1955 San Angelo Colts Roster
Team Record: 85-55
Finished 1st in the LL
Manager: Pat McLaughlin (85-55)
Location: San Angelo, Texas
Ballpark: Guinn Field
Attendance: 62,446, Avg. 892
Playoffs - San Angelo Colts 4 games, Carlsbad Potashers 1
Finals - San Angelo Colts 4 games, Roswell Rockets 0
The San Angelo Colts of the Longhorn League ended the 1955 season with a record of 85 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the LL.
The Colts scored 920 runs and surrendered 833 runs. Elias Osorio led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .375. Gil Guerra and Marshall Epperson topped San Angelo with 18 wins each, while Marshall Epperson earned a 3.21 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1955 San Angelo Colts who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Pat McLaughlin, Leroy Williams and Sherwood Brewer.
Pat McLaughlin served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Agne | L | L | September 29, 1934 | 5'7" | 160 | |
| Bubba Atkinson | L | L | February 26, 1933 | 5'10" | 160 | Jackson, MS US |
| Benjamin Bonine | L | L | 6'2" | 160 | ||
| Art Bowland | L | R | May 9, 1923 | 6'0" | 185 | Pawtucket, RI US |
| Sherwood Brewer | R | R | August 16, 1923 | 5'8" | 168 | Clarksdale, MS US |
| Herman Charles | R | 5'11" | 168 | |||
| Ronald Company | R | 6'0" | 185 | |||
| Roy Cootes | L | 5'10" | 165 | |||
| Len Costa | R | R | October 4, 1930 | 5'11" | 170 | San Francisco, CA US |
| Ronald Dacko | R | R | May 16, 1931 | 6'0" | 175 | Boston, MA US |
| Elm Daley | R | R | June 10, 1934 | 6'1" | 170 | Grass Valley, CA US |
| Manuel Diaz | R | R | December 12, 1934 | 5'11" | 180 | |
| Richard Drain | R | 6'0" | 175 | |||
| Hal Ekstein | ||||||
| Dennis Elsasser | R | 5'10" | 167 | |||
| Ralph Englert | ||||||
| Marshall Epperson | S | L | November 28, 1924 | 6'1" | 205 | Tecumseh, OK US |
| Eric George | ||||||
| Miguel Gonzalez | R | R | 6'1" | 170 | ||
| Gil Guerra | R | R | 6'2" | 170 | , CU | |
| Eugenio Hauradou | R | 5'9" | 160 | |||
| Bob Hobbs | R | 5'9" | 172 | |||
| Truman Jones | R | R | 6'4" | 185 | ||
| George Loomer | ||||||
| Audie Malone | S | R | March 16, 1923 | 5'11" | 165 | Union County, MS US |
| Orval McElrath | L | R | November 9, 1933 | 6'1" | 170 | Hanford, CA US |
| Pat McLaughlin | R | R | August 17, 1910 | 6'2" | 175 | Taylor, TX US |
| William Miller | ||||||
| Elias Osorio | L | L | July 27, 1930 | 6'0" | 185 | Rio Chitre, PA |
| Mo Owen | R | R | June 29, 1930 | 6'4" | 190 | |
| Jodie Phipps | R | R | February 19, 1919 | 6'3" | 190 | Okay, OK US |
| Julio Ramos | L | L | July 9, 1925 | 5'8" | 135 | San Juan y Martinez, Pinar del Rio CU |
| Robert Schmidt | R | R | September 14, 1932 | 6'0" | 176 | Petaluma, CA US |
| Ron Shirley | R | R | November 26, 1934 | 5'10" | 170 | San Francisco, CA US |
| Glenn Swain | ||||||
| Harold Swearingen | R | R | 6'1" | 175 | ||
| George Vidal | R | L | February 6, 1926 | 5'11" | 165 | |
| Leroy Williams | S | R | July 10, 1927 | 5'10" | 170 | Orlando, FL US |
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.
