1955 Evansville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 60-66
Finished 5th in the IIIL
Manager: Bob Coleman (60-66)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 47,414, Avg. 753
The Evansville Braves of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1955 season with a record of 60 wins and 66 losses, finishing fifth in the IIIL.
The Braves scored 614 runs and surrendered 634 runs. Leonard Williams paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .311 clip. Vic Rehm topped Evansville with 14 wins, while Jim Vitter recorded a 3.12 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Don Leppert, Chi-Chi Olivo, Roger McCardell, Nat Peeples, Mike Krsnich, Lee Maye and Dick Phillips were all players from the 1955 Evansville Braves who played in the Majors during their careers.
Bob Coleman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Rehm | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.18 | 34 | 25 | 170.0 | 134 | 79 | 60 | 5 | 112 | ||||||||||
| Jim Vitter | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.12 | 23 | 17 | 130.0 | 145 | 57 | 45 | 7 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Bill Roland | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.18 | 20 | 16 | 116.0 | 88 | 52 | 41 | 7 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Winston Brown | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.58 | 17 | 11 | 73.0 | 49 | 37 | 29 | 3 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Carl Greene | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.30 | 34 | 2 | 88.0 | 99 | 54 | 42 | 3 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Chi-Chi Olivo | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.26 | 16 | 12 | 91.0 | 75 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Rudolph Fortin | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.84 | 17 | 11 | 77.0 | 76 | 57 | 50 | 3 | 51 | ||||||||||
| James Agnew | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.72 | 12 | 3 | 40.0 | 43 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Jack Caffery | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.11 | 11 | 8 | 38.0 | 51 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Gerry Nelson | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.26 | 18 | 6 | 65.0 | 80 | 45 | 38 | 3 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Phillip Misley | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wendell Doss | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Hickman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.12 | 9 | 1 | 24.0 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 17 | |||||||||||
| John Stadnicki | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.83 | 12 | 6 | 54.0 | 69 | 39 | 35 | 5 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Don Edinger | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stewart Alton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Ritter | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Hoffman | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.27 | 22 | 0 | 59.0 | 45 | 43 | 28 | 5 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 66 | .476 | 4.07 | 270 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1025.0 | 975 | 583 | 463 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Bigham | 122 | 449 | 449 | 124 | 21 | 8 | 8 | .276 | .276 | .412 | .688 | 185 | |||||||||||
| Leonard Williams | 108 | 383 | 383 | 119 | 25 | 5 | 17 | .311 | .311 | .535 | .846 | 205 | |||||||||||
| Daryle Nelson | 98 | 384 | 384 | 102 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .266 | .266 | .333 | .599 | 128 | |||||||||||
| Larry Geedey | 86 | 342 | 342 | 100 | 18 | 0 | 3 | .292 | .292 | .371 | .664 | 127 | |||||||||||
| Joe Unfried | 96 | 368 | 368 | 97 | 14 | 1 | 11 | .264 | .264 | .397 | .660 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Flory | 119 | 404 | 404 | 91 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .225 | .225 | .265 | .490 | 107 | |||||||||||
| Nat Peeples | 55 | 200 | 200 | 65 | 8 | 2 | 9 | .325 | .325 | .520 | .845 | 104 | |||||||||||
| Mike Krsnich | 76 | 266 | 266 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 5 | .244 | .244 | .353 | .598 | 94 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Andrews | 53 | 181 | 181 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 5 | .282 | .282 | .425 | .707 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Bill Wells | 70 | 184 | 184 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 6 | .212 | .212 | .353 | .565 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Reed | 29 | 114 | 114 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .263 | .263 | .439 | .702 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Roger McCardell | 38 | 108 | 108 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .231 | .231 | .324 | .556 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Jackie Brown | 36 | 105 | 105 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .229 | .229 | .410 | .638 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Lee Maye | 20 | 83 | 83 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .241 | .241 | .398 | .639 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Don Leppert | 19 | 43 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .349 | .349 | .651 | 1.000 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Dick Phillips | 14 | 38 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .342 | .342 | .395 | .737 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Winston Brown | 19 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Chi-Chi Olivo | 16 | 36 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .250 | .472 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Jim Vitter | 25 | 41 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .220 | .415 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Vic Rehm | 34 | 55 | 55 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .145 | .145 | .200 | .345 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Fred Hoffman | 32 | 33 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .212 | .394 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Bill Roland | 20 | 41 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .122 | .122 | .171 | .293 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Carl Greene | 34 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .278 | .500 | 5 | |||||||||||
| John Stadnicki | 13 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Gerry Nelson | 18 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Rudolph Fortin | 17 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Jack Caffery | 13 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Donald Damiano | 3 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Chuck Hickman | 9 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Don Edinger | 5 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Wendell Doss | 4 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lou Soscia | 7 | 19 | 19 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Phillip Misley | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jack Ritter | 6 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Agnew | 14 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1338 | 4046 | 4046 | 0 | 1040 | 177 | 27 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .373 | .630 | 1511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Rehm | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Carl Greene | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Vitter | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Hoffman | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Roland | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Gerry Nelson | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Rudolph Fortin | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Winston Brown | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Chi-Chi Olivo | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| John Stadnicki | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| James Agnew | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Caffery | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Phillip Misley | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Hickman | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Ritter | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Don Edinger | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Wendell Doss | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Stewart Alton | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 270 | 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.
