1955 Abilene Blue Sox Statistics
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 5th in the WTNML
Manager: Bob Westfall (0-0), Jay Haney (0-0)
Location: Abilene, Texas
Ballpark: Blue Sox Stadium
Attendance: 125,714, Avg. 1,796
The Abilene Blue Sox of the West Texas-New Mexico League ended the 1955 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the WTNML.
The Blue Sox tallied 829 runs and allowed 881 runs. Robert Pascal led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .383. William Kapuscinski topped Abilene with 18 wins and a team-best 4.45 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Luis Villodas played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Abilene Blue Sox to do so.
Bob Westfall and Jay Haney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Kapuscinski | 18 | 9 | .667 | 4.45 | 37 | 31 | 249.0 | 269 | 152 | 123 | 20 | 95 | ||||||||||
| Mo Owen | 13 | 12 | .520 | 4.55 | 35 | 22 | 182.0 | 188 | 115 | 92 | 14 | 118 | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Wade | 12 | 17 | .414 | 5.38 | 42 | 27 | 219.0 | 248 | 155 | 131 | 32 | 120 | ||||||||||
| Ed Santa | 10 | 9 | .526 | 5.12 | 37 | 24 | 177.7 | 199 | 132 | 101 | 16 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Mike Rainey | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.40 | 13 | 5 | 50.3 | 44 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Robert Worthy | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.94 | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 51 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Arthur DiCesare | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.68 | 8 | 8 | 50.7 | 51 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Alvis Whisenhunt | 2 | 3 | .400 | 8.30 | 35 | 3 | 72.7 | 110 | 84 | 67 | 12 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Marcus Job | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.82 | 8 | 5 | 34.0 | 35 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Frank Pickens | 2 | 5 | .286 | 7.10 | 19 | 3 | 52.0 | 67 | 47 | 41 | 12 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Sam Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Curtis Tate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Schaening | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jay Haney | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Andres Alonso | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 68 | 69 | .496 | 5.22 | 258 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1120.7 | 1262 | 796 | 650 | 122 | 568 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Pascal | 124 | 483 | 483 | 185 | 44 | 0 | 17 | .383 | .383 | .580 | .963 | 280 | |||||||||||
| Osmond Walker | 139 | 547 | 547 | 171 | 28 | 5 | 2 | .313 | .313 | .393 | .706 | 215 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Hughes | 132 | 526 | 526 | 148 | 29 | 5 | 8 | .281 | .281 | .401 | .683 | 211 | |||||||||||
| Donald Maddern | 117 | 432 | 432 | 144 | 29 | 2 | 17 | .333 | .333 | .528 | .861 | 228 | |||||||||||
| Curtis Tate | 124 | 484 | 484 | 140 | 22 | 3 | 3 | .289 | .289 | .366 | .655 | 177 | |||||||||||
| Wayland Goza | 132 | 486 | 486 | 140 | 32 | 1 | 24 | .288 | .288 | .506 | .794 | 246 | |||||||||||
| Chester Morgan | 105 | 404 | 404 | 135 | 22 | 7 | 27 | .334 | .334 | .624 | .958 | 252 | |||||||||||
| Bob Westfall | 63 | 221 | 221 | 65 | 19 | 1 | 5 | .294 | .294 | .457 | .751 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Luis Villodas | 28 | 113 | 113 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .327 | .327 | .487 | .814 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Wade | 63 | 119 | 119 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .244 | .244 | .345 | .588 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Ed Santa | 60 | 117 | 117 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .316 | .556 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Len Costa | 29 | 115 | 115 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .217 | .217 | .313 | .530 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Benjamin Jones | 35 | 97 | 97 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .237 | .464 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Barton | 22 | 76 | 76 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .276 | .276 | .382 | .658 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Mike Rainey | 23 | 43 | 43 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .419 | .419 | .465 | .884 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Mo Owen | 50 | 107 | 107 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .168 | .168 | .290 | .458 | 31 | |||||||||||
| William Kapuscinski | 39 | 88 | 88 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .193 | .193 | .239 | .432 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Robert Smith | 17 | 49 | 49 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .245 | .245 | .531 | .776 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Morris | 22 | 58 | 58 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .207 | .207 | .293 | .500 | 17 | ||||||||
| Stuart Benson | 20 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .283 | .478 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Jay Haney | 18 | 55 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .164 | .164 | .218 | .382 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Mackie Newton | 11 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .240 | .480 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Ellison | 10 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .148 | .148 | .259 | .407 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Robert Worthy | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Frank Pickens | 19 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jack Schaening | 2 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Marcus Job | 8 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Arthur DiCesare | 8 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Alvis Whisenhunt | 35 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Andres Alonso | 4 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1471 | 4805 | 4805 | 9 | 1397 | 279 | 31 | 116 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .291 | .291 | .434 | .725 | 2086 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Wade | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Santa | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| William Kapuscinski | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Alvis Whisenhunt | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Mo Owen | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Pickens | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Rainey | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Worthy | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Marcus Job | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Arthur DiCesare | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Andres Alonso | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Schaening | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Sam Brown | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 253 | 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.
