1955 Peoria Chiefs Statistics
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
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 Tom Patton, Gene Green, Wally Shannon, Whitey Kurowski and Bob Duliba.
Whitey Kurowski 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Joe Bowman | 16 | 5 | .762 | 4.12 | 26 | 21 | 164.0 | 170 | 89 | 75 | 17 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Jack Roberts | 13 | 12 | .520 | 4.92 | 29 | 23 | 172.0 | 187 | 114 | 94 | 21 | 94 | ||||||||||
| Red Vogel | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.30 | 28 | 24 | 155.0 | 165 | 97 | 74 | 16 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Bob Duliba | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.34 | 29 | 5 | 91.0 | 95 | 63 | 54 | 15 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Ernest Palmieri | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.11 | 16 | 13 | 88.0 | 91 | 60 | 50 | 8 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Dick Spiller | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5.50 | 35 | 10 | 121.0 | 144 | 92 | 74 | 18 | 64 | ||||||||||
| James Ensley | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.43 | 13 | 8 | 49.0 | 78 | 40 | 35 | 13 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Michael Gaston | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Yvars | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.67 | 25 | 0 | 46.0 | 55 | 34 | 29 | 6 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Ron Unke | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.98 | 13 | 8 | 56.0 | 67 | 39 | 31 | 10 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Roland Hubbard | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Davis | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Atkinson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.46 | 15 | 2 | 46.0 | 51 | 37 | 33 | 8 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Gene Puckett | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Schultea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Umfleet | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Manier | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Hollingsworth | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John O'Neill | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leon McClinton | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 63 | .500 | 5.00 | 273 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 988.0 | 1103 | 665 | 549 | 132 | 493 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Tucker | 121 | 479 | 479 | 138 | 22 | 5 | 26 | .288 | .288 | .518 | .806 | 248 | |||||||||||
| Gene Green | 104 | 428 | 428 | 135 | 29 | 2 | 22 | .315 | .315 | .547 | .862 | 234 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Brunacki | 120 | 466 | 466 | 133 | 28 | 6 | 4 | .285 | .285 | .397 | .682 | 185 | |||||||||||
| Wally Shannon | 98 | 415 | 415 | 118 | 20 | 3 | 6 | .284 | .284 | .390 | .675 | 162 | |||||||||||
| David Garcia | 113 | 406 | 406 | 115 | 14 | 2 | 5 | .283 | .283 | .365 | .648 | 148 | |||||||||||
| Tom Patton | 100 | 326 | 326 | 93 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .285 | .285 | .377 | .663 | 123 | |||||||||||
| Robert Kosis | 49 | 197 | 197 | 62 | 13 | 3 | 7 | .315 | .315 | .518 | .832 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Ronny Camacho | 59 | 210 | 210 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 5 | .276 | .276 | .414 | .690 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Ron Bennett | 47 | 170 | 170 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 6 | .312 | .312 | .500 | .812 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Alton Miller | 46 | 151 | 151 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 8 | .311 | .311 | .556 | .868 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Stan Anderson | 27 | 99 | 99 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 5 | .394 | .394 | .657 | 1.051 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Malnack | 49 | 143 | 143 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .224 | .224 | .322 | .545 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Robert Zuccarini | 41 | 137 | 137 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .204 | .204 | .350 | .555 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Jack Roberts | 44 | 103 | 103 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .262 | .476 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Dick Spiller | 37 | 54 | 54 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .463 | .796 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Staniland | 22 | 65 | 65 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .277 | .277 | .508 | .785 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Bennie Crumpton | 15 | 60 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .233 | .233 | .483 | .717 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Red Vogel | 35 | 61 | 61 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .230 | .230 | .377 | .607 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Moises Camacho | 12 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .325 | .325 | .600 | .925 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Billy Joe Bowman | 29 | 64 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .203 | .391 | 13 | |||||||||||
| James Brown | 13 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .545 | .879 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Ron Unke | 14 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .320 | .320 | .680 | 1.000 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Bob Duliba | 29 | 33 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .242 | .242 | .394 | .636 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Ernest Palmieri | 16 | 35 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .286 | .486 | 10 | |||||||||||
| William Murphy | 12 | 43 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .140 | .140 | .233 | .372 | 10 | |||||||||||
| James Ensley | 18 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .217 | .435 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Jack Yvars | 25 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .364 | .455 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Richard Atkinson | 15 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | |||||||||||
| John O'Neill | 6 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Gaston | 9 | 17 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Chuck Hollingsworth | 4 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Stark | 9 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Roland Hubbard | 3 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Davis | 5 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph Capasso | 4 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| David Manier | 6 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gene Puckett | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Leon McClinton | 6 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Whitey Kurowski | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1366 | 4367 | 4367 | 0 | 1209 | 231 | 30 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 | .277 | .428 | .705 | 1869 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Spiller | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Roberts | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Duliba | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Red Vogel | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Joe Bowman | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Yvars | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Ernest Palmieri | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Atkinson | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Unke | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| James Ensley | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Gaston | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| John O'Neill | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| David Manier | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Leon McClinton | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Jimmy Davis | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Hollingsworth | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Roland Hubbard | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Umfleet | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Schultea | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Puckett | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 273 | 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.
