1955 Visalia Cubs Statistics
Team Record: 53-94
Finished 7th in the CL
Manager: Dee Moore (53-94)
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 36,212, Avg. 493
The Visalia Cubs of the California League ended the 1955 season with a record of 53 wins and 94 losses, finishing seventh in the CL.
The Cubs scored 783 runs and allowed 1012 runs, most in the circuit. Al Gionfriddo led hitters with significant playing time with a .368 average. Pete Hernandez topped Visalia with 10 wins, while Don Herman recorded a 4.33 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1955 Visalia Cubs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Art Demery, Dee Moore, Chuck Essegian and Al Gionfriddo.
Dee Moore 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Hernandez | 10 | 7 | .588 | 5.04 | 19 | 18 | 135.7 | 174 | 94 | 76 | 11 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Tom Lovrich | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5.37 | 32 | 21 | 199.3 | 233 | 146 | 119 | 17 | 97 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Feldstein | 7 | 3 | .700 | 6.10 | 17 | 9 | 79.7 | 93 | 63 | 54 | 6 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Art Williams | 7 | 16 | .304 | 5.65 | 33 | 21 | 186.3 | 201 | 124 | 117 | 27 | 98 | ||||||||||
| Don Herman | 4 | 13 | .235 | 4.33 | 21 | 19 | 131.0 | 149 | 96 | 63 | 7 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Watts | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.60 | 12 | 8 | 60.0 | 84 | 54 | 44 | 8 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Howard Leister | 3 | 9 | .250 | 6.15 | 19 | 5 | 71.7 | 93 | 57 | 49 | 5 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Merrill Silver | 3 | 11 | .214 | 6.09 | 31 | 15 | 119.7 | 152 | 102 | 81 | 15 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Jim Loepp | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.76 | 7 | 2 | 34.0 | 43 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Dee Moore | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Allen | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Smith | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.40 | 7 | 0 | 30.7 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Art Demery | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.33 | 16 | 11 | 79.3 | 93 | 57 | 47 | 7 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Bill Kappel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Larry Mann | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al Gionfriddo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Monge | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Myers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Newman | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Dayen | 0 | 6 | .000 | 6.94 | 7 | 5 | 36.3 | 43 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 52 | 89 | .369 | 5.50 | 244 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1163.7 | 1394 | 867 | 711 | 112 | 624 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Gionfriddo | 144 | 538 | 538 | 198 | 43 | 2 | 8 | .368 | .368 | .500 | .868 | 269 | |||||||||||
| Fred Monge | 130 | 538 | 538 | 152 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .283 | .283 | .333 | .615 | 179 | |||||||||||
| Dee Moore | 115 | 400 | 400 | 129 | 28 | 0 | 6 | .322 | .322 | .438 | .760 | 175 | |||||||||||
| Jerome Stack | 104 | 392 | 392 | 121 | 14 | 3 | 3 | .309 | .309 | .383 | .691 | 150 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Simons | 85 | 322 | 322 | 99 | 20 | 2 | 7 | .307 | .307 | .447 | .755 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Essegian | 90 | 311 | 311 | 95 | 20 | 1 | 23 | .305 | .305 | .598 | .904 | 186 | |||||||||||
| William Giles | 100 | 383 | 383 | 94 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .245 | .245 | .308 | .554 | 118 | |||||||||||
| Paul Saiza | 80 | 255 | 255 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .263 | .494 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Lou Hague | 51 | 180 | 180 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .272 | .272 | .367 | .639 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Pete Hernandez | 47 | 126 | 126 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .341 | .341 | .429 | .770 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Powell | 39 | 138 | 138 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .232 | .420 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Tom Lovrich | 57 | 152 | 152 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .164 | .164 | .217 | .382 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Richard Defazio | 28 | 103 | 103 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .214 | .214 | .330 | .544 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Barnes | 11 | 43 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .326 | .326 | .628 | .953 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Don Wilk | 12 | 38 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .289 | .289 | .395 | .684 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Art Williams | 34 | 57 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .193 | .193 | .228 | .421 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Willie Quezada | 10 | 34 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .265 | .265 | .500 | .765 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Merrill Silver | 38 | 45 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .178 | .178 | .356 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Don Herman | 29 | 53 | 53 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .151 | .151 | .189 | .340 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Smith | 20 | 50 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .160 | .300 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Feldstein | 19 | 34 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Howard Leister | 22 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .222 | .407 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ronnie Watts | 12 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .148 | .259 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Art Demery | 20 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 2 | |||||||||||
| William Walls | 1 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Raymond Avansino | 5 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Barrett | 2 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ronnie Wilkins | 4 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Galen Bowman | 5 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Aubert | 3 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Dayen | 7 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Kappel | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Loepp | 9 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Ford | 2 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Larry Mann | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Miles McCarroll | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Moniz | 5 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Myers | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Newman | 7 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Eddie Allen | 3 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1357 | 4389 | 4389 | 0 | 1196 | 208 | 15 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .272 | .370 | .642 | 1623 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Williams | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Lovrich | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Merrill Silver | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Don Herman | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Howard Leister | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Feldstein | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Art Demery | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Ronnie Watts | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Newman | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Loepp | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Dayen | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Myers | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Eddie Allen | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Mann | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Kappel | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 211 | 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.
