1955 Superior Blues Statistics
Team Record: 55-68
Finished 6th in the NL
Manager: Walt Novick (55-68)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Superior, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Superior Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 36,695, Avg. 597
The Superior Blues of the Northern League ended the 1955 season with a record of 55 wins and 68 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.
The Blues scored 552 runs and allowed 570 runs. John Feldmann led batters with significant playing time by hitting .307. Thomas Richards topped Superior with 17 wins, while Bob Bennett recorded a 2.51 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1955 Superior Blues who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Glen Hobbie, Fritz Ackley and Hal Trosky.
Walt Novick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Richards | 17 | 10 | .630 | 2.59 | 31 | 24 | 222.0 | 155 | 86 | 64 | 4 | 139 | ||||||||||
| Rich Ramos | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.68 | 32 | 26 | 203.0 | 194 | 99 | 83 | 15 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Bill Knapek | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.17 | 25 | 23 | 173.0 | 154 | 88 | 61 | 3 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Bob Bennett | 6 | 11 | .353 | 2.51 | 34 | 5 | 129.0 | 101 | 47 | 36 | 4 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Sperry | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.29 | 29 | 16 | 126.0 | 101 | 86 | 60 | 3 | 114 | ||||||||||
| Glen Hobbie | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.05 | 12 | 9 | 59.0 | 44 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Edward Fouchey | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Doke | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russell Penfold | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.11 | 10 | 5 | 37.0 | 38 | 32 | 21 | 2 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Louis Dulac | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Pulscak | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Walt Novick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fritz Ackley | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| James Gaines | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Samuel Williams | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| LeRoy Dorow | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harold McGahey | 0 | 5 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 55 | 68 | .447 | 3.29 | 206 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 949.3 | 787 | 470 | 347 | 32 | 536 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Olesko | 122 | 519 | 519 | 149 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .287 | .287 | .326 | .613 | 169 | |||||||||||
| Robert Rous | 115 | 389 | 389 | 107 | 13 | 8 | 7 | .275 | .275 | .404 | .679 | 157 | |||||||||||
| Pedro Arroyo | 103 | 390 | 390 | 106 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .272 | .272 | .336 | .608 | 131 | |||||||||||
| John Feldmann | 87 | 336 | 336 | 103 | 15 | 0 | 3 | .307 | .307 | .378 | .685 | 127 | |||||||||||
| Bill Pass | 98 | 374 | 374 | 97 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .259 | .259 | .307 | .567 | 115 | |||||||||||
| Lee DeWan | 95 | 330 | 330 | 85 | 15 | 3 | 4 | .258 | .258 | .358 | .615 | 118 | |||||||||||
| Walt Novick | 65 | 171 | 171 | 53 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .310 | .310 | .439 | .749 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Bill Earnhardt | 48 | 174 | 174 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .287 | .529 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Hal Trosky | 40 | 136 | 136 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .265 | .265 | .419 | .684 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Richard Bartel | 57 | 163 | 163 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .202 | .202 | .301 | .503 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Bob Hoeft | 23 | 90 | 90 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .289 | .289 | .378 | .667 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Keaneman | 41 | 133 | 133 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .195 | .195 | .256 | .451 | 34 | |||||||||||
| William Pauletich | 50 | 171 | 171 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .152 | .152 | .193 | .345 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Bonczek | 34 | 123 | 123 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .220 | .415 | 27 | |||||||||||
| James Fanizzi | 41 | 131 | 131 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .176 | .176 | .206 | .382 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Richards | 49 | 85 | 85 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .235 | .424 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Carmen Troisi | 17 | 63 | 63 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .206 | .206 | .254 | .460 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Rich Ramos | 34 | 77 | 77 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .156 | .286 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Bob Bennett | 36 | 44 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .227 | .409 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bill Knapek | 27 | 58 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .138 | .138 | .241 | .379 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Glen Hobbie | 12 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Sperry | 29 | 40 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Russell Penfold | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Michael Pulscak | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Donald Burns | 2 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| LeRoy Dorow | 2 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Edward Fouchey | 2 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Gaines | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Louis Hurt | 3 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Doke | 7 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Marion Lalande | 3 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Layana | 7 | 18 | 18 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Neal Marlett | 1 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Harold McGahey | 9 | 17 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Louis Dulac | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1277 | 4108 | 4108 | 0 | 996 | 145 | 26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .312 | .554 | 1280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Bennett | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Rich Ramos | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Richards | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Wayne Sperry | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Knapek | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Glen Hobbie | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Russell Penfold | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Harold McGahey | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Doke | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Pulscak | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| James Gaines | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Samuel Williams | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Fouchey | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| LeRoy Dorow | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Louis Dulac | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Fritz Ackley | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 204 | 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.
