1955 Columbus Jets Statistics
Team Record: 64-89
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Nick Cullop (64-89)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 202,854, Avg. 2,652
The Columbus Jets of the International League ended the 1955 season with a record of 64 wins and 89 losses, finishing seventh in the IL.
The Jets tallied 679 runs and gave up 729 runs.
Players from the 1955 Columbus Jets who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Frank Barrett, Hal Bevan, Paul Burris, Walt Craddock, Carl Duser, Joe Erautt, Johnny Gray, Dick Hoover, Spook Jacobs, Walt Kellner, Gus Keriazakos, Dick Kryhoski, Mike Kume, Al Lakeman, Lou Limmer, Buddy Lively, Héctor López, John Mackinson, Jackie Mayo, Al Pinkston, Mike Roarke, Eric Rodin, Dutch Romberger, Jerry Scala, Lou Sleater, Bill Stewart, Russ Sullivan, Joe Taylor, Jake Thies, Bob Trice, Ozzie Van Brabant, Frank Verdi, Lee Wheat and Spider Wilhelm.
Nick Cullop 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Duser | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.32 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 125.0 | 123 | 71 | 60 | 10 | 81 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jim Miller | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.12 | 53 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 153.0 | 147 | 83 | 70 | 15 | 64 | 74 | 7 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Jake Thies | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.08 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 172.0 | 177 | 88 | 78 | 19 | 52 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dutch Romberger | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.28 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 65 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 22 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Charles Haag | 7 | 9 | .438 | 5.39 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132.0 | 124 | 85 | 79 | 10 | 76 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Ozzie Van Brabant | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.76 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 138.0 | 165 | 78 | 73 | 15 | 61 | 73 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Lee Wheat | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.33 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 133.0 | 155 | 77 | 64 | 13 | 46 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Johnny Gray | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.23 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 66.0 | 65 | 38 | 31 | 6 | 41 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Gus Keriazakos | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.50 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 62.0 | 48 | 33 | 31 | 5 | 36 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Mike Kume | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.53 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 97.0 | 93 | 46 | 38 | 3 | 48 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Dick Hoover | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Trice | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.66 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 66 | 35 | 30 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| John Mackinson | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Freese | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Barrett | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Buddy Lively | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walt Kellner | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walt Craddock | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lou Sleater | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 64 | 89 | .418 | 4.25 | 351 | 138 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 1219.0 | 1228 | 658 | 575 | 108 | 545 | 0 | 536 | 40 | 5 | 32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Verdi | 141 | 605 | 549 | 83 | 149 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 12 | 32 | 42 | .271 | .310 | .355 | .665 | 195 | 2 | 14 | 8 | |||
| Spook Jacobs | 122 | 544 | 456 | 83 | 144 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 13 | 68 | 29 | .316 | .410 | .390 | .801 | 178 | 5 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Russ Sullivan | 119 | 481 | 414 | 69 | 132 | 19 | 2 | 29 | 94 | 2 | 60 | 50 | .319 | .405 | .585 | .989 | 242 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Theodore Del Guercio | 142 | 524 | 478 | 64 | 130 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 1 | 34 | 48 | .272 | .321 | .377 | .697 | 180 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Spider Wilhelm | 150 | 577 | 514 | 49 | 119 | 19 | 5 | 15 | 71 | 4 | 53 | 61 | .232 | .301 | .375 | .677 | 193 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Bill Stewart | 92 | 372 | 324 | 50 | 97 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 49 | 3 | 40 | 42 | .299 | .377 | .469 | .846 | 152 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Dick Kryhoski | 82 | 337 | 302 | 43 | 78 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 59 | 0 | 29 | 29 | .258 | .318 | .470 | .788 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Hal Bevan | 93 | 296 | 266 | 23 | 73 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 28 | 16 | .274 | .342 | .323 | .666 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Al Pinkston | 71 | 247 | 227 | 38 | 68 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 1 | 15 | 34 | .300 | .346 | .480 | .826 | 109 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Al Lakeman | 79 | 252 | 218 | 27 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 32 | 61 | .197 | .303 | .362 | .665 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Eric Rodin | 47 | 142 | 125 | 16 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 19 | .224 | .300 | .376 | .676 | 47 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Héctor López | 21 | 96 | 81 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 11 | .321 | .394 | .531 | .924 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Paul Burris | 27 | 101 | 92 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .283 | .327 | .359 | .685 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Mike Roarke | 32 | 116 | 104 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 15 | .231 | .310 | .250 | .560 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Miller | 55 | 53 | 49 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .224 | .240 | .224 | .464 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Ozzie Van Brabant | 29 | 53 | 48 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .167 | .231 | .188 | .418 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lee Wheat | 40 | 40 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .194 | .275 | .250 | .525 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Trice | 30 | 41 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .184 | .244 | .342 | .586 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Gray | 13 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .316 | .364 | .316 | .679 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Carl Duser | 28 | 49 | 46 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .130 | .167 | .152 | .319 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jake Thies | 27 | 60 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .074 | .123 | .074 | .197 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Edwin Little | 8 | 18 | 18 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Haag | 63 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .120 | .214 | .160 | .374 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Buddy Lively | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Dutch Romberger | 34 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .154 | .353 | .231 | .584 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Gus Keriazakos | 10 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .095 | .136 | .143 | .279 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Scala | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Walt Kellner | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Brown | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lou Sleater | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Kume | 18 | 33 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .000 | .032 | .000 | .032 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Alfred Facchini | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Hoover | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1609 | 5170 | 4584 | 613 | 1202 | 178 | 38 | 109 | 567 | 39 | 0 | 456 | 600 | .262 | .330 | .389 | .719 | 1783 | 0 | 25 | 64 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Kryhoski | 1B | 78 | 662 | 57 | 19 | 91 | .974 | 9.218 | ||||
| Hal Bevan | 1B | 25 | 220 | 11 | 2 | 31 | .991 | 9.240 | ||||
| Spook Jacobs | 2B | 121 | 330 | 401 | 18 | 125 | .976 | 6.041 | ||||
| Héctor López | 2B | 21 | 70 | 83 | 1 | 24 | .994 | 7.286 | ||||
| Frank Verdi | 3B | 127 | 137 | 243 | 23 | 46 | .943 | 2.992 | ||||
| Hal Bevan | 3B | 29 | 41 | 73 | 14 | 17 | .891 | 3.931 | ||||
| Al Lakeman | C | 73 | 262 | 32 | 10 | 5 | .967 | 4.027 | 10 | |||
| Mike Roarke | C | 32 | 149 | 22 | 7 | 4 | .961 | 5.344 | 2 | |||
| Paul Burris | C | 27 | 104 | 20 | 4 | 3 | .969 | 4.593 | 3 | |||
| Theodore Del Guercio | OF | 132 | 337 | 5 | 9 | 1 | .974 | 2.591 | ||||
| Russ Sullivan | OF | 118 | 207 | 7 | 8 | 2 | .964 | 1.814 | ||||
| Bill Stewart | OF | 92 | 181 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .984 | 2.022 | ||||
| Al Pinkston | OF | 59 | 76 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .941 | 1.356 | ||||
| Eric Rodin | OF | 35 | 78 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .965 | 2.343 | ||||
| Charles Haag | P | 63 | 7 | 34 | 6 | 0 | .872 | .651 | ||||
| Jim Miller | P | 53 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .971 | .642 | ||||
| Lee Wheat | P | 40 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .974 | .950 | ||||
| Dutch Romberger | P | 34 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .962 | .735 | ||||
| Jake Thies | P | 27 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.259 | ||||
| Carl Duser | P | 26 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 4 | .957 | 1.692 | ||||
| Ozzie Van Brabant | P | 25 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.240 | ||||
| Mike Kume | P | 18 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Trice | P | 15 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| Johnny Gray | P | 13 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 2.154 | ||||
| Gus Keriazakos | P | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Buddy Lively | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Hoover | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walt Kellner | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lou Sleater | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Mackinson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Freese | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walt Craddock | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Barrett | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Spider Wilhelm | SS | 148 | 251 | 435 | 33 | 91 | .954 | 4.635 | ||||
| Totals | 1468 | 3177 | 1662 | 172 | 462 | .966 | 3.296 | 15 | 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.
