1955 Montgomery Rebels Statistics
Team Record: 75-64
Finished 4th in the SAL
Manager: Eddie Popowski (0-0), Freddie Maguire (0-0), Eddie Popowski (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Ballpark: Paterson Field
Attendance: 58,665, Avg. 844
Playoffs - Montgomery Rebels 1 game, Jacksonville Braves 0
Finals - Augusta Tigers 2 games, Montgomery Rebels 1
The Montgomery Rebels of the South Atlantic League ended the 1955 season with a record of 75 wins and 64 losses, finishing fourth in the SAL.
The Rebels plated 658 runs and yielded 616 runs. George Toepfer paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .318 clip. Troy Herriage topped Montgomery with 15 wins and a team-best 2.41 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1955 Montgomery Rebels who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Guy Morton, Troy Herriage, Albie Pearson, Ed Mayer and Earl Wilson.
Eddie Popowski, Freddie Maguire and Eddie Popowski 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Herriage | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.41 | 36 | 21 | 187.0 | 155 | 69 | 50 | 14 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Bob Thollander | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.98 | 30 | 24 | 184.0 | 171 | 77 | 61 | 11 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Ed Mayer | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.00 | 33 | 22 | 171.0 | 201 | 103 | 76 | 3 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Bill Slack | 9 | 2 | .818 | 1.67 | 15 | 6 | 70.0 | 55 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Del Norwood | 8 | 12 | .400 | 2.94 | 37 | 11 | 153.0 | 122 | 59 | 50 | 3 | 108 | ||||||||||
| Earl Wilson | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.75 | 29 | 19 | 127.0 | 122 | 81 | 67 | 6 | 101 | ||||||||||
| Ralph Holmes | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.59 | 20 | 6 | 67.7 | 87 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 19 | ||||||||||
| John Wall | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.97 | 26 | 4 | 54.3 | 51 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Bob Adubato | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.22 | 19 | 8 | 70.3 | 74 | 43 | 33 | 4 | 42 | ||||||||||
| John Patula | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Ehrler | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Ross | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Morgan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Julie Hudson | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Zirella | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Thomas | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 75 | 64 | .540 | 3.38 | 284 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1084.3 | 1038 | 517 | 407 | 50 | 512 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Toepfer | 139 | 566 | 566 | 180 | 34 | 6 | 7 | .318 | .318 | .436 | .754 | 247 | |||||||||||
| Albie Pearson | 128 | 462 | 462 | 141 | 27 | 9 | 4 | .305 | .305 | .429 | .734 | 198 | |||||||||||
| Matt Sczesny | 120 | 412 | 412 | 118 | 22 | 0 | 11 | .286 | .286 | .420 | .706 | 173 | |||||||||||
| Matthew Daskalakis | 97 | 371 | 371 | 99 | 16 | 4 | 2 | .267 | .267 | .348 | .615 | 129 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Roseboro | 88 | 316 | 316 | 93 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .358 | .652 | 113 | |||||||||||
| John Charvat | 101 | 354 | 354 | 93 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .263 | .263 | .308 | .571 | 109 | |||||||||||
| Guy Morton | 106 | 350 | 350 | 92 | 13 | 5 | 10 | .263 | .263 | .414 | .677 | 145 | |||||||||||
| Vincent Furfaro | 89 | 313 | 313 | 88 | 12 | 3 | 15 | .281 | .281 | .482 | .764 | 151 | |||||||||||
| Harold Buckwalter | 78 | 249 | 249 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .265 | .265 | .345 | .610 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Edward Irons | 74 | 214 | 214 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 9 | .234 | .234 | .379 | .612 | 81 | |||||||||||
| George Contratto | 81 | 218 | 218 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .225 | .225 | .248 | .472 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Nino Spatafore | 47 | 157 | 157 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .274 | .274 | .401 | .675 | 63 | |||||||||||
| John Smith | 19 | 70 | 70 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .271 | .271 | .329 | .600 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Earl Wilson | 32 | 52 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .288 | .346 | .635 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Del Norwood | 38 | 56 | 56 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .268 | .268 | .375 | .643 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Marshall Radebach | 20 | 59 | 59 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .254 | .288 | .542 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Troy Herriage | 36 | 69 | 69 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .188 | .188 | .319 | .507 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Bob Thollander | 31 | 59 | 59 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .203 | .203 | .356 | .559 | 21 | |||||||||||
| John Minarcin | 15 | 37 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .297 | .568 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Ed Mayer | 33 | 59 | 59 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .153 | .153 | .169 | .322 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bill Slack | 15 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .269 | .269 | .538 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Bob Adubato | 23 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Holmes | 20 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .130 | .261 | 3 | |||||||||||
| John Wall | 26 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .133 | .200 | 2 | |||||||||||
| John Patula | 8 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gary Killingsworth | 3 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Thomas | 7 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Ehrler | 8 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Larry Andersen | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Butsy Zimmerman | 2 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1485 | 4585 | 4585 | 0 | 1237 | 179 | 36 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .373 | .643 | 1710 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Norwood | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Troy Herriage | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Mayer | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Thollander | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Earl Wilson | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| John Wall | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Holmes | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Adubato | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Slack | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| John Patula | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Ehrler | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Thomas | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Zirella | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Ross | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Julie Hudson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Morgan | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 284 | 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.
