1955 Madisonville Miners Statistics
Team Record: 23-37
in the KITL
Manager: William Close (23-37)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Madisonville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Municipal Park (Stadium)
Attendance: 5,350, Avg. 178
The Madisonville Miners of the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League ended the 1955 season with a record of 23 wins and 37 lossesMadisonville (23-57) withdrew July 7.
The Miners led the circuit with just 387 runs allowed. Madisonville scored 343 runs, worst in the league,. William Close paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .361 clip. William Rouse topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 3.35 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Jack Kralick played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Madisonville Miners to do so.
William Close 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 Rouse | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.35 | 17 | 10 | 94.0 | 81 | 51 | 35 | 1 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Richard Grant | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.50 | 16 | 9 | 82.0 | 90 | 55 | 41 | 11 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Jack Kralick | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.52 | 14 | 12 | 84.3 | 67 | 50 | 33 | 4 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Harold McGahey | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Campbell | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.31 | 10 | 7 | 40.7 | 41 | 36 | 24 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Eugene Seats | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.44 | 12 | 7 | 43.3 | 25 | 44 | 31 | 2 | 65 | ||||||||||
| William Gibbs | 1 | 6 | .143 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Gossick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Fowler | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Eden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| LeRoy Dorow | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Slutter | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Hefelfinger | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.73 | 10 | 0 | 32.3 | 40 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Thomas McCaffrey | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.23 | 10 | 5 | 41.3 | 44 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 22 | 37 | .373 | 4.41 | 117 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 418.0 | 388 | 289 | 205 | 22 | 282 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Close | 59 | 208 | 208 | 75 | 13 | 3 | 8 | .361 | .361 | .567 | .928 | 118 | |||||||||||
| James Fanizzi | 60 | 201 | 201 | 65 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .323 | .323 | .428 | .751 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Howard Berchtold | 60 | 235 | 235 | 56 | 9 | 4 | 4 | .238 | .238 | .362 | .600 | 85 | |||||||||||
| William Pauletich | 46 | 167 | 167 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 5 | .222 | .222 | .383 | .605 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Richard Ferronato | 48 | 155 | 155 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 4 | .219 | .219 | .329 | .548 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Gary Willison | 30 | 124 | 124 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .258 | .258 | .419 | .677 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Edward Watts | 30 | 108 | 108 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .269 | .269 | .398 | .667 | 43 | |||||||||||
| John McDonnell | 38 | 118 | 118 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .246 | .246 | .339 | .585 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Charley Massey | 31 | 96 | 96 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .198 | .198 | .281 | .479 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Robert Pae | 17 | 62 | 62 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .290 | .532 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Joe Mikez | 23 | 57 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .246 | .246 | .368 | .614 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Donald Burns | 12 | 44 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .273 | .273 | .432 | .705 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Domingo Carrasquel | 23 | 75 | 75 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .120 | .120 | .173 | .293 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Jack Kralick | 16 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Don Rasmussen | 12 | 41 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .244 | .415 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Richard Grant | 16 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .400 | .700 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Don Hefelfinger | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .500 | .800 | 5 | |||||||||||
| William Rouse | 18 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Seats | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Thomas McCaffrey | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Fabian | 19 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .125 | .208 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Slutter | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Campbell | 10 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Harold McGahey | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| LeRoy Dorow | 9 | 20 | 20 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Gibbs | 9 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Wayne Fowler | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Manuel Carrasquel | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick Eden | 1 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Hoeft | 4 | 17 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 648 | 1924 | 1924 | 0 | 461 | 77 | 27 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .354 | .594 | 682 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Rouse | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Grant | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Kralick | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Seats | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas McCaffrey | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Don Hefelfinger | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Daniel Campbell | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| William Gibbs | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Daniel Slutter | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Harold McGahey | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Wayne Fowler | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| John Gossick | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Eden | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 114 | 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.
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