1955 Alexandria Aces Statistics

Evangeline League (EL) - Class: C
Team Record: 74-65
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: A. B. Cross (74-65)
Location: Alexandria, Louisiana
Ballpark: Bringhurst Field
Attendance: 37,977, Avg. 546

1955 Alexandria Aces Roster

Playoffs - Alexandria Aces 4 games, Baton Rouge Red Sticks 1
Finals - Lafayette Oilers 4 games, Alexandria Aces 2

The Alexandria Aces of the Evangeline League ended the 1955 season with a record of 74 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the EL.

The Aces scored 665 runs and surrendered 644 runs. Billy Lynn led all regular hitters by hitting .347. Jack Fuller topped Alexandria with 21 wins, while John Laliberte also added 15 or more wins also John Lee earned a 2.27 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. A. B. Cross served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Jack Fuller	21	12	.636	3.06	41	30					279.0	220	112	95	18	61
John Laliberte	17	12	.586	3.22	31	28					229.0	199	103	82	18	69
Gene Summerlin	13	12	.520	3.49	29	27					204.0	167	95	79	8	122
Dan Bumgardner	8	8	.500	3.93	35	17					151.0	162	94	66	14	65
John Lee	6	5	.545	2.27	26	9					119.0	101	40	30	3	61
Rene DeHondt	3	4	.429	5.78	20	7					67.0	60	48	43	4	76
David Cyrus	2	1	.667		3						0.0
Hillory Stanton	2	3	.400		7						0.0
Wayne Thrash	1	2	.333		12						0.0
Roy Sorensen	1	3	.250		10						0.0
Willie Mitchell	0	0			1						0.0
Jack Maxey	0	1	.000		7						0.0
John Coddington	0	2	.000		8						0.0
Totals	74	65	.532	3.39	230	118	0	0	0	0	1049.0	909	492	395	65	454	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
Billy Lynn	132	565	565		196	31	6	5						.347	.347	.450	.796	254
Lawrence Koppe	135	531	531		152	16	2	2						.286	.286	.335	.621	178
Allan Cross	136	503	503		145	31	4	4						.288	.288	.390	.678	196
Walter Coopman	136	497	497		129	23	4							.260	.260	.322	.581	160
James Thomas	129	476	476		122	22	2	4						.256	.256	.336	.592	160
Kenneth Post	140	505	505		121	23	3	4						.240	.240	.321	.560	162
Kenton Tester	129	451	451		115	16	2	0						.255	.255	.299	.554	135
John Yanchura	83	311	311		91	15	2	6						.293	.293	.412	.704	128
Edward Scott	51	179	179		36	6	2	0						.201	.201	.257	.458	46
John Laliberte	45	116	116		30	9	0	0						.259	.259	.336	.595	39
Wayne Thrash	53	124	124		29	2	1	1						.234	.234	.290	.524	36
Jack Fuller	43	107	107		17	6	0	0						.159	.159	.215	.374	23
Don Phillips	44	107	107		11	2	0	0						.103	.103	.121	.224	13
John Lee	29	48	48		10	1	0	0						.208	.208	.229	.438	11
Gene Summerlin	31	65	65		10	3	0	0						.154	.154	.200	.354	13
Robert Phillips	11	38	38		9	0	0	0						.237	.237	.237	.474	9
Dan Bumgardner	35	55	55		8	0	0	0						.145	.145	.145	.291	8
Rene DeHondt	24	25	25		4	0	0	0						.160	.160	.160	.320	4
Roy Sorensen	11	14	14		2	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Jack Maxey	7	7	7											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
David Cyrus	3	7	7											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Willie Mitchell	1	2	2											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1408	4733	4733	0	1237	206	28	26	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.261	.333	.595	1577	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jack Fuller	P	41					.000
Dan Bumgardner	P	35					.000
John Laliberte	P	31					.000
Gene Summerlin	P	29					.000
John Lee	P	26					.000
Rene DeHondt	P	20					.000
Roy Sorensen	P	10					.000
Jack Maxey	P	7					.000
David Cyrus	P	3					.000
Willie Mitchell	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.

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