1955 Reading Indians Statistics
Team Record: 84-53
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Jo-Jo White (84-53)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: First Energy Stadium
Attendance: 99,412, Avg. 1,451
Playoffs - Schenectady Blue Jays 3 games, Reading Indians 1
The Reading Indians of the Eastern League ended the 1955 season with a record of 84 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the EL.
The Indians conceded 548 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Reading tallied 699 runs. Joseph Randazzo paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .296. Don Minnick topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.78 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Roger Maris, Bobby Locke, Larry Raines, Don Minnick, Dick Brown, Jake Striker, Dan Osinski and Carroll Hardy were all players from the 1955 Reading Indians who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jo-Jo White 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Minnick | 20 | 4 | .833 | 2.78 | 30 | 26 | 223.0 | 204 | 82 | 69 | 19 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Donald Nance | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2.81 | 28 | 26 | 192.0 | 188 | 88 | 60 | 12 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Pete Mesa | 12 | 6 | .667 | 4.30 | 22 | 20 | 157.0 | 150 | 81 | 75 | 15 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Gene Lary | 9 | 4 | .692 | 4.21 | 13 | 12 | 92.0 | 84 | 47 | 43 | 7 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Eugene Law | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.87 | 21 | 12 | 113.0 | 110 | 45 | 36 | 7 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Ben Smyth | 6 | 9 | .400 | 2.38 | 40 | 4 | 102.0 | 96 | 45 | 27 | 4 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Jake Striker | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.05 | 12 | 6 | 57.0 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Wally Seward | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.00 | 9 | 6 | 57.0 | 49 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Jack Bowes | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.98 | 16 | 6 | 56.0 | 55 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Glen Harshbarger | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.00 | 4 | 4 | 30.0 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Billy Ray Meyer | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.18 | 5 | 5 | 34.0 | 33 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||
| George Aitken | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.77 | 9 | 4 | 31.0 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||
| John Luthern | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Camacho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dan Osinski | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 2 | 5.0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Raymond Seif | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Locke | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.00 | 5 | 21.0 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 84 | 53 | .613 | 3.28 | 222 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1170.0 | 1084 | 524 | 426 | 77 | 437 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Waters | 127 | 511 | 511 | 149 | 25 | 8 | 8 | .292 | .292 | .419 | .710 | 214 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Randazzo | 134 | 477 | 477 | 141 | 23 | 4 | 14 | .296 | .296 | .449 | .744 | 214 | |||||||||||
| Joe Camacho | 100 | 375 | 375 | 109 | 16 | 2 | 7 | .291 | .291 | .400 | .691 | 150 | |||||||||||
| Larry Raines | 91 | 324 | 324 | 108 | 17 | 8 | 7 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 162 | |||||||||||
| Roger Maris | 113 | 374 | 374 | 108 | 15 | 3 | 19 | .289 | .289 | .497 | .786 | 186 | |||||||||||
| Frank Tanana | 110 | 359 | 359 | 104 | 19 | 7 | 13 | .290 | .290 | .490 | .780 | 176 | |||||||||||
| Clell Hobson | 103 | 363 | 363 | 94 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .259 | .259 | .325 | .584 | 118 | |||||||||||
| Dick Brown | 101 | 352 | 352 | 84 | 12 | 2 | 18 | .239 | .239 | .438 | .676 | 154 | |||||||||||
| Robert O'Donnell | 77 | 221 | 221 | 58 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .262 | .262 | .330 | .593 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Carroll Hardy | 53 | 181 | 181 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 5 | .265 | .265 | .431 | .696 | 78 | |||||||||||
| Jim Tolleson | 57 | 163 | 163 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .239 | .239 | .368 | .607 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Robert Johnson | 53 | 164 | 164 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 4 | .213 | .213 | .360 | .573 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Bill Williamson | 41 | 136 | 136 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .221 | .221 | .301 | .522 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Don Minnick | 30 | 85 | 85 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .318 | .318 | .424 | .741 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Law | 21 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .325 | .625 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Pete Mesa | 22 | 51 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .196 | .196 | .275 | .471 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Paul Jones | 16 | 51 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .157 | .157 | .275 | .431 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Gene Lary | 13 | 35 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Weiss | 13 | 44 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .159 | .159 | .523 | .682 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Donald Nance | 28 | 59 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .102 | .102 | .119 | .220 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Bob Truss | 14 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .179 | .179 | .429 | .607 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Jake Striker | 12 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ben Smyth | 40 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Jack Bowes | 16 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Wally Seward | 9 | 19 | 19 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Raymond Seif | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dan Osinski | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Billy Ray Meyer | 5 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Luthern | 3 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bobby Locke | 5 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Glen Harshbarger | 4 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Biskup | 6 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| George Aitken | 9 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1430 | 4529 | 4529 | 0 | 1196 | 181 | 51 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .264 | .401 | .665 | 1818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Smyth | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Don Minnick | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Nance | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Mesa | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Law | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Bowes | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Lary | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Jake Striker | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Wally Seward | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| George Aitken | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Ray Meyer | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Locke | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Glen Harshbarger | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| John Luthern | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Raymond Seif | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Dan Osinski | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 221 | 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.
