1955 San Francisco Seals

1955 > Class Open > 1955 Pacific Coast League
Overall: 80-92
Scored 739 runs, Allowed 773 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-90

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Tommy Heath
Represented: San Francisco, CA
Ballpark: Seals Stadium (San Francisco, CA)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1954 / 1956

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1	Mike Baxes	24	143	565	504	79	163	33	4	5	64	4	55	28	.323	.389	.435	.824	219	9	0	5	1
2	Ted Beard*	34	159	636	522	91	128	15	8	8	34	13	98	96	.245	.368	.351	.719	183	5	4	11	1
3	Gene Bearden*	34	48	106	98	4	22	4	0	1	5	0	3	17	.224	.248	.296	.543	29	1	0	5	0
4	Wayne Belardi*	24	51	218	193	31	52	9	0	13	43	1	18	29	.269	.335	.518	.853	100	3	3	0	4
5	Ewell Blackwell	32	24	40	37	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	.216	.216	.216	.432	8	5	0	3	0	Stats for 2 teams
6	Bill Bradford	33	51	44	39	2	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	12	.231	.250	.256	.506	10	1	0	4	0
7	Ralph Burns	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
8	Ed Chandler	38	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0
9	Oliver Cheso	25	109	360	307	36	70	17	1	4	35	1	44	39	.228	.321	.329	.650	101	8	1	2	6
10	Lowell Creighton	18	7	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0
11	Raul Dieppa	20	4	19	15	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	.133	.316	.333	.649	5	0	2	0	0
12	Bob DiPietro	27	64	258	221	36	82	18	2	6	39	2	34	17	.371	.455	.552	1.007	122	7	1	1	1
13	Mervyn Donahue	23	4	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	1	0	1	0
14	Bill Evans	36	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
15	Maurice Fisher	24	18	27	25	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	.080	.080	.120	.200	3	1	0	2	0
16	Don Fracchia	24	65	106	99	12	30	6	1	3	21	0	3	21	.303	.324	.475	.798	47	3	0	4	0
17	Bob Greenwood	27	44	49	47	6	12	2	0	2	6	0	1	14	.255	.271	.426	.696	20	2	0	1	0
18	Pete Hernandez	25	4	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3	0	0	0	0
19	Wally Judnich*	39	137	523	451	67	126	30	2	9	60	2	62	50	.279	.363	.415	.778	187	14	1	3	6	Stats for 2 teams
20	Joe Kirrene	23	95	370	334	33	86	13	6	3	43	1	24	46	.257	.309	.359	.668	120	9	3	4	5	Stats for 2 teams
21	Lou Landini	28	4	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	1	1	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
22	Clarence Maddern	33	88	247	223	22	60	15	1	4	39	0	16	18	.269	.311	.399	.711	89	12	0	3	5	Stats for 3 teams
23	Dave Melton	26	162	668	616	86	184	29	7	19	116	5	37	59	.299	.336	.461	.797	284	18	1	8	6
24	Jim Melton#	26	19	16	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	.063	.063	.063	.125	1	0	0	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
25	Jimmy Moran	31	135	578	533	67	143	13	1	2	34	1	26	13	.268	.305	.308	.613	164	7	2	17	0
26	Steve Nagy*	36	33	52	45	3	6	1	0	0	3	0	4	13	.133	.200	.156	.356	7	1	0	2	1
27	Tony Ponce#	33	42	59	56	4	15	0	0	0	3	0	1	9	.268	.281	.268	.549	15	2	0	2	0
28	Charles Righetti	30	121	453	405	42	107	10	6	3	38	0	33	30	.264	.319	.341	.660	138	16	1	11	3	Stats for 2 teams
29	John Ritchey*	32	130	449	375	52	107	15	1	6	41	10	61	28	.285	.388	.379	.767	142	7	4	6	3
30	Bill Serena	30	137	490	412	55	111	23	3	18	71	0	62	81	.269	.369	.471	.840	194	12	6	5	5	Stats for 2 teams
31	Chuck Stevens#	36	83	274	252	25	59	11	1	5	29	2	18	31	.234	.286	.345	.631	87	3	1	1	2
32	Jim Stoll	17	6	16	15	0	4	2	0	0	3	0	1	3	.267	.313	.400	.713	6	2	0	0	0
33	Sal Taormina*	33	122	399	333	56	87	13	2	10	45	1	59	43	.261	.375	.402	.778	134	5	3	2	2
34	Anthony Tornay	25	68	183	161	12	34	9	0	2	13	0	18	16	.211	.293	.304	.597	49	10	1	2	1
35	Junior Walsh	36	32	61	54	2	6	2	0	1	4	0	3	26	.111	.158	.204	.362	11	0	0	4	0
36	Adrian Zabala*	38	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
	36 Players	29.8	172	6415	5617	739	1506	257	39	110	690	41	624	683	.268	.342	.387	.728	2171	128	28	101	45

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Gene Bearden*	34	18	12	.600	3.52	43	34	17	2	248.0	268	111	97	12	66	84	1	0	4	1.347	9.7	0.4	2.4	3.0	1.27
2	Ewell Blackwell	32	5	5	.500	4.01	23	16	3	1	112.1	120	52	50	8	47	31	1	0	2	1.487	9.6	0.6	3.8	2.5	0.66	Stats for 2 teams
3	Bill Bradford	33	12	5	.706	3.13	51	8	4	1	149.1	141	74	52	11	42	63	4	0	0	1.225	8.5	0.7	2.5	3.8	1.50
4	Ralph Burns	20	0	1	.000	13.50	1	1	0	0	3.1	7	7	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.400	18.9	5.4	2.7	0.0	0.00
5	Ed Chandler	38	2	1	.667	8.15	7	2	0	0	17.2	23	17	16	1	9	5	0	0	1	1.811	11.7	0.5	4.6	2.5	0.56
6	Lowell Creighton	18	1	1	.500	8.20	6	4	1	0	18.2	28	18	17	3	22	3	0	0	1	2.679	13.5	1.4	10.6	1.4	0.14
7	Bill Evans	36	1	1	.500	12.71	3	1	0	0	5.2	9	9	8	1	10	2	0	0	0	3.353	14.3	1.6	15.9	3.2	0.20
8	Maurice Fisher	24	1	6	.143	3.36	18	9	3	0	83.0	67	37	31	7	35	44	5	0	4	1.229	7.3	0.8	3.8	4.8	1.26
9	Don Fracchia	24	14	12	.538	3.28	48	28	13	2	225.0	233	105	82	14	87	82	4	1	5	1.422	9.3	0.6	3.5	3.3	0.94
10	Bob Greenwood	27	5	15	.250	4.83	42	15	5	1	147.1	156	93	79	11	72	89	2	0	7	1.548	9.5	0.7	4.4	5.4	1.24
11	Pete Hernandez	25	0	0		5.25	3	2	0	0	12.0	18	7	7	1	3	5	1	0	0	1.750	13.5	0.8	2.2	3.8	1.67
12	Jim Melton	26	3	3	.500	4.71	19	7	1	0	57.1	68	36	30	6	13	19	3	1	1	1.413	10.7	0.9	2.0	3.0	1.46	Stats for 2 teams
13	Steve Nagy*	36	6	12	.333	4.04	30	18	5	2	140.1	160	69	63	8	47	67	5	0	3	1.475	10.3	0.5	3.0	4.3	1.43
14	Tony Ponce	33	10	12	.455	4.26	41	22	8	0	184.0	229	107	87	10	48	61	5	0	11	1.505	11.2	0.5	2.3	3.0	1.27
15	Junior Walsh	36	8	10	.444	4.29	32	22	8	1	165.2	161	82	79	8	71	60	6	1	13	1.400	8.7	0.4	3.9	3.3	0.85
16	Adrian Zabala*	38	0	2	.000	5.60	10	0	0	0	17.2	26	16	11	0	7	5	0	0	1	1.868	13.2	0.0	3.6	2.5	0.71	Stats for 2 teams
	16 Players	30.9	80	92	.465		172	172					773

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	CS
John Ritchey	123	378	56	13	7	.971	3.53	10	38
Anthony Tornay	65	204	39	2	3	.992	3.74	4	13
Oliver Cheso	10	23	7	0	1	1.000	3.00	2	5
Jim Stoll	6	19	1	2	0	.909	3.33	0	0
Mervyn Donahue	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.33	0	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Chuck Stevens	66	590	31	7	47	.989	9.41
Bob DiPietro	58	557	43	5	54	.992	10.34
Wayne Belardi	51	437	32	3	45	.994	9.20
Clarence Maddern	14	94	10	1	1	.990	7.43	Stats for 3 teams

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jimmy Moran	133	375	373	6	104	.992	5.62
Oliver Cheso	41	77	107	2	28	.989	4.49
Bill Serena	14	35	30	0	10	1.000	4.64	Stats for 2 teams

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bill Serena	110	89	244	14	28	.960	3.03	Stats for 2 teams
Joe Kirrene	65	60	143	18	12	.919	3.12	Stats for 2 teams
Oliver Cheso	22	16	40	1	3	.982	2.55
Mike Baxes	11	15	25	3	3	.930	3.64
Sal Taormina	8	6	15	1	0	.955	2.63

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Mike Baxes	121	220	424	34	67	.950	5.32
Charles Righetti	121	236	385	27	79	.958	5.13	Stats for 2 teams
Oliver Cheso	11	12	32	2	7	.957	4.00
Raul Dieppa	4	7	9	5	3	.762	4.00
Dave Melton	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dave Melton	161	404	15	6	4	.986	2.60
Ted Beard	151	358	18	9	2	.977	2.49
Wally Judnich	124	209	13	4	2	.982	1.79	Stats for 2 teams
Sal Taormina	91	149	7	3	1	.981	1.71
Clarence Maddern	45	93	5	1	0	.990	2.18	Stats for 3 teams
Joe Kirrene	27	38	2	4	0	.909	1.48	Stats for 2 teams
Oliver Cheso	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.33
Bill Serena	4	4	2	0	0	1.000	1.50	Stats for 2 teams
Bob DiPietro	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.50

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bill Bradford	51	6	23	2	0	.935	0.57
Don Fracchia	48	17	47	4	2	.941	1.33
Gene Bearden	43	9	38	9	1	.839	1.09
Bob Greenwood	42	5	11	3	0	.842	0.38
Tony Ponce	41	18	28	5	3	.902	1.12
Junior Walsh	32	7	34	2	1	.953	1.28
Steve Nagy	30	12	39	3	3	.944	1.70
Ewell Blackwell	23	5	22	3	1	.900	1.17	Stats for 2 teams
Jim Melton	19	3	2	0	0	1.000	0.26	Stats for 2 teams
Maurice Fisher	18	8	21	2	1	.935	1.61
Adrian Zabala	10	1	3	0	0	1.000	0.40	Stats for 2 teams
Ed Chandler	7	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.43
Lowell Creighton	6	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.83
Bill Evans	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.33
Pete Hernandez	3	1	2	1	0	.750	1.00
Ralph Burns	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Mike Baxes	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Dec 18, 1930	San Francisco, CA, US
Ted Beard	34	L	L	5' 8.0"	165	Jan 7, 1921	Woodsboro, MD, US
Gene Bearden	34	L	L	6' 3.0"	198	Sep 5, 1920	Lexa, AR, US
Wayne Belardi	24	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	Sep 5, 1930	St. Helena, CA, US
Ewell Blackwell	32	R	R	6' 6.0"	195	Oct 23, 1922	Fresno, CA, US
Bill Bradford	33	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Aug 28, 1921	Choctaw, AR, US
Ralph Burns	20	R	R	6' 3.0"	170	Oct 19, 1934	Vancouver, BC, CA
Ed Chandler	38	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Feb 17, 1917	Pinson, AL, US
Oliver Cheso	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Aug 2, 1929	San Francisco, CA, US
Lowell Creighton	18	R	R	6' 0.0"	187	Apr 17, 1937	San Francisco, CA, US
Raul Dieppa	20	R	R	5' 10.0"	150	Dec 18, 1934	CU
Bob DiPietro	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Sep 1, 1927	San Francisco, CA, US
Mervyn Donahue	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jun 17, 1932	San Francisco, CA, US
Bill Evans	36	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Mar 25, 1919	Quanah, TX, US
Maurice Fisher	24	R	R	6' 5.0"	210	Feb 16, 1931	Uniondale, IN, US
Don Fracchia	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	193	Feb 1, 1931	Richmond, CA, US
Bob Greenwood	27	R	R	6' 5.0"	200	Mar 13, 1928	Cananea, Sonora, MX
Pete Hernandez	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 18, 1929	Hayward, CA, US
Wally Judnich	39	L	L	6' 1.0"	205	Jan 24, 1916	San Francisco, CA, US
Joe Kirrene	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Oct 4, 1931	San Francisco, CA, US
Lou Landini	28	R		6' 2.0"	190	Mar 24, 1927	IT
Clarence Maddern	33	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Sep 26, 1921	Lowell, AZ, US
Dave Melton	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Oct 3, 1928	Pampa, TX, US
Jim Melton	26	S	R	6' 2.0"	195	Sep 13, 1928	Kemah, TX, US
Jimmy Moran	31	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Apr 19, 1924	Oakland, CA, US
Steve Nagy	36	L	L	5' 9.0"	174	May 28, 1919	Franklin, NJ, US
Tony Ponce	33	S	R	6' 1.0"	205	Aug 12, 1921	Rivera, CA, US
Charles Righetti	30	R		6' 1.0"	165	Mar 4, 1925	San Francisco, CA, US
John Ritchey	32	L	R	5' 10.0"	180	Jan 5, 1923	San Diego, CA, US
Bill Serena	30	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Oct 2, 1924	Alameda, CA, US
Chuck Stevens	36	S	L	6' 1.0"	180	Jul 10, 1918	Van Houten, NM, US
Jim Stoll	17	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Nov 12, 1937	Stockton, CA, US
Sal Taormina	33	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jun 8, 1922	San Jose, CA, US
Anthony Tornay	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	205	Oct 3, 1929	San Francisco, CA, US
Junior Walsh	36	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Mar 7, 1919	Newark, NJ, US
Adrian Zabala	38	L	L	5' 11.0"	165	Aug 26, 1916	San Antonio de los Banos, CU

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