1955 Lancaster Red Roses Roster
Team Record: 72-54
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Hank Biasatti (72-54)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Stumpf Field
Attendance: 60,845, Avg. 966
Playoffs - Lancaster Red Roses 3 games, York White Roses 1
Finals - Lancaster Red Roses 3 games, Portsmouth Merrimacks 2
The Lancaster Red Roses of the Piedmont League ended the 1955 season with a record of 72 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the PL.
The Red Roses led the league with 730 runs. Lancaster yielded 585 runs.
Don Plarski, Bill Kern, Bill Oster, Hank Biasatti, Bill Kirk, Hal Raether, Ken Johnson and Eric MacKenzie were all players from the 1955 Lancaster Red Roses who played in the Majors during their careers.
Hank Biasatti served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Biasatti | L | L | January 14, 1922 | 5'11" | 175 | Beano, IT |
| Fred Bourbeau | R | R | 5'8" | 160 | ||
| George Doucet | L | L | 6'2" | 200 | ||
| Ron Esrang | R | 5'11" | 165 | |||
| James Fitzgerald | ||||||
| Tom Giuliano | R | December 5, 1929 | 5'8" | 165 | ||
| Hal Gordon | R | 6'0" | 182 | |||
| Stanley Guie | R | R | 6'3" | 215 | ||
| James Haley | ||||||
| Richard Jack | R | R | 6'9" | 215 | ||
| Carl Janiszewski | R | R | April 13, 1933 | 5'9" | 165 | |
| Ken Johnson | R | R | June 16, 1933 | 6'4" | 210 | West Palm Beach, FL US |
| Bill Kern | R | R | February 28, 1933 | 6'2" | 184 | Coplay, PA US |
| Bill Kirk | L | L | July 19, 1934 | 6'0" | 165 | Coatesville, PA US |
| Jerome Labanz | R | R | June 8, 1931 | 5'9" | 160 | |
| Reginald Lee | R | 5'10" | 170 | |||
| Eric MacKenzie | L | R | August 29, 1932 | 6'0" | 185 | Glendon, AB CA |
| Mike Mazzamorra | R | L | 6'0" | 200 | ||
| James Meyer | ||||||
| Ronald Mills | L | October 4, 1933 | 6'0" | 190 | ||
| Bob Nonnenmocher | S | L | February 17, 1937 | 6'2" | 185 | |
| Chuck Orner | R | 5'8" | 180 | |||
| Bill Oster | L | L | January 2, 1933 | 6'3" | 198 | New York, NY US |
| Joseph Pahr | R | May 5, 1928 | 5'9" | 180 | Chicago, IL US | |
| Leo Parent | R | R | April 13, 1933 | 6'2" | 200 | Lowell, MA US |
| Paul Petrosky | R | 6'0" | 175 | |||
| Don Plarski | R | R | November 9, 1929 | 5'6" | 160 | Chicago, IL US |
| Hal Raether | R | R | October 10, 1932 | 6'1" | 185 | Lake Mills, WI US |
| Buddy Reedy | L | R | December 10, 1929 | 5'11" | 170 | Savannah, GA US |
| Ralph Reiss | L | L | 6'0" | 175 | ||
| William Riale | L | R | March 22, 1933 | 6'1" | 185 | Brogue, PA US |
| LeRoy Schmidt | L | L | 6'1" | 170 | ||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | R | R | January 20, 1935 | 6'0" | 185 | |
| David Shea | R | 6'2" | 192 | |||
| Raymond Steele | R | R | June 7, 1934 | 6'4" | 195 | |
| Bill Stuifbergen | R | 6'4" | 205 | |||
| Fran Traill | R | October 4, 1934 | 6'0" | 175 | ||
| Carl Watson | L | L | May 5, 1933 | 6'0" | 175 | Georgetown, DE US |
| George Wegerek | R | 6'2" | 175 |
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.
