1955 Plainview Ponies Statistics
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 4th in the WTNML
Manager: Jackie Sullivan (0-0), Jodie Beeler (0-0)
Location: Plainview, Texas
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 63,269, Avg. 904
Playoffs - Amarillo Gold Sox 4 games, Plainview Ponies 2
The Plainview Ponies of the West Texas-New Mexico League ended the 1955 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the WTNML.
The Ponies scored 912 runs and surrendered 954 runs. Ike Palmer led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .406. Robert Upton topped Plainview with 16 wins and a team-best 4.84 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Jackie Sullivan and Jodie Beeler both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Jackie Sullivan and Jodie Beeler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Upton | 16 | 8 | .667 | 4.84 | 32 | 24 | 214.0 | 227 | 140 | 115 | 33 | 84 | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Harrington | 14 | 13 | .519 | 5.98 | 37 | 22 | 182.0 | 271 | 169 | 121 | 29 | 52 | ||||||||||
| James Lemons | 9 | 10 | .474 | 5.32 | 31 | 20 | 149.0 | 179 | 110 | 88 | 21 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Robert Swanson | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.44 | 16 | 12 | 99.3 | 98 | 60 | 49 | 12 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Milt Ardrey | 6 | 5 | .545 | 6.22 | 31 | 9 | 139.0 | 177 | 115 | 96 | 16 | 68 | ||||||||||
| Jack Cardey | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.25 | 16 | 13 | 110.0 | 125 | 66 | 52 | 14 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Schmidt | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.40 | 9 | 7 | 45.0 | 42 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Ray Grund | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.06 | 15 | 3 | 35.7 | 33 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Willie Neal | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.46 | 7 | 4 | 36.3 | 40 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Emil Jost | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jackie Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Sweeney | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Tierney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Tyre | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ike Palmer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doug Lewis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bert Toomey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edward Arthur | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 67 | 59 | .532 | 5.26 | 220 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1010.3 | 1192 | 735 | 590 | 135 | 456 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Palmer | 140 | 562 | 562 | 228 | 46 | 4 | 39 | .406 | .406 | .710 | 1.116 | 399 | |||||||||||
| Don Stokes | 138 | 571 | 571 | 209 | 50 | 2 | 25 | .366 | .366 | .592 | .958 | 338 | |||||||||||
| Doug Lewis | 139 | 562 | 562 | 182 | 33 | 3 | 28 | .324 | .324 | .543 | .867 | 305 | |||||||||||
| Dale Perry | 81 | 325 | 325 | 103 | 16 | 4 | 15 | .317 | .317 | .529 | .846 | 172 | |||||||||||
| John McCole | 122 | 432 | 432 | 103 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .238 | .238 | .308 | .546 | 133 | |||||||||||
| Dick Viskozki | 89 | 367 | 367 | 95 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .259 | .259 | .338 | .597 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Joseph DellaMonica | 77 | 322 | 322 | 80 | 14 | 2 | 12 | .248 | .248 | .416 | .665 | 134 | |||||||||||
| Jodie Beeler | 51 | 192 | 192 | 77 | 13 | 1 | 24 | .401 | .401 | .854 | 1.255 | 164 | |||||||||||
| Donald Tierney | 61 | 238 | 238 | 76 | 12 | 1 | 8 | .319 | .319 | .479 | .798 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Francis Green | 54 | 216 | 216 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 16 | .282 | .282 | .551 | .833 | 119 | |||||||||||
| Patrick Knox | 62 | 213 | 213 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 4 | .272 | .272 | .390 | .662 | 83 | |||||||||||
| John McMahon | 36 | 99 | 99 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .404 | .737 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Robert Upton | 42 | 100 | 100 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .250 | .250 | .460 | .710 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Harrington | 38 | 73 | 73 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .260 | .260 | .329 | .589 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Dub Woolbright | 21 | 83 | 83 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .229 | .446 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Jackie Sullivan | 16 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .341 | .341 | .488 | .829 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Jack Cardey | 24 | 49 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .204 | .204 | .469 | .673 | 23 | |||||||||||
| James Lemons | 36 | 64 | 64 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .234 | .391 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Milt Ardrey | 32 | 58 | 58 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .138 | .155 | .293 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Ray Grund | 15 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .412 | .706 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Schmidt | 10 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .412 | .706 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Robert Swanson | 16 | 34 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .029 | .029 | .029 | .059 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jewel Smith | 4 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Fred Caldwell | 4 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Emil Jost | 7 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ronald Tyre | 5 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bert Toomey | 5 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Curley | 6 | 19 | 19 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Sweeney | 5 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Poppell | 1 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Willie Neal | 7 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Anthony Dworaczyk | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Grutzmacher | 7 | 28 | 28 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1353 | 4740 | 4740 | 0 | 1420 | 266 | 26 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .484 | .784 | 2296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Harrington | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Upton | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| James Lemons | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Milt Ardrey | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Swanson | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Cardey | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Grund | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Schmidt | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Willie Neal | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Emil Jost | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Tyre | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Bert Toomey | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| John Sweeney | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Arthur | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 216 | 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.
