1955 Paducah Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 64-39
Finished 1st in the KITL
Manager: Ray Wilson (64-39)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Paducah, Kentucky
Ballpark: Brooks Stadium
Attendance: 35,850, Avg. 696
The Paducah Chiefs of the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League ended the 1955 season with a record of 64 wins and 39 losses, finishing first in the KITL.
The Chiefs tallied 619 runs and conceded 518 runs. Al Smith recorded 30 runs batted in. Donald Catchot paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .340. Tom Baker topped the team with 16 wins, while Darold Satchell registered a 2.86 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Jim McKnight and Tom Baker both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Ray Wilson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Baker | 16 | 5 | .762 | 3.08 | 29 | 21 | 178.0 | 171 | 88 | 61 | 7 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Leandri | 14 | 6 | .700 | 4.18 | 29 | 20 | 157.0 | 168 | 98 | 73 | 10 | 67 | ||||||||||
| John DeSousa | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.50 | 24 | 17 | 139.0 | 119 | 70 | 54 | 7 | 80 | ||||||||||
| James Jennings | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.77 | 22 | 15 | 126.7 | 109 | 67 | 53 | 9 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Darold Satchell | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.85 | 20 | 14 | 110.7 | 73 | 46 | 35 | 7 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Michael O'Connor | 2 | 1 | .667 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Wilson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.67 | 14 | 1 | 27.0 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Ronald Simmons | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.43 | 10 | 4 | 23.0 | 34 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Orie Davison | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Wilson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Tayrien | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Pierce | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Adrian Roof | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Nichols | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Gentry | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Lee | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hubert Phipps | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Vowels | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 64 | 38 | .627 | 3.72 | 190 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 761.3 | 692 | 416 | 315 | 41 | 413 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Catchot | 100 | 376 | 376 | 128 | 21 | 15 | 9 | .340 | .340 | .548 | .888 | 206 | |||||||||||
| Ray Wilson | 100 | 349 | 349 | 106 | 15 | 2 | 5 | .304 | .304 | .401 | .705 | 140 | |||||||||||
| William Silverthorne | 95 | 318 | 318 | 89 | 18 | 2 | 8 | .280 | .280 | .425 | .704 | 135 | |||||||||||
| Richard Gentry | 93 | 327 | 327 | 83 | 17 | 6 | 8 | .254 | .254 | .416 | .670 | 136 | |||||||||||
| Gary Grosnickle | 65 | 206 | 206 | 59 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .369 | .655 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Jim McKnight | 86 | 284 | 284 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .201 | .201 | .271 | .472 | 77 | |||||||||||
| James Wagner | 52 | 181 | 181 | 54 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .298 | .298 | .475 | .773 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Al Smith | 68 | 228 | 228 | 28 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 3 | .237 | .237 | .346 | .583 | 79 | ||||||||
| John DeSousa | 69 | 177 | 177 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .254 | .254 | .356 | .610 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Jack Ramsey | 48 | 147 | 147 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .279 | .279 | .381 | .660 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Donald Brandt | 41 | 133 | 133 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .278 | .278 | .398 | .677 | 53 | |||||||||||
| William Flowerday | 32 | 108 | 108 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .278 | .278 | .380 | .657 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Tom Baker | 45 | 95 | 95 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .232 | .232 | .316 | .547 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Ronnie Leandri | 30 | 64 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .188 | .188 | .312 | .500 | 20 | |||||||||||
| John Kotula | 11 | 42 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Derry | 15 | 47 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .191 | .191 | .340 | .532 | 16 | |||||||||||
| James Jennings | 22 | 45 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .178 | .222 | .400 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Darold Satchell | 24 | 39 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .103 | .205 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Simmons | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Harvey Halvorsen | 7 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Vowels | 8 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Tayrien | 5 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Paul McGuire | 9 | 35 | 35 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Adrian Roof | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Pierce | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Michael O'Connor | 8 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Nichols | 7 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Lee | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Wilson | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1070 | 3251 | 3251 | 28 | 848 | 138 | 48 | 52 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .381 | .642 | 1238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Leandri | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Baker | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| James Jennings | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Darold Satchell | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Wilson | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Simmons | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Vowels | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Michael O'Connor | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Nichols | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Tayrien | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Adrian Roof | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Pierce | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Hubert Phipps | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Lee | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Orie Davison | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 162 | 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.
