1955 Norfolk Tars Statistics
Team Record: 37-34
in the PL
Manager: Al Evans (0-0), Alton Brown (0-0), Bill Herring (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Ballpark: High Rock Park
Attendance: 30,000, Avg. 845
The Norfolk Tars of the Piedmont League ended the 1955 season with a record of 37 wins and 34 lossesNorfolk withdrew July 14.
The Tars yielded 386 runs, fewest in the league. Norfolk tallied 419 runs, worst in the circuit,.
Members of the 1955 Norfolk Tars who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Alton Brown, Al Evans and George Handy.
Al Evans, Alton Brown and Bill Herring 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Jones | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.27 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 99.0 | 105 | 58 | 47 | 6 | 37 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roland Adams | 2 | 1 | .667 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul Doughty | 1 | 1 | .500 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Fred Zirella | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alton Brown | 19 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Buchanan | 20 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Cincotta | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Eric Doughtie | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Johnson | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Reggie Teuma | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Kelecava | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| William Padget | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Warren Rutledge | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Israel Ten | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Shipman | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 13 | .381 | 4.27 | 146 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 99.0 | 105 | 58 | 47 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Handy | 62 | 265 | 231 | 47 | 77 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 28 | 10 | .333 | .406 | .468 | .874 | 108 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Tom Korczowski | 72 | 313 | 259 | 45 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 8 | 44 | 29 | .251 | .356 | .355 | .711 | 92 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Carl Zellar | 31 | 131 | 106 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 12 | .245 | .349 | .387 | .736 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Omer Tolson | 18 | 73 | 64 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .297 | .366 | .469 | .835 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Mike Ilitch | 17 | 64 | 55 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .255 | .328 | .273 | .601 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Daniel Murphy | 18 | 79 | 67 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 23 | .209 | .321 | .299 | .619 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Al Evans | 13 | 45 | 39 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .231 | .318 | .410 | .728 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Allen Barbee | 12 | 45 | 41 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .220 | .273 | .268 | .541 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Paul Doughty | 11 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .385 | .385 | .462 | .846 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| William Palumbo | 23 | 43 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 9 | .143 | .429 | .143 | .571 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jack Jones | 18 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .118 | .268 | .118 | .386 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Sedor | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Roland Adams | 13 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .214 | .200 | .286 | .486 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Severino Mendez | 9 | 18 | 18 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Korfonta | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| George Crawford | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Edward Neighbors | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Thomas | 9 | 18 | 18 | 1 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Johnson | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eric Doughtie | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Shipman | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Israel Ten | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 368 | 1207 | 1028 | 166 | 260 | 41 | 5 | 17 | 129 | 12 | 0 | 141 | 132 | .253 | .343 | .352 | .695 | 362 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Murphy | 1B | 18 | 158 | 9 | 5 | 16 | .971 | 9.278 |
| George Handy | 3B | 59 | 48 | 112 | 14 | 14 | .920 | 2.712 |
| William Palumbo | 3B | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 |
| Al Evans | C | 11 | 67 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .973 | 6.545 |
| Carl Zellar | OF | 31 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 2.000 |
| Omer Tolson | OF | 18 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.889 |
| Allen Barbee | OF | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
| Jerry Buchanan | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Alton Brown | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Jones | P | 18 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .875 | 1.167 |
| Fred Zirella | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| William Padget | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Roland Adams | P | 12 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.167 |
| Paul Doughty | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .636 |
| Tony Cincotta | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Israel Ten | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Don Johnson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Eric Doughtie | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Shipman | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Reggie Teuma | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Warren Rutledge | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Kelecava | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Korczowski | SS | 72 | 136 | 228 | 28 | 38 | .929 | 5.056 |
| Totals | 375 | 534 | 394 | 59 | 70 | .940 | 2.475 |
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.
