1955 Williamsport Grays Statistics
Team Record: 71-66
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: Larry Shepard (71-66)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bowman Field 1924-
Attendance: 98,827, Avg. 1,443
The Williamsport Grays of the Eastern League ended the 1955 season with a record of 71 wins and 66 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.
The Grays paced the league with 755 runs. Williamsport allowed 712 runs. Milt Graff led all regular hitters by connecting at a .316 clip. Larry Shepard topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.14 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1955 Williamsport Grays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dale Coogan, John Powers, Bill Mazeroski, Whammy Douglas, Cal Hogue, Brandy Davis, Joe Christopher, Milt Graff, Hardy Peterson and Dick Barone.
Larry Shepard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Shepard | 16 | 7 | .696 | 3.14 | 37 | 12 | 169.0 | 139 | 70 | 59 | 15 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Don Dangleis | 11 | 8 | .579 | 4.50 | 28 | 23 | 148.0 | 153 | 83 | 74 | 14 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Mike Hoffman | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.83 | 57 | 4 | 167.0 | 158 | 90 | 71 | 10 | 105 | ||||||||||
| Don Kildoo | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.01 | 18 | 17 | 110.0 | 103 | 58 | 49 | 11 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Cal Hogue | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.67 | 21 | 19 | 133.0 | 137 | 80 | 69 | 7 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Ronald Sheetz | 7 | 10 | .412 | 5.66 | 30 | 23 | 159.0 | 181 | 113 | 100 | 19 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Art Murray | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.27 | 13 | 5 | 55.0 | 48 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Harry Pritts | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.30 | 7 | 2 | 30.0 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Ken Barbao | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.22 | 25 | 8 | 76.0 | 97 | 69 | 61 | 9 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Benny Malcolm | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Sanford | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Mehan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Whammy Douglas | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.11 | 13 | 13 | 74.0 | 81 | 46 | 42 | 4 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Fred Strobel | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 71 | 66 | .518 | 4.46 | 272 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1121.0 | 1127 | 645 | 556 | 96 | 586 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emil Panko | 131 | 494 | 494 | 151 | 28 | 5 | 24 | .306 | .306 | .528 | .834 | 261 | |||||||||||
| Milt Graff | 116 | 440 | 440 | 139 | 22 | 15 | 1 | .316 | .316 | .441 | .757 | 194 | |||||||||||
| Dick Barone | 130 | 507 | 507 | 134 | 23 | 3 | 9 | .264 | .264 | .375 | .639 | 190 | |||||||||||
| Brandy Davis | 127 | 453 | 453 | 126 | 16 | 8 | 7 | .278 | .278 | .395 | .673 | 179 | |||||||||||
| Bill Mazeroski | 114 | 413 | 413 | 121 | 13 | 7 | 11 | .293 | .293 | .438 | .731 | 181 | |||||||||||
| Bill Onuska | 114 | 378 | 378 | 111 | 23 | 3 | 9 | .294 | .294 | .442 | .735 | 167 | |||||||||||
| Manny LaCosta | 119 | 422 | 422 | 100 | 17 | 5 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .301 | .538 | 127 | |||||||||||
| Dale Coogan | 89 | 307 | 307 | 93 | 12 | 4 | 13 | .303 | .303 | .495 | .798 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Reginaldo Grenald | 34 | 123 | 123 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 6 | .309 | .309 | .528 | .837 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Leroy Burbage | 51 | 144 | 144 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .271 | .521 | 39 | |||||||||||
| John Powers | 32 | 105 | 105 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 8 | .305 | .305 | .619 | .924 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Joe Christopher | 28 | 91 | 91 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .297 | .297 | .418 | .714 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Ken Toothman | 16 | 48 | 48 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .292 | .312 | .604 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Cal Hogue | 27 | 61 | 61 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .262 | .492 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Sheetz | 33 | 55 | 55 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .236 | .236 | .273 | .509 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Mike Hoffman | 59 | 66 | 66 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .197 | .197 | .303 | .500 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Sammy Miley | 13 | 42 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Don Dangleis | 36 | 62 | 62 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .274 | .468 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Hardy Peterson | 12 | 35 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .400 | .686 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Bill Jackson | 14 | 41 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .244 | .244 | .415 | .659 | 17 | |||||||||||
| LeRoy Vinyard | 16 | 36 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Larry Shepard | 38 | 62 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .129 | .145 | .274 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Harlan Calkins | 19 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .259 | .519 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Ken Barbao | 33 | 33 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .212 | .212 | .333 | .545 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Don Kildoo | 19 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Fred Strobel | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Mal Walton | 3 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Sanford | 9 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ramon Rodriguez | 6 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Harry Pritts | 8 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Art Murray | 13 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Mehan | 8 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Arent | 9 | 28 | 28 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Benny Malcolm | 4 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Whammy Douglas | 13 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Witmer | 6 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1502 | 4607 | 4607 | 0 | 1241 | 186 | 58 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .269 | .397 | .666 | 1828 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Hoffman | P | 57 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Shepard | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Sheetz | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Don Dangleis | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Barbao | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Cal Hogue | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Don Kildoo | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Art Murray | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Whammy Douglas | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Sanford | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Pritts | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| James Mehan | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Benny Malcolm | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Strobel | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 272 | 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.
