1955 Kingsport Cherokees Statistics
Team Record: 64-62
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: Muscle Shoals (64-62)
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Attendance: 20,328, Avg. 323
Playoffs - Salem Rebels 2 games, Kingsport Cherokees 0
The Kingsport Cherokees of the Appalachian League ended the 1955 season with a record of 64 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Cherokees scored 761 runs and allowed 721 runs. Muscle Shoals led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .362 clip. Robert Wyzykowski topped Kingsport with 12 wins, while Jim Freeman recorded a 3.43 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers. Muscle Shoals served as manager.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Wyzykowski | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.38 | 31 | 20 | 191.0 | 193 | 105 | 93 | 19 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Jim Freeman | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.43 | 33 | 16 | 126.0 | 129 | 70 | 48 | 3 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Brackett | 9 | 3 | .750 | 4.58 | 21 | 17 | 108.0 | 115 | 78 | 55 | 6 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Rudy Riska | 8 | 12 | .400 | 5.78 | 31 | 18 | 151.0 | 160 | 106 | 97 | 16 | 99 | ||||||||||
| Jim Anders | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.56 | 10 | 10 | 88.0 | 74 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Thomas O'Dell | 4 | 5 | .444 | 7.50 | 20 | 4 | 60.0 | 70 | 51 | 50 | 7 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Tom Rockwell | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.36 | 15 | 4 | 33.0 | 34 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Sergio Hebra | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dale Kingma | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Gorrondona | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Morgan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Anderson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.76 | 14 | 5 | 51.0 | 48 | 33 | 27 | 3 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Robert Hathaway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Muscle Shoals | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Augustin Rodriguez | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Kitchen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Waldo Gonzalez | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ackrea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vincent Cimmino | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harry Jones | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Weinhaus | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 59 | 53 | .527 | 4.58 | 220 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 808.0 | 823 | 505 | 411 | 54 | 457 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muscle Shoals | 126 | 431 | 431 | 156 | 24 | 2 | 33 | .362 | .362 | .657 | 1.019 | 283 | |||||||||||
| Robert Pratt | 125 | 471 | 471 | 134 | 25 | 3 | 12 | .285 | .285 | .427 | .711 | 201 | |||||||||||
| Bob Shaulis | 125 | 459 | 459 | 124 | 21 | 5 | 15 | .270 | .270 | .436 | .706 | 200 | |||||||||||
| Leonard Cumberbatch | 95 | 376 | 376 | 110 | 22 | 0 | 7 | .293 | .293 | .407 | .699 | 153 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Charles | 110 | 383 | 383 | 109 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .285 | .285 | .363 | .648 | 139 | |||||||||||
| Jesus Gonzalez | 105 | 382 | 382 | 105 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .296 | .571 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Waldo Gonzalez | 67 | 283 | 283 | 85 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .300 | .300 | .399 | .700 | 113 | |||||||||||
| George Giles | 55 | 223 | 223 | 60 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .269 | .269 | .368 | .637 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Willie Mann | 68 | 206 | 206 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .223 | .223 | .291 | .515 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Fred Kitchen | 42 | 145 | 145 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .234 | .234 | .372 | .607 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Charles Dolley | 23 | 88 | 88 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .307 | .307 | .375 | .682 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Jim Freeman | 62 | 102 | 102 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .275 | .529 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Robert Wyzykowski | 39 | 85 | 85 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .235 | .235 | .353 | .588 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Jim Anders | 20 | 68 | 68 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .368 | .632 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Brackett | 28 | 54 | 54 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 | .296 | .296 | .593 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Juan Soler | 11 | 35 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .257 | .486 | 9 | |||||||||||
| William Morgan | 19 | 40 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Jim Lindsey | 14 | 48 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .146 | .146 | .292 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Ed Du Plessis | 10 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .312 | .312 | .500 | .812 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Thomas O'Dell | 20 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .320 | .520 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Rudy Riska | 31 | 43 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .116 | .116 | .163 | .279 | 7 | |||||||||||
| George Bailey | 11 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .160 | .160 | .280 | .440 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Robert Anderson | 15 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Augustin Rodriguez | 9 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jose Taboada | 8 | 23 | 23 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Fred Weinhaus | 4 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Rockwell | 15 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jose Barrios | 5 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Edgar Fields | 2 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Vincent Cimmino | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dale Kingma | 2 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Harry Jones | 3 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Sergio Hebra | 8 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Hathaway | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Donald Gorrondona | 6 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jose Herrera | 1 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1286 | 4122 | 4122 | 0 | 1114 | 166 | 30 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .385 | .655 | 1586 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Freeman | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Wyzykowski | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Rudy Riska | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Brackett | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas O'Dell | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Rockwell | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Anderson | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Augustin Rodriguez | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Sergio Hebra | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Gorrondona | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Weinhaus | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Jones | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Hathaway | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Vincent Cimmino | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Ackrea | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 196 | 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.
