1955 Fort Walton Beach Jets Roster
Team Record: 70-50
Finished 2nd in the AAL
Manager: John Streza (0-0), Shovel Hodge (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 19,680, Avg. 328
Playoffs - Crestview Braves 4 games, Fort Walton Beach Jets 1
The Fort Walton Beach Jets of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1955 season with a record of 70 wins and 50 losses, finishing second in the AAL.
The Jets paced the circuit with just 668 runs allowed. Fort Walton Beach scored 800 runs. Thomas Swanson topped batters with significant playing time with a .330 average. Reinaldo Alonso led the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.96 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Duane Richards played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Fort Walton Beach Jets to do so.
John Streza and Shovel Hodge served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Reinaldo Alonso | R | R | January 4, 1937 | 6'0" | 185 | |
Alberto Alvarez | R | R | May 14, 1935 | 5'9" | 178 | |
Ronald Bossie | R | R | December 17, 1936 | 6'0" | 190 | |
Thomas Bramlish | L | L | November 13, 1936 | 6'0" | 190 | |
Charles Brown | R | R | 5'10" | 170 | ||
Carlos Castillo | R | R | April 24, 1933 | 5'11" | 160 | |
Thomas Dotterer | L | R | December 19, 1936 | 6'1" | 185 | Syracuse, NY US |
Nicholas Falcone | ||||||
Bernie Ferrara | December 21, 1933 | 193 | New York, NY US | |||
Arnold Fregin | L | 5'9" | 180 | |||
Gene Harp | R | R | November 30, 1935 | 6'3" | 213 | |
Hank Hemmerly | R | L | February 14, 1935 | 5'10" | 175 | Forest, OH US |
Robert Henry | S | L | January 15, 1936 | 6'4" | 198 | |
Dizzy Higginbottom | L | L | October 19, 1935 | 6'4" | 180 | |
Jimmy Lail | L | R | January 24, 1936 | 5'11" | 170 | |
Jackie Loftin | R | R | 6'0" | 185 | ||
George Mann | September 23, 1934 | |||||
John McAreavy | L | 6'2" | 175 | |||
Duane Richards | R | R | December 16, 1936 | 6'3" | 200 | Spartanburg, IN US |
Phil Shartzer | R | R | October 15, 1935 | 5'10" | 165 | Louisville, KY US |
Vincent Slaboszewski | ||||||
John Streza | R | R | April 7, 1920 | 6'3" | 220 | Alliance, OH US |
Thomas Swanson | L | 6'2" | 195 | |||
Charles Tulner | R | R | 6'0" | 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.