1955 Lafayette Oilers Statistics

Evangeline League (EL) - Class: C
Team Record: 77-63
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Lou Klein (77-63)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
Ballpark: Clark Field
Attendance: 57,082, Avg. 815

1955 Lafayette Oilers Roster

Playoffs - Lafayette Oilers 4 games, New Iberia Pelicans 2
Finals - Lafayette Oilers 4 games, Alexandria Aces 2

The Lafayette Oilers of the Evangeline League ended the 1955 season with a record of 77 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the EL.

The Oilers scored 765 runs, most in the league. Lafayette conceded 637 runs. Al Seeger topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .299. Russell Wingo led the team with 17 wins, while J. B. Richard, too added 15 or more wins, too Russell Wingo recorded a 2.37 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Lou Klein and Freddie Burdette both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Lou Klein 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
Russell Wingo	17	5	.773	2.37	30	23					209.0	160	71	55	9	63
J. B. Richard	16	11	.593	3.28	40	26					217.0	222	103	79	9	57
Freddie Burdette	12	10	.545	2.46	31	25					205.0	177	78	56	10	69
Bill Milone	11	7	.611	3.83	53	18					188.0	199	120	80	5	108
Charles Swicegood	8	6	.571	4.63	22	12					107.0	98	60	55	6	56
Anthony Petrovich	4	7	.364	6.82	21	11					66.0	62	56	50	3	69
Paul Martin	3	3	.500	6.85	11	6					46.0	63	42	35	2	30
Hayward Babin	3	5	.375	3.88	13	8					51.0	48	25	22	2	33
Richard Dirienzo	1	0	1.000		7						0.0
Jim Speer	1	0	1.000		1						0.0
Patrick Brosnan	1	2	.333		6						0.0
Guy Reese	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Jesus Vazquez	0	1	.000		6						0.0
Lou Klein	0	2	.000		8						0.0
Tom Rea	0	3	.000		6						0.0
Totals	77	63	.550	3.57	257	129	0	0	0	0	1089.0	1029	555	432	46	485	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
Al Seeger	138	555	555		166	31	4	9						.299	.299	.418	.717	232
Thomas Nerad	137	525	525		153	28	5	26						.291	.291	.512	.804	269
David Hanrahan	137	526	526		124	17	3	5						.236	.236	.308	.544	162
Lou Klein	112	357	357		122	24	3	23						.342	.342	.619	.961	221
Fred Caviness	85	300	300		80	15	2	3						.267	.267	.360	.627	108
Robert Picciano	77	277	277		76	18	3	6						.274	.274	.426	.700	118
Travis Eckert	62	223	223		63	9	3	8						.283	.283	.457	.740	102
Charles LaCoste	54	207	207		57	16	0	7						.275	.275	.454	.729	94
John Kreuter	55	174	174		50	11	1	2						.287	.287	.397	.684	69
Dick Tindall	45	168	168		47	2	2	4						.280	.280	.387	.667	65
Dean Manns	36	136	136		36	6	1	1						.265	.265	.346	.610	47
Gene Steiger	41	139	139		36	7	1							.259	.259	.324	.583	45
Vern Schmall	26	83	83		24	4	0	0						.289	.289	.337	.627	28
Dick Wright	20	83	83	13	20	3	0	2	7	2				.241	.241	.349	.590	29
Russell Wingo	33	90	90		17	5	1	1						.189	.189	.300	.489	27
Dan Priest	29	84	84		16	4	0	0						.190	.190	.238	.429	20
Ed Stutsman	22	57	57		14	4	0	0						.246	.246	.316	.561	18
Manuel Trabous	33	79	79		14	2	0	2						.177	.177	.278	.456	22
Paul Beck	11	41	41		12	4	1	0						.293	.293	.439	.732	18
Freddie Burdette	32	74	74		11	0	1	0						.149	.149	.176	.324	13
Raymond Adams	11	46	46		10	2	0	0						.217	.217	.261	.478	12
Daniel Brown	15	42	42		9	3	0	0						.214	.214	.286	.500	12
Bill Milone	53	67	67		9	1	0	0						.134	.134	.149	.284	10
Charles Swicegood	22	36	36		8	1	0	0						.222	.222	.250	.472	9
J. B. Richard	41	69	69		6	1	1	0						.087	.087	.130	.217	9
Paul Martin	11	16	16		5	0	0	1						.312	.312	.500	.812	8
Anthony Petrovich	22	22	22		5	1	0	0						.227	.227	.273	.500	6
Buzzy Keller	3	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Hayward Babin	13	17	17		1	0	0	0						.059	.059	.059	.118	1
Fidel Alvarez	2	9	9											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jesus Vazquez	7	2	2											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Patrick Brosnan	6	8	8											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Dirienzo	8	2	2											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Speer	1	4	4											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Aguelio Gomez	3	3	3											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Tom Rea	6	5	5											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Charles McGuckin	2	7	7											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1411	4538	4538	13	1192	219	32	100	7	2	0	0	0	.263	.263	.391	.654	1775	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bill Milone	P	53					.000
J. B. Richard	P	40					.000
Freddie Burdette	P	31					.000
Russell Wingo	P	30					.000
Charles Swicegood	P	22					.000
Anthony Petrovich	P	21					.000
Hayward Babin	P	13					.000
Paul Martin	P	11					.000
Richard Dirienzo	P	7					.000
Jesus Vazquez	P	6					.000
Tom Rea	P	6					.000
Patrick Brosnan	P	6					.000
Jim Speer	P	1					.000
Totals		247	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.

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