1955 Oakland Oaks Statistics
Team Record: 77-95
Finished 7th in the PCL
Manager: Lefty O'Doul (77-95)
Location: Oakland, California
Ballpark: Oaks' Park
Attendance: 141,397, Avg. 1,644
The Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1955 season with a record of 77 wins and 95 losses, finishing seventh in the PCL.
The Oaks scored 683 runs and allowed 741 runs. Jim Marshall walloped 30 home runs for Oakland, while George Metkovich, Spider Jorgensen and Joe Brovia each swatted 15 or more as well. Jim Marshall drove in 86 runs. George Metkovich paced hitters with significant playing time with a .335 average. George Bamberger and Al Gettel topped the squad with 12 wins each, and Chris Van Cuyk registered a 3.6 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
George Bamberger, Charlie Beamon, Fred Besana, Bud Black, Tom Borland, Ernie Broglio, Joe Brovia, Hal Brown, Bob Cain, Billy Consolo, Lorenzo Davis, Karl Drews, Don Ferrarese, Al Gettel, Clint Hartung, Spider Jorgensen, Joe Kirrene, Brooks Lawrence, Jim Marshall, George Metkovich, Duane Pillette, Eric Rodin, Bill Serena, Dick Strahs, Bob Swift, Chris Van Cuyk, Wally Westlake and Adrián Zabala were all players from the 1955 Oakland Oaks who played in the Majors during their careers.
Lefty O'Doul 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Gettel | 12 | 13 | .480 | 4.09 | 40 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 217.7 | 226 | 102 | 99 | 21 | 86 | 101 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
George Bamberger | 12 | 14 | .462 | 4.15 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 180.0 | 182 | 87 | 83 | 7 | 61 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Hal Brown | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.95 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 91.7 | 71 | 33 | 30 | 4 | 12 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Karl Drews | 9 | 13 | .409 | 4.71 | 47 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 197.0 | 224 | 120 | 103 | 20 | 62 | 109 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Chris Van Cuyk | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.58 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 150.7 | 148 | 68 | 60 | 12 | 38 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Fred Besana | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.75 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 146.3 | 127 | 66 | 61 | 5 | 100 | 103 | 7 | 1 | 11 | ||||
Brooks Lawrence | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.37 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 38.0 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Bob Cain | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 62 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Bud Black | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.21 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 68.3 | 80 | 43 | 32 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Don Ferrarese | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.76 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 81.3 | 69 | 44 | 34 | 3 | 42 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Duane Pillette | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.73 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 51 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tom Borland | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.29 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 71.3 | 71 | 38 | 34 | 7 | 40 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Charlie Beamon | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.79 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 73.3 | 65 | 44 | 39 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Dick Strahs | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.60 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27.3 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ernie Broglio | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Adrián Zabala | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Bob Murphy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.46 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 77 | 95 | .448 | 4.06 | 327 | 172 | 0 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 1462.7 | 1462 | 742 | 660 | 105 | 580 | 0 | 746 | 36 | 4 | 33 | 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 Metkovich | 151 | 607 | 532 | 94 | 178 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 79 | 10 | 51 | 46 | .335 | .394 | .477 | .871 | 254 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | ||
Billy Consolo | 159 | 673 | 590 | 93 | 163 | 33 | 8 | 14 | 68 | 10 | 72 | 86 | .276 | .354 | .431 | .785 | 254 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
Russ Rose | 167 | 661 | 585 | 58 | 143 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 8 | 41 | 56 | .244 | .300 | .303 | .603 | 177 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 6 | ||
Jim Marshall | 169 | 693 | 593 | 91 | 142 | 22 | 0 | 30 | 86 | 7 | 93 | 78 | .239 | .342 | .428 | .770 | 254 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
Spider Jorgensen | 147 | 582 | 516 | 68 | 126 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 54 | 6 | 48 | 41 | .244 | .310 | .378 | .688 | 195 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 4 | ||
Joe Brovia | 114 | 433 | 372 | 59 | 121 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 73 | 0 | 54 | 41 | .325 | .414 | .551 | .965 | 205 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
Lenny Neal | 150 | 522 | 483 | 35 | 105 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 26 | 41 | .217 | .256 | .257 | .513 | 124 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||
Al Van Alstyne | 98 | 405 | 363 | 42 | 87 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 51 | .240 | .305 | .287 | .591 | 104 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
Art Cuitti | 109 | 304 | 281 | 18 | 77 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 14 | 29 | .274 | .305 | .413 | .718 | 116 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
Bill Serena | 63 | 203 | 166 | 23 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 31 | .253 | .373 | .476 | .849 | 79 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
Don Moitoza | 42 | 155 | 143 | 15 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | .238 | .288 | .259 | .546 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
Bob Swift | 38 | 107 | 97 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .278 | .314 | .320 | .634 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Lorenzo Davis | 43 | 125 | 116 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .224 | .250 | .336 | .586 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Eric Rodin | 18 | 63 | 58 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .362 | .413 | .534 | .947 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Gettel | 40 | 82 | 74 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .257 | .257 | .270 | .527 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Wally Westlake | 26 | 104 | 92 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 19 | .207 | .298 | .261 | .559 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Kirrene | 19 | 73 | 70 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .214 | .247 | .271 | .518 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Karl Drews | 47 | 69 | 63 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 27 | .190 | .239 | .222 | .461 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Hal Brown | 15 | 39 | 35 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .286 | .342 | .429 | .771 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Chris Van Cuyk | 28 | 57 | 48 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .208 | .240 | .208 | .448 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Fred Besana | 42 | 43 | 41 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .220 | .256 | .366 | .622 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Bamberger | 37 | 67 | 59 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .153 | .219 | .220 | .439 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Don Ferrarese | 24 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .292 | .370 | .417 | .787 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Charlie Beamon | 27 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .217 | .250 | .217 | .467 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Barnes | 8 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .200 | .273 | .250 | .523 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bud Black | 23 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tony Rivas | 8 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .138 | .194 | .138 | .331 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Duane Pillette | 9 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .231 | .286 | .308 | .593 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Brooks Lawrence | 7 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Cain | 15 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .125 | .300 | .125 | .425 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Tom Borland | 19 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ernie Broglio | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Murphy | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Strahs | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Clint Hartung | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lou Landini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 1886 | 6279 | 5570 | 683 | 1430 | 212 | 28 | 124 | 617 | 55 | 0 | 527 | 715 | .257 | .323 | .372 | .694 | 2070 | 119 | 36 | 101 | 45 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Marshall | 1B | 168 | 1489 | 98 | 16 | 107 | .990 | 9.446 | ||||
George Metkovich | 1B | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.000 | ||||
Billy Consolo | 2B | 152 | 352 | 408 | 28 | 76 | .964 | 5.000 | ||||
Tony Rivas | 2B | 6 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.833 | ||||
Spider Jorgensen | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Spider Jorgensen | 3B | 138 | 134 | 340 | 25 | 35 | .950 | 3.435 | ||||
Tony Rivas | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Lenny Neal | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Don Moitoza | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Lenny Neal | C | 144 | 633 | 81 | 11 | 13 | .985 | 4.958 | 10 | 40 | 100.0 | |
Charlie Barnes | C | 7 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 | |
Art Cuitti | C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Metkovich | OF | 143 | 328 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .966 | 2.378 | ||||
Joe Brovia | OF | 105 | 146 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .963 | 1.476 | ||||
Al Van Alstyne | OF | 95 | 262 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .985 | 2.811 | ||||
Art Cuitti | OF | 78 | 130 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 1.718 | ||||
Don Moitoza | OF | 36 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 2.194 | ||||
Eric Rodin | OF | 18 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 1.944 | ||||
Karl Drews | P | 47 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 1 | .974 | .809 | ||||
Fred Besana | P | 41 | 14 | 35 | 4 | 1 | .925 | 1.195 | ||||
Al Gettel | P | 40 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .946 | .875 | ||||
George Bamberger | P | 35 | 16 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .981 | 1.457 | ||||
Chris Van Cuyk | P | 28 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .857 | ||||
Bud Black | P | 23 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .609 | ||||
Tom Borland | P | 19 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.211 | ||||
Don Ferrarese | P | 17 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.353 | ||||
Charlie Beamon | P | 17 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.000 | ||||
Dick Strahs | P | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
Hal Brown | P | 12 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.583 | ||||
Duane Pillette | P | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .889 | ||||
Bob Cain | P | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
Bob Murphy | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
Brooks Lawrence | P | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Ernie Broglio | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Russ Rose | SS | 165 | 319 | 478 | 40 | 78 | .952 | 4.830 | ||||
Billy Consolo | SS | 8 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .975 | 4.875 | ||||
Totals | 1594 | 4039 | 1741 | 165 | 329 | .972 | 3.626 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 100.0 |
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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