1955 Brunswick Pirates Statistics
Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 87-52
Finished 1st in the GGL
Manager: Frank Oceak (87-52)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Brunswick, Georgia
Ballpark: Edo Miller Park
Attendance: 41,743, Avg. 601
1955 Brunswick Pirates RosterTeam Record: 87-52
Finished 1st in the GGL
Manager: Frank Oceak (87-52)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Brunswick, Georgia
Ballpark: Edo Miller Park
Attendance: 41,743, Avg. 601
Playoffs - Brunswick Pirates 3 games, Valdosta Tigers 2
Finals - Brunswick Pirates 1 game, Waycross Bears 1 - Bad weather terminated the series.
The Brunswick Pirates of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1955 season with a record of 87 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the GGL.
The Pirates tallied 789 runs and gave up 589 runs.
Players from the 1955 Brunswick Pirates who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Whammy Douglas, Bill Koski, Jim Duffalo and Jim Waugh.
Frank Oceak 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Duffalo | 17 | 4 | .810 | 2.64 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 201.0 | 178 | 77 | 59 | 5 | 67 | 124 | 7 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| James Hayden | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.02 | 30 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 185.0 | 168 | 81 | 62 | 2 | 115 | 134 | 10 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| Bill Koski | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.47 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 102.0 | 89 | 40 | 28 | 3 | 42 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Frank Ramsay | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.08 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 79.0 | 62 | 36 | 27 | 5 | 49 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Leon Hurst | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.15 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 97.0 | 91 | 44 | 34 | 6 | 44 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Joe Drotar | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.03 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 96.0 | 93 | 57 | 43 | 5 | 50 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Richard Shinnick | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.32 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 66.0 | 55 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 26 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Alex Perinis | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.04 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 97.0 | 50 | 40 | 22 | 1 | 95 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Whammy Douglas | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.57 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 46.0 | 39 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Irvin Serafini | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.26 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 77.0 | 84 | 68 | 45 | 5 | 60 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Stan Patchell | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Waugh | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Nisewonger | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ray Minjock | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Perry | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ernie Johnson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Brockell | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rollie Sterns | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 87 | 52 | .626 | 2.97 | 217 | 118 | 0 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 1046.0 | 909 | 476 | 345 | 34 | 561 | 0 | 741 | 37 | 2 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Wilson | 140 | 628 | 502 | 125 | 175 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 97 | 21 | 99 | 38 | .349 | .459 | .450 | .909 | 226 | 9 | 11 | 7 | |||
| Earl Fackler | 132 | 573 | 487 | 97 | 153 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 69 | 10 | 61 | 77 | .314 | .405 | .446 | .851 | 217 | 17 | 3 | 5 | |||
| William Robertson | 137 | 600 | 485 | 94 | 145 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 88 | 11 | 88 | 112 | .299 | .418 | .476 | .894 | 231 | 14 | 9 | 4 | |||
| Dick Brockell | 129 | 545 | 487 | 63 | 131 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 68 | 3 | 49 | 51 | .269 | .339 | .378 | .717 | 184 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Joseph Canuso | 96 | 404 | 363 | 66 | 103 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 89 | 4 | 22 | 30 | .284 | .335 | .466 | .801 | 169 | 9 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Freddie Sisolak | 99 | 461 | 370 | 81 | 90 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 75 | 48 | .243 | .383 | .330 | .713 | 122 | 9 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Dino Messina | 70 | 285 | 256 | 29 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 34 | .191 | .263 | .203 | .466 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Jim Hartbarger | 49 | 210 | 191 | 20 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 49 | .220 | .267 | .241 | .508 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Jim Nisewonger | 46 | 175 | 162 | 33 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 37 | .253 | .299 | .346 | .645 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Bob Duzyk | 38 | 132 | 115 | 16 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 26 | .330 | .412 | .443 | .856 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Raymond Gilbert | 47 | 175 | 147 | 15 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 21 | .224 | .341 | .245 | .586 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Bowie | 33 | 132 | 105 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 20 | 18 | .248 | .372 | .438 | .810 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Jim Duffalo | 38 | 99 | 94 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .181 | .198 | .245 | .443 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Beredino | 22 | 77 | 67 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .239 | .329 | .313 | .642 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| James Hayden | 40 | 99 | 95 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .158 | .184 | .200 | .384 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Joe Drotar | 15 | 41 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .278 | .325 | .306 | .631 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Leon Hurst | 14 | 41 | 37 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .270 | .325 | .351 | .676 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Russell McClenaghan | 6 | 12 | 12 | 6 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Koski | 20 | 38 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .207 | .361 | .241 | .602 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Alex Perinis | 23 | 37 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .171 | .216 | .229 | .445 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Weir | 20 | 56 | 51 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .118 | .182 | .275 | .456 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Frank Ramsay | 17 | 38 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .161 | .316 | .194 | .509 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rollie Sterns | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Ernie Johnson | 5 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Whammy Douglas | 5 | 16 | 16 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Perry | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Minjock | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Irvin Serafini | 21 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .087 | .160 | .087 | .247 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Richard Shinnick | 11 | 33 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .083 | .267 | .083 | .350 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Stan Patchell | 8 | 14 | 14 | 1 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Rodney Vandiveer | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Waugh | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bud Plaster | 5 | 19 | 19 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1310 | 5017 | 4303 | 707 | 1141 | 173 | 35 | 66 | 595 | 78 | 0 | 539 | 696 | .265 | .355 | .368 | .723 | 1582 | 0 | 78 | 66 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Fackler | 1B | 129 | 1067 | 62 | 23 | 107 | .980 | 8.752 | ||||
| Dick Brockell | 1B | 13 | 78 | 11 | 1 | 8 | .989 | 6.846 | ||||
| Jim Hartbarger | 2B | 49 | 126 | 152 | 23 | 36 | .924 | 5.673 | ||||
| Freddie Sisolak | 2B | 11 | 34 | 24 | 3 | 5 | .951 | 5.273 | ||||
| William Robertson | 3B | 134 | 132 | 225 | 48 | 23 | .881 | 2.664 | ||||
| Joseph Canuso | C | 89 | 518 | 56 | 15 | 12 | .975 | 6.449 | 8 | |||
| Dick Brockell | C | 65 | 426 | 49 | 8 | 7 | .983 | 7.308 | 14 | |||
| Warren Wilson | OF | 140 | 331 | 12 | 8 | 4 | .977 | 2.450 | ||||
| Dino Messina | OF | 70 | 88 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .959 | 1.343 | ||||
| Raymond Gilbert | OF | 45 | 53 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .887 | 1.400 | ||||
| Jim Nisewonger | OF | 44 | 64 | 17 | 6 | 4 | .931 | 1.841 | ||||
| Ronald Bowie | OF | 33 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 1.636 | ||||
| Bob Duzyk | OF | 31 | 46 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .889 | 1.548 | ||||
| Dick Brockell | OF | 30 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| Joseph Beredino | OF | 22 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.409 | ||||
| Gary Weir | OF | 17 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.176 | ||||
| James Hayden | P | 30 | 9 | 32 | 4 | 2 | .911 | 1.367 | ||||
| Jim Duffalo | P | 29 | 11 | 42 | 3 | 2 | .946 | 1.828 | ||||
| Alex Perinis | P | 22 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Irvin Serafini | P | 20 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .857 | .900 | ||||
| Bill Koski | P | 18 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Joe Drotar | P | 15 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Frank Ramsay | P | 13 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.154 | ||||
| Leon Hurst | P | 13 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .840 | 1.615 | ||||
| Ray Minjock | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Shinnick | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Perry | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Nisewonger | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stan Patchell | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ernie Johnson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Whammy Douglas | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Waugh | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rollie Sterns | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Brockell | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Freddie Sisolak | SS | 92 | 151 | 250 | 45 | 51 | .899 | 4.359 | ||||
| Dick Brockell | SS | 31 | 36 | 75 | 9 | 12 | .925 | 3.581 | ||||
| Totals | 1262 | 3325 | 1124 | 232 | 285 | .950 | 3.525 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
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.
