1955 Sandersville Giants Roster
Team Record: 56-51
Finished 2nd in the GSL
Manager: Pete Pavlick (56-51)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Sandersville, Georgia
Ballpark: Sandersville Baseball Park
Attendance: 31,005, Avg. 580
Playoffs - Sandersville Giants 3 games, Hazlehurst-Baxley Red Sox 1
Finals - Douglas Trojans 3 games, Sandersville Giants 3 - Rain forced postponement of the series. Both were declared co-champions.
The Sandersville Giants of the Georgia State League ended the 1955 season with a record of 56 wins and 51 losses, finishing second in the GSL.
The Giants scored 645 runs and conceded 567 runs. Jack Elias led all regular hitters by connecting at a .332 clip. Leo Quatro topped Sandersville with 15 wins and a team-best 3.1 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Willie McCovey and Julio Navarro both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Pete Pavlick served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Gilbert Bassetti | R | R | August 22, 1934 | 6'2" | 195 | |
Russell Bell | R | 6'0" | 175 | |||
Robert Butts | L | May 27, 1933 | 5'10" | 165 | ||
William Cali | R | 5'8" | 155 | |||
Rocco Cambareri | L | May 4, 1935 | 5'7" | 175 | ||
Dan Carmichael | ||||||
Anthony Clements | ||||||
Gene Cockrell | R | R | June 16, 1937 | 6'0" | 195 | |
Ralph Crosby | R | April 8, 1935 | 5'11" | 163 | ||
William DeJesus | R | R | March 13, 1935 | 6'1" | 165 | , PR |
John Delida | ||||||
Edward DeLuca | ||||||
Jack Elias | R | 5'11" | 170 | |||
Jimmy Farris | August 12, 1933 | |||||
William Hatcher | R | September 1, 1935 | 6'0" | 185 | ||
Donald Hinrichs | R | R | 6'0" | 185 | ||
Craig Hoyal | L | R | February 27, 1935 | 6'2" | 170 | |
George Kocak | May 22, 1936 | |||||
Richard LaFaive | L | 6'2" | 178 | |||
Willie McCovey | L | L | January 10, 1938 | 6'4" | 198 | Mobile, AL US |
Julio Navarro | R | R | January 9, 1934 | 6'0" | 175 | Vieques, PR |
Robert Palmer | L | 5'10" | 165 | |||
Pete Pavlick | R | R | January 16, 1926 | 5'10" | 180 | Bayonne, NJ US |
William Pazienza | R | 6'0" | 185 | |||
Joseph Petriello | R | R | 6'1" | 170 | ||
Leo Quatro | R | L | November 13, 1932 | 6'1" | 185 | |
Donald Sager | L | L | 6'3" | 200 | ||
Bob Scott | June 22, 1930 | |||||
Bill Tally | ||||||
Rudy Warren | L | August 13, 1936 | 6'0" | 185 | ||
Jerry Waters | R | R | February 27, 1936 | 5'11" | 175 | |
Andrew Yetsko | R | R | 5'11" | 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.