1955 Shreveport Sports Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 87-74
Finished 3rd in the TL
Manager: Mel McGaha (0-0), James Ackeret (0-0), Mel McGaha (0-0)
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 94,036, Avg. 1,168

1955 Shreveport Sports Roster

Playoffs - Shreveport Sports 4 games, San Antonio Missions 2
Finals - Shreveport Sports 4 games, Houston Buffalos 3

The Shreveport Sports of the Texas League ended the 1955 season with a record of 87 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the TL.

The Sports scored 733 runs and allowed 701 runs.

Players from the 1955 Shreveport Sports who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Pidge Browne, Billy Muffett, Cal Howe, Les Peden, John André, Bill Moisan, Leon Brinkopf, Les Fleming, Bill Tremel, Wayne McLeland, Roger McKee, Leo Thomas, Fred Martin and Joe Koppe.

Mel McGaha, James Ackeret and Mel McGaha 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
Arnie Atkins	22	8	.733	3.01	35	34		17	2		254.0	209	91	85	17	115	7	190	5	0	7
Ray Knoblauch	13	16	.448	2.81	38	33		10	1		231.0	194	103	72	17	112	6	87	3	0	8
Hugh Blanton	12	10	.545	4.21	39	22		6	0		171.0	173	92	80	20	115	9	94	5	0	3
Billy Muffett	10	4	.714	3.05	26	14		5	1		127.0	111	52	43	8	64	3	57	7	0	7
Bill Moisan	8	7	.533	3.34	26	16		5	1		124.0	114	61	46	12	73	4	53	4	0	5
Bill Tremel	6	3	.667	3.28	21	12		5	1		107.0	121	55	39	7	34	9	43	1	1	1
Fred Martin	4	3	.571	3.49	43	1		0	0		85.0	90	42	33	3	25	10	29	1	0	3
John André	4	4	.500	2.41	17	10		7	1		86.0	71	31	23	2	31	0	57	3	0	1
Russell Harris	3	5	.375	5.68	10	9		3	0		38.0	38	29	24	5	26	0	19	6	0	0
Tommy Harrison	2	2	.500	5.59	14	3		0	0		37.0	44	30	23	0	29	4	14	0	1	5
Gale Pringle	2	4	.333	3.55	17	3		1	0		38.0	35	17	15	2	16	2	41	1	0	1
Ottis Jacobs	0	0			4						0.0									0
Gene Summerlin	0	0			4						0.0									0
Bill Sherman	0	0			2						0.0									0
Mel McGaha	0	0			1						0.0									0
Wayne McLeland					8						0.0
Darvin Chrisco	0	1	.000		8						0.0									0
Richard Sposato	0	1	.000		5						0.0									0
Jesse Priest	0	1	.000		6						0.0									0
Cal Howe	0	1	.000	5.62	24	0		0	0		40.0	44	26	25	7	28	5	32	2	0	3
Totals	86	70	.551	3.42	348	157	0	59	7	0	1338.0	1244	629	508	100	668	59	716	38	2	44	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
Pidge Browne	152	602	533	89	162	40	6	33	103	1	2	62	77	.304	.373	.587	.960	313		0	1	6
Ev Joyner	146	614	551	82	162	26	5	13	78	1	7	57	41	.294	.358	.430	.789	237		0	3	3
James Ackeret	162	677	588	64	157	32	0	9	81	5	11	73	67	.267	.345	.367	.713	216		2	5	9
Joe Koppe	158	694	548	118	150	27	6	15	70	17	5	134	91	.274	.416	.427	.843	234		2	7	3
Jack Hollis	157	630	561	61	143	28	3	7	63	1	2	56	39	.255	.320	.353	.672	198		2	1	10
Les Fleming	139	530	422	66	128	25	0	21	72	0	0	106	44	.303	.443	.512	.955	216		1	0	1
Nelson Daehn	135	475	440	65	120	19	7	3	38	4	6	31	56	.273	.323	.368	.691	162		2	1	1
J. W. Jones	89	278	244	31	57	11	0	2	22	0	0	30	29	.234	.324	.303	.627	74		3	0	1
Leon Brinkopf	62	199	171	21	38	6	0	5	29	1	1	26	24	.222	.322	.345	.667	59		0	0	2
Mel McGaha	73	161	144	15	34	8	0	2	26	3	2	10	13	.236	.289	.333	.623	48		2	2	3
Red Prentice	57	180	156	11	34	5	0	1	14	0	0	19	7	.218	.307	.269	.576	42		2	1	2
Bud Heslet	52	170	151	18	33	5	1	8	19	0	2	19	28	.219	.306	.424	.730	64		0	0	0
Les Peden	33	108	92	11	23	6	0	3	12	1	0	11	11	.250	.330	.413	.743	38		1	2	2
Bill Moisan	42	67	56	8	13	2	0	1	6	0	0	10	16	.232	.348	.321	.670	18		0	1	0
Ray Knoblauch	43	83	80	4	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	30	.112	.134	.112	.247	9		0	1	0
Billy Muffett	29	51	46	5	7	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	15	.152	.188	.174	.361	8		0	3	0
John André	17	31	29	5	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	5	.207	.258	.379	.637	11		0	0	0
Hugh Blanton	42	66	55	4	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	13	.091	.164	.109	.273	6		1	5	1
Robert Cullins	12	21	20	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.150	.190	.150	.340	3		0	0	0
James Martin	12	34	33	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.091	.118	.091	.209	3		0	0	0
Bill Tremel	21	39	36	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	.083	.154	.083	.237	3		0	0	0
Arnie Atkins	35	104	83	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	34	.036	.167	.036	.203	3		1	8	0
Ottis Jacobs	4	3	3		2									.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
Jesse Priest	8	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Russell Harris	23	15	12	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.167	.333	.167	.500	2		0	0	0
Tommy Harrison	16	15	15	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.133	.133	.200	.333	3		0	0	0
Fred Martin	43	18	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.118	.118	.118	.235	2		0	1	0
Cal Howe	24	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	0	0
Gale Pringle	17	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	.222	.125	.347	1		0	0	0
Darvin Chrisco	8	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gene Summerlin	4	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joey Loudermilk	4	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1819	5892	5112	697	1305	245	28	124	652	34	39	675	681	.255	.342	.387	.729	1978	0	19	42	44	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Les Fleming	1B	129	1036	67	14	120	.987	8.550
Pidge Browne	1B	59	310	22	3	31	.991	5.627
Mel McGaha	1B	26	120	10	1	11	.992	5.000
Jack Hollis	2B	156	200	399	19	113	.969	3.840
Leon Brinkopf	2B	10	20	22	1	5	.977	4.200
James Ackeret	3B	162	181	407	31	39	.950	3.630
J. W. Jones	C	86	366	31	6	5	.985	4.616	5
Red Prentice	C	48	234	15	3	2	.988	5.188	6
Les Peden	C	29	134	13	4	2	.974	5.069	2
James Martin	C	12	62	6	1	0	.986	5.667	5
Bud Heslet	C	12	42	6	1	1	.980	4.000	1
Nelson Daehn	CF	100	217	18	12	4	.951	2.350
Ev Joyner	CF	64	191	2	3	1	.985	3.016
Ev Joyner	LF	75	104	4	3	0	.973	1.440
Leon Brinkopf	LF	35	52	4	3	1	.949	1.600
Mel McGaha	LF	14	22	3	1	0	.962	1.786
Bud Heslet	LF	12	26	1	1	0	.964	2.250
Nelson Daehn	LF	10	14	0	2	0	.875	1.400
Fred Martin	P	43	4	15	1	1	.950	.442
Hugh Blanton	P	39	9	30	2	3	.951	1.000
Ray Knoblauch	P	38	15	42	8	4	.877	1.500
Arnie Atkins	P	35	14	55	2	4	.972	1.971
Billy Muffett	P	26	7	22	5	3	.853	1.115
Bill Moisan	P	26	7	15	3	1	.880	.846
Cal Howe	P	24	1	4	2	0	.714	.208
Bill Tremel	P	21	6	20	1	1	.963	1.238
Gale Pringle	P	17	1	2	0	0	1.000	.176
John André	P	17	3	14	3	2	.850	1.000
Tommy Harrison	P	14	3	3	1	0	.857	.429
Russell Harris	P	10	3	3	1	0	.857	.600
Wayne McLeland	P	8						.000
Darvin Chrisco	P	8						.000
Jesse Priest	P	6						.000
Richard Sposato	P	5						.000
Gene Summerlin	P	4						.000
Ottis Jacobs	P	4						.000
Bill Sherman	P	2						.000
Mel McGaha	P	1						.000
Pidge Browne	RF	104	125	12	3	1	.979	1.317
Bud Heslet	RF	26	25	2	1	0	.964	1.038
Nelson Daehn	RF	16	13	0	1	0	.929	.812
Leon Brinkopf	RF	11	10	2	0	2	1.000	1.091
Mel McGaha	RF	10	15	1	0	0	1.000	1.600
Joe Koppe	SS	157	284	551	56	110	.937	5.318
Totals		1711	3876	1823	199	467	.966	3.331	19	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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