1954 Waterloo White Hawks Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 66-69
Finished 5th in the IIIL
Manager: Wally Millies (66-69)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 51,600, Avg. 764

1954 Waterloo White Hawks Roster

The Waterloo White Hawks of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1954 season with a record of 66 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the IIIL.

The White Hawks tallied 679 runs and surrendered 733 runs. Ron Cooper paced Waterloo with 23 home runs, while Dan Phalen walloped 15 or more, too. Dan Phalen drove in 84 runs. Eugene Sheets led all regular batters with a .312 average. Rich Ramos topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 4.28 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1954 Waterloo White Hawks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Luis Aparicio, Earl Battey and Rudy Árias.

Wally Millies 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
Rich Ramos	11	11	.500	4.28	29	24		13	1		185.0	221	110	88	13	74		111	5	0	6
Robert Hattenbach	10	7	.588	4.84	21	18		10	2		147.0	168	94	79	10	66		66	3	0	5
Garland Brill	8	10	.444	4.21	19	14		7	0		107.0	110	62	50	4	59		62	2	0	4
Robert Walz	5	3	.625	3.99	12	11		6	1		88.0	84	44	39	9	30		68	0	1	2
Bill Knapek	5	3	.625	4.75	17	10		2	0		72.0	78	45	38	8	52		46	4	0	5
Gerald Speck	5	5	.500	2.40	11	10		7	1		75.0	68	27	20	6	27		24	1	1	2
Rudy Árias	5	7	.417	5.24	33	14		6	0		139.0	149	100	81	12	68		108	3	3	9
Clive Follmer	2	0	1.000		8						0.0
Donald Schmudlach	2	6	.250	5.54	17	8		2	0		65.0	73	58	40	6	40		44	2	1	6
Ray Baer	1	0	1.000		4						0.0
Ollie Brantley	1	1	.500		3						0.0
Larry Hoffman	1	2	.333		8						0.0
Dick DeLozier	1	4	.200	3.71	10	5		0	0		34.0	44	24	14	0	22		18	3	0	0
Mel Rainey	0	0			1						0.0
Jim Nichols	0	0			1						0.0
Robert Mueller					29						0.0
Dave Hill	0	0			1						0.0
Frank Hamlen	0	0			2						0.0
Jack Virkstis	0	5	.000	6.94	15	5		0	0		48.0	70	44	37	8	17		10	0	0	4
Totals	57	64	.471	4.56	241	119	0	53	5	0	960.0	1065	608	486	76	455	0	557	23	6	43	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
Eugene Sheets	132	566	509	72	159	22	7	8	78	1		46	35	.312	.368	.430	.799	219		2	4	5
Dan Phalen	133	549	480	77	136	28	1	19	84	1		51	85	.283	.360	.465	.825	223		9	5	4
Ron Cooper	117	508	457	80	126	20	5	23	70	5		39	76	.276	.340	.492	.832	225		7	2	3
Earl Battey	129	505	418	76	122	25	3	11	67	5		73	61	.292	.403	.445	.848	186		6	6	2
Luis Aparicio	94	438	390	85	110	18	4	4	47	20		37	46	.282	.347	.379	.727	148		4	3	4
Joe Jaworski	113	464	390	68	107	15	7	8	58	15		66	44	.274	.382	.410	.792	160		3	3	2
Al Fahringer	98	392	340	45	96	12	2	0	26	8		48	48	.282	.373	.329	.703	112		2	1	1
Fred Seger	77	293	253	31	63	11	0	5	36	0		29	31	.249	.323	.352	.675	89		0	8	3
Dick DiTusa	48	187	173	16	44	8	1	1	18	1		8	30	.254	.285	.329	.614	57		1	1	4
Luis Morales	40	173	133	23	34	2	0	5	22	3		31	17	.256	.413	.383	.796	51		6	1	2
Don Miller	28	111	93	13	21	4	0	0	6	1		14	20	.226	.324	.269	.593	25		0	3	1
Doug Cossey	20	75	61	11	17	6	1	1	11	0		14	4	.279	.413	.459	.872	28		0	0	0
Billy Joe Forrest	13	52	49	4	15	1	0	0	4	1		0	11	.306	.306	.327	.633	16		0	3	0
Rich Ramos	29	76	72	6	13	0	0	0	3	0		2	29	.181	.203	.181	.383	13		0	2	0
Bill Rogers	14	54	47	9	12	3	1	2	11	0		7	9	.255	.352	.489	.841	23		0	0	0
Rudy Árias	43	68	59	6	11	2	0	0	8	0		5	11	.186	.262	.220	.482	13		1	3	0
Robert Walz	13	39	35	7	10	2	0	0	6	0		3	0	.286	.333	.343	.676	12		0	0	1
Bill Holder	10	40	34	3	8	2	1	0	3	0		5	7	.235	.333	.353	.686	12		0	1	0
John Wilson	8	27	27		7									.259	.259	.259	.519	7
Jose Bustamante	14	61	48	11	7	0	0	1	3	0		11	12	.146	.317	.208	.525	10		1	1	0
James Wheeler	10	28	25	4	6	1	1	1	3	0		3	5	.240	.321	.480	.801	12		0	0	0
Jerry Bunyard	13	34	28	4	6	0	0	1	4	0		6	4	.214	.353	.321	.674	9		0	0	0
Garland Brill	22	45	34	6	6	2	0	0	4	0		8	15	.176	.326	.235	.561	8		0	2	1
Michael Garone	8	19	19		5									.263	.263	.263	.526	5
Darrell Lindley	10	27	24	2	4	1	0	0	0	1		1	5	.167	.200	.208	.408	5		0	2	0
Larry Hoffman	8	13	13		3									.231	.231	.231	.462	3
Richard Means	5	14	14		3									.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Bill Knapek	17	26	21	2	3	0	0	0	3	0		1	9	.143	.174	.143	.317	3		0	3	1
Donald Schmudlach	17	27	22	2	3	0	0	0	3	0		5	9	.136	.296	.136	.433	3		0	0	0
Dick DeLozier	10	9	9	0	2	0	1	0	1	0		0	5	.222	.222	.444	.667	4		0	0	0
William Close	4	14	14		2									.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Gerald Speck	11	28	26	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	6	.077	.111	.077	.188	2		0	1	0
Ollie Brantley	3	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Frank Hamlen	6	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Clive Follmer	8	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Eugene Martin	3	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Richard Szymczak	3	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Jack Virkstis	15	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.077	.143	.077	.220	1		0	0	0
Billy Smith	9	20	20		1									.050	.050	.050	.100	1
Robert Hattenbach	22	56	51	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	34	.020	.038	.020	.058	1		0	4	0
Ray Baer	4	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Nichols	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Del Lang	2	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dick Meyers	2	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Mel Rainey	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1387	5094	4443	664	1171	185	35	90	581	62	0	516	675	.264	.343	.382	.725	1696	0	42	59	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dan Phalen	1B	131	996	116	20	94	.982	8.489
Fred Seger	2B	59	147	180	14	40	.959	5.542
Luis Morales	2B	40	82	99	17	18	.914	4.525
Eugene Sheets	2B	31	84	82	3	20	.982	5.355
Eugene Sheets	3B	101	94	134	36	14	.864	2.257
Joe Jaworski	3B	37	38	50	10	7	.898	2.378
Earl Battey	C	128	662	87	25	14	.968	5.852	18
Ron Cooper	OF	113	183	15	12	2	.943	1.752
Al Fahringer	OF	94	257	8	4	1	.985	2.819
Joe Jaworski	OF	69	134	6	4	0	.972	2.029
Dick DiTusa	OF	42	74	11	9	0	.904	2.024
Don Miller	OF	28	72	4	3	0	.962	2.714
Bill Rogers	OF	13	23	4	0	0	1.000	2.077
Doug Cossey	OF	13	16	0	2	0	.889	1.231
Jose Bustamante	OF	13	12	1	4	0	.765	1.000
Rudy Árias	P	33	5	25	2	0	.938	.909
Rich Ramos	P	29	16	27	4	1	.915	1.483
Robert Hattenbach	P	21	14	23	2	3	.949	1.762
Garland Brill	P	19	4	17	2	0	.913	1.105
Donald Schmudlach	P	17	2	14	3	2	.842	.941
Bill Knapek	P	17	7	15	1	0	.957	1.294
Jack Virkstis	P	15	2	4	3	0	.667	.400
Robert Walz	P	12	8	18	0	2	1.000	2.167
Gerald Speck	P	11	3	7	0	1	1.000	.909
Dick DeLozier	P	10	3	6	4	0	.692	.900
Larry Hoffman	P	8						.000
Clive Follmer	P	8						.000
Ray Baer	P	4						.000
Ollie Brantley	P	3						.000
Frank Hamlen	P	2						.000
Mel Rainey	P	1						.000
Jim Nichols	P	1						.000
Dave Hill	P	1						.000
Luis Aparicio	SS	94	220	275	31	61	.941	5.266
Fred Seger	SS	17	33	49	7	11	.921	4.824
Billy Joe Forrest	SS	13	17	31	7	6	.873	3.692
Bill Holder	SS	10	13	29	4	6	.913	4.200
Totals		1258	3221	1337	233	303	.951	3.623	18	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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