1955 Des Moines Bruins Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 77-74
Finished 4th in the WL
Manager: Les Peden (0-0), Burdette Thurlby (0-0), Pepper Martin (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 88,181, Avg. 1,168

1955 Des Moines Bruins Roster

Playoffs - Wichita Indians 1 game, Des Moines Bruins 0 - One-game playoff for third place.
Playoffs - Des Moines Bruins 3 games, Colorado Springs Sky Sox 1
Finals - Wichita Indians 3 games, Des Moines Bruins 0

The Des Moines Bruins of the Western League ended the 1955 season with a record of 77 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the WL.

The Bruins paced the circuit with just 708 runs allowed. Des Moines scored 723 runs.

Members of the 1955 Des Moines Bruins who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Vern Morgan, Bob Anderson, Dick Drott, Les Peden, Eddie Haas, Bob Thorpe, Casey Wise, Al Lary, Don Robertson, Johnny Pramesa, Joe Stanka, Gene Fodge and Don Eaddy.

Les Peden, Burdette Thurlby and Pepper Martin 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
Joe Stanka	17	9	.654	3.43	29	28		17	3		210.0	199	100	80	18	75	1	148	4	0	10
Gene Fodge	16	10	.615	2.28	36	29		20	4		225.0	185	82	57	3	92	3	112	4	0	8
Bob Anderson	11	5	.688	3.74	31	21		9	3		166.0	161	79	69	9	91	1	88	5	1	7
Bob Thorpe	10	10	.500	3.65	29	22		10	1		153.0	142	79	62	9	46	3	56	1	1	3
Paul Menking	8	9	.471	4.39	31	18		10	2		158.0	183	87	77	10	47	4	47	0	0	2
Paul Hoffmeister	4	5	.444	4.82	19	2		2	0		56.0	49	32	30	5	45	1	42	6	0	4
Al Lary	3	3	.500		9						0.0									0
Dwight Stoddard	3	9	.250	5.04	21	11		3	0		91.0	95	61	51	12	45	3	31	1	1	10
Don Watkins	2	4	.333	5.92	35	5		1	0		73.0	93	53	48	5	29	5	27	4	0	3
Umberto Flammini	2	5	.286	6.60	31	5		0	0		75.0	99	77	55	7	51	1	45	2	0	5
Walter Babcock	1	0	1.000		7						0.0									0
Samuel Nunn	0	0			3						0.0									0
Jimmie McDaniel	0	0			2						0.0									0
Guy Reese	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Dick Drott	0	4	.000		6						0.0									0
Totals	77	74	.510	3.94	291	141	0	72	13	0	1207.0	1206	650	529	78	521	22	596	27	3	52	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
Bob McKee	150	611	536	69	149	23	3	14	77	4		50	78	.278	.337	.410	.748	220		3	12	10
Dave Cunningham	147	628	508	104	146	31	2	30	93	13		104	105	.287	.407	.533	.941	271		2	9	5
Burdette Thurlby	141	600	529	66	142	27	5	9	53	11		62	50	.268	.346	.389	.736	206		3	2	4
Ray Bellino	145	589	485	81	117	20	0	10	49	6		86	99	.241	.361	.344	.705	167		6	10	2
Vern Morgan	97	386	346	53	104	20	4	10	52	7		32	41	.301	.359	.468	.828	162		2	2	4
Jimmie McDaniel	133	522	439	89	103	21	2	24	80	10		78	101	.235	.352	.456	.808	200		3	0	2
Eddie Haas	75	310	260	50	84	16	1	12	50	3		46	51	.323	.427	.531	.958	138		2	1	1
Joseph Pearson	88	324	298	32	72	15	0	5	26	3		18	62	.242	.284	.342	.627	102		1	4	3
Donald Biebel	99	303	267	31	59	9	3	2	26	2		24	58	.221	.296	.300	.596	80		5	6	1
Les Peden	52	185	155	24	45	11	0	5	34	0		25	14	.290	.384	.458	.842	71		1	0	4
Johnny Pramesa	43	124	116	16	41	6	0	8	22	0		7	7	.353	.387	.612	.999	71		0	0	1
John Kreuter	60	205	172	16	39	8	1	3	24	0		27	19	.227	.333	.337	.671	58		2	1	3
Don Robertson	40	148	113	26	28	4	2	5	19	0		33	37	.248	.422	.451	.873	51		1	1	0
Don Lauters	30	110	94	18	18	4	2	1	7	0		15	18	.191	.303	.309	.611	29		0	1	0
Bob Anderson	33	74	67	7	13	4	0	2	10	0		5	20	.194	.260	.343	.604	23		1	1	0
Joe Stanka	29	84	75	5	12	3	0	2	10	0		5	32	.160	.205	.280	.485	21		0	1	3
Bob Rivich	18	58	54	8	10	4	1	1	3	0		2	5	.185	.228	.352	.580	19		1	1	0
Dick Tindall	13	43	40	2	9	1	0	1	7	0		3	5	.225	.279	.325	.604	13		0	0	0
Gene Fodge	49	91	85	5	9	3	0	1	6	0		4	21	.106	.146	.176	.323	15		0	2	0
Bob Thorpe	29	54	46	3	8	1	0	0	4	0		5	7	.174	.269	.196	.465	9		1	2	0
Paul Menking	31	58	49	5	6	1	0	1	3	0		3	12	.122	.170	.204	.374	10		0	5	1
John Olczak	11	23	16	0	5	1	0	0	2	0		6	6	.312	.478	.375	.853	6		0	0	1
Al Lary	10	17	14	1	4	1	0	1	4	0		2	4	.286	.375	.571	.946	8		0	1	0
Umberto Flammini	31	25	23	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		2	6	.174	.240	.217	.457	5		0	0	0
Dwight Stoddard	21	35	32	2	4	0	0	0	4	0		1	4	.125	.152	.125	.277	4		0	2	0
Paul Hoffmeister	19	18	16	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	6	.188	.278	.188	.465	3		0	0	0
Don Watkins	35	21	18	1	3	0	0	0	2	0		1	5	.167	.211	.167	.377	3		0	2	0
Wes Moore	8	19	19		3									.158	.158	.158	.316	3
Walter Babcock	7	3	3		2									.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
Casey Wise	3	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Dick Drott	6	8	8		2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Don Eaddy	7	13	13		2									.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Frank Bernardi	3	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Bobby Cooke	5	12	12		1									.083	.083	.083	.167	1
Guy Reese	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Russ Gragg	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1673	5714	4921	718	1250	235	26	147	669	59	0	648	873	.254	.342	.402	.744	1978	0	34	66	45	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Burdette Thurlby	1B	105	891	62	21	115	.978	9.076
John Kreuter	1B	50	422	23	10	52	.978	8.900
Bob McKee	2B	150	467	490	31	138	.969	6.380
Vern Morgan	3B	91	60	147	24	22	.896	2.275
Don Lauters	3B	25	21	35	9	7	.862	2.240
Les Peden	3B	23	20	37	3	6	.950	2.478
Joseph Pearson	3B	17	11	20	1	3	.969	1.824
Donald Biebel	C	91	382	31	8	1	.981	4.538	10
Johnny Pramesa	C	37	120	14	8	3	.944	3.622	3
Les Peden	C	18	72	14	1	4	.989	4.778	6
Bob Rivich	C	16	87	9	1	2	.990	6.000	6
Dick Tindall	C	12	55	10	0	0	1.000	5.417	1
Dave Cunningham	OF	142	251	15	14	2	.950	1.873
Jimmie McDaniel	OF	128	266	18	11	2	.963	2.219
Eddie Haas	OF	72	136	11	5	2	.967	2.042
Joseph Pearson	OF	53	85	5	3	1	.968	1.698
Don Robertson	OF	37	79	1	3	1	.964	2.162
Burdette Thurlby	OF	32	60	0	3	0	.952	1.875
Gene Fodge	P	36	9	57	1	1	.985	1.833
Don Watkins	P	35	1	9	2	1	.833	.286
Paul Menking	P	31	13	40	0	5	1.000	1.710
Umberto Flammini	P	31	5	19	3	1	.889	.774
Bob Anderson	P	31	6	40	2	4	.958	1.484
Bob Thorpe	P	29	6	39	2	4	.957	1.552
Joe Stanka	P	29	10	30	4	1	.909	1.379
Dwight Stoddard	P	21	7	16	1	2	.958	1.095
Paul Hoffmeister	P	19	1	10	0	0	1.000	.579
Al Lary	P	9						.000
Walter Babcock	P	7						.000
Dick Drott	P	6						.000
Samuel Nunn	P	3						.000
Guy Reese	P	2						.000
Jimmie McDaniel	P	2						.000
Ray Bellino	SS	145	262	493	39	107	.951	5.207
Totals		1535	3805	1695	210	487	.963	3.583	26	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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