1955 Roswell Rockets Statistics
Team Record: 79-56
Finished 2nd in the LL
Manager: William Greer (79-56)
Location: Roswell, New Mexico
Ballpark: Fair Park Stadium
Attendance: 39,911, Avg. 591
Playoffs - Roswell Rockets 4 games, Artesia Numexers 3
Finals - San Angelo Colts 4 games, Roswell Rockets 0
The Roswell Rockets of the Longhorn League ended the 1955 season with a record of 79 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the LL.
The Rockets plated 967 runs and conceded 788 runs. Joe Bauman walloped 46 home runs for Roswell, while Charles Pruitt, William Greer and Pete Traina each added 15 or more also. Joe Bauman drove in 132 runs. William Greer led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .337. Dean Franks earned 27 wins on the mound for the team, and George Payte and Peter Simone as well contributed 15 or more victories as well George Payte recorded a 3.35 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. William Greer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Franks | 27 | 13 | .675 | 5.33 | 45 | 33 | 272.0 | 349 | 181 | 161 | 32 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Peter Simone | 16 | 10 | .615 | 4.46 | 34 | 28 | 236.0 | 242 | 133 | 117 | 16 | 98 | ||||||||||
| George Payte | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.35 | 47 | 22 | 234.0 | 217 | 114 | 87 | 16 | 96 | ||||||||||
| Ronald Peterson | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.16 | 14 | 9 | 68.0 | 90 | 46 | 39 | 6 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Joe Bauman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Waldrip | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.27 | 7 | 5 | 37.3 | 46 | 28 | 26 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Charles Walker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connie Burdick | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Grund | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Greer | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene Balderree | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Homer Gibson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Garcia | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.07 | 8 | 3 | 32.3 | 46 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Molden | 0 | 4 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 64 | 50 | .561 | 4.70 | 190 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 879.7 | 990 | 539 | 459 | 78 | 295 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane White | 134 | 574 | 574 | 184 | 19 | 11 | 12 | .321 | .321 | .455 | .775 | 261 | |||||||||||
| William Greer | 123 | 489 | 489 | 165 | 39 | 8 | 22 | .337 | .337 | .585 | .922 | 286 | |||||||||||
| Charles Pruitt | 133 | 500 | 500 | 156 | 33 | 9 | 26 | .312 | .312 | .570 | .882 | 285 | |||||||||||
| Joe Bauman | 131 | 453 | 453 | 118 | 152 | 32 | 3 | 46 | 132 | 1 | .336 | .336 | .724 | 1.060 | 328 | ||||||||
| Erwood Adams | 106 | 371 | 371 | 100 | 24 | 6 | 13 | .270 | .270 | .472 | .741 | 175 | |||||||||||
| Pete Traina | 80 | 314 | 314 | 95 | 27 | 6 | 18 | .303 | .303 | .599 | .901 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Richard Hutzler | 78 | 286 | 286 | 90 | 15 | 5 | 6 | .315 | .315 | .465 | .780 | 133 | |||||||||||
| Albert Werneke | 44 | 170 | 170 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .276 | .276 | .406 | .682 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Dean Franks | 61 | 133 | 133 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .301 | .301 | .368 | .669 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Connie Burdick | 40 | 147 | 147 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .265 | .265 | .415 | .680 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Peter Simone | 47 | 116 | 116 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 4 | .302 | .302 | .509 | .810 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Rudolfo Arco | 42 | 153 | 153 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .190 | .190 | .307 | .497 | 47 | |||||||||||
| M. O. Lagrone | 32 | 102 | 102 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .255 | .255 | .343 | .598 | 35 | |||||||||||
| George Payte | 53 | 107 | 107 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .234 | .234 | .393 | .626 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Dub Woolbright | 24 | 93 | 93 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .215 | .215 | .312 | .527 | 29 | |||||||||||
| William Herring | 25 | 80 | 80 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .175 | .175 | .238 | .412 | 19 | |||||||||||
| George Garcia | 24 | 49 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .204 | .204 | .286 | .490 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Peterson | 17 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .348 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Gene Balderree | 7 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ralph Carpenter | 2 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Walker | 7 | 26 | 26 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Waldrip | 7 | 17 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Homer Gibson | 7 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Petrovich | 1 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Leroy Molden | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Al Hoff | 3 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1239 | 4239 | 4239 | 118 | 1231 | 249 | 65 | 158 | 132 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 | .290 | .492 | .782 | 2084 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Payte | P | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Dean Franks | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Peter Simone | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Peterson | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Leroy Molden | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| James Waldrip | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Homer Gibson | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Balderree | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Jackson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Grund | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 173 | 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.
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