1955 Lafayette Chiefs Statistics

Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 63-63
Finished 5th in the MOVL
Manager: Mark Wylie (63-63)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Lafayette, Indiana
Ballpark: Columbian Park
Attendance: 61,287, Avg. 973

1955 Lafayette Chiefs Roster

The Lafayette Chiefs of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1955 season with a record of 63 wins and 63 losses, finishing fifth in the MOVL.

The Chiefs scored 723 runs and conceded 708 runs.

Carl Mathias played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lafayette Chiefs to do so.

Mark Wylie 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
Dave Wegerek	17	8	.680	2.59	34	27		16	2		219.0	190	101	63	6	101		196	6	0	16
Ted Fowler	10	11	.476	3.18	29	20		12	3		153.0	134	89	54	4	71		147	9	1	7
Carl Mathias	10	11	.476	5.57	29	23		8	1		152.0	139	119	94	8	150		197	9	1	13
Thomas Trossen	5	2	.714		8						0.0									0
Kent Sterling	5	6	.455	4.07	14	12		6	1		84.0	95	64	38	5	33		65	4	0	4
Hal Larned	3	2	.600		7						0.0									0
Harold Keller	3	5	.375	4.50	15	7		5	0		66.0	57	43	33	2	77		83	2	0	7
Clarence Clark	3	6	.333	6.52	31	11		3	0		109.0	94	93	79	8	128		93	6	0	11
Tony Komisar	2	0	1.000	4.37	14	1		0	0		35.0	35	21	17	4	17		36	1	0	1
Peter Fuhrman	1	0	1.000		1						0.0									0
Jerry Murphy	1	0	1.000		6						0.0									0
Mark Wylie	1	1	.500		3						0.0									0
Armenio Badia	1	1	.500		4						0.0									0
David Chambers	1	2	.333		9						0.0									0
William Kindl	0	0			2						0.0									0
Jim Bowen	0	0			2						0.0									0
Joe Vilk	0	0			4						0.0									0
Fred Kitchen	0	0			1						0.0									0
William Lansinger	0	0			5						0.0									0
Lazaro Rivero	0	2	.000		4						0.0									0
Joe Cobb	0	3	.000		7						0.0									0
John Correll	0	3	.000	3.32	10	0		0	0		19.0	20	11	7	1	12		8	2	0	2
Totals	63	63	.500	4.14	239	101	0	50	7	0	837.0	764	541	385	38	589	0	825	39	2	61	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
Charlie Smiley	97	412	362	67	110	16	4	6	59	13		34	63	.304	.376	.420	.796	152		11	0	5
Kenneth Kane	78	347	314	55	90	11	2	9	39	8		22	52	.287	.338	.420	.759	132		3	7	1
Lynwood Henry	106	458	367	63	90	18	4	5	51	5		80	62	.245	.385	.357	.742	131		5	3	3
Nick Siemasz	58	250	223	42	84	9	6	7	47	11		17	16	.377	.427	.565	.992	126		5	2	3
Robert Zuccarini	80	342	260	62	74	20	3	15	55	7		79	60	.285	.453	.558	1.011	145		2	0	1
William Close	59	261	229	58	69	10	8	7	42	5		29	22	.301	.381	.507	.887	116		1	1	1
Fred Swick	75	342	271	67	68	14	4	5	41	8		67	55	.251	.402	.387	.789	105		2	1	1
Dayton Todd	80	304	250	30	66	8	0	6	48	1		45	11	.264	.373	.368	.741	92		1	4	4
John Lowry	47	214	174	44	53	14	3	2	14	9		36	25	.305	.422	.454	.876	79		0	3	1
George Kostelac	45	202	168	38	47	8	1	7	30	1		32	32	.280	.401	.464	.865	78		2	0	0
Armenio Badia	44	196	157	35	38	10	2	6	31	5		36	24	.242	.390	.446	.836	70		2	1	0
George Ettenger	40	135	116	16	33	2	1	3	24	1		15	30	.284	.373	.397	.770	46		2	1	1
Fred Kitchen	32	135	121	16	29	4	0	6	26	2		12	33	.240	.304	.421	.725	51		0	0	2
William Kindl	25	114	97	14	24	2	1	0	11	0		14	6	.247	.342	.289	.631	28		1	0	2
Clarence Johnson	19	71	65	10	20	4	1	1	14	1		5	16	.308	.352	.446	.798	29		0	0	1
Carl Rogers	39	91	82	11	20	3	0	0	11	0		7	9	.244	.297	.280	.577	23		0	0	2
George Repasky	29	113	103	7	18	5	0	0	0	0		6	26	.175	.218	.223	.441	23		0	3	1
Jack Misenko	19	74	60	10	15	1	1	1	13	1		13	5	.250	.378	.350	.728	21		0	0	1
Dave Wegerek	37	86	75	6	15	4	0	1	15	1		7	20	.200	.262	.293	.555	22		0	2	2
David Henderson	22	85	76	6	15	1	0	1	8	0		8	16	.197	.282	.250	.532	19		1	0	0
Jerry Ryle	21	94	82	7	15	0	2	0	10	0		6	10	.183	.237	.232	.468	19		1	1	4
Clarence Clark	42	61	58	8	13	2	0	0	4	0		2	16	.224	.262	.259	.521	15		1	0	0
Bobby Bush	25	113	91	20	13	2	0	1	6	5		20	13	.143	.297	.198	.495	18		0	2	0
Bob Whitworth	24	86	76	6	8	1	0	1	9	0		9	13	.105	.198	.158	.356	12		0	0	1
Ted Fowler	31	62	55	3	6	2	0	0	4	0		5	22	.109	.183	.145	.329	8		0	2	0
David Chambers	9	14	14		4									.286	.286	.286	.571	4
Tony Komisar	14	13	11	4	3	0	0	0	2	0		1	2	.273	.333	.273	.606	3		0	1	0
Hal Larned	7	14	14		3									.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Thomas Trossen	8	20	20		3									.150	.150	.150	.300	3
Harold Keller	15	28	21	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		6	6	.143	.333	.143	.476	3		0	1	0
Kent Sterling	14	31	28	1	3	2	0	1	4	0		2	10	.107	.194	.286	.479	8		1	0	0
Mark Wylie	3	7	7		2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
Carl Mathias	30	67	50	5	2	0	0	0	2	0		12	22	.040	.226	.040	.266	2		0	5	0
William Lansinger	5	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Jerry Murphy	6	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Jim Bowen	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joe Cobb	7	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Correll	10	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0
Lazaro Rivero	4	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joe Vilk	4	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Peter Fuhrman	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1313	4870	4124	716	1058	173	43	91	620	84	0	628	700	.257	.358	.386	.743	1590	0	41	40	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Charlie Smiley	1B	97	774	39	22	53	.974	8.381
George Kostelac	1B	29	227	14	7	25	.972	8.310
William Close	2B	59	125	119	15	29	.942	4.136
George Repasky	2B	29	48	81	5	9	.963	4.448
John Lowry	2B	19	47	35	7	9	.921	4.316
Bobby Bush	2B	16	35	52	4	12	.956	5.438
Lynwood Henry	3B	106	91	181	34	11	.889	2.566
John Lowry	3B	20	37	47	18	13	.824	4.200
Dayton Todd	C	75	557	35	9	5	.985	7.893	5
Carl Rogers	C	26	166	18	10	1	.948	7.077	6
George Ettenger	C	22	157	18	7	0	.962	7.955	6
Bob Whitworth	C	21	152	18	5	3	.971	8.095	3
Robert Zuccarini	OF	80	128	7	11	2	.925	1.688
Fred Swick	OF	74	79	6	12	2	.876	1.149
Nick Siemasz	OF	58	78	3	4	1	.953	1.397
Armenio Badia	OF	42	80	6	6	1	.935	2.048
Fred Kitchen	OF	31	35	10	5	1	.900	1.452
William Kindl	OF	25	30	2	0	0	1.000	1.280
Clarence Johnson	OF	19	25	2	5	0	.844	1.421
Jack Misenko	OF	16	18	2	3	1	.870	1.250
George Kostelac	OF	15	21	3	1	1	.960	1.600
Dave Wegerek	P	34	9	62	9	2	.888	2.088
Clarence Clark	P	31	7	25	3	1	.914	1.032
Carl Mathias	P	29	5	18	1	1	.958	.793
Ted Fowler	P	29	4	32	6	4	.857	1.241
Harold Keller	P	15	2	12	1	0	.933	.933
Kent Sterling	P	14	2	11	1	0	.929	.929
Tony Komisar	P	14	1	7	1	1	.889	.571
John Correll	P	10	0	5	0	0	1.000	.500
David Chambers	P	9						.000
Thomas Trossen	P	8						.000
Hal Larned	P	7						.000
Joe Cobb	P	7						.000
Jerry Murphy	P	6						.000
William Lansinger	P	5						.000
Joe Vilk	P	4						.000
Lazaro Rivero	P	4						.000
Armenio Badia	P	4						.000
Mark Wylie	P	3						.000
William Kindl	P	2						.000
Jim Bowen	P	2						.000
Fred Kitchen	P	1						.000
Peter Fuhrman	P	1						.000
Kenneth Kane	SS	77	108	182	43	35	.871	3.766
David Henderson	SS	21	26	52	10	5	.886	3.714
Jerry Ryle	SS	20	35	48	13	16	.865	4.150
Totals		1236	3109	1152	278	244	.939	3.447	20	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.

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