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1955 Evansville Braves

1955 > Class B > 1955 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
Overall: 60-66
Scored 614 runs, Allowed 634 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-65

Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves-NL
Manager: Bob Coleman
Represented: Evansville, IN
Ballpark: Bosse Field (Evansville, IN)
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 CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 James Agnew# 23 14 12 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
2 Joseph Andrews 23 53 181 51 11 0 5 .282 .425 77
3 Charles Bigham* 23 122 449 124 21 8 8 .276 .412 185
4 Jackie Brown 20 36 105 24 10 0 3 .229 .410 43
5 Winston Brown 22 19 24 9 0 0 0 .375 .375 9
6 John Caffery 21 13 17 2 0 0 0 .118 .118 2
7 Wayne Cummings# 23 66 227 61 13 2 4 .269 .396 90 Stats for 2 teams
8 Donald Damiano 22 3 4
9 Wendell Doss 20 4 7
10 Don Edinger* 21 5 2
11 Ralph Flory 23 119 404 91 14 1 0 .225 .265 107
12 Rudolph Fortin 20 17 27 3 0 0 0 .111 .111 3
13 Larry Geedey* 21 86 342 100 18 0 3 .292 .371 127
14 Carl Greene 24 34 18 4 1 0 0 .222 .278 5
15 Chuck Hickman 20 9 8
16 Frederick Hoffman* 22 32 33 6 1 0 0 .182 .212 7
17 Mike Krsnich 23 76 266 65 12 1 5 .244 .353 94
18 Don Leppert 23 19 43 15 4 0 3 .349 .651 28
19 Lee Maye* 20 20 83 20 5 1 2 .241 .398 33
20 Roger McCardell 22 38 108 25 2 1 2 .231 .324 35
21 Phillip Misley 22 10 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
22 Daryle Nelson 25 98 384 102 10 5 2 .266 .333 128
23 Gerald Nelson 21 18 21 3 0 0 0 .143 .143 3
24 Chi-Chi Olivo 27 16 36 8 1 0 0 .222 .250 9
25 Nat Peeples 29 55 200 65 8 2 9 .325 .520 104
26 Dick Phillips* 23 14 38 13 2 0 0 .342 .395 15
27 Raymond Reed 26 29 114 30 4 2 4 .263 .439 50
28 Vic Rehm# 19 34 55 8 3 0 0 .145 .200 11
29 Jack Ritter* 22 6 8
30 Bill Roland 25 20 41 5 2 0 0 .122 .171 7
31 Lou Soscia 28 7 19
32 John Stadnicki 19 13 18 4 0 0 0 .222 .222 4
33 Joe Unfried 26 96 368 97 14 1 11 .264 .397 146
34 Jim Vitter 30 25 41 8 1 0 0 .195 .220 9
35 Bill Wells 22 70 184 39 8 0 6 .212 .353 65
36 Leonard Williams 27 108 383 119 25 5 17 .311 .535 205
36 Players 23.8 126 4854 4198 614 1091 184 29 81 550 37 533 703 .260 .340 .375 .715 1576 77 46
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 James Agnew? 23 2 1 .667 4.72 12 3 40.0 43 26 21 5 20 1.575 9.7 1.1 4.5
2 Stewart Alton 24 0 0 1
3 Winston Brown 22 6 5 .545 3.58 17 11 73.0 49 37 29 3 64 1.548 6.0 0.4 7.9
4 John Caffery* 21 2 3 .400 7.11 11 8 38.0 51 40 30 0 29 2.105 12.1 0.0 6.9
5 Wendell Doss 20 1 2 .333 4
6 Don Edinger* 21 0 0 5
7 Rudolph Fortin 20 4 6 .400 5.84 17 11 77.0 76 57 50 3 51 1.649 8.9 0.4 6.0
8 Carl Greene 24 4 5 .444 4.30 34 2 88.0 99 54 42 3 42 1.602 10.1 0.3 4.3
9 Chuck Hickman 20 1 2 .333 4.12 9 1 24.0 21 16 11 17 1.583 7.9 6.4
10 Frederick Hoffman* 22 0 2 .000 4.27 22 0 59.0 45 43 28 5 76 2.051 6.9 0.8 11.6
11 Phillip Misley* 22 1 0 1.000 9
12 Gerald Nelson 21 2 5 .286 5.26 18 6 65.0 80 45 38 3 52 2.031 11.1 0.4 7.2
13 Chi-Chi Olivo 27 4 6 .400 3.26 16 12 91.0 75 38 33 4 27 1.121 7.4 0.4 2.7
14 Vic Rehm* 19 14 11 .560 3.18 34 25 170.0 134 79 60 5 112 1.447 7.1 0.3 5.9
15 Jack Ritter* 22 0 2 .000 6
16 Bill Roland 25 9 6 .600 3.18 20 16 116.0 88 52 41 7 61 1.284 6.8 0.5 4.7
17 John Stadnicki 19 1 4 .200 5.83 12 6 54.0 69 39 35 5 15 1.556 11.5 0.8 2.5
18 Jim Vitter 30 9 6 .600 3.12 23 17 130.0 145 57 45 7 35 1.385 10.0 0.5 2.4
18 Players 22.8 60 66 .476 126 126 634

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
Carl Greene 34 0.00
Vic Rehm 34 0.00
Jim Vitter 23 0.00
Frederick Hoffman 22 0.00
Bill Roland 20 0.00
Gerald Nelson 18 0.00
Winston Brown 17 0.00
Rudolph Fortin 17 0.00
Chi-Chi Olivo 16 0.00
James Agnew 12 0.00
John Stadnicki 12 0.00
John Caffery 11 0.00
Chuck Hickman 9 0.00
Phillip Misley 9 0.00
Jack Ritter 6 0.00
Don Edinger 5 0.00
Wendell Doss 4 0.00
Stewart Alton 1 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
James Agnew 23 S 5' 9.0" 140 1932
Stewart Alton 24 R R 5' 11.0" 160 1931
Joseph Andrews 23 R R 6' 1.0" 200 Jan 9, 1932 Fall River, MA, US
Charles Bigham 23 L L 6' 1.0" 184 1932
Jackie Brown 20 R R 6' 3.0" 200 1935
Winston Brown 22 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Sep 17, 1932 Almirante, Bocas del Toro, PA
John Caffery 21 R L 6' 1.0" 175 Jun 30, 1934 Kingston, ON, CA
Wayne Cummings 23 S 6' 2.0" 190 1932
Donald Damiano 22 R 5' 11.0" 175 1933
Wendell Doss 20 R R 6' 1.0" 180 1935
Don Edinger 21 L L 6' 2.0" 180 Jan 22, 1934 Green Bay, WI, US
Ralph Flory 23 R 5' 10.0" 165 Feb 2, 1932
Rudolph Fortin 20 R R 6' 2.0" 195 1935
Larry Geedey 21 L 6' 2.0" 190 1934
Carl Greene 24 R R 6' 3.0" 210 Apr 12, 1931 Amanth, NC, US
Chuck Hickman 20 R R 6' 4.0" 190 May 21, 1935
Frederick Hoffman 22 L L 6' 0.0" 185 1933
Mike Krsnich 23 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Sep 24, 1931 West Allis, WI, US
Don Leppert 23 R R 6' 2.0" 220 Oct 19, 1931 Indianapolis, IN, US
Lee Maye 20 L R 6' 2.0" 190 Dec 11, 1934 Tuscaloosa, AL, US
Roger McCardell 22 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Aug 29, 1932 Gorsuch Mills, MD, US
Phillip Misley 22 R L 6' 0.0" 165 1933
Daryle Nelson 25 R 5' 9.0" 165 1930
Gerald Nelson 21 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Apr 1, 1934 Beaumont, TX, US
Chi-Chi Olivo 27 R R 6' 2.0" 215 Mar 18, 1928 Guayubin, Monte Cristi, DO
Nat Peeples 29 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Jun 29, 1926 Memphis, TN, US
Dick Phillips 23 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Nov 24, 1931 Racine, WI, US
Raymond Reed 26 R R 5' 10.0" 167 Feb 1, 1929 Chattaroy, WV, US
Vic Rehm 19 S L 6' 4.0" 200 Feb 16, 1936 Carlyle, IL, US
Jack Ritter 22 L L 5' 11.0" 182 1933
Bill Roland 25 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Apr 30, 1930 Clinton, SC, US
Lou Soscia 28 R R 5' 9.0" 175 Jun 3, 1927 Cranston, RI, US
John Stadnicki 19 R R 5' 11.0" 180 1936
Joe Unfried 26 R 5' 11.0" 210 Feb 19, 1929 Evansville, IN, US
Jim Vitter 30 R R 5' 9.0" 180 Apr 27, 1925 Dillonvale, OH, US
Bill Wells 22 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Jan 18, 1933 Glendale, CA, US
Leonard Williams 27 R R 5' 11.0" 195 Mar 27, 1928 Valdosta, GA, US

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