1955 Grand Forks Chiefs Roster
Team Record: 39-85
Finished 8th in the NL
Manager: Johnny Hopp (0-0), Joe McDermott (0-0), Raymond Fletcher (0-0)
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Park, Unknown
Attendance: 38,419, Avg. 620
The Grand Forks Chiefs of the Northern League ended the 1955 season with a record of 39 wins and 85 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.
The Chiefs scored 580 runs and conceded 807 runs, most in the circuit. Joey Tucker led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .297 clip. Chet Dickey topped Grand Forks with 9 wins, while Dominick Maisano registered a 4.55 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Johnny Hopp played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Grand Forks Chiefs to do so.
Johnny Hopp, Joe McDermott and Raymond Fletcher served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrol Allen | L | 6'2" | 195 | |||
| Edward Andrews | R | R | August 31, 1934 | 6'3" | 198 | |
| Elmer Bell | May 10, 1933 | |||||
| Ronald Bell | R | R | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| John Bethel | R | R | 6'0" | 195 | ||
| Stanley Burkholder | L | L | 6'0" | 180 | ||
| Jerry Cashill | L | L | 5'11" | 180 | ||
| Claude Cleveland | R | 5'9" | 165 | |||
| Bennie Crumpton | L | R | January 20, 1929 | 6'0" | 180 | |
| John Davis | ||||||
| Kenneth Davis | L | 5'11" | 178 | |||
| Edward DeSimon | L | L | March 10, 1933 | 5'11" | 170 | Jersey City, NJ US |
| Chet Dickey | L | R | August 18, 1930 | 5'11" | 160 | Miami, MB CA |
| Wayne Doyle | R | R | 6'0" | 180 | ||
| Jerry Dunn | ||||||
| Donald Ervin | R | February 22, 1932 | 6'0" | 157 | ||
| Raymond Fletcher | R | R | January 17, 1925 | 5'10" | 185 | New York City, NY US |
| Rene Friol | R | R | May 28, 1933 | 6'1" | 208 | Candelaria, Pinar del Rio CU |
| Roland Hammett | R | R | 6'1" | 180 | ||
| Duffy Harbaugh | R | February 17, 1933 | 6'3" | 195 | Joplin, MO US | |
| Thomas Hayes | R | 6'1" | 190 | |||
| Johnny Hopp | L | L | July 18, 1916 | 5'10" | 170 | Hastings, NE US |
| Jim Johnston | L | L | November 23, 1934 | 6'1" | 200 | |
| Raymond Khoury | R | R | June 30, 1929 | 6'3" | 195 | Detroit, MI US |
| Kent Kurtz | L | September 14, 1930 | 5'10" | 160 | ||
| James Lankford | L | 5'11" | 190 | |||
| John Maggio | L | L | June 6, 1928 | 5'7" | 165 | Homer City, PA US |
| Dominick Maisano | R | R | 6'0" | 190 | ||
| Lawrence Mielke | R | R | 6'4" | 205 | ||
| Thomas Peeler | L | L | 6'0" | 190 | ||
| Ralph Peterson | R | R | February 2, 1935 | 6'4" | 190 | |
| Bobby Ramsey | R | R | February 18, 1931 | 6'0" | 195 | |
| James Reynolds | R | R | 6'3" | 190 | ||
| Ronald Saatzer | R | R | 6'1" | 195 | ||
| Fred Schnell | L | L | 6'0" | 170 | ||
| Bruce Schubele | R | 5'10" | 160 | |||
| Arthur Schwartz | L | 6'0" | 155 | |||
| James Shepard | R | 6'3" | 190 | |||
| Joey Tucker | R | February 23, 1935 | 5'11" | 170 | ||
| Robert Waugh | R | R | 6'3" | 215 | ||
| Ward Wilson | R | R | January 2, 1935 | 6'1" | 185 | |
| Gene Wolfe | R | R | 6'2" | 190 |
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.
