1955 Magic Valley Cowboys Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 64-67
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: Ed McDade (64-67)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Twin Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 59,972, Avg. 916

1955 Magic Valley Cowboys Roster

Playoffs - Magic Valley Cowboys 2 games, Boise Braves 1
Finals - Magic Valley Cowboys 3 games, Pocatello Bannocks 2

The Magic Valley Cowboys of the Pioneer League ended the 1955 season with a record of 64 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the PL.

The Cowboys plated 706 runs and surrendered 744 runs.

John Goetz played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Magic Valley Cowboys to do so.

Ed McDade 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
Bob Shaffer	17	8	.680	3.58	33	25		16	5		206.0	200	100	82	15	86		117	2	1	5
Andy Anderson	11	12	.478	5.26	36	19		13	0		166.0	187	120	97	21	73		96	4	0	3
John Rieder	10	13	.435	3.90	28	27		17	1		210.0	199	110	91	14	117		106	15	0	7
Ernest Pastornicky	8	8	.500	4.94	24	17		8	1		124.0	119	83	68	6	91		89	5	0	13
Fred Dupree	4	4	.500	4.76	26	3		1	0		68.0	69	49	36	4	46		47	4	0	3
Luther Burns	4	5	.444	3.62	15	14		9	1		107.0	98	59	43	5	82		81	2	0	4
Jim Montgomery	4	10	.286	5.80	29	15		6	0		121.0	113	100	78	7	108		90	4	1	8
Pete Ropar	3	2	.600		8						0.0									0
Tom Guderian	3	2	.600	5.48	20	5		2	0		64.0	75	45	39	4	50		34	4	0	8
Chuck Jorgensen	1	1	.500		8						0.0									0
John Goetz	0	0			1						0.0									0
Bill Dickey	0	0			3						0.0									0
Del Walker	0	2	.000		10						0.0									0
Totals	65	67	.492	4.51	241	125	0	72	8	0	1066.0	1060	666	534	76	653	0	660	40	2	51	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
David Wondra	134	637	503	103	144	20	6	9	53	13		111	73	.286	.426	.404	.829	203		11	12	0
Daniel Lobitz	124	556	461	94	136	21	3	28	115	1		88	7	.295	.405	.536	.941	247		0	3	4
Duane Hermon	120	526	432	76	123	22	5	7	59	6		85	68	.285	.403	.407	.811	176		3	3	3
Ernest Johnson	99	421	384	63	112	19	6	10	61	8		28	50	.292	.340	.451	.790	173		2	3	4
Michael Yaremchuk	103	422	364	38	98	17	5	1	38	2		43	39	.269	.356	.352	.707	128		8	3	4
Dom Campana	99	373	301	61	94	25	0	11	65	3		48	50	.312	.410	.505	.915	152		8	7	9
John Swiech	104	418	334	68	93	23	0	10	54	6		78	49	.278	.414	.437	.852	146		1	3	2
Jim Woolard	79	347	310	48	91	19	2	8	40	1		26	57	.294	.345	.445	.790	138		0	8	3
Ed McDade	91	359	293	35	80	15	0	3	40	3		55	12	.273	.388	.355	.743	104		3	3	5
Kenny Lindley	107	413	376	39	75	18	1	5	40	6		26	100	.199	.248	.293	.540	110		0	5	6
Donald Gonsalves	54	166	142	18	42	8	0	0	19	0		20	10	.296	.383	.352	.735	50		0	4	0
Albert Bates	23	113	81	21	28	6	0	3	20	0		26	13	.346	.491	.531	1.022	43		0	3	3
John Rieder	28	90	83	12	17	2	0	0	4	0		4	22	.205	.247	.229	.476	19		1	1	1
Bob Shaffer	34	85	80	5	14	2	0	0	7	0		4	9	.175	.214	.200	.414	16		0	1	0
Andy Anderson	36	64	52	6	12	0	0	0	6	0		7	18	.231	.322	.231	.553	12		0	5	0
Ernest Pastornicky	24	52	44	4	11	2	0	1	9	1		3	13	.250	.292	.364	.655	16		0	4	1
Luther Burns	15	42	41	2	7	0	0	0	1	0		0	6	.171	.171	.171	.341	7		0	1	0
Jim Montgomery	29	53	51	0	6	1	1	0	6	0		2	18	.118	.151	.176	.327	9		0	0	0
Tom Guderian	20	23	22	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		0	6	.136	.136	.182	.318	4		0	1	0
Pete Ropar	8	11	11		2									.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Manuel Trabous	4	13	13		2									.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Bill Cox	9	14	14		2									.143	.143	.143	.286	2
George Holland	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Del Walker	10	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.091	.000	.091	0		0	0	0
Chuck Jorgensen	8	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Virgil Givens	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bill Dickey	3	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Fred Dupree	26	21	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	8	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0
Totals	1394	5240	4430	696	1192	221	29	96	638	50	0	658	629	.269	.365	.397	.762	1759	0	37	70	45	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Daniel Lobitz	1B	101	815	32	20	67	.977	8.386
Albert Bates	1B	23	200	6	3	25	.986	8.957
Ernest Johnson	1B	10	91	0	3	7	.968	9.100
Ed McDade	2B	87	228	235	20	59	.959	5.322
Kenny Lindley	2B	47	101	86	17	13	.917	3.979
David Wondra	3B	134	140	310	37	36	.924	3.358
John Swiech	C	97	612	77	16	12	.977	7.103	10
Donald Gonsalves	C	40	200	18	7	3	.969	5.450	3
Duane Hermon	OF	116	194	18	11	2	.951	1.828
Michael Yaremchuk	OF	96	174	11	7	0	.964	1.927
Ernest Johnson	OF	87	193	11	11	2	.949	2.345
Dom Campana	OF	81	176	4	6	1	.968	2.222
Daniel Lobitz	OF	23	33	1	0	0	1.000	1.478
Andy Anderson	P	36	5	27	3	0	.914	.889
Bob Shaffer	P	33	5	27	1	1	.970	.970
Jim Montgomery	P	29	7	28	3	2	.921	1.207
John Rieder	P	28	11	30	1	0	.976	1.464
Fred Dupree	P	26	0	5	0	0	1.000	.192
Ernest Pastornicky	P	24	6	26	0	3	1.000	1.333
Tom Guderian	P	20	3	7	1	1	.909	.500
Luther Burns	P	15	3	23	2	1	.929	1.733
Del Walker	P	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Pete Ropar	P	8						.000
Chuck Jorgensen	P	8						.000
Bill Dickey	P	3						.000
John Goetz	P	1						.000
Jim Woolard	SS	76	105	190	25	30	.922	3.882
Kenny Lindley	SS	59	101	153	34	25	.882	4.305
Totals		1318	3404	1326	228	290	.954	3.589	13	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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