1955 Allentown Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 78-60
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Harold Olt (78-60)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Max Hess Stadium
Attendance: 78,382, Avg. 1,136
Playoffs - Allentown Cardinals 3 games, Binghamton Triplets 1
Finals - Allentown Cardinals 3 games, Schenectady Blue Jays 2
The Allentown Cardinals of the Eastern League ended the 1955 season with a record of 78 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the EL.
The Cardinals plated 658 runs, worst in the circuit, and gave up 629 runs. Neal Hertweck led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .292 clip. Bill Smith and Hoyt Benedict topped Allentown with 11 wins each, while Sonny Senerchia registered a 2.75 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1955 Allentown Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Sonny Senerchia, Neal Hertweck, Marty Kutyna, Bob Duliba, Bill Smith and Dick Ricketts.
Harold Olt served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Smith | 11 | 5 | .688 | 4.12 | 21 | 18 | 131.0 | 148 | 71 | 60 | 13 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Hoyt Benedict | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.38 | 25 | 22 | 152.0 | 161 | 81 | 74 | 15 | 67 | ||||||||||
| Dick Ricketts | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.52 | 14 | 14 | 110.0 | 95 | 46 | 43 | 9 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Sonny Senerchia | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.75 | 20 | 18 | 131.0 | 93 | 54 | 40 | 8 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Basil Mitchell | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.03 | 24 | 8 | 87.0 | 90 | 44 | 39 | 10 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Whit Ulrich | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.83 | 17 | 16 | 101.0 | 116 | 55 | 43 | 3 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Rogers Fister | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.08 | 12 | 11 | 73.0 | 78 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Leo Scarpa | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.75 | 25 | 4 | 96.0 | 99 | 46 | 40 | 11 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Melvin Greer | 5 | 5 | .500 | 6.69 | 14 | 12 | 74.0 | 91 | 60 | 55 | 11 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Joe Ford | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.12 | 30 | 3 | 72.0 | 66 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Robert Hoch | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.65 | 12 | 2 | 43.0 | 61 | 31 | 27 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Milt Bayne | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Turnbaugh | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marty Kutyna | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.68 | 4 | 22.0 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Bob Duliba | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.00 | 5 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Fred Huthmaker | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lou Calvetti | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John O'Neill | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gene Swinger | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 78 | 60 | .565 | 3.98 | 248 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1101.0 | 1126 | 570 | 487 | 93 | 498 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal Hertweck | 138 | 466 | 466 | 136 | 17 | 5 | 20 | .292 | .292 | .479 | .770 | 223 | |||||||||||
| Ron Plaza | 119 | 423 | 423 | 120 | 19 | 9 | 8 | .284 | .284 | .428 | .712 | 181 | |||||||||||
| Bob Shawver | 126 | 435 | 435 | 120 | 24 | 3 | 4 | .276 | .276 | .372 | .648 | 162 | |||||||||||
| Jack Huesman | 136 | 469 | 469 | 117 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .249 | .249 | .311 | .561 | 146 | |||||||||||
| James McArdle | 111 | 390 | 390 | 107 | 16 | 6 | 4 | .274 | .274 | .377 | .651 | 147 | |||||||||||
| William Burton | 99 | 355 | 355 | 100 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .282 | .282 | .338 | .620 | 120 | |||||||||||
| William McGhee | 115 | 410 | 410 | 97 | 24 | 4 | 9 | .237 | .237 | .380 | .617 | 156 | |||||||||||
| Hector Mayer | 134 | 431 | 431 | 96 | 15 | 7 | 0 | .223 | .223 | .290 | .513 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Dick Cordell | 73 | 273 | 273 | 73 | 15 | 3 | 14 | .267 | .267 | .498 | .766 | 136 | |||||||||||
| Barney Elser | 35 | 130 | 130 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .338 | .600 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Sonny Senerchia | 54 | 133 | 133 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .233 | .233 | .361 | .594 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Dick Ricketts | 15 | 43 | 43 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .349 | .349 | .395 | .744 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Hoyt Benedict | 25 | 55 | 55 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .309 | .564 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Jay Drake | 25 | 59 | 59 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .254 | .492 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Leo Scarpa | 27 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .314 | .314 | .514 | .829 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Robert Herring | 15 | 42 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .262 | .524 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Basil Mitchell | 24 | 33 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .333 | .576 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Melvin Greer | 15 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .382 | .618 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Bill Smith | 24 | 48 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .146 | .208 | .354 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Whit Ulrich | 17 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Robert Hoch | 20 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Rogers Fister | 12 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .167 | .250 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Ronny Camacho | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Joe Ford | 30 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gene Swinger | 6 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Liptak | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Marty Kutyna | 4 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Fred Huthmaker | 5 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Milt Bayne | 6 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Duliba | 6 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lou Calvetti | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ron Bennett | 5 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Williams | 1 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1427 | 4413 | 4413 | 0 | 1132 | 187 | 53 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .367 | .624 | 1620 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ford | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Leo Scarpa | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Hoyt Benedict | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Basil Mitchell | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Smith | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Whit Ulrich | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Ricketts | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Melvin Greer | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Hoch | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Rogers Fister | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Swinger | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Milt Bayne | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Huthmaker | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Duliba | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| John O'Neill | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Marty Kutyna | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| William Turnbaugh | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 227 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
