1955 Yakima Bears Statistics
Team Record: 59-69
Finished 5th in the NWL
Manager: Hub Kittle (59-69)
Location: Yakima, Washington
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 36,314, Avg. 567
The Yakima Bears of the Northwest League ended the 1955 season with a record of 59 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the NWL.
The Bears plated 687 runs and surrendered 713 runs. Lefty Lewis led batters with significant playing time with a .338 average. Don Edwards topped Yakima with 10 wins, while Donald Rabung recorded a 2.96 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1955 Yakima Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Lee Maye, Joe Orrell and Herman Reich.
Hub Kittle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Edwards | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2.99 | 26 | 18 | 138.7 | 133 | 69 | 46 | 3 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Donald Rabung | 8 | 10 | .444 | 2.96 | 25 | 18 | 155.0 | 147 | 64 | 51 | 5 | 56 | ||||||||||
| John Kelly | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.86 | 22 | 18 | 137.7 | 128 | 68 | 59 | 3 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Dillard | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.50 | 27 | 17 | 126.0 | 116 | 96 | 77 | 9 | 134 | ||||||||||
| Richard Young | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.23 | 38 | 18 | 168.0 | 199 | 104 | 79 | 6 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Joe Orrell | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.38 | 8 | 7 | 51.3 | 68 | 37 | 25 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| David Dexter | 5 | 7 | .417 | 8.00 | 26 | 9 | 84.3 | 94 | 86 | 75 | 8 | 84 | ||||||||||
| Keith Bowman | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.30 | 13 | 9 | 69.0 | 66 | 40 | 33 | 1 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Robert McCaffery | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.40 | 12 | 3 | 35.0 | 31 | 33 | 21 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Arthur Edmunds | 3 | 4 | .429 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Ward | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stan McWilliams | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Wilkerson | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dan Hellman | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Herman Reich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hub Kittle | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Clifford Babbitt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 59 | 69 | .461 | 4.37 | 231 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 966.3 | 988 | 603 | 469 | 36 | 621 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lefty Lewis | 124 | 479 | 479 | 162 | 27 | 12 | 18 | .338 | .338 | .557 | .896 | 267 | |||||||||||
| David Hammermeister | 127 | 441 | 441 | 135 | 22 | 2 | 7 | .306 | .306 | .413 | .719 | 182 | |||||||||||
| Robert Nard | 110 | 455 | 455 | 112 | 17 | 5 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .305 | .552 | 139 | |||||||||||
| Sam Mitchell | 112 | 370 | 370 | 106 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .359 | .646 | 133 | |||||||||||
| Desmond Charouhas | 86 | 304 | 304 | 83 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .273 | .273 | .368 | .641 | 112 | |||||||||||
| Lee Maye | 60 | 222 | 222 | 71 | 15 | 3 | 11 | .320 | .320 | .563 | .883 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Herman Reich | 65 | 236 | 236 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .297 | .297 | .347 | .644 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Ed Zander | 72 | 213 | 213 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .277 | .277 | .380 | .657 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Luby | 53 | 171 | 171 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 6 | .333 | .333 | .515 | .848 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Gene Jacobs | 45 | 167 | 167 | 53 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .317 | .317 | .431 | .749 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Gary Robin | 65 | 209 | 209 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .254 | .254 | .325 | .579 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Dillard | 54 | 120 | 120 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .275 | .275 | .375 | .650 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Bob Truss | 24 | 79 | 79 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | .316 | .316 | .595 | .911 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Powell | 25 | 72 | 72 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .236 | .236 | .361 | .597 | 26 | |||||||||||
| John Kelly | 28 | 52 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .269 | .519 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Donald Rabung | 28 | 65 | 65 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .262 | .446 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Allan Maul | 13 | 46 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .239 | .239 | .478 | .717 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Richard Young | 38 | 54 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .185 | .370 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Don Edwards | 26 | 51 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Jose Ruiz | 13 | 43 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .233 | .419 | 10 | |||||||||||
| David Dexter | 32 | 43 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .163 | .163 | .256 | .419 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Keith Bowman | 13 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .261 | .435 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Robert McCaffery | 16 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Clifford Babbitt | 8 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Ward | 2 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ralph Wilkerson | 4 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Juan Peres | 6 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Orrell | 8 | 20 | 20 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cecil Hamilton | 4 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Arthur Edmunds | 7 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dan Hellman | 7 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Kane | 5 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Hub Kittle | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Stan McWilliams | 4 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Billy Murphy | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Stanley Becker | 3 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ronald Odekirk | 4 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Raymond Avansino | 5 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1298 | 4059 | 4059 | 0 | 1113 | 175 | 49 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 | .274 | .387 | .661 | 1569 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Young | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Don Edwards | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| David Dexter | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Rabung | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| John Kelly | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Keith Bowman | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Robert McCaffery | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Orrell | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Clifford Babbitt | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Dan Hellman | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Arthur Edmunds | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Wilkerson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Stan McWilliams | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Ward | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Hub Kittle | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 203 | 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.
