1955 Carlsbad Potashers Statistics
Team Record: 72-67
Finished 4th in the LL
Manager: Thurman Tucker (72-67)
Location: Carlsbad, New Mexico
Ballpark: Montgomery Field
Attendance: 46,152, Avg. 664
Playoffs - San Angelo Colts 4 games, Carlsbad Potashers 1
The Carlsbad Potashers of the Longhorn League ended the 1955 season with a record of 72 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the LL.
The Potashers topped the league with 976 runs. Carlsbad surrendered 1003 runs, most in the circuit. Thurman Tucker paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .375 clip. Robert Weaver led the team with 18 wins, while Darvin Chrisco added 15 or more wins also Robert Weaver recorded a 3.8 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Thurman Tucker played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Carlsbad Potashers to do so.
Thurman Tucker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Weaver | 18 | 8 | .692 | 3.80 | 30 | 26 | 218.0 | 250 | 132 | 92 | 20 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Darvin Chrisco | 15 | 7 | .682 | 4.08 | 34 | 21 | 181.0 | 192 | 108 | 82 | 15 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Don Fornall | 10 | 14 | .417 | 5.87 | 34 | 27 | 190.0 | 270 | 166 | 124 | 14 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Kermit Sakewitz | 8 | 7 | .533 | 6.13 | 27 | 16 | 123.3 | 157 | 105 | 84 | 13 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Tom Fornall | 4 | 4 | .500 | 7.44 | 12 | 9 | 55.7 | 86 | 66 | 46 | 4 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Arthur Herring | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Lindsey | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thurman Tucker | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Max Gonzales | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Balfe | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Harrington | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Sakewitz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Maren | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 57 | 48 | .543 | 5.02 | 173 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 768.0 | 955 | 577 | 428 | 66 | 318 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Hardy | 139 | 583 | 583 | 196 | 22 | 14 | 13 | .336 | .336 | .489 | .825 | 285 | |||||||||||
| Carroll Gholson | 126 | 487 | 487 | 173 | 21 | 16 | 31 | .355 | .355 | .655 | 1.010 | 319 | |||||||||||
| Duke Henderson | 137 | 551 | 551 | 159 | 24 | 11 | 12 | .289 | .289 | .437 | .726 | 241 | |||||||||||
| Pedro Osorio | 121 | 465 | 465 | 158 | 20 | 15 | 20 | .340 | .340 | .576 | .916 | 268 | |||||||||||
| Thurman Tucker | 114 | 395 | 395 | 148 | 25 | 3 | 8 | .375 | .375 | .514 | .889 | 203 | |||||||||||
| Ike Jackson | 125 | 482 | 482 | 144 | 36 | 6 | 12 | .299 | .299 | .473 | .772 | 228 | |||||||||||
| Regis Burns | 118 | 489 | 489 | 127 | 17 | 8 | 4 | .260 | .260 | .352 | .611 | 172 | |||||||||||
| Jerome Stack | 20 | 66 | 66 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .561 | .894 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Robert Weaver | 33 | 88 | 88 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .295 | .523 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Jack Treece | 12 | 48 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .312 | .312 | .396 | .708 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Fred Hodge | 13 | 49 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .510 | .796 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Don Fornall | 38 | 70 | 70 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .229 | .414 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Darvin Chrisco | 36 | 75 | 75 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .147 | .160 | .307 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Bob Etzel | 19 | 58 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .172 | .172 | .345 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Herring | 23 | 61 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .164 | .164 | .230 | .393 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Kermit Sakewitz | 28 | 52 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .173 | .173 | .173 | .346 | 9 | |||||||||||
| James Stack | 14 | 32 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .219 | .219 | .344 | .562 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Tom Fornall | 12 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .273 | .500 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Pat Dyer | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Daniel Vlosich | 8 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph Harrington | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Sakewitz | 7 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Maren | 2 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Ling | 9 | 30 | 30 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Lindsey | 7 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Max Gonzales | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Balfe | 3 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1172 | 4144 | 4144 | 0 | 1241 | 185 | 86 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .299 | .299 | .459 | .758 | 1901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Fornall | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Darvin Chrisco | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Weaver | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Kermit Sakewitz | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Fornall | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Sakewitz | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Lindsey | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Harrington | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Max Gonzales | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Maren | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Balfe | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 161 | 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.
