1955 Owensboro Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 53-56
Finished 3rd in the KITL
Manager: Walter Lance (0-0), Ken Silvestri (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Owensboro, Kentucky
Ballpark: Miller Field
Attendance: 26,412, Avg. 485
The Owensboro Oilers of the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League ended the 1955 season with a record of 53 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the KITL.
The Oilers scored 583 runs and conceded 618 runs. Joseph Cintron paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .325. Arnold Briggs topped Owensboro with 15 wins, while David Palmer recorded a 3.28 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Ken Silvestri played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Owensboro Oilers to do so.
Walter Lance and Ken Silvestri 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Briggs | 15 | 5 | .750 | 3.86 | 29 | 22 | 177.0 | 168 | 98 | 76 | 18 | 96 | ||||||||||
| James Birkofer | 9 | 8 | .529 | 5.18 | 30 | 16 | 132.0 | 168 | 95 | 76 | 10 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Frank DeChano | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.96 | 31 | 17 | 150.0 | 146 | 87 | 66 | 11 | 61 | ||||||||||
| David Palmer | 6 | 11 | .353 | 3.28 | 21 | 19 | 140.0 | 101 | 78 | 51 | 11 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Malvern Murphy | 4 | 9 | .308 | 3.92 | 19 | 13 | 108.0 | 102 | 69 | 47 | 7 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Richard Kimball | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Arnold Godwin | 3 | 3 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Tegenkamp | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.34 | 19 | 5 | 58.0 | 59 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Alexander Murawski | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pete Hoover | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ric Lessmann | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Hoy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Taylor | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Raimo | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Koski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Huffman | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edmund Lonergan | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 53 | 58 | .477 | 4.05 | 189 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 765.0 | 744 | 459 | 344 | 59 | 400 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Cintron | 109 | 375 | 375 | 122 | 27 | 5 | 6 | .325 | .325 | .472 | .797 | 177 | |||||||||||
| Walter Lance | 85 | 306 | 306 | 86 | 17 | 3 | 10 | .281 | .281 | .454 | .735 | 139 | |||||||||||
| Jack George | 94 | 327 | 327 | 83 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .254 | .254 | .324 | .578 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Russell Serzen | 86 | 292 | 292 | 75 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .257 | .257 | .322 | .579 | 94 | |||||||||||
| Hobart Powell | 69 | 249 | 249 | 71 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .285 | .285 | .382 | .667 | 95 | |||||||||||
| Don Gilbert | 64 | 244 | 244 | 64 | 8 | 2 | 8 | .262 | .262 | .410 | .672 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Terry Laschen | 57 | 237 | 237 | 61 | 9 | 3 | 6 | .257 | .257 | .397 | .654 | 94 | |||||||||||
| Pete Anthony | 69 | 206 | 206 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 6 | .238 | .238 | .393 | .631 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Bob Lysen | 41 | 154 | 154 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 4 | .292 | .292 | .435 | .727 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Don Johns | 37 | 139 | 139 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .281 | .281 | .388 | .669 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Walter Messina | 45 | 168 | 168 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .208 | .393 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Cecil Mingee | 36 | 85 | 85 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .306 | .306 | .400 | .706 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Dick Desrosiers | 19 | 62 | 62 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .306 | .306 | .387 | .694 | 24 | |||||||||||
| James Birkofer | 51 | 105 | 105 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .181 | .181 | .267 | .448 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Bertram Keys | 14 | 58 | 58 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .345 | .621 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Arnold Briggs | 30 | 63 | 63 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .270 | .492 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Charles Forbes | 19 | 75 | 75 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .187 | .187 | .240 | .427 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Michael Bumb | 13 | 44 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .295 | .523 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Ken Silvestri | 15 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .278 | .528 | 10 | |||||||||||
| David Palmer | 21 | 44 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .295 | .477 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Malvern Murphy | 20 | 36 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .139 | .139 | .167 | .306 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Neil | 11 | 45 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .200 | .311 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Frank DeChano | 31 | 51 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .078 | .078 | .098 | .176 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Tegenkamp | 26 | 41 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .049 | .049 | .049 | .098 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Fred Taylor | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Arnold Godwin | 8 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Pete Hoover | 8 | 17 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Raimo | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Huffman | 2 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Kimball | 6 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ric Lessmann | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Edmund Lonergan | 4 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Alexander Murawski | 4 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Mancuso | 7 | 25 | 25 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1107 | 3532 | 3532 | 0 | 877 | 144 | 29 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .248 | .248 | .351 | .600 | 1241 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank DeChano | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| James Birkofer | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Arnold Briggs | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| David Palmer | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Anthony Tegenkamp | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Malvern Murphy | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Hoover | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Arnold Godwin | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Kimball | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Alexander Murawski | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Edmund Lonergan | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Taylor | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| George Raimo | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Ric Lessmann | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Huffman | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Koski | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Hoy | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 189 | 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.
