1955 Nogales Yaquis Roster
Team Record: 49-87
Finished 8th in the AAL
Manager: Virgilio Arteaga (0-0), Eddie Aros (0-0), Carlos Galina (0-0)
Location: Nogales, Mexico, Mexico
Ballpark: Estadio Alberto Hoeffer
Attendance: 74,145, Avg. 1,090
The Nogales Yaquis of the Arizona-Mexico League ended the 1955 season with a record of 49 wins and 87 losses, finishing eighth in the AAL.
The Yaquis plated 846 runs and conceded 1038 runs. Juan Arias led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .359. Lucio Olivas and Vince Gonzales topped Nogales with 11 wins each, while Vince Gonzales registered a 3.34 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Vince Gonzales played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Nogales Yaquis to do so.
Virgilio Arteaga, Eddie Aros and Carlos Galina served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus Alcantar | R | R | 5'11" | 165 | ||
| Alberto Alfonso | R | , CU | ||||
| Julio Alfonso | R | 5'11" | 160 | |||
| Juan Arias | R | R | 5'7" | 150 | ||
| Eddie Aros | January 8, 1932 | |||||
| Virgilio Arteaga | L | 6'0" | 175 | |||
| Santiago Ayala | L | R | August 25, 1926 | 5'10" | 176 | |
| Arnold Bachelier | R | 5'9" | 170 | |||
| Humberto Barbon | R | R | 5'11" | 189 | , CU | |
| Ramiro Caballero | R | R | February 12, 1930 | 6'0" | 205 | Monterrey, Nuevo Leon MX |
| Arnulfo Cota | ||||||
| Humberto Estrada | R | R | 6'2" | 170 | ||
| Manolo Fortés | S | R | April 8, 1913 | 6'2" | 192 | Perico, CU |
| Guillermo Frayde | R | R | 5'11" | 185 | ||
| Francisco Gamboa | ||||||
| Francisco Garcia | ||||||
| Vince Gonzales | L | L | September 28, 1925 | 6'1" | 165 | Quivican, CU |
| Guillermo Grajeda | R | R | February 10, 1925 | 5'7" | 160 | Alamos, Sonora MX |
| Fernando Guerena | ||||||
| Gilberto Gutierrez | ||||||
| Juan Hernandez | R | 6'6" | 200 | |||
| Pablo Irigoyen | R | R | 5'10" | 180 | ||
| Gene Jacobs | L | February 22, 1931 | 6'0" | Flint, MI US | ||
| Octavio Leon | ||||||
| Jorge Lopez | R | R | 5'10" | 150 | ||
| Mario Luna | R | R | 5'10" | 185 | ||
| Ismael Maldonado | ||||||
| Armando Martinez | L | 5'9" | 160 | |||
| Norm Mathews | R | R | April 12, 1933 | 6'0" | 165 | Hollister, CA US |
| Rafael Mayer | ||||||
| Erubiel Morales | ||||||
| Marin Moreno | R | December 26, 1923 | 192 | Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas MX | ||
| Rolando Muniz | ||||||
| Charles Neal | L | 6'1" | 195 | |||
| Justino Nieves | R | R | 5'8" | 143 | , MX | |
| Guillermo Nunez | R | 5'10" | 185 | |||
| Lucio Olivas | L | L | 5'7" | 170 | , MX | |
| Arturo Osuna | R | 5'7" | 157 | |||
| Manny Perez | R | R | 5'8" | 155 | ||
| Charley Pride | S | R | March 18, 1934 | 6'1" | 180 | Sledge, MS US |
| Mauro Ramirez | R | R | 5'11" | 150 | ||
| Benjamin Rincon | ||||||
| Vicente Rivera | R | , MX | ||||
| Juan Rodriguez | R | R | 5'9" | 170 | ||
| Alejandro Romero | ||||||
| Martin Rosell | R | R | 6'1" | 175 | ||
| Alonso Ruiz | R | R | April 15, 1933 | 6'0" | 173 | Empalme, Sonora MX |
| James Sanchez | R | 5'11" | 168 | |||
| Ramon Serratos | R | R | 5'11" | 185 | , MX | |
| Rafael Valdez | R | R | October 24, 1933 | 5'5" | 160 | Ciudad Obregon, Sonora MX |
| Regino Vazquez | R | R | 6'2" | 155 | , MX | |
| Alfonso Zarate | R | R | June 26, 1927 | Puebla, MX | ||
| Luis Zayas | R | R | August 25, 1937 | 5'8" | 160 | La Habana, La Habana CU |
| Roberto Zazueta | R | R | 5'11" | 180 |
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.
