1955 Newport News Dodgers Statistics
Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 77-52
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: George Scherger (77-52)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 68,596, Avg. 1,064
1955 Newport News Dodgers RosterTeam Record: 77-52
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: George Scherger (77-52)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 68,596, Avg. 1,064
Playoffs - Portsmouth Merrimacks 3 games, Newport News Dodgers 1
The Newport News Dodgers of the Piedmont League ended the 1955 season with a record of 77 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the PL.
The Dodgers scored 674 runs and conceded 527 runs.
Players from the 1955 Newport News Dodgers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Clyde McNeal, Ed Palmquist, Stan Williams and Larry Sherry.
George Scherger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Schassler | 19 | 7 | .731 | 2.67 | 34 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 192.0 | 173 | 71 | 57 | 4 | 58 | 114 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Stan Williams | 18 | 7 | .720 | 2.42 | 31 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 242.0 | 160 | 77 | 65 | 15 | 158 | 301 | 16 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Danny Hayling | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.24 | 40 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 161.0 | 172 | 72 | 58 | 11 | 52 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ted Matecki | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.62 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 62 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 30 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| James Major | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.48 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 93.0 | 91 | 43 | 36 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Larry Sherry | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.90 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 101.0 | 94 | 78 | 55 | 9 | 71 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Wayne Johnson | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.74 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 77.0 | 72 | 38 | 32 | 3 | 39 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Joseph Mathis | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| William Chandler | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robert Sedlak | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robert Spier | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| George Utley | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Brate | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tom Puehl | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Angus Martin | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Donald Domenichelli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Henry Franklin | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walter Strickland | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harvey Mills | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Cole | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ed Palmquist | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 77 | 50 | .606 | 3.11 | 264 | 112 | 0 | 47 | 13 | 0 | 938.0 | 824 | 404 | 324 | 52 | 447 | 0 | 758 | 34 | 1 | 32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Domenichelli | 128 | 576 | 498 | 95 | 151 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 6 | 63 | 43 | .303 | .379 | .365 | .744 | 182 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| Gene Johnson | 126 | 575 | 496 | 87 | 143 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 27 | 69 | 75 | .288 | .378 | .343 | .721 | 170 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Donald Russell | 129 | 571 | 469 | 95 | 135 | 30 | 8 | 19 | 81 | 9 | 80 | 78 | .288 | .394 | .507 | .901 | 238 | 7 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Charlie Soraci | 101 | 451 | 422 | 64 | 132 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 63 | 13 | 19 | 24 | .313 | .343 | .403 | .746 | 170 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Don Williams | 129 | 534 | 447 | 58 | 118 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 5 | 72 | 50 | .264 | .365 | .327 | .691 | 146 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| John Tobias | 103 | 335 | 271 | 45 | 81 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 8 | 58 | 39 | .299 | .428 | .417 | .845 | 113 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Emil Syngel | 59 | 242 | 214 | 38 | 69 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 21 | 27 | .322 | .383 | .397 | .781 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Clyde McNeal | 60 | 252 | 212 | 51 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 46 | 4 | 34 | 60 | .269 | .371 | .486 | .856 | 103 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Jacob Edelstein | 105 | 251 | 207 | 21 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 38 | 32 | .237 | .361 | .266 | .627 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Richard Ray | 61 | 248 | 206 | 27 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 31 | 28 | .223 | .336 | .301 | .637 | 62 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Ronald Stuart | 76 | 208 | 186 | 21 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 16 | .242 | .312 | .290 | .603 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Richard Akers | 41 | 153 | 131 | 18 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 19 | 21 | .244 | .353 | .336 | .689 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Schassler | 40 | 85 | 77 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .221 | .259 | .247 | .506 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Leonard Schuermann | 20 | 96 | 72 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 15 | .208 | .400 | .222 | .622 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Stan Williams | 31 | 103 | 89 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 35 | .124 | .210 | .135 | .345 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| James Major | 17 | 36 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .276 | .290 | .276 | .566 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Larry Sherry | 34 | 40 | 38 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .211 | .231 | .263 | .494 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Danny Hayling | 40 | 60 | 55 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .145 | .158 | .182 | .340 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| George Scherger | 21 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .273 | .370 | .409 | .779 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tom Puehl | 11 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .333 | .429 | .762 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Joey Lawrence | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Chapman | 12 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Johnson | 16 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .115 | .148 | .115 | .264 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Patrick Enos | 13 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .111 | .273 | .259 | .532 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Chandler | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | 1.000 | 1.400 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Brate | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ted Matecki | 25 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Harvey Mills | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Spier | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ed Palmquist | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Mathis | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| George Utley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Sedlak | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Walter Strickland | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Henry Franklin | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Angus Martin | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Cole | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1467 | 5017 | 4295 | 673 | 1157 | 163 | 37 | 49 | 563 | 90 | 0 | 573 | 613 | .269 | .358 | .359 | .716 | 1541 | 0 | 39 | 70 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Edelstein | 1B | 99 | 528 | 31 | 10 | 52 | .982 | 5.646 | ||||
| John Tobias | 1B | 78 | 458 | 26 | 20 | 41 | .960 | 6.205 | ||||
| Donald Domenichelli | 2B | 125 | 304 | 339 | 16 | 78 | .976 | 5.144 | ||||
| Donald Russell | 3B | 60 | 40 | 90 | 15 | 4 | .897 | 2.167 | ||||
| Richard Ray | 3B | 59 | 57 | 90 | 13 | 13 | .919 | 2.492 | ||||
| Patrick Enos | 3B | 11 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 2.000 | ||||
| Don Williams | C | 129 | 876 | 92 | 9 | 8 | .991 | 7.504 | 15 | |||
| Gene Johnson | OF | 126 | 211 | 10 | 8 | 3 | .965 | 1.754 | ||||
| Charlie Soraci | OF | 100 | 258 | 11 | 6 | 0 | .978 | 2.690 | ||||
| Ronald Stuart | OF | 57 | 85 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .957 | 1.544 | ||||
| Emil Syngel | OF | 55 | 85 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .959 | 1.691 | ||||
| Richard Akers | OF | 35 | 71 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .936 | 2.086 | ||||
| Leonard Schuermann | OF | 20 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.450 | ||||
| John Tobias | OF | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Danny Hayling | P | 40 | 10 | 35 | 3 | 5 | .938 | 1.125 | ||||
| Robert Schassler | P | 34 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.412 | ||||
| Larry Sherry | P | 32 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .500 | ||||
| Stan Williams | P | 31 | 6 | 32 | 3 | 3 | .927 | 1.226 | ||||
| Ted Matecki | P | 25 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .800 | ||||
| Wayne Johnson | P | 16 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .895 | 1.062 | ||||
| William Chandler | P | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .312 | ||||
| James Major | P | 15 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.533 | ||||
| Ed Palmquist | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| Tom Puehl | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter Strickland | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Henry Franklin | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Mathis | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Angus Martin | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Utley | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Brate | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Cole | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Spier | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Sedlak | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harvey Mills | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Domenichelli | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Russell | SS | 72 | 117 | 185 | 33 | 51 | .901 | 4.194 | ||||
| Clyde McNeal | SS | 59 | 88 | 144 | 24 | 30 | .906 | 3.932 | ||||
| Totals | 1362 | 3286 | 1226 | 183 | 295 | .961 | 3.313 | 15 | 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.
