1955 Columbus Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 58-81
Finished 7th in the SAL
Manager: Andy Anderson (58-81)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Synovus Park
Attendance: 46,800, Avg. 673
The Columbus Cardinals of the South Atlantic League ended the 1955 season with a record of 58 wins and 81 losses, finishing seventh in the SAL.
The Cardinals scored 575 runs and surrendered 663 runs, most in the circuit. Jack Lee topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .264 clip. Tom Cheney led Columbus with 14 wins and a team-best 3.25 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1955 Columbus Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Don Lassetter, Phil Clark, Ferrell Anderson, Tom Patton, Ted Wieand, Tom Cheney, Gene Green, Bobby Smith, Wally Shannon, Bob Blaylock and Marty Kutyna.
Andy Anderson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Cheney | 14 | 12 | .538 | 3.25 | 30 | 28 | 227.0 | 199 | 99 | 82 | 12 | 100 | ||||||||||
| Marty Kutyna | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.69 | 34 | 18 | 156.0 | 146 | 78 | 64 | 9 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Phil Clark | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.39 | 43 | 20 | 178.0 | 178 | 82 | 67 | 16 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Ted Wieand | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.41 | 40 | 18 | 161.0 | 139 | 85 | 61 | 8 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Ed Donnelly | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.97 | 28 | 25 | 146.7 | 156 | 96 | 81 | 15 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe Bowman | 3 | 1 | .750 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert St. Pierre | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.55 | 20 | 0 | 38.0 | 33 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Bob Blaylock | 3 | 11 | .214 | 3.39 | 35 | 13 | 127.3 | 123 | 64 | 48 | 7 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Peerenboom | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Whit Ulrich | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.50 | 15 | 2 | 24.0 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Delane Hulsey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Knight | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Michalec | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Ford | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Shirley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Howard | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Ensley | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hoyt Benedict | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Atkinson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.00 | 16 | 3 | 36.0 | 42 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 58 | 81 | .417 | 3.67 | 318 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1094.0 | 1044 | 560 | 446 | 69 | 492 | 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 Lee | 137 | 512 | 512 | 135 | 22 | 7 | 11 | .264 | .264 | .398 | .662 | 204 | |||||||||||
| Bob Hyatt | 125 | 450 | 450 | 117 | 25 | 2 | 16 | .260 | .260 | .431 | .691 | 194 | |||||||||||
| Gill Daley | 96 | 355 | 355 | 112 | 22 | 3 | 6 | .315 | .315 | .445 | .761 | 158 | |||||||||||
| Gene Faszholz | 108 | 366 | 366 | 103 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .281 | .281 | .328 | .609 | 120 | |||||||||||
| Walter Fassler | 93 | 329 | 329 | 86 | 12 | 3 | 3 | .261 | .261 | .343 | .605 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Fred Koenig | 80 | 295 | 295 | 85 | 11 | 1 | 11 | .288 | .288 | .444 | .732 | 131 | |||||||||||
| Barney Elser | 81 | 317 | 317 | 81 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .256 | .256 | .325 | .580 | 103 | |||||||||||
| Billy Giddings | 83 | 243 | 243 | 70 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .288 | .288 | .342 | .630 | 83 | |||||||||||
| Don Lassetter | 50 | 193 | 193 | 62 | 10 | 3 | 8 | .321 | .321 | .528 | .850 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Walter Derucki | 45 | 176 | 176 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 4 | .290 | .290 | .449 | .739 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Ferrell Anderson | 67 | 152 | 152 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .230 | .230 | .349 | .579 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Al Grandcolas | 40 | 135 | 135 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .207 | .207 | .274 | .481 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Robert Kosis | 35 | 105 | 105 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .257 | .257 | .362 | .619 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Gene Green | 22 | 77 | 77 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .338 | .338 | .519 | .857 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Ray Stockton | 25 | 82 | 82 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .280 | .280 | .415 | .695 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Wally Shannon | 22 | 89 | 89 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .258 | .258 | .315 | .573 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Tom Cheney | 38 | 76 | 76 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .276 | .500 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Jay Drake | 26 | 67 | 67 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .224 | .224 | .328 | .552 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Marty Kutyna | 35 | 49 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .327 | .592 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Tom Patton | 20 | 55 | 55 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .218 | .218 | .345 | .564 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Ron Bennett | 16 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .257 | .257 | .457 | .714 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Ron Bottler | 9 | 27 | 27 | 8 | .296 | .296 | .296 | .593 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronny Camacho | 14 | 41 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .220 | .415 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Phil Clark | 45 | 52 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .115 | .231 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ted Wieand | 40 | 45 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Ed Donnelly | 34 | 43 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .093 | .093 | .093 | .186 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Whit Ulrich | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Robert St. Pierre | 20 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bob Blaylock | 35 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .038 | .038 | .038 | .077 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Peerenboom | 9 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Shirley | 5 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Atkinson | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Hoyt Benedict | 5 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Knight | 7 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Earl Johnson | 9 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Howard | 8 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Ford | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Billy Joe Bowman | 9 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Ensley | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dick Cordell | 4 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1543 | 4463 | 4463 | 0 | 1164 | 184 | 38 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .370 | .631 | 1652 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Clark | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Wieand | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Blaylock | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Marty Kutyna | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Cheney | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Donnelly | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Robert St. Pierre | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Atkinson | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Whit Ulrich | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Clarence Peerenboom | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| William Howard | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Joe Bowman | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| John Knight | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| James Ensley | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Michalec | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Hoyt Benedict | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Shirley | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Ford | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Delane Hulsey | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 318 | 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.
