1955 Decatur Commodores Statistics

Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 62-64
Finished 6th in the MOVL
Manager: Al Unser (62-64)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 54,260, Avg. 861

1955 Decatur Commodores Roster

The Decatur Commodores of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1955 season with a record of 62 wins and 64 losses, finishing sixth in the MOVL.

The Commodores conceded 598 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Decatur plated 637 runs.

Jimmie Schaffer and Al Unser both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Al Unser 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
Richard Hicks	15	10	.600	3.42	31	26		16	2		192.0	151	86	73	8	118		152	4	0	15
Dick Ghelfi	13	11	.542	3.47	27	24		17	1		197.0	164	89	76	15	86		146	5	1	3
Ed Schneider	10	6	.625	3.10	29	12		8	1		125.0	106	54	43	10	43		67	9	0	3
William Bontz	8	9	.471	4.68	29	17		6	4		123.0	112	83	64	8	78		113	3	0	4
Eddie Johnson	7	7	.500	4.37	25	17		11	2		136.0	133	77	66	12	71		53	2	0	8
Warner Siebert	5	11	.312	3.59	30	14		7	2		128.0	114	74	51	7	62		86	4	0	2
Lane Martin	2	3	.400	7.24	14	7		1	0		46.0	41	45	37	2	49		35	2	1	8
Fran Thomas	1	2	.333	4.15	16	4		3	0		52.0	40	27	24	4	32		23	1	1	5
Carl Forney	1	2	.333	4.82	11	1		0	0		28.0	19	18	15	1	28		21	0	0	4
Jimmie Schaffer	0	0			1						0.0									0
Keith Childers	0	0			2						0.0									0
Al Unser	0	0			2						0.0									0
Ray Phelps	0	1	.000		4						0.0									0
Charles Royer	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Carl Deck	0	1	.000		4						0.0									0
Totals	62	64	.492	3.93	227	122	0	69	12	0	1027.0	880	553	449	67	567	0	696	30	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
Edward Jones	126	556	463	84	141	29	14	7	71	26		71	72	.305	.394	.473	.867	219		3	11	8
Jerry Hood	126	519	436	77	122	20	10	9	60	20		69	65	.280	.376	.433	.810	189		1	9	4
Eloyd Robinson	93	396	350	56	109	21	8	6	45	9		28	42	.311	.368	.469	.836	164		6	7	5
Jimmie Schaffer	106	409	370	53	97	14	2	2	32	13		28	55	.262	.315	.327	.642	121		2	6	3
Larry Smith	91	355	313	39	94	15	1	3	60	2		33	30	.300	.363	.383	.746	120		1	2	6
Gene Marinacci	117	439	382	59	90	10	10	10	52	11		41	110	.236	.309	.393	.702	150		2	9	5
Lou Markle	118	500	391	76	87	18	7	3	39	20		87	88	.223	.369	.327	.696	128		7	9	6
Joseph Capasso	105	371	324	37	70	9	1	1	50	4		31	39	.216	.279	.259	.538	84		1	5	10
William Skemp	104	387	302	51	65	16	1	7	43	22		71	94	.215	.364	.344	.708	104		2	8	4
John Shannon	57	253	201	46	53	15	3	2	28	14		41	28	.264	.391	.398	.789	80		3	5	3
Dick Ghelfi	30	82	70	8	19	0	0	2	9	0		6	25	.271	.333	.357	.690	25		1	4	1
Richard Hicks	33	76	68	6	18	1	1	3	8	0		7	14	.265	.333	.441	.775	30		0	1	0
Ed Schneider	39	61	53	5	14	1	1	1	7	0		6	15	.264	.350	.377	.727	20		1	1	0
William Bontz	29	47	39	5	7	1	0	0	2	0		4	12	.179	.250	.205	.455	8		0	3	1
Nilo Giavedoni	12	41	35	5	5	0	0	0	2	1		4	9	.143	.225	.143	.368	5		0	1	1
Eddie Johnson	25	53	46	4	5	0	0	0	0	1		3	7	.109	.163	.109	.272	5		0	4	0
Al Unser	11	21	16	2	3	0	0	0	2	0		4	0	.188	.381	.188	.568	3		1	0	0
Warner Siebert	30	43	38	3	3	1	0	1	6	0		2	15	.079	.146	.184	.331	7		1	2	0
Carl Forney	12	10	9	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	3	.222	.222	.333	.556	3		0	1	0
Jack Grammer	6	12	12		2									.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Lane Martin	14	21	14	4	2	0	0	0	3	0		5	7	.143	.368	.143	.511	2		0	2	0
Fran Thomas	16	17	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	.118	.118	.118	.235	2		0	0	0
Sam McIntyre	10	22	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	8	.100	.182	.100	.282	2		0	0	0
Keith Childers	2	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
James Herman	2	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Charles Royer	2	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Carl Deck	4	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ray Phelps	4	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1324	4708	3986	623	1014	172	59	57	521	143	0	543	743	.254	.344	.370	.714	1475	0	32	90	57	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gene Marinacci	1B	116	849	31	19	77	.979	7.586
Eloyd Robinson	1B	10	87	2	1	6	.989	8.900
Eloyd Robinson	2B	63	125	138	7	24	.974	4.175
John Shannon	2B	52	116	130	18	31	.932	4.731
Jerry Hood	3B	104	124	210	20	24	.944	3.212
Jimmie Schaffer	3B	19	27	26	2	2	.964	2.789
Larry Smith	C	82	474	45	15	4	.972	6.329	13
Jimmie Schaffer	C	46	255	23	2	3	.993	6.043	4
Edward Jones	OF	126	312	10	8	1	.976	2.556
Lou Markle	OF	112	197	15	12	6	.946	1.893
William Skemp	OF	99	167	10	8	1	.957	1.788
Jimmie Schaffer	OF	43	44	1	9	0	.833	1.047
Richard Hicks	P	31	3	32	4	1	.897	1.129
Warner Siebert	P	30	7	18	2	0	.926	.833
Ed Schneider	P	29	4	25	2	5	.935	1.000
William Bontz	P	29	4	12	3	0	.842	.552
Dick Ghelfi	P	27	9	14	1	0	.958	.852
Eddie Johnson	P	25	5	17	0	0	1.000	.880
Fran Thomas	P	16	5	11	0	0	1.000	1.000
Lane Martin	P	14	0	8	0	0	1.000	.571
Carl Forney	P	11	0	2	1	0	.667	.182
Ray Phelps	P	4						.000
Carl Deck	P	4						.000
Al Unser	P	2						.000
Charles Royer	P	2						.000
Keith Childers	P	2						.000
Jimmie Schaffer	P	1						.000
Joseph Capasso	SS	97	155	228	36	39	.914	3.948
Eloyd Robinson	SS	19	32	71	7	10	.936	5.421
Jerry Hood	SS	19	22	31	5	4	.914	2.789
Totals		1234	3023	1110	182	238	.958	3.349	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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