1955 Memphis Chicks Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 90-63
Finished 1st in the SA
Manager: Jack Cassini (0-0), Ted Lyons (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Russwood Park
Attendance: 134,823, Avg. 1,762

1955 Memphis Chicks Roster

Playoffs - Mobile Bears 4 games, Memphis Chicks 3

The Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association ended the 1955 season with a record of 90 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the SA.

The Chicks scored 754 runs and conceded 688 runs. Ed White topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .342. Jerry Dahlke paced Memphis with 19 wins, while Paul Stuffel recorded a 2.6 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1955 Memphis Chicks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dutch Dotterer, Joe Tipton, Ken Landenberger, Ed White, Bob Cain, Sammy Esposito, Dixie Upright, Dick Strahs, Joe Hicks, Don Bradey, Luis Aparicio, Marv Rotblatt, Bill Fischer, Ed McGhee, Dixie Howell, Paul Stuffel, Tom Flanigan, Jerry Dahlke, Jack Cassini and Don Rudolph.

Jack Cassini and Ted Lyons 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
Jerry Dahlke	19	5	.792	1.85	44	2					117.0	103	30	24	0	42
Paul Stuffel	12	3	.800	2.60	23	21					149.0	105	60	43	2	111
Tom Flanigan	12	8	.600	3.97	28	22					143.0	148	72	63	14	54
Billy Dufour	11	9	.550	3.48	33	23					186.0	160	80	72	20	77
Dick Strahs	10	2	.833	3.04	21	18					136.0	131	60	46	12	51
Bob Cain	6	7	.462	3.91	25	13					99.0	96	53	43	8	41
Dixie Howell	5	3	.625	3.96	12	11					75.0	75	45	33	8	25
Bill Fischer	5	15	.250	4.85	34	28					204.0	213	123	110	13	82
Don Rudolph	3	2	.600	4.77	35	4					83.0	87	50	44	6	24
Kelly Swift	2	6	.250	4.50	38	3					76.0	74	46	38	3	50
Richard Duffy	1	0	1.000		4						0.0
Bob Murphy	0	0			2						0.0
Bob Black	0	0			1						0.0
John Fitzgerald	0	0			2						0.0
Alois Zilian	0	0			1						0.0
Don Bradey	0	0		0.00	2						4.0	0		0		0
Totals	86	60	.589	3.65	305	145	0	0	0	0	1272.0	1192	619	516	86	557	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
Ed White	152	558	558		191	32	11	17						.342	.342	.530	.873	296
Dixie Upright	141	543	543		159	30	7	12						.293	.293	.440	.733	239
Luis Aparicio	150	564	564		154	24	3	6						.273	.273	.358	.631	202
Sammy Esposito	101	360	360		101	17	2	4						.281	.281	.372	.653	134
Bill Wells	110	349	349		100	19	4	9						.287	.287	.441	.728	154
Joe Hicks	101	321	321		96	17	11	9						.299	.299	.505	.804	162
Jack Cassini	82	272	272		83	21	1	3						.305	.305	.423	.728	115
George Moskovich	106	314	314		74	11	1	12						.236	.236	.392	.627	123
Ed McGhee	88	277	277		72	9	2	9						.260	.260	.404	.664	112
Joe Tipton	60	191	191		53	8	0	7						.277	.277	.429	.707	82
George Noga	89	225	225		51	7	1	3						.227	.227	.307	.533	69
Len Johnston	44	134	134		34	8	0	0						.254	.254	.313	.567	42
Ken Landenberger	40	134	134		34	5	1	4						.254	.254	.396	.649	53
Duke Doolittle	18	49	49		12	0	0	1						.245	.245	.306	.551	15
Bill Fischer	38	73	73		11	2	1	0						.151	.151	.205	.356	15
Jerry Dahlke	44	38	38		10	1	1	1						.263	.263	.421	.684	16
Billy Dufour	33	63	63		10	0	0	0						.159	.159	.159	.317	10
Howard Boles	12	35	35		9	1	0	0						.257	.257	.286	.543	10
Dick Strahs	21	43	43		9	0	0	0						.209	.209	.209	.419	9
Bob Cain	25	30	30		8	1	0	0						.267	.267	.300	.567	9
Paul Stuffel	26	49	49		8	0	0	0						.163	.163	.163	.327	8
Dixie Howell	14	31	31		7	1	0	1						.226	.226	.355	.581	11
Don Rudolph	35	20	20		4	2	0	0						.200	.200	.300	.500	6
William Maley	15	30	30		4	0	1	0						.133	.133	.200	.333	6
Tom Flanigan	28	50	50		4	1	0	0						.080	.080	.100	.180	5
Kelly Swift	38	18	18		1	0	0	0						.056	.056	.056	.111	1
Richard Duffy	4	5	5											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Fitzgerald	2	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Al Ware	9	33	33											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1626	4810	4810	0	1299	217	47	98	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.270	.396	.666	1904	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jerry Dahlke	P	44					.000
Kelly Swift	P	38					.000
Don Rudolph	P	35					.000
Bill Fischer	P	34					.000
Billy Dufour	P	33					.000
Tom Flanigan	P	28					.000
Bob Cain	P	25					.000
Paul Stuffel	P	23					.000
Dick Strahs	P	21					.000
Dixie Howell	P	12					.000
Richard Duffy	P	4					.000
Bob Murphy	P	2					.000
John Fitzgerald	P	2					.000
Don Bradey	P	2					.000
Alois Zilian	P	1					.000
Bob Black	P	1					.000
Totals		305	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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