1955 Mobile Bears Statistics
Team Record: 79-75
Finished 4th in the SA
Manager: Clay Bryant (79-75)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Ballpark: Hartwell Field
Attendance: 94,214, Avg. 1,224
Playoffs - Mobile Bears 4 games, Memphis Chicks 3
Finals - Mobile Bears 4 games, Birmingham Barons 2
The Mobile Bears of the Southern Association ended the 1955 season with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the SA.
The Bears scored 702 runs and conceded 718 runs. Jim Gentile led all regular batters with a .290 average. Ralph Mauriello topped Mobile with 18 wins and a team-best 2.76 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1955 Mobile Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Fred Kipp, Chuck Coles, Rudy Rufer, Earl Mossor, Jim Gentile, Chris Kitsos, Dick Young, Connie Grob, Ray Shearer, Don Demeter, Ralph Mauriello, Jake Striker and Jim Baxes.
Clay Bryant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Mauriello | 18 | 8 | .692 | 2.76 | 35 | 34 | 215.0 | 159 | 86 | 66 | 14 | 132 | ||||||||||
| Connie Grob | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.41 | 39 | 24 | 182.0 | 194 | 102 | 69 | 12 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Earl Mossor | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.38 | 26 | 20 | 136.0 | 129 | 64 | 51 | 13 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Robert Walz | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.46 | 56 | 6 | 143.0 | 134 | 67 | 55 | 7 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Robert Hoffman | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.54 | 22 | 21 | 145.0 | 139 | 74 | 57 | 12 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Douglas Gostlin | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.71 | 43 | 1 | 80.0 | 78 | 43 | 33 | 4 | 56 | ||||||||||
| John Forizs | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.03 | 24 | 16 | 87.0 | 75 | 53 | 39 | 6 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Kenny Hemphill | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.94 | 18 | 12 | 82.0 | 101 | 54 | 45 | 6 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Fred Kipp | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.34 | 10 | 8 | 50.0 | 48 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Jake Striker | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.17 | 17 | 3 | 41.0 | 37 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Mathis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roger Wright | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.94 | 22 | 0 | 35.0 | 42 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Ron Kump | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.96 | 20 | 3 | 49.0 | 46 | 28 | 27 | 6 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Joe Roberson | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Sherman | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clifford Coggin | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jake Abbott | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Gushanas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hugh Moxley | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hampton Coleman | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 79 | 75 | .513 | 3.62 | 374 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1245.0 | 1182 | 639 | 501 | 89 | 645 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Young | 151 | 605 | 605 | 161 | 29 | 3 | 11 | .266 | .266 | .379 | .645 | 229 | |||||||||||
| Jim Gentile | 153 | 535 | 535 | 155 | 25 | 5 | 28 | .290 | .290 | .512 | .802 | 274 | |||||||||||
| Ted Bartz | 146 | 525 | 525 | 143 | 30 | 3 | 12 | .272 | .272 | .410 | .682 | 215 | |||||||||||
| Jim Baxes | 112 | 406 | 406 | 119 | 13 | 5 | 18 | .293 | .293 | .483 | .776 | 196 | |||||||||||
| Herb Olson | 121 | 372 | 372 | 100 | 12 | 2 | 12 | .269 | .269 | .409 | .677 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Rowe | 124 | 360 | 360 | 99 | 21 | 0 | 7 | .275 | .275 | .392 | .667 | 141 | |||||||||||
| Chris Kitsos | 114 | 370 | 370 | 92 | 15 | 1 | 7 | .249 | .249 | .351 | .600 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Ray Shearer | 115 | 329 | 329 | 91 | 18 | 5 | 7 | .277 | .277 | .426 | .702 | 140 | |||||||||||
| Don Demeter | 92 | 291 | 291 | 73 | 12 | 2 | 11 | .251 | .251 | .419 | .670 | 122 | |||||||||||
| Martin Devlin | 70 | 204 | 204 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .289 | .289 | .319 | .608 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Al Ronning | 82 | 211 | 211 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .270 | .270 | .336 | .607 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Rudy Rufer | 53 | 108 | 108 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .222 | .398 | 24 | |||||||||||
| David Jaska | 16 | 54 | 54 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .315 | .556 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Connie Grob | 40 | 59 | 59 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .254 | .475 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Robert Walz | 59 | 40 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .350 | .600 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Coles | 16 | 47 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .213 | .213 | .447 | .660 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Kent Pflasterer | 13 | 37 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .324 | .568 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Earl Mossor | 26 | 48 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .188 | .188 | .292 | .479 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Mauriello | 35 | 68 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Ring | 16 | 47 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .149 | .170 | .319 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Edwin Lindsey | 10 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .261 | .261 | .391 | .652 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Fred Kipp | 16 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 8 | |||||||||||
| John Forizs | 26 | 30 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Calvin Felix | 19 | 42 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .167 | .310 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Robert Hoffman | 22 | 44 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .159 | .295 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Kenny Hemphill | 20 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .172 | .207 | .379 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jake Striker | 17 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Roger Wright | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ron Kump | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Douglas Gostlin | 45 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Joe Roberson | 5 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Clifford Coggin | 4 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Hampton Coleman | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Clyde Girrens | 5 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Fred Storck | 6 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Sherman | 7 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph Mathis | 8 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Raymond Mitchell | 3 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jake Abbott | 7 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1820 | 4981 | 4981 | 0 | 1287 | 207 | 31 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .385 | .643 | 1916 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Walz | P | 56 | .000 | |||||
| Douglas Gostlin | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Connie Grob | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Mauriello | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Earl Mossor | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| John Forizs | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Wright | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Hoffman | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Kump | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Kenny Hemphill | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Jake Striker | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Kipp | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Mathis | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Sherman | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Jake Abbott | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Roberson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Hugh Moxley | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Clifford Coggin | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Gushanas | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Hampton Coleman | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 374 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
