1954 Quincy Gems Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 71-64
Finished 4th in the IIIL
Manager: Vern Hoscheit (71-64)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Quincy, Illinois
Ballpark: Q-Stadium
Attendance: 54,168, Avg. 802
1954 Quincy Gems Roster

Playoffs - Quincy Gems 3 games, Keokuk Kernels 1
Finals - Quincy Gems 3 games, Peoria Chiefs 0

The Quincy Gems of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1954 season with a record of 71 wins and 64 losses, finishing fourth in the IIIL.

The Gems scored 790 runs and gave up 739 runs. Ed Barbarito walloped 35 home runs for Quincy, while Bob Meisner, Ken Hunt and Len Wiesner each added 15 or more also. Ed Barbarito drove in 119 runs. Tom Gott topped hitters with significant playing time with a .348 average. Billy Bethel led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.76 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1954 Quincy Gems who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ken Hunt, Jack McMahan, Lloyd Merritt, Jack Reed and Russ Snyder.

Vern Hoscheit 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
Billy Bethel1512.5563.762827162206.0195113861964135105
James O'Reilly139.5914.012524161193.016310786161271485410
Jack McMahan117.6113.7944860159.016384671070103209
Thomas McCarthy86.5714.04251960138.01479162178881236
Pat Utley65.5454.7416148093.0845749710379414
Bob Shipman53.6255.8718165092.0887560610663608
Lloyd Merritt32.6002.02540.03614912
Keith McGinnis37.3005.952031059.077433983745202
Donald Sommers201.00050.0
James Reynolds12.3337.051700037.049362972116100
Jacob Jacobsen13.25040.0
Robert Mueller70.0
Jerry Buchanan0070.0
Ronald Saatzer0030.0
Charles Kasden01.00030.0
Edward Gerken02.00040.0
Richard Olshefski02.00020.0
Totals6861.5274.31233111058301017.01002620487906280670238440

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
Tom Gott127580483107168333647268532.348.442.466.907225075
Ed Barbarito13459449512115927335119128316.321.419.6001.019297628
Jimmy Ludtka12757151782152279974124674.294.350.433.784224062
Ken Hunt12453844187141225166868293.320.429.501.931221573
Bob Meisner1356144899113727827103610684.280.404.534.938261289
Len Wiesner11850342684130272248425938.305.398.547.945233954
Vernon Yingling100359305417914564024441.259.356.397.753121352
Vern Hoscheit95308269407616034323814.283.370.375.746101001
Ted Atkinson6620617322367032312738.208.315.301.61652132
Russ Snyder281221021233300921713.324.420.353.77336030
Gale Taylor411591322231422250209.235.331.341.67245124
Lewis Gilbert281221021324540721835.235.347.363.71037011
James O'Reilly30897412163011101126.216.318.297.61522040
Jack Reed1556525153006036.288.327.346.67318010
Thomas McCarthy26524951210040110.245.260.265.52513020
Donald Sommers112019590006011.474.500.474.9749000
Raymond Burtner2061575910170319.158.197.228.42513001
Billy Bethel3685728910040637.125.192.139.33110070
John Wyatt730307.233.233.233.4677
Pat Utley1740383720050117.184.225.237.4629100
Jack McMahan4666554700020518.127.213.127.3407150
Keith McGinnis202020361014000.300.300.500.80010000
Jacob Jacobsen4993.333.333.333.6673
James Reynolds171716230002013.188.235.188.4233000
Howard Hantak3772.286.286.286.5712
Frank Kabbes5882.250.250.250.5002
Lloyd Merritt513132.154.154.154.3082
Richard Olshefski2221.500.500.5001.0001
Ronald Saatzer3221.500.500.5001.0001
Edward Gerken4441.250.250.250.5001
Bob Shipman2140344100010312.029.108.029.1381030
Jerry Buchanan7330.000.000.000.0000
John Liptak1550.000.000.000.0000
Charles Kasden3660.000.000.000.0000
Totals142653114509778127922441134694730660636.284.376.441.816198702971420


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Vernon Yingling1B96749361385.9848.177
Lewis Gilbert1B2825612832.9719.571
Len Wiesner1B2214810620.9637.182
Bob Meisner2B1262683333993.9394.770
Ed Barbarito3B1331162572732.9322.805
Vern HoscheitC814394373.9865.9517
Ted AtkinsonC532972256.9856.01910
Raymond BurtnerC18851520.9805.5566
Ken HuntOF12027721192.9402.483
Tom GottOF1181941571.9681.771
Len WiesnerOF96142280.9471.500
Gale TaylorOF38572001.0001.553
Russ SnyderOF2641311.9781.692
Jack ReedOF15281001.0001.933
Jack McMahanP44163442.9261.136
Billy BethelP28122942.9111.464
James O'ReillyP2522641.8751.120
Thomas McCarthyP2552623.9391.240
Keith McGinnisP20211011.000.650
Bob ShipmanP1811222.867.722
James ReynoldsP171711.889.471
Pat UtleyP1621720.9051.188
Jerry BuchananP7.000
Donald SommersP5.000
Lloyd MerrittP5.000
Jacob JacobsenP4.000
Edward GerkenP4.000
Ronald SaatzerP3.000
Charles KasdenP3.000
Richard OlshefskiP2.000
Jimmy LudtkaSS1272414085087.9285.110
Bob MeisnerSS121431117.8043.750
Totals133533931373222381.9553.5702300

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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