1955 Bristol Twins Statistics
Team Record: 63-61
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Dave Madison (63-61)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Bristol, Virginia
Ballpark: Shaw Stadium
Attendance: 32,587, Avg. 526
Playoffs - Johnson City Cardinals 2 games, Bristol Twins 1
The Bristol Twins of the Appalachian League ended the 1955 season with a record of 63 wins and 61 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Twins topped the league with just 606 runs allowed. Bristol scored 565 runs, worst in the league,. Jimmy Flannagan paced hitters with significant playing time with a .300 average. Richard Klinesmith and Bobby Jurecko led the squad with 12 wins each, while Bobby Jurecko recorded a 3.2 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Dave Madison and Bill Short both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Dave Madison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Jurecko | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.20 | 22 | 19 | 166.0 | 169 | 81 | 59 | 4 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Richard Klinesmith | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.54 | 27 | 21 | 168.0 | 159 | 102 | 66 | 8 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Cimino | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.27 | 25 | 13 | 132.0 | 139 | 65 | 48 | 9 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Lewis Spencer | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.01 | 22 | 18 | 128.0 | 138 | 81 | 57 | 5 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Blair Farinholt | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.08 | 13 | 9 | 78.0 | 55 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Curtis Rogers | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.39 | 14 | 6 | 64.0 | 56 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Dave Madison | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.66 | 12 | 6 | 61.0 | 66 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Alvin Carr | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edward McMonagle | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Hisert | 2 | 3 | .400 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Short | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.92 | 13 | 7 | 62.0 | 58 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 27 | ||||||||||
| James Wexler | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.02 | 14 | 11 | 85.0 | 75 | 53 | 38 | 5 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Elmer Mingle | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ray Hozey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Flannagan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Tardivo | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Knupp | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leo Smerka | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 61 | .508 | 3.32 | 196 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 944.0 | 915 | 492 | 348 | 41 | 396 | 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 Hozey | 125 | 493 | 493 | 129 | 16 | 8 | 3 | .262 | .262 | .345 | .606 | 170 | |||||||||||
| Jimmy Flannagan | 106 | 387 | 387 | 116 | 12 | 5 | 7 | .300 | .300 | .411 | .711 | 159 | |||||||||||
| Bill McGuckin | 95 | 338 | 338 | 88 | 17 | 10 | 4 | .260 | .260 | .405 | .666 | 137 | |||||||||||
| Frank Ricco | 77 | 239 | 239 | 65 | 10 | 2 | 12 | .272 | .272 | .481 | .753 | 115 | |||||||||||
| Richard Holland | 69 | 249 | 249 | 61 | 17 | 0 | 3 | .245 | .245 | .349 | .594 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Glenn | 70 | 251 | 251 | 61 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .271 | .514 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Dave Irby | 67 | 238 | 238 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .248 | .248 | .336 | .584 | 80 | |||||||||||
| Joe Miller | 51 | 183 | 183 | 57 | 8 | 6 | 3 | .311 | .311 | .470 | .781 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Martin | 86 | 302 | 302 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 5 | .185 | .185 | .291 | .477 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Terry Laschen | 52 | 206 | 206 | 54 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .262 | .262 | .359 | .621 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Dick Desrosiers | 31 | 102 | 102 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .314 | .314 | .451 | .765 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Richard Klinesmith | 50 | 117 | 117 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .325 | .564 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Prescott | 28 | 113 | 113 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .310 | .549 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Tracy | 44 | 124 | 124 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .194 | .194 | .282 | .476 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Jurecko | 42 | 79 | 79 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .266 | .266 | .468 | .734 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Smith | 34 | 117 | 117 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .274 | .453 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Cecil Mingee | 21 | 71 | 71 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .268 | .268 | .338 | .606 | 24 | |||||||||||
| James Lee | 29 | 96 | 96 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .188 | .354 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Buczkowski | 13 | 42 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .357 | .643 | 15 | |||||||||||
| William Zukauskas | 15 | 49 | 49 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .388 | .633 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Dave Madison | 16 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .393 | .393 | .393 | .786 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Lewis Spencer | 27 | 50 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .180 | .180 | .260 | .440 | 13 | |||||||||||
| James Wexler | 15 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .321 | .500 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Cimino | 25 | 37 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .135 | .135 | .270 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Curtis Rogers | 14 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .200 | .350 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Bill Short | 13 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Blair Farinholt | 13 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .043 | .043 | .087 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Edward McMonagle | 9 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Davis | 5 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Elmer Mingle | 3 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Tardivo | 4 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Alvin Carr | 4 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gerald Hisert | 8 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Hudson | 7 | 24 | 24 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1268 | 4074 | 4074 | 0 | 993 | 154 | 58 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .345 | .589 | 1407 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Klinesmith | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Anthony Cimino | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Lewis Spencer | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Jurecko | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| James Wexler | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Curtis Rogers | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Short | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Blair Farinholt | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Madison | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Edward McMonagle | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Hisert | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| James Tardivo | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Leo Smerka | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Elmer Mingle | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Alvin Carr | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Knupp | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 194 | 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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