1955 Eau Claire Braves Statistics
Team Record: 81-43
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Joe Just (81-43)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Carson Park
Attendance: 65,074, Avg. 1,050
Playoffs - Eau Claire Braves 2 games, Aberdeen Pheasants 1
Finals - St. Cloud Rox 3 games, Eau Claire Braves 1
The Eau Claire Braves of the Northern League ended the 1955 season with a record of 81 wins and 43 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Braves led the league with 811 runs, powered by 81 home runs. Eau Claire allowed 652 runs. Dick Phillips paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .320 clip. Don Jaber topped the team with 15 wins, while Don Jordan recorded a 3.81 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1955 Eau Claire Braves who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Lee Maye, Georges Maranda, Dick Phillips and Bob Botz.
Joe Just 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Jaber | 15 | 7 | .682 | 4.02 | 24 | 20 | 170.0 | 170 | 89 | 76 | 11 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Bob Botz | 13 | 3 | .812 | 4.06 | 26 | 19 | 164.0 | 164 | 90 | 74 | 17 | 65 | ||||||||||
| James Dinges | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.91 | 23 | 19 | 138.0 | 163 | 79 | 60 | 13 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Don Jordan | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.81 | 24 | 22 | 175.0 | 158 | 96 | 74 | 11 | 93 | ||||||||||
| Georges Maranda | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.97 | 20 | 8 | 97.0 | 89 | 39 | 32 | 3 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Frank Horan | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.11 | 35 | 2 | 81.0 | 84 | 51 | 37 | 7 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Don Edinger | 6 | 2 | .750 | 5.70 | 14 | 14 | 79.0 | 77 | 59 | 50 | 3 | 79 | ||||||||||
| John Matta | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ed Banach | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.00 | 6 | 36.0 | 29 | 16 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Richard Dickson | 2 | 3 | .400 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Lucas | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Peter Marashio | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Hinman | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William DuBrava | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Stratton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill McColly | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Reitmeier | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 43 | .653 | 3.86 | 214 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 940.0 | 934 | 519 | 403 | 65 | 462 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Stratton | 124 | 528 | 528 | 145 | 27 | 4 | 16 | .275 | .275 | .432 | .706 | 228 | |||||||||||
| Jack Bickett | 121 | 455 | 455 | 139 | 28 | 5 | 5 | .305 | .305 | .422 | .727 | 192 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Schiller | 118 | 428 | 428 | 132 | 28 | 4 | 1 | .308 | .308 | .400 | .708 | 171 | |||||||||||
| Dick Phillips | 98 | 400 | 400 | 128 | 26 | 8 | 8 | .320 | .320 | .485 | .805 | 194 | |||||||||||
| Bill McColly | 124 | 407 | 407 | 106 | 15 | 2 | 7 | .260 | .260 | .359 | .619 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Reed | 81 | 299 | 299 | 99 | 16 | 3 | 19 | .331 | .331 | .595 | .926 | 178 | |||||||||||
| Roger Jongewaard | 84 | 296 | 296 | 89 | 16 | 1 | 6 | .301 | .301 | .422 | .723 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Edward Molaskey | 90 | 328 | 328 | 87 | 9 | 4 | 6 | .265 | .265 | .372 | .637 | 122 | |||||||||||
| Frank Benevides | 73 | 230 | 230 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .261 | .261 | .357 | .617 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Virgil Tieken | 60 | 194 | 194 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .242 | .242 | .335 | .577 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Don Carter | 25 | 87 | 87 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .253 | .253 | .356 | .609 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Don Jaber | 38 | 88 | 88 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .227 | .227 | .307 | .534 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Don Jordan | 25 | 63 | 63 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .254 | .254 | .349 | .603 | 22 | |||||||||||
| James Dinges | 24 | 54 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .241 | .463 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Bob Botz | 27 | 60 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .217 | .417 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Robert Powers | 19 | 53 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .208 | .208 | .340 | .547 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Georges Maranda | 21 | 38 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .368 | .605 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Lee Maye | 6 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .316 | .526 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Don Edinger | 18 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .103 | .103 | .241 | .345 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Frank Horan | 35 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 2 | |||||||||||
| John Matta | 9 | 17 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charlie Hoffses | 5 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Dandurand | 7 | 24 | 24 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Reitmeier | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Dickson | 9 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Ellis | 6 | 26 | 26 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Lucas | 2 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William DuBrava | 7 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Peter Marashio | 8 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ed Banach | 7 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1273 | 4218 | 4218 | 0 | 1143 | 202 | 34 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .271 | .393 | .664 | 1656 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Horan | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Botz | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Don Jordan | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Don Jaber | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| James Dinges | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Georges Maranda | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Don Edinger | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| John Matta | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Dickson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Peter Marashio | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| William DuBrava | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Banach | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Hinman | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Reitmeier | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Lucas | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 212 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
