1955 Sacramento Solons Statistics
Team Record: 76-96
Finished 8th in the PCL
Manager: Tony Freitas (76-96)
Location: Sacramento, California
Ballpark: Moreing Field
Attendance: 163,578, Avg. 1,902
The Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1955 season with a record of 76 wins and 96 losses, finishing eighth in the PCL.
The Solons scored 595 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 725 runs. Jake Crawford paced Sacramento with 13 home runs Nippy Jones drove in 91 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .309 clip. Marino Pieretti paced the team with 19 wins, while Bud Daley and John Briggs also added 15 or more victories also Marino Pieretti registered a 3.01 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1955 Sacramento Solons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Al Brazle, John Briggs, Harry Bright, Milo Candini, Jake Crawford, Bud Daley, Bob Dillinger, Chuck Essegian, Nanny Fernandez, Tommy Glaviano, Earl Harrist, Al Heist, Chet Johnson, Nippy Jones, Ed Mierkowicz, Pete Milne, Richie Myers, Marino Pieretti, Hank Schenz, Bud Sheely, Leo Thomas and Jackie Tobin.
Tony Freitas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marino Pieretti | 19 | 15 | .559 | 3.01 | 40 | 37 | 25 | 5 | 293.0 | 271 | 110 | 98 | 21 | 73 | 110 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bud Daley | 18 | 16 | .529 | 3.44 | 40 | 33 | 18 | 1 | 259.3 | 268 | 111 | 99 | 15 | 87 | 118 | 11 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| John Briggs | 15 | 15 | .500 | 3.44 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 251.0 | 236 | 104 | 96 | 12 | 118 | 118 | 4 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| Chet Johnson | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.98 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 176.3 | 187 | 85 | 78 | 13 | 64 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Earl Harrist | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.31 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 114.3 | 101 | 50 | 42 | 1 | 41 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Lee Jones | 3 | 13 | .188 | 3.99 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 146.7 | 161 | 74 | 65 | 11 | 45 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bud Watkins | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.79 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37.3 | 44 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ed Cereghino | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.81 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 89 | 54 | 51 | 11 | 49 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Milo Candini | 2 | 9 | .182 | 3.41 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.3 | 74 | 49 | 27 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jack Pickart | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Emil Patrick | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Keith Speck | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Al Brazle | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.31 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 30 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Roger Osenbaugh | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 28 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Totals | 76 | 96 | .442 | 3.80 | 333 | 172 | 0 | 74 | 15 | 0 | 1485.3 | 1503 | 728 | 627 | 103 | 558 | 0 | 642 | 41 | 2 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nippy Jones | 172 | 711 | 666 | 69 | 206 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 91 | 3 | 26 | 24 | .309 | .332 | .395 | .727 | 263 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Harry Bright | 120 | 495 | 459 | 51 | 140 | 31 | 3 | 12 | 73 | 0 | 28 | 45 | .305 | .345 | .464 | .809 | 213 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Richie Myers | 142 | 586 | 544 | 57 | 139 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 44 | 1 | 26 | 28 | .256 | .290 | .349 | .639 | 190 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Al Heist | 135 | 543 | 470 | 58 | 123 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 8 | 61 | 93 | .262 | .348 | .353 | .701 | 166 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Streeter | 136 | 559 | 486 | 60 | 119 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 50 | 102 | .245 | .319 | .346 | .665 | 168 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 2 | ||
| Jake Crawford | 111 | 427 | 388 | 51 | 112 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 54 | 2 | 31 | 58 | .289 | .345 | .441 | .786 | 171 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Danny Baich | 121 | 376 | 335 | 30 | 97 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 34 | 25 | .290 | .358 | .409 | .766 | 137 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Tommy Glaviano | 116 | 389 | 324 | 50 | 74 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 7 | 56 | 58 | .228 | .346 | .336 | .683 | 109 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Jackie Tobin | 88 | 248 | 222 | 19 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 22 | 17 | .270 | .333 | .329 | .662 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ed Mierkowicz | 61 | 244 | 217 | 23 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 26 | 26 | .272 | .350 | .355 | .705 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pete Milne | 81 | 268 | 245 | 19 | 58 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 19 | 23 | .237 | .289 | .347 | .636 | 85 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bud Sheely | 78 | 247 | 212 | 12 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 12 | .217 | .314 | .292 | .607 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bob Dillinger | 34 | 125 | 114 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | .281 | .333 | .307 | .640 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bud Heslet | 50 | 143 | 127 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 26 | .220 | .289 | .433 | .722 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Briggs | 37 | 106 | 101 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 34 | .228 | .250 | .297 | .547 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Leo Thomas | 42 | 141 | 116 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 18 | .198 | .336 | .276 | .612 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nanny Fernandez | 27 | 102 | 93 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .204 | .275 | .301 | .576 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marino Pieretti | 58 | 110 | 99 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .152 | .192 | .172 | .364 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Hank Schenz | 18 | 69 | 61 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .197 | .279 | .344 | .624 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bud Daley | 40 | 95 | 76 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .145 | .214 | .158 | .372 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Charles Bell | 9 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .194 | .237 | .194 | .431 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Russ Rosburg | 4 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .316 | .350 | .526 | .876 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Cereghino | 25 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .261 | .261 | .304 | .565 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lee Jones | 42 | 49 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .136 | .174 | .182 | .356 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chet Johnson | 36 | 62 | 54 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .093 | .140 | .093 | .233 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Earl Harrist | 34 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .138 | .194 | .138 | .331 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Roger Osenbaugh | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud Watkins | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim McKeegan | 3 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .154 | .267 | .308 | .574 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milo Candini | 42 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Essegian | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Hunter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Steinagel | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Engleman | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Brazle | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Speck | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1916 | 6270 | 5615 | 593 | 1437 | 238 | 32 | 85 | 562 | 37 | 0 | 490 | 692 | .256 | .317 | .355 | .672 | 1994 | 150 | 30 | 102 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nippy Jones | 1B | 168 | 1537 | 117 | 19 | 178 | .989 | 9.845 | ||||
| Ed Mierkowicz | 1B | 5 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 6.800 | ||||
| Jerry Streeter | 2B | 130 | 363 | 357 | 23 | 112 | .969 | 5.538 | ||||
| Hank Schenz | 2B | 17 | 49 | 36 | 2 | 14 | .977 | 5.000 | ||||
| Harry Bright | 2B | 13 | 34 | 33 | 2 | 7 | .971 | 5.154 | ||||
| Tommy Glaviano | 2B | 9 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 4.556 | ||||
| Nippy Jones | 2B | 4 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Harry Bright | 3B | 108 | 110 | 263 | 22 | 26 | .944 | 3.454 | ||||
| Leo Thomas | 3B | 34 | 37 | 86 | 9 | 7 | .932 | 3.618 | ||||
| Nanny Fernandez | 3B | 18 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 5 | .925 | 2.722 | ||||
| Tommy Glaviano | 3B | 16 | 19 | 30 | 6 | 6 | .891 | 3.062 | ||||
| Danny Baich | C | 112 | 426 | 50 | 10 | 8 | .979 | 4.250 | 6 | 20 | 100.0 | |
| Bud Sheely | C | 74 | 264 | 34 | 2 | 2 | .993 | 4.027 | 8 | 15 | 100.0 | |
| Bud Heslet | C | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.545 | 0 | 3 | 100.0 | |
| Jim McKeegan | C | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.667 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Heist | OF | 132 | 389 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .993 | 3.045 | ||||
| Jake Crawford | OF | 110 | 192 | 11 | 8 | 5 | .962 | 1.845 | ||||
| Pete Milne | OF | 70 | 114 | 9 | 3 | 4 | .976 | 1.757 | ||||
| Ed Mierkowicz | OF | 57 | 84 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .968 | 1.579 | ||||
| Jackie Tobin | OF | 55 | 118 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 2.164 | ||||
| Tommy Glaviano | OF | 49 | 88 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .949 | 1.898 | ||||
| Bud Heslet | OF | 28 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .940 | 1.679 | ||||
| Bob Dillinger | OF | 28 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .952 | 2.107 | ||||
| Nanny Fernandez | OF | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Russ Rosburg | OF | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.250 | ||||
| Chuck Essegian | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Milo Candini | P | 42 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .262 | ||||
| Marino Pieretti | P | 40 | 12 | 64 | 5 | 5 | .938 | 1.900 | ||||
| Bud Daley | P | 40 | 12 | 61 | 3 | 2 | .961 | 1.825 | ||||
| Chet Johnson | P | 36 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Lee Jones | P | 34 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .949 | 1.088 | ||||
| Earl Harrist | P | 34 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .971 | .971 | ||||
| John Briggs | P | 34 | 9 | 35 | 3 | 1 | .936 | 1.294 | ||||
| Ed Cereghino | P | 25 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .840 | ||||
| Al Brazle | P | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .368 | ||||
| Bud Watkins | P | 15 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .692 | .600 | ||||
| Roger Osenbaugh | P | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Emil Patrick | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Keith Speck | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Pickart | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Richie Myers | SS | 141 | 246 | 466 | 20 | 110 | .973 | 5.050 | ||||
| Tommy Glaviano | SS | 26 | 52 | 76 | 5 | 13 | .962 | 4.923 | ||||
| Charles Bell | SS | 9 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 5 | .974 | 4.111 | ||||
| Leo Thomas | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Totals | 1774 | 4457 | 1975 | 183 | 530 | .972 | 3.626 | 14 | 0 | 38 | 100.0 |
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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