1955 Bluefield Blue-Grays Statistics
Team Record: 55-67
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Len Okrie (55-67)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 29,914, Avg. 490
The Bluefield Blue-Grays of the Appalachian League ended the 1955 season with a record of 55 wins and 67 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.
The Blue-Grays scored 651 runs and conceded 718 runs. Ray Vescovi led all regular hitters with a .333 average. Herbert Benner topped Bluefield with 14 wins, while Norm Tanner recorded a 3.02 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1955 Bluefield Blue-Grays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bill Monbouquette, Lou Clinton and Bill Kunkel.
Len Okrie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Benner | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.80 | 24 | 24 | 192.0 | 149 | 96 | 81 | 8 | 124 | ||||||||||
| Norm Tanner | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.02 | 25 | 22 | 170.0 | 160 | 78 | 57 | 12 | 65 | ||||||||||
| William Sperling | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.36 | 34 | 2 | 64.0 | 76 | 42 | 31 | 6 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Loren Lien | 6 | 8 | .429 | 6.00 | 33 | 4 | 102.0 | 107 | 77 | 68 | 10 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Butler Jones | 4 | 4 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stewart Gehris | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.63 | 20 | 13 | 129.0 | 129 | 67 | 52 | 10 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Bill Monbouquette | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.06 | 10 | 7 | 47.0 | 46 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Frank Gavel | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.44 | 14 | 13 | 81.0 | 98 | 74 | 58 | 10 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Richard Church | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Marten | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Anglehart | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Meade Palmer | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Weidenkeller | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Albert Vasko | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Robarge | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Zonner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Fraser | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Abbott | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Soderstrom | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Kunkel | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.90 | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | |||||||||||
| James Eason | 0 | 5 | .000 | 8.03 | 10 | 7 | 37.0 | 51 | 41 | 33 | 2 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 53 | 65 | .449 | 4.40 | 216 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 832.0 | 829 | 511 | 407 | 60 | 447 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Vescovi | 113 | 375 | 375 | 125 | 20 | 5 | 12 | .333 | .333 | .509 | .843 | 191 | |||||||||||
| Lou Clinton | 75 | 288 | 288 | 104 | 15 | 5 | 19 | .361 | .361 | .646 | 1.007 | 186 | |||||||||||
| John Liprando | 103 | 353 | 353 | 101 | 20 | 6 | 6 | .286 | .286 | .428 | .714 | 151 | |||||||||||
| Richard Karl | 89 | 314 | 314 | 100 | 20 | 4 | 3 | .318 | .318 | .436 | .755 | 137 | |||||||||||
| Patrick Quinlan | 99 | 362 | 362 | 92 | 11 | 0 | 6 | .254 | .254 | .334 | .588 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Theis | 71 | 245 | 245 | 70 | 14 | 3 | 7 | .286 | .286 | .453 | .739 | 111 | |||||||||||
| Dean Mickelson | 69 | 246 | 246 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 4 | .264 | .264 | .362 | .626 | 89 | |||||||||||
| Gilbert Thomas | 63 | 235 | 235 | 60 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .255 | .255 | .336 | .591 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Stewart Gehris | 64 | 172 | 172 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .221 | .221 | .331 | .552 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Dale DeSilva | 41 | 145 | 145 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .241 | .241 | .434 | .676 | 63 | |||||||||||
| James Flippin | 41 | 130 | 130 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .215 | .215 | .285 | .500 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Joe Ray | 51 | 173 | 173 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .185 | .341 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Richard Kraft | 27 | 91 | 91 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .352 | .626 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Lawrence Papini | 31 | 109 | 109 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .220 | .220 | .330 | .550 | 36 | |||||||||||
| William Bayne | 24 | 89 | 89 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 5 | .258 | .258 | .472 | .730 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Charles Cooper | 40 | 126 | 126 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .183 | .183 | .254 | .437 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Herbert Benner | 32 | 73 | 73 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .301 | .301 | .425 | .726 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Robert Van Dyke | 24 | 86 | 86 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .221 | .221 | .384 | .605 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Edward Yeager | 24 | 82 | 82 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .195 | .195 | .256 | .451 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Jack Arrigo | 27 | 71 | 71 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .211 | .211 | .451 | .662 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Freddie Duvall | 17 | 65 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .338 | .538 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Teddy Vriga | 13 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Frank Gavel | 16 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Norm Tanner | 25 | 53 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .113 | .113 | .189 | .302 | 10 | |||||||||||
| William Sperling | 34 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .312 | .312 | .375 | .688 | 6 | |||||||||||
| John Brown | 10 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .208 | .208 | .458 | .667 | 11 | |||||||||||
| James Eason | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .364 | .455 | .818 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Loren Lien | 34 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .069 | .069 | .069 | .138 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bill Monbouquette | 10 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Albert Vasko | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Church | 2 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Don Weidenkeller | 7 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Genero Zizza | 7 | 19 | 19 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Anglehart | 5 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Fraser | 4 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lee Hughes | 3 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Kunkel | 2 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Donald Soderstrom | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bruce Robarge | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Butler Jones | 9 | 27 | 27 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Meade Palmer | 3 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Zonner | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1331 | 4132 | 4132 | 0 | 1064 | 181 | 39 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .385 | .642 | 1590 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Sperling | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Loren Lien | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Norm Tanner | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Herbert Benner | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Gavel | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Monbouquette | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| James Eason | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Butler Jones | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Don Weidenkeller | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Albert Vasko | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Soderstrom | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Marten | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Anglehart | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Meade Palmer | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| William Zonner | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Bruce Robarge | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Kunkel | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Church | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 192 | 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.
