1955 El Paso Texans Roster
Team Record: 56-84
Finished 8th in the WTNML
Manager: Syd Cohen (0-0), Jim Mangan (0-0), Syd Cohen (0-0)
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 71,771, Avg. 1,025
The El Paso Texans of the West Texas-New Mexico League ended the 1955 season with a record of 56 wins and 84 losses, finishing eighth in the WTNML.
The Texans scored 735 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 919 runs. Gerry MacKay led all regular batters by hitting .371. Kenneth Yoke topped El Paso with 19 wins and a team-best 3.66 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1955 El Paso Texans who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Syd Cohen, Jim Mangan and Ken Richardson.
Syd Cohen, Jim Mangan and Syd Cohen served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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James Baldacci | L | L | April 23, 1934 | 6'0" | 183 | San Jose, CA US |
Ronald Berdrow | L | R | 6'4" | 210 | ||
Bill Boemler | L | L | September 5, 1927 | 6'6" | 220 | Los Angeles, CA US |
Robert Brown | L | R | March 17, 1932 | 5'8" | 190 | |
Nicholas Capelli | R | 5'9" | 160 | |||
Syd Cohen | S | L | May 7, 1906 | 5'11" | 180 | Baltimore, MD US |
Mike Conovan | L | L | May 7, 1925 | 6'1" | 175 | |
Earl Crouch | ||||||
Bennie Dobbins | R | 5'11" | 170 | |||
Dennis Elsasser | R | 5'10" | 167 | |||
Humberto Estrada | R | R | 6'2" | 170 | ||
Chuck Forrest | R | R | May 28, 1929 | 5'11" | 160 | Lafayette, CO US |
James Frasinetti | R | 5'10" | 190 | |||
Gonzalo Garcia | R | May 25, 1931 | 5'8" | 180 | La Union, NM US | |
Jack George | R | 5'9" | 155 | |||
Gil Hawkins | R | R | February 12, 1929 | 5'11" | 195 | Flemingsburg, KY US |
Richard Honacki | R | 5'8" | 165 | |||
Jack Johnson | R | 6'2" | 210 | |||
Thomas Jungman | L | R | 6'0" | 190 | ||
Charles Lehrmann | R | R | 6'0" | 170 | ||
Gerry MacKay | L | R | February 19, 1930 | 6'0" | 165 | Kenton, MB CA |
Jim Mangan | R | R | September 24, 1929 | 5'10" | 190 | San Francisco, CA US |
Thomas McNulty | L | R | April 2, 1936 | 6'0" | 160 | Pittsburgh, PA US |
Gary Miller | R | L | 6'1" | 173 | ||
Alejandro Moreno | R | R | June 6, 1932 | 5'8" | 160 | |
Charles Neal | L | 6'1" | 195 | |||
Jimmy Ochoa | R | R | July 14, 1930 | 6'1" | 200 | , MX |
Roberto Ochoa | ||||||
Manny Perez | R | R | 5'8" | 155 | ||
Arthur Perina | R | R | 6'3" | 178 | ||
Bill Pinckard | R | R | January 18, 1929 | 6'3" | 210 | Rockford, IL US |
Frank Ramsay | L | L | February 22, 1933 | 5'11" | 165 | Poughkeepsie, NY US |
Claire Rhoer | R | 5'9" | 170 | |||
Ken Richardson | R | R | May 2, 1915 | 5'10" | 187 | Orleans, IN US |
Mario Salazar | R | 5'9" | 165 | |||
Jack Sanoff | R | R | December 7, 1931 | 6'1" | 180 | Newark, NJ US |
Jack Van Bibber | March 7, 1932 | Monte Vista, CO US | ||||
John Watson | L | 6'0" | 170 | |||
Richard Woodworth | R | R | 6'3" | 178 | ||
Kenneth Yoke | L | L | 5'11" | 175 |
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.