
1955 Lincoln Chiefs Statistics
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
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, Nick Koback, Cholly Naranjo, Red Witt, Orinthal Anderson, Joe Christopher, Bennie Daniels, Dick Hall and Jim Waugh.
Bill Burwell 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 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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