1955 Danville Leafs Statistics
Team Record: 73-64
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Andy Gilbert (73-64)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Danville, Virginia
Ballpark: League Park
Attendance: 78,341, Avg. 1,144
Playoffs - Danville Leafs 4 games, Fayetteville Highlanders 1
Finals - Danville Leafs 4 games, High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms 2
The Danville Leafs of the Carolina League ended the 1955 season with a record of 73 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the CL.
The Leafs scored 645 runs and yielded 596 runs. Melvin Collins paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .304. Hal Woodeshick and John Fitzgerald topped Danville with 14 wins each, while John Fitzgerald registered a 2.87 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1955 Danville Leafs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Sherman Jones, John Fitzgerald, Bob Schmidt, Andy Gilbert and Hal Woodeshick.
Andy Gilbert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Fitzgerald | 14 | 7 | .667 | 2.87 | 30 | 29 | 185.0 | 108 | 71 | 59 | 9 | 164 | ||||||||||
| Hal Woodeshick | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.55 | 29 | 24 | 180.0 | 163 | 92 | 71 | 15 | 103 | ||||||||||
| Larry DeVita | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.79 | 42 | 16 | 178.0 | 177 | 83 | 75 | 17 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Sherman Jones | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.62 | 28 | 12 | 112.0 | 107 | 55 | 45 | 4 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Jacob Jacobsen | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.73 | 32 | 18 | 135.0 | 139 | 67 | 56 | 5 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Robert Lloyd | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.04 | 31 | 14 | 118.0 | 105 | 60 | 53 | 15 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Albert Wilson | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.00 | 28 | 4 | 72.0 | 49 | 34 | 24 | 2 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Kott | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.32 | 17 | 12 | 95.0 | 64 | 38 | 35 | 6 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Gordon Dyment | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.29 | 35 | 3 | 63.0 | 57 | 43 | 30 | 6 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Paul Mesich | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Svatosky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Reime | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Norman Johnson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ibrahim Rios | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Wood | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 73 | 64 | .533 | 3.54 | 297 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1138.0 | 969 | 543 | 448 | 79 | 715 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melvin Collins | 132 | 496 | 496 | 151 | 26 | 4 | 0 | .304 | .304 | .373 | .677 | 185 | |||||||||||
| John Hafenecker | 130 | 525 | 525 | 134 | 23 | 4 | 3 | .255 | .255 | .331 | .587 | 174 | |||||||||||
| Harold Holland | 135 | 445 | 445 | 129 | 17 | 2 | 31 | .290 | .290 | .546 | .836 | 243 | |||||||||||
| Robert Beier | 137 | 478 | 478 | 129 | 27 | 0 | 1 | .270 | .270 | .333 | .603 | 159 | |||||||||||
| Bob Schmidt | 130 | 479 | 479 | 127 | 29 | 1 | 14 | .265 | .265 | .418 | .683 | 200 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Moran | 124 | 417 | 417 | 122 | 19 | 5 | 12 | .293 | .293 | .448 | .741 | 187 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Heim | 112 | 402 | 402 | 97 | 13 | 0 | 8 | .241 | .241 | .333 | .575 | 134 | |||||||||||
| Odell Swafford | 88 | 240 | 240 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .238 | .238 | .279 | .517 | 67 | |||||||||||
| George Svatosky | 72 | 225 | 225 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 4 | .227 | .227 | .324 | .551 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Loftin | 47 | 167 | 167 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .251 | .251 | .293 | .545 | 49 | |||||||||||
| John Fitzgerald | 30 | 65 | 65 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .308 | .569 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Martin | 16 | 59 | 59 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .339 | .576 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Walter Fishburn | 19 | 63 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .222 | .222 | .413 | .635 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Sherman Jones | 31 | 44 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .273 | .523 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Larry DeVita | 48 | 65 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .123 | .123 | .138 | .262 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Jacob Jacobsen | 34 | 51 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .216 | .353 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Robert Lloyd | 31 | 36 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .222 | .389 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Will Prior | 24 | 37 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .162 | .216 | .378 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Hal Woodeshick | 29 | 64 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .094 | .094 | .094 | .188 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Andy Gilbert | 24 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .129 | .129 | .226 | .355 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Kott | 17 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .172 | .276 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Gordon Dyment | 35 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Albert Wilson | 29 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Robert Wood | 7 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick Urlage | 8 | 22 | 22 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Coccodrilli | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Dewhirst | 9 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Forsyth | 9 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Reime | 3 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1511 | 4505 | 4505 | 0 | 1138 | 193 | 18 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .253 | .357 | .609 | 1607 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry DeVita | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Gordon Dyment | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Jacob Jacobsen | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Lloyd | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| John Fitzgerald | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Hal Woodeshick | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Albert Wilson | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Sherman Jones | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Kott | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Wood | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Ibrahim Rios | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Norman Johnson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Mesich | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Reime | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 296 | 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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