1955 Hamilton Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 82-43
Finished 1st in the PONYL
Manager: Eddie Lyons (82-43)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Ballpark: Civic Baseball Stadium
Attendance: 53,989, Avg. 864
Playoffs - Hamilton Cardinals 2 games, Wellsville Braves 1
Finals - Hamilton Cardinals 3 games, Corning Red Sox 0
The Hamilton Cardinals of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1955 season with a record of 82 wins and 43 losses, finishing first in the PONYL.
The Cardinals topped the league with 836 runs. Hamilton allowed 572 runs, least in the league. Ed Lyons topped all regular batters by connecting at a .350 clip. Gary Geiger led the squad with 20 wins, while Burlon Cloer and Dave Lutz also added 15 or more victories also Gary Geiger recorded a 1.98 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1955 Hamilton Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Paul Toth, Ed Lyons and Gary Geiger.
Eddie Lyons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Geiger | 20 | 7 | .741 | 1.98 | 28 | 27 | 236.0 | 173 | 68 | 52 | 6 | 115 | ||||||||||
| Dave Lutz | 16 | 4 | .800 | 2.86 | 24 | 21 | 176.0 | 186 | 71 | 56 | 7 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Burlon Cloer | 15 | 5 | .750 | 4.04 | 26 | 24 | 176.0 | 161 | 88 | 79 | 8 | 94 | ||||||||||
| Jere Hill | 10 | 8 | .556 | 5.27 | 27 | 18 | 140.0 | 125 | 99 | 82 | 3 | 113 | ||||||||||
| Paul Toth | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.83 | 32 | 3 | 87.0 | 76 | 46 | 37 | 5 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Robert Foreman | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.96 | 22 | 10 | 83.0 | 78 | 76 | 55 | 0 | 93 | ||||||||||
| Hersey Smith | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Albert Runtes | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Foster | 1 | 1 | .500 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eugene Pami | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Nagel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Lyons | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Jacobs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Anderson | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arthur Burnett | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Royer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dale Glunn | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 78 | 41 | .655 | 3.62 | 205 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 898.0 | 799 | 448 | 361 | 29 | 540 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Brown | 120 | 428 | 428 | 146 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .341 | .341 | .418 | .759 | 179 | |||||||||||
| Ed Lyons | 114 | 389 | 389 | 136 | 34 | 0 | 17 | .350 | .350 | .568 | .918 | 221 | |||||||||||
| Art Remsa | 124 | 445 | 445 | 135 | 18 | 6 | 4 | .303 | .303 | .398 | .701 | 177 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Burnett | 115 | 428 | 428 | 133 | 24 | 6 | 4 | .311 | .311 | .423 | .734 | 181 | |||||||||||
| Larry Cunningham | 120 | 480 | 480 | 131 | 18 | 7 | 5 | .273 | .273 | .371 | .644 | 178 | |||||||||||
| Alan Willner | 117 | 468 | 468 | 124 | 19 | 6 | 4 | .265 | .265 | .357 | .622 | 167 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Merandi | 96 | 360 | 360 | 89 | 19 | 1 | 7 | .247 | .247 | .364 | .611 | 131 | |||||||||||
| James Teller | 119 | 402 | 402 | 87 | 23 | 4 | 6 | .216 | .216 | .338 | .555 | 136 | |||||||||||
| Donald Camden | 66 | 193 | 193 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .259 | .259 | .378 | .637 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Gary Geiger | 69 | 135 | 135 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .289 | .289 | .415 | .704 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Jere Hill | 47 | 77 | 77 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .325 | .610 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Merle Wise | 23 | 70 | 70 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .271 | .271 | .357 | .629 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Burlon Cloer | 34 | 60 | 60 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .317 | .567 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Dave Lutz | 24 | 67 | 67 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .149 | .179 | .328 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Carl Cassell | 17 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .239 | .435 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Rivers | 11 | 33 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .212 | .394 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Nilo Giavedoni | 15 | 35 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .114 | .114 | .114 | .229 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Paul Toth | 35 | 36 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .139 | .250 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Foster | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Robert Foreman | 22 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Robert Jacobs | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Cotula | 3 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Hersey Smith | 5 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Daniel Skillings | 3 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Albert Runtes | 3 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Royer | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Eugene Pami | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Nagel | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ed Anderson | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1331 | 4225 | 4225 | 0 | 1161 | 201 | 38 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .381 | .656 | 1609 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Toth | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Jere Hill | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Burlon Cloer | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Lutz | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Foreman | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Foster | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Anderson | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Hersey Smith | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Albert Runtes | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Dale Glunn | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Royer | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Pami | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Nagel | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Jacobs | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 169 | 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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