1955 Kokomo Giants Statistics
Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 64-62
Finished 4th in the MOVL
Manager: Walt Dixon (0-0), Jack Milaskey (0-0)
Location: Kokomo, Indiana
Ballpark: Highland Park Stadium
Attendance: 45,289, Avg. 719
1955 Kokomo Giants RosterTeam Record: 64-62
Finished 4th in the MOVL
Manager: Walt Dixon (0-0), Jack Milaskey (0-0)
Location: Kokomo, Indiana
Ballpark: Highland Park Stadium
Attendance: 45,289, Avg. 719
Playoffs - Mattoon Indians 2 games, Kokomo Giants 0
The Kokomo Giants of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1955 season with a record of 64 wins and 62 losses, finishing fourth in the MOVL.
The Giants plated 786 runs and surrendered 803 runs.
Orlando Cepeda played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Kokomo Giants to do so.
Walt Dixon and Jack Milaskey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Evans | 21 | 10 | .677 | 5.15 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 194.0 | 217 | 134 | 111 | 23 | 82 | 130 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| William Morgan | 9 | 7 | .562 | 5.15 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 138.0 | 151 | 92 | 79 | 9 | 56 | 101 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Ray Snyders | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.50 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 170.0 | 168 | 106 | 85 | 12 | 91 | 100 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Dwight Feimster | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5.64 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 142.0 | 144 | 109 | 89 | 10 | 107 | 121 | 11 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| William Wright | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.40 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 80.0 | 103 | 56 | 48 | 6 | 29 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Eric Doughtie | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Russo | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6.11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 53.0 | 56 | 49 | 36 | 9 | 39 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Clark Mains | 3 | 4 | .429 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Keith Nims | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.90 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 61.0 | 65 | 43 | 40 | 7 | 40 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Richard Avery | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| George Fort | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Dobberstein | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Alan Bower | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.79 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 51 | 44 | 27 | 3 | 32 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Jim Freeman | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Tyre | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dale Cartier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walt Dixon | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Malcolm Mohr | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Loyd | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dale Kingma | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Delida | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Joel Rolla | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Richard Jennings | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 64 | 62 | .508 | 5.27 | 252 | 103 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 880.0 | 955 | 633 | 515 | 79 | 476 | 0 | 670 | 37 | 2 | 31 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Jennings | 127 | 575 | 486 | 110 | 153 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 96 | 3 | 77 | 92 | .315 | .407 | .514 | .921 | 250 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||
| Orlando Cepeda | 92 | 407 | 374 | 83 | 147 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 91 | 5 | 25 | 61 | .393 | .433 | .634 | 1.067 | 237 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Donald Battle | 122 | 572 | 466 | 114 | 126 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 18 | 96 | 95 | .270 | .398 | .354 | .752 | 165 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Walt Dixon | 115 | 477 | 377 | 88 | 117 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 112 | 5 | 92 | 46 | .310 | .442 | .541 | .983 | 204 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Dale Cartier | 104 | 397 | 341 | 63 | 106 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 65 | 5 | 48 | 58 | .311 | .402 | .563 | .965 | 192 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Henry Malles | 116 | 491 | 404 | 76 | 101 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 84 | 61 | .250 | .380 | .307 | .687 | 124 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jack Milaskey | 121 | 494 | 434 | 53 | 100 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 3 | 44 | 102 | .230 | .305 | .339 | .644 | 147 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |||
| Enrique Cardenas | 121 | 498 | 428 | 74 | 91 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 11 | 56 | 76 | .213 | .312 | .276 | .587 | 118 | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Kenneth Napier | 51 | 188 | 165 | 13 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 27 | .212 | .305 | .248 | .553 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Allen Evans | 79 | 132 | 114 | 26 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | .254 | .346 | .289 | .636 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Robert DeCarlo | 36 | 148 | 109 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 37 | 29 | .193 | .401 | .275 | .677 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Platt | 24 | 78 | 62 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 12 | .306 | .436 | .419 | .855 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dwight Feimster | 36 | 61 | 52 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .250 | .316 | .269 | .585 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Ray Charles | 18 | 56 | 52 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .212 | .268 | .308 | .576 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Snyders | 35 | 76 | 58 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 16 | .190 | .355 | .293 | .648 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| William Morgan | 28 | 64 | 57 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .175 | .254 | .316 | .570 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Edgar Fields | 12 | 38 | 33 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .212 | .316 | .394 | .710 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eric Doughtie | 9 | 19 | 19 | 6 | .316 | .316 | .316 | .632 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Alan Bower | 12 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clark Mains | 9 | 24 | 24 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Keith Nims | 14 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .115 | .148 | .154 | .302 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Dobberstein | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Martin | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Loyd | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Anthony Russo | 15 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| William Wright | 14 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .034 | .200 | .034 | .234 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joel Rolla | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Tyre | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Freeman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| George Fort | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Delida | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Avery | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Clyde Angelos | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1343 | 4930 | 4177 | 783 | 1120 | 178 | 34 | 101 | 667 | 73 | 0 | 654 | 774 | .268 | .369 | .400 | .769 | 1669 | 0 | 29 | 47 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Dixon | 1B | 110 | 783 | 45 | 21 | 43 | .975 | 7.527 | ||||
| Dale Cartier | 1B | 24 | 133 | 4 | 3 | 7 | .979 | 5.708 | ||||
| Henry Malles | 2B | 100 | 216 | 207 | 23 | 37 | .948 | 4.230 | ||||
| Kenneth Napier | 2B | 31 | 69 | 90 | 12 | 12 | .930 | 5.129 | ||||
| Orlando Cepeda | 3B | 91 | 93 | 158 | 27 | 14 | .903 | 2.758 | ||||
| Robert DeCarlo | 3B | 35 | 31 | 61 | 17 | 4 | .844 | 2.629 | ||||
| Jack Milaskey | C | 121 | 826 | 75 | 21 | 7 | .977 | 7.446 | 11 | |||
| Ray Charles | C | 11 | 58 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .925 | 5.636 | 1 | |||
| Richard Jennings | OF | 126 | 163 | 14 | 15 | 2 | .922 | 1.405 | ||||
| Donald Battle | OF | 122 | 305 | 10 | 25 | 0 | .926 | 2.582 | ||||
| Dale Cartier | OF | 78 | 106 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .967 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Platt | OF | 19 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 1.632 | ||||
| Henry Malles | OF | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .727 | .500 | ||||
| Allen Evans | P | 60 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 2 | .857 | .700 | ||||
| Ray Snyders | P | 33 | 8 | 39 | 3 | 2 | .940 | 1.424 | ||||
| Dwight Feimster | P | 30 | 3 | 29 | 5 | 1 | .865 | 1.067 | ||||
| William Morgan | P | 23 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 1.348 | ||||
| Anthony Russo | P | 15 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .867 | ||||
| Keith Nims | P | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| William Wright | P | 13 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.231 | ||||
| Alan Bower | P | 12 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Clark Mains | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric Doughtie | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joel Rolla | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Dobberstein | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Avery | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Tyre | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Jennings | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Freeman | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walt Dixon | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Malcolm Mohr | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Loyd | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dale Kingma | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Fort | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Delida | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dale Cartier | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Enrique Cardenas | SS | 115 | 199 | 274 | 45 | 29 | .913 | 4.113 | ||||
| Kenneth Napier | SS | 15 | 25 | 35 | 2 | 8 | .968 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1266 | 3087 | 1153 | 247 | 171 | .945 | 3.349 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
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.
