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1955 Philadelphia Phillies

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956

77-77, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Mayo Smith (77-77)
Scored 675 runs, Allowed 666 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-76

Ballparks: Connie Mack Stadium · Attendance: 922,886 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102

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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
Richie Ashburn HOF 28 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 19, 1927 8 140 139 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 140 1 0 6.4 $
Floyd Baker 38 L R 5' 9" 160 Oct 10, 1916 13 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.3 $
Marv Blaylock 25 L L 6' 1" 175 Sep 30, 1929 2 113 61 113 83 0 0 77 0 0 0 4 0 2 6 32 1 -0.1 $
Bob Bowman 24 R R 6' 1" 195 May 10, 1931 1st 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 -0.1 $
Smoky Burgess 28 L R 5' 8" 185 Feb 6, 1927 6 7 6 7 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Mel Clark 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 7, 1926 5 10 8 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 2 0 0.0 $
Dave Cole 24 R R 6' 2" 175 Aug 29, 1930 6 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Jim Command 26 L R 6' 2" 200 Oct 15, 1928 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.1 $
Murry Dickson 38 R R 5' 10" 157 Aug 21, 1916 14 36 28 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
John Easton 22 R R 6' 2" 185 Mar 4, 1933 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $
Del Ennis 30 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 8, 1925 10 146 145 146 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 3 145 1 0 3.9 $ All-Star
Glen Gorbous 24 L R 6' 2" 175 Jul 8, 1930 1st 91 47 91 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 54 58 38 4 0.4 $
Jim Greengrass 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Oct 24, 1927 4 94 85 94 85 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 79 83 9 0 1.1 $
Bob Greenwood 27 R R 6' 5" 200 Mar 13, 1928 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Granny Hamner 28 R R 5' 10" 163 Apr 26, 1927 12 104 102 104 103 0 0 0 72 0 32 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 $28,500
Willie Jones 29 R R 6' 1" 188 Aug 16, 1925 9 146 146 146 146 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Ted Kazanski 21 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 25, 1934 3 9 2 9 8 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Thornton Kipper 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 27, 1928 3 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bob Kuzava 32 B L 6' 2" 202 May 28, 1923 9 17 4 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Stan Lopata 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 12, 1925 8 99 85 99 89 0 65 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 3.5 $ All-Star
Lynn Lovenguth 32 L R 5' 10" 170 Nov 29, 1922 1st 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Peanuts Lowrey 37 R R 5' 8" 170 Aug 27, 1917 13 55 20 55 31 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 9 14 28 16 11 -1.2 $
Jack Meyer 23 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 23, 1932 1st 50 5 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Mickey Micelotta 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Oct 20, 1928 2 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Bob Miller 29 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 16, 1926 7 40 0 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Bobby Morgan 29 R R 5' 9" 175 Jun 29, 1926 5 136 128 136 131 0 0 1 86 5 44 0 0 0 0 6 0 2.1 $
Ron Mrozinski 24 R L 5' 11" 160 Sep 16, 1930 2 22 1 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Ron Negray 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 26, 1930 2 19 10 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Gus Niarhos 34 R R 6' 0" 160 Dec 6, 1920 9 7 2 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Jim Owens 21 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 16, 1934 1st 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Stan Palys 25 R R 6' 2" 190 May 1, 1930 3 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 15 0 0 0.2 $
Steve Ridzik 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 29, 1929 5 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Robin Roberts HOF 28 B R 6' 0" 190 Sep 30, 1926 8 51 38 51 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 5.8 $40,000 All-Star
Saul Rogovin 31 R R 6' 2" 205 Oct 10, 1923 6 13 11 13 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.7 $
Danny Schell 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 26, 1927 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Andy Seminick 34 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 12, 1920 13 93 86 93 88 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.9 $
Curt Simmons 26 L L 5' 11" 175 May 19, 1929 8 27 22 27 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.8 $
Roy Smalley 29 R R 6' 3" 190 Jun 9, 1926 8 92 80 92 89 0 0 0 1 1 87 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.5 $
Jack Spring 22 R L 6' 1" 175 Mar 11, 1933 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Earl Torgeson 31 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 9 47 43 47 43 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.3 $
Fred Van Dusen 17 L L 6' 3" 180 Jul 31, 1937 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Eddie Waitkus 35 L L 6' 0" 170 Sep 4, 1919 11 33 29 33 31 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.3 $
Herm Wehmeier 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 18, 1927 10 34 29 34 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.2 $
Jim Westlake 24 L L 6' 1" 190 Jul 3, 1930 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
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

Richie Ashburn

Granny Hamner

Peanuts Lowrey

Bobby Morgan

Mickey Micelotta

Willie Jones

Ted Kazanski

Bob Bowman

John Easton
Saul Rogovin
Earl Torgeson

Jim Greengrass
Danny Schell

Bob Kuzava

Del Ennis

Stan Palys

Mel Clark

Roy Smalley

Jim Command
Jim Owens

Bob Miller

Murry Dickson

Smoky Burgess
Andy Seminick

Herm Wehmeier

Gus Niarhos

Bob Greenwood

Ron Mrozinski

Curt Simmons

Stan Lopata

Thornton Kipper

Robin Roberts

Glen Gorbous
Steve Ridzik

Floyd Baker
Ron Negray

Jack Meyer

Lynn Lovenguth

Dave Cole
Eddie Waitkus

Jack Spring
Fred Van Dusen

Marv Blaylock

Jim Westlake

1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers