1955 Panama City Fliers Statistics
Team Record: 73-47
Finished 1st in the AAL
Manager: Bill Adair (73-47)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Panama City, Florida
Ballpark: Lions Park
Attendance: 36,104, Avg. 602
Playoffs - Panama City Fliers 4 games, Dothan Cardinals 2
Finals - Panama City Fliers 3 games, Crestview Braves 1
The Panama City Fliers of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1955 season with a record of 73 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the AAL.
The Fliers topped the league with 846 runs, fueled by 92 home runs. Panama City surrendered 683 runs. Jack Feller led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .329 clip. William McNeill paced the squad with 12 wins, while Joseph Kushner registered a 3.04 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Bob Johnson and Jack Feller both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bill Adair 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William McNeill | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.26 | 29 | 20 | 171.0 | 152 | 81 | 62 | 10 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Kushner | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.04 | 19 | 17 | 136.0 | 141 | 69 | 46 | 9 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brightwell | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.76 | 26 | 7 | 91.0 | 88 | 50 | 38 | 12 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Bing Bennett | 8 | 3 | .727 | 6.24 | 22 | 14 | 101.0 | 120 | 77 | 70 | 13 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Milton Higginbotham | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.20 | 21 | 10 | 90.0 | 92 | 42 | 32 | 3 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Lionel Ackerman | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.41 | 18 | 10 | 100.0 | 127 | 72 | 49 | 7 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Marvin Caswell | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.32 | 23 | 2 | 57.0 | 59 | 38 | 21 | 2 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Eaton | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.16 | 17 | 14 | 75.0 | 77 | 52 | 43 | 3 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Elmer Franklin | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Johnson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.93 | 23 | 8 | 61.0 | 77 | 54 | 47 | 8 | 62 | ||||||||||
| George Walters | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harold Newton | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Karasek | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harold Ainsworth | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keith Nims | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Tharrett | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barton Dupon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| David Ross | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Shoemaker | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 72 | 47 | .605 | 4.16 | 242 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 882.0 | 933 | 535 | 408 | 67 | 498 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton Dupon | 119 | 486 | 486 | 153 | 30 | 5 | 23 | .315 | .315 | .539 | .854 | 262 | |||||||||||
| Bill Brightwell | 117 | 442 | 442 | 144 | 24 | 2 | 6 | .326 | .326 | .430 | .756 | 190 | |||||||||||
| Jack Feller | 115 | 428 | 428 | 141 | 25 | 5 | 2 | .329 | .329 | .425 | .755 | 182 | |||||||||||
| James Green | 108 | 442 | 442 | 139 | 21 | 4 | 19 | .314 | .314 | .509 | .824 | 225 | |||||||||||
| Bob Johnson | 93 | 376 | 376 | 119 | 20 | 5 | 8 | .316 | .316 | .460 | .777 | 173 | |||||||||||
| Robert Karasek | 112 | 390 | 390 | 117 | 28 | 1 | 5 | .300 | .300 | .415 | .715 | 162 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Welch | 111 | 400 | 400 | 116 | 16 | 3 | 7 | .290 | .290 | .398 | .688 | 159 | |||||||||||
| Bill Adair | 108 | 363 | 363 | 99 | 19 | 0 | 13 | .273 | .273 | .433 | .705 | 157 | |||||||||||
| William McNeill | 58 | 88 | 88 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .216 | .216 | .386 | .602 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Wenson | 10 | 40 | 40 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .425 | .425 | .575 | 1.000 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Richard Hinton | 41 | 109 | 109 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .156 | .156 | .202 | .358 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Gordon O'Dell | 18 | 72 | 72 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .333 | .542 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Dale Cartier | 11 | 42 | 42 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .310 | .310 | .476 | .786 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Douglas McDonald | 13 | 43 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .279 | .279 | .302 | .581 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Lionel Ackerman | 23 | 47 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .277 | .511 | 13 | |||||||||||
| James Siebert | 18 | 48 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .250 | .479 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Bing Bennett | 23 | 48 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .250 | .458 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Milton Higginbotham | 25 | 42 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .238 | .452 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Kushner | 21 | 51 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Natch Brocato | 10 | 41 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .244 | .439 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Eaton | 19 | 33 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .212 | .424 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Marvin Caswell | 25 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Elmer Franklin | 10 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Richard Johnson | 23 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Harold Ainsworth | 7 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Beck | 4 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Walters | 3 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Tharrett | 5 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Harold Newton | 6 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Shoemaker | 8 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| David Ross | 6 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Martin | 7 | 33 | 33 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Keith Nims | 3 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ronnie Whetro | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1283 | 4190 | 4190 | 0 | 1197 | 204 | 28 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .414 | .699 | 1733 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Johnson | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Marvin Caswell | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Bing Bennett | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Milton Higginbotham | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Kushner | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Lionel Ackerman | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Eaton | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Shoemaker | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| David Ross | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Newton | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Tharrett | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Ainsworth | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| George Walters | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Keith Nims | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 178 | 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.
