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1955 Baltimore Orioles

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956

57-97, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Paul Richards (57-97)
Scored 540 runs, Allowed 754 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 54-100

Ballparks: Memorial Stadium · Attendance: 852,039 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 92, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 89, Pitching - 93

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1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Cal Abrams 31 L L 6' 0" 185 Mar 2, 1924 7 118 87 118 98 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 58 46 96 20 4 1.5 $
Bob Alexander 32 R R 6' 2" 205 Aug 7, 1922 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Hal Brown 30 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 11, 1924 5 25 5 25 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 $
Harry Byrd 30 R R 6' 1" 188 Feb 3, 1925 5 14 8 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Wayne Causey 18 L R 5' 10" 175 Dec 26, 1936 1st 68 41 68 60 0 0 0 7 55 1 0 0 0 0 9 3 -1.7 $
Gil Coan 33 L R 6' 0" 180 May 18, 1922 10 61 29 61 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 1 43 18 10 -1.1 $
Joe Coleman 32 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 30, 1922 10 6 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Billy Cox 35 R R 5' 10" 150 Aug 29, 1919 11 53 46 53 51 0 0 0 17 38 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.1 $
Angelo Dagres 20 L L 5' 11" 175 Aug 22, 1934 1st 8 4 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 3 1 -0.2 $
Chuck Diering 32 R R 5' 10" 165 Feb 5, 1923 8 137 99 137 130 0 0 0 0 34 12 2 105 0 107 7 9 0.7 $
Fritz Dorish 33 R R 5' 11" 204 Jul 13, 1921 9 35 1 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Jim Dyck 33 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 3, 1922 5 61 53 61 54 0 0 0 0 17 0 45 0 0 45 8 0 0.8 $
Hoot Evers 34 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 8, 1921 11 60 49 60 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 32 55 9 1 0.3 $
Don Ferrarese 26 R L 5' 9" 170 Jun 19, 1929 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Tom Gastall 23 R R 6' 2" 187 Jun 13, 1932 1st 20 2 20 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 -0.3 $
Ted Gray 30 B L 5' 11" 175 Dec 31, 1924 9 9 1 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Bob Hale 21 L L 5' 10" 195 Nov 7, 1933 1st 67 37 67 44 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0.6 $
Bob Harrison 24 L R 5' 11" 178 Sep 22, 1930 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Don Johnson 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 12, 1926 6 31 5 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Bob Kennedy 34 R R 6' 2" 193 Aug 18, 1920 14 26 17 26 20 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 14 14 8 0 -0.7 $
Lou Kretlow 34 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 27, 1921 9 15 5 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
Bob Kuzava 32 B L 6' 2" 202 May 28, 1923 9 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Don Leppert 24 L R 5' 8" 175 Nov 20, 1930 1st 40 19 40 35 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 -1.1 $
Chuck Locke 23 R R 5' 11" 185 May 5, 1932 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Eddie Lopat 37 L L 5' 10" 185 Jun 21, 1918 12 10 7 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Hank Majeski 38 R R 5' 9" 174 Dec 13, 1916 13 16 8 16 13 0 0 0 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.5 $
Roger Marquis 18 L L 6' 0" 190 Apr 5, 1937 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 $
Fred Marsh 31 R R 5' 10" 180 Jan 5, 1924 6 89 79 89 88 0 0 0 76 18 16 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1.4 $
Charlie Maxwell 28 L L 5' 11" 185 Apr 8, 1927 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1 $
Jim McDonald 28 R R 5' 10" 185 May 17, 1927 6 21 8 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $
Bill Miller 27 L L 6' 0" 175 Jul 26, 1927 4 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Willy Miranda 29 B R 5' 9" 150 May 24, 1926 5 153 151 153 153 0 0 0 1 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Ray Moore 29 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 1, 1926 3 46 14 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Les Moss 30 R R 5' 11" 205 May 14, 1925 10 29 12 29 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.3 $
Tex Nelson 18 L L 6' 3" 205 Aug 7, 1936 1st 25 4 25 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 18 0 -0.2 $
Erv Palica 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 9, 1928 9 33 25 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Dave Philley 35 B R 6' 0" 188 May 16, 1920 11 83 80 83 82 0 0 0 0 2 0 46 2 49 82 2 0 1.2 $
Duane Pillette 32 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 24, 1922 7 7 5 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Dave Pope 34 L R 5' 10" 170 Jun 17, 1921 3 86 48 86 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 37 31 73 24 4 -0.1 $
Jim Pyburn 22 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 1, 1932 1st 39 19 39 34 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 1 1 10 3 -0.5 $
Brooks Robinson HOF 18 R R 6' 1" 180 May 18, 1937 1st 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $6,000
Saul Rogovin 31 R R 6' 2" 205 Oct 10, 1923 6 15 12 15 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 $
Art Schallock 31 L L 5' 9" 160 Apr 25, 1924 5 30 6 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Kal Segrist 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 14, 1931 2 7 2 7 5 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Hal Smith 24 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 7, 1930 1st 135 113 135 125 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.4 $
Vern Stephens 34 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 23, 1920 15 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Gus Triandos 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 30, 1930 3 140 124 140 127 0 36 103 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.8 $
Eddie Waitkus 35 L L 6' 0" 170 Sep 4, 1919 11 38 18 38 26 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 -0.3 $
Wally Westlake 34 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 8, 1920 9 8 6 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 1 0 -0.4 $
Bill Wight 33 L L 6' 1" 180 Apr 12, 1922 9 19 14 19 19 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $
Jim Wilson 33 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 20, 1922 9 34 31 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $ All-Star
Gene Woodling 32 L R 5' 9" 195 Aug 16, 1922 10 47 39 47 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 4 25 44 6 0 -0.2 $
Bobby Young 30 L R 6' 1" 175 Jan 22, 1925 6 59 54 59 58 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1.6 $
George Zuverink 30 R R 6' 4" 195 Aug 20, 1924 4 28 5 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Fred Marsh

Billy Cox
Dave Pope

Dave Philley
Kal Segrist
Vern Stephens

Angelo Dagres
Hank Majeski
Bobby Young

Bob Hale

Willy Miranda

Jim Pyburn
Kal Segrist

Don Leppert
Eddie Waitkus

Tom Gastall
Les Moss

Gus Triandos

Bill Miller

Jim Dyck
Wally Westlake
Gene Woodling

Bob Kuzava
Eddie Lopat

Gil Coan
Erv Palica

Hoot Evers
Bill Wight

Cal Abrams

Don Johnson

Angelo Dagres
Art Schallock

Brooks Robinson

Hal Smith

Fritz Dorish
Lou Kretlow

Harry Byrd
Roger Marquis

Ted Gray
Jim McDonald

Saul Rogovin

Hal Brown
Duane Pillette

Ray Moore

Chuck Diering

Wayne Causey
Bob Kennedy

Angelo Dagres
Charlie Maxwell

Joe Coleman
George Zuverink

Jim Wilson

Bob Alexander
Tex Nelson

Bob Kennedy

Chuck Locke

Don Ferrarese

Bob Harrison

1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers