1954 Des Moines Bruins Statistics
Team Record: 88-66
Finished 2nd in the WL
Manager: Les Peden (88-66)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 113,691, Avg. 1,477
Playoffs - Des Moines Bruins 3 games, Omaha Cardinals 1
Finals - Des Moines Bruins 3 games, Denver Bears 1
The Des Moines Bruins of the Western League ended the 1954 season with a record of 88 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the WL.
The Bruins plated 726 runs and conceded 618 runs. Les Peden topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .310 clip. Don Elston led Des Moines with 17 wins, while Hy Cohen added 15 or more victories as well Hy Cohen earned a 1.88 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1954 Des Moines Bruins who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gene Fodge, Hy Cohen, Chris Kitsos, Bob Speake, El Tappe, Les Peden, Solly Drake, Casey Wise, Bruce Edwards, Jim Brosnan, Vern Morgan, Don Elston, Ed Winceniak, Leon Brinkopf and Dewey Adkins.
Les Peden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Elston | 17 | 10 | .630 | 2.70 | 35 | 27 | 220.0 | 180 | 73 | 66 | 7 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Hy Cohen | 16 | 6 | .727 | 1.88 | 27 | 23 | 196.0 | 153 | 51 | 41 | 1 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Paul Menking | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.45 | 33 | 27 | 198.0 | 207 | 92 | 76 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Ray Bauer | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.91 | 34 | 24 | 168.0 | 190 | 84 | 73 | 14 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Don Watkins | 7 | 5 | .583 | 5.23 | 24 | 14 | 98.0 | 1 | 65 | 57 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Gene Fodge | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.99 | 29 | 5 | 79.0 | 72 | 38 | 35 | 6 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Robert Hartig | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.46 | 25 | 8 | 91.0 | 75 | 40 | 35 | 2 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Joe Kuncl | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.84 | 12 | 10 | 68.0 | 74 | 35 | 29 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Samuel Nunn | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.27 | 31 | 4 | 70.0 | 64 | 45 | 41 | 7 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Grant Mitchell | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Hinchman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 7 | 16.0 | 27 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Ed Funai | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lewis Gisinger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Luther Burns | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Patrick Brosnan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Brosnan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 3 | 18.0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Dewey Adkins | 0 | 4 | .000 | 2.63 | 19 | 2 | 41.0 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 88 | 66 | .571 | 3.37 | 295 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1263.0 | 1089 | 544 | 473 | 69 | 484 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Winceniak | 142 | 532 | 532 | 149 | 31 | 12 | 9 | .280 | .280 | .434 | .714 | 231 | |||||||||||
| Bob Speake | 155 | 565 | 565 | 149 | 21 | 8 | 20 | .264 | .264 | .435 | .699 | 246 | |||||||||||
| Burdette Thurlby | 139 | 495 | 495 | 141 | 19 | 1 | 8 | .285 | .285 | .376 | .661 | 186 | |||||||||||
| Les Peden | 131 | 445 | 445 | 138 | 30 | 1 | 26 | .310 | .310 | .557 | .867 | 248 | |||||||||||
| Vern Morgan | 112 | 407 | 407 | 131 | 26 | 1 | 16 | .322 | .322 | .509 | .830 | 207 | |||||||||||
| Solly Drake | 106 | 351 | 351 | 99 | 13 | 7 | 7 | .282 | .282 | .419 | .701 | 147 | |||||||||||
| Casey Wise | 98 | 324 | 324 | 92 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .284 | .284 | .349 | .633 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Jimmie McDaniel | 121 | 357 | 357 | 89 | 16 | 0 | 19 | .249 | .249 | .454 | .703 | 162 | |||||||||||
| Leon Brinkopf | 82 | 236 | 236 | 63 | 15 | 1 | 7 | .267 | .267 | .428 | .695 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Dave Cunningham | 44 | 148 | 148 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 2 | .264 | .264 | .385 | .649 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Blas Fernandez | 28 | 108 | 108 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .472 | .806 | 51 | |||||||||||
| John Magliolo | 32 | 107 | 107 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .252 | .252 | .439 | .692 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Hal Meek | 44 | 134 | 134 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 3 | .201 | .201 | .328 | .530 | 44 | |||||||||||
| James Reiter | 31 | 76 | 76 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .263 | .263 | .434 | .697 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Don Brown | 25 | 77 | 77 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .286 | .545 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Edwards | 16 | 51 | 51 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .353 | .353 | .549 | .902 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Hy Cohen | 28 | 75 | 75 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .187 | .187 | .213 | .400 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Don Elston | 38 | 80 | 80 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .162 | .188 | .350 | 15 | |||||||||||
| El Tappe | 23 | 64 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .438 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Hank Nasternak | 18 | 38 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .289 | .289 | .500 | .789 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Paul Menking | 33 | 69 | 69 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .159 | .188 | .348 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Ray Bauer | 34 | 55 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .164 | .164 | .164 | .327 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Robert Hartig | 25 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 | .269 | .385 | .654 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Gene Fodge | 31 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .417 | .667 | 10 | |||||||||||
| William Beery | 17 | 43 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .163 | .302 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Chris Kitsos | 28 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .129 | .161 | .290 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Nunn | 31 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Joe Kuncl | 13 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .250 | .400 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Don Watkins | 24 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .120 | .120 | .240 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Don Lauters | 10 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .167 | .267 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Dewey Adkins | 20 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | |||||||||||
| John Olczak | 3 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Grant Mitchell | 7 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Hinchman | 7 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ed Funai | 4 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Luther Burns | 3 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Patrick Brosnan | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Brosnan | 3 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Kreuter | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1709 | 5058 | 5058 | 0 | 1345 | 242 | 48 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .266 | .407 | .673 | 2061 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Elston | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Bauer | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Menking | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Samuel Nunn | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Fodge | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Hy Cohen | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Hartig | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Don Watkins | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Dewey Adkins | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Kuncl | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Grant Mitchell | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Hinchman | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Funai | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Luther Burns | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Brosnan | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Lewis Gisinger | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Patrick Brosnan | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 295 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
