1955 Muskogee Giants Statistics
Team Record: 74-66
Finished 3rd in the SSL
Manager: Richard Klaus (74-66)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Muskogee, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Athletic Park
Attendance: 47,485, Avg. 678
Playoffs - Muskogee Giants 3 games, Shawnee Hawks 2
Finals - Lawton Braves 4 games, Muskogee Giants
The Muskogee Giants of the Sooner State League ended the 1955 season with a record of 74 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the SSL.
The Giants plated 737 runs and surrendered 733 runs. John Lennon led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .293. Leonard Bacon topped Muskogee with 15 wins, while Ronald Laumann registered a 2.14 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Verle Tiefenthaler and Daryl Robertson both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Richard Klaus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Bacon | 15 | 11 | .577 | 3.26 | 32 | 30 | 235.0 | 208 | 125 | 85 | 10 | 110 | ||||||||||
| Ronald Laumann | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.14 | 44 | 3 | 122.0 | 101 | 50 | 29 | 4 | 41 | ||||||||||
| William DeJesus | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.73 | 23 | 20 | 164.0 | 132 | 89 | 68 | 16 | 97 | ||||||||||
| Paul McAuley | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.40 | 30 | 22 | 193.0 | 171 | 92 | 73 | 18 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Madaris | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.20 | 29 | 26 | 165.0 | 143 | 110 | 77 | 13 | 103 | ||||||||||
| Stan Denny | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.14 | 34 | 14 | 126.0 | 105 | 77 | 58 | 11 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Cedric Wolfman | 3 | 3 | .500 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Hill | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Mitchell | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.23 | 16 | 6 | 62.0 | 72 | 63 | 36 | 5 | 54 | ||||||||||
| George Kocak | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Slade | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Klaus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Malcolm Kingins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Delbert Burns | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Verle Tiefenthaler | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 66 | .529 | 3.59 | 258 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1067.0 | 932 | 606 | 426 | 77 | 545 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lennon | 140 | 550 | 550 | 161 | 22 | 4 | 18 | .293 | .293 | .445 | .738 | 245 | |||||||||||
| Nicky Tedesco | 137 | 504 | 504 | 137 | 16 | 6 | 4 | .272 | .272 | .351 | .623 | 177 | |||||||||||
| Billy Caye | 140 | 482 | 482 | 110 | 17 | 7 | 4 | .228 | .228 | .317 | .546 | 153 | |||||||||||
| Daryl Robertson | 139 | 498 | 498 | 103 | 14 | 8 | 14 | .207 | .207 | .351 | .558 | 175 | |||||||||||
| Malcolm Kingins | 124 | 399 | 399 | 98 | 7 | 7 | 3 | .246 | .246 | .321 | .566 | 128 | |||||||||||
| Harold Entenmann | 81 | 295 | 295 | 72 | 8 | 5 | 5 | .244 | .244 | .356 | .600 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Richard Klaus | 92 | 203 | 203 | 64 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .315 | .315 | .404 | .719 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Sid Harvey | 82 | 280 | 280 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 9 | .221 | .221 | .357 | .579 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Gene Johnson | 59 | 234 | 234 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 13 | .235 | .235 | .444 | .679 | 104 | |||||||||||
| Artie Dillon | 55 | 195 | 195 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 3 | .226 | .226 | .328 | .554 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Al Cruz | 40 | 137 | 137 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .292 | .365 | .657 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Kasper | 47 | 150 | 150 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .220 | .220 | .280 | .500 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Earl Hemberger | 27 | 98 | 98 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .306 | .306 | .449 | .755 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Leonard Bacon | 36 | 95 | 95 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .253 | .453 | 24 | |||||||||||
| William DeJesus | 25 | 59 | 59 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .356 | .576 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Paul McAuley | 35 | 71 | 71 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .183 | .183 | .268 | .451 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Stan Denny | 35 | 43 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .209 | .209 | .279 | .488 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Lynch | 18 | 47 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .170 | .170 | .191 | .362 | 9 | |||||||||||
| John Mitchell | 17 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .292 | .292 | .458 | .750 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Norman Gant | 11 | 31 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .226 | .226 | .323 | .548 | 10 | |||||||||||
| George Kocak | 10 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .500 | .778 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Laumann | 47 | 37 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .135 | .162 | .297 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Madaris | 37 | 56 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .089 | .089 | .089 | .179 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Beaulieu | 20 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .026 | .026 | .026 | .051 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Verle Tiefenthaler | 7 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Slade | 9 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Delbert Burns | 7 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Edward Parrimon | 7 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Hill | 6 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cedric Wolfman | 13 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1503 | 4601 | 4601 | 0 | 1101 | 146 | 50 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .347 | .586 | 1596 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Laumann | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Stan Denny | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Leonard Bacon | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Paul McAuley | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Madaris | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| William DeJesus | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| John Mitchell | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Cedric Wolfman | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| William Slade | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Verle Tiefenthaler | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| George Kocak | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Delbert Burns | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| William Hill | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 255 | 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.
