1955 Augusta Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 76-64
Finished 3rd in the SAL
Manager: Charlie Metro (76-64)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Augusta, Georgia
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 96,322, Avg. 1,376
Playoffs - Augusta Tigers 1 game, Columbia Reds 0
Finals - Augusta Tigers 2 games, Montgomery Rebels 1
The Augusta Tigers of the South Atlantic League ended the 1955 season with a record of 76 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the SAL.
The Tigers scored 653 runs and allowed 600 runs. William Hoffer paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .311. Jerry Davie topped Augusta with 11 wins, while Dick Thompson recorded a 2.82 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Tom Yewcic, Coot Veal, Bob Bruce, Bob Miller, Bob Shaw, Bill Froats, Jerry Davie and Bobo Osborne were all players from the 1955 Augusta Tigers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Charlie Metro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Davie | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.75 | 28 | 20 | 146.3 | 121 | 70 | 61 | 8 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Bob Shaw | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.14 | 39 | 14 | 155.0 | 150 | 73 | 54 | 9 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Robert Cruze | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.74 | 28 | 16 | 127.7 | 108 | 57 | 53 | 10 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Bob Miller | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.73 | 19 | 12 | 99.0 | 68 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Dick Thompson | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.82 | 38 | 9 | 137.0 | 108 | 56 | 43 | 10 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Bill Furlong | 7 | 2 | .778 | 4.76 | 21 | 13 | 79.3 | 97 | 48 | 42 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Bob Bruce | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.89 | 26 | 19 | 148.0 | 144 | 75 | 64 | 7 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Bill Froats | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.46 | 21 | 17 | 104.0 | 84 | 50 | 40 | 4 | 100 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Funk | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.83 | 26 | 3 | 70.0 | 69 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Vincent Trakan | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.12 | 11 | 4 | 48.0 | 52 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Robert Hamley | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.19 | 10 | 7 | 58.0 | 55 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Robert Nichols | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Van Remmen | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Neebling | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duke Dawson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marvin Melanson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Logan | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 76 | 64 | .543 | 3.43 | 295 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1172.3 | 1056 | 542 | 447 | 63 | 530 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Sarna | 134 | 488 | 488 | 149 | 20 | 11 | 18 | .305 | .305 | .502 | .807 | 245 | |||||||||||
| Bobo Osborne | 138 | 519 | 519 | 133 | 25 | 17 | 11 | .256 | .256 | .434 | .690 | 225 | |||||||||||
| William Hoffer | 107 | 421 | 421 | 131 | 17 | 12 | 2 | .311 | .311 | .423 | .734 | 178 | |||||||||||
| Keith Jones | 127 | 454 | 454 | 122 | 19 | 8 | 2 | .269 | .269 | .359 | .628 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Coot Veal | 129 | 475 | 475 | 108 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .227 | .227 | .288 | .516 | 137 | |||||||||||
| Francis Oneto | 125 | 441 | 441 | 106 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .299 | .540 | 132 | |||||||||||
| Ben Mateosky | 119 | 393 | 393 | 87 | 16 | 6 | 13 | .221 | .221 | .392 | .613 | 154 | |||||||||||
| Emil Karlik | 77 | 229 | 229 | 65 | 20 | 3 | 3 | .284 | .284 | .437 | .721 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Ron Witucki | 77 | 214 | 214 | 57 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .266 | .266 | .355 | .621 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Tom Yewcic | 36 | 118 | 118 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 9 | .297 | .297 | .576 | .873 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Harry Durkin | 49 | 129 | 129 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .233 | .233 | .302 | .535 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Pierce McWhorter | 48 | 122 | 122 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .369 | .607 | 45 | ||||||||
| Hollis Powell | 28 | 73 | 73 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .164 | .164 | .288 | .452 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Robert Taylor | 16 | 50 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .220 | .220 | .300 | .520 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Davie | 31 | 47 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .170 | .170 | .213 | .383 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bob Bruce | 26 | 49 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .163 | .184 | .347 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Bill Furlong | 22 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .269 | .308 | .577 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Jack Schultz | 19 | 51 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .216 | .333 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Dick Thompson | 41 | 41 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .122 | .122 | .122 | .244 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Bill Froats | 21 | 37 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .108 | .108 | .108 | .216 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Bob Miller | 21 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .094 | .094 | .125 | .219 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Robert Cruze | 30 | 37 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .081 | .081 | .108 | .189 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Robert Hamley | 11 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Vincent Trakan | 11 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ernie Funk | 26 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bob Shaw | 39 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .026 | .026 | .026 | .051 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Duke Dawson | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Reed Chadwick | 4 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Van Remmen | 5 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Logan | 5 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Andrew Frazier | 5 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Marvin Melanson | 7 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Neebling | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Nichols | 7 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Beck | 2 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1548 | 4584 | 4584 | 14 | 1124 | 181 | 73 | 69 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .362 | .607 | 1658 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Shaw | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Thompson | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Davie | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Cruze | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Ernie Funk | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Bruce | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Furlong | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Froats | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Miller | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Vincent Trakan | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Hamley | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Nichols | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Marvin Melanson | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Logan | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Van Remmen | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Neebling | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Duke Dawson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 295 | 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.
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