1955 Omaha Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Johnny Keane (84-70)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 316,012, Avg. 4,104
Playoffs - Omaha Cardinals 4 games, Louisville Colonels 3
Finals - Minneapolis Millers 4 games, Omaha Cardinals 0
The Omaha Cardinals of the American Association ended the 1955 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the AA.
The Cardinals plated 787 runs and surrendered 683 runs.
Members of the 1955 Omaha Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Presko, Don Blasingame, Ross Grimsley, Gary Blaylock, Memo Luna, Herb Adams, Tom Cheney, Willard Schmidt, George Spencer, Dick Kokos, Charlie Peete, Jim Willis, Frank Carswell, Gordon Jones, Dick Rand, Stu Miller, Danny Schell, Tom Alston, Bobby Tiefenauer, Eddie Phillips, Jim Pearce and Dick Schofield.
Johnny Keane 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stu Miller | 17 | 14 | .548 | 3.02 | 39 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 244.0 | 224 | 111 | 82 | 13 | 78 | 1 | 161 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Willard Schmidt | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2.56 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 158.0 | 122 | 58 | 45 | 9 | 73 | 2 | 150 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jim Pearce | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.46 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 164.0 | 162 | 74 | 63 | 12 | 51 | 0 | 103 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jim Willis | 9 | 3 | .750 | 4.46 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 115.0 | 121 | 67 | 57 | 11 | 53 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| George Spencer | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.43 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 73 | 38 | 34 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Joe Presko | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.53 | 42 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 163.0 | 174 | 93 | 82 | 14 | 51 | 3 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Bobby Tiefenauer | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.39 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 85.0 | 86 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gordon Jones | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.71 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 94 | 49 | 45 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Memo Luna | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.43 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 66 | 39 | 35 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Blaylock | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.57 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 63.0 | 71 | 41 | 39 | 7 | 33 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| George Condrick | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Clear | 1 | 10 | .091 | 4.42 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 51 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 38 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ross Grimsley | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Donnelly | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Cheney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 70 | .536 | 3.87 | 334 | 145 | 0 | 51 | 12 | 0 | 1262.0 | 1244 | 645 | 542 | 109 | 465 | 21 | 813 | 39 | 1 | 22 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | 132 | 604 | 497 | 104 | 150 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 46 | 17 | 93 | 32 | .302 | .413 | .392 | .805 | 195 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Danny Schell | 131 | 534 | 442 | 86 | 144 | 24 | 7 | 18 | 95 | 3 | 81 | 37 | .326 | .430 | .534 | .964 | 236 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Frank Carswell | 107 | 407 | 356 | 52 | 125 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 74 | 1 | 39 | 29 | .351 | .408 | .531 | .939 | 189 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Wally Lammers | 130 | 573 | 483 | 70 | 120 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 13 | 78 | 69 | .248 | .354 | .348 | .702 | 168 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Tom Alston | 117 | 475 | 430 | 68 | 118 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 59 | 7 | 38 | 44 | .274 | .334 | .407 | .741 | 175 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Dick Schofield | 107 | 425 | 366 | 56 | 100 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 6 | 45 | 66 | .273 | .358 | .383 | .741 | 140 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Charlie Peete | 99 | 342 | 309 | 55 | 98 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 63 | 5 | 23 | 43 | .317 | .370 | .495 | .865 | 153 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Mo Mozzali | 117 | 391 | 319 | 49 | 86 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 53 | 3 | 55 | 19 | .270 | .370 | .411 | .780 | 131 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Dick Rand | 115 | 384 | 311 | 50 | 80 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 50 | 3 | 67 | 64 | .257 | .387 | .418 | .805 | 130 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Gerry Thomas | 106 | 317 | 292 | 43 | 72 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 4 | 20 | 57 | .247 | .297 | .428 | .725 | 125 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Eddie Phillips | 133 | 354 | 310 | 48 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 1 | 34 | 49 | .232 | .307 | .413 | .720 | 128 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Pete Riggan | 77 | 239 | 212 | 28 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 25 | 37 | .241 | .322 | .425 | .747 | 90 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dick Kokos | 38 | 141 | 119 | 19 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 16 | .286 | .390 | .445 | .835 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Fred Koenig | 32 | 94 | 89 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .247 | .280 | .404 | .684 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Walter Derucki | 24 | 73 | 63 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | .222 | .310 | .349 | .659 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joe Presko | 43 | 58 | 56 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .196 | .193 | .268 | .461 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Willard Schmidt | 21 | 64 | 55 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .182 | .237 | .273 | .510 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Stu Miller | 41 | 95 | 80 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .125 | .167 | .125 | .292 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Herb Adams | 15 | 39 | 36 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .250 | .308 | .278 | .585 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gill Daley | 15 | 40 | 38 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .211 | .231 | .342 | .573 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Pearce | 28 | 63 | 58 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .121 | .150 | .121 | .271 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jim Willis | 26 | 41 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .128 | .150 | .205 | .355 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Clear | 34 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gordon Jones | 13 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .103 | .100 | .103 | .203 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Memo Luna | 30 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Tiefenauer | 33 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .105 | .292 | .158 | .450 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Blaylock | 14 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .095 | .095 | .143 | .238 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Spencer | 47 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .083 | .083 | .167 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1825 | 5875 | 5068 | 784 | 1359 | 241 | 57 | 117 | 726 | 67 | 0 | 647 | 712 | .268 | .352 | .407 | .759 | 2065 | 121 | 34 | 73 | 53 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Alston | 1B | 92 | 753 | 60 | 10 | 96 | .988 | 8.837 | ||||
| Mo Mozzali | 1B | 55 | 342 | 38 | 3 | 43 | .992 | 6.909 | ||||
| Fred Koenig | 1B | 12 | 88 | 2 | 2 | 8 | .978 | 7.500 | ||||
| Don Blasingame | 2B | 132 | 281 | 357 | 20 | 96 | .970 | 4.833 | ||||
| Gerry Thomas | 2B | 19 | 32 | 38 | 7 | 8 | .909 | 3.684 | ||||
| Wally Lammers | 3B | 75 | 79 | 130 | 12 | 15 | .946 | 2.787 | ||||
| Gerry Thomas | 3B | 57 | 49 | 88 | 22 | 12 | .862 | 2.404 | ||||
| Tom Alston | 3B | 20 | 13 | 34 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 2.350 | ||||
| Walter Derucki | 3B | 16 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 3 | .977 | 2.625 | ||||
| Dick Rand | C | 108 | 613 | 49 | 6 | 8 | .991 | 6.130 | 6 | |||
| Pete Riggan | C | 65 | 326 | 29 | 5 | 2 | .986 | 5.462 | 9 | |||
| Danny Schell | OF | 124 | 214 | 14 | 8 | 4 | .966 | 1.839 | ||||
| Eddie Phillips | OF | 121 | 202 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .981 | 1.719 | ||||
| Frank Carswell | OF | 102 | 139 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .979 | 1.392 | ||||
| Charlie Peete | OF | 88 | 214 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .964 | 2.455 | ||||
| Dick Kokos | OF | 35 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 1.314 | ||||
| Mo Mozzali | OF | 34 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.471 | ||||
| Fred Koenig | OF | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.583 | ||||
| Herb Adams | OF | 12 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gill Daley | OF | 11 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.273 | ||||
| George Spencer | P | 47 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .340 | ||||
| Joe Presko | P | 42 | 8 | 30 | 4 | 5 | .905 | .905 | ||||
| Stu Miller | P | 39 | 17 | 42 | 4 | 0 | .937 | 1.513 | ||||
| Bobby Tiefenauer | P | 33 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Memo Luna | P | 30 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .467 | ||||
| Jim Pearce | P | 28 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .750 | ||||
| Bob Clear | P | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .259 | ||||
| Jim Willis | P | 26 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .885 | ||||
| Willard Schmidt | P | 21 | 17 | 30 | 2 | 3 | .959 | 2.238 | ||||
| Gary Blaylock | P | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .889 | .571 | ||||
| Gordon Jones | P | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Ross Grimsley | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Donnelly | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Condrick | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Cheney | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Schofield | SS | 107 | 198 | 300 | 23 | 76 | .956 | 4.654 | ||||
| Wally Lammers | SS | 49 | 77 | 107 | 13 | 30 | .934 | 3.755 | ||||
| Totals | 1680 | 3861 | 1476 | 170 | 417 | .969 | 3.177 | 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.
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