1955 Peoria Chiefs Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 63-63
Finished 3rd in the IIIL
Manager: Whitey Kurowski (63-63)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Peoria, Illinois
Ballpark: Woodruff Field
Attendance: 62,347, Avg. 990
1955 Peoria Chiefs Roster

Playoffs - Keokuk Kernels 3 games, Peoria Chiefs 0

The Peoria Chiefs of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1955 season with a record of 63 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the IIIL.

The Chiefs plated 697 runs and allowed 772 runs. Gene Green led all regular batters with a .315 average. Billy Joe Bowman topped Peoria with 16 wins and a team-best 4.12 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1955 Peoria Chiefs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Duliba, Gene Green, Whitey Kurowski, Tom Patton and Wally Shannon.

Whitey Kurowski 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
Billy Joe Bowman165.7624.122621164.017089751777
Jack Roberts1312.5204.922923172.0187114942194
Red Vogel711.3894.302824155.016597741671
Bob Duliba54.5565.3429591.09563541530
Ernest Palmieri58.3855.11161388.0916050862
Dick Spiller59.3575.503510121.014492741864
James Ensley301.0006.4313849.07840351317
Michael Gaston22.50090.0
Jack Yvars22.5005.6725046.0553429634
Ron Unke26.2504.9813856.06739311016
Roland Hubbard101.00030.0
James Davis11.50050.0
Richard Atkinson12.3336.4615246.0513733828
Gene Puckett0020.0
Jack Schultea0020.0
Robert Umfleet0020.0
David Manier0060.0
Chuck Hollingsworth0040.0
John O'Neill0060.0
Leon McClinton01.00050.0
Totals6363.5005.002731140000988.01103665549132493000000

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
Len Tucker12147947913822526.288.288.518.806248
Gene Green10442842813529222.315.315.547.862234
Joseph Brunacki1204664661332864.285.285.397.682185
Wally Shannon984154151182036.284.284.390.675162
David Garcia1134064061151425.283.283.365.648148
Tom Patton100326326931723.285.285.377.663123
Robert Kosis49197197621337.315.315.518.832102
Ronny Camacho59210210581405.276.276.414.69087
Ron Bennett47170170531216.312.312.500.81285
Alton Miller4615115147928.311.311.556.86884
Stan Anderson279999391105.394.394.6571.05165
Wayne Malnack4914314332503.224.224.322.54546
Robert Zuccarini4113713728505.204.204.350.55548
Jack Roberts4410310322500.214.214.262.47627
Dick Spiller37545418401.333.333.463.79625
Chuck Staniland22656518413.277.277.508.78533
Bennie Crumpton15606014114.233.233.483.71729
Red Vogel35616114302.230.230.377.60723
Moises Camacho12404013203.325.325.600.92524
Billy Joe Bowman29646412100.188.188.203.39113
James Brown13333311320.333.333.545.87918
Ron Unke1425258302.320.320.6801.00017
Bob Duliba2933338201.242.242.394.63613
Ernest Palmieri1635357300.200.200.286.48610
William Murphy1243436101.140.140.233.37210
James Ensley1823235000.217.217.217.4355
Jack Yvars2511111001.091.091.364.4554
Richard Atkinson1514141000.071.071.071.1431
John O'Neill633.000.000.000.0000
Michael Gaston91717.000.000.000.0000
Chuck Hollingsworth444.000.000.000.0000
William Stark91515.000.000.000.0000
Roland Hubbard355.000.000.000.0000
James Davis577.000.000.000.0000
Joseph Capasso41414.000.000.000.0000
David Manier622.000.000.000.0000
Gene Puckett211.000.000.000.0000
Leon McClinton666.000.000.000.0000
Whitey Kurowski222.000.000.000.0000
Totals136643674367012092313012300000.277.277.428.705186900000


Fielding:

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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