1955 Ardmore Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 65-75
Finished 6th in the SSL
Manager: Frank Mancuso (65-75)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Ardmore, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Cardinal Park
Attendance: 33,731, Avg. 482
The Ardmore Cardinals of the Sooner State League ended the 1955 season with a record of 65 wins and 75 losses, finishing sixth in the SSL.
The Cardinals scored 700 runs and conceded 777 runs. James Brown led all regular batters by connecting at a .301 clip. Charles Purtle topped Ardmore with 22 wins and a team-best 2.82 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Frank Mancuso played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Ardmore Cardinals to do so.
Frank Mancuso 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Purtle | 22 | 11 | .667 | 2.82 | 38 | 32 | 268.0 | 251 | 110 | 84 | 8 | 68 | ||||||||||
| Michael O'Connor | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.61 | 21 | 19 | 127.0 | 107 | 69 | 51 | 3 | 83 | ||||||||||
| James Turk | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.34 | 32 | 13 | 159.0 | 131 | 89 | 59 | 11 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Roger Cook | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.36 | 8 | 7 | 59.0 | 36 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Dick Wodka | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.54 | 40 | 5 | 113.0 | 127 | 76 | 57 | 11 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Rod | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.57 | 16 | 7 | 67.0 | 82 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 20 | ||||||||||
| James Allen | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.75 | 10 | 9 | 55.0 | 52 | 44 | 29 | 1 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Lovell | 3 | 10 | .231 | 4.50 | 20 | 19 | 122.0 | 133 | 81 | 61 | 4 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Ralph Morrison | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Hicks | 2 | 3 | .400 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Rooks | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.61 | 12 | 7 | 49.0 | 63 | 47 | 36 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Wright | 2 | 10 | .167 | 4.78 | 15 | 10 | 81.0 | 96 | 54 | 43 | 8 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Frank Mancuso | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hubert Phipps | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donald McFarlin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Barberich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Willingham | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jay Mitcham | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Royer | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 74 | .468 | 3.89 | 253 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1100.0 | 1078 | 639 | 476 | 58 | 531 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Krol | 140 | 534 | 534 | 147 | 31 | 5 | 19 | .275 | .275 | .459 | .734 | 245 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Chadwick | 138 | 543 | 543 | 143 | 23 | 2 | 16 | .263 | .263 | .401 | .665 | 218 | |||||||||||
| James Brown | 114 | 438 | 438 | 132 | 30 | 5 | 21 | .301 | .301 | .537 | .838 | 235 | |||||||||||
| Mark DeLay | 132 | 506 | 506 | 129 | 18 | 6 | 4 | .255 | .255 | .338 | .593 | 171 | |||||||||||
| Frank Yurchak | 82 | 303 | 303 | 75 | 10 | 1 | 5 | .248 | .248 | .337 | .584 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Al Dichard | 86 | 306 | 306 | 74 | 16 | 3 | 4 | .242 | .242 | .353 | .595 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Kiser | 81 | 284 | 284 | 71 | 14 | 5 | 8 | .250 | .250 | .419 | .669 | 119 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Staniland | 63 | 214 | 214 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 14 | .243 | .243 | .491 | .734 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Lynn Boyer | 46 | 160 | 160 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 5 | .219 | .219 | .356 | .575 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Connie Burdick | 39 | 138 | 138 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .239 | .239 | .370 | .609 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Cincotta | 54 | 166 | 166 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .193 | .193 | .271 | .464 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Charles Purtle | 59 | 118 | 118 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .322 | .559 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Rollie Rice | 37 | 122 | 122 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .230 | .230 | .361 | .590 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Dan Carr | 26 | 89 | 89 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .236 | .236 | .382 | .618 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Jack Grammer | 21 | 74 | 74 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .203 | .203 | .284 | .486 | 21 | |||||||||||
| James Turk | 34 | 52 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .269 | .462 | 14 | |||||||||||
| John Willingham | 19 | 56 | 56 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .179 | .179 | .286 | .464 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Jack Ramsey | 10 | 40 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .225 | .225 | .375 | .600 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Michael O'Connor | 21 | 48 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .188 | .188 | .292 | .479 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Ron Kaintz | 17 | 51 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .255 | .431 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Frank Mancuso | 25 | 33 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .242 | .242 | .424 | .667 | 14 | |||||||||||
| George Husted | 10 | 31 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .226 | .226 | .387 | .613 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Dick Wodka | 45 | 45 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .156 | .311 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Melvin Nun | 15 | 49 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .184 | .327 | 9 | |||||||||||
| James Allen | 10 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Lovell | 22 | 46 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .043 | .043 | .087 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Charles Royer | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Rooks | 17 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Rod | 16 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .040 | .040 | .080 | .120 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Wright | 15 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .036 | .036 | .036 | .071 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Kuckenbecker | 5 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Hubert Phipps | 2 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jay Mitcham | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Hicks | 9 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Roger Cook | 9 | 21 | 21 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ralph Morrison | 7 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ronald Mitchell | 6 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1447 | 4621 | 4621 | 0 | 1101 | 200 | 36 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .372 | .610 | 1718 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Wodka | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Purtle | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| James Turk | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Michael O'Connor | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Lovell | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Rod | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Wright | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Rooks | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Royer | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| James Allen | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Hicks | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Cook | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Morrison | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Jay Mitcham | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Hubert Phipps | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Donald McFarlin | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Barberich | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 247 | 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.
