1955 Johnson City Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 74-51
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Wayne Wallace (74-51)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
Ballpark: Keystone Field
Attendance: 29,919, Avg. 479
Playoffs - Johnson City Cardinals 2 games, Bristol Twins 1
The Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League ended the 1955 season with a record of 74 wins and 51 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Cardinals scored 774 runs and gave up 689 runs. Grady Chavis led batters with significant playing time with a .377 average. Howie Nunn topped Johnson City with 18 wins and a team-best 3.11 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Howie Nunn played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Johnson City Cardinals to do so.
Wayne Wallace 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Nunn | 18 | 5 | .783 | 3.11 | 36 | 29 | 243.0 | 237 | 110 | 84 | 16 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Ted Thiem | 14 | 10 | .583 | 4.02 | 32 | 21 | 179.0 | 183 | 105 | 80 | 13 | 73 | ||||||||||
| James Hemric | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.82 | 31 | 18 | 172.0 | 162 | 88 | 73 | 13 | 88 | ||||||||||
| John Sorrentino | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.24 | 24 | 21 | 123.0 | 119 | 78 | 58 | 10 | 77 | ||||||||||
| George Cox | 6 | 7 | .462 | 6.48 | 23 | 10 | 82.0 | 84 | 74 | 59 | 10 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Vincent Zerda | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.42 | 18 | 10 | 79.0 | 60 | 40 | 30 | 3 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Richard Wilson | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Young | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.71 | 20 | 4 | 42.0 | 52 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Foster | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stanley Chincheck | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Adrian Roof | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Graham | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.58 | 21 | 3 | 52.0 | 66 | 53 | 38 | 3 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Bill Nagel | 1 | 3 | .250 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harry Keister | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 73 | 51 | .589 | 4.11 | 242 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 972.0 | 963 | 586 | 444 | 71 | 506 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Huffman | 124 | 503 | 503 | 164 | 34 | 12 | 2 | .326 | .326 | .453 | .779 | 228 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Wallace | 116 | 422 | 422 | 150 | 35 | 11 | 21 | .355 | .355 | .640 | .995 | 270 | |||||||||||
| Harry Keister | 128 | 472 | 472 | 146 | 21 | 10 | 27 | .309 | .309 | .568 | .877 | 268 | |||||||||||
| Grady Chavis | 109 | 350 | 350 | 132 | 15 | 10 | 3 | .377 | .377 | .503 | .880 | 176 | |||||||||||
| Jack Pendley | 117 | 444 | 444 | 129 | 15 | 10 | 8 | .291 | .291 | .423 | .714 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Coppedge | 118 | 448 | 448 | 112 | 12 | 7 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .328 | .578 | 147 | |||||||||||
| Richard Czekaj | 116 | 355 | 355 | 102 | 15 | 4 | 25 | .287 | .287 | .563 | .851 | 200 | |||||||||||
| Donald Colpoys | 91 | 270 | 270 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 8 | .226 | .226 | .344 | .570 | 93 | |||||||||||
| Jimmy Bradley | 47 | 155 | 155 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .265 | .265 | .381 | .645 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Joe McDuffee | 37 | 144 | 144 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .306 | .556 | 44 | |||||||||||
| James Hemric | 46 | 89 | 89 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .292 | .551 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Ted Thiem | 45 | 92 | 92 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .228 | .228 | .359 | .587 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Nilo Giavedoni | 30 | 114 | 114 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .149 | .175 | .325 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Howie Nunn | 37 | 88 | 88 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .216 | .398 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Richard Snyder | 19 | 64 | 64 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .219 | .281 | .500 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Vincent Zerda | 26 | 45 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .289 | .289 | .400 | .689 | 18 | |||||||||||
| John Sorrentino | 25 | 45 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .178 | .333 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Donald Young | 21 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 6 | |||||||||||
| John Graham | 23 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .263 | .526 | 5 | |||||||||||
| George Cox | 23 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .030 | .030 | .030 | .061 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Adrian Roof | 7 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Nagel | 9 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Lange | 3 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Foster | 5 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Stanley Chincheck | 5 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Wilson | 9 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ron Kaintz | 3 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1339 | 4215 | 4215 | 0 | 1195 | 184 | 71 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .284 | .433 | .717 | 1827 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Nunn | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Thiem | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| James Hemric | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| John Sorrentino | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| George Cox | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| John Graham | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Young | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Vincent Zerda | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Wilson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Nagel | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Adrian Roof | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Foster | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Stanley Chincheck | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 240 | 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.
