1955 Greenville Spinners Roster
Team Record: 60-55
Finished 2nd in the TSL
Manager: Junior Wooten (60-55)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Ballpark: Meadowbrook Park
Attendance: 50,813, Avg. 884
Playoffs - Spartanburg Peaches 3 games, Greenville Spinners 0
The Greenville Spinners of the Tri-State League ended the 1955 season with a record of 60 wins and 55 losses, finishing second in the TSL.
The Spinners tallied 569 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 585 runs. William Reynolds paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .333 clip. Freddy Rodríguez topped Greenville with 16 wins and a team-best 2.12 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Freddy Rodríguez and Junior Wooten both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Junior Wooten served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Auten | R | September 21, 1932 | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| Edward Bowles | R | R | 6'0" | 175 | ||
| Donald Damiano | R | 5'11" | 175 | |||
| Theodore Del Rio | R | R | 5'11" | 170 | ||
| Joseph Griffin | R | R | August 22, 1928 | 6'1" | 175 | Edenton, NC US |
| Millard Grissom | L | R | October 20, 1932 | 6'3" | 212 | Vance County, NC US |
| Wendell Hall | R | R | March 27, 1934 | 6'0" | 190 | |
| Bob Hartsfield | L | R | December 15, 1931 | 5'9" | 180 | Atlanta, GA US |
| Joe Hazle | R | R | September 17, 1928 | 6'0" | 190 | Woodruff, SC US |
| Howard Henkel | L | 5'9" | 155 | |||
| Marvis Johnson | R | R | 5'9" | 165 | ||
| John Lagan | L | L | December 18, 1928 | 5'11" | 180 | |
| Ray Mathews | February 26, 1929 | |||||
| Joseph O'Shields | R | R | 6'2" | 180 | ||
| Bill Phillips | R | December 2, 1928 | 5'10" | 188 | ||
| Robert Reid | L | 6'0" | 190 | |||
| William Reynolds | L | L | 5'9" | 180 | ||
| Jack Ritter | L | L | July 10, 1933 | 5'11" | 182 | Van Buren, OH US |
| Freddy Rodríguez | R | R | April 29, 1924 | 6'0" | 180 | La Habana, La Habana CU |
| Dale Sanner | R | R | 5'11" | 175 | ||
| Albert Seaman | R | R | February 18, 1930 | 6'0" | 180 | |
| Jimmy Smith | R | April 17, 1931 | 6'1" | 190 | ||
| James Stuart | 6'0" | 160 | ||||
| Elmer Thomas | R | 5'10" | 178 | |||
| Bobby Willis | R | R | May 22, 1932 | 5'11" | 160 | |
| Junior Wooten | R | L | January 16, 1924 | 5'11" | 160 | Pelzer, SC US |
| Robert Wyzykowski | R | R | 6'1" | 205 |
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.
