1955 Burlington-Graham Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 60-78
Finished 8th in the CL
Manager: Lamar Dorton (60-78)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Burlington, North Carolina; Graham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Graham Athletic Park
Attendance: 33,605, Avg. 487
The Burlington-Graham Pirates of the Carolina League ended the 1955 season with a record of 60 wins and 78 losses, finishing eighth in the CL.
The Pirates plated 666 runs and gave up 789 runs, most in the circuit. David Jacobs led all regular batters by hitting .309. Don Schultz topped Burlington-Graham with 15 wins, while Thomas Stricklin registered a 3.24 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1955 Burlington-Graham Pirates who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bill Koski, Tony Bartirome, Ron Blackburn and Dave Wickersham.
Lamar Dorton 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 Schultz | 15 | 12 | .556 | 3.69 | 36 | 29 | 244.0 | 220 | 122 | 100 | 14 | 111 | ||||||||||
| Benny Malcolm | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.76 | 28 | 28 | 155.0 | 182 | 110 | 82 | 10 | 93 | ||||||||||
| Richard Payne | 8 | 7 | .533 | 5.37 | 43 | 10 | 109.0 | 119 | 86 | 65 | 8 | 67 | ||||||||||
| Cleo Lewright | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1.57 | 11 | 8 | 69.0 | 44 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Andy Olsen | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.22 | 34 | 18 | 145.0 | 161 | 93 | 68 | 14 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Stricklin | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.24 | 28 | 18 | 147.0 | 134 | 70 | 53 | 9 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Ronald Gray | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.10 | 24 | 5 | 67.0 | 77 | 59 | 38 | 11 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Bohuny | 3 | 9 | .250 | 5.45 | 24 | 12 | 99.0 | 90 | 69 | 60 | 0 | 91 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gordon | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Martin | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Leon Taylor | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Wickersham | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.50 | 12 | 2 | 36.0 | 36 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 32 | ||||||||||
| James Scarth | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rollie Sterns | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Bullock | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Nicolis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Koski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.08 | 12 | 2 | 13.0 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Ron Blackburn | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.80 | 8 | 20.0 | 20 | 29 | 24 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| Eugene Zimmerlink | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 77 | .438 | 4.37 | 290 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1104.0 | 1103 | 699 | 536 | 74 | 632 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Jacobs | 138 | 553 | 553 | 171 | 21 | 7 | 15 | .309 | .309 | .454 | .763 | 251 | |||||||||||
| David Brennan | 132 | 515 | 515 | 138 | 24 | 8 | 9 | .268 | .268 | .398 | .666 | 205 | |||||||||||
| Tony Bartirome | 96 | 338 | 338 | 111 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .328 | .328 | .358 | .686 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Michael Solomko | 128 | 415 | 415 | 111 | 20 | 7 | 12 | .267 | .267 | .436 | .704 | 181 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Buheller | 80 | 328 | 328 | 98 | 20 | 5 | 5 | .299 | .299 | .436 | .735 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Gordon Figard | 87 | 320 | 320 | 81 | 15 | 4 | 9 | .253 | .253 | .409 | .662 | 131 | |||||||||||
| Lamar Dorton | 80 | 243 | 243 | 75 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .309 | .309 | .350 | .658 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Mike Weltman | 112 | 354 | 354 | 71 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .201 | .201 | .288 | .489 | 102 | |||||||||||
| James Scarth | 68 | 258 | 258 | 63 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .244 | .244 | .326 | .570 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Bob Flynn | 79 | 218 | 218 | 54 | 18 | 2 | 4 | .248 | .248 | .404 | .651 | 88 | |||||||||||
| George Wopinek | 41 | 175 | 175 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 8 | .291 | .291 | .486 | .777 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Benny Malcolm | 64 | 143 | 143 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .315 | .315 | .420 | .734 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Frank Washington | 47 | 168 | 168 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .238 | .238 | .333 | .571 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Don Schultz | 36 | 89 | 89 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .202 | .202 | .225 | .427 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Freddie Sisolak | 21 | 61 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .197 | .197 | .246 | .443 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Joe Oxendine | 12 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .323 | .323 | .516 | .839 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Wilton Sherman | 18 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .196 | .391 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Andy Olsen | 36 | 54 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .204 | .370 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Herbert Bush | 19 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .194 | .194 | .389 | .583 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Leroy Burbage | 19 | 51 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .137 | .275 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Novotniak | 13 | 33 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .152 | .152 | .242 | .394 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Stricklin | 29 | 47 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .106 | .106 | .149 | .255 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Gray | 24 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Richard Payne | 44 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .133 | .233 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Bohuny | 24 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Dave Wickersham | 13 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Leon Taylor | 3 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Peter Nicolis | 3 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dino Messina | 3 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Fred Martin | 2 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cleo Lewright | 15 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Koski | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Gordon | 7 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Bullock | 5 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ron Blackburn | 9 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Eugene Zimmerlink | 8 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1527 | 4631 | 4631 | 0 | 1199 | 188 | 48 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .369 | .628 | 1708 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Payne | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Don Schultz | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Andy Olsen | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Stricklin | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Gray | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Bruce Bohuny | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Wickersham | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Koski | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Cleo Lewright | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Zimmerlink | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Blackburn | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Gordon | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Bullock | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Leon Taylor | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Peter Nicolis | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Rollie Sterns | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Martin | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 260 | 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.
