1955 Phoenix Stars Statistics
Team Record: 80-59
Finished 3rd in the AAL
Manager: Jerry Gardner (80-59)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 74,185, Avg. 1,067
The Phoenix Stars of the Arizona-Mexico League ended the 1955 season with a record of 80 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the AAL.
The Stars paced the circuit with 1068 runs, sparked by 147 home runs. Phoenix surrendered 924 runs. Ralph Wilcox led all regular hitters with a .330 average. Olaf Nelson earned 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Ron Blackburn, too added 15 or more wins, too Ron Blackburn recorded a 3.84 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1955 Phoenix Stars who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Joe Christopher, Ron Blackburn, Ellis Burton and Earl Smith.
Jerry Gardner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olaf Nelson | 24 | 10 | .706 | 4.16 | 45 | 34 | 275.0 | 285 | 160 | 127 | 27 | 112 | ||||||||||
| Ron Blackburn | 16 | 6 | .727 | 3.84 | 29 | 21 | 197.0 | 196 | 106 | 84 | 14 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Jerry McClure | 7 | 10 | .412 | 5.93 | 37 | 17 | 150.3 | 171 | 121 | 99 | 13 | 120 | ||||||||||
| Loyd Wallis | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.13 | 15 | 14 | 98.0 | 97 | 63 | 45 | 4 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Robert Vruck | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.91 | 33 | 13 | 120.3 | 134 | 100 | 79 | 13 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Eugene Zimmerlink | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.75 | 11 | 10 | 66.3 | 60 | 44 | 35 | 5 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Stan Patchell | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.37 | 16 | 4 | 62.0 | 66 | 48 | 37 | 3 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Robert Kennedy | 3 | 5 | .375 | 7.11 | 18 | 8 | 57.0 | 72 | 69 | 45 | 5 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Bob Wade | 3 | 5 | .375 | 8.57 | 23 | 8 | 69.3 | 60 | 72 | 66 | 7 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Robert Eisele | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.92 | 19 | 2 | 44.3 | 60 | 51 | 39 | 3 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Richard Shinnick | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walter DeLotelle | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Cade | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.28 | 14 | 4 | 38.3 | 44 | 38 | 31 | 1 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Robert Bonaparte | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lee Babbitt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Doering | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Green | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 79 | 59 | .572 | 5.25 | 280 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1178.0 | 1245 | 872 | 687 | 95 | 755 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Wilcox | 139 | 536 | 536 | 177 | 32 | 5 | 37 | .330 | .330 | .616 | .946 | 330 | |||||||||||
| Ellis Burton | 131 | 506 | 506 | 159 | 39 | 5 | 14 | .314 | .314 | .494 | .808 | 250 | |||||||||||
| Gene Stair | 83 | 351 | 351 | 132 | 18 | 10 | 7 | .376 | .376 | .544 | .920 | 191 | |||||||||||
| Joe Christopher | 84 | 347 | 347 | 127 | 15 | 14 | 2 | .366 | .366 | .507 | .873 | 176 | |||||||||||
| Ron Carlon | 102 | 345 | 345 | 83 | 16 | 3 | 10 | .241 | .241 | .391 | .632 | 135 | |||||||||||
| Jack Spence | 66 | 280 | 280 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 8 | .250 | .250 | .400 | .650 | 112 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Coughlin | 76 | 264 | 264 | 69 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .261 | .261 | .337 | .598 | 89 | |||||||||||
| Gene Corso | 43 | 171 | 171 | 61 | 10 | 4 | 9 | .357 | .357 | .620 | .977 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Robert Bonaparte | 48 | 198 | 198 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 9 | .298 | .298 | .505 | .803 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Earl Smith | 52 | 195 | 195 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .297 | .297 | .441 | .738 | 86 | |||||||||||
| David Lowenthal | 53 | 190 | 190 | 54 | 14 | 2 | 9 | .284 | .284 | .521 | .805 | 99 | |||||||||||
| Bill Jackson | 51 | 171 | 171 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 17 | .298 | .298 | .655 | .953 | 112 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Platt | 50 | 174 | 174 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .293 | .293 | .368 | .661 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Howard Padgett | 53 | 196 | 196 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .235 | .235 | .342 | .577 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Gardner | 52 | 133 | 133 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .293 | .293 | .421 | .714 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Meyer | 32 | 117 | 117 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .274 | .274 | .410 | .684 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Ron Blackburn | 41 | 99 | 99 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .313 | .313 | .434 | .747 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Olaf Nelson | 46 | 113 | 113 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .186 | .186 | .310 | .496 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Carl Long | 13 | 51 | 51 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .549 | .882 | 28 | |||||||||||
| James Croasmun | 12 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .370 | .704 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Jim Covert | 17 | 43 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .186 | .186 | .302 | .488 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Jerry McClure | 37 | 55 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .145 | .145 | .182 | .327 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Robert Kennedy | 19 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .304 | .304 | .609 | .913 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Bob Wade | 24 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .269 | .269 | .423 | .692 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Zimmerlink | 13 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .207 | .207 | .345 | .552 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Robert Vruck | 33 | 43 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .163 | .302 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Stan Patchell | 16 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .280 | .480 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Cade | 14 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Loyd Wallis | 15 | 34 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .088 | .088 | .088 | .176 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Robert Eisele | 19 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Richard Shinnick | 7 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Doering | 3 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Walter DeLotelle | 4 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick Green | 3 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Alan Haverty | 6 | 26 | 26 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ed Jacobsen | 8 | 31 | 31 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Del Johnston | 8 | 28 | 28 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ronald Lachman | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1477 | 4873 | 4873 | 0 | 1400 | 257 | 59 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .287 | .287 | .455 | .742 | 2216 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olaf Nelson | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry McClure | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Vruck | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Blackburn | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Wade | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Eisele | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Kennedy | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Stan Patchell | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Loyd Wallis | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Cade | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Zimmerlink | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Shinnick | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Walter DeLotelle | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Green | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| George Doering | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Lee Babbitt | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 278 | 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.
