1955 Lawton Braves Statistics
Team Record: 95-44
Finished 1st in the SSL
Manager: Travis Jackson (95-44)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Lawton, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Memorial Park
Attendance: 45,554, Avg. 655
Playoffs - Lawton Braves 3 games, Paris Orioles 1
Finals - Lawton Braves 4 games, Muskogee Giants
The Lawton Braves of the Sooner State League ended the 1955 season with a record of 95 wins and 44 losses, finishing first in the SSL.
The Braves plated 858 runs, tops in the circuit. Lawton conceded 507 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Philip Williams paced all regular batters with a .329 average. Bobby Dudley earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad, while Dale Hendrickson also added 15 or more victories also Dale Hendrickson registered a 1.26 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Ron Piché played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lawton Braves to do so.
Travis Jackson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Dudley | 23 | 11 | .676 | 2.31 | 36 | 32 | 269.0 | 246 | 101 | 69 | 11 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Dale Hendrickson | 21 | 8 | .724 | 1.26 | 31 | 28 | 243.0 | 164 | 58 | 34 | 4 | 105 | ||||||||||
| Michael Kirmer | 13 | 3 | .812 | 2.25 | 23 | 21 | 168.0 | 122 | 55 | 42 | 2 | 102 | ||||||||||
| Ron Piché | 13 | 6 | .684 | 2.98 | 32 | 18 | 184.0 | 163 | 80 | 61 | 11 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Hickman | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.70 | 14 | 9 | 90.0 | 84 | 39 | 27 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||
| James Miller | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.27 | 18 | 11 | 77.0 | 76 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 35 | ||||||||||
| William Jackson | 4 | 2 | .667 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Szarzynski | 3 | 3 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul Lochridge | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Hawkins | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Quigley | 1 | 2 | .333 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Janiak | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Duncan | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 95 | 44 | .683 | 2.28 | 211 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1031.0 | 855 | 367 | 261 | 34 | 411 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Williams | 134 | 520 | 520 | 171 | 44 | 7 | 19 | .329 | .329 | .550 | .879 | 286 | |||||||||||
| Gary Anderson | 135 | 568 | 568 | 154 | 24 | 5 | 2 | .271 | .271 | .342 | .613 | 194 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Aycock | 132 | 499 | 499 | 138 | 32 | 4 | 20 | .277 | .277 | .477 | .754 | 238 | |||||||||||
| Pete Peterson | 120 | 463 | 463 | 133 | 23 | 8 | 19 | .287 | .287 | .495 | .782 | 229 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Staniec | 138 | 503 | 503 | 114 | 19 | 7 | 6 | .227 | .227 | .328 | .555 | 165 | |||||||||||
| William Dennis | 79 | 327 | 327 | 100 | 15 | 6 | 14 | .306 | .306 | .517 | .823 | 169 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Hoffses | 85 | 316 | 316 | 88 | 20 | 5 | 13 | .278 | .278 | .497 | .775 | 157 | |||||||||||
| Lee Freeman | 93 | 296 | 296 | 86 | 16 | 1 | 8 | .291 | .291 | .432 | .723 | 128 | |||||||||||
| Joe Pearce | 81 | 266 | 266 | 67 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .252 | .252 | .312 | .564 | 83 | |||||||||||
| Dick Myers | 54 | 200 | 200 | 47 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .235 | .235 | .320 | .555 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Williams | 37 | 117 | 117 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .239 | .239 | .291 | .530 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Dudley | 41 | 121 | 121 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .215 | .215 | .289 | .504 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Michael Kirmer | 24 | 69 | 69 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .333 | .594 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Ron Piché | 32 | 65 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .169 | .169 | .185 | .354 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Dale Hendrickson | 31 | 80 | 80 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .112 | .112 | .175 | .288 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Hickman | 14 | 35 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .257 | .457 | 9 | |||||||||||
| George DesMeules | 18 | 51 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .196 | .333 | 10 | |||||||||||
| James Miller | 19 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .148 | .148 | .185 | .333 | 5 | |||||||||||
| William Jackson | 15 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .312 | .500 | 5 | |||||||||||
| William Hawkins | 7 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Quigley | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Duncan | 6 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Szarzynski | 9 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Lochridge | 9 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Janiak | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1327 | 4584 | 4584 | 0 | 1211 | 232 | 51 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .264 | .406 | .670 | 1860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Dudley | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Piché | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Dale Hendrickson | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Kirmer | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| James Miller | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Hickman | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| William Jackson | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Quigley | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| John Szarzynski | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Lochridge | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| William Hawkins | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| John Duncan | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Janiak | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 211 | 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.
