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1955 Toledo Sox

1955 > Class AAA > 1955 American Association
Overall: 81-73
Scored 708 runs, Allowed 678 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-74

Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves-NL
Manager: George Selkirk
Represented: Toledo, OH
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1954

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 CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 William Allen# 24 2 2 1 .500
2 Charlie Bicknell 26 51 50 45 7 8 2 0 1 8 0 3 18 .178 .229 .289 .518 13 1 0 2 0
3 Andrew Bratkowitz 26 16 30 26 5 7 1 0 2 3 0 0 6 .269 .296 .538 .835 14 0 1 3 0
4 Paul Burris 31 27 74 66 2 11 2 0 1 5 0 8 11 .167 .257 .242 .499 16 3 0 0 0
5 Paul Cave* 21 3 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
6 Wes Covington* 23 3 8 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
7 Ray Crone 23 4 12 2 .167
8 Jack Daniels* 27 118 448 372 49 96 13 8 17 63 3 67 98 .258 .369 .473 .842 176 2 1 4 4
9 Jim Frey* 24 142 582 486 88 137 36 0 4 54 0 87 44 .282 .388 .381 .769 185 11 0 5 4
10 Chico Garcia 30 154 688 577 93 173 34 4 10 68 8 100 25 .300 .403 .425 .828 245 20 2 6 3
11 Charlie Gorin* 27 38 67 58 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 3 18 .138 .180 .155 .336 9 0 0 6 0
12 Harry Hanebrink* 27 118 406 367 47 104 15 5 6 46 5 22 29 .283 .323 .401 .724 147 3 3 7 7
13 Dick Hoover* 29 35 13 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
14 Joey Jay# 19 14 28 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .083 .154 .083 .237 2 1 0 2 0
15 Ben Johnson 24 3 1 1 1.000
16 Theodore Laguna 22 63 171 147 19 38 4 1 1 15 0 19 15 .259 .341 .320 .661 47 5 1 1 3
17 Felix Mantilla 20 115 421 389 54 107 24 4 8 39 11 23 54 .275 .321 .419 .740 163 15 5 1 3
18 Luis Marquez 29 21 83 75 10 18 6 1 2 8 0 5 14 .240 .293 .427 .719 32 2 1 1 1
19 Don McMahon 25 42 48 45 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 17 .067 .125 .133 .258 6 2 0 0 0
20 Sammy Meeks 32 121 464 416 43 105 24 0 7 63 0 43 56 .252 .320 .361 .681 150 10 0 2 3
21 Chi-Chi Olivo 27 17 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0
22 Jim Pendleton 31 95 397 368 42 100 15 6 9 59 8 22 65 .272 .312 .418 .731 154 11 1 3 3
23 Billy Queen 26 106 414 353 56 89 14 1 15 56 2 54 54 .252 .348 .425 .773 150 8 0 3 4
24 Billy Reed* 32 75 185 166 16 51 6 2 2 19 0 17 5 .307 .370 .404 .773 67 7 0 1 1
25 Ray Rippelmeyer 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
26 Humberto Robinson 25 30 51 47 3 4 2 0 0 3 0 1 27 .085 .102 .128 .230 6 0 0 2 1
27 Lou Sleater* 28 10 6 6 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 3 0 0 0 0
28 Bob Talbot 28 34 127 115 17 31 1 3 0 8 1 9 10 .270 .325 .330 .656 38 6 1 1 1
29 Bert Thiel 29 46 37 32 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 .125 .125 .188 .313 6 3 0 5 0
30 Glenn Thompson 26 2 2 1 .500
31 Frank Torre* 23 150 610 544 86 178 29 2 7 73 3 47 18 .327 .382 .426 .809 232 14 7 3 9
32 Bob Trowbridge 25 29 73 63 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 29 .079 .159 .079 .239 5 0 0 4 0
33 Gale Wade* 26 19 90 77 14 20 3 1 0 8 3 10 10 .260 .356 .325 .680 25 2 2 0 1
34 Pete Whisenant 25 49 211 177 37 59 11 1 13 43 5 31 26 .333 .429 .627 1.056 111 1 0 1 2
35 Carl Willey 24 27 59 55 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 3 24 .145 .190 .164 .353 9 0 0 1 0
35 Players 26.6 155 5899 5167 708 1375 246 39 106 651 49 588 709 .266 .341 .390 .732 2017 126 26 70 48 33
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 GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 William Allen 24 0 1 .000 2
2 Charlie Bicknell 26 8 4 .667 4.60 44 10 4 1 131.0 152 69 67 18 63 5 69 2 2 5 1.641 10.4 1.2 4.3 4.7 1.10
3 Andrew Bratkowitz 26 4 7 .364 5.68 16 10 4 0 76.0 82 50 48 7 40 1 35 3 0 2 1.605 9.7 0.8 4.7 4.1 0.88
4 Paul Cave 21 0 0 3
5 Ray Crone 23 4 0 1.000 4
6 Charlie Gorin* 27 10 12 .455 4.15 29 24 10 1 167.0 156 80 77 11 85 4 100 2 0 6 1.443 8.4 0.6 4.6 5.4 1.18
7 Dick Hoover* 29 5 2 .714 2.25 35 0 0 0 48.0 43 14 12 2 22 7 26 1 0 1 1.354 8.1 0.4 4.1 4.9 1.18
8 Joey Jay 19 3 3 .500 3.53 14 11 5 0 74.0 74 33 29 4 44 1 48 1 0 5 1.595 9.0 0.5 5.4 5.8 1.09
9 Ben Johnson 24 0 0 3
10 Don McMahon 25 2 13 .133 5.01 42 17 3 0 142.0 149 88 79 11 95 7 93 6 0 7 1.718 9.4 0.7 6.0 5.9 0.98
11 Chi-Chi Olivo 27 3 1 .750 6.58 16 0 0 0 26.0 23 20 19 5 14 1 16 2 0 1 1.423 8.0 1.7 4.8 5.5 1.14
12 Ray Rippelmeyer 21 0 1 .000 1
13 Humberto Robinson 25 14 4 .778 2.35 30 17 9 2 138.0 117 48 36 9 49 5 101 7 0 0 1.203 7.6 0.6 3.2 6.6 2.06
14 Lou Sleater* 28 1 1 .500 9
15 Bert Thiel 29 6 6 .500 4.57 46 6 1 1 124.0 153 69 63 16 26 4 59 3 0 2 1.444 11.1 1.2 1.9 4.3 2.27
16 Glenn Thompson 26 0 0 2
17 Bob Trowbridge 25 13 8 .619 3.66 29 28 10 2 182.0 172 89 74 24 85 3 135 3 0 3 1.412 8.5 1.2 4.2 6.7 1.59
18 Carl Willey 24 8 10 .444 4.01 27 24 4 0 148.0 151 83 66 9 79 2 123 4 0 4 1.554 9.2 0.5 4.8 7.5 1.56
18 Players 25.7 81 73 .526 155 155 678

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Billy Queen 97 555 39 9 8 .985 6.12 21
Theodore Laguna 51 241 18 4 1 .985 5.08 5
Paul Burris 23 111 16 3 1 .977 5.52 1

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Frank Torre 149 1270 101 14 109 .990 9.20

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Chico Garcia 153 347 405 12 94 .984 4.92

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Harry Hanebrink 77 81 117 11 9 .947 2.57
Sammy Meeks 48 37 84 3 6 .976 2.52
Billy Reed 39 28 63 7 6 .929 2.33
Felix Mantilla 12 15 13 1 1 .966 2.33

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Felix Mantilla 88 159 222 22 49 .945 4.33
Sammy Meeks 70 119 202 13 39 .961 4.59

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jim Frey 129 209 17 11 3 .954 1.75
Jack Daniels 109 222 13 1 2 .996 2.16
Jim Pendleton 95 175 12 5 3 .974 1.97
Pete Whisenant 49 96 5 2 0 .981 2.06
Bob Talbot 31 72 2 6 0 .925 2.39
Harry Hanebrink 23 35 1 0 0 1.000 1.57
Luis Marquez 19 37 0 0 0 1.000 1.95
Gale Wade 19 46 2 4 1 .923 2.53

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bert Thiel 46 4 33 0 2 1.000 0.80
Charlie Bicknell 44 10 22 1 1 .970 0.73
Don McMahon 42 4 18 1 1 .957 0.52
Dick Hoover 35 4 10 0 1 1.000 0.40
Humberto Robinson 30 13 27 0 2 1.000 1.33
Charlie Gorin 29 8 30 2 2 .950 1.31
Bob Trowbridge 29 6 20 3 1 .897 0.90
Carl Willey 27 7 26 4 1 .892 1.22
Andrew Bratkowitz 16 4 7 1 0 .917 0.69
Chi-Chi Olivo 16 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.19
Joey Jay 14 6 8 0 1 1.000 1.00
Lou Sleater 9 0.00
Ray Crone 4 0.00
Paul Cave 3 0.00
Ben Johnson 3 0.00
William Allen 2 0.00
Glenn Thompson 2 0.00
Ray Rippelmeyer 1 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
William Allen 24 S R 6' 5.0" 170 May 15, 1931 Rochester, NY, US
Charlie Bicknell 26 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jul 27, 1928 Plainfield, NJ, US
Andrew Bratkowitz 26 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Jan 25, 1929 Cleveland, OH, US
Paul Burris 31 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Jul 21, 1923 Hickory, NC, US
Paul Cave 21 L R 6' 1.0" 179 Nov 2, 1933 New Canton, VA, US
Wes Covington 23 L R 6' 1.0" 205 Mar 27, 1932 Laurinburg, NC, US
Ray Crone 23 R R 6' 2.0" 165 Aug 7, 1931 Memphis, TN, US
Jack Daniels 27 L L 5' 10.0" 165 Dec 21, 1927 Chester, PA, US
Jim Frey 24 L L 5' 9.0" 170 May 26, 1931 Cleveland, OH, US
Chico Garcia 30 R R 5' 8.0" 170 Dec 24, 1924 Veracruz, Veracruz, MX
Charlie Gorin 27 L L 5' 10.0" 165 Feb 6, 1928 Waco, TX, US
Harry Hanebrink 27 L R 6' 0.0" 165 Nov 12, 1927 St. Louis, MO, US
Dick Hoover 29 L L 6' 0.0" 170 Dec 11, 1925 Columbus, OH, US
Joey Jay 19 S R 6' 4.0" 228 Aug 15, 1935 Middletown, CT, US
Ben Johnson 24 R R 6' 2.0" 190 May 15, 1931 Greenwood, SC, US
Theodore Laguna 22 R R 6' 0.0" 176 Sep 6, 1932 Newark, NJ, US
Felix Mantilla 20 R R 6' 0.0" 160 Jul 29, 1934 Isabella, PR
Luis Marquez 29 R R 5' 10.0" 174 Oct 28, 1925 Aguadilla, PR
Don McMahon 25 R R 6' 2.0" 215 Jan 4, 1930 Brooklyn, NY, US
Sammy Meeks 32 R R 5' 9.0" 160 Apr 23, 1923 Anderson, SC, US
Chi-Chi Olivo 27 R R 6' 2.0" 215 Mar 18, 1928 Guayubin, Monte Cristi, DO
Jim Pendleton 31 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Jan 7, 1924 St. Charles, MO, US
Billy Queen 26 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Nov 28, 1928 Gastonia, NC, US
Billy Reed 32 L R 5' 10.0" 175 Nov 12, 1922 Shawano, WI, US
Ray Rippelmeyer 21 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Jul 9, 1933 Valmeyer, IL, US
Humberto Robinson 25 R R 6' 1.0" 155 Jun 25, 1930 Colon, Colon, PA
Lou Sleater 28 L L 5' 11.0" 185 Sep 8, 1926 St. Louis, MO, US
Bob Talbot 28 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Jun 6, 1927 Visalia, CA, US
Bert Thiel 29 R R 5' 10.0" 185 May 4, 1926 Marion, WI, US
Glenn Thompson 26 R R 6' 5.0" 215 Dec 7, 1928 Minneapolis, MN, US
Frank Torre 23 L L 6' 4.0" 200 Dec 30, 1931 Brooklyn, NY, US
Bob Trowbridge 25 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Jun 27, 1930 Hudson, NY, US
Gale Wade 26 L R 6' 1.0" 185 Jan 20, 1929 Hollister, MO, US
Pete Whisenant 25 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Dec 14, 1929 Asheville, NC, US
Carl Willey 24 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Jun 6, 1931 Cherryfield, ME, US

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