1955 Toledo Sox Statistics
Team Record: 81-73
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: George Selkirk (81-73)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Ballpark: Noah H. Swayne Field
Attendance: 187,911, Avg. 2,440
The Toledo Sox of the American Association ended the 1955 season with a record of 81 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.
The Sox conceded 678 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Toledo plated 708 runs.
Billy Reed, Chico García, Bob Talbot, Ben Johnson, Lou Sleater, Ray Crone, Dick Hoover, Sammy Meeks, Chi-Chi Olivo, Wes Covington, Félix Mantilla, Gale Wade, Jack Daniels, Bob Trowbridge, Charlie Bicknell, Charlie Gorin, Carl Willey, Luis Márquez, Billy Queen, Frank Torre, Pete Whisenant, Jim Pendleton, Don McMahon, Harry Hanebrink, Humberto Robinson, Paul Burris, Bert Thiel, Ray Rippelmeyer and Joey Jay were all players from the 1955 Toledo Sox who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
George Selkirk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humberto Robinson | 14 | 4 | .778 | 2.35 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 138.0 | 117 | 48 | 36 | 9 | 49 | 5 | 101 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Trowbridge | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.66 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 182.0 | 172 | 89 | 74 | 24 | 85 | 3 | 135 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Charlie Gorin | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.15 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 167.0 | 156 | 80 | 77 | 11 | 85 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Charlie Bicknell | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.60 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 131.0 | 152 | 69 | 67 | 18 | 63 | 5 | 69 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Carl Willey | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.01 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 148.0 | 151 | 83 | 66 | 9 | 79 | 2 | 123 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bert Thiel | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.57 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 124.0 | 153 | 69 | 63 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dick Hoover | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.25 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 43 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ray Crone | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Bratkowitz | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.68 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 76.0 | 82 | 50 | 48 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Chi-Chi Olivo | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6.58 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joey Jay | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.53 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 74.0 | 74 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Don McMahon | 2 | 13 | .133 | 5.01 | 42 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 142.0 | 149 | 88 | 79 | 11 | 95 | 7 | 93 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Lou Sleater | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Glenn Thompson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul Cave | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ben Johnson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ray Rippelmeyer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| William Allen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 73 | .526 | 4.08 | 352 | 147 | 0 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 1256.0 | 1272 | 643 | 570 | 116 | 602 | 40 | 805 | 34 | 2 | 36 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Torre | 150 | 610 | 544 | 86 | 178 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 73 | 3 | 47 | 18 | .327 | .382 | .426 | .809 | 232 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Chico García | 154 | 688 | 577 | 93 | 173 | 34 | 4 | 10 | 68 | 8 | 100 | 25 | .300 | .403 | .425 | .828 | 245 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Jim Frey | 142 | 582 | 486 | 88 | 137 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 87 | 44 | .282 | .388 | .381 | .769 | 185 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Félix Mantilla | 115 | 421 | 389 | 54 | 107 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 11 | 23 | 54 | .275 | .321 | .419 | .740 | 163 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Sammy Meeks | 121 | 464 | 416 | 43 | 105 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 63 | 0 | 43 | 56 | .252 | .320 | .361 | .681 | 150 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Harry Hanebrink | 118 | 406 | 367 | 47 | 104 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 5 | 22 | 29 | .283 | .323 | .401 | .724 | 147 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Jim Pendleton | 95 | 397 | 368 | 42 | 100 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 8 | 22 | 65 | .272 | .312 | .418 | .731 | 154 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jack Daniels | 118 | 448 | 372 | 49 | 96 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 63 | 3 | 67 | 98 | .258 | .369 | .473 | .842 | 176 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Billy Queen | 106 | 414 | 353 | 56 | 89 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 56 | 2 | 54 | 54 | .252 | .348 | .425 | .773 | 150 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Pete Whisenant | 49 | 211 | 177 | 37 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 43 | 5 | 31 | 26 | .333 | .429 | .627 | 1.056 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Billy Reed | 75 | 185 | 166 | 16 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 5 | .307 | .370 | .404 | .773 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Theodore Laguna | 63 | 171 | 147 | 19 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 15 | .259 | .341 | .320 | .661 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bob Talbot | 34 | 127 | 115 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 | .270 | .325 | .330 | .656 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gale Wade | 19 | 90 | 77 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 10 | .260 | .356 | .325 | .680 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Luis Márquez | 21 | 83 | 75 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .240 | .293 | .427 | .719 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Paul Burris | 27 | 74 | 66 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .167 | .257 | .242 | .499 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Bicknell | 51 | 50 | 45 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .178 | .229 | .289 | .518 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carl Willey | 27 | 59 | 55 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .145 | .190 | .164 | .353 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Gorin | 38 | 67 | 58 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .138 | .180 | .155 | .336 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Bratkowitz | 16 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .269 | .296 | .538 | .835 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Trowbridge | 29 | 73 | 63 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29 | .079 | .159 | .079 | .239 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bert Thiel | 46 | 37 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .125 | .125 | .188 | .312 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Humberto Robinson | 30 | 51 | 47 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27 | .085 | .102 | .128 | .230 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Lou Sleater | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don McMahon | 42 | 48 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .067 | .125 | .133 | .258 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Crone | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Joey Jay | 14 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ben Johnson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| William Allen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Glenn Thompson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Chi-Chi Olivo | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Cave | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wes Covington | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Hoover | 35 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Rippelmeyer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1780 | 5865 | 5141 | 703 | 1375 | 246 | 39 | 106 | 649 | 49 | 0 | 585 | 700 | .267 | .342 | .392 | .735 | 2017 | 127 | 25 | 64 | 50 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Torre | 1B | 149 | 1270 | 101 | 14 | 109 | .990 | 9.201 | ||||
| Chico García | 2B | 153 | 347 | 405 | 12 | 94 | .984 | 4.915 | ||||
| Harry Hanebrink | 3B | 77 | 81 | 117 | 11 | 9 | .947 | 2.571 | ||||
| Sammy Meeks | 3B | 48 | 37 | 84 | 3 | 6 | .976 | 2.521 | ||||
| Billy Reed | 3B | 39 | 28 | 63 | 7 | 6 | .929 | 2.333 | ||||
| Félix Mantilla | 3B | 12 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 2.333 | ||||
| Billy Queen | C | 97 | 555 | 39 | 9 | 8 | .985 | 6.124 | 21 | |||
| Theodore Laguna | C | 51 | 241 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .985 | 5.078 | 5 | |||
| Paul Burris | C | 23 | 111 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .977 | 5.522 | 1 | |||
| Jim Frey | OF | 129 | 209 | 17 | 11 | 3 | .954 | 1.752 | ||||
| Jack Daniels | OF | 109 | 222 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .996 | 2.156 | ||||
| Jim Pendleton | OF | 95 | 175 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .974 | 1.968 | ||||
| Pete Whisenant | OF | 49 | 96 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 2.061 | ||||
| Bob Talbot | OF | 31 | 72 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .925 | 2.387 | ||||
| Harry Hanebrink | OF | 23 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.565 | ||||
| Gale Wade | OF | 19 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .923 | 2.526 | ||||
| Luis Márquez | OF | 19 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.947 | ||||
| Bert Thiel | P | 46 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .804 | ||||
| Charlie Bicknell | P | 44 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .970 | .727 | ||||
| Don McMahon | P | 42 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .524 | ||||
| Dick Hoover | P | 35 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Humberto Robinson | P | 30 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Bob Trowbridge | P | 29 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .897 | .897 | ||||
| Charlie Gorin | P | 29 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 1.310 | ||||
| Carl Willey | P | 27 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 1 | .892 | 1.222 | ||||
| Chi-Chi Olivo | P | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| Andrew Bratkowitz | P | 16 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .688 | ||||
| Joey Jay | P | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lou Sleater | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Crone | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ben Johnson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Cave | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glenn Thompson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Allen | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Rippelmeyer | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Félix Mantilla | SS | 88 | 159 | 222 | 22 | 49 | .945 | 4.330 | ||||
| Sammy Meeks | SS | 70 | 119 | 202 | 13 | 39 | .961 | 4.586 | ||||
| Totals | 1633 | 3921 | 1536 | 140 | 344 | .975 | 3.342 | 27 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
