1955 Fresno Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 104-43
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Roland LeBlanc (104-43)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Fresno, California
Ballpark: John Euless Park
Attendance: 65,592, Avg. 892
Playoffs - Fresno Cardinals 3 games, Stockton Ports 1
The Fresno Cardinals of the California League ended the 1955 season with a record of 104 wins and 43 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Cardinals paced the circuit with 1048 runs, ignited by 105 home runs. Fresno surrendered 684 runs. Bobby Smith led all regular batters by hitting .370. Glen Stabelfeld earned 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Tom Hughes, too added 15 or more wins, too George Moton recorded a 3.02 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1955 Fresno Cardinals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mel Nelson, Bobby Smith, Tom Hughes and Benny Valenzuela.
Roland LeBlanc 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Stabelfeld | 24 | 4 | .857 | 3.07 | 34 | 28 | 229.0 | 234 | 98 | 78 | 12 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Tom Hughes | 20 | 6 | .769 | 3.57 | 33 | 31 | 222.0 | 186 | 110 | 88 | 5 | 142 | ||||||||||
| Manny Pérez | 14 | 5 | .737 | 4.13 | 32 | 24 | 181.0 | 193 | 96 | 83 | 13 | 70 | ||||||||||
| George Moton | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.02 | 19 | 18 | 128.0 | 103 | 52 | 43 | 4 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Bill Knox | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.68 | 26 | 17 | 142.0 | 144 | 72 | 58 | 8 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Darrell Thompson | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.03 | 32 | 5 | 98.3 | 95 | 63 | 44 | 6 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Dale Bithell | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.11 | 35 | 7 | 105.0 | 106 | 66 | 48 | 9 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Jim Hiland | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.81 | 12 | 8 | 58.0 | 48 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Donald Green | 3 | 2 | .600 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vincent Kilpela | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ken Wright | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Rooks | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ken Combs | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Larry Bolger | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 103 | 43 | .705 | 3.66 | 260 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1163.3 | 1109 | 594 | 473 | 59 | 572 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Valenzuela | 147 | 591 | 591 | 209 | 32 | 19 | 11 | .354 | .354 | .528 | .882 | 312 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Smith | 141 | 557 | 557 | 206 | 26 | 16 | 18 | .370 | .370 | .571 | .941 | 318 | |||||||||||
| Mel Nelson | 147 | 625 | 625 | 185 | 29 | 8 | 27 | .296 | .296 | .498 | .794 | 311 | |||||||||||
| Bob White | 144 | 544 | 544 | 175 | 37 | 8 | 5 | .322 | .322 | .447 | .768 | 243 | |||||||||||
| Lyle Krall | 146 | 518 | 518 | 152 | 28 | 10 | 6 | .293 | .293 | .421 | .714 | 218 | |||||||||||
| Roland LeBlanc | 135 | 462 | 462 | 150 | 26 | 4 | 11 | .325 | .325 | .470 | .794 | 217 | |||||||||||
| Joe Conte | 100 | 393 | 393 | 101 | 22 | 2 | 9 | .257 | .257 | .392 | .649 | 154 | |||||||||||
| Ricardo Garza | 107 | 355 | 355 | 94 | 20 | 5 | 8 | .265 | .265 | .417 | .682 | 148 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Jones | 80 | 196 | 196 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .276 | .276 | .357 | .633 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Ronny Camacho | 54 | 193 | 193 | 52 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .269 | .269 | .399 | .668 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Tom Hughes | 46 | 105 | 105 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .248 | .248 | .381 | .629 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Glen Stabelfeld | 37 | 88 | 88 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .193 | .193 | .261 | .455 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Ron Ott | 17 | 38 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .342 | .342 | .421 | .763 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Bill Knox | 28 | 54 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .204 | .389 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Manny Pérez | 32 | 53 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .170 | .170 | .189 | .358 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Rivers | 25 | 43 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .163 | .163 | .256 | .419 | 11 | |||||||||||
| George Moton | 19 | 49 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .245 | .388 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Dale Bithell | 35 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .156 | .312 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Jim Hiland | 12 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .158 | .263 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Darrell Thompson | 32 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Maurer | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Larry Bolger | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ken Combs | 7 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Donald Green | 9 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Griffin | 4 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gerald Rooks | 5 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Vincent Kilpela | 9 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ken Wright | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1526 | 4976 | 4976 | 0 | 1476 | 254 | 78 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .297 | .297 | .442 | .739 | 2201 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Bithell | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Glen Stabelfeld | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Hughes | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Darrell Thompson | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Manny Pérez | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Knox | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| George Moton | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Hiland | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Vincent Kilpela | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Green | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Combs | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Rooks | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Wright | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Bolger | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 260 | 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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