1955 Charleston Senators Statistics
American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 50-104
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: Danny Murtaugh (0-0), Vern Rapp (0-0)
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Ballpark: Watt Powell Stadium
Attendance: 108,431, Avg. 1,408
1955 Charleston Senators RosterTeam Record: 50-104
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: Danny Murtaugh (0-0), Vern Rapp (0-0)
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Ballpark: Watt Powell Stadium
Attendance: 108,431, Avg. 1,408
The Charleston Senators of the American Association ended the 1955 season with a record of 50 wins and 104 losses, finishing eighth in the AA.
The Senators scored 632 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 873 runs, most in the circuit.
Bill Antonello, Frank Barnes, Earl Battey, Luke Easter, Bill Evans, Ross Grimsley, Randy Gumpert, Phil Haugstad, Jay Heard, Glen Hobbie, Don Leppert, Bill Moisan, Felipe Montemayor, Ron Northey, Bill Powell, Fred Richards, Moe Savransky, Vito Valentinetti and Clyde Vollmer were all players from the 1955 Charleston Senators who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Danny Murtaugh and Vern Rapp 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Reeder | 9 | 12 | .429 | 4.47 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 171.0 | 170 | 93 | 85 | 18 | 92 | 7 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Vito Valentinetti | 9 | 15 | .375 | 4.46 | 35 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 218.0 | 229 | 126 | 108 | 36 | 76 | 7 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Moe Savransky | 5 | 13 | .278 | 5.44 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 134.0 | 160 | 102 | 81 | 16 | 70 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Jones | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.03 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 29 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lee Anthony | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.80 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 95 | 43 | 40 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bill Powell | 3 | 10 | .231 | 5.15 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 131.0 | 152 | 88 | 75 | 13 | 61 | 3 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Ralph Birkofer | 2 | 3 | .400 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Randy Gumpert | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.19 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 38 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jay Heard | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.43 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 71 | 44 | 35 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Hisel Patrick | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.80 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 62 | 41 | 37 | 4 | 32 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ross Grimsley | 20 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Floyd Melliere | 23 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Lowe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Art Hartley | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Evans | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Boemler | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Phil Haugstad | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Frank Barnes | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Moisan | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lonnie Myers | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Glen Hobbie | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 39 | 89 | .305 | 5.05 | 352 | 96 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 913.0 | 1033 | 591 | 512 | 106 | 415 | 36 | 388 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Easter | 144 | 586 | 477 | 78 | 135 | 25 | 5 | 30 | 102 | 1 | 101 | 138 | .283 | .408 | .545 | .953 | 260 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Len Johnston | 104 | 471 | 410 | 65 | 118 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 25 | 55 | 47 | .288 | .377 | .349 | .726 | 143 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Earl Battey | 125 | 470 | 394 | 46 | 106 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 71 | 3 | 62 | 65 | .269 | .371 | .376 | .747 | 148 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Don Leppert | 97 | 405 | 356 | 35 | 97 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 42 | 20 | .272 | .352 | .357 | .709 | 127 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Joe Torpey | 131 | 487 | 422 | 43 | 89 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 4 | 54 | 54 | .211 | .299 | .275 | .574 | 116 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Clyde Vollmer | 73 | 275 | 238 | 26 | 63 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 33 | 34 | .265 | .354 | .437 | .791 | 104 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Vern Rapp | 70 | 208 | 192 | 17 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 14 | .240 | .295 | .385 | .680 | 74 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Antonello | 56 | 206 | 188 | 19 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 32 | .239 | .281 | .388 | .669 | 73 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bobby Winkles | 44 | 156 | 142 | 14 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 19 | .246 | .305 | .296 | .601 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Kropf | 62 | 221 | 191 | 17 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 27 | 26 | .183 | .291 | .288 | .579 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Golich | 43 | 176 | 154 | 25 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 17 | .221 | .310 | .403 | .713 | 62 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Stegemeier | 50 | 134 | 120 | 15 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 28 | .225 | .295 | .308 | .604 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Jacobs | 33 | 126 | 107 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 19 | .234 | .344 | .393 | .737 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Felipe Montemayor | 30 | 120 | 99 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 33 | .242 | .370 | .333 | .703 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vito Valentinetti | 35 | 83 | 73 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .192 | .224 | .288 | .511 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Reeder | 54 | 62 | 56 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .161 | .200 | .179 | .379 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Moe Savransky | 36 | 46 | 42 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .190 | .244 | .238 | .483 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Powell | 28 | 51 | 48 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .167 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Harris | 12 | 30 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .231 | .333 | .308 | .641 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Birkofer | 8 | 16 | 16 | 5 | .312 | .312 | .312 | .625 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Howard Boles | 9 | 32 | 32 | 5 | .156 | .156 | .156 | .312 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Lee Anthony | 35 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .150 | .150 | .200 | .350 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pablo Garcia | 10 | 33 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .107 | .242 | .250 | .492 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lonnie Myers | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Hisel Patrick | 16 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .154 | .267 | .154 | .421 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Heard | 21 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .100 | .143 | .100 | .243 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Lowe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Art Hartley | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Karol Kwak | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Moisan | 7 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Boemler | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Evans | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Jones | 22 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Haugstad | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Randy Gumpert | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Barnes | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Glen Hobbie | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1424 | 4507 | 3920 | 465 | 950 | 142 | 36 | 80 | 427 | 41 | 0 | 498 | 632 | .242 | .330 | .358 | .688 | 1404 | 98 | 28 | 37 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Easter | 1B | 138 | 1119 | 92 | 30 | 118 | .976 | 8.775 | ||||
| Don Leppert | 2B | 93 | 232 | 254 | 11 | 67 | .978 | 5.226 | ||||
| Jerry Jacobs | 2B | 32 | 80 | 80 | 5 | 18 | .970 | 5.000 | ||||
| Joe Torpey | 2B | 13 | 34 | 45 | 1 | 10 | .988 | 6.077 | ||||
| Joe Torpey | 3B | 23 | 30 | 46 | 4 | 5 | .950 | 3.304 | ||||
| Earl Battey | C | 116 | 480 | 77 | 20 | 11 | .965 | 4.802 | 19 | |||
| Vern Rapp | C | 44 | 171 | 26 | 6 | 7 | .970 | 4.477 | 2 | |||
| Len Johnston | OF | 104 | 222 | 17 | 6 | 3 | .976 | 2.298 | ||||
| Clyde Vollmer | OF | 64 | 145 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .981 | 2.406 | ||||
| John Kropf | OF | 55 | 175 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .984 | 3.255 | ||||
| Bill Antonello | OF | 54 | 142 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .967 | 2.741 | ||||
| John Golich | OF | 43 | 77 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .965 | 1.930 | ||||
| Felipe Montemayor | OF | 27 | 92 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .980 | 3.593 | ||||
| Robert Stegemeier | OF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dennis Reeder | P | 46 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .955 | .457 | ||||
| Vito Valentinetti | P | 35 | 14 | 32 | 6 | 3 | .885 | 1.314 | ||||
| Lee Anthony | P | 35 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .486 | ||||
| Moe Savransky | P | 31 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 3 | .921 | 1.129 | ||||
| Bill Powell | P | 26 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .857 | .923 | ||||
| Floyd Melliere | P | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Jones | P | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .182 | ||||
| Jay Heard | P | 21 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .476 | ||||
| Randy Gumpert | P | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Ross Grimsley | P | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hisel Patrick | P | 16 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Bill Evans | P | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Lonnie Myers | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ralph Birkofer | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Moisan | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glen Hobbie | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Phil Haugstad | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Boemler | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Barnes | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Art Hartley | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Lowe | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Torpey | SS | 88 | 169 | 242 | 19 | 59 | .956 | 4.670 | ||||
| Bobby Winkles | SS | 40 | 57 | 116 | 8 | 20 | .956 | 4.325 | ||||
| Robert Stegemeier | SS | 23 | 25 | 47 | 3 | 10 | .960 | 3.130 | ||||
| Totals | 1319 | 3309 | 1200 | 147 | 342 | .968 | 3.418 | 21 | 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.
