1955 Quincy Gems Roster
Team Record: 52-74
Finished 7th in the IIIL
Manager: Vern Hoscheit (52-74)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Quincy, Illinois
Ballpark: Q-Stadium
Attendance: 39,081, Avg. 620
The Quincy Gems of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1955 season with a record of 52 wins and 74 losses, finishing seventh in the IIIL.
The Gems scored 724 runs and surrendered 753 runs. Tony Kubek led all regular batters with a .334 average. Bill Banker topped Quincy with 10 wins and a team-best 3.51 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1955 Quincy Gems who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Bronstad, Tony Kubek and Lee Thomas.
Vern Hoscheit served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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James Aiello | L | R | 5'11" | 180 | ||
Pete Anthony | R | R | May 10, 1936 | 6'0" | 185 | Astoria, NY US |
Salvatore Aprea | L | October 27, 1933 | 6'1" | 185 | ||
Bill Banker | R | R | July 28, 1934 | 6'1" | 185 | |
Robert Bonebrake | R | R | March 12, 1934 | 6'2" | 200 | Chagrin Falls, OH US |
Jim Bronstad | R | R | June 22, 1936 | 6'3" | 196 | Fort Worth, TX US |
Billie Bullock | R | 5'7" | 168 | |||
Sam Chetta | R | R | 5'11" | 205 | ||
Wayne Cummings | S | 6'2" | 190 | |||
Casey Darrah | R | March 28, 1930 | 5'10" | 170 | ||
Jack Dawson | R | R | 6'2" | 178 | ||
Edward Dick | S | L | November 20, 1936 | 6'2" | 188 | Chicago, IL US |
William Drummond | R | R | October 14, 1934 | 6'3" | 190 | |
Jerry Dunn | ||||||
Patrick Foley | R | R | November 14, 1930 | 6'1" | 185 | |
Howard Hantak | R | 6'1" | 185 | |||
Bob Hertel | R | July 22, 1929 | 6'2" | 190 | ||
Vern Hoscheit | R | April 1, 1922 | 5'9" | 190 | Brunswick, NE US | |
Howard Johnson | L | L | 6'2" | |||
Jim Johnston | L | L | November 23, 1934 | 6'1" | 200 | |
John Killoren | L | 6'0" | 185 | |||
Tony Kubek | L | R | October 12, 1935 | 6'3" | 190 | Milwaukee, WI US |
Jerry Kudajeski | L | 6'1" | 205 | |||
Lloyd McKinney | R | R | 6'0" | 172 | ||
Gerald Neal | R | R | June 12, 1937 | 6'1" | 192 | Lafayette, IN US |
C. M. Newton | R | R | February 2, 1930 | 6'3" | 190 | |
Shirley Poff | L | L | 6'2" | 185 | ||
Stanley Rosenzweig | R | 5'5" | 159 | |||
Charles Seymour | R | R | 5'11" | 180 | ||
Keith Speck | R | R | September 11, 1928 | 6'3" | 190 | Perry, IA US |
Lee Thomas | L | R | February 5, 1936 | 6'2" | 195 | Peoria, IL US |
Pete Vitale | R | February 21, 1933 | 5'10" | 173 | ||
Douglas Wellman | R | 5'10" | 195 | |||
Rudolph Williams | L | R | 6'2" | 180 | ||
John Wyatt | R | R | October 30, 1931 | 5'11" | 150 | East St. Louis, IL US |
Anthony Young | R | R | 5'10" | 185 |
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.