1955 Bluefield Blue-Grays Roster

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 55-67
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Len Okrie (55-67)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 29,914, Avg. 490
1955 Bluefield Blue-Grays Statistics

The Bluefield Blue-Grays of the Appalachian League ended the 1955 season with a record of 55 wins and 67 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.

The Blue-Grays scored 651 runs and conceded 718 runs. Ray Vescovi led all regular hitters with a .333 average. Herbert Benner topped Bluefield with 14 wins, while Norm Tanner recorded a 3.02 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1955 Bluefield Blue-Grays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Lou Clinton, Bill Kunkel and Bill Monbouquette.

Len Okrie served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Dennis AbbottRRSeptember 12, 19335'10"165
Thomas AnglehartMay 19, 1936
Jack ArrigoRRNovember 3, 19355'11"190Cleveland, OH US
William BayneR6'4"200
Herbert BennerLLJune 23, 19336'1"185
John BrownRRJune 15, 19376'2"196
Richard Church
Lou ClintonRROctober 13, 19376'1"185Ponca City, OK US
Charles CooperSRJanuary 14, 19375'11"190
Dale DeSilvaRRFebruary 4, 19375'11"170
Freddie DuvallRRDecember 11, 19356'1"195
James Eason
James FlippinRR5'10"190
James Fraser
William Garrison
Frank GavelLRJune 4, 19286'0"195
Stewart GehrisRRFebruary 12, 19355'11"186
Lee Hughes
Butler JonesRLJanuary 1, 19346'4"195Sardis, NY US
Richard KarlLFebruary 19, 19305'10"170
Richard KraftRRFebruary 5, 19355'11"175San Francisco, CA US
Bill KunkelRRJuly 7, 19366'1"187Hoboken, NJ US
Loren LienRR5'10"185
John LiprandoRR6'2"180
Robert MartenRR6'3"200
Dean MickelsonR6'1"185
Bill MonbouquetteRRAugust 11, 19365'11"190Medford, MA US
Meade PalmerRR6'2"186
Lawrence PapiniR6'2"180
Patrick QuinlanLR6'0"175
Joe RayR6'4"190
Bruce RobargeRR5'10"180
Donald SoderstromRL6'0"178
William SperlingRRMay 18, 19335'11"175
Norm TannerRRApril 20, 19345'11"170
Joseph TheisRRJuly 19, 19365'10"185Bloomington, IL US
Gilbert ThomasR5'11"155
Robert Van DykeR6'0"190
Albert VaskoR6'0"178
Ray VescoviRMay 10, 19296'0"180
Teddy VrigaR6'2"190
Don Weidenkeller
William WingRR5'9"175
Edward YeagerR5'8"167
Genero ZizzaLLJune 4, 19315'6"175
William ZonnerRRJuly 22, 19336'6"214

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.




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