1955 Quincy Gems Roster

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
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
1955 Quincy Gems Statistics

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.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
James AielloLR5'11"180
Pete AnthonyRRMay 10, 19366'0"185Astoria, NY US
Salvatore ApreaLOctober 27, 19336'1"185
Bill BankerRRJuly 28, 19346'1"185
Robert BonebrakeRRMarch 12, 19346'2"200Chagrin Falls, OH US
Jim BronstadRRJune 22, 19366'3"196Fort Worth, TX US
Billie BullockR5'7"168
Sam ChettaRR5'11"205
Wayne CummingsS6'2"190
Casey DarrahRMarch 28, 19305'10"170
Jack DawsonRR6'2"178
Edward DickSLNovember 20, 19366'2"188Chicago, IL US
William DrummondRROctober 14, 19346'3"190
Jerry Dunn
Patrick FoleyRRNovember 14, 19306'1"185
Howard HantakR6'1"185
Bob HertelRJuly 22, 19296'2"190
Vern HoscheitRApril 1, 19225'9"190Brunswick, NE US
Howard JohnsonLL6'2"
Jim JohnstonLLNovember 23, 19346'1"200
John KillorenL6'0"185
Tony KubekLROctober 12, 19356'3"190Milwaukee, WI US
Jerry KudajeskiL6'1"205
Lloyd McKinneyRR6'0"172
Gerald NealRRJune 12, 19376'1"192Lafayette, IN US
C. M. NewtonRRFebruary 2, 19306'3"190
Shirley PoffLL6'2"185
Stanley RosenzweigR5'5"159
Charles SeymourRR5'11"180
Keith SpeckRRSeptember 11, 19286'3"190Perry, IA US
Lee ThomasLRFebruary 5, 19366'2"195Peoria, IL US
Pete VitaleRFebruary 21, 19335'10"173
Douglas WellmanR5'10"195
Rudolph WilliamsLR6'2"180
John WyattRROctober 30, 19315'11"150East St. Louis, IL US
Anthony YoungRR5'10"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.




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