1955 Lancaster Red Roses Statistics
Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 72-54
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Hank Biasatti (72-54)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Stumpf Field
Attendance: 60,845, Avg. 966
1955 Lancaster Red Roses RosterTeam Record: 72-54
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Hank Biasatti (72-54)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Stumpf Field
Attendance: 60,845, Avg. 966
Playoffs - Lancaster Red Roses 3 games, York White Roses 1
Finals - Lancaster Red Roses 3 games, Portsmouth Merrimacks 2
The Lancaster Red Roses of the Piedmont League ended the 1955 season with a record of 72 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the PL.
The Red Roses led the league with 730 runs. Lancaster yielded 585 runs.
Don Plarski, Bill Oster, Bill Kern, Hank Biasatti, Bill Kirk, Hal Raether, Ken Johnson and Eric MacKenzie were all players from the 1955 Lancaster Red Roses who played in the Majors during their careers.
Hank Biasatti 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Riale | 13 | 7 | .650 | 3.66 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 172.0 | 181 | 84 | 70 | 11 | 61 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Carl Watson | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.47 | 29 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 158.0 | 153 | 72 | 61 | 14 | 44 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Stanley Guie | 8 | 2 | .800 | 4.70 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 88.0 | 71 | 47 | 46 | 7 | 68 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Raymond Steele | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.27 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 132.0 | 131 | 68 | 48 | 7 | 49 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Fred Bourbeau | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.45 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 120.0 | 126 | 55 | 46 | 6 | 32 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jerome Labanz | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.33 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 154.0 | 144 | 67 | 57 | 9 | 71 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ralph Reiss | 7 | 1 | .875 | 4.45 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 87.0 | 79 | 48 | 43 | 1 | 76 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bill Kirk | 4 | 2 | .667 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Oster | 2 | 6 | .250 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hal Raether | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ken Johnson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Richard Jack | 1 | 2 | .333 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mike Mazzamorra | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Leo Parent | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Carl Janiszewski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Doucet | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Nonnenmocher | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 72 | 52 | .581 | 3.67 | 320 | 98 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 911.0 | 885 | 441 | 371 | 55 | 401 | 0 | 492 | 25 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Stuifbergen | 122 | 534 | 468 | 97 | 144 | 23 | 8 | 30 | 112 | 2 | 61 | 64 | .308 | .389 | .583 | .972 | 273 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ron Esrang | 127 | 594 | 476 | 82 | 123 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 73 | 7 | 81 | 73 | .258 | .363 | .382 | .745 | 182 | 1 | 29 | 7 | |||
| Buddy Reedy | 119 | 480 | 371 | 75 | 120 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 54 | 15 | 88 | 44 | .323 | .464 | .488 | .952 | 181 | 11 | 8 | 2 | |||
| LeRoy Schmidt | 94 | 420 | 353 | 64 | 110 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 15 | 54 | 63 | .312 | .405 | .428 | .833 | 151 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||
| George Wegerek | 104 | 425 | 373 | 58 | 104 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 58 | 2 | 42 | 57 | .279 | .352 | .448 | .800 | 167 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||
| David Shea | 105 | 352 | 312 | 56 | 98 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 31 | 37 | .314 | .381 | .439 | .820 | 137 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Joseph Pahr | 71 | 302 | 266 | 51 | 89 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 70 | 3 | 31 | 17 | .335 | .402 | .575 | .977 | 153 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Don Plarski | 95 | 440 | 364 | 70 | 89 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 61 | 60 | .245 | .354 | .316 | .670 | 115 | 2 | 11 | 2 | |||
| Chuck Orner | 81 | 285 | 213 | 31 | 60 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 2 | 63 | 30 | .282 | .440 | .437 | .876 | 93 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Eric MacKenzie | 72 | 230 | 187 | 28 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 37 | 21 | .257 | .382 | .321 | .702 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| James Meyer | 50 | 193 | 165 | 27 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 35 | .218 | .316 | .315 | .631 | 52 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Hank Biasatti | 41 | 85 | 64 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 19 | 7 | .359 | .500 | .547 | 1.047 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Carl Watson | 48 | 81 | 72 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .250 | .308 | .375 | .683 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| William Riale | 41 | 71 | 53 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .245 | .359 | .283 | .642 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Reginald Lee | 15 | 60 | 52 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | .231 | .333 | .269 | .603 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerome Labanz | 44 | 57 | 53 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .208 | .236 | .264 | .501 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bill Kern | 15 | 57 | 49 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .184 | .241 | .204 | .445 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Ronald Mills | 7 | 24 | 24 | 8 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Stanley Guie | 18 | 41 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .229 | .289 | .429 | .718 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Fred Bourbeau | 42 | 45 | 40 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .175 | .214 | .250 | .464 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Tom Giuliano | 13 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .286 | .444 | .429 | .873 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Haley | 11 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .238 | .360 | .429 | .789 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ralph Reiss | 46 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .217 | .333 | .217 | .551 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Raymond Steele | 42 | 54 | 47 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .106 | .143 | .106 | .249 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Bill Kirk | 12 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .267 | .353 | .333 | .686 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Oster | 15 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Petrosky | 14 | 36 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .094 | .171 | .281 | .453 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Hal Raether | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| George Doucet | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Hal Gordon | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Fitzgerald | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Fran Traill | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Jack | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leo Parent | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Johnson | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Mazzamorra | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Nonnenmocher | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1522 | 5034 | 4215 | 723 | 1167 | 190 | 74 | 86 | 644 | 68 | 0 | 643 | 647 | .277 | .375 | .418 | .793 | 1763 | 0 | 38 | 103 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeRoy Schmidt | 1B | 94 | 882 | 53 | 11 | 91 | .988 | 9.947 | ||||
| Hank Biasatti | 1B | 20 | 132 | 5 | 3 | 9 | .979 | 6.850 | ||||
| Bill Stuifbergen | 1B | 12 | 87 | 6 | 7 | 9 | .930 | 7.750 | ||||
| Ron Esrang | 2B | 116 | 287 | 366 | 21 | 75 | .969 | 5.629 | ||||
| Joseph Pahr | 3B | 71 | 60 | 127 | 12 | 10 | .940 | 2.634 | ||||
| James Meyer | 3B | 44 | 47 | 88 | 13 | 5 | .912 | 3.068 | ||||
| Buddy Reedy | 3B | 20 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 2 | .854 | 2.050 | ||||
| Chuck Orner | C | 72 | 352 | 20 | 7 | 2 | .982 | 5.167 | 7 | |||
| Eric MacKenzie | C | 64 | 284 | 26 | 3 | 2 | .990 | 4.844 | 1 | |||
| Bill Stuifbergen | OF | 111 | 162 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 1.505 | ||||
| Buddy Reedy | OF | 102 | 161 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .955 | 1.667 | ||||
| Don Plarski | OF | 95 | 239 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .984 | 2.653 | ||||
| David Shea | OF | 83 | 99 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 1.337 | ||||
| Bill Kern | OF | 14 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.071 | ||||
| Ralph Reiss | P | 46 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .900 | .587 | ||||
| Raymond Steele | P | 42 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .903 | .667 | ||||
| William Riale | P | 42 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .938 | .714 | ||||
| Fred Bourbeau | P | 42 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .548 | ||||
| Jerome Labanz | P | 37 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 4 | .969 | .838 | ||||
| Carl Watson | P | 29 | 13 | 44 | 4 | 3 | .934 | 1.966 | ||||
| Stanley Guie | P | 17 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .765 | ||||
| Bill Oster | P | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .733 | .733 | ||||
| Richard Jack | P | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
| Bill Kirk | P | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Leo Parent | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Mazzamorra | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Schwarzkoff | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hal Raether | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Nonnenmocher | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Johnson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Doucet | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carl Janiszewski | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Wegerek | SS | 104 | 207 | 354 | 45 | 68 | .926 | 5.394 | ||||
| Reginald Lee | SS | 15 | 16 | 43 | 8 | 9 | .881 | 3.933 | ||||
| Ron Esrang | SS | 13 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 3 | .902 | 3.538 | ||||
| Totals | 1371 | 3118 | 1378 | 179 | 305 | .962 | 3.279 | 8 | 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.
