1954 Topeka Owls Statistics
Team Record: 87-51
Finished 1st in the WA
Manager: Ira Hutchinson (87-51)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Ballpark: Community Park
Attendance: 58,671, Avg. 850
Playoffs - Blackwell Broncos 3 games, Topeka Owls 0
The Topeka Owls of the Western Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 87 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the WA.
The Owls plated 888 runs and conceded 667 runs. Ray Posipanka led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .333 average. Robert Lowe topped Topeka with 21 wins and a team-best 2.84 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers. Ira Hutchinson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Lowe | 21 | 8 | .724 | 2.84 | 29 | 29 | 247.0 | 238 | 95 | 78 | 17 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Dave Hill | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.50 | 28 | 27 | 208.0 | 215 | 102 | 81 | 17 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Mel Rainey | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.02 | 22 | 22 | 161.0 | 140 | 70 | 54 | 6 | 88 | ||||||||||
| Dick DeLozier | 10 | 4 | .714 | 5.66 | 22 | 16 | 105.0 | 128 | 80 | 66 | 16 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Phillip Brown | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.05 | 33 | 7 | 131.0 | 126 | 72 | 59 | 10 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Luis Perez | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.23 | 33 | 14 | 134.0 | 151 | 80 | 63 | 12 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Don Alford | 4 | 1 | .800 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Hamlen | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.79 | 20 | 7 | 70.0 | 71 | 62 | 45 | 8 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Foy Boyd | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.75 | 18 | 7 | 64.0 | 65 | 57 | 48 | 9 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Robert Tritsch | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Lucas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Norm Tanner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mel Thomason | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 87 | 51 | .630 | 3.97 | 224 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1120.0 | 1134 | 618 | 494 | 95 | 509 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Posipanka | 138 | 507 | 507 | 169 | 34 | 9 | 18 | .333 | .333 | .542 | .876 | 275 | |||||||||||
| Ned Johnson | 138 | 522 | 522 | 145 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .322 | .600 | 168 | |||||||||||
| Richard Means | 135 | 517 | 517 | 142 | 26 | 7 | 18 | .275 | .275 | .456 | .731 | 236 | |||||||||||
| Charley Schaffernoth | 129 | 468 | 468 | 137 | 26 | 2 | 16 | .293 | .293 | .459 | .752 | 215 | |||||||||||
| Ty Braziel | 116 | 411 | 411 | 128 | 32 | 10 | 12 | .311 | .311 | .526 | .837 | 216 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Olesko | 117 | 446 | 446 | 116 | 15 | 5 | 4 | .260 | .260 | .343 | .603 | 153 | |||||||||||
| Richard Szymczak | 91 | 301 | 301 | 90 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .299 | .299 | .379 | .678 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Lee DeWan | 104 | 331 | 331 | 88 | 11 | 7 | 4 | .266 | .266 | .378 | .644 | 125 | |||||||||||
| John Trombold | 69 | 253 | 253 | 63 | 11 | 7 | 6 | .249 | .249 | .419 | .668 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Darrell Lindley | 47 | 167 | 167 | 57 | 7 | 3 | 5 | .341 | .341 | .509 | .850 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Roger Rada | 45 | 138 | 138 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .290 | .290 | .355 | .645 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Wally Williams | 14 | 58 | 58 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .362 | .362 | .448 | .810 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Robert Lowe | 32 | 94 | 94 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .191 | .191 | .340 | .532 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Mel Rainey | 23 | 60 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .217 | .367 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Frank Hamlen | 23 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .346 | .577 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Luis Perez | 35 | 41 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .146 | .171 | .317 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Phillip Brown | 33 | 42 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .167 | .310 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Foy Boyd | 22 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .190 | .190 | .476 | .667 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Melton | 13 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Dave Hill | 28 | 64 | 64 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .047 | .047 | .078 | .125 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Frank Layana | 13 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .069 | .069 | .138 | .207 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Joe Mikez | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Harold Wallace | 3 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick DeLozier | 22 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Tritsch | 8 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Mel Thomason | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Earnhardt | 2 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Duane Eckert | 3 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Duane Melvin | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Don Alford | 7 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1415 | 4603 | 4603 | 0 | 1253 | 215 | 60 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .272 | .404 | .676 | 1858 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Perez | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Phillip Brown | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Lowe | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Hill | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Mel Rainey | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Dick DeLozier | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Hamlen | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Foy Boyd | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Tritsch | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Don Alford | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Mel Thomason | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Norm Tanner | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Lucas | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 224 | 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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