1955 Welch Miners/Marion A's Statistics
Team Record: 45-77
Finished 8th in the AL
Manager: Herb Mancini (45-77)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Marion, Virginia; Welch, West Virginia
Ballpark: Marion Stadium, Blakely Field
Attendance: 24,104, Avg. 395
The Welch Miners/Marion A's of the Appalachian League ended the 1955 season with a record of 45 wins and 77 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.Welch (30-47) transferred to Marion July 14.
The Miners/A's scored 703 runs and conceded 818 runs. Carl Chianese drove in 32 runs. Arthur Oody led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .335 average. Leo Ghilardi topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.79 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Evans Killeen played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Welch Miners/Marion A's to do so.
Herb Mancini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Ghilardi | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.79 | 28 | 19 | 140.0 | 150 | 84 | 59 | 12 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Evans Killeen | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.79 | 29 | 22 | 156.0 | 153 | 109 | 83 | 11 | 125 | ||||||||||
| Mike Mazzamorra | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.72 | 18 | 12 | 82.0 | 73 | 59 | 43 | 5 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Joe Graham | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.99 | 20 | 14 | 115.0 | 126 | 74 | 51 | 10 | 46 | ||||||||||
| William Philyaw | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.75 | 16 | 7 | 61.0 | 73 | 49 | 39 | 2 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Stephen Schuster | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.58 | 14 | 12 | 106.0 | 130 | 70 | 54 | 11 | 38 | ||||||||||
| John Merget | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.05 | 18 | 3 | 41.0 | 46 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| John Sheldon | 2 | 15 | .118 | 5.67 | 34 | 14 | 138.0 | 184 | 120 | 87 | 19 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Brehm | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Sanders | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mickey Powell | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul Patterson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.47 | 11 | 5 | 34.0 | 55 | 48 | 32 | 14 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Herb Mancini | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.06 | 10 | 1 | 31.0 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ray Giannelli | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill George | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Woodward | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 43 | 74 | .368 | 4.83 | 236 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 904.0 | 1021 | 655 | 485 | 86 | 461 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Oody | 110 | 409 | 409 | 137 | 23 | 8 | 14 | .335 | .335 | .533 | .868 | 218 | |||||||||||
| Theodore Schamburg | 117 | 426 | 426 | 122 | 28 | 5 | 8 | .286 | .286 | .432 | .718 | 184 | |||||||||||
| Leo Pilibosian | 108 | 401 | 401 | 120 | 20 | 10 | 12 | .299 | .299 | .489 | .788 | 196 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Glasgow | 77 | 329 | 329 | 108 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .328 | .328 | .398 | .726 | 131 | |||||||||||
| Gary Hayes | 98 | 368 | 368 | 101 | 14 | 3 | 13 | .274 | .274 | .435 | .709 | 160 | |||||||||||
| Herb Mancini | 81 | 253 | 253 | 92 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .364 | .364 | .470 | .834 | 119 | |||||||||||
| Alfred DePhillips | 92 | 301 | 301 | 91 | 17 | 2 | 4 | .302 | .302 | .412 | .714 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Sidney Smithdeal | 94 | 317 | 317 | 79 | 5 | 5 | 8 | .249 | .249 | .372 | .621 | 118 | |||||||||||
| Carl Chianese | 60 | 221 | 221 | 45 | 74 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 3 | .335 | .335 | .448 | .783 | 99 | ||||||||
| Ronald Niedzwieski | 85 | 214 | 214 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 4 | .215 | .215 | .322 | .537 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Kostelac | 39 | 123 | 123 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 5 | .301 | .301 | .504 | .805 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Tony Spero | 40 | 92 | 92 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .283 | .283 | .457 | .739 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Jack McDevitt | 32 | 112 | 112 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .196 | .196 | .330 | .527 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Olszewski | 21 | 56 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .268 | .339 | .607 | 19 | |||||||||||
| John Sheldon | 38 | 58 | 58 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .293 | .517 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Robert Oger | 13 | 49 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .184 | .184 | .388 | .571 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Leo Ghilardi | 28 | 45 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .178 | .178 | .222 | .400 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Stephen Schuster | 19 | 51 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .157 | .157 | .176 | .333 | 9 | |||||||||||
| William Philyaw | 18 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .333 | .567 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Evans Killeen | 39 | 57 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .123 | .123 | .158 | .281 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Joe Graham | 23 | 38 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .132 | .158 | .289 | 6 | |||||||||||
| John Merget | 18 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Paul Patterson | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Mike Mazzamorra | 18 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Searles | 2 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Sanders | 7 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Mickey Powell | 6 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Chester Pohutsky | 5 | 18 | 18 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jerry Brehm | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Liness | 5 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ray Giannelli | 8 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Feddock | 2 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dave Woodward | 7 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1325 | 4067 | 4067 | 45 | 1133 | 190 | 48 | 82 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 | .279 | .409 | .688 | 1665 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Sheldon | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Evans Killeen | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Leo Ghilardi | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Graham | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| John Merget | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Mazzamorra | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| William Philyaw | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Stephen Schuster | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Patterson | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Giannelli | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Woodward | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Sanders | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Mickey Powell | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Bill George | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Brehm | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 226 | 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.
