1955 Colorado Springs Sky Sox Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 81-69
Finished 1st in the WL
Manager: Johnny Conway (81-69)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Ballpark: Memorial Field
Attendance: 87,527, Avg. 1,167

1955 Colorado Springs Sky Sox Roster

Playoffs - Des Moines Bruins 3 games, Colorado Springs Sky Sox 1

The Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Western League ended the 1955 season with a record of 81 wins and 69 losses, finishing first in the WL.

The Sky Sox scored 845 runs, most in the league. Colorado Springs conceded 798 runs.

Bill Evans, Sam Hairston, Ken Landenberger, Willie Pope, Jack Conway, Rudy Árias, Jack Kralick and Don Bradey were all players from the 1955 Colorado Springs Sky Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.

Johnny Conway served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Alois Zilian	14	7	.667	3.86	24	22		12	2		168.0	154	75	72	12	82	4	84	6	0	6
Willie Pope	13	8	.619	3.48	29	25		11	1		181.0	194	91	70	10	56	4	111	1	0	13
Robert Lowe	9	4	.692	4.80	25	16		7	1		122.0	127	76	65	16	38	3	59	3	0	1
Lowe Wren	8	3	.727	4.36	24	1		0	0		66.0	65	35	32	12	29	1	46	0	0	3
Garland Brill	8	7	.533	4.76	28	19		6	0		136.0	162	88	72	7	74	1	103	2	0	8
Robert Hattenbach	7	3	.700	4.69	33	6		2	0		94.0	114	55	49	7	47	1	52	0	0	8
Charles Selby	4	4	.500	5.51	16	10		6	0		85.0	101	68	52	11	31	0	38	1	0	4
Jack Pickart	4	4	.500	6.08	19	10		2	1		71.0	95	55	48	11	42	3	43	3	0	7
Arthur Wollenweber	3	5	.375	5.16	17	6		2	0		61.0	76	41	35	9	19	3	20	0	1	2
Jack Kralick	3	6	.333	4.16	13	11		4	1		67.0	69	35	31	8	26	0	50	1	0	0
Dick Idzkowski	2	4	.333	5.26	12	10		2	0		65.0	61	42	38	6	44	2	34	2	0	3
Ray Preston	2	4	.333	9.23	11	8		1	0		39.0	49	45	40	8	49	1	24	4	0	5
James Gaines	1	0	1.000		2						0.0									0
Bill Evans	1	1	.500		6						0.0									0
Bob Black	1	2	.333		8						0.0									0
Don Bradey	1	2	.333		9						0.0									0
Jim Bowen	0	0			1						0.0									0
Alfredo Ibanez	0	0			2						0.0									0
Kenneth Schu	0	0			1						0.0									0
Rudy Árias	0	1	.000		6						0.0									0
Don Herman	0	2	.000		5						0.0									0
Walter Yowell	0	2	.000		4						0.0									0
Totals	81	69	.540	4.71	295	144	0	55	6	0	1155.0	1267	706	604	117	537	23	664	23	1	60	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
Sam Hairston	142	618	546	107	191	38	4	6	91	2		65	39	.350	.417	.467	.884	255		1	1	5
Max Gnagy	150	694	589	115	168	18	8	2	53	13		95	46	.285	.383	.353	.736	208		1	4	5
Eugene Sheets	141	609	536	93	156	40	1	15	93	0		53	43	.291	.358	.453	.812	243		7	6	7
Dick DiTusa	124	497	445	86	146	27	6	18	92	2		42	73	.328	.381	.537	.918	239		1	1	8
Ron Cooper	135	541	469	93	132	29	6	35	117	3		58	114	.281	.364	.593	.957	278		6	3	5
Bobby Winkles	108	431	409	45	117	15	1	0	33	16		17	25	.286	.313	.328	.641	134		0	3	2
Ken Landenberger	105	442	374	70	115	28	0	16	81	3		61	46	.307	.405	.511	.915	191		2	2	3
Lowe Wren	124	367	328	42	77	16	1	7	52	10		30	75	.235	.303	.354	.657	116		4	1	4
Don Bacon	81	320	260	43	75	12	5	2	26	2		50	43	.288	.409	.396	.805	103		5	2	3
Dick Lombardi	51	225	183	42	45	8	0	11	39	1		37	35	.246	.375	.470	.845	86		2	1	2
Ned Johnson	40	161	146	18	33	6	1	0	19	0		14	15	.226	.294	.281	.575	41		0	1	0
Al Ware	39	150	126	17	24	3	1	2	11	0		20	22	.190	.300	.278	.578	35		1	0	3
William Maley	37	74	68	11	22	3	0	0	12	0		4	5	.324	.361	.368	.729	25		0	2	0
John Creighton	13	62	51	14	14	5	0	1	9	0		11	8	.275	.403	.431	.835	22		0	0	0
Willie Pope	29	70	64	5	12	1	0	1	10	0		4	22	.188	.235	.250	.485	16		0	2	0
Garland Brill	29	58	42	11	11	1	1	2	5	0		14	14	.262	.446	.476	.923	20		0	2	0
Alois Zilian	26	72	64	7	10	0	1	0	8	0		3	21	.156	.206	.188	.393	12		1	4	0
Robert Lowe	25	48	42	0	8	2	0	0	3	0		2	17	.190	.227	.238	.465	10		0	4	0
Charles Selby	18	36	30	6	6	1	0	0	4	0		3	6	.200	.265	.233	.498	7		0	2	1
Jack Kralick	15	26	24	1	4	0	0	0	2	0		0	5	.167	.160	.167	.327	4		0	1	1
Don Bradey	9	9	9		3									.333	.333	.333	.667	3
Bob Black	8	10	10		3									.300	.300	.300	.600	3
Ray Preston	15	16	13	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	.231	.333	.231	.564	3		0	1	0
Del Johnston	14	25	22	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		3	5	.136	.240	.136	.376	3		0	0	0
Robert Hattenbach	33	30	26	3	3	0	1	0	0	0		3	18	.115	.233	.192	.426	5		1	0	0
Bill Evans	7	4	4		2									.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Arthur Wollenweber	17	18	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	5	.125	.222	.125	.347	2		0	0	0
James Gaines	2	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Jack Conway	16	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Don Herman	6	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Rudy Árias	7	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Dick Idzkowski	12	25	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	8	.048	.167	.048	.214	1		0	1	0
Doug Cossey	5	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jack Pickart	19	24	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	15	.000	.048	.000	.048	0		0	3	0
Walter Yowell	4	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1606	5686	4961	836	1390	253	37	118	761	52	0	597	727	.280	.358	.417	.775	2071	0	32	47	49	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ken Landenberger	1B	104	933	65	10	76	.990	9.596
Eugene Sheets	1B	33	307	24	7	43	.979	1.030
John Creighton	1B	13	116	4	5	16	.960	9.231
Max Gnagy	2B	146	342	415	26	99	.967	5.185
Don Bacon	3B	78	56	177	18	9	.928	2.987
Eugene Sheets	3B	37	30	65	9	6	.913	2.568
Al Ware	3B	35	28	91	9	9	.930	3.400
Sam Hairston	C	136	748	74	13	14	.984	6.044	15
William Maley	C	17	57	8	2	3	.970	3.824	2
Ron Cooper	OF	130	231	15	12	1	.953	1.892
Dick DiTusa	OF	115	243	7	12	2	.954	2.174
Lowe Wren	OF	89	203	18	11	2	.953	2.483
Eugene Sheets	OF	71	105	3	8	0	.931	1.521
Dick Lombardi	OF	49	100	5	10	0	.913	2.143
Robert Hattenbach	P	33	4	17	0	3	1.000	.636
Willie Pope	P	29	6	29	5	1	.875	1.207
Garland Brill	P	28	9	28	0	2	1.000	1.321
Robert Lowe	P	25	10	29	1	3	.975	1.560
Alois Zilian	P	24	8	25	0	2	1.000	1.375
Lowe Wren	P	24	2	13	2	1	.882	.625
Jack Pickart	P	19	4	5	1	2	.900	.474
Arthur Wollenweber	P	17	4	5	0	0	1.000	.529
Charles Selby	P	16	4	13	2	1	.895	1.062
Jack Kralick	P	13	0	14	0	0	1.000	1.077
Dick Idzkowski	P	12	1	6	0	0	1.000	.583
Ray Preston	P	11	2	9	2	0	.846	1.000
Don Bradey	P	9						.000
Bob Black	P	8						.000
Bill Evans	P	6						.000
Rudy Árias	P	6						.000
Don Herman	P	5						.000
Walter Yowell	P	4						.000
Alfredo Ibanez	P	2						.000
James Gaines	P	2						.000
Kenneth Schu	P	1						.000
Jim Bowen	P	1						.000
Bobby Winkles	SS	108	176	382	30	63	.949	5.167
Ned Johnson	SS	34	55	106	13	34	.925	4.735
Totals		1490	3784	1652	208	392	.963	3.648	17	0	0

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.

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