1955 Columbus Cardinals Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 58-81
Finished 7th in the SAL
Manager: Andy Anderson (58-81)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 46,800, Avg. 673
1955 Columbus Cardinals Roster

The Columbus Cardinals of the South Atlantic League ended the 1955 season with a record of 58 wins and 81 losses, finishing seventh in the SAL.

The Cardinals scored 575 runs and surrendered 663 runs, most in the circuit. Jack Lee topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .264 clip. Tom Cheney led Columbus with 14 wins and a team-best 3.25 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1955 Columbus Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ferrell Anderson, Bob Blaylock, Tom Cheney, Phil Clark, Gene Green, Marty Kutyna, Don Lassetter, Tom Patton, Wally Shannon, Bobby Smith and Ted Wieand.

Andy Anderson served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Tom Cheney1412.5383.253028227.0199998212100
Marty Kutyna109.5263.693418156.01467864974
Phil Clark89.4713.394320178.017882671666
Ted Wieand812.4003.414018161.01398561883
Ed Donnelly712.3684.972825146.715696811559
Billy Joe Bowman31.75080.0
Robert St. Pierre31.7503.5520038.0331615119
Bob Blaylock311.2143.393513127.31236448758
Clarence Peerenboom101.00090.0
Whit Ulrich13.2504.5015224.0281912018
Delane Hulsey0010.0
John Knight0070.0
Jim Michalec0050.0
Joe Ford01.00030.0
Jack Shirley01.00040.0
William Howard02.00080.0
James Ensley02.00070.0
Hoyt Benedict02.00050.0
Richard Atkinson03.0004.0016336.0422116115
Totals5881.4173.6731812700001094.0104456044669492000000

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
Jack Lee13751251213522711.264.264.398.662204
Bob Hyatt12545045011725216.260.260.431.691194
Gill Daley963553551122236.315.315.445.761158
Gene Faszholz108366366103831.281.281.328.609120
Walter Fassler93329329861233.261.261.343.605113
Fred Koenig802952958511111.288.288.444.732131
Barney Elser81317317811412.256.256.325.580103
Billy Giddings8324324370811.288.288.342.63083
Don Lassetter50193193621038.321.321.528.850102
Walter Derucki45176176511034.290.290.449.73979
Ferrell Anderson6715215235414.230.230.349.57953
Al Grandcolas4013513528601.207.207.274.48137
Robert Kosis3510510527801.257.257.362.61938
Gene Green22777726422.338.338.519.85740
Ray Stockton25828223231.280.280.415.69534
Wally Shannon22898923201.258.258.315.57328
Tom Cheney38767617210.224.224.276.50021
Jay Drake26676715211.224.224.328.55222
Marty Kutyna35494913300.265.265.327.59216
Tom Patton20555512320.218.218.345.56419
Ron Bennett1635359211.257.257.457.71416
Ron Bottler927278.296.296.296.5938
Ronny Camacho1441418100.195.195.220.4159
Phil Clark4552526000.115.115.115.2316
Ted Wieand4045455201.111.111.222.33310
Ed Donnelly3443434000.093.093.093.1864
Whit Ulrich15331100.333.333.6671.0002
Robert St. Pierre20991000.111.111.111.2221
Bob Blaylock3526261000.038.038.038.0771
Clarence Peerenboom933.000.000.000.0000
Jack Shirley533.000.000.000.0000
Richard Atkinson16330000.000.000.000.0000
Hoyt Benedict522.000.000.000.0000
John Knight744.000.000.000.0000
Earl Johnson91515.000.000.000.0000
William Howard833.000.000.000.0000
Joe Ford333.000.000.000.0000
Billy Joe Bowman91111.000.000.000.0000
James Ensley12880000.000.000.000.0000
Dick Cordell444.000.000.000.0000
Totals15434463446301164184387600000.261.261.370.631165200000


Fielding:

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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