1955 Jamestown Falcons Statistics
Team Record: 48-78
Finished 7th in the PONYL
Manager: Tony Lupien (48-78)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Jamestown, New York
Ballpark: Russell Diethrich, Jr. Park
Attendance: 32,700, Avg. 519
The Jamestown Falcons of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1955 season with a record of 48 wins and 78 losses, finishing seventh in the PONYL.
The Falcons scored 623 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 817 runs. James Lumadue led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .280 clip. Nikko Koleff topped Jamestown with 14 wins and a team-best 3.19 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1955 Jamestown Falcons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Joe Grzenda, Bob Dustal, Tony Lupien and Ron Shoop.
Tony Lupien 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikko Koleff | 14 | 12 | .538 | 3.19 | 36 | 25 | 192.0 | 184 | 96 | 68 | 5 | 86 | ||||||||||
| Alan Dwyer | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.90 | 26 | 15 | 120.0 | 136 | 63 | 52 | 3 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Bob Paffel | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.69 | 43 | 19 | 167.0 | 180 | 114 | 87 | 6 | 121 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Henningham | 4 | 9 | .308 | 5.79 | 29 | 12 | 112.0 | 141 | 92 | 72 | 4 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Elmer Franklin | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.09 | 22 | 11 | 96.0 | 118 | 88 | 65 | 5 | 51 | ||||||||||
| William Wright | 2 | 2 | .500 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Marks | 2 | 3 | .400 | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Johnie Venable | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.16 | 14 | 7 | 61.0 | 63 | 40 | 35 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Robert Glomboske | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.88 | 11 | 8 | 52.0 | 43 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Joe Grzenda | 2 | 5 | .286 | 8.29 | 15 | 5 | 38.0 | 54 | 39 | 35 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Marvin Caswell | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Claude Mitschele | 1 | 4 | .200 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Page | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Schroder | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Max Smith | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Dustal | 0 | 0 | 8.36 | 4 | 14.0 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Kirkpatrick | 0 | 74 | .000 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 48 | 140 | .255 | 4.87 | 273 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 852.0 | 943 | 588 | 461 | 28 | 493 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Lumley | 125 | 485 | 485 | 129 | 17 | 7 | 10 | .266 | .266 | .392 | .658 | 190 | |||||||||||
| James Lumadue | 113 | 407 | 407 | 114 | 19 | 8 | 12 | .280 | .280 | .455 | .735 | 185 | |||||||||||
| Robert Newton | 80 | 306 | 306 | 85 | 13 | 3 | 6 | .278 | .278 | .399 | .676 | 122 | |||||||||||
| Dale Ferris | 47 | 178 | 178 | 74 | 12 | 7 | 10 | .416 | .416 | .730 | 1.146 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Ron Shoop | 60 | 228 | 228 | 70 | 13 | 2 | 3 | .307 | .307 | .421 | .728 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Richard Lisiecki | 66 | 267 | 267 | 70 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .307 | .569 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Chris Andrews | 65 | 237 | 237 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .228 | .228 | .270 | .498 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Edward Carriveau | 60 | 218 | 218 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .229 | .229 | .298 | .528 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Paul Petro | 46 | 163 | 163 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .301 | .301 | .417 | .718 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Michael Bocan | 47 | 196 | 196 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .260 | .474 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Ted Carnagello | 34 | 126 | 126 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .302 | .302 | .349 | .651 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Wib Estermyer | 36 | 126 | 126 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .294 | .294 | .357 | .651 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Rosario Ciatto | 38 | 120 | 120 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .317 | .567 | 38 | |||||||||||
| John Schroder | 42 | 108 | 108 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .306 | .565 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Richard Ranicke | 29 | 110 | 110 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .236 | .236 | .318 | .555 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Don O'Brien | 36 | 93 | 93 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .226 | .269 | .495 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Paparella | 36 | 109 | 109 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .193 | .193 | .275 | .468 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Claude Mitschele | 44 | 74 | 74 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .297 | .541 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Barber | 30 | 78 | 78 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .218 | .218 | .269 | .487 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Grant | 29 | 96 | 96 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .177 | .177 | .260 | .438 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Bob Paffel | 50 | 54 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .333 | .574 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Robert Westerman | 13 | 44 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .295 | .568 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Elmer Franklin | 27 | 45 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .311 | .556 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Tony Lupien | 19 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .308 | .308 | .615 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Henningham | 29 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .222 | .417 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Nikko Koleff | 38 | 50 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .160 | .300 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Johnie Venable | 14 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Alan Dwyer | 26 | 40 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Tom Kirkpatrick | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Robert Glomboske | 11 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .176 | .294 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Robert Williams | 6 | 21 | 21 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Wright | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| William Page | 5 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Stubbe | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Martin | 1 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Marks | 15 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe Grzenda | 15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Kennedy | 5 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Hayes | 6 | 29 | 29 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ron Elkin | 4 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Dustal | 7 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Marvin Caswell | 6 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Brill | 4 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1393 | 4190 | 4190 | 0 | 1064 | 165 | 44 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .254 | .348 | .602 | 1458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Paffel | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Nikko Koleff | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Alfred Henningham | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Alan Dwyer | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Elmer Franklin | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| John Marks | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Grzenda | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| William Wright | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Johnie Venable | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Kirkpatrick | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Glomboske | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Marvin Caswell | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| William Page | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Dustal | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Max Smith | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 255 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
