1955 Burlington Bees Statistics
Team Record: 62-64
Finished 4th in the IIIL
Manager: Hal Meek (62-64)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 91,946, Avg. 1,459
Playoffs - Burlington Bees 3 games, Waterloo White Hawks 1
Finals - Keokuk Kernels 3 games, Burlington Bees 1
The Burlington Bees of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1955 season with a record of 62 wins and 64 losses, finishing fourth in the IIIL.
The Bees scored 633 runs and allowed 630 runs. Bob Will topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .335. Don Swanson led Burlington with 12 wins, while Martin Garber recorded a 3.21 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1955 Burlington Bees who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Will, Don Eaddy, Dick Drott, Frank Ernaga and Dave Stenhouse.
Hal Meek 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Swanson | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.33 | 35 | 23 | 183.0 | 201 | 108 | 88 | 12 | 88 | ||||||||||
| Dick Drott | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.82 | 26 | 21 | 158.0 | 120 | 78 | 67 | 16 | 99 | ||||||||||
| Martin Stiles | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.81 | 30 | 18 | 137.0 | 159 | 74 | 58 | 17 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Martin Garber | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.21 | 25 | 20 | 171.0 | 150 | 73 | 61 | 11 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Ed Funai | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.64 | 23 | 13 | 121.0 | 110 | 66 | 49 | 11 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Phil Tarpey | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.55 | 14 | 9 | 71.0 | 63 | 39 | 28 | 6 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Carl Johnson | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.28 | 32 | 9 | 121.0 | 127 | 88 | 71 | 13 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Luther Burns | 2 | 3 | .400 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walter Babcock | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.42 | 20 | 3 | 53.0 | 71 | 42 | 26 | 8 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Ladell Ford | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.68 | 13 | 5 | 38.0 | 49 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Hal Meek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dave Stenhouse | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 6 | 8.0 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 62 | 64 | .492 | 4.07 | 234 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1061.0 | 1061 | 609 | 480 | 100 | 579 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Will | 115 | 412 | 412 | 138 | 25 | 5 | 7 | .335 | .335 | .471 | .806 | 194 | |||||||||||
| Pete Hamman | 125 | 467 | 467 | 132 | 20 | 5 | 4 | .283 | .283 | .373 | .655 | 174 | |||||||||||
| Don Voigt | 99 | 392 | 392 | 128 | 21 | 5 | 2 | .327 | .327 | .421 | .747 | 165 | |||||||||||
| Frank Ernaga | 123 | 438 | 438 | 114 | 18 | 4 | 23 | .260 | .260 | .477 | .737 | 209 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Sheehan | 98 | 362 | 362 | 104 | 34 | 2 | 8 | .287 | .287 | .459 | .746 | 166 | |||||||||||
| Hal Meek | 111 | 399 | 399 | 104 | 20 | 2 | 7 | .261 | .261 | .373 | .634 | 149 | |||||||||||
| Louis McCotter | 100 | 339 | 339 | 77 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .227 | .227 | .277 | .504 | 94 | |||||||||||
| Wes Moore | 100 | 335 | 335 | 74 | 11 | 3 | 7 | .221 | .221 | .334 | .555 | 112 | |||||||||||
| Robert Slusarek | 51 | 195 | 195 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .267 | .267 | .349 | .615 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Mauney | 62 | 170 | 170 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 7 | .294 | .294 | .459 | .753 | 78 | |||||||||||
| Don Eaddy | 32 | 112 | 112 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .304 | .304 | .384 | .688 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Russ Gragg | 27 | 94 | 94 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .266 | .319 | .585 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Don Swanson | 36 | 70 | 70 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .271 | .500 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Ed Funai | 27 | 59 | 59 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .254 | .254 | .356 | .610 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Dick Drott | 26 | 62 | 62 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .177 | .177 | .226 | .403 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Martin Garber | 25 | 61 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .164 | .164 | .180 | .344 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Carl Johnson | 34 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .196 | .391 | 9 | |||||||||||
| William Stephens | 11 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .219 | .406 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Walter Babcock | 20 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .389 | .611 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Phil Tarpey | 15 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .148 | .148 | .259 | .407 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Dick Wright | 8 | 21 | 21 | 2 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ladell Ford | 13 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dave Stenhouse | 6 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Martin Stiles | 30 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dan Priest | 2 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Luther Burns | 9 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Raymond Adams | 6 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1311 | 4203 | 4203 | 0 | 1110 | 189 | 34 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .264 | .376 | .640 | 1580 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Swanson | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Carl Johnson | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Martin Stiles | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Drott | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Martin Garber | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Funai | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Walter Babcock | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Phil Tarpey | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Ladell Ford | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Luther Burns | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Stenhouse | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 233 | 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.
