1955 Columbia Reds Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 89-51
Finished 1st in the SAL
Manager: Ernie White (89-51)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Ballpark: Capital City Stadium
Attendance: 83,339, Avg. 1,191

1955 Columbia Reds Roster

Playoffs - Augusta Tigers 1 game, Columbia Reds 0

The Columbia Reds of the South Atlantic League ended the 1955 season with a record of 89 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the SAL.

The Reds paced the league with 705 runs, fueled by 93 home runs. Columbia surrendered 494 runs, fewest in the league. Jimmy Bragan led batters with significant playing time with a .308 average. Charlie Rabe topped the squad with 21 wins, while Rick Botelho and Jerry Davis as well added 15 or more victories as well Charlie Rabe recorded a 2.01 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Barney Martin, Harvey Gentry, Bill Upton, Ernie White, Frank Robinson, Marvin Williams and Charlie Rabe were all players from the 1955 Columbia Reds who played in the Majors during their careers.

Ernie White 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
Charlie Rabe	21	7	.750	2.01	30	30					251.0	189	75	56	5	121
Jerry Davis	18	12	.600	2.69	36	32					244.0	218	88	73	8	143
Rick Botelho	15	9	.625	3.11	35	26					197.0	201	89	68	16	73
Bill Upton	8	3	.727	1.52	26	5					89.0	71	25	15	2	21
Barney Martin	8	6	.571	3.37	21	17					117.7	109	49	44	9	39
Clarence Zieser	7	2	.778	3.00	18	13					105.0	99	42	35	9	33
Vernon Kilburg	4	1	.800		8						0.0
Norman Shope	3	3	.500	4.60	27	0					45.0	51	25	23	3	15
Charlie Alsop	2	0	1.000	1.96	10	0					23.0	22	10	5	2	9
John Bebber	2	3	.400	3.15	28	0					40.0	25	16	14	1	22
John Jackson	1	4	.200		9						0.0
Ernie White	0	0			1						0.0
Mickey Crossin	0	0			1						0.0
Daniel Rhame	0	0			2						0.0
Leonidas Dansby	0	0			2						0.0
Odell Martin	0	0			4						0.0
Allen Flaugher	0	0			3						0.0
Herman Hedderick	0	0			1						0.0
Kenneth Hommel	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Totals	89	51	.636	2.70	263	123	0	0	0	0	1111.7	985	419	333	55	476	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
Jimmy Bragan	131	533	533		164	25	2	3						.308	.308	.379	.687	202
Ultus Alvarez	126	498	498		150	35	11	16						.301	.301	.512	.813	255
William Thompson	133	474	474		131	28	9	14						.276	.276	.462	.738	219
Marvin Williams	97	351	351		115	18	7	16						.328	.328	.556	.883	195
Harvey Gentry	99	342	342		92	15	5	7						.269	.269	.404	.673	138
Keith Schmidt	106	339	339		83	17	2	3						.245	.245	.333	.578	113
James Petersen	110	359	359		76	11	1	2						.212	.212	.265	.476	95
Dick Bush	88	258	258		72	13	0	1						.279	.279	.341	.620	88
Frank Robinson	80	243	243		64	15	7	12						.263	.263	.531	.794	129
Kirby Jackson	62	178	178		44	6	7	4						.247	.247	.427	.674	76
Bill Ford	48	144	144		36	11	2	2						.250	.250	.396	.646	57
Harold Stamey	45	143	143		33	6	1	7						.231	.231	.434	.664	62
Noah Goode	36	133	133		31	6	1	2						.233	.233	.338	.571	45
Ed Nietopski	45	121	121		27	3	0	0						.223	.223	.248	.471	30
Charlie Rabe	37	94	94		17	2	1	0						.181	.181	.223	.404	21
William Schimchak	22	68	68		16	2	0	2						.235	.235	.353	.588	24
Rick Botelho	37	71	71		15	3	3	0						.211	.211	.338	.549	24
Jerry Davis	36	78	78		14	0	1	1						.179	.179	.244	.423	19
Barney Martin	27	35	35		10	1	0	0						.286	.286	.314	.600	11
Hal Treinen	10	40	40		6	1	0	1						.150	.150	.250	.400	10
Tony Pacheco	12	36	36		4	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	4
Clarence Zieser	18	38	38		4	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	4
Bill Upton	26	26	26		2	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	2
Charles Messina	2	4	4											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Bebber	28	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ernie White	1	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Thomas Biskup	1	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Mickey Crossin	1	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Herman Hedderick	1	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Norman Shope	27	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Kenneth Hommel	1	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Jackson	9	13	13											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Vernon Kilburg	8	17	17											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Charlie Alsop	10	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1520	4657	4657	0	1206	218	60	93	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.259	.391	.650	1823	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jerry Davis	P	36					.000
Rick Botelho	P	35					.000
Charlie Rabe	P	30					.000
John Bebber	P	28					.000
Norman Shope	P	27					.000
Bill Upton	P	26					.000
Barney Martin	P	21					.000
Clarence Zieser	P	18					.000
Charlie Alsop	P	10					.000
John Jackson	P	9					.000
Vernon Kilburg	P	8					.000
Odell Martin	P	4					.000
Allen Flaugher	P	3					.000
Daniel Rhame	P	2					.000
Leonidas Dansby	P	2					.000
Ernie White	P	1					.000
Kenneth Hommel	P	1					.000
Herman Hedderick	P	1					.000
Mickey Crossin	P	1					.000
Totals		263	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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