1954 McAlester Rockets Statistics

Sooner State League (SSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 76-64
Finished 3rd in the SSL
Manager: Malcolm Mick (76-64)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: McAlester, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Jefferson-Lee Stadium
Attendance: 53,410, Avg. 763

1954 McAlester Rockets Roster

Playoffs - Lawton Braves 3 games, McAlester Rockets 2

The McAlester Rockets of the Sooner State League ended the 1954 season with a record of 76 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the SSL.

The Rockets scored 891 runs and yielded 815 runs. Malcolm Mick led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .327 clip. Lloyd McKinney topped McAlester with 19 wins, while Van Hudspeth, too added 15 or more wins, too Van Hudspeth recorded a 3.17 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Rod Kanehl played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the McAlester Rockets to do so.

Malcolm Mick served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Lloyd McKinney	19	9	.679	3.52	37	30					266.0	242	144	104	19	135
Van Hudspeth	15	15	.500	3.17	36	30					236.0	240	131	83	14	89
Bob Bleyenberg	12	9	.571	5.12	32	17					160.0	179	121	91	15	79
Malvern Murphy	10	7	.588	3.52	20	17					138.0	92	63	54	11	102
Hank Dunn	8	3	.727	5.24	15	12					91.0	93	65	53	10	48
Curtis Rogers	4	3	.571	5.16	12	10					75.0	85	66	43	5	49
Frank DeChano	2	0	1.000		8						0.0
Chuck Gageby	2	3	.400		8						0.0
Dennie Brenek	2	5	.286	7.05	11	9					60.0	70	60	47	6	44
Wallace Sohn	1	2	.333		14						0.0
Bernie Buchheim	1	4	.200		11						0.0
Bill Tipton	0	0			2						0.0
Richard Turelli	0	0			1						0.0
Anthony Young	0	0			2						0.0
Joe Grisham	0	1	.000		3						0.0
J. T. Stanberry	0	3	.000		6						0.0
Totals	76	64	.543	4.17	218	125	0	0	0	0	1026.0	1001	650	475	80	546	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
Keith Mitchell	138	592	592		188	20	4	0						.318	.318	.365	.682	216
Rod Kanehl	136	560	560		175	22	11	10						.312	.312	.445	.757	249
Anthony Young	136	542	542		169	22	7	2						.312	.312	.389	.701	211
Malcolm Mick	138	447	447		146	32	1	8						.327	.327	.456	.783	204
John Young	85	315	315		100	13	4	0						.317	.317	.384	.702	121
Frank Ricco	111	366	366		92	17	1	16						.251	.251	.434	.686	159
Robert Maness	76	302	302		87	18	4	4						.288	.288	.414	.702	125
Joseph Maguire	73	261	261		74	16	6	0						.284	.284	.391	.674	102
Paul Hinch	77	265	265		74	11	2	6						.279	.279	.404	.683	107
Hugh Craig	42	173	173		53	6	1	1						.306	.306	.370	.676	64
Maxie Mantle	57	218	218		51	9	3	0						.234	.234	.303	.537	66
Roy Mantle	45	151	151		49	8	5	0						.325	.325	.444	.768	67
Van Hudspeth	47	103	103		28	3	1	2						.272	.272	.379	.650	39
Lloyd McKinney	38	97	97		23	1	2	0						.237	.237	.289	.526	28
Ray Mantle	12	34	34		11	2	0	1						.324	.324	.471	.794	16
Curtis Rogers	15	39	39		11	1	1	0						.282	.282	.359	.641	14
James Schrank	15	43	43		11	3	0	0						.256	.256	.326	.581	14
Chuck Gageby	17	46	46		9	2	0	0						.196	.196	.239	.435	11
Bob Bleyenberg	32	59	59		9	2	0	0						.153	.153	.186	.339	11
Dennie Brenek	12	21	21		6	0	0	0						.286	.286	.286	.571	6
Arthur Billigmeier	13	35	35		6	3	0	0						.171	.171	.257	.429	9
Hank Dunn	17	36	36		6	2	0	2						.167	.167	.389	.556	14
Edwin Reagin	11	41	41		6	2	0	1						.146	.146	.268	.415	11
Malvern Murphy	23	48	48		6	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	6
Bernie Buchheim	12	11	11		3	0	0	0						.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Wallace Sohn	14	13	13		1	1	0	0						.077	.077	.154	.231	2
Bill Tipton	2	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Turelli	1	4	4											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
J. T. Stanberry	6	11	11											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joe Grisham	3	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Frank DeChano	8	10	10											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Harold Ellingson	6	11	11											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ford Arbogast	7	10	10											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1425	4866	4866	0	1394	216	53	53	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.385	.672	1875	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Lloyd McKinney	P	37					.000
Van Hudspeth	P	36					.000
Bob Bleyenberg	P	32					.000
Malvern Murphy	P	20					.000
Hank Dunn	P	15					.000
Wallace Sohn	P	14					.000
Curtis Rogers	P	12					.000
Bernie Buchheim	P	11					.000
Dennie Brenek	P	11					.000
Frank DeChano	P	8					.000
J. T. Stanberry	P	6					.000
Joe Grisham	P	3					.000
Bill Tipton	P	2					.000
Richard Turelli	P	1					.000
Totals		208	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.

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