1955 Savannah Athletics Statistics
Team Record: 61-79
Finished 6th in the SAL
Manager: Clyde Kluttz (61-79)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 47,863, Avg. 684
The Savannah Athletics of the South Atlantic League ended the 1955 season with a record of 61 wins and 79 losses, finishing sixth in the SAL.
The Athletics plated 567 runs and allowed 651 runs. William Robertson topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .293 clip. Gus Keriazakos and Hugh Holder led Savannah with 11 wins each, while Gus Keriazakos registered a 1.67 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1955 Savannah Athletics who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Tommy Giordano, Bob Spicer, Bill Oster, Bob Davis, Gus Keriazakos, Don Plarski, Jerry Schypinski, Walt Craddock, Hal Raether, Eric MacKenzie, Mike Kume, Bob Trice, Walt Kellner and Ken Johnson.
Clyde Kluttz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Keriazakos | 11 | 2 | .846 | 1.67 | 15 | 15 | 124.0 | 99 | 35 | 23 | 7 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Hugh Holder | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.74 | 36 | 14 | 154.0 | 145 | 78 | 64 | 7 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Ken Wild | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.84 | 19 | 17 | 133.0 | 134 | 60 | 42 | 8 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Walt Craddock | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.42 | 25 | 23 | 142.0 | 139 | 71 | 54 | 5 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Bill Freese | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.37 | 31 | 1 | 55.7 | 56 | 37 | 27 | 4 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Ken Johnson | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.13 | 34 | 16 | 146.0 | 180 | 80 | 67 | 6 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Bob Trice | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.00 | 11 | 8 | 63.0 | 63 | 40 | 35 | 7 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Guie | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.20 | 13 | 8 | 71.0 | 59 | 43 | 41 | 6 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Stan Johnson | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.98 | 24 | 4 | 63.3 | 70 | 38 | 28 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Walt Kellner | 2 | 10 | .167 | 3.73 | 30 | 16 | 128.0 | 141 | 69 | 53 | 13 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Vince Gohl | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Oster | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russell Swingle | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Raymond Steele | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Spicer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Napoles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Kinnamon | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Davis | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Jack | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hal Raether | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Riale | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerome Labanz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mike Kume | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Doucet | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 61 | 79 | .436 | 3.62 | 283 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1080.0 | 1086 | 551 | 434 | 65 | 415 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Schypinski | 134 | 534 | 534 | 153 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .287 | .287 | .341 | .627 | 182 | |||||||||||
| William Robertson | 111 | 403 | 403 | 118 | 13 | 6 | 0 | .293 | .293 | .355 | .648 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Glenn Zimmerman | 119 | 408 | 408 | 110 | 20 | 5 | 1 | .270 | .270 | .350 | .620 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Richard Kirk | 112 | 372 | 372 | 92 | 15 | 6 | 9 | .247 | .247 | .392 | .640 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Mills | 116 | 386 | 386 | 91 | 14 | 10 | 9 | .236 | .236 | .394 | .630 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Giordano | 89 | 282 | 282 | 76 | 9 | 3 | 18 | .270 | .270 | .514 | .784 | 145 | |||||||||||
| Norman Abrams | 37 | 132 | 132 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .288 | .303 | .591 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Pahr | 45 | 140 | 140 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .293 | .550 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Bearl Brooks | 31 | 109 | 109 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .312 | .312 | .394 | .706 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Kobuskie | 61 | 201 | 201 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .159 | .159 | .184 | .343 | 37 | |||||||||||
| LeRoy Schmidt | 40 | 127 | 127 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .213 | .213 | .299 | .512 | 38 | |||||||||||
| James Brown | 43 | 127 | 127 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .150 | .150 | .268 | .417 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Ken Wild | 30 | 59 | 59 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .271 | .271 | .356 | .627 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Joe Stoico | 37 | 99 | 99 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .162 | .162 | .242 | .404 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Holder | 37 | 47 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .298 | .553 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Walt Craddock | 25 | 48 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Art Ehlers | 17 | 51 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .235 | .235 | .314 | .549 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Jake Spruill | 22 | 53 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .264 | .472 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Guie | 13 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .207 | .207 | .345 | .552 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bob Trice | 20 | 34 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .265 | .441 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Gus Keriazakos | 15 | 43 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .140 | .279 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ken Johnson | 36 | 48 | 48 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .104 | .104 | .229 | .333 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Walt Kellner | 30 | 38 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .079 | .079 | .132 | .211 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Stan Johnson | 24 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bill Freese | 31 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dave Shea | 4 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Guy Sparrow | 3 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jerome Labanz | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Kinnamon | 7 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Engleman | 8 | 18 | 18 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Doucet | 4 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Vince Gohl | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Mike Kume | 5 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Loranger | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Eric MacKenzie | 8 | 17 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Meyer | 1 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Oster | 3 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Jack | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Don Plarski | 6 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Hal Raether | 4 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Spicer | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1339 | 3899 | 3899 | 0 | 933 | 124 | 42 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .330 | .570 | 1288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Holder | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Johnson | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Freese | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Walt Kellner | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Walt Craddock | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Stan Johnson | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Wild | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Gus Keriazakos | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Stanley Guie | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Trice | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| George Kinnamon | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Kume | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Davis | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Hal Raether | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Vince Gohl | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| George Doucet | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Russell Swingle | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Oster | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Raymond Steele | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Spicer | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Jack | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| William Riale | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Tony Napoles | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Jerome Labanz | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 283 | 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.
