1955 Richmond Virginians Statistics
Team Record: 58-95
Finished 8th in the IL
Manager: Luke Appling (58-95)
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 126,607, Avg. 1,655
The Richmond Virginians of the International League ended the 1955 season with a record of 58 wins and 95 losses, finishing eighth in the IL.
The Virginians scored 560 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 738 runs, most in the circuit.
Members of the 1955 Richmond Virginians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bill Connelly, Roy Dietzel, Bob Habenicht, Bobby Richardson, Dee Phillips, Bill Voiselle, Ebba St. Claire, Niles Jordan, Marv Rackley, Jim Konstanty, Vern Bickford, Mario Picone, Ken Heintzelman, Dick Starr, Neal Watlington, Jocko Thompson, Hank Edwards, Eddie Kasko, Irv Medlinger, Butch McCord, Tommy Fine and Ken Wood.
Luke Appling 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niles Jordan | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.53 | 35 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 155.0 | 162 | 86 | 78 | 14 | 69 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Bob Habenicht | 9 | 18 | .333 | 3.77 | 38 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 196.0 | 204 | 107 | 82 | 15 | 57 | 107 | 8 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Dick Starr | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.35 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 121.0 | 105 | 53 | 45 | 8 | 42 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Voiselle | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.37 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 115.0 | 101 | 50 | 43 | 4 | 61 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Connelly | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.21 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 169.0 | 166 | 100 | 79 | 9 | 101 | 99 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Jocko Thompson | 6 | 16 | .273 | 5.17 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 148.0 | 170 | 93 | 85 | 18 | 49 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Tommy Fine | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 68 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Konstanty | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vern Bickford | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Irv Medlinger | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.35 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 64 | 36 | 36 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ken Heintzelman | 1 | 4 | .200 | 18 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Angelo Nardella | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.74 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 65.0 | 64 | 35 | 27 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Mario Picone | 24 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Clarence Zieser | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 54 | 82 | .397 | 4.19 | 346 | 124 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1068.0 | 1104 | 589 | 497 | 82 | 446 | 0 | 537 | 27 | 3 | 32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Kasko | 146 | 595 | 546 | 59 | 146 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 11 | 34 | 47 | .267 | .313 | .333 | .646 | 182 | 3 | 10 | 2 | |||
| Vic Marasco | 130 | 475 | 418 | 50 | 126 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 4 | 33 | 44 | .301 | .357 | .433 | .790 | 181 | 7 | 10 | 7 | |||
| Butch McCord | 139 | 513 | 462 | 49 | 119 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 4 | 39 | 45 | .258 | .318 | .361 | .680 | 167 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Russell Kerns | 123 | 432 | 386 | 38 | 97 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 0 | 39 | 56 | .251 | .322 | .386 | .708 | 149 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Ken Wood | 128 | 477 | 412 | 53 | 90 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 47 | 0 | 46 | 67 | .218 | .296 | .369 | .665 | 152 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||
| Neal Watlington | 106 | 370 | 329 | 36 | 86 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 35 | 21 | .261 | .331 | .319 | .650 | 105 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Joseph Tesauro | 102 | 337 | 281 | 44 | 80 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 51 | 38 | .285 | .393 | .331 | .724 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Lou Ortiz | 69 | 291 | 252 | 40 | 71 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 48 | 1 | 32 | 25 | .282 | .360 | .480 | .840 | 121 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Dee Phillips | 107 | 313 | 283 | 32 | 69 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 24 | .244 | .303 | .286 | .589 | 81 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Rocco Ippolito | 60 | 212 | 188 | 26 | 51 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 19 | 36 | .271 | .338 | .484 | .822 | 91 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Roy Dietzel | 42 | 158 | 140 | 13 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 20 | .264 | .340 | .379 | .718 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Hank Edwards | 42 | 122 | 105 | 11 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 9 | .286 | .369 | .429 | .797 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Allen Barbee | 42 | 155 | 143 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 23 | .203 | .258 | .280 | .538 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bobby Richardson | 25 | 102 | 93 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | .280 | .337 | .366 | .702 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kenneth Chapman | 65 | 171 | 140 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 14 | .186 | .308 | .229 | .536 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Bob Habenicht | 40 | 69 | 64 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .219 | .239 | .297 | .536 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Matthew Daskalakis | 19 | 71 | 65 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .185 | .254 | .200 | .454 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Niles Jordan | 35 | 57 | 46 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .196 | .315 | .261 | .576 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Bill Connelly | 35 | 68 | 61 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .148 | .185 | .230 | .414 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Dick Starr | 22 | 43 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .216 | .326 | .405 | .731 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jocko Thompson | 29 | 51 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .089 | .128 | .133 | .261 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Marv Rackley | 10 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .176 | .391 | .235 | .627 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bill Voiselle | 72 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .176 | .222 | .176 | .399 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Irv Medlinger | 25 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vern Bickford | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy Fine | 13 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Konstanty | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Heintzelman | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Angelo Nardella | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .000 | .154 | .000 | .154 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Victor Napolitano | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Clarence Zieser | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1690 | 5185 | 4586 | 513 | 1152 | 176 | 35 | 74 | 475 | 33 | 0 | 454 | 586 | .251 | .321 | .353 | .674 | 1620 | 0 | 35 | 66 | 44 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch McCord | 1B | 125 | 1022 | 73 | 14 | 99 | .987 | 8.760 | ||||
| Russell Kerns | 1B | 16 | 118 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 1.000 | 7.875 | ||||
| Matthew Daskalakis | 1B | 16 | 121 | 3 | 1 | 12 | .992 | 7.750 | ||||
| Lou Ortiz | 2B | 69 | 171 | 186 | 5 | 59 | .986 | 5.174 | ||||
| Roy Dietzel | 2B | 41 | 92 | 68 | 7 | 15 | .958 | 3.902 | ||||
| Bobby Richardson | 2B | 25 | 51 | 68 | 4 | 20 | .967 | 4.760 | ||||
| Dee Phillips | 2B | 19 | 36 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 3.579 | ||||
| Russell Kerns | 3B | 81 | 81 | 117 | 16 | 15 | .925 | 2.444 | ||||
| Dee Phillips | 3B | 65 | 46 | 108 | 7 | 11 | .957 | 2.369 | ||||
| Kenneth Chapman | 3B | 29 | 24 | 45 | 4 | 7 | .945 | 2.379 | ||||
| Neal Watlington | C | 89 | 386 | 55 | 10 | 11 | .978 | 4.955 | 5 | |||
| Vic Marasco | OF | 118 | 298 | 15 | 11 | 1 | .966 | 2.653 | ||||
| Ken Wood | OF | 115 | 197 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .962 | 1.765 | ||||
| Joseph Tesauro | OF | 78 | 169 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .978 | 2.256 | ||||
| Rocco Ippolito | OF | 54 | 109 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .949 | 2.074 | ||||
| Allen Barbee | OF | 39 | 104 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .954 | 2.667 | ||||
| Hank Edwards | OF | 28 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.607 | ||||
| Kenneth Chapman | OF | 18 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.667 | ||||
| Russell Kerns | OF | 16 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.875 | ||||
| Bill Voiselle | P | 72 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Bob Habenicht | P | 38 | 19 | 37 | 2 | 4 | .966 | 1.474 | ||||
| Niles Jordan | P | 35 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 1.057 | ||||
| Bill Connelly | P | 31 | 11 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.355 | ||||
| Jocko Thompson | P | 29 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.172 | ||||
| Irv Medlinger | P | 25 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .400 | ||||
| Mario Picone | P | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Starr | P | 21 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .857 | ||||
| Angelo Nardella | P | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Ken Heintzelman | P | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .222 | ||||
| Tommy Fine | P | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
| Vern Bickford | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Konstanty | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Clarence Zieser | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Kasko | SS | 142 | 284 | 418 | 32 | 94 | .956 | 4.944 | ||||
| Dee Phillips | SS | 21 | 19 | 37 | 5 | 4 | .918 | 2.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1550 | 3495 | 1437 | 148 | 398 | .971 | 3.182 | 5 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
