 19306'0"160
Michael JezierskiR5'11"178
Bernard KozubR5'10"170
John KreuterLLJune 4, 19346'0"190Metropolis, IL US
Don LautersRRJanuary 12, 19315'6"160Sioux City, IA US
Bud McClureLLJuly 23, 19316'1"195Troy, NY US
Grant MitchellRRNovember 29, 19336'2"175San Jose, CA US
Gene NelsonRR6'0"170
John OlczakLL5'8"170
Art PenningtonSRMay 18, 19235'11"180Memphis, TN US
Robert PiccianoR6'0"185
Darrell RothrockRLMay 13, 19286'0"200Stewardson, IL US
Paul SchniedersLLAugust 22, 19265'11"175Cole County, MO US
Carlton Smalley
Elvin StabelfeldRRSeptember 9, 19265'10"190Cherokee, IA US
Dwight StoddardSRJune 1, 19316'1"170Detroit, MI US
Emil StoyakovichRR6'2"170
John SwiechRRSeptember 29, 19345'10"175Woonsocket, RI US
Charles TeagueL5'8"160
Elmer TessinRR6'1"183
Al UnserRROctober 12, 19126'1"175Morrisonville, IL US
Elmer WestfallR5'10"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.




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