1955 Memphis Chicks Statistics
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
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 Luis Aparicio, Don Bradey, Bob Cain, Jack Cassini, Jerry Dahlke, Dutch Dotterer, Sammy Esposito, Bill Fischer, Tom Flanigan, Joe Hicks, Dixie Howell, Ken Landenberger, Ed McGhee, Marv Rotblatt, Don Rudolph, Dick Strahs, Paul Stuffel, Joe Tipton, Dixie Upright and Ed White.
Jack Cassini and Ted Lyons 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | Fld% | 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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