1955 Mattoon Indians Statistics
Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 68-57
Finished 2nd in the MOVL
Manager: Burl Storie (68-57)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Mattoon, Illinois
Ballpark: Mattoon Baseball Park
Attendance: 51,277, Avg. 820
1955 Mattoon Indians RosterTeam Record: 68-57
Finished 2nd in the MOVL
Manager: Burl Storie (68-57)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Mattoon, Illinois
Ballpark: Mattoon Baseball Park
Attendance: 51,277, Avg. 820
Playoffs - Mattoon Indians 2 games, Kokomo Giants 0
Finals - Dubuque Packers 3 games, Mattoon Indians 0
The Mattoon Indians of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1955 season with a record of 68 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the MOVL.
The Indians scored 761 runs and surrendered 643 runs.
Members of the 1955 Mattoon Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dallas Green, Jimmie Coker and Jim Golden.
Burl Storie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Dewald | 17 | 9 | .654 | 3.29 | 32 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 227.0 | 203 | 104 | 83 | 12 | 68 | 187 | 5 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Arthur Hirst | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.98 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 156.0 | 145 | 87 | 69 | 11 | 101 | 108 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| William Juhay | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.49 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 147.0 | 137 | 82 | 57 | 8 | 96 | 131 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Jim Golden | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.88 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 160.0 | 144 | 77 | 69 | 7 | 78 | 137 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Cless Hinckley | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.44 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 79.0 | 84 | 43 | 39 | 2 | 36 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Dallas Green | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.44 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 55.0 | 43 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 42 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Cloyce Sowell | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.67 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 61 | 45 | 34 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Fred Farnsworth | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.60 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 40 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Louis Shade | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.47 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 78 | 56 | 44 | 6 | 27 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Mark Sampson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul Houck | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Armour | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Marten | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burl Storie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Smith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ernie Tabor | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robert Tittl | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 68 | 57 | .544 | 4.00 | 237 | 120 | 0 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 971.0 | 935 | 549 | 432 | 57 | 499 | 0 | 798 | 30 | 5 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmie Coker | 124 | 526 | 423 | 108 | 137 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 85 | 17 | 90 | 64 | .324 | .443 | .520 | .963 | 220 | 5 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Kenneth Welgoss | 120 | 545 | 476 | 95 | 132 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 59 | 15 | 50 | 61 | .277 | .349 | .405 | .754 | 193 | 4 | 12 | 3 | |||
| William Whiteko | 104 | 490 | 398 | 88 | 116 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 15 | 81 | 28 | .291 | .414 | .399 | .814 | 159 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Bruce Weaver | 125 | 527 | 429 | 81 | 103 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 77 | 11 | 84 | 143 | .240 | .363 | .361 | .724 | 155 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Philip Kleffner | 80 | 328 | 293 | 43 | 84 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 6 | 24 | 50 | .287 | .340 | .440 | .781 | 129 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||
| George Dicus | 60 | 219 | 190 | 33 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 43 | .263 | .353 | .389 | .743 | 74 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ray Steele | 45 | 190 | 170 | 29 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 25 | .288 | .342 | .435 | .778 | 74 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Richard Duignan | 49 | 203 | 173 | 20 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 30 | .260 | .360 | .341 | .701 | 59 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Frank Sylvester | 70 | 257 | 211 | 43 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 38 | 66 | .209 | .325 | .341 | .667 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| James Davis | 34 | 141 | 127 | 28 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 3 | 11 | 18 | .323 | .376 | .559 | .935 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Tommy Cole | 33 | 132 | 122 | 31 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 17 | .320 | .359 | .500 | .859 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jerome Schust | 48 | 196 | 167 | 15 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 37 | .210 | .302 | .251 | .554 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Ted Rhodes | 25 | 111 | 102 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 13 | .284 | .327 | .392 | .719 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Bob Quinn | 28 | 124 | 105 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 9 | .257 | .355 | .390 | .745 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Dewald | 39 | 102 | 90 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 27 | .278 | .330 | .367 | .697 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| John Pollina | 18 | 90 | 76 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 9 | .276 | .389 | .382 | .770 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph Platt | 29 | 90 | 80 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 23 | .262 | .333 | .388 | .721 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ernest Desperito | 21 | 84 | 70 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 4 | .271 | .366 | .300 | .666 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| William Juhay | 29 | 63 | 58 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .259 | .283 | .293 | .576 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Burl Storie | 25 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .407 | .452 | .444 | .896 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Golden | 29 | 62 | 57 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .193 | .220 | .211 | .431 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| William Parker | 20 | 89 | 70 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 22 | .157 | .337 | .171 | .509 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Louis Shade | 20 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .304 | .304 | .478 | .783 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Arthur Hirst | 32 | 62 | 50 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .140 | .254 | .140 | .394 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Dallas Green | 16 | 28 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .231 | .286 | .385 | .670 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Callaway | 7 | 18 | 18 | 5 | .278 | .278 | .278 | .556 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Farnsworth | 13 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .286 | .333 | .357 | .690 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Cless Hinckley | 23 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .120 | .214 | .120 | .334 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Armour | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Tittl | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Cloyce Sowell | 19 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .050 | .174 | .050 | .224 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ernie Tabor | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Smith | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Sampson | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Houck | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1316 | 4832 | 4123 | 744 | 1100 | 202 | 49 | 67 | 625 | 87 | 0 | 569 | 777 | .267 | .357 | .388 | .746 | 1601 | 0 | 36 | 62 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Weaver | 1B | 125 | 922 | 47 | 19 | 85 | .981 | 7.752 | ||||
| William Whiteko | 2B | 104 | 252 | 296 | 20 | 71 | .965 | 5.269 | ||||
| John Pollina | 2B | 18 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 5 | .908 | 3.833 | ||||
| Philip Kleffner | 3B | 80 | 70 | 149 | 18 | 22 | .924 | 2.738 | ||||
| Jerome Schust | 3B | 47 | 36 | 66 | 9 | 3 | .919 | 2.170 | ||||
| Jimmie Coker | C | 124 | 886 | 69 | 22 | 10 | .977 | 7.702 | 10 | |||
| Kenneth Welgoss | OF | 129 | 325 | 26 | 14 | 7 | .962 | 2.721 | ||||
| George Dicus | OF | 54 | 70 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .930 | 1.481 | ||||
| Richard Duignan | OF | 45 | 49 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| James Davis | OF | 34 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.559 | ||||
| Tommy Cole | OF | 31 | 49 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .907 | 1.581 | ||||
| Bob Quinn | OF | 28 | 46 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .889 | 1.714 | ||||
| Ted Rhodes | OF | 25 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .838 | 1.240 | ||||
| William Parker | OF | 20 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.400 | ||||
| Ralph Platt | OF | 17 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .818 | 1.059 | ||||
| Arthur Hirst | P | 32 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .920 | .719 | ||||
| John Dewald | P | 32 | 3 | 43 | 5 | 1 | .902 | 1.438 | ||||
| William Juhay | P | 29 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 0 | .871 | .931 | ||||
| Jim Golden | P | 26 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.115 | ||||
| Cless Hinckley | P | 23 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .842 | .696 | ||||
| Louis Shade | P | 20 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .650 | ||||
| Cloyce Sowell | P | 18 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .611 | ||||
| Fred Farnsworth | P | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Dallas Green | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Robert Tittl | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ernie Tabor | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Smith | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Sampson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Houck | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Marten | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Armour | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Burl Storie | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Sylvester | SS | 68 | 95 | 194 | 31 | 38 | .903 | 4.250 | ||||
| Ray Steele | SS | 45 | 62 | 67 | 20 | 14 | .866 | 2.867 | ||||
| Ernest Desperito | SS | 15 | 18 | 39 | 5 | 10 | .919 | 3.800 | ||||
| Totals | 1246 | 3072 | 1157 | 219 | 271 | .951 | 3.394 | 10 | 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.
