1955 New Iberia Pelicans Statistics
Team Record: 77-62
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Red Smith (77-62)
Location: New Iberia, Louisiana
Ballpark: Rebel Park
Attendance: 41,794, Avg. 601
Playoffs - Lafayette Oilers 4 games, New Iberia Pelicans 2
The New Iberia Pelicans of the Evangeline League ended the 1955 season with a record of 77 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the EL.
The Pelicans yielded 626 runs, fewest in the league. New Iberia plated 728 runs. Red Smith topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .312 clip. Terry Fox led the squad with 21 wins, while Mario Cardenas added 15 or more wins also Mario Cardenas registered a 2.16 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Chuck Cottier and Terry Fox both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Red Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Fox | 21 | 12 | .636 | 2.95 | 40 | 33 | 281.0 | 262 | 111 | 92 | 16 | 114 | ||||||||||
| Mario Cardenas | 20 | 14 | .588 | 2.16 | 46 | 29 | 291.0 | 234 | 109 | 70 | 9 | 90 | ||||||||||
| Theodore Del Rio | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.12 | 24 | 19 | 144.0 | 149 | 75 | 50 | 7 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Ron Renaud | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.93 | 26 | 16 | 115.0 | 113 | 77 | 63 | 9 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Marvis Johnson | 4 | 9 | .308 | 2.75 | 17 | 11 | 95.0 | 75 | 40 | 29 | 3 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Benjamin Dye | 3 | 1 | .750 | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Floyd Baker | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Lagan | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bennett Breaux | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Randle | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Faust | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Runyan | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 68 | 54 | .557 | 2.95 | 193 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 926.0 | 833 | 412 | 304 | 44 | 373 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Dye | 139 | 563 | 563 | 171 | 34 | 4 | 5 | .304 | .304 | .405 | .709 | 228 | |||||||||||
| Billy Barrett | 139 | 535 | 535 | 157 | 32 | 6 | 8 | .293 | .293 | .421 | .714 | 225 | |||||||||||
| Red Smith | 131 | 475 | 475 | 148 | 23 | 1 | 17 | .312 | .312 | .472 | .783 | 224 | |||||||||||
| Ken Adkins | 139 | 546 | 546 | 140 | 16 | 2 | 6 | .256 | .256 | .326 | .582 | 178 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Cottier | 139 | 521 | 521 | 132 | 20 | 0 | 3 | .253 | .253 | .309 | .562 | 161 | |||||||||||
| Phil Rizzo | 119 | 414 | 414 | 93 | 16 | 1 | 10 | .225 | .225 | .341 | .565 | 141 | |||||||||||
| George Crowson | 90 | 336 | 336 | 89 | 19 | 7 | 4 | .265 | .265 | .399 | .664 | 134 | |||||||||||
| Dale Sanner | 91 | 313 | 313 | 86 | 14 | 0 | 6 | .275 | .275 | .377 | .652 | 118 | |||||||||||
| John Doligale | 47 | 182 | 182 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .242 | .242 | .357 | .599 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Martin Delaune | 43 | 145 | 145 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .269 | .524 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Terry Fox | 48 | 126 | 126 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .183 | .183 | .270 | .452 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Curt Borrett | 17 | 68 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .206 | .206 | .382 | .588 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Mario Cardenas | 47 | 107 | 107 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .121 | .224 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Marvis Johnson | 18 | 38 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .263 | .474 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Theodore Del Rio | 28 | 59 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .119 | .119 | .169 | .288 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Ron Renaud | 26 | 39 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .154 | .256 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Richard Runyan | 13 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Fred Randle | 3 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Lagan | 4 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Albert Gabriel | 4 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ronald Faust | 4 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bennett Breaux | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Floyd Baker | 2 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Smith | 5 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1300 | 4533 | 4533 | 0 | 1167 | 195 | 29 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .356 | .614 | 1615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Cardenas | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Terry Fox | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Renaud | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Theodore Del Rio | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Marvis Johnson | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Runyan | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| John Lagan | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Faust | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Bennett Breaux | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Randle | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Floyd Baker | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 178 | 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.
