1955 Los Angeles Angels Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 91-81
Finished 4th in the PCL
Manager: Bill Sweeney (0-0), Jack Warner (0-0), Bob Scheffing (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Los Angeles, California
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 291,732, Avg. 3,392

1955 Los Angeles Angels Roster

The Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1955 season with a record of 91 wins and 81 losses, finishing fourth in the PCL.

The Angels plated 678 runs and gave up 659 runs. Steve Bilko walloped 37 home runs for Los Angeles, and Hal Rice added 15 or more as well. Steve Bilko drove in 124 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .328 clip. Jim Brosnan and Don Elston led the team with 17 wins each, while Jim Brosnan recorded a 2.38 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1955 Los Angeles Angels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tommy Brown, Cal McLish, Buzz Clarkson, Jim Brosnan, Vern Morgan, Ed Winceniak, Don Elston, Turk Lown, Gene Mauch, Gale Wade, Al Lary, Don Robertson, Solly Drake, John Pyecha, Joe Hatten, Bob Usher, El Tappe, George Piktuzis, Hal Rice, Dave Hillman, Johnny Pramesa, Bud Hardin, Steve Bilko, Casey Wise, Lorenzo Davis, Jim Fanning, Bob Talbot, Bob Zick, Hy Cohen, Bill Tremel, Joe Stanka and Bubba Church.

Bill Sweeney, Jack Warner and Bob Scheffing 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
Don Elston	17	6	.739	3.06	53	22		8	2		223.7	209	84	76	19	77		146	2	0	2
Jim Brosnan	17	10	.630	2.38	31	31		9	3		223.0	188	61	59	15	66		133	0	0	4
Turk Lown	12	5	.706	2.13	61	2		0	0		114.3	91	53	27	4	49		96	4	0	1
Bubba Church	11	7	.611	3.66	34	14		5	2		142.7	141	65	58	18	41		67	2	0	1
Joe Hatten	11	9	.550	3.73	39	28		11	3		188.0	214	84	78	8	65		116	3	1	5
George Piktuzis	7	13	.350	3.70	34	31		6	2		182.7	180	82	75	12	94		152	7	1	4
Hy Cohen	5	10	.333	3.59	18	16		4	2		100.3	96	40	40	9	34		40	2	0	3
Ray Bauer	3	3	.500	3.00	34	1		0	0		42.0	42	20	14	3	12		19	1	0	2
Dwight Stoddard	2	2	.500	4.20	9	4		1	0		30.0	32	20	14	4	5		7	0	0	1
Bob Zick	2	7	.222	5.01	40	10		1	0		106.0	100	59	59	12	49		42	4	0	6
Bill Tremel	1	0	1.000	7.27	6	0		0	0		8.7	17	11	7	1	3		7	0	0	1
Dave Hillman	1	1	.500	2.22	3	3		0	0		24.3	16	7	6	3	6		9	0	0	0
Joe Kuncl	1	1	.500	3.03	19	1		0	0		35.7	35	19	12	2	11		13	1	0	0
Cal McLish	1	3	.250	5.32	4	3		1	0		22.0	24	14	13	3	5		10	0	0	0
Paul Menking	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	3	1	1	1	0		0	0	0	0
Joe Stanka	0	0		9.00	2	1		0	0		4.0	8	4	4	2	2		2	0	0	0
Paul Hoffmeister	0	0		13.50	1	0		0	0		0.7	2	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0
Al Lary	0	1	.000	9.53	6	1		0	0		11.3	18	14	12	4	8		9	0	1	2
John Pyecha	0	3	.000	4.10	10	4		1	0		37.3	38	28	17	4	19		10	1	0	1
Totals	91	81	.529	3.44	405	172	0	47	14	0	1497.7	1454	667	573	124	546	0	879	27	3	33	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
Steve Bilko	168	702	622	105	204	35	3	37	124	4		73	104	.328	.396	.572	.968	356	20	1	0	6
Gene Mauch	155	665	584	93	173	37	4	8	49	22		59	38	.296	.360	.414	.774	242	14	1	17	4
Hal Rice	142	553	493	69	129	21	0	25	78	6		47	80	.262	.324	.456	.780	225	7	0	9	4
Gale Wade	101	435	378	67	117	20	3	8	27	23		51	54	.310	.396	.442	.838	167	5	4	1	1
Ed Winceniak	128	440	415	40	103	17	0	12	51	5		14	57	.248	.276	.376	.652	156	10	4	2	5
Buzz Clarkson	100	357	316	40	93	8	0	13	46	1		34	28	.294	.366	.443	.809	140	11	3	2	2
Bob Coats	122	379	337	38	93	16	1	2	33	12		36	34	.276	.343	.347	.690	117	4	0	3	3
Bob Usher	128	431	394	37	89	12	2	10	46	8		27	45	.226	.273	.343	.616	135	8	0	6	4
Bud Hardin	123	328	299	19	78	11	1	0	24	1		24	35	.261	.319	.304	.623	91	8	2	2	1
Lorenzo Davis	82	274	253	26	64	12	1	4	22	1		15	23	.253	.297	.356	.652	90	7	2	1	3
Jim Fanning	88	249	234	13	53	4	1	4	27	2		7	27	.226	.251	.303	.554	71	10	1	6	1
Bob Talbot	48	214	200	26	45	5	0	3	14	4		11	21	.225	.265	.295	.560	59	2	0	3	0
Johnny Pramesa	61	187	164	12	43	6	1	3	21	1		20	22	.262	.353	.366	.719	60	2	3	0	0
Solly Drake	44	180	161	22	42	5	0	1	11	1		14	29	.261	.322	.311	.633	50	1	1	3	1
El Tappe	62	187	165	12	20	3	0	0	8	0		12	13	.121	.181	.139	.320	23	4	0	10	0
Vern Morgan	28	99	89	12	15	1	1	3	6	1		8	15	.169	.237	.303	.540	27	0	0	2	0
Jim Brosnan	34	85	80	7	14	3	0	1	5	0		3	22	.175	.205	.250	.455	20	2	0	2	0
Don Elston	54	82	75	5	13	1	0	0	2	1		2	9	.173	.195	.187	.381	14	1	0	5	0
Hy Cohen	18	38	36	4	10	1	0	0	2	0		0	4	.278	.278	.306	.583	11	1	0	2	0
Bubba Church	38	54	49	5	10	1	0	1	5	0		2	13	.204	.235	.286	.521	14	0	0	3	0
George Piktuzis	36	65	59	1	9	1	0	1	6	0		5	22	.153	.219	.220	.439	13	1	0	1	0
Joe Hannah	10	31	29	3	8	3	0	1	2	0		2	7	.276	.323	.483	.805	14	0	0	0	0
Turk Lown	64	35	32	4	7	1	0	3	9	0		1	5	.219	.242	.531	.774	17	0	0	2	0
Don Robertson	15	41	39	3	6	1	0	1	3	1		1	12	.154	.175	.256	.431	10	0	0	1	0
Joe Hatten	40	63	61	3	6	0	0	1	6	0		1	24	.098	.127	.148	.275	9	0	1	0	0
Tommy Brown	24	21	20	3	5	0	0	1	3	0		1	3	.250	.286	.400	.686	8	2	0	0	0
Bob Zick	41	30	28	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.143	.172	.143	.315	4	0	0	1	0
Casey Wise	9	23	18	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		5	5	.167	.348	.167	.514	3	0	0	0	0
Joe Kuncl	19	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	0
Dwight Stoddard	9	10	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.222	.300	.222	.522	2	0	0	0	0
Dave Hillman	3	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	2	0
John Pyecha	10	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	1	0	0	0
Al Lary	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Tremel	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Manuel Trabous	2	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Tindall	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Cal McLish	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Stanka	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
Ray Bauer	34	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2061	6305	5683	674	1462	225	18	143	630	94	0	477	780	.257	.316	.379	.694	2152	121	23	87	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Steve Bilko	1B	168	1266	151	18	127	.987	8.435
Gene Mauch	2B	149	433	366	18	103	.978	5.362
Bud Hardin	2B	15	33	31	0	7	1.000	4.267
Casey Wise	2B	8	11	11	2	3	.917	2.750
Bob Usher	2B	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Buzz Clarkson	3B	90	54	146	6	12	.971	2.222
Bud Hardin	3B	42	14	37	1	9	.981	1.214
Vern Morgan	3B	24	22	39	6	3	.910	2.542
Tommy Brown	3B	6	3	0	1	0	.750	.500
Gene Mauch	3B	5	3	9	0	0	1.000	2.400
Jim Fanning	C	82	351	42	6	5	.985	4.793	3		19	100.0
El Tappe	C	62	336	22	4	5	.989	5.774	3		10	100.0
Johnny Pramesa	C	44	242	26	5	8	.982	6.091	0		11	100.0
Joe Hannah	C	10	50	4	1	0	.982	5.400	1		2	100.0
Lorenzo Davis	C	4	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	0		0
Manuel Trabous	C	1	12	0	0	0	1.000	12.000	0		0
Hal Rice	OF	134	261	15	7	5	.975	2.060
Gale Wade	OF	100	261	8	2	2	.993	2.690
Bob Coats	OF	88	156	4	1	0	.994	1.818
Bob Talbot	OF	48	131	6	0	1	1.000	2.854
Solly Drake	OF	41	76	3	4	2	.952	1.927
Don Robertson	OF	12	20	0	0	0	1.000	1.667
Tommy Brown	OF	4	3	0	0	0	1.000	.750
Turk Lown	P	61	4	16	2	5	.909	.328
Don Elston	P	53	28	42	6	4	.921	1.321
Bob Zick	P	40	18	24	4	2	.913	1.050
Joe Hatten	P	39	16	30	2	2	.958	1.179
George Piktuzis	P	34	8	17	0	1	1.000	.735
Bubba Church	P	34	13	32	2	4	.957	1.324
Ray Bauer	P	34	1	11	0	0	1.000	.353
Jim Brosnan	P	31	17	50	3	4	.957	2.161
Joe Kuncl	P	19	3	7	2	1	.833	.526
Hy Cohen	P	18	10	7	1	0	.944	.944
John Pyecha	P	10	4	7	1	0	.917	1.100
Dwight Stoddard	P	9	3	4	1	0	.875	.778
Bill Tremel	P	6	0	0	0	0		.000
Al Lary	P	6	2	1	1	0	.750	.500
Dave Hillman	P	3	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.000
Joe Stanka	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Paul Menking	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Paul Hoffmeister	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ed Winceniak	SS	117	201	329	21	70	.962	4.530
Bud Hardin	SS	59	98	155	10	28	.962	4.288
Totals		1716	4172	1658	138	413	.977	3.397	7	0	42	100.0

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.