1955 New Orleans Pelicans Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 76-75
Finished 6th in the SA
Manager: Andy Cohen (76-75)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Ballpark: Pelican Stadium
Attendance: 128,993, Avg. 1,709

1955 New Orleans Pelicans Roster

The New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern Association ended the 1955 season with a record of 76 wins and 75 losses, finishing sixth in the SA.

The Pelicans scored 783 runs and surrendered 713 runs. Pete Naton drove in 30 runs. Danny Kravitz led all regular batters with a .298 average. Curt Raydon topped the team with 14 wins, while Chuck Churn recorded a 3.45 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Earl Smith, Felipe Montemayor, Milt Graff, Curt Raydon, Danny Kravitz, Dick Stuart, Fred Green, Bob Skinner, Bob Purkey, John Powers, Dale Coogan, Len Yochim, Gair Allie, Chuck Churn, Erv Dusak, Whammy Douglas and Pete Naton were all players from the 1955 New Orleans Pelicans who played in the Majors during their careers.

Andy Cohen 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
Curt Raydon	14	11	.560	4.43	37	30					203.0	195	120	100	16	118
Chuck Churn	13	8	.619	3.45	63	14					188.0	187	81	72	13	99
Len Yochim	12	8	.600	4.10	40	15					136.0	141	70	62	7	73
Roger Sawyer	11	13	.458	3.73	35	29					186.0	210	102	77	17	85
Fred Green	8	15	.348	5.02	38	27					174.0	179	107	97	16	94
Bob Purkey	6	4	.600	3.46	16	14					104.0	112	49	40	6	29
Don Urquhart	5	4	.556	3.70	22	7					90.0	94	50	37	5	55
Art Murray	3	2	.600	5.92	33	3					73.0	77	54	48	5	44
Les Phillips	2	2	.500	4.11	15	0					35.0	30	17	16	3	17
Whammy Douglas	1	0	1.000	0.00	5						16.0	22				7
Don Dangleis	1	1	.500	0.00	5						16.0	20				8
Peter Nicolis	0	0			1						0.0
Don Kildoo	0	0			3						0.0
Deward Williams	0	0		0.00	5						12.0
Erv Dusak	0	2	.000		8						0.0
Don Schultz	0	2	.000	0.00	5						14.0	24				7
Paul Almonte	0	3	.000	3.00	17	1					33.0	38	11	11	2	18
Totals	76	75	.503	3.94	348	140	0	0	0	0	1280.0	1329	661	560	90	654	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
Bob Honor	144	573	573		168	30	3	4						.293	.293	.377	.670	216
Ray Swarts	141	507	507		141	25	4	7						.278	.278	.385	.663	195
Gair Allie	149	488	488		134	25	1	15						.275	.275	.422	.697	206
Danny Kravitz	122	426	426		127	11	10	19						.298	.298	.505	.803	215
Reno DeBenedetti	140	480	480		127	13	3	6						.265	.265	.342	.606	164
Bob Skinner	86	321	321		111	24	6	8						.346	.346	.533	.879	171
Earl Weaver	119	392	392		109	19	2	6						.278	.278	.383	.661	150
James Rice	116	362	362		100	20	2	4						.276	.276	.376	.652	136
John Powers	93	342	342		76	14	3	21						.222	.222	.465	.687	159
Pete Naton	73	210	210	31	52	10	1	7	30	0				.248	.248	.405	.652	85
Dale Coogan	41	144	144		35	5	0	3						.243	.243	.340	.583	49
Len Yochim	56	80	80		19	3	0	0						.238	.238	.275	.512	22
Felipe Montemayor	34	106	106		17	6	0	3						.160	.160	.302	.462	32
Curt Raydon	38	74	74		14	0	1	0						.189	.189	.216	.405	16
Fred Green	40	54	54		11	1	1	0						.204	.204	.259	.463	14
Bob Purkey	16	39	39		10	2	0	1						.256	.256	.385	.641	15
Roger Sawyer	38	55	55		10	3	0	0						.182	.182	.236	.418	13
Earl Smith	20	61	61		10	1	0	0						.164	.164	.180	.344	11
Chuck Churn	64	69	69		9	2	0	0						.130	.130	.159	.290	11
Don Urquhart	24	28	28		6	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	6
Dick Stuart	13	30	30		6	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	6
Erv Dusak	27	35	35		6	1	1	1						.171	.171	.343	.514	12
Chuck Buheller	3	7	7		2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
Les Phillips	15	8	8		2	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Paul Almonte	17	9	9		2	0	0	0						.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Milt Graff	5	7	7		1	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Don Schultz	5	3	3											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Don Dangleis	5	4	4											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Whammy Douglas	5	8	8											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Art Murray	33	17	17		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dutch Van Burkleo	3	7	7											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Don Kildoo	3	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Deward Williams	5	4	4											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jack Falls	4	5	5											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1697	4956	4956	31	1305	215	38	105	30	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.386	.649	1911	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Chuck Churn	P	63					.000
Len Yochim	P	40					.000
Fred Green	P	38					.000
Curt Raydon	P	37					.000
Roger Sawyer	P	35					.000
Art Murray	P	33					.000
Don Urquhart	P	22					.000
Paul Almonte	P	17					.000
Bob Purkey	P	16					.000
Les Phillips	P	15					.000
Deward Williams	P	5					.000
Don Schultz	P	5					.000
Whammy Douglas	P	5					.000
Don Dangleis	P	5					.000
Don Kildoo	P	3					.000
Peter Nicolis	P	1					.000
Totals		340	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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