1955 Cedar Rapids Raiders Roster
Team Record: 49-77
Finished 8th in the IIIL
Manager: Ray Perry (49-77)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 58,611, Avg. 930
The Cedar Rapids Raiders of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1955 season with a record of 49 wins and 77 losses, finishing eighth in the IIIL.
The Raiders scored 640 runs and yielded 776 runs, most in the circuit. Bob Yoder topped all regular batters with a .314 average. Sylvester Zacher led Cedar Rapids with 10 wins, while Emerson Unzicker registered a 4.21 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
John Roseboro played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Cedar Rapids Raiders to do so.
Ray Perry served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Adams | L | L | February 28, 1934 | 5'10" | 180 | New York, NY US |
| Jack Baldwin | R | December 13, 1929 | 5'11" | 175 | ||
| Dick Contos | R | R | December 7, 1932 | 5'9" | 190 | |
| Alberto Costa | R | R | 5'8" | 160 | ||
| Paul Cozart | R | 5'8" | 165 | |||
| John Davis | L | L | 5'11" | 157 | ||
| Frank DeLeon | R | R | October 3, 1931 | 5'10" | 165 | Pueblo, CO US |
| Donald Dimott | L | 5'11" | 190 | |||
| William Dixon | R | 5'7" | 172 | |||
| Ron Fountain | R | R | September 12, 1932 | 5'10" | 170 | Schenectady, NY US |
| Earl Gorden | L | L | 6'0" | 160 | ||
| Gene Hines | R | R | October 5, 1932 | 6'0" | 175 | Sarpy County, NE US |
| Eugene Hurych | R | September 16, 1935 | 6'3" | 200 | ||
| Tom Incaviglia | R | July 31, 1929 | 5'9" | 165 | Monterey, CA US | |
| Albert James | R | R | 6'2" | 210 | ||
| Joe Kwiatkowski | R | 5'10" | 170 | |||
| Larry Ludtke | R | R | October 18, 1929 | 6'5" | 185 | |
| Joseph Mathis | R | R | 6'5" | 205 | ||
| Morris Milburn | R | R | August 16, 1929 | 6'3" | 170 | Fort Worth, TX US |
| Clark Mixon | L | R | February 10, 1935 | 6'0" | 175 | |
| Jack O'Keefe | L | L | October 7, 1932 | 6'0" | 200 | New York, NY US |
| Ray Perry | R | R | December 23, 1919 | 5'7" | 175 | San Francisco, CA US |
| James Peterson | R | R | February 5, 1934 | 6'0" | 185 | Fort Worth, TX US |
| Joe Roberson | R | L | September 22, 1935 | 6'6" | 200 | |
| Ken Robinett | L | 6'3" | 175 | |||
| Jim Rogers | R | R | January 22, 1930 | 6'0" | 180 | Billings, MT US |
| John Roseboro | L | R | May 13, 1933 | 5'11" | 190 | Ashland, OH US |
| Frank Scannelli | R | 5'9" | 180 | |||
| Todd Sickel | R | February 6, 1934 | 5'11" | 165 | Kansas City, MO US | |
| James Sprankle | R | R | July 22, 1935 | 6'1" | 190 | Lafayette, IN US |
| Richard Sullivan | L | June 10, 1932 | 6'0" | 185 | Fall River, MA US | |
| Emerson Unzicker | R | L | August 15, 1932 | 5'8" | 165 | Hamilton, OH US |
| Ralph Vold | S | R | December 3, 1930 | 6'2" | 190 | Edmonton, AB CA |
| Dick Wiegand | R | L | February 29, 1932 | 6'2" | 205 | |
| Mike Witwicki | R | R | February 3, 1929 | 6'0" | 180 | Toronto, ON CA |
| Derald Wooton | R | R | December 27, 1933 | 6'2" | 195 | Wakefield, KS US |
| Jerry Wright | R | R | August 31, 1934 | 6'1" | 70 | Fort Smith, AR US |
| Bob Yoder | L | R | March 21, 1934 | 5'10" | 180 | |
| Sylvester Zacher | L | L | November 25, 1932 | 5'11" | 170 | Dupree, SD US |
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.
