1954 Danville Dans Statistics
Team Record: 66-59
Finished 2nd in the MOVL
Manager: Richard Klaus (66-59)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Danville, Illinois
Ballpark: Danville Stadium
Attendance: 39,992, Avg. 640
Playoffs - Danville Dans 2 games, Dubuque Packers 1
Finals - Danville Dans 3 games, Clinton Pirates 0
The Danville Dans of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1954 season with a record of 66 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the MOVL.
The Dans scored 741 runs and allowed 671 runs. Leon Wagner and Donald Mireau led Danville with 24 home runs apiece. Leon Wagner drove in 115 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .332 average. Sherman Jones paced the squad with 13 wins, while John Correll recorded a 3.67 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1954 Danville Dans who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Sherman Jones, Daryl Robertson, Carl Boles and Leon Wagner.
Richard Klaus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Jones | 13 | 7 | .650 | 4.33 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 156.0 | 133 | 95 | 75 | 7 | 125 | 103 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Lloyd Brill | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.05 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 171.0 | 183 | 94 | 77 | 4 | 70 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Raymond Garbutt | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.77 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 155.0 | 125 | 90 | 65 | 3 | 103 | 147 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| John Correll | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.67 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 103.0 | 103 | 47 | 42 | 4 | 34 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ed Garrett | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.60 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 85.0 | 88 | 41 | 34 | 3 | 43 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| George Lastres | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.60 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 80.0 | 77 | 54 | 32 | 5 | 51 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Kenneth Andersen | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.94 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 89.0 | 80 | 58 | 39 | 5 | 67 | 85 | 10 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| John Kidd | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.76 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 51.0 | 57 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Michael Callahan | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.65 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 69.0 | 76 | 41 | 28 | 2 | 34 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Halvachs | 3 | 7 | .300 | 6.00 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 84.0 | 114 | 63 | 56 | 4 | 36 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Emile Evans | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Incontrera | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Mascia | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Mireau | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Durham | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 66 | 59 | .528 | 4.10 | 216 | 118 | 0 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 1043.0 | 1036 | 617 | 475 | 40 | 585 | 0 | 728 | 34 | 4 | 36 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Wagner | 125 | 531 | 482 | 108 | 160 | 23 | 16 | 24 | 115 | 26 | 42 | 40 | .332 | .388 | .595 | .983 | 287 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Carl Boles | 117 | 538 | 495 | 93 | 125 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 60 | 46 | 30 | 36 | .253 | .300 | .364 | .664 | 180 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Jack Elias | 120 | 534 | 461 | 108 | 123 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 56 | 62 | 52 | .267 | .358 | .332 | .690 | 153 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Bobby Loftin | 125 | 509 | 465 | 61 | 123 | 24 | 2 | 11 | 75 | 9 | 30 | 52 | .265 | .318 | .396 | .713 | 184 | 8 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Edward Kopacz | 125 | 513 | 459 | 90 | 115 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 92 | 22 | 43 | 106 | .251 | .321 | .405 | .726 | 186 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Donald Mireau | 106 | 444 | 393 | 79 | 114 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 87 | 4 | 43 | 49 | .290 | .356 | .527 | .883 | 207 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Andrew Kasper | 100 | 377 | 332 | 41 | 74 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 38 | 49 | .223 | .303 | .262 | .565 | 87 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Richard Klaus | 80 | 225 | 188 | 44 | 51 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 5 | 33 | 8 | .271 | .377 | .399 | .776 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Daryl Robertson | 70 | 229 | 201 | 28 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 19 | 23 | .209 | .286 | .269 | .554 | 54 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Frank Incontrera | 21 | 90 | 81 | 18 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 6 | .321 | .378 | .457 | .835 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Frank Mech | 28 | 99 | 82 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 13 | .268 | .374 | .305 | .679 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Sherman Jones | 31 | 72 | 67 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .254 | .296 | .343 | .639 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lloyd Brill | 36 | 65 | 57 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .193 | .207 | .281 | .488 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Ed Garrett | 34 | 40 | 34 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .265 | .359 | .324 | .683 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Halvachs | 15 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .241 | .267 | .310 | .577 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ramon Rivera | 14 | 42 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .167 | .268 | .306 | .574 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Robert Rudolf | 18 | 50 | 44 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .136 | .224 | .182 | .406 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Raymond Garbutt | 22 | 61 | 50 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .120 | .224 | .120 | .344 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Michael Callahan | 12 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .200 | .310 | .240 | .550 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kenneth Andersen | 13 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .133 | .161 | .133 | .295 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| George Lastres | 12 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .107 | .103 | .179 | .282 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| John Correll | 19 | 35 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .097 | .125 | .097 | .222 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Andrew Mascia | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Cross | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Marty Waclaw | 5 | 14 | 14 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Swirat | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Forge | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Kidd | 11 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .050 | .095 | .050 | .145 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Emile Evans | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Lidley | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Durham | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1291 | 4666 | 4153 | 734 | 1061 | 166 | 46 | 89 | 619 | 180 | 0 | 393 | 517 | .255 | .323 | .382 | .705 | 1586 | 0 | 37 | 52 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Kopacz | 1B | 124 | 1006 | 42 | 27 | 115 | .975 | 8.452 | ||||
| Bobby Loftin | 2B | 125 | 358 | 389 | 42 | 102 | .947 | 5.976 | ||||
| Jack Elias | 3B | 104 | 103 | 160 | 30 | 30 | .898 | 2.529 | ||||
| Richard Klaus | 3B | 22 | 20 | 44 | 5 | 4 | .928 | 2.909 | ||||
| Andrew Kasper | C | 100 | 663 | 48 | 18 | 7 | .975 | 7.110 | 19 | |||
| Robert Rudolf | C | 11 | 65 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .938 | 6.909 | 1 | |||
| Ramon Rivera | C | 10 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 6.400 | 2 | |||
| Leon Wagner | OF | 125 | 198 | 20 | 14 | 3 | .940 | 1.744 | ||||
| Carl Boles | OF | 116 | 296 | 19 | 16 | 4 | .952 | 2.716 | ||||
| Donald Mireau | OF | 106 | 155 | 10 | 13 | 1 | .927 | 1.557 | ||||
| Frank Incontrera | OF | 17 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.471 | ||||
| Lloyd Brill | P | 36 | 4 | 41 | 2 | 6 | .957 | 1.250 | ||||
| Ed Garrett | P | 30 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .875 | .933 | ||||
| Sherman Jones | P | 26 | 5 | 34 | 4 | 0 | .907 | 1.500 | ||||
| Raymond Garbutt | P | 22 | 7 | 39 | 5 | 3 | .902 | 2.091 | ||||
| John Correll | P | 19 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 4 | .957 | 1.158 | ||||
| John Halvachs | P | 15 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| George Lastres | P | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .917 | ||||
| Michael Callahan | P | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Kenneth Andersen | P | 12 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| John Kidd | P | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.091 | ||||
| Andrew Mascia | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Durham | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Mireau | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Emile Evans | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Incontrera | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Daryl Robertson | SS | 65 | 98 | 158 | 32 | 33 | .889 | 3.938 | ||||
| Richard Klaus | SS | 34 | 47 | 85 | 11 | 17 | .923 | 3.882 | ||||
| Frank Mech | SS | 23 | 39 | 49 | 13 | 18 | .871 | 3.826 | ||||
| Jack Elias | SS | 15 | 30 | 37 | 2 | 8 | .971 | 4.467 | ||||
| Totals | 1213 | 3191 | 1293 | 250 | 360 | .947 | 3.697 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
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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