1955 Bluefield Blue-Grays Roster
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
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.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Dennis Abbott | R | R | September 12, 1933 | 5'10" | 165 | |
Thomas Anglehart | May 19, 1936 | |||||
Jack Arrigo | R | R | November 3, 1935 | 5'11" | 190 | Cleveland, OH US |
William Bayne | R | 6'4" | 200 | |||
Herbert Benner | L | L | June 23, 1933 | 6'1" | 185 | |
John Brown | R | R | June 15, 1937 | 6'2" | 196 | |
Richard Church | ||||||
Lou Clinton | R | R | October 13, 1937 | 6'1" | 185 | Ponca City, OK US |
Charles Cooper | S | R | January 14, 1937 | 5'11" | 190 | |
Dale DeSilva | R | R | February 4, 1937 | 5'11" | 170 | |
Freddie Duvall | R | R | December 11, 1935 | 6'1" | 195 | |
James Eason | ||||||
James Flippin | R | R | 5'10" | 190 | ||
James Fraser | ||||||
William Garrison | ||||||
Frank Gavel | L | R | June 4, 1928 | 6'0" | 195 | |
Stewart Gehris | R | R | February 12, 1935 | 5'11" | 186 | |
Lee Hughes | ||||||
Butler Jones | R | L | January 1, 1934 | 6'4" | 195 | Sardis, NY US |
Richard Karl | L | February 19, 1930 | 5'10" | 170 | ||
Richard Kraft | R | R | February 5, 1935 | 5'11" | 175 | San Francisco, CA US |
Bill Kunkel | R | R | July 7, 1936 | 6'1" | 187 | Hoboken, NJ US |
Loren Lien | R | R | 5'10" | 185 | ||
John Liprando | R | R | 6'2" | 180 | ||
Robert Marten | R | R | 6'3" | 200 | ||
Dean Mickelson | R | 6'1" | 185 | |||
Bill Monbouquette | R | R | August 11, 1936 | 5'11" | 190 | Medford, MA US |
Meade Palmer | R | R | 6'2" | 186 | ||
Lawrence Papini | R | 6'2" | 180 | |||
Patrick Quinlan | L | R | 6'0" | 175 | ||
Joe Ray | R | 6'4" | 190 | |||
Bruce Robarge | R | R | 5'10" | 180 | ||
Donald Soderstrom | R | L | 6'0" | 178 | ||
William Sperling | R | R | May 18, 1933 | 5'11" | 175 | |
Norm Tanner | R | R | April 20, 1934 | 5'11" | 170 | |
Joseph Theis | R | R | July 19, 1936 | 5'10" | 185 | Bloomington, IL US |
Gilbert Thomas | R | 5'11" | 155 | |||
Robert Van Dyke | R | 6'0" | 190 | |||
Albert Vasko | R | 6'0" | 178 | |||
Ray Vescovi | R | May 10, 1929 | 6'0" | 180 | ||
Teddy Vriga | R | 6'2" | 190 | |||
Don Weidenkeller | ||||||
William Wing | R | R | 5'9" | 175 | ||
Edward Yeager | R | 5'8" | 167 | |||
Genero Zizza | L | L | June 4, 1931 | 5'6" | 175 | |
William Zonner | R | R | July 22, 1933 | 6'6" | 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.