1955 Elmira Pioneers Statistics
Team Record: 56-83
Finished 7th in the EL
Manager: Ray Hathaway (56-83)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 39,276, Avg. 565
The Elmira Pioneers of the Eastern League ended the 1955 season with a record of 56 wins and 83 losses, finishing seventh in the EL.
The Pioneers plated 736 runs and conceded 788 runs. Lacey Curry led all regular hitters by hitting .299. Joseph Gushanas topped Elmira with 10 wins, while Tom Bigham recorded a 3.69 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1955 Elmira Pioneers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Charley Hall, Chuck Coles, Danny McDevitt and Ray Hathaway.
Ray Hathaway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Gushanas | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.99 | 35 | 22 | 173.0 | 188 | 128 | 96 | 7 | 128 | ||||||||||
| Tom Puehl | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.71 | 20 | 14 | 105.0 | 106 | 66 | 55 | 6 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Lester Fessette | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.11 | 28 | 15 | 127.0 | 139 | 69 | 58 | 8 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Tom Bigham | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.69 | 24 | 19 | 134.0 | 121 | 74 | 55 | 7 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Don Brate | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.85 | 37 | 18 | 166.0 | 179 | 95 | 71 | 8 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Melvin Chaplin | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.63 | 8 | 5 | 38.0 | 55 | 29 | 28 | 4 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Robert Faust | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.62 | 26 | 12 | 107.0 | 104 | 61 | 43 | 2 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Ray Hathaway | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Bielemeier | 2 | 2 | .500 | 16 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Herlihy | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.13 | 19 | 2 | 47.0 | 48 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Charles Ready | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.93 | 16 | 7 | 41.0 | 42 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Danny McDevitt | 2 | 11 | .154 | 5.56 | 17 | 14 | 89.0 | 92 | 73 | 55 | 3 | 68 | ||||||||||
| Eugene Kern | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Kniffen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Owen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Sprankle | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.93 | 19 | 3 | 42.0 | 47 | 46 | 37 | 4 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Larry Ludtke | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Douglas Gostlin | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Williams | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 56 | 83 | .403 | 4.69 | 298 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1069.0 | 1121 | 712 | 557 | 55 | 619 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacey Curry | 139 | 556 | 556 | 166 | 29 | 9 | 1 | .299 | .299 | .388 | .687 | 216 | |||||||||||
| Lawrence Stankey | 139 | 503 | 503 | 132 | 23 | 10 | 20 | .262 | .262 | .467 | .730 | 235 | |||||||||||
| Dave Mann | 131 | 465 | 465 | 128 | 15 | 15 | 7 | .275 | .275 | .417 | .692 | 194 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Elkins | 134 | 436 | 436 | 121 | 18 | 16 | 10 | .278 | .278 | .461 | .739 | 201 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Coles | 114 | 431 | 431 | 120 | 35 | 8 | 13 | .278 | .278 | .487 | .766 | 210 | |||||||||||
| Mike Napoli | 129 | 412 | 412 | 111 | 20 | 3 | 7 | .269 | .269 | .383 | .653 | 158 | |||||||||||
| Martin Devlin | 69 | 298 | 298 | 98 | 17 | 5 | 3 | .329 | .329 | .450 | .779 | 134 | |||||||||||
| Edwin Lindsey | 77 | 258 | 258 | 65 | 19 | 3 | 7 | .252 | .252 | .430 | .682 | 111 | |||||||||||
| Arthur McBride | 79 | 229 | 229 | 61 | 15 | 6 | 6 | .266 | .266 | .463 | .729 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Jack Whitehead | 93 | 223 | 223 | 57 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .256 | .256 | .341 | .596 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Dolan | 40 | 152 | 152 | 44 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .289 | .289 | .434 | .724 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Soraci | 15 | 68 | 68 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .265 | .265 | .368 | .632 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Emil Syngel | 25 | 48 | 48 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .312 | .312 | .417 | .729 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Gushanas | 47 | 69 | 69 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .217 | .217 | .333 | .551 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Tom Puehl | 20 | 43 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .302 | .302 | .349 | .651 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Lester Fessette | 30 | 52 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .365 | .615 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Don Brate | 44 | 56 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .196 | .375 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Charley Hall | 27 | 50 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .160 | .160 | .260 | .420 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Danny McDevitt | 25 | 36 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .278 | .444 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Joe Potts | 19 | 47 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .106 | .106 | .106 | .213 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Robert Faust | 28 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .129 | .161 | .290 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Tom Bigham | 27 | 43 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .093 | .093 | .116 | .209 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Charles Ready | 17 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Larry Ludtke | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | |||||||||||
| James Sprankle | 22 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe Bielemeier | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Owen | 6 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick Moseley | 2 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Terry Kniffen | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Eugene Kern | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Herlihy | 19 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ray Hathaway | 5 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Douglas Gostlin | 6 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Melvin Chaplin | 8 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Johnny Williams | 4 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1570 | 4602 | 4602 | 0 | 1217 | 234 | 82 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .264 | .404 | .669 | 1861 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Brate | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Gushanas | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Lester Fessette | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Faust | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Bigham | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Puehl | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| James Sprankle | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| James Herlihy | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Danny McDevitt | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Ready | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Bielemeier | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Ludtke | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Melvin Chaplin | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Douglas Gostlin | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Owen | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Hathaway | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Johnny Williams | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Terry Kniffen | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Kern | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 298 | 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.
