1955 Globe-Miami Miners Statistics
Team Record: 51-87
Finished 7th in the AAL
Manager: Del Ballinger (0-0), LeRoy Reddell (0-0), Vern Campbell (0-0)
Location: Globe, Arizona; Miami, Arizona
Ballpark: O'Brien Park, O'Brien Park
Attendance: 33,886, Avg. 491
The Globe-Miami Miners of the Arizona-Mexico League ended the 1955 season with a record of 51 wins and 87 losses, finishing seventh in the AAL.
The Miners plated 788 runs and allowed 1102 runs, most in the league. Stephen Hill led all regular batters by connecting at a .333 clip. Harold Burton topped Globe-Miami with 12 wins, while William Kulpaca registered a 4.66 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Don Williams played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Globe-Miami Miners to do so.
Del Ballinger, LeRoy Reddell and Vern Campbell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Burton | 12 | 14 | .462 | 6.75 | 34 | 26 | 201.3 | 247 | 190 | 151 | 28 | 128 | ||||||||||
| William Kulpaca | 11 | 14 | .440 | 4.66 | 36 | 28 | 230.0 | 283 | 163 | 119 | 17 | 122 | ||||||||||
| Joe Watt | 9 | 12 | .429 | 6.30 | 23 | 19 | 150.0 | 187 | 135 | 105 | 13 | 84 | ||||||||||
| Pete Ropar | 6 | 14 | .300 | 6.19 | 29 | 19 | 144.0 | 173 | 124 | 99 | 16 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Bill Denney | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6.94 | 13 | 10 | 81.7 | 105 | 84 | 63 | 9 | 57 | ||||||||||
| James Mackey | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.74 | 8 | 3 | 33.7 | 36 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Ice | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Balcom | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Art Bunge | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.87 | 12 | 5 | 50.3 | 68 | 49 | 44 | 5 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Robert Bandelier | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.01 | 24 | 3 | 82.7 | 104 | 59 | 46 | 5 | 43 | ||||||||||
| George Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duane Wahl | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elias Osorio | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Don Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Hockel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Del Ballinger | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Cooley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gordon Thomas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Neward | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ray Steele | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ray Steele | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ed Graham | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Edmundson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Tucker | 0 | 5 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 48 | 80 | .375 | 5.97 | 222 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 973.7 | 1205 | 832 | 646 | 94 | 590 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Hill | 137 | 580 | 580 | 193 | 48 | 10 | 17 | .333 | .333 | .538 | .871 | 312 | |||||||||||
| Vern Campbell | 134 | 491 | 491 | 157 | 34 | 15 | 6 | .320 | .320 | .487 | .807 | 239 | |||||||||||
| Gordon Thomas | 121 | 422 | 422 | 137 | 17 | 11 | 0 | .325 | .325 | .417 | .742 | 176 | |||||||||||
| Bill Balcom | 116 | 433 | 433 | 122 | 26 | 8 | 14 | .282 | .282 | .476 | .758 | 206 | |||||||||||
| Ted Rhodes | 80 | 313 | 313 | 89 | 16 | 2 | 7 | .284 | .284 | .415 | .700 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Bill Denney | 77 | 269 | 269 | 72 | 13 | 3 | 20 | .268 | .268 | .561 | .829 | 151 | |||||||||||
| Warren Simpson | 69 | 245 | 245 | 63 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .257 | .257 | .392 | .649 | 96 | |||||||||||
| John Kilroy | 54 | 179 | 179 | 53 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .296 | .296 | .363 | .659 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Neward | 58 | 185 | 185 | 50 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .341 | .611 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Ray Steele | 59 | 204 | 204 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .181 | .181 | .211 | .392 | 43 | |||||||||||
| John Stein | 28 | 114 | 114 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .289 | .289 | .386 | .675 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Harold Burton | 49 | 101 | 101 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .307 | .307 | .337 | .644 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Del Ballinger | 30 | 86 | 86 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .337 | .337 | .407 | .744 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Jack Cooley | 23 | 100 | 100 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .290 | .290 | .510 | .800 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Pete Ortega | 30 | 114 | 114 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .351 | .596 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Horace Tucker | 30 | 107 | 107 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .215 | .215 | .336 | .551 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Martinez | 20 | 79 | 79 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .253 | .278 | .532 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Bob Whitworth | 26 | 82 | 82 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .244 | .244 | .390 | .634 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Art Bunge | 25 | 71 | 71 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .310 | .549 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Pete Ropar | 32 | 62 | 62 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .306 | .500 | 19 | |||||||||||
| William Kulpaca | 37 | 89 | 89 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .124 | .124 | .169 | .292 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Joe Watt | 27 | 68 | 68 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .147 | .147 | .265 | .412 | 18 | |||||||||||
| James Mackey | 14 | 33 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .242 | .242 | .485 | .727 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Larry Williams | 25 | 67 | 67 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .119 | .119 | .209 | .328 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Robert Bandelier | 24 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Charles Pearson | 4 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ed Graham | 1 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Granada | 5 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Duane Wahl | 6 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Tucker | 8 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Hockel | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gerald Ice | 2 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Thomas | 8 | 20 | 20 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Taft | 3 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Buttrey | 2 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ray Steele | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Elias Osorio | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Edmundson | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1371 | 4608 | 4608 | 0 | 1255 | 226 | 82 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .272 | .408 | .681 | 1882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Kulpaca | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Burton | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Ropar | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Watt | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Tucker | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| James Mackey | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Duane Wahl | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| George Edmundson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Ice | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Don Williams | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Steele | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Elias Osorio | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Hockel | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Graham | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 155 | 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.
