1955 Portsmouth Merrimacks Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 64-66
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: Ken Guettler (64-66)
Location: Portsmouth, Virginia
Ballpark: Frank Lawrence Stadium
Attendance: 36,702, Avg. 565

1955 Portsmouth Merrimacks Roster

Playoffs - Portsmouth Merrimacks 3 games, Newport News Dodgers 1
Finals - Lancaster Red Roses 3 games, Portsmouth Merrimacks 2

The Portsmouth Merrimacks of the Piedmont League ended the 1955 season with a record of 64 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the PL.

The Merrimacks plated 636 runs and allowed 662 runs.

Jack Sanford and Minnie Mendoza both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Ken Guettler 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
Lorenzo Onate	12	10	.545	3.44	28	26		10	3		170.0	138	86	65	5	117		152	11	2	17
Albert Cleary	12	14	.462	4.19	28	24		14	1		174.0	159	103	81	17	78		117	8	0	3
Jim Barnhardt	8	11	.421	3.67	32	18		10	2		152.0	140	76	62	9	73		137	2	0	5
Tom Horton	5	4	.556	3.22	13	10		5	1		67.0	54	35	24	5	50		22	6	0	3
Ray Kangas	4	4	.500	5.82	17	9		2	0		65.0	80	57	42	6	31		36	0	0	1
Hubie Richardson	3	1	.750	5.02	19	2		0	0		52.0	61	41	29	6	28		19	1	0	2
Wayne Fuller	2	2	.500		8						0.0									0
Joe Vilk	1	0	1.000		6						0.0									0
Pat McCullough	1	2	.333		7						0.0									0
Jack Bowes	1	3	.250	5.55	16	6		0	0		60.0	78	42	37	3	35		57	2	0	2
Ken Guettler	0	0			1						0.0									0
Early Williams	0	0			2						0.0									0
Jim Vanderbeek	0	0			3						0.0									0
Reggie Teuma					4						0.0
Jerry Buchanan					11						0.0
Fred Zirella					16						0.0
William Padget					12						0.0
Tony Cincotta					4						0.0
Lamar North	0	0			1						0.0									0
Michael Dattero	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
William Proverbs	0	1	.000		1						0.0									0
Mike Kash	0	4	.000	4.20	17	3		0	0		45.0	54	33	21	3	19		21	1	0	4
Totals	49	57	.462	4.14	248	98	0	41	7	0	785.0	764	473	361	54	431	0	561	31	2	37	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
Ken Guettler	130	566	456	97	148	17	0	41	113	0		101	61	.325	.447	.632	1.079	288		4	0	5
Orestes Hernandez	121	493	455	56	132	26	9	2	41	1		26	50	.290	.339	.400	.739	182		8	3	1
Minnie Mendoza	129	536	467	65	124	18	4	3	52	4		58	72	.266	.345	.340	.686	159		2	3	6
George Wehmeyer	122	496	430	62	121	20	0	2	38	14		59	24	.281	.365	.342	.707	147		0	3	4
Wayne Crawford	111	492	435	71	119	26	1	6	43	4		49	32	.274	.349	.379	.728	165		3	2	3
Lamar North	111	445	376	47	97	20	1	5	47	2		54	49	.258	.355	.356	.711	134		5	5	5
John Russo	98	364	317	39	80	15	2	1	22	0		40	22	.252	.336	.322	.658	102		1	4	2
Jack Sanford	45	201	163	24	41	7	0	4	25	0		34	23	.252	.388	.368	.756	60		3	0	1
Don O'Brien	45	131	110	18	29	5	0	3	23	0		15	20	.264	.362	.391	.752	43		3	1	2
Carl Bush	27	115	108	15	27	5	1	6	20	0		5	12	.250	.278	.481	.760	52		0	0	2
Bill Paolisso	20	88	77	15	19	3	0	0	8	4		9	3	.247	.330	.286	.615	22		1	0	1
Lorenzo Onate	30	71	65	7	12	2	0	1	10	0		2	20	.185	.206	.262	.467	17		0	3	1
Albert Cleary	31	75	63	9	11	1	0	2	5	0		5	14	.175	.243	.286	.529	18		1	5	1
Mike Kash	18	19	18	4	5	1	0	0	2	0		1	3	.278	.316	.333	.649	6		0	0	0
Ray Kangas	18	22	20	4	5	1	0	0	2	0		0	5	.250	.250	.300	.550	6		0	2	0
Jim Barnhardt	37	56	49	5	5	0	0	0	3	0		5	17	.102	.200	.102	.302	5		1	1	0
Jack Bowes	16	21	20	1	4	0	1	0	1	0		1	9	.200	.238	.300	.538	6		0	0	0
Joe Vilk	8	11	11		3									.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Tom Horton	14	27	23	3	3	1	0	0	2	0		1	8	.130	.160	.174	.334	4		0	2	1
Clyde Briggs	2	3	3		2									.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
Hubie Richardson	19	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	4	.154	.154	.154	.308	2		0	0	0
Wayne Fuller	9	12	12		1									.083	.083	.083	.167	1
William Johnson	10	26	21	5	1	0	0	1	3	0		5	9	.048	.231	.190	.421	4		0	0	0
Pat McCullough	7	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Billy Bledsoe	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Vanderbeek	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Michael Dattero	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Proverbs	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1186	4293	3722	547	991	168	19	77	461	29	0	470	457	.266	.351	.384	.734	1428	0	32	34	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jack Sanford	1B	45	353	22	7	38	.982	8.333
Carl Bush	1B	26	226	13	3	19	.988	9.192
John Russo	2B	51	126	118	12	33	.953	4.784
Bill Paolisso	2B	19	53	45	4	6	.961	5.158
Minnie Mendoza	3B	128	132	222	21	18	.944	2.766
Lamar North	C	91	537	59	15	11	.975	6.549	5
Don O'Brien	C	25	106	9	3	2	.975	4.600	3
Ken Guettler	OF	129	227	12	10	3	.960	1.853
Orestes Hernandez	OF	108	194	13	15	3	.932	1.917
Wayne Crawford	OF	108	221	9	7	2	.970	2.130
Lamar North	OF	18	38	1	5	1	.886	2.167
John Russo	OF	10	17	0	0	0	1.000	1.700
Jim Barnhardt	P	32	7	25	2	1	.941	1.000
Lorenzo Onate	P	28	6	17	2	2	.920	.821
Albert Cleary	P	28	2	25	3	0	.900	.964
Hubie Richardson	P	19	0	10	1	0	.909	.526
Mike Kash	P	17	2	6	3	1	.727	.471
Ray Kangas	P	17	5	9	2	0	.875	.824
Fred Zirella	P	16						.000
Jack Bowes	P	16	1	8	1	0	.900	.562
Tom Horton	P	13	5	21	0	2	1.000	2.000
William Padget	P	12						.000
Jerry Buchanan	P	11						.000
Wayne Fuller	P	8						.000
Pat McCullough	P	7						.000
Joe Vilk	P	6						.000
Reggie Teuma	P	4						.000
Tony Cincotta	P	4						.000
Jim Vanderbeek	P	3						.000
Early Williams	P	2						.000
Michael Dattero	P	2						.000
William Proverbs	P	1						.000
Lamar North	P	1						.000
Ken Guettler	P	1						.000
George Wehmeyer	SS	118	218	338	43	72	.928	4.712
John Russo	SS	15	33	38	2	7	.973	4.733
Totals		1139	2509	1020	161	221	.956	3.098	8	0	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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