1955 Lynchburg Cardinals Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 64-67
Finished 5th in the PL
Manager: George Kissell (64-67)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 64,741, Avg. 988

1955 Lynchburg Cardinals Roster

The Lynchburg Cardinals of the Piedmont League ended the 1955 season with a record of 64 wins and 67 losses, finishing fifth in the PL.

The Cardinals plated 697 runs and surrendered 744 runs, most in the league. George Kissell 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
Vernon Cray	14	8	.636	3.71	62	2		0	0		160.0	159	76	66	16	72		90	9	0	10
Robert Rauber	12	8	.600	4.03	46	22		6	2		174.0	178	100	78	10	71		99	6	0	8
John Knight	11	12	.478	3.39	48	16		4	3		178.0	146	102	67	11	113		131	5	1	9
Kelton Russell	8	7	.533	3.47	20	17		6	0		127.0	128	61	49	9	60		99	5	0	1
Walter Yowell	3	2	.600		10						0.0									0
Fred Huthmaker	3	2	.600		12						0.0									0
Bob Schaffer	3	3	.500	4.00	17	10		1	0		54.0	60	34	24	3	36		41	2	1	2
Leon McClinton	2	1	.667		9						0.0									0
Philip Emery	1	0	1.000		4						0.0									0
Paul Dewey	1	1	.500		8						0.0									0
John Perry	1	2	.333		9						0.0									0
Melvin Greer	1	3	.250		15						0.0									0
Jack Yvars	1	3	.250		7						0.0									0
Chick McCombie	1	7	.125	6.37	27	10		1	0		82.0	105	76	58	10	66		34	9	0	7
Tony Cincotta					3						0.0
Jim Hiland	0	0			5						0.0									0
John Hilman	0	0			1						0.0									0
Charles Lankford	0	0			2						0.0									0
Peter Shultis	0	0			1						0.0									0
Kenneth Spencer	0	0			4						0.0									0
Clair Troxell	0	0			1						0.0									0
Carl Brown					12						0.0
Kedy Curl	0	1	.000		3						0.0									0
Totals	62	60	.508	3.97	326	77	0	18	5	0	775.0	776	449	342	59	418	0	494	36	2	37	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
William Kunkle	130	562	494	89	149	26	4	17	82	2		49	79	.302	.372	.474	.846	234		9	6	4
Gene Davis	125	533	477	77	138	28	6	10	84	6		32	82	.289	.342	.436	.778	208		8	12	4
Ray Stockton	108	464	377	77	128	32	7	7	67	2		73	69	.340	.451	.517	.968	195		6	5	3
Bob Bauer	127	564	466	86	123	29	7	7	49	4		84	103	.264	.382	.401	.783	187		6	6	2
John Slachta	123	514	437	59	118	15	6	2	62	2		64	65	.270	.366	.346	.711	151		3	8	2
Jack Siemer	132	584	501	68	113	15	5	5	54	8		61	86	.226	.311	.305	.616	153		4	11	7
Clair Troxell	102	351	294	37	70	9	3	3	36	2		45	58	.238	.347	.320	.667	94		5	5	2
William Stark	87	286	241	34	60	14	2	1	34	1		41	31	.249	.358	.336	.694	81		1	1	2
William Hopkins	66	254	220	41	50	10	2	9	37	3		31	42	.227	.320	.414	.734	91		0	1	2
Robert Rauber	49	72	65	6	16	2	0	0	6	0		4	10	.246	.300	.277	.577	18		1	2	0
Lee Irby	14	47	42	4	12	2	0	0	7	1		5	5	.286	.362	.333	.695	14		0	0	0
John Knight	58	85	70	10	12	1	0	1	11	0		11	21	.171	.280	.229	.509	16		0	3	1
Charles Keller	12	40	36	2	6	0	0	0	1	0		2	3	.167	.211	.167	.377	6		0	2	0
John Perry	11	13	13	2	5	0	1	0	2	0		0	4	.385	.385	.538	.923	7		0	0	0
Kelton Russell	20	49	42	3	4	1	0	0	3	0		5	26	.095	.191	.119	.311	5		0	2	0
Vernon Cray	62	55	49	4	4	0	0	0	1	0		2	20	.082	.135	.082	.216	4		1	3	0
Bob Schaffer	17	20	17	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		1	6	.176	.222	.235	.458	4		0	2	0
Melvin Greer	18	22	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.143	.182	.143	.325	3		0	0	0
Chick McCombie	27	30	27	2	3	0	0	1	4	0		2	13	.111	.172	.222	.395	6		0	1	0
Leon McClinton	9	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Fred Huthmaker	12	16	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.133	.133	.133	.267	2		0	1	0
Jim Hiland	5	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Kenneth Spencer	4	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Philip Emery	4	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Paul Dewey	8	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Walter Yowell	11	15	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	4	.083	.077	.083	.160	1		0	2	1
Jack Ramsey	9	13	13		1									.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Kedy Curl	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Eduardo Escalante	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Hilman	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Charles Lankford	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jack Yvars	7	10	10		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1365	4634	3974	605	1027	185	43	63	542	31	0	513	738	.258	.347	.374	.721	1487	0	44	73	30	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
William Hopkins	1B	58	421	29	8	31	.983	7.759
Clair Troxell	1B	18	140	10	3	12	.980	8.333
Lee Irby	1B	13	93	10	2	11	.981	7.923
Charles Keller	1B	11	98	7	1	7	.991	9.545
Jack Siemer	2B	132	359	354	43	77	.943	5.402
Bob Bauer	3B	121	111	253	41	22	.899	3.008
Gene Davis	3B	17	16	33	6	5	.891	2.882
Clair Troxell	C	78	401	50	12	8	.974	5.782	7
William Stark	C	70	360	30	12	2	.970	5.571	3
John Slachta	OF	122	246	14	10	3	.963	2.131
Ray Stockton	OF	108	190	10	10	6	.952	1.852
Gene Davis	OF	106	166	15	14	1	.928	1.708
Vernon Cray	P	62	8	18	0	2	1.000	.419
John Knight	P	48	5	34	2	1	.951	.812
Robert Rauber	P	46	12	40	3	1	.945	1.130
Chick McCombie	P	27	4	11	1	0	.938	.556
Kelton Russell	P	20	2	14	0	1	1.000	.800
Bob Schaffer	P	17	1	10	1	0	.917	.647
Melvin Greer	P	15	3	5	2	0	.800	.533
Fred Huthmaker	P	12	0	10	0	0	1.000	.833
Carl Brown	P	12						.000
Walter Yowell	P	10	2	7	1	1	.900	.900
John Perry	P	9						.000
Leon McClinton	P	9						.000
Paul Dewey	P	8						.000
Jack Yvars	P	7						.000
Jim Hiland	P	5						.000
Kenneth Spencer	P	4						.000
Philip Emery	P	4						.000
Kedy Curl	P	3						.000
Tony Cincotta	P	3						.000
Charles Lankford	P	2						.000
Clair Troxell	P	1						.000
Peter Shultis	P	1						.000
John Hilman	P	1						.000
William Kunkle	SS	129	274	408	65	68	.913	5.287
Totals		1309	2912	1372	237	259	.948	3.273	10	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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