1955 Jacksonville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 2nd in the SAL
Manager: Ben Geraghty (79-61)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 124,211, Avg. 1,774
Playoffs - Montgomery Rebels 1 game, Jacksonville Braves 0
The Jacksonville Braves of the South Atlantic League ended the 1955 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the SAL.
The Braves scored 624 runs and conceded 557 runs. Wes Covington led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .326 clip. Richard Carmichael topped Jacksonville with 13 wins, while Paul Cave earned a 2.04 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Mike Krsnich, Paul Burris, Mike Roarke, Bobby Malkmus, Al Spangler, Adrián Zabala, Roger McCardell, Nat Peeples and Wes Covington were all players from the 1955 Jacksonville Braves who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Ben Geraghty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Carmichael | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2.77 | 31 | 25 | 172.0 | 160 | 79 | 53 | 3 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Paul Cave | 12 | 9 | .571 | 2.04 | 22 | 19 | 163.0 | 129 | 55 | 37 | 3 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Adrián Zabala | 11 | 3 | .786 | 1.82 | 36 | 1 | 74.0 | 65 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Dick Grabowski | 10 | 9 | .526 | 2.58 | 23 | 23 | 185.0 | 153 | 62 | 53 | 8 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Noel Oquendo | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.29 | 26 | 17 | 117.7 | 114 | 57 | 43 | 3 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Dick Roberson | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.84 | 35 | 4 | 91.3 | 97 | 46 | 39 | 10 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Herb Shankman | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.30 | 27 | 6 | 69.0 | 67 | 38 | 33 | 2 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Frederick Vogel | 6 | 14 | .300 | 3.81 | 31 | 29 | 201.0 | 184 | 106 | 85 | 8 | 96 | ||||||||||
| Howard Anderson | 5 | 2 | .714 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vern Edmunds | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Kelly | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Malcolm Landry | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vic Rehm | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rudolph Fortin | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Winston Brown | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stewart Alton | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Roland | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 79 | 60 | .568 | 3.00 | 282 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1073.0 | 969 | 465 | 358 | 39 | 541 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Covington | 134 | 531 | 531 | 173 | 21 | 14 | 16 | .326 | .326 | .508 | .834 | 270 | |||||||||||
| Al Spangler | 129 | 488 | 488 | 140 | 16 | 10 | 5 | .287 | .287 | .391 | .678 | 191 | |||||||||||
| Horace Garner | 123 | 425 | 425 | 125 | 11 | 4 | 18 | .294 | .294 | .466 | .760 | 198 | |||||||||||
| Harry Warner | 129 | 427 | 427 | 117 | 21 | 6 | 8 | .274 | .274 | .407 | .681 | 174 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Malkmus | 117 | 449 | 449 | 109 | 20 | 7 | 10 | .243 | .243 | .385 | .628 | 173 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Facchini | 100 | 415 | 415 | 97 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .289 | .523 | 120 | |||||||||||
| Joe Polich | 103 | 356 | 356 | 96 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .270 | .270 | .309 | .579 | 110 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Andrews | 62 | 179 | 179 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .251 | .251 | .397 | .648 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Roger McCardell | 55 | 182 | 182 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .242 | .242 | .346 | .588 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Mike Krsnich | 37 | 120 | 120 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .242 | .242 | .367 | .608 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Nat Peeples | 40 | 100 | 100 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .270 | .270 | .400 | .670 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Donald Damiano | 32 | 107 | 107 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .271 | .505 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Bill Wilhelm | 35 | 104 | 104 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .202 | .202 | .288 | .490 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Mike Roarke | 49 | 141 | 141 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .135 | .135 | .199 | .333 | 28 | |||||||||||
| John Liptak | 19 | 48 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .292 | .354 | .646 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Paul Cave | 29 | 59 | 59 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .203 | .203 | .407 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Dick Grabowski | 24 | 60 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .250 | .450 | 15 | |||||||||||
| William Casey | 18 | 42 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .310 | .524 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Bill Porter | 11 | 39 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .205 | .359 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Noel Oquendo | 26 | 37 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .108 | .108 | .162 | .270 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Richard Carmichael | 33 | 60 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .100 | .167 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Adrián Zabala | 36 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .438 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Christian | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Herb Shankman | 27 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Frederick Vogel | 31 | 68 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .029 | .029 | .029 | .059 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Dick Roberson | 35 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .042 | .042 | .042 | .083 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Howard Anderson | 8 | 21 | 21 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Raymond Bortz | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Burris | 4 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Roland | 8 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Long | 7 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Wayne Cummings | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Vern Edmunds | 6 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Rudolph Fortin | 6 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick Kelly | 7 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Malcolm Landry | 8 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Stewart Alton | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1504 | 4573 | 4573 | 0 | 1138 | 161 | 54 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .249 | .249 | .356 | .605 | 1629 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrián Zabala | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Roberson | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Frederick Vogel | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Carmichael | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Herb Shankman | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Noel Oquendo | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Grabowski | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Cave | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Roland | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Malcolm Landry | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Howard Anderson | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Kelly | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Rudolph Fortin | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Vern Edmunds | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Winston Brown | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Stewart Alton | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Vic Rehm | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 282 | 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.
