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1955 Bluefield Blue-Grays

1955 > Class D > 1955 Appalachian League
Overall: 55-67
Scored 651 runs, Allowed 718 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-66

Affiliation: Boston Red Sox-AL
Manager: Len Okrie
Represented: Bluefield, WV
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 Thomas Anglehart? -- 5 12
2 Jack Arrigo 19 27 71 15 2 0 5 .211 .451 32
3 William Bayne 20 24 89 23 4 0 5 .258 .472 42
4 Herbert Benner* 22 32 73 22 7 1 0 .301 .425 31
5 John Brown? -- 10 24 5 0 0 2 .208 .458 11
6 Richard Church? -- 2 4
7 Lou Clinton 17 75 288 104 15 5 19 .361 .646 186
8 Charles Cooper# 18 40 126 23 6 0 1 .183 .254 32
9 Dale DeSilva 18 41 145 35 12 2 4 .241 .434 63
10 Frederick Duval 20 17 65 13 1 1 2 .200 .338 22
11 James Eason? -- 10 11 4 1 0 0 .364 .455 5
12 James Flippin 22 41 130 28 4 1 1 .215 .285 37
13 James Fraser? -- 4 1
14 William Garrison? -- 35 116 18 5 0 1 .155 .224 26 Stats for 2 teams
15 Frank Gavel* 23 16 32 8 0 0 0 .250 .250 8
16 Stewart Gehris 20 64 172 38 6 2 3 .221 .331 57
17 Lee Hughes? -- 3 7
18 Butler Jones 21 9 27
19 Richard Karl* 24 89 314 100 20 4 3 .318 .436 137
20 Richard Kraft 20 27 91 25 5 1 0 .275 .352 32
21 Bill Kunkel 18 2 3
22 Loren Lien 22 34 29 2 0 0 0 .069 .069 2
23 John Liprando 23 103 353 101 20 6 6 .286 .428 151
24 Dean Mickelson 20 69 246 65 10 1 4 .264 .362 89
25 Bill Monbouquette 18 10 14 1 0 0 0 .071 .071 1
26 Meade Palmer 19 3 4
27 Lawrence Papini 21 31 109 24 4 1 2 .220 .330 36
28 Patrick Quinlan* 21 99 362 92 11 0 6 .254 .334 121
29 Joe Ray 20 51 173 27 3 1 0 .156 .185 32
30 Bruce Robarge 20 2 2
31 Donald Soderstrom 19 4 3
32 William Sperling 22 34 16 5 1 0 0 .313 .375 6
33 Norman Tanner 21 25 53 6 1 0 1 .113 .189 10
34 Joseph Theis 18 71 245 70 14 3 7 .286 .453 111
35 Gilbert Thomas 23 63 235 60 12 2 1 .255 .336 79
36 Robert VanDyke 18 24 86 19 0 1 4 .221 .384 33
37 Albert Vasko 19 4 2
38 Raymond Vescovi 25 113 375 125 20 5 12 .333 .509 191
39 Theodore Vriga 19 13 32 8 0 2 0 .250 .375 12
40 Don Weidenkeller? -- 7 5
41 William Wing 22 29 56 5 0 1 0 .089 .125 7 Stats for 2 teams
42 Edward Yeager 22 24 82 16 2 0 1 .195 .256 21
43 Genero Zizza* 24 7 19
44 William Zonner 21 2 2
44 Players 21.0 126 4711 4164 651 1091 183 40 90 569 64 456 864 .262 .333 .390 .723 1624 65 26
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 Dennis Abbott 22 0 1 .000 2
2 Thomas Anglehart? -- 1 1 .500 4
3 Herbert Benner* 22 14 7 .667 3.80 24 24 192.0 149 96 81 8 124 1.422 7.0 0.4 5.8
4 Richard Church? -- 1 0 1.000 2
5 James Eason? -- 0 5 .000 8.03 10 7 37.0 51 41 33 2 20 1.919 12.4 0.5 4.9
6 James Fraser? -- 0 1 .000 2
7 Frank Gavel 23 2 6 .250 6.44 14 13 81.0 98 74 58 10 46 1.778 10.9 1.1 5.1
8 Stewart Gehris 20 4 8 .333 3.63 20 13 129.0 129 67 52 10 42 1.326 9.0 0.7 2.9
9 Butler Jones* 21 4 4 .500 9
10 Bill Kunkel 18 0 2 .000 9.90 2 0 10.0 13 13 11 10 2.300 11.7 9.0
11 Loren Lien 22 6 8 .429 6.00 33 4 102.0 107 77 68 10 76 1.794 9.4 0.9 6.7
12 Robert Marten 19 1 0 1.000 4
13 Bill Monbouquette 18 2 4 .333 3.06 10 7 47.0 46 23 16 2 21 1.426 8.8 0.4 4.0
14 Meade Palmer 19 1 1 .500 3
15 Bruce Robarge 20 0 0 2
16 Donald Soderstrom* 19 0 2 .000 4
17 William Sperling 22 7 6 .538 4.36 34 2 64.0 76 42 31 6 43 1.859 10.7 0.8 6.0
18 Norman Tanner 21 10 9 .526 3.02 25 22 170.0 160 78 57 12 65 1.324 8.5 0.6 3.4
19 Albert Vasko? 19 0 0 4
20 Don Weidenkeller? -- 0 0 6
21 William Wing 22 12 4 .750 2.79 27 21 168.0 162 75 52 4 67 1.363 8.7 0.2 3.6 Stats for 2 teams
22 William Zonner 21 0 0 2
22 Players 21.3 55 67 .451 126 126 718

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
William Sperling 34 0.00
Loren Lien 33 0.00
William Wing 27 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
Norman Tanner 25 0.00
Herbert Benner 24 0.00
Frank Gavel 14 0.00
James Eason 10 0.00
Bill Monbouquette 10 0.00
Butler Jones 9 0.00
Don Weidenkeller 6 0.00
Thomas Anglehart 4 0.00
Robert Marten 4 0.00
Donald Soderstrom 4 0.00
Albert Vasko 4 0.00
Meade Palmer 3 0.00
Richard Church 2 0.00
Bill Kunkel 2 0.00
Bruce Robarge 2 0.00
William Zonner 2 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Dennis Abbott 22 R R 5' 10.0" 165 1933
Thomas Anglehart -- Unknown
Jack Arrigo 19 R 5' 11.0" 190 Nov 3, 1935 Cleveland, OH, US
William Bayne 20 R 6' 4.0" 200 1935
Herbert Benner 22 L L 6' 1.0" 185 1933
John Brown -- Unknown
Richard Church -- Unknown
Lou Clinton 17 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Oct 13, 1937 Ponca City, OK, US
Charles Cooper 18 S 5' 11.0" 190 1937
Dale DeSilva 18 R R 5' 11.0" 170 1937
Frederick Duval 20 R R 6' 1.0" 195 1935
James Eason -- Unknown
James Flippin 22 R R 5' 10.0" 190 1933
James Fraser -- Unknown
William Garrison -- Unknown
Frank Gavel 23 L R 6' 0.0" 195 1932
Stewart Gehris 20 R R 5' 11.0" 186 1935
Lee Hughes -- Unknown
Butler Jones 21 R L 6' 4.0" 195 Jan 1, 1934 Sardis, NY, US
Richard Karl 24 L 5' 10.0" 170 1931
Richard Kraft 20 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Feb 5, 1935 San Francisco, CA, US
Bill Kunkel 18 R R 6' 1.0" 187 Jul 7, 1936 Hoboken, NJ, US
Loren Lien 22 R R 5' 10.0" 185 1933
John Liprando 23 R R 6' 2.0" 180 1932
Robert Marten 19 R R 6' 3.0" 200 1936
Dean Mickelson 20 R 6' 1.0" 185 1935
Bill Monbouquette 18 R R 5' 11.0" 190 Aug 11, 1936 Medford, MA, US
Meade Palmer 19 R R 6' 2.0" 186 1936
Lawrence Papini 21 R 6' 2.0" 180 1934
Patrick Quinlan 21 L R 6' 0.0" 175 1934
Joe Ray 20 R 6' 4.0" 190 1935
Bruce Robarge 20 R R 5' 10.0" 180 1935
Donald Soderstrom 19 R L 6' 0.0" 178 1936
William Sperling 22 R R 5' 11.0" 175 1933
Norman Tanner 21 R R 5' 11.0" 170 1934
Joseph Theis 18 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Jul 19, 1936 Bloomington, IL, US
Gilbert Thomas 23 R 5' 11.0" 155 1932
Robert VanDyke 18 R 6' 0.0" 190 1937
Albert Vasko 19 R 6' 0.0" 178 1936
Raymond Vescovi 25 R 6' 0.0" 180 1930
Theodore Vriga 19 R 6' 2.0" 190 1936
Don Weidenkeller -- Unknown
William Wing 22 R R 5' 9.0" 175 1933
Edward Yeager 22 R 5' 8.0" 167 1933
Genero Zizza 24 L 5' 6.0" 175 1931
William Zonner 21 R R 6' 6.0" 214 Jul 22, 1933

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