1955 Durham Bulls Statistics
Team Record: 69-69
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Frank Skaff (69-69)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Durham Athletic Park
Attendance: 40,965, Avg. 594
Playoffs - High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms 4 games, Durham Bulls 3
The Durham Bulls of the Carolina League ended the 1955 season with a record of 69 wins and 69 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.
The Bulls plated 636 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 695 runs. Jim McManus led batters with significant playing time with a .294 average. Max Simmons topped Durham with 17 wins, while John Fickinger registered a 2.98 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1955 Durham Bulls who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim McManus, Bob Bruce and Charley Lau.
Frank Skaff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Simmons | 17 | 9 | .654 | 3.66 | 59 | 15 | 167.0 | 165 | 86 | 68 | 8 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Tom Van Remmen | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.20 | 23 | 22 | 152.0 | 131 | 77 | 54 | 7 | 83 | ||||||||||
| John Fickinger | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.98 | 29 | 13 | 133.0 | 133 | 56 | 44 | 2 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Billy Mitchell | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.30 | 24 | 4 | 69.0 | 81 | 38 | 33 | 6 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Duke Dawson | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.76 | 36 | 36 | 189.0 | 187 | 112 | 100 | 10 | 105 | ||||||||||
| Dick Barr | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.44 | 30 | 14 | 110.0 | 104 | 55 | 42 | 4 | 68 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Funk | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.99 | 18 | 8 | 88.0 | 89 | 44 | 39 | 11 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Bob Neebling | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.12 | 21 | 7 | 75.0 | 89 | 59 | 51 | 6 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Robert Loschke | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.50 | 21 | 8 | 72.0 | 80 | 51 | 36 | 5 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Earl Castille | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Bruce | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.67 | 9 | 6 | 54.0 | 47 | 21 | 16 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Nikko Koleff | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Johnie Venable | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Al Pehanick | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.87 | 11 | 7 | 46.0 | 43 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Sycinger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Bays | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 69 | .500 | 4.00 | 304 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1155.0 | 1149 | 634 | 513 | 64 | 601 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McManus | 133 | 520 | 520 | 153 | 34 | 9 | 15 | .294 | .294 | .481 | .775 | 250 | |||||||||||
| Bud Hull | 138 | 546 | 546 | 153 | 31 | 4 | 13 | .280 | .280 | .423 | .703 | 231 | |||||||||||
| Gene Neff | 135 | 496 | 496 | 142 | 20 | 9 | 9 | .286 | .286 | .417 | .704 | 207 | |||||||||||
| Joe Melago | 136 | 481 | 481 | 137 | 25 | 5 | 6 | .285 | .285 | .395 | .680 | 190 | |||||||||||
| Charley Lau | 127 | 396 | 396 | 116 | 18 | 5 | 18 | .293 | .293 | .500 | .793 | 198 | |||||||||||
| Jim Hughes | 107 | 427 | 427 | 111 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .260 | .260 | .342 | .602 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Robert Taylor | 111 | 428 | 428 | 106 | 14 | 1 | 4 | .248 | .248 | .313 | .561 | 134 | |||||||||||
| Thomas O'Brien | 73 | 245 | 245 | 61 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .249 | .249 | .310 | .559 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Leonard | 70 | 222 | 222 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .266 | .266 | .302 | .568 | 67 | |||||||||||
| John Risch | 39 | 158 | 158 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .285 | .285 | .380 | .665 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Kennedy | 53 | 114 | 114 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .289 | .535 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Richard Lisiecki | 20 | 86 | 86 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .349 | .616 | 30 | |||||||||||
| John Irace | 15 | 43 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .279 | .279 | .372 | .651 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Tom Van Remmen | 28 | 57 | 57 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .158 | .158 | .246 | .404 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Paul Petro | 10 | 35 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .314 | .543 | 11 | |||||||||||
| James Lumadue | 22 | 73 | 73 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .110 | .110 | .151 | .260 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Ernie Funk | 18 | 33 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .212 | .424 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Max Simmons | 59 | 59 | 59 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .085 | .085 | .119 | .203 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Robert Loschke | 21 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .240 | .400 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dick Barr | 30 | 38 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Bob Neebling | 22 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .207 | .310 | 6 | |||||||||||
| John Fickinger | 29 | 44 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .068 | .068 | .068 | .136 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Billy Mitchell | 24 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Duke Dawson | 36 | 70 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .029 | .029 | .029 | .057 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Hargrave | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Al Pehanick | 11 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Nikko Koleff | 7 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Earl Castille | 6 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Bruce | 9 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Sycinger | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Brill | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick Bays | 4 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Johnie Venable | 5 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1501 | 4702 | 4702 | 0 | 1201 | 204 | 45 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .364 | .619 | 1711 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Simmons | P | 59 | .000 | |||||
| Duke Dawson | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Barr | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| John Fickinger | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Mitchell | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Van Remmen | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Neebling | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Loschke | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Ernie Funk | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Al Pehanick | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Bruce | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Nikko Koleff | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Earl Castille | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Johnie Venable | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Bays | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Sycinger | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 304 | 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.
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