1955 Lincoln Chiefs Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 67-83
Finished 6th in the WL
Manager: Bill Burwell (67-83)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Ballpark: Sherman Field
Attendance: 90,024, Avg. 1,200

1955 Lincoln Chiefs Roster

The Lincoln Chiefs of the Western League ended the 1955 season with a record of 67 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the WL.

The Chiefs scored 720 runs and surrendered 724 runs.

Members of the 1955 Lincoln Chiefs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bill Bell, Earl Smith, Cholly Naranjo, Red Witt, Orinthal Anderson, Nick Koback, Jim Waugh, Dick Hall, Joe Christopher and Bennie Daniels.

Bill Burwell 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
Dick Hall	12	5	.706	2.24	19	18		16	2		153.0	121	47	38	5	37	2	137	2	0	2
Bill Nordberg	12	11	.522	3.58	35	20		14	2		171.0	174	79	68	19	49	2	67	5	0	2
Dick Drilling	12	12	.500	4.52	37	21		5	2		195.0	222	110	98	29	71	6	116	3	0	9
Bill Bell	8	12	.400	5.52	35	22		10	0		168.0	162	128	103	10	138	5	113	9	0	12
Bennie Daniels	4	4	.500	4.33	14	12		6	1		81.0	75	46	39	4	49	0	49	4	0	4
Don Kildoo	4	5	.444		9						0.0									0
Jack Brown	4	10	.286	6.05	22	16		5	1		119.0	115	91	80	7	112	0	129	10	0	12
Paul Almonte	3	3	.500	3.06	22	0		0	0		50.0	51	21	17	9	15	2	21	0	0	0
Cholly Naranjo	3	4	.429	3.58	12	9		5	0		73.0	77	37	29	4	18	0	52	1	0	3
Deward Williams	3	5	.375	4.89	16	8		5	2		70.0	66	45	38	8	28	3	52	1	1	5
Red Witt	2	10	.167	4.02	18	14		7	0		94.0	90	57	42	10	40	3	85	5	0	10
Frank Rice	0	0			3						0.0									0
Fred Strobel	0	0			6						0.0									0
Joseph Stelmack	0	1	.000		6						0.0									0
Jim Waugh	0	1	.000		1						0.0									0
Totals	67	83	.447	4.23	255	140	0	73	10	0	1174.0	1153	661	552	105	557	23	821	40	1	59	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
Ted Adkins	149	654	524	90	153	29	3	18	84	1		103	58	.292	.414	.462	.875	242		12	6	9
Frank Rice	150	634	525	102	153	41	3	17	85	3		98	107	.291	.404	.478	.882	251		3	5	3
Warren Goodrich	151	669	605	85	153	23	6	1	63	11		38	64	.253	.299	.316	.614	191		4	16	6
Rex Babcock	150	598	514	67	122	26	3	8	90	6		65	103	.237	.329	.346	.675	178		5	14	0
Jack Falls	131	538	451	66	118	15	3	12	60	0		78	36	.262	.368	.388	.756	175		0	6	3
Dick Hall	91	393	331	61	100	21	4	13	63	6		51	38	.302	.395	.508	.903	168		2	6	3
Marcos Cobos	83	257	224	34	65	13	2	3	35	2		28	38	.290	.367	.406	.773	91		1	1	3
Harry Dunlop	84	298	250	28	58	8	0	1	29	3		39	33	.232	.334	.276	.610	69		2	2	5
Gene Stair	59	236	197	28	51	8	0	2	14	4		37	25	.259	.376	.330	.706	65		0	2	0
Howard Padgett	51	207	169	33	41	8	1	1	16	2		32	27	.243	.365	.320	.684	54		1	4	1
Joe Christopher	28	214	199	8	26	4	0	0	3	0		14	12	.131	.188	.151	.339	30		0	1	0
Joe Damato	32	132	114	14	24	6	0	1	10	0		17	23	.211	.318	.289	.608	33		1	0	0
Nick Koback	38	118	103	11	23	5	2	0	11	0		13	18	.223	.314	.311	.624	32		1	0	1
Earl Smith	28	111	88	13	22	5	1	1	15	4		18	11	.250	.382	.364	.745	32		2	1	2
Orinthal Anderson	22	99	72	19	20	2	2	1	6	0		22	11	.278	.459	.403	.862	29		3	1	1
Jack Brown	29	61	58	5	14	2	0	2	11	0		2	12	.241	.262	.379	.642	22		0	0	1
Bill Nordberg	35	73	70	8	12	1	0	0	13	0		0	10	.171	.171	.186	.357	13		0	3	0
Gordon Figard	23	109	76	19	12	5	0	1	5	1		32	26	.158	.407	.263	.671	20		0	1	0
Bennie Daniels	26	60	52	7	10	3	1	0	6	1		8	30	.192	.300	.288	.588	15		0	0	0
Red Witt	20	34	29	2	8	0	0	0	2	0		3	9	.276	.344	.276	.620	8		0	2	0
Bill Bell	38	76	62	3	8	3	0	1	6	0		10	23	.129	.250	.226	.476	14		0	4	0
Jimmy Cleverly	7	16	16		7									.438	.438	.438	.875	7
Robert Reynolds	15	43	38	3	6	1	0	0	5	0		4	8	.158	.256	.184	.440	7		1	0	0
Dick Drilling	37	79	68	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		3	30	.074	.113	.074	.186	5		0	8	0
Cholly Naranjo	13	28	24	6	4	0	0	0	0	0		3	6	.167	.259	.167	.426	4		0	1	0
Deward Williams	16	26	26	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	4	.154	.154	.154	.308	4		0	0	0
Don Kildoo	9	20	20		2									.100	.100	.100	.200	2
Fred Strobel	6	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Raymond Gilbert	4	11	11		1									.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Paul Almonte	22	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.067	.125	.067	.192	1		0	0	0
Jim Waugh	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joseph Stelmack	6	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1554	5820	4941	714	1224	229	31	83	633	44	0	719	765	.248	.345	.357	.702	1764	0	38	84	38	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ted Adkins	1B	149	1127	69	11	114	.991	8.027
Rex Babcock	2B	145	330	365	22	89	.969	4.793
Howard Padgett	3B	45	39	74	15	9	.883	2.511
Jack Falls	3B	42	42	54	11	6	.897	2.286
Warren Goodrich	3B	32	22	38	14	11	.811	1.875
Gordon Figard	3B	23	23	40	7	4	.900	2.739
Harry Dunlop	C	74	477	53	8	4	.985	7.162	10
Marcos Cobos	C	49	252	27	6	0	.979	5.694	2
Nick Koback	C	30	183	21	5	3	.976	6.800	3
Frank Rice	OF	150	416	15	8	3	.982	2.873
Jack Falls	OF	84	127	5	12	1	.917	1.571
Dick Hall	OF	73	128	4	1	2	.992	1.808
Gene Stair	OF	54	86	3	1	0	.989	1.648
Earl Smith	OF	28	51	1	4	0	.929	1.857
Joe Christopher	OF	28	34	4	4	0	.905	1.357
Orinthal Anderson	OF	22	26	0	1	0	.963	1.182
Marcos Cobos	OF	14	15	3	0	1	1.000	1.286
Dick Drilling	P	37	10	20	1	1	.968	.811
Bill Nordberg	P	35	17	41	2	6	.967	1.657
Bill Bell	P	35	16	44	6	4	.909	1.714
Jack Brown	P	22	5	14	2	3	.905	.864
Paul Almonte	P	22	1	11	2	2	.857	.545
Dick Hall	P	19	8	26	1	1	.971	1.789
Red Witt	P	18	5	14	5	0	.792	1.056
Deward Williams	P	16	4	9	2	1	.867	.812
Bennie Daniels	P	14	5	32	2	4	.949	2.643
Cholly Naranjo	P	12	4	17	1	1	.955	1.750
Don Kildoo	P	9						.000
Fred Strobel	P	6						.000
Joseph Stelmack	P	6						.000
Frank Rice	P	3						.000
Jim Waugh	P	1						.000
Warren Goodrich	SS	119	206	297	52	57	.906	4.227
Joe Damato	SS	32	55	100	8	19	.951	4.844
Totals		1448	3714	1401	214	346	.960	3.532	15	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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