1955 Beaumont Exporters

1955 > Class AA > 1955 Texas League
Overall: 51-110
Scored 616 runs, Allowed 837 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-103

Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves-NL
Manager: Mickey Livingston
Represented: Beaumont, TX
Ballpark: n/a
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	Ivan Abromowitz	25	32	55	48	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	19	.125	.192	.125	.317	6		0	3	0
2	William Allen#	24	16	35	30	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	.100	.206	.100	.306	3		1	1	0
3	Stewart Alton	24	19	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.667	1.167	2		0	0	0
4	Howard Anderson	29	25	42	38	3	10	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	8	.263	.300	.316	.616	12		0	2	0
5	James Atkins*	34	36	72	62	3	9	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	13	.145	.217	.177	.395	11		1	3	1
6	Myron Belkin	20	19	9	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	0		0	0	0
7	William Bohlender	26	125	474	398	30	77	16	1	2	32	3	7	66	49	.193	.309	.254	.562	101		2	4	4
8	Marshall Bridges#	24	12	9	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.333	.444	3		0	0	0
9	Jack Caro	24	45	190	164	21	30	5	0	2	14	5	3	23	20	.183	.280	.250	.530	41		0	1	2
10	Douglas Clark	27	9		8		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
11	Mike Clark	33	25	63	55	3	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	10	.164	.233	.164	.397	9		1	3	0
12	Robert Crain	28	71	268	239	23	57	10	1	2	19	1	3	25	29	.238	.311	.314	.624	75		0	4	0
13	Ronald Curnan	29	34	81	72	6	18	2	0	0	9	0	0	8	4	.250	.325	.278	.603	20		0	1	0
14	Joe Damato	33	99	333	295	33	60	6	0	0	21	3	2	31	49	.203	.278	.224	.502	66		0	6	1		Stats for 3 teams
15	Bob Hartman	17	19	25	24	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.083	.120	.083	.203	2		0	0	0
16	Pete Hernandez	25	10	11	9	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.333	.400	.556	.956	5		0	1	0
17	Bill Howerton*	33	27	101	82	9	22	2	0	1	9	0	0	18	13	.268	.396	.329	.725	27		0	0	1
18	Don Hunter*	23	78	305	266	26	66	9	0	6	39	0	0	37	19	.248	.339	.350	.688	93		0	1	1
19	Milt Joffe	28	28	65	58	12	16	3	1	1	6	0	0	5	9	.276	.333	.414	.747	24		0	2	0
20	Frank Johnson	23	32	35	30	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	.167	.286	.167	.452	5		0	0	0
21	Dick Kelly	27	28	24	22	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.091	.167	.091	.258	2		0	0	0
22	Vern Kennedy*	48	14	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
23	Edward Knoblauch*	37	157	701	588	98	192	48	2	4	60	4	8	100	33	.327	.425	.435	.861	256		4	5	4		Stats for 2 teams
24	Dick Kokos*	27	96	409	335	53	73	10	1	17	40	3	3	69	52	.218	.351	.406	.757	136		0	5	0
25	Clem Koshorek	30	79	349	312	54	72	18	0	0	12	7	4	31	37	.231	.306	.288	.595	90		3	3	0
26	Ernest Lawrence	25	2		3		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
27	Thomas Lind	28	46	155	137	15	41	6	0	1	10	4	3	17	16	.299	.377	.365	.742	50		0	1	0
28	Mickey Livingston	40	64	125	111	6	21	5	0	4	19	0	1	13	13	.189	.274	.342	.617	38		0	1	0
29	Pete Mallory	--	5		6		1									.167
30	Gerald Mason*	21	75	251	233	26	64	19	3	4	23	1	5	15	46	.275	.317	.433	.751	101		0	2	1
31	Pete Modica	31	9		10		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
32	Robert Montag*	32	94	369	296	55	85	18	3	14	58	6	2	69	50	.287	.421	.510	.931	151		1	1	2
33	Bob O'Neal*	30	93	278	230	21	51	10	0	10	39	1	1	35	22	.222	.338	.396	.734	91		7	3	3		Stats for 3 teams
34	Phil Paine	25	15	47	41	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	17	.146	.222	.171	.393	7		0	2	0
35	Jack Parks*	27	10	22	18	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	4	.167	.273	.333	.606	6		0	0	1
36	Jim Post*	29	10	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.600	.750	1.350	3		0	0	0
37	James Powers?	--	5		6		3									.500
38	Tony Rivas	22	27	70	58	5	6	2	0	0	3	0	1	11	13	.103	.246	.138	.384	8		0	1	0
39	Eugene Solt	26	41	156	141	10	34	10	0	2	22	0	1	15	24	.241	.314	.355	.669	50			0	0
40	El Tappe	28	45	141	126	7	29	1	1	1	8	0	1	14	14	.230	.312	.278	.590	35		1	0	0
41	Teddy Tate	23	14	48	36	4	4	0	1	0	5	0	1	9	7	.111	.298	.167	.465	6		1	1	1
42	Ben Taylor*	27	110	441	396	51	107	26	2	22	81	0	1	35	57	.270	.324	.513	.837	203		0	3	7
43	Leo Thomas	31	104	446	373	64	121	22	2	4	45	3	4	55	49	.324	.414	.426	.840	159		6	6	6		Stats for 2 teams
44	Will Tiesiera	27	16	21	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.105	.190	.105	.296	2		0	0	0
45	Dick Tindall	22	16	51	47	4	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	5	.106	.176	.234	.411	11		1	0	0
46	Frank Tornay	28	41	145	129	17	32	4	1	1	18	0	0	11	11	.248	.303	.318	.621	41		0	3	2		Stats for 2 teams
47	Casey Wise#	22	73	327	297	39	82	11	0	2	20	2	6	26	30	.276	.334	.333	.668	99		1	1	2
48	Clarence Wojtowicz	24	59	162	139	19	34	7	1	2	17	1	1	17	21	.245	.327	.353	.680	49		1	3	2
49	Taffy Wright*	43	37	145	120	16	36	10	0	2	14	0	1	18	7	.300	.394	.433	.828	52		2	3	2
	49 Players	28.8	161	5968	5161	616	1241	229	18	101	570	36	46	689	713	.240	.330	.351	.681	1809	130	20	61	37	34

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	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Ivan Abromowitz	25	9	10	.474	3.22	32	18		12	2	162.0	163	71	58	14	64	6	66	2	0	1	1.401	9.1	0.8	3.6	3.7	1.03
2	William Allen	24	1	10	.091	4.19	15	13		3	0	88.0	104	50	41	9	45	5	38	2	0	3	1.693	10.6	0.9	4.6	3.9	0.84
3	Stewart Alton	24	3	2	.600	4.06	17	1		0	0	31.0	24	21	14	7	27	1	20	0	0	0	1.645	7.0	2.0	7.8	5.8	0.74
4	Howard Anderson	29	2	9	.182	5.35	25	13		3	0	101.0	127	70	60	12	55	8	42	3	0	2	1.802	11.3	1.1	4.9	3.7	0.76
5	James Atkins	34	9	17	.346	3.84	34	24		12	2	192.0	193	96	82	19	70	6	93	2	0	4	1.370	9.0	0.9	3.3	4.4	1.33
6	Myron Belkin*	20	0	2	.000	7.46	16	2		0	0	35.0	46	33	29	8	25	4	16	1	0	2	2.029	11.8	2.1	6.4	4.1	0.64
7	Marshall Bridges*	24	0	2	.000		8
8	Douglas Clark	27	0	5	.000	3.79	9	6		1	0	38.0	36	27	16	2	14	4	13	2	0	1	1.316	8.5	0.5	3.3	3.1	0.93
9	Mike Clark	33	7	15	.318	5.48	24	24		11	0	156.0	184	104	95	17	59	7	88	2	0	0	1.558	10.6	1.0	3.4	5.1	1.49
10	Ronald Curnan?	29	0	0			4
11	Bob Hartman*	17	3	5	.375	5.12	16	10		3	1	72.0	79	50	41	7	54	4	37	1	1	0	1.847	9.9	0.9	6.8	4.6	0.69
12	Pete Hernandez	25	3	2	.600		10
13	Frank Johnson	23	3	12	.200	4.92	29	13		3	0	108.0	116	71	59	10	55	6	35	0	0	8	1.583	9.7	0.8	4.6	2.9	0.64
14	Dick Kelly*	27	2	5	.286	5.25	27	8		3	0	84.0	92	50	49	7	39	7	42	0	1	3	1.560	9.9	0.8	4.2	4.5	1.08
15	Vern Kennedy	48	1	1	.500		14
16	Ernest Lawrence	25	0	0			2
17	Mickey Livingston	40	0	0			2
18	Pete Mallory	--	2	1	.667		5
19	Pete Modica	31	0	4	.000	2.84	9	1		1	0	38.0	30	16	12	2	27	4	28	5	0	1	1.500	7.1	0.5	6.4	6.6	1.04
20	Phil Paine	25	6	6	.500	3.36	15	14		7	1	118.0	96	48	44	7	42	2	95	4	0	1	1.169	7.3	0.5	3.2	7.2	2.26
21	Vachel Perkins	24	0	0			1
22	Jim Post*	29	0	2	.000		10
23	Will Tiesiera?	27	0	0			5
	23 Players	27.5	51	110	.317	4.74	161	161	98	63	6	1367.0	1501	837	720	137	662	81	684	35	4	84	1.582	9.9	0.9	4.4	4.5	1.03

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
Bob O'Neal	52	272	33	8	5	.974	5.87	2	Stats for 3 teams
El Tappe	42	222	22	1	3	.996	5.81	0
Mickey Livingston	34	109	13	2	3	.984	3.59	1
Eugene Solt	34	135	12	0	1	1.000	4.32	2
Ronald Curnan	23	74	11	0	2	1.000	3.70	0
Dick Tindall	15	54	8	2	0	.969	4.13	1
Teddy Tate	14	60	6	0	0	1.000	4.71	0

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ben Taylor	106		794	59	17	65	.980	8.05
Robert Montag	54		374	23	5	53	.988	7.35

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Casey Wise	72	230	177	14	57	.967	5.65
Robert Crain	56	156	107	6	31	.978	4.70
Joe Damato	32	70	75	7	15	.954	4.53	Stats for 3 teams
Tony Rivas	19	47	30	2	5	.975	4.05
Frank Tornay	19	40	42	3	9	.965	4.32	Stats for 2 teams

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Don Hunter	72		78	121	14	10	.934	2.76
Thomas Lind	36		43	66	8	6	.932	3.03

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Clem Koshorek	77	139	204	26	24	.930	4.45
Jack Caro	45	84	163	7	39	.972	5.49
Leo Thomas	32	50	83	6	18	.957	4.16	Stats for 2 teams
Joe Damato	21	31	49	7	9	.920	3.81	Stats for 3 teams

LF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dick Kokos	94	210	4	9	0	.960	2.28
Clarence Wojtowicz	38	66	5	0	1	1.000	1.87
Bill Howerton	10	9	3	0	0	1.000	1.20

CF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Edward Knoblauch	139	307	7	6	1	.981	2.26	Stats for 2 teams
William Bohlender	125	373	22	7	6	.983	3.16
Milt Joffe	22	48	2	1	1	.980	2.27

RF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gerald Mason	62	97	4	2	2	.981	1.63
Taffy Wright	36	46	0	2	0	.958	1.28
Robert Montag	35	47	1	5	0	.906	1.37
Clarence Wojtowicz	20	12	0	0	0	1.000	0.60
Bill Howerton	14	27	0	1	0	.964	1.93

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
James Atkins	34	3	27	3	0	.909	0.88
Ivan Abromowitz	32	10	27	4	2	.902	1.16
Frank Johnson	29	2	24	1	1	.963	0.90
Dick Kelly	27	3	11	0	0	1.000	0.52
Howard Anderson	25	4	23	0	1	1.000	1.08
Mike Clark	24	8	26	1	1	.971	1.42
Stewart Alton	17	0	6	1	0	.857	0.35
Myron Belkin	16	0	9	2	0	.818	0.56
Bob Hartman	16	1	9	0	1	1.000	0.63
William Allen	15	1	14	1	2	.938	1.00
Phil Paine	15	8	21	1	0	.967	1.93
Vern Kennedy	14	5	4	0	0	1.000	0.64
Pete Hernandez	10	4	6	0	0	1.000	1.00
Jim Post	10	1	4	1	0	.833	0.50
Douglas Clark	9						0.00
Pete Modica	9						0.00
Marshall Bridges	8						0.00
Pete Mallory	5						0.00
Will Tiesiera	5						0.00
Ronald Curnan	4						0.00
Ernest Lawrence	2						0.00
Mickey Livingston	2						0.00
Vachel Perkins	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ivan Abromowitz	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	1930
William Allen	24	S	R	6' 5.0"	170	May 15, 1931	Rochester, NY, US
Stewart Alton	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	1931
Howard Anderson	29	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Mar 30, 1926	Nashua, NH, US
James Atkins	34	L	R	6' 3.0"	205	Mar 10, 1921	Birmingham, AL, US
Myron Belkin	20	R	L	6' 0.0"	175	1935
William Bohlender	26	R		6' 0.0"	175	Aug 3, 1928	Dayton, OH, US
Marshall Bridges	24	S	L	6' 1.0"	165	Jun 2, 1931	Jackson, MS, US
Jack Caro	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	174	Feb 2, 1931	Pensacola, FL, US
Douglas Clark	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	1928
Mike Clark	33	R	R	6' 4.0"	190	Feb 12, 1922	Camden, NJ, US
Robert Crain	28	R		5' 11.0"	165	1927
Ronald Curnan	29	R		6' 0.0"	175	1926
Joe Damato	33	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Jan 26, 1922	Chicago, IL, US
Bob Hartman	17	R	L	5' 11.0"	185	Aug 28, 1937	Kenosha, WI, US
Pete Hernandez	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 18, 1929	Hayward, CA, US
Bill Howerton	33	L	R	5' 11.0"	185	Dec 12, 1921	Lompoc, CA, US
Don Hunter	23	L		5' 11.0"	180	Jul 27, 1931	Omaha, NE, US
Milt Joffe	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Feb 5, 1927	Los Angeles, CA, US
Frank Johnson	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Mar 7, 1932	Call, TX, US
Dick Kelly	27	R	L	6' 2.0"	180	Oct 7, 1927	Quincy, MA, US
Vern Kennedy	48	L	R	6' 0.0"	175	Mar 20, 1907	Kansas City, MO, US
Edward Knoblauch	37	L		6' 0.0"	180	Jan 31, 1918
Dick Kokos	27	L	L	5' 8.0"	170	Feb 28, 1928	Chicago, IL, US
Clem Koshorek	30	R	R	5' 4.0"	165	Jun 20, 1925	Royal Oak, MI, US
Ernest Lawrence	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	1930
Thomas Lind	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 14, 1926	Baltimore, MD, US
Mickey Livingston	40	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 15, 1914	Newberry, SC, US
Pete Mallory	--	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Unknown
Gerald Mason	21	L	L	6' 1.0"	170	Aug 12, 1933
Pete Modica	31	R	R	6' 0.0"	145	Jan 25, 1924	New Orleans, LA, US
Robert Montag	32	L	L	5' 11.0"	185	Jan 21, 1923	Cincinnati, OH, US
Bob O'Neal	30	L		6' 0.0"	204	1925	Cutler, IL, US
Phil Paine	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Jun 8, 1930	Chepachet, RI, US
Jack Parks	27	L	R	6' 2.0"	205	Jun 12, 1928	Sayreton, AL, US
Vachel Perkins	24	L	R	6' 2.0"	200	1931
Jim Post	29	L	L	5' 11.0"	170	Feb 2, 1926
James Powers	--					Unknown
Tony Rivas	22	R		5' 9.0"	160	May 5, 1933	Oakland, CA, US
Eugene Solt	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Dec 29, 1928	Fort Eustis, VA, US
El Tappe	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	May 21, 1927	Quincy, IL, US
Teddy Tate	23	R		5' 10.0"	175	Jun 13, 1932
Ben Taylor	27	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Sep 30, 1927	Metropolis, IL, US
Leo Thomas	31	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	Jul 26, 1923	Turlock, CA, US
Will Tiesiera	27	R		5' 11.0"	185	Jul 21, 1927	Oakland, CA, US
Dick Tindall	22	R		6' 2.0"	225	Dec 1, 1932	Trenton, NJ, US
Frank Tornay	28	R		5' 9.0"	160	Aug 8, 1926	San Francisco, CA, US
Casey Wise	22	S	R	6' 0.0"	170	Sep 8, 1932	Lafayette, IN, US
Clarence Wojtowicz	24	R		6' 2.0"	190	Sep 16, 1930	Chicopee, MA, US
Taffy Wright	43	L	R	5' 10.0"	180	Aug 10, 1911	Tabor City, NC, US

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