1954 Duluth Dukes Statistics
Team Record: 67-70
Finished 5th in the NL
Manager: Oscar Khederian (0-0), Rip Wade (0-0), Danny Litwhiler (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Duluth, Minnesota
Ballpark: Wade Stadium
Attendance: 91,096, Avg. 1,330
The Duluth Dukes of the Northern League ended the 1954 season with a record of 67 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.
The Dukes scored 743 runs and surrendered 753 runs. Horace Greenwood paced all regular hitters with a .334 average. Ken McGonagle topped Duluth with 15 wins, while Robert Diehl recorded a 4.04 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Carlos Santiago and Danny Litwhiler both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Oscar Khederian, Rip Wade and Danny Litwhiler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken McGonagle | 15 | 10 | .600 | 4.09 | 34 | 22 | 187.0 | 206 | 103 | 85 | 11 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Ken Buckles | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.17 | 33 | 19 | 149.0 | 144 | 88 | 69 | 11 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Mickey Crossin | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.88 | 16 | 15 | 107.0 | 111 | 72 | 58 | 4 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Robert Diehl | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.04 | 33 | 21 | 167.0 | 164 | 90 | 75 | 9 | 101 | ||||||||||
| Michael Santoro | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.31 | 22 | 14 | 119.0 | 147 | 68 | 57 | 9 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Jack Mehl | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.74 | 19 | 7 | 69.0 | 72 | 48 | 44 | 3 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Rube Stohs | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edward Landrum | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Wood | 2 | 4 | .333 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Fogg | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.17 | 15 | 7 | 54.0 | 61 | 40 | 31 | 3 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence Tessier | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Howard Whitson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 19 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Leonard O'Leary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Douglas Gell | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Danny Litwhiler | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dan Bumstead | 0 | 1 | .000 | 17 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Whipple | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 61 | 65 | .484 | 4.43 | 249 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 852.0 | 905 | 509 | 419 | 50 | 424 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Greenwood | 134 | 521 | 521 | 174 | 28 | 7 | 0 | .334 | .334 | .415 | .749 | 216 | |||||||||||
| Pedro Cardenal | 118 | 464 | 464 | 141 | 24 | 6 | 6 | .304 | .304 | .420 | .724 | 195 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Robertson | 95 | 379 | 379 | 122 | 21 | 7 | 14 | .322 | .322 | .525 | .847 | 199 | |||||||||||
| Richard Newberry | 94 | 367 | 367 | 121 | 23 | 4 | 5 | .330 | .330 | .455 | .785 | 167 | |||||||||||
| Roger Scoles | 127 | 399 | 399 | 99 | 17 | 8 | 7 | .248 | .248 | .383 | .632 | 153 | |||||||||||
| Danny Litwhiler | 84 | 278 | 278 | 85 | 15 | 1 | 19 | .306 | .306 | .572 | .878 | 159 | |||||||||||
| Ken Bawek | 82 | 272 | 272 | 71 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .261 | .261 | .364 | .625 | 99 | |||||||||||
| Vince Costello | 46 | 192 | 192 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .281 | .281 | .359 | .641 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Keith Engstrom | 55 | 186 | 186 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .280 | .280 | .323 | .602 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Al Watkins | 55 | 197 | 197 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 4 | .239 | .239 | .340 | .579 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Grady Watts | 22 | 84 | 84 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .310 | .310 | .548 | .857 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Pete Kousagan | 28 | 93 | 93 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .247 | .247 | .409 | .656 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Bob Miller | 20 | 74 | 74 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .257 | .257 | .459 | .716 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Dean Larison | 22 | 57 | 57 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .316 | .368 | .684 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Michael Santoro | 40 | 70 | 70 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .286 | .529 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Willie Schadewald | 28 | 86 | 86 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .186 | .186 | .256 | .442 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Ken McGonagle | 57 | 93 | 93 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .172 | .172 | .215 | .387 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Ken Buckles | 39 | 55 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .236 | .236 | .255 | .491 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Mickey Crossin | 23 | 44 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .227 | .227 | .364 | .591 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Oscar Khederian | 16 | 49 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .204 | .204 | .286 | .490 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Carlos Santiago | 17 | 56 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .250 | .429 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Donald Bartlett | 16 | 42 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Robert Diehl | 34 | 59 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .102 | .102 | .102 | .203 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ron Orlandi | 11 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .200 | .367 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jack Mehl | 20 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Howard Whitson | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | |||||||||||
| William Fogg | 15 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .143 | .214 | 2 | |||||||||||
| William Bolin | 6 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Bettin | 8 | 27 | 27 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Whipple | 5 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lawrence Tessier | 9 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Rube Stohs | 5 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dan Bumstead | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Douglas Gell | 6 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Daniel Jackson | 9 | 30 | 30 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Edward Landrum | 6 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bobby Wood | 8 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1396 | 4322 | 4322 | 0 | 1167 | 193 | 49 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .386 | .656 | 1668 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken McGonagle | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Diehl | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Buckles | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Santoro | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Howard Whitson | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Mehl | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Dan Bumstead | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Mickey Crossin | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| William Fogg | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Wood | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Lawrence Tessier | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Landrum | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Douglas Gell | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| John Whipple | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Rube Stohs | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Leonard O'Leary | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 246 | 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.
