1955 Lafayette Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 77-63
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Lou Klein (77-63)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
Ballpark: Clark Field
Attendance: 57,082, Avg. 815
Playoffs - Lafayette Oilers 4 games, New Iberia Pelicans 2
Finals - Lafayette Oilers 4 games, Alexandria Aces 2
The Lafayette Oilers of the Evangeline League ended the 1955 season with a record of 77 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the EL.
The Oilers scored 765 runs, most in the league. Lafayette conceded 637 runs. Al Seeger topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .299. Russell Wingo led the team with 17 wins, while J. B. Richard, too added 15 or more wins, too Russell Wingo recorded a 2.37 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Lou Klein and Freddie Burdette both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Lou Klein 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Wingo | 17 | 5 | .773 | 2.37 | 30 | 23 | 209.0 | 160 | 71 | 55 | 9 | 63 | ||||||||||
| J. B. Richard | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.28 | 40 | 26 | 217.0 | 222 | 103 | 79 | 9 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Freddie Burdette | 12 | 10 | .545 | 2.46 | 31 | 25 | 205.0 | 177 | 78 | 56 | 10 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Bill Milone | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.83 | 53 | 18 | 188.0 | 199 | 120 | 80 | 5 | 108 | ||||||||||
| Charles Swicegood | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.63 | 22 | 12 | 107.0 | 98 | 60 | 55 | 6 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Petrovich | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6.82 | 21 | 11 | 66.0 | 62 | 56 | 50 | 3 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Paul Martin | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.85 | 11 | 6 | 46.0 | 63 | 42 | 35 | 2 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Hayward Babin | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.88 | 13 | 8 | 51.0 | 48 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Richard Dirienzo | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Speer | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pat Brosnan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guy Reese | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jesus Vazquez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lou Klein | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Rea | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 77 | 63 | .550 | 3.57 | 257 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1089.0 | 1029 | 555 | 432 | 46 | 485 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Seeger | 138 | 555 | 555 | 166 | 31 | 4 | 9 | .299 | .299 | .418 | .717 | 232 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Nerad | 137 | 525 | 525 | 153 | 28 | 5 | 26 | .291 | .291 | .512 | .804 | 269 | |||||||||||
| David Hanrahan | 137 | 526 | 526 | 124 | 17 | 3 | 5 | .236 | .236 | .308 | .544 | 162 | |||||||||||
| Lou Klein | 112 | 357 | 357 | 122 | 24 | 3 | 23 | .342 | .342 | .619 | .961 | 221 | |||||||||||
| Fred Caviness | 85 | 300 | 300 | 80 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .267 | .267 | .360 | .627 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Robert Picciano | 77 | 277 | 277 | 76 | 18 | 3 | 6 | .274 | .274 | .426 | .700 | 118 | |||||||||||
| Travis Eckert | 62 | 223 | 223 | 63 | 9 | 3 | 8 | .283 | .283 | .457 | .740 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Charles LaCoste | 54 | 207 | 207 | 57 | 16 | 0 | 7 | .275 | .275 | .454 | .729 | 94 | |||||||||||
| John Kreuter | 55 | 174 | 174 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .287 | .287 | .397 | .684 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Dick Tindall | 45 | 168 | 168 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .280 | .280 | .387 | .667 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Dean Manns | 36 | 136 | 136 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .265 | .265 | .346 | .610 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Gene Steiger | 41 | 139 | 139 | 36 | 7 | 1 | .259 | .259 | .324 | .583 | 45 | ||||||||||||
| Vern Schmall | 26 | 83 | 83 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .289 | .337 | .627 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Dick Wright | 20 | 83 | 83 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | .241 | .241 | .349 | .590 | 29 | ||||||||
| Russell Wingo | 33 | 90 | 90 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .189 | .189 | .300 | .489 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Dan Priest | 29 | 84 | 84 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .238 | .429 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Ed Stutsman | 22 | 57 | 57 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .316 | .561 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Manuel Trabous | 33 | 79 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .177 | .177 | .278 | .456 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Paul Beck | 11 | 41 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .293 | .293 | .439 | .732 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Freddie Burdette | 32 | 74 | 74 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .149 | .149 | .176 | .324 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Adams | 11 | 46 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .261 | .478 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Brown | 15 | 42 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .286 | .500 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Bill Milone | 53 | 67 | 67 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .134 | .134 | .149 | .284 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Charles Swicegood | 22 | 36 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .250 | .472 | 9 | |||||||||||
| J. B. Richard | 41 | 69 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .087 | .087 | .130 | .217 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Paul Martin | 11 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .312 | .312 | .500 | .812 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Petrovich | 22 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .273 | .500 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Buzzy Keller | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Hayward Babin | 13 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Fidel Alvarez | 2 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jesus Vazquez | 7 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Pat Brosnan | 6 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Dirienzo | 8 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Speer | 1 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Aguelio Gomez | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Rea | 6 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles McGuckin | 2 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1411 | 4538 | 4538 | 13 | 1192 | 219 | 32 | 100 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .391 | .654 | 1775 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Milone | P | 53 | .000 | |||||
| J. B. Richard | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Freddie Burdette | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Russell Wingo | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Swicegood | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Anthony Petrovich | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Hayward Babin | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Martin | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Dirienzo | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Jesus Vazquez | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Rea | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Pat Brosnan | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Speer | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 247 | 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.
