1954 Quincy Gems Statistics
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
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.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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Bethel | 15 | 12 | .556 | 3.76 | 28 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 206.0 | 195 | 113 | 86 | 19 | 64 | 135 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
James O'Reilly | 13 | 9 | .591 | 4.01 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 193.0 | 163 | 107 | 86 | 16 | 127 | 148 | 5 | 4 | 10 | ||||
Jack McMahan | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.79 | 44 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 159.0 | 163 | 84 | 67 | 10 | 70 | 103 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Thomas McCarthy | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.04 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 138.0 | 147 | 91 | 62 | 17 | 88 | 81 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||
Pat Utley | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.74 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 93.0 | 84 | 57 | 49 | 7 | 103 | 79 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Bob Shipman | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.87 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 92.0 | 88 | 75 | 60 | 6 | 106 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Lloyd Merritt | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.02 | 5 | 40.0 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 12 | ||||||||||||
Keith McGinnis | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.95 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 59.0 | 77 | 43 | 39 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Donald Sommers | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
James Reynolds | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.05 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 49 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jacob Jacobsen | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Robert Mueller | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jerry Buchanan | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ronald Saatzer | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Charles Kasden | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Edward Gerken | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Richard Olshefski | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals | 68 | 61 | .527 | 4.31 | 233 | 111 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 1017.0 | 1002 | 620 | 487 | 90 | 628 | 0 | 670 | 23 | 8 | 44 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Gott | 127 | 580 | 483 | 107 | 168 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 26 | 85 | 32 | .348 | .442 | .466 | .907 | 225 | 0 | 7 | 5 | |||
Ed Barbarito | 134 | 594 | 495 | 121 | 159 | 27 | 3 | 35 | 119 | 12 | 83 | 16 | .321 | .419 | .600 | 1.019 | 297 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||
Jimmy Ludtka | 127 | 571 | 517 | 82 | 152 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 74 | 12 | 46 | 74 | .294 | .350 | .433 | .784 | 224 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
Ken Hunt | 124 | 538 | 441 | 87 | 141 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 68 | 6 | 82 | 93 | .320 | .429 | .501 | .931 | 221 | 5 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bob Meisner | 135 | 614 | 489 | 91 | 137 | 27 | 8 | 27 | 103 | 6 | 106 | 84 | .280 | .404 | .534 | .938 | 261 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
Len Wiesner | 118 | 503 | 426 | 84 | 130 | 27 | 2 | 24 | 84 | 2 | 59 | 38 | .305 | .398 | .547 | .945 | 233 | 9 | 5 | 4 | |||
Vernon Yingling | 100 | 359 | 305 | 41 | 79 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 2 | 44 | 41 | .259 | .356 | .397 | .753 | 121 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |||
Vern Hoscheit | 95 | 308 | 269 | 40 | 76 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 38 | 14 | .283 | .370 | .375 | .746 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ted Atkinson | 66 | 206 | 173 | 22 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 27 | 38 | .208 | .315 | .301 | .616 | 52 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
Russ Snyder | 28 | 122 | 102 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 13 | .324 | .420 | .353 | .773 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
Gale Taylor | 41 | 159 | 132 | 22 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 9 | .235 | .331 | .341 | .672 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
Lewis Gilbert | 28 | 122 | 102 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 35 | .235 | .347 | .363 | .710 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
James O'Reilly | 30 | 89 | 74 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 26 | .216 | .318 | .297 | .615 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
Jack Reed | 15 | 56 | 52 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .288 | .327 | .346 | .673 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Thomas McCarthy | 26 | 52 | 49 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .245 | .260 | .265 | .525 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Donald Sommers | 11 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .474 | .500 | .474 | .974 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Raymond Burtner | 20 | 61 | 57 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .158 | .197 | .228 | .425 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Billy Bethel | 36 | 85 | 72 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 37 | .125 | .192 | .139 | .331 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
John Wyatt | 7 | 30 | 30 | 7 | .233 | .233 | .233 | .467 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Pat Utley | 17 | 40 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .184 | .225 | .237 | .462 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jack McMahan | 46 | 66 | 55 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .127 | .213 | .127 | .340 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
Keith McGinnis | 20 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .500 | .800 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jacob Jacobsen | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
James Reynolds | 17 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .423 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Howard Hantak | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Frank Kabbes | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Lloyd Merritt | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Richard Olshefski | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Ronald Saatzer | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Edward Gerken | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Bob Shipman | 21 | 40 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .029 | .108 | .029 | .138 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
Jerry Buchanan | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
John Liptak | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Charles Kasden | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1426 | 5311 | 4509 | 778 | 1279 | 224 | 41 | 134 | 694 | 73 | 0 | 660 | 636 | .284 | .376 | .441 | .816 | 1987 | 0 | 29 | 71 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vernon Yingling | 1B | 96 | 749 | 36 | 13 | 85 | .984 | 8.177 | ||||
Lewis Gilbert | 1B | 28 | 256 | 12 | 8 | 32 | .971 | 9.571 | ||||
Len Wiesner | 1B | 22 | 148 | 10 | 6 | 20 | .963 | 7.182 | ||||
Bob Meisner | 2B | 126 | 268 | 333 | 39 | 93 | .939 | 4.770 | ||||
Ed Barbarito | 3B | 133 | 116 | 257 | 27 | 32 | .932 | 2.805 | ||||
Vern Hoscheit | C | 81 | 439 | 43 | 7 | 3 | .986 | 5.951 | 7 | |||
Ted Atkinson | C | 53 | 297 | 22 | 5 | 6 | .985 | 6.019 | 10 | |||
Raymond Burtner | C | 18 | 85 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 5.556 | 6 | |||
Ken Hunt | OF | 120 | 277 | 21 | 19 | 2 | .940 | 2.483 | ||||
Tom Gott | OF | 118 | 194 | 15 | 7 | 1 | .968 | 1.771 | ||||
Len Wiesner | OF | 96 | 142 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .947 | 1.500 | ||||
Gale Taylor | OF | 38 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.553 | ||||
Russ Snyder | OF | 26 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.692 | ||||
Jack Reed | OF | 15 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.933 | ||||
Jack McMahan | P | 44 | 16 | 34 | 4 | 2 | .926 | 1.136 | ||||
Billy Bethel | P | 28 | 12 | 29 | 4 | 2 | .911 | 1.464 | ||||
James O'Reilly | P | 25 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 1 | .875 | 1.120 | ||||
Thomas McCarthy | P | 25 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .939 | 1.240 | ||||
Keith McGinnis | P | 20 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .650 | ||||
Bob Shipman | P | 18 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .867 | .722 | ||||
James Reynolds | P | 17 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .471 | ||||
Pat Utley | P | 16 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.188 | ||||
Jerry Buchanan | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Donald Sommers | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Lloyd Merritt | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Jacob Jacobsen | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Edward Gerken | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Ronald Saatzer | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Charles Kasden | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Richard Olshefski | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Jimmy Ludtka | SS | 127 | 241 | 408 | 50 | 87 | .928 | 5.110 | ||||
Bob Meisner | SS | 12 | 14 | 31 | 11 | 7 | .804 | 3.750 | ||||
Totals | 1335 | 3393 | 1373 | 222 | 381 | .955 | 3.570 | 23 | 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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