1954 Paris Lakers Statistics

Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 58-68
Finished 6th in the MOVL
Manager: Tom Sunkel (58-68)
Location: Paris, Illinois
Ballpark: Laker Stadium
Attendance: 39,103, Avg. 621

1954 Paris Lakers Roster

The Paris Lakers of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1954 season with a record of 58 wins and 68 losses, finishing sixth in the MOVL.

The Lakers scored 811 runs, best in the league. Paris conceded 827 runs, most in the circuit. Joe Schmidt led the team with 22 home runs and drove in 125 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .337 average. Neil Maxa topped the squad with 11 wins, and Doc Bracken recorded a 4.5 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Quincy Smith and Doc Bracken both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Tom Sunkel 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
Neil Maxa	11	10	.524	4.52	31	22		13	1		181.0	205	106	91	17	47		110	1	0	5
John Mitchell	7	7	.500	6.48	24	11		5	0		93.0	92	87	67	12	73		62	5	1	11
Doc Bracken	7	8	.467	4.50	16	15		9	1		112.0	116	69	56	6	56		85	4	1	21
Joseph Corona	6	4	.600	5.91	16	15		8	0		99.0	115	80	65	19	40		58	4	0	5
George Case	6	8	.429	5.00	14	12		7	0		90.0	111	60	50	6	36		54	2	0	4
Curtis Johnson	5	5	.500	6.63	33	5		3	0		110.0	120	100	81	11	71		100	5	0	8
Bob Sisk	4	7	.364	5.18	17	9		6	1		73.0	71	59	42	9	50		52	6	0	7
Robert Laskowski	2	3	.400	6.38	19	5		1	0		55.0	63	44	39	9	42		39	6	0	6
Andrew Tobias	2	5	.286	5.16	14	8		3	0		68.0	74	48	39	4	25		38	1	1	4
Louis Altomer	1	0	1.000		4						0.0
Fred Jackson	1	1	.500		6						0.0
Wardell Greer	1	1	.500		5						0.0
Thomas Richardson	1	2	.333		4						0.0
Perry Roark	1	2	.333		6						0.0
Charles Henry					6						0.0
Roderick Beckett	0	0			1						0.0
Carl Schmidt	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Wilburn Tomberlin	0	1	.000		6						0.0
Totals	55	65	.458	5.41	226	102	0	55	3	0	881.0	967	653	530	93	440	0	598	34	3	71	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
Joe Schmidt	123	540	460	105	155	30	14	22	125	11		67	26	.337	.423	.607	1.029	279		5	3	5
Kenneth Payne	115	506	459	92	154	28	12	11	77	23		41	44	.336	.392	.521	.912	239		2	3	1
James Rader	118	560	451	117	137	8	6	5	61	9		102	41	.304	.433	.381	.815	172		2	4	1
Sam Scarpone	120	520	434	91	136	23	6	2	84	6		77	53	.313	.415	.408	.823	177		1	4	4
Edward Rouse	125	544	461	73	119	26	9	6	72	16		65	76	.258	.353	.393	.745	181		5	8	5
Jack DeRousse	77	360	319	75	95	17	5	10	40	10		28	30	.298	.359	.476	.835	152		3	9	1
Quincy Smith	85	369	319	59	93	16	5	5	52	19		42	59	.292	.379	.420	.799	134		4	2	2
Bob Sisk	93	316	265	37	69	8	0	3	32	4		42	28	.260	.362	.325	.687	86		2	4	3
Wayne Haas	64	248	214	34	56	8	4	1	27	1		29	18	.262	.350	.350	.700	75		1	2	2
Vince Corda	44	188	156	24	46	6	3	3	26	5		28	28	.295	.396	.429	.825	67		0	1	3
Curtis Johnson	63	154	143	17	26	2	1	1	11	0		6	23	.182	.219	.231	.449	33		1	3	1
Neil Maxa	32	73	66	6	14	2	1	0	5	0		5	18	.212	.264	.273	.537	18		0	1	1
Lew Jones	9	21	21		10									.476	.476	.476	.952	10
George Case	18	40	33	7	7	0	0	0	3	0		6	6	.212	.333	.212	.545	7		0	1	0
Joseph Corona	16	46	35	9	7	2	0	0	8	0		9	10	.200	.364	.257	.621	9		0	2	0
John Mitchell	29	57	47	4	6	2	0	0	6	0		7	19	.128	.236	.170	.407	8		0	2	1
Thomas Richardson	4	10	10		4									.400	.400	.400	.800	4
Andrew Tobias	15	31	31	1	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	8	.129	.129	.194	.323	6		0	0	0
Doc Bracken	16	48	39	3	4	0	0	0	2	0		2	14	.103	.143	.103	.245	4		0	6	1
Louis Altomer	4	9	9		3									.333	.333	.333	.667	3
Lonnie Davis	9	23	23		3									.130	.130	.130	.261	3
Robert Laskowski	20	26	25	2	3	0	0	0	3	0		0	6	.120	.120	.120	.240	3		0	1	0
Wardell Greer	5	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Wilburn Tomberlin	9	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Carl Schmidt	4	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Fred Jackson	6	8	8		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Morris Schachnon	2	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Henry Malles	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Perry Roark	6	9	9		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1232	4727	4058	756	1156	180	66	69	634	104	0	556	507	.285	.372	.413	.785	1675	0	26	56	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Schmidt	1B	67	564	36	6	34	.990	8.955
Vince Corda	1B	38	276	15	10	30	.967	7.658
Joe Schmidt	2B	54	132	133	12	32	.957	4.907
James Rader	2B	19	47	45	3	10	.968	4.842
Bob Sisk	2B	18	33	39	2	7	.973	4.000
Edward Rouse	2B	12	34	34	2	9	.971	5.667
Edward Rouse	3B	113	115	219	33	19	.910	2.956
Wayne Haas	C	57	369	29	16	2	.961	6.982	13
Sam Scarpone	C	40	224	25	8	3	.969	6.225	7
Bob Sisk	C	35	186	20	1	0	.995	5.886	10
Kenneth Payne	OF	109	195	10	12	1	.945	1.881
Quincy Smith	OF	76	67	8	7	0	.915	.987
Jack DeRousse	OF	76	220	6	9	1	.962	2.974
Sam Scarpone	OF	73	116	5	7	2	.945	1.658
Curtis Johnson	OF	26	69	6	1	2	.987	2.885
Curtis Johnson	P	33	4	19	8	2	.742	.697
Neil Maxa	P	31	9	26	4	1	.897	1.129
John Mitchell	P	24	4	18	3	0	.880	.917
Robert Laskowski	P	19	0	12	1	1	.923	.632
Bob Sisk	P	17	2	11	1	0	.929	.765
Joseph Corona	P	16	6	17	0	1	1.000	1.438
Doc Bracken	P	16	7	32	4	1	.907	2.438
Andrew Tobias	P	14	3	11	0	0	1.000	1.000
George Case	P	14	6	21	5	1	.844	1.929
Wilburn Tomberlin	P	6						.000
Perry Roark	P	6						.000
Fred Jackson	P	6						.000
Wardell Greer	P	5						.000
Carl Schmidt	P	4						.000
Thomas Richardson	P	4						.000
Louis Altomer	P	4						.000
Roderick Beckett	P	1						.000
James Rader	SS	96	139	249	35	40	.917	4.042
Bob Sisk	SS	11	15	26	4	1	.911	3.727
Totals		1140	2842	1072	194	200	.953	3.433	30	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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