1955 Lafayette Chiefs Statistics
Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 63-63
Finished 5th in the MOVL
Manager: Mark Wylie (63-63)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Lafayette, Indiana
Ballpark: Columbian Park
Attendance: 61,287, Avg. 973
1955 Lafayette Chiefs RosterTeam Record: 63-63
Finished 5th in the MOVL
Manager: Mark Wylie (63-63)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Lafayette, Indiana
Ballpark: Columbian Park
Attendance: 61,287, Avg. 973
The Lafayette Chiefs of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1955 season with a record of 63 wins and 63 losses, finishing fifth in the MOVL.
The Chiefs scored 723 runs and conceded 708 runs.
Carl Mathias played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lafayette Chiefs to do so.
Mark Wylie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Wegerek | 17 | 8 | .680 | 2.59 | 34 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 219.0 | 190 | 101 | 63 | 6 | 101 | 196 | 6 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Ted Fowler | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.18 | 29 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 153.0 | 134 | 89 | 54 | 4 | 71 | 147 | 9 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Carl Mathias | 10 | 11 | .476 | 5.57 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 152.0 | 139 | 119 | 94 | 8 | 150 | 197 | 9 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Thomas Trossen | 5 | 2 | .714 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kent Sterling | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.07 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 84.0 | 95 | 64 | 38 | 5 | 33 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Hal Larned | 3 | 2 | .600 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Harold Keller | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.50 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 66.0 | 57 | 43 | 33 | 2 | 77 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Clarence Clark | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6.52 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 109.0 | 94 | 93 | 79 | 8 | 128 | 93 | 6 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Tony Komisar | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.37 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 35 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Peter Fuhrman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Murphy | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mark Wylie | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Armenio Badia | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| David Chambers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| William Kindl | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Bowen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Vilk | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Kitchen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Lansinger | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lazaro Rivero | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Cobb | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Correll | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 63 | 63 | .500 | 4.14 | 239 | 101 | 0 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 837.0 | 764 | 541 | 385 | 38 | 589 | 0 | 825 | 39 | 2 | 61 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Smiley | 97 | 412 | 362 | 67 | 110 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 59 | 13 | 34 | 63 | .304 | .376 | .420 | .796 | 152 | 11 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Kenneth Kane | 78 | 347 | 314 | 55 | 90 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 8 | 22 | 52 | .287 | .338 | .420 | .759 | 132 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Lynwood Henry | 106 | 458 | 367 | 63 | 90 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 5 | 80 | 62 | .245 | .385 | .357 | .742 | 131 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Nick Siemasz | 58 | 250 | 223 | 42 | 84 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 11 | 17 | 16 | .377 | .427 | .565 | .992 | 126 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Robert Zuccarini | 80 | 342 | 260 | 62 | 74 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 55 | 7 | 79 | 60 | .285 | .453 | .558 | 1.011 | 145 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Close | 59 | 261 | 229 | 58 | 69 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 5 | 29 | 22 | .301 | .381 | .507 | .887 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Fred Swick | 75 | 342 | 271 | 67 | 68 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 8 | 67 | 55 | .251 | .402 | .387 | .789 | 105 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Dayton Todd | 80 | 304 | 250 | 30 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 1 | 45 | 11 | .264 | .373 | .368 | .741 | 92 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| John Lowry | 47 | 214 | 174 | 44 | 53 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 36 | 25 | .305 | .422 | .454 | .876 | 79 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| George Kostelac | 45 | 202 | 168 | 38 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 32 | 32 | .280 | .401 | .464 | .865 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Armenio Badia | 44 | 196 | 157 | 35 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 36 | 24 | .242 | .390 | .446 | .836 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| George Ettenger | 40 | 135 | 116 | 16 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 30 | .284 | .373 | .397 | .770 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Fred Kitchen | 32 | 135 | 121 | 16 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 33 | .240 | .304 | .421 | .725 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| William Kindl | 25 | 114 | 97 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 6 | .247 | .342 | .289 | .631 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Clarence Johnson | 19 | 71 | 65 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .308 | .352 | .446 | .798 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Carl Rogers | 39 | 91 | 82 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .244 | .297 | .280 | .577 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| George Repasky | 29 | 113 | 103 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .175 | .218 | .223 | .441 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Jack Misenko | 19 | 74 | 60 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 5 | .250 | .378 | .350 | .728 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dave Wegerek | 37 | 86 | 75 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 20 | .200 | .262 | .293 | .555 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| David Henderson | 22 | 85 | 76 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .197 | .282 | .250 | .532 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Ryle | 21 | 94 | 82 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .183 | .237 | .232 | .468 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Clarence Clark | 42 | 61 | 58 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .224 | .262 | .259 | .521 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Bush | 25 | 113 | 91 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 13 | .143 | .297 | .198 | .495 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bob Whitworth | 24 | 86 | 76 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .105 | .198 | .158 | .356 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ted Fowler | 31 | 62 | 55 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .109 | .183 | .145 | .329 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| David Chambers | 9 | 14 | 14 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Komisar | 14 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 | .333 | .273 | .606 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Hal Larned | 7 | 14 | 14 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Trossen | 8 | 20 | 20 | 3 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Harold Keller | 15 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kent Sterling | 14 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .107 | .194 | .286 | .479 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Wylie | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl Mathias | 30 | 67 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 22 | .040 | .226 | .040 | .266 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| William Lansinger | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Murphy | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Bowen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Cobb | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Correll | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lazaro Rivero | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Vilk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Peter Fuhrman | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1313 | 4870 | 4124 | 716 | 1058 | 173 | 43 | 91 | 620 | 84 | 0 | 628 | 700 | .257 | .358 | .386 | .743 | 1590 | 0 | 41 | 40 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Smiley | 1B | 97 | 774 | 39 | 22 | 53 | .974 | 8.381 | ||||
| George Kostelac | 1B | 29 | 227 | 14 | 7 | 25 | .972 | 8.310 | ||||
| William Close | 2B | 59 | 125 | 119 | 15 | 29 | .942 | 4.136 | ||||
| George Repasky | 2B | 29 | 48 | 81 | 5 | 9 | .963 | 4.448 | ||||
| John Lowry | 2B | 19 | 47 | 35 | 7 | 9 | .921 | 4.316 | ||||
| Bobby Bush | 2B | 16 | 35 | 52 | 4 | 12 | .956 | 5.438 | ||||
| Lynwood Henry | 3B | 106 | 91 | 181 | 34 | 11 | .889 | 2.566 | ||||
| John Lowry | 3B | 20 | 37 | 47 | 18 | 13 | .824 | 4.200 | ||||
| Dayton Todd | C | 75 | 557 | 35 | 9 | 5 | .985 | 7.893 | 5 | |||
| Carl Rogers | C | 26 | 166 | 18 | 10 | 1 | .948 | 7.077 | 6 | |||
| George Ettenger | C | 22 | 157 | 18 | 7 | 0 | .962 | 7.955 | 6 | |||
| Bob Whitworth | C | 21 | 152 | 18 | 5 | 3 | .971 | 8.095 | 3 | |||
| Robert Zuccarini | OF | 80 | 128 | 7 | 11 | 2 | .925 | 1.688 | ||||
| Fred Swick | OF | 74 | 79 | 6 | 12 | 2 | .876 | 1.149 | ||||
| Nick Siemasz | OF | 58 | 78 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .953 | 1.397 | ||||
| Armenio Badia | OF | 42 | 80 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .935 | 2.048 | ||||
| Fred Kitchen | OF | 31 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .900 | 1.452 | ||||
| William Kindl | OF | 25 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.280 | ||||
| Clarence Johnson | OF | 19 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .844 | 1.421 | ||||
| Jack Misenko | OF | 16 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .870 | 1.250 | ||||
| George Kostelac | OF | 15 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.600 | ||||
| Dave Wegerek | P | 34 | 9 | 62 | 9 | 2 | .888 | 2.088 | ||||
| Clarence Clark | P | 31 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .914 | 1.032 | ||||
| Carl Mathias | P | 29 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .793 | ||||
| Ted Fowler | P | 29 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 4 | .857 | 1.241 | ||||
| Harold Keller | P | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .933 | ||||
| Kent Sterling | P | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .929 | ||||
| Tony Komisar | P | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .571 | ||||
| John Correll | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| David Chambers | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Trossen | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hal Larned | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Cobb | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Murphy | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Lansinger | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Vilk | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lazaro Rivero | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Armenio Badia | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Wylie | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Kindl | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Bowen | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Kitchen | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Fuhrman | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Kane | SS | 77 | 108 | 182 | 43 | 35 | .871 | 3.766 | ||||
| David Henderson | SS | 21 | 26 | 52 | 10 | 5 | .886 | 3.714 | ||||
| Jerry Ryle | SS | 20 | 35 | 48 | 13 | 16 | .865 | 4.150 | ||||
| Totals | 1236 | 3109 | 1152 | 278 | 244 | .939 | 3.447 | 20 | 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.
