1955 Little Rock Travelers Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 52-102
Finished 8th in the SA
Manager: Bob Mavis (0-0), Bud Souchock (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 51,514, Avg. 669

1955 Little Rock Travelers Roster

The Little Rock Travelers of the Southern Association ended the 1955 season with a record of 52 wins and 102 losses, finishing eighth in the SA.

The Travelers plated 556 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 805 runs. George Risley led all regular batters with a .276 average. Gene Host topped Little Rock with 10 wins, while Milt Jordan recorded a 3.27 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1955 Little Rock Travelers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Sal Yvars, Jake Crawford, Gene Host, Harry Bright, Dick Rozek, Jay Porter, John Baumgartner, Jack Wallaesa, Bud Black, George Bullard, Bud Souchock, Bob Mavis, Pete Taylor, Bitsy Mott and Milt Jordan.

Bob Mavis and Bud Souchock 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
Gene Host	10	13	.435	3.94	42	25					208.0	209	112	91	9	122
Milt Jordan	7	6	.538	3.27	37	10					124.0	108	53	45	8	43
Larry Donovan	7	13	.350	3.48	28	21					155.0	165	83	60	16	51
John Weiss	7	15	.318	4.65	35	19					147.0	156	84	76	13	83
Bud Black	6	3	.667	2.43	11	7					63.0	45	18	17	4	33
Pete Taylor	6	8	.429	4.71	25	12					109.0	107	63	57	15	45
Dick Rozek	5	14	.263	5.60	27	24					156.0	166	113	97	14	94
Joe Tully	2	2	.500	3.29	47	0					104.0	105	49	38	9	30
Ron Rozman	2	9	.182	5.90	21	13					90.0	112	68	59	14	28
Dick Barr	0	1	.000		9						0.0
Frank Logan	0	2	.000	11.08	11	4					26.0	45	36	32	4	32
Robert Cruze	0	3	.000		9						0.0
Vincent Trakan	0	4	.000		8						0.0
Gilbert Mills	0	9	.000	4.38	13	12					76.0	84	45	37	11	38
Totals	52	102	.338	4.36	323	147	0	0	0	0	1258.0	1302	724	609	117	599	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
George Risley	148	525	525		145	19	7	6						.276	.276	.373	.650	196
R. C. Otey	127	492	492		127	12	5	0						.258	.258	.303	.561	149
Andrew Frazier	123	424	424		114	26	2	4						.269	.269	.368	.637	156
William Killinger	112	392	392		111	15	1	3						.283	.283	.349	.633	137
Frederick Flemming	99	347	347		100	9	4	8						.288	.288	.406	.695	141
Harry Minor	117	376	376		94	19	0	12						.250	.250	.396	.646	149
Jack Wallaesa	71	234	234		69	9	0	8						.295	.295	.436	.731	102
George Bullard	71	240	240		66	7	2	1						.275	.275	.333	.608	80
Emil Karlik	54	177	177		45	7	1	0						.254	.254	.305	.559	54
Francis McElroy	80	211	211		43	7	1	0						.204	.204	.246	.450	52
Richard Giedlin	54	171	171		42	3	0	2						.246	.246	.298	.544	51
Bud Souchock	48	140	140		34	11	0	4						.243	.243	.407	.650	57
Jake Crawford	33	111	111		31	5	1	3						.279	.279	.423	.703	47
John Baumgartner	45	153	153		31	6	0	3						.203	.203	.301	.503	46
Jay Porter	25	88	88		28	2	1	4						.318	.318	.500	.818	44
William Hoffer	26	100	100		28	2	0	1						.280	.280	.330	.610	33
Luther Tucker	32	108	108		28	2	2	0						.259	.259	.315	.574	34
Harry Bright	27	75	75		18	2	0	2						.240	.240	.347	.587	26
Daniel Ryan	34	79	79		18	3	0	0						.228	.228	.266	.494	21
Sal Yvars	15	48	48		16	2	1	1						.333	.333	.479	.812	23
Frank Walenga	21	53	53		13	2	0	0						.245	.245	.283	.528	15
John Weiss	35	40	40		10	1	0	1						.250	.250	.350	.600	14
Pete Taylor	29	42	42		7	1	0	0						.167	.167	.190	.357	8
Dick Rozek	29	48	48		7	0	0	0						.146	.146	.146	.292	7
Gene Host	44	65	65		7	0	0	0						.108	.108	.108	.215	7
Gilbert Mills	14	23	23		5	0	0	2						.217	.217	.478	.696	11
Larry Donovan	28	43	43		5	1	0	0						.116	.116	.140	.256	6
Bob Mavis	18	14	14		4	0	0	1						.286	.286	.500	.786	7
Joe Tully	47	27	27		4	0	0	0						.148	.148	.148	.296	4
Milt Jordan	37	34	34		4	1	0	0						.118	.118	.147	.265	5
Ben Mateosky	2	10	10		3									.300	.300	.300	.600	3
Bud Black	11	20	20		3	0	0	0						.150	.150	.150	.300	3
Ron Rozman	25	27	27		3	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	3
Bob Jingling	13	17	17		2	0	0	0						.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Bob Caselli	10	22	22		1	0	0	0						.045	.045	.045	.091	1
Ron Witucki	9	28	28											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Cruze	9	8	8											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ed Barr	7	23	23											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bitsy Mott	1	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Vincent Trakan	8	5	5											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Frank Logan	11	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Louie Schaufele	1	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1750	5045	5045	0	1266	174	28	66	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.251	.336	.587	1694	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Joe Tully	P	47					.000
Gene Host	P	42					.000
Milt Jordan	P	37					.000
John Weiss	P	35					.000
Larry Donovan	P	28					.000
Dick Rozek	P	27					.000
Pete Taylor	P	25					.000
Ron Rozman	P	21					.000
Gilbert Mills	P	13					.000
Frank Logan	P	11					.000
Bud Black	P	11					.000
Robert Cruze	P	9					.000
Dick Barr	P	9					.000
Vincent Trakan	P	8					.000
Totals		323	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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