1955 Nashville Vols Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 77-74
Finished 5th in the SA
Manager: Joe Schultz (77-74)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Sulphur Dell
Attendance: 116,952, Avg. 1,549

1955 Nashville Vols Roster

The Nashville Vols of the Southern Association ended the 1955 season with a record of 77 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the SA.

The Vols led the league with 820 runs. Nashville surrendered 763 runs. Charles Williams paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .368. Roy Pardue topped the team with 17 wins, while Tom Acker earned a 3.26 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Tommy Brown, Bob Hazle, Bobby Durnbaugh, Cliff Ross, Ross Grimsley, Tom Acker, Frank Baldwin, James Atkins, Clint Hartung, Don Gross, Earl Averill, Dutch Dotterer, Frank Biscan, Roy Jarvis, Neil Chrisley, Jerry Lane, Bill Upton and Cal Howe were all players from the 1955 Nashville Vols who played in the Majors during their careers.

Joe Schultz served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Roy Pardue	17	10	.630	4.34	40	27					222.0	263	124	107	14	69
Tom Acker	11	8	.579	3.26	34	25					174.0	166	79	63	8	88
Jerry Lane	10	11	.476	3.92	35	24					179.0	210	103	78	16	49
Don Gross	8	2	.800	3.69	32	13					127.0	125	57	52	9	45
Cal Howe	7	4	.636	4.43	40	0					69.0	75	38	34	5	36
Ralph Birkofer	4	8	.333	4.81	30	16					118.0	137	76	63	15	51
Jack Walters	4	10	.286	4.96	36	16					127.0	154	75	70	15	69
Bill Upton	3	1	.750	5.57	15	0					21.0	26	17	13	2	13
Cliff Ross	3	4	.429	7.33	15	7					43.0	51	42	35	5	35
Jim Melton	3	7	.300	4.87	14	11					85.0	89	48	46	16	21
Clint Hartung	2	0	1.000		5						0.0
James Atkins	2	3	.400		6						0.0
Frank Biscan	1	0	1.000		4						0.0
Vernon Kilburg	1	3	.250		8						0.0
John Bebber	0	0			2						0.0
Ross Grimsley	0	0			4						0.0
Pete Mallory	0	1	.000		7						0.0
Rick Botelho	0	1	.000		1						0.0
George Condrick	0	1	.000		5						0.0
Jerry Dean	0	1	.000		5						0.0
Totals	76	75	.503	4.33	338	139	0	0	0	0	1165.0	1296	659	561	105	476	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
Charles Williams	141	573	573		211	44	5	10						.368	.368	.515	.883	295
Bob Hazle	150	601	601		189	32	4	29						.314	.314	.526	.840	316
Benjamin Downs	145	526	526		179	39	3	12						.340	.340	.494	.835	260
Neil Chrisley	120	460	460		147	37	6	21						.320	.320	.563	.883	259
Bobby Durnbaugh	111	398	398		112	17	1	0						.281	.281	.329	.611	131
Tommy Brown	94	314	314		94	24	1	6						.299	.299	.439	.739	138
Larry DiPippo	93	322	322		89	19	0	5						.276	.276	.382	.658	123
Larry Taylor	110	309	309		72	7	2	0						.233	.233	.269	.502	83
Earl Averill	62	198	198		59	13	0	8						.298	.298	.485	.783	96
Jerry Jacobs	56	219	219		59	12	1	8						.269	.269	.443	.712	97
Roy Jarvis	41	95	95		23	6	0	7						.242	.242	.526	.768	50
Earl York	25	87	87		21	1	0	1						.241	.241	.287	.529	25
Jerry Zuvela	22	70	70		20	3	1	2						.286	.286	.443	.729	31
Harold Stamey	46	90	90		20	4	0	4						.222	.222	.400	.622	36
Ralph Birkofer	30	43	43		11	0	0	0						.256	.256	.256	.512	11
Clint Hartung	25	41	41		10	1	1	3						.244	.244	.537	.780	22
Roy Pardue	40	80	80		10	2	0	0						.125	.125	.150	.275	12
Bill Raehse	11	32	32		7	2	0	1						.219	.219	.375	.594	12
Jerry Lane	39	65	65		7	2	0	0						.108	.108	.138	.246	9
Cal Howe	40	18	18		6	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	6
Jack Walters	39	49	49		6	0	0	0						.122	.122	.122	.245	6
Tom Acker	34	55	55		6	1	0	0						.109	.109	.127	.236	7
Don Gross	34	39	39		5	2	0	0						.128	.128	.179	.308	7
Jim Melton	16	28	28		3	0	0	0						.107	.107	.107	.214	3
Cliff Ross	18	10	10		2	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Ultus Alvarez	6	9	9		1	0	1	0						.111	.111	.333	.444	3
James Atkins	7	17	17											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bill Upton	15	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Frank Biscan	4	4	4											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Rick Botelho	1	3	3											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Keith Schmidt	2	9	9											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Vernon Kilburg	8	6	6											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jerry Dean	5	2	2											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Walter Derucki	5	18	18											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Pete Mallory	6	1	1											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ross Grimsley	4	4	4											.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1605	4800	4800	0	1369	268	26	117	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.285	.425	.710	2040	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Roy Pardue	P	40					.000
Cal Howe	P	40					.000
Jack Walters	P	36					.000
Jerry Lane	P	35					.000
Tom Acker	P	34					.000
Don Gross	P	32					.000
Ralph Birkofer	P	30					.000
Bill Upton	P	15					.000
Cliff Ross	P	15					.000
Jim Melton	P	14					.000
Vernon Kilburg	P	8					.000
Pete Mallory	P	7					.000
James Atkins	P	6					.000
Jerry Dean	P	5					.000
George Condrick	P	5					.000
Ross Grimsley	P	4					.000
Frank Biscan	P	4					.000
John Bebber	P	2					.000
Rick Botelho	P	1					.000
Totals		333	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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