1955 Lakeland Pilots Statistics
Team Record: 57-81
Finished 7th in the FSL
Manager: Jim Turner (57-81)
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Henley Stadium
Attendance: 28,130, Avg. 408
The Lakeland Pilots of the Florida State League ended the 1955 season with a record of 57 wins and 81 losses, finishing seventh in the FSL.
The Pilots plated 547 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 722 runs. Randy Randle led all regular batters by hitting .230. Kermit Turner topped Lakeland with 14 wins, while Jack Hoy earned a 2.73 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Jim Turner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Turner | 14 | 12 | .538 | 3.82 | 33 | 29 | 217.0 | 223 | 116 | 92 | 5 | 84 | ||||||||||
| Arnold Sewell | 9 | 11 | .450 | 2.96 | 25 | 14 | 140.0 | 131 | 68 | 46 | 8 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Wilburn Tomberlin | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.26 | 21 | 18 | 129.0 | 95 | 89 | 61 | 6 | 100 | ||||||||||
| Joe Bayno | 5 | 6 | .455 | 6.98 | 15 | 13 | 80.0 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 4 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Fred Pippin | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.85 | 12 | 10 | 78.0 | 94 | 63 | 42 | 4 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Jack Hoy | 4 | 7 | .364 | 2.73 | 31 | 10 | 155.0 | 139 | 59 | 47 | 5 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Henrique Hernandez | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.94 | 15 | 6 | 47.0 | 52 | 38 | 31 | 2 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Dave Creamer | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.52 | 9 | 5 | 46.0 | 45 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| James Turner | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edward Dean | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Randy Randle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Herman Niehaus | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Hunt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Freeman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rafael Enoa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Lumley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Crawford | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Castaldo | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Kratt | 0 | 3 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 49 | 67 | .422 | 4.03 | 200 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 892.0 | 850 | 523 | 399 | 35 | 462 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Randle | 130 | 469 | 469 | 108 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .288 | .518 | 135 | |||||||||||
| Herman Niehaus | 96 | 317 | 317 | 74 | 16 | 3 | 5 | .233 | .233 | .350 | .584 | 111 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Fazzino | 83 | 311 | 311 | 71 | 11 | 0 | 3 | .228 | .228 | .293 | .521 | 91 | |||||||||||
| James Turner | 99 | 286 | 286 | 70 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .245 | .245 | .325 | .570 | 93 | |||||||||||
| Danny Almeida | 67 | 256 | 256 | 64 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .285 | .535 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Harry Bode | 73 | 253 | 253 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .249 | .478 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Hal Smeltzly | 68 | 235 | 235 | 57 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .243 | .243 | .345 | .587 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Walter Anderson | 64 | 231 | 231 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .255 | .494 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Robert Lawlor | 62 | 221 | 221 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .267 | .498 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Bertram Keys | 46 | 163 | 163 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .221 | .221 | .270 | .491 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Doug Kingsmore | 36 | 126 | 126 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .254 | .468 | 32 | |||||||||||
| John Liddy | 36 | 119 | 119 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .202 | .202 | .261 | .462 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Joe Jacques | 35 | 108 | 108 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .213 | .213 | .333 | .546 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Ed Du Plessis | 31 | 90 | 90 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .278 | .489 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Buczkowski | 43 | 112 | 112 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .170 | .321 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Jackie Ferrell | 20 | 68 | 68 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .294 | .529 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Joe Bayno | 24 | 61 | 61 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .344 | .590 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Kermit Turner | 34 | 68 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .206 | .206 | .250 | .456 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Guido | 14 | 44 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .364 | .614 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Reuben Williams | 16 | 63 | 63 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .159 | .222 | .381 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Fred Pippin | 14 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .294 | .529 | 10 | |||||||||||
| William Rannow | 23 | 44 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .159 | .182 | .341 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Wilburn Tomberlin | 25 | 50 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .160 | .300 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Jack Hoy | 32 | 51 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .137 | .275 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Rafael Enoa | 29 | 63 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .127 | .238 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Henrique Hernandez | 18 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .312 | .312 | .375 | .688 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Arnold Sewell | 25 | 48 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .083 | .146 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Dave Creamer | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Castaldo | 11 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Carlos Barba | 8 | 20 | 20 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Wedua | 9 | 25 | 25 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Mason Whidden | 5 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Todd | 3 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas | 2 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Pasquale Pierre | 7 | 18 | 18 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Donald Henry | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Donald Lumley | 5 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Kratt | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Abraham Hardee | 8 | 178 | 178 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Raimundo Gavilan | 1 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph Tuccillo | 8 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1335 | 4223 | 4223 | 0 | 867 | 123 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .205 | .205 | .259 | .464 | 1094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit Turner | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Hoy | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Arnold Sewell | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Wilburn Tomberlin | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Henrique Hernandez | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Bayno | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Pippin | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Kratt | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Creamer | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Castaldo | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Lumley | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| James Crawford | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| William Hunt | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Freeman | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 187 | 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.
