1955 Asheville Tourists Statistics
Team Record: 53-63
Finished 3rd in the TSL
Manager: Earl Naylor (53-63)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 53,200, Avg. 917
The Asheville Tourists of the Tri-State League ended the 1955 season with a record of 53 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the TSL.
The Tourists plated 606 runs and gave up 709 runs. Ed Allen topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .342 clip. Arnold Banals led Asheville with 11 wins, while Melvin Chaplin registered a 3.42 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1955 Asheville Tourists who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ray Daviault, Earl Naylor and Dick Tracewski.
Earl Naylor served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Banals | 11 | 6 | .647 | 5.04 | 26 | 21 | 139.3 | 166 | 92 | 78 | 6 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Donald Huffman | 10 | 5 | .667 | 4.02 | 27 | 13 | 118.7 | 111 | 57 | 53 | 5 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Melvin Chaplin | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.42 | 18 | 17 | 121.0 | 111 | 55 | 46 | 7 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Ray Daviault | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.41 | 20 | 13 | 98.0 | 82 | 52 | 48 | 5 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Donald Shaffer | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.64 | 25 | 0 | 59.0 | 68 | 50 | 37 | 6 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Arthur Grenon | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.98 | 12 | 8 | 40.0 | 59 | 39 | 31 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Arthur Sheridan | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.83 | 16 | 13 | 95.7 | 106 | 75 | 62 | 2 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Charles Ready | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Cole | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.09 | 26 | 0 | 58.3 | 53 | 43 | 33 | 4 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Terry Kniffen | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Roberson | 1 | 8 | .111 | 5.89 | 15 | 12 | 70.3 | 86 | 54 | 46 | 4 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Ken Robinett | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wilbert Pender | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earl Naylor | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas McMullen | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Holt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Barbier | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Moore | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edward Jezek | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bud Shaney | 0 | 1 | .000 | 31.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Angus Martin | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Wells | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 52 | 58 | .473 | 4.95 | 234 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 802.3 | 849 | 524 | 441 | 40 | 515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Allen | 115 | 424 | 424 | 145 | 28 | 10 | 4 | .342 | .342 | .483 | .825 | 205 | |||||||||||
| Dick Tracewski | 117 | 443 | 443 | 111 | 15 | 7 | 0 | .251 | .251 | .316 | .567 | 140 | |||||||||||
| Ed Serrano | 118 | 393 | 393 | 106 | 12 | 6 | 7 | .270 | .270 | .384 | .654 | 151 | |||||||||||
| William Davidson | 113 | 399 | 399 | 91 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .228 | .228 | .296 | .524 | 118 | |||||||||||
| Leonard Schuermann | 92 | 321 | 321 | 79 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .246 | .246 | .327 | .573 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Pillow | 88 | 288 | 288 | 73 | 13 | 3 | 3 | .253 | .253 | .351 | .604 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Clyde Girrens | 103 | 325 | 325 | 73 | 16 | 6 | 2 | .225 | .225 | .329 | .554 | 107 | |||||||||||
| Richard Akers | 46 | 156 | 156 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .224 | .224 | .333 | .558 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Nick Siemasz | 37 | 119 | 119 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .269 | .269 | .370 | .639 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Arthur McBride | 31 | 109 | 109 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .257 | .257 | .440 | .697 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Emil Syngel | 29 | 104 | 104 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .240 | .240 | .423 | .663 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Donald Currie | 13 | 42 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .310 | .310 | .476 | .786 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Arnold Banals | 26 | 43 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .279 | .535 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Jimmie Humbert | 17 | 57 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .193 | .193 | .246 | .439 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Bob Carter | 36 | 85 | 85 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .129 | .129 | .259 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Earl Naylor | 18 | 37 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .378 | .649 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Al Shinn | 10 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .500 | .800 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Ken Robinett | 15 | 47 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .191 | .213 | .404 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Sheridan | 16 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .344 | .594 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Donald Shaffer | 27 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .571 | .905 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Joe Roberson | 15 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .304 | .348 | .652 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Donald Huffman | 27 | 39 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Melvin Chaplin | 18 | 43 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .209 | .349 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Grenon | 12 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .312 | .562 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Ray Daviault | 21 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Tom Cole | 26 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | |||||||||||
| William Wells | 5 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Scannelli | 6 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Barbier | 7 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Donald Dimott | 7 | 21 | 21 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Terry Kniffen | 2 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Angus Martin | 8 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas McMullen | 5 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Edward Moore | 5 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Wilbert Pender | 3 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Ready | 7 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Oscar Young | 7 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1248 | 3735 | 3735 | 0 | 913 | 161 | 55 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .339 | .584 | 1268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Huffman | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Cole | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Arnold Banals | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Shaffer | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Daviault | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Melvin Chaplin | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Arthur Sheridan | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Roberson | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Arthur Grenon | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Angus Martin | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Ready | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| John Barbier | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| William Wells | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Moore | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Wilbert Pender | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas McMullen | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Terry Kniffen | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Jezek | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Bud Shaney | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Holt | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
