1955 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 74-79
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Skeeter Newsome (74-79)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 85,191, Avg. 1,114
The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1955 season with a record of 74 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.
The Chiefs plated 588 runs and surrendered 663 runs.
Thornton Kipper, Hank Mason, Lynn Lovenguth, Ed Mierkowicz, Mel Clark, Ted Kazanski, Jim Owens, Angelo LiPetri, Don Richmond, Joe Caffie, Jim Command, Pancho Herrera, Benny Zientara, Johnny Blatnik, Joe Erautt, Ben Johnson, Gene Snyder, Seth Morehead, Jim Westlake, Bob Bowman, Mickey Micelotta, Turk Farrell, John Anderson, Kent Peterson, Joe Lonnett, Don Erickson, Jack Spring and Putsy Caballero were all players from the 1955 Syracuse Chiefs who played in the Majors during their careers.
Skeeter Newsome 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Lovenguth | 15 | 8 | .652 | 2.52 | 39 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 168.0 | 149 | 52 | 47 | 7 | 57 | 103 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Jim Owens | 15 | 11 | .577 | 3.11 | 31 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 211.0 | 171 | 90 | 73 | 10 | 124 | 161 | 2 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Turk Farrell | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.94 | 33 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 185.0 | 196 | 93 | 81 | 5 | 69 | 69 | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Seth Morehead | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.80 | 29 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 161.0 | 154 | 85 | 68 | 6 | 73 | 115 | 5 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Jack Spring | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.00 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 135.0 | 145 | 68 | 60 | 11 | 44 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ben Johnson | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.12 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 95.0 | 103 | 56 | 54 | 7 | 30 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Thornton Kipper | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 | 39 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Kent Peterson | 3 | 5 | .375 | 7.03 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 73.0 | 93 | 60 | 57 | 14 | 31 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Angelo LiPetri | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marvin Williams | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gene Snyder | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edward Zinker | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.29 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 83 | 47 | 40 | 8 | 46 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Don Erickson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hank Mason | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Art Hartley | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Anderson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Tully | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Casagrande | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 79 | .484 | 3.82 | 341 | 141 | 0 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 1162.0 | 1133 | 565 | 493 | 71 | 492 | 0 | 655 | 27 | 5 | 37 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Kazanski | 140 | 542 | 479 | 62 | 147 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 62 | 7 | 56 | 54 | .307 | .379 | .432 | .811 | 207 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Bob Bowman | 141 | 537 | 474 | 74 | 128 | 29 | 4 | 19 | 71 | 7 | 44 | 88 | .270 | .335 | .468 | .804 | 222 | 4 | 12 | 3 | |||
| Jim Westlake | 144 | 551 | 447 | 64 | 117 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 6 | 83 | 80 | .262 | .379 | .360 | .739 | 161 | 4 | 13 | 4 | |||
| Mickey Micelotta | 127 | 489 | 435 | 49 | 106 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 54 | 8 | 43 | 53 | .244 | .309 | .391 | .700 | 170 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |||
| Ben Tompkins | 114 | 427 | 382 | 40 | 96 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 36 | 37 | .251 | .318 | .340 | .659 | 130 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Mel Clark | 92 | 355 | 314 | 48 | 95 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 4 | 29 | 24 | .303 | .366 | .446 | .812 | 140 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Joe Caffie | 74 | 315 | 283 | 38 | 74 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 59 | .261 | .328 | .339 | .667 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Putsy Caballero | 113 | 357 | 320 | 33 | 72 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 30 | 16 | .225 | .291 | .272 | .563 | 87 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Don Richmond | 89 | 260 | 225 | 37 | 69 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 31 | 13 | .307 | .390 | .369 | .759 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Jim Command | 88 | 207 | 191 | 21 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 23 | .277 | .312 | .429 | .742 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Ed Mierkowicz | 68 | 248 | 212 | 19 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 30 | 19 | .241 | .331 | .311 | .642 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Louis Heyman | 85 | 247 | 211 | 16 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 31 | 43 | .194 | .299 | .365 | .664 | 77 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Larry Novak | 36 | 111 | 98 | 9 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .296 | .360 | .347 | .707 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Johnny Blatnik | 37 | 115 | 91 | 16 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 16 | .308 | .443 | .473 | .916 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joe Lonnett | 26 | 70 | 60 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .283 | .386 | .433 | .819 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lynn Lovenguth | 43 | 69 | 64 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .234 | .258 | .312 | .570 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Pancho Herrera | 18 | 50 | 46 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .304 | .347 | .478 | .825 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jack Parks | 18 | 60 | 53 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .189 | .271 | .245 | .516 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Turk Farrell | 33 | 72 | 65 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .138 | .162 | .277 | .439 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Harold Buckwalter | 13 | 44 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .179 | .273 | .256 | .529 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Seth Morehead | 32 | 58 | 51 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .137 | .185 | .157 | .342 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Jim Owens | 31 | 80 | 70 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .100 | .169 | .114 | .283 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Ben Johnson | 33 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .194 | .265 | .290 | .555 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jack Spring | 36 | 42 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .182 | .289 | .242 | .532 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Thornton Kipper | 11 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .211 | .211 | .263 | .474 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Erickson | 11 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry DiPippo | 12 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edward Zinker | 47 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .111 | .111 | .167 | .278 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Angelo LiPetri | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marvin Williams | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Pfeiffer | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Kent Peterson | 35 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gene Snyder | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Casagrande | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Tully | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Benny Zientara | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1794 | 5450 | 4780 | 585 | 1220 | 186 | 41 | 90 | 525 | 72 | 0 | 525 | 688 | .255 | .330 | .368 | .698 | 1758 | 0 | 30 | 75 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Westlake | 1B | 139 | 1225 | 104 | 19 | 140 | .986 | 9.561 | ||||
| Pancho Herrera | 1B | 13 | 104 | 11 | 1 | 9 | .991 | 8.846 | ||||
| Putsy Caballero | 2B | 84 | 185 | 219 | 9 | 59 | .978 | 4.810 | ||||
| Ben Tompkins | 2B | 80 | 172 | 213 | 3 | 66 | .992 | 4.812 | ||||
| Ted Kazanski | 3B | 113 | 84 | 239 | 16 | 25 | .953 | 2.858 | ||||
| Ben Tompkins | 3B | 25 | 18 | 37 | 6 | 2 | .902 | 2.200 | ||||
| Jim Command | 3B | 12 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 4 | .969 | 2.583 | ||||
| Louis Heyman | C | 80 | 379 | 20 | 7 | 5 | .983 | 4.988 | 8 | |||
| Jim Command | C | 39 | 135 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .993 | 3.821 | 2 | |||
| Joe Lonnett | C | 22 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.455 | 1 | |||
| Jack Parks | C | 16 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 3.938 | 1 | |||
| Bob Bowman | OF | 140 | 252 | 16 | 11 | 4 | .961 | 1.914 | ||||
| Mel Clark | OF | 91 | 137 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .986 | 1.593 | ||||
| Joe Caffie | OF | 74 | 199 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .966 | 2.716 | ||||
| Ed Mierkowicz | OF | 66 | 127 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 2.045 | ||||
| Don Richmond | OF | 56 | 83 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 1.500 | ||||
| Larry Novak | OF | 26 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.269 | ||||
| Johnny Blatnik | OF | 25 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.480 | ||||
| Harold Buckwalter | OF | 12 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Edward Zinker | P | 47 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .362 | ||||
| Lynn Lovenguth | P | 39 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .872 | ||||
| Turk Farrell | P | 33 | 18 | 43 | 5 | 1 | .924 | 1.848 | ||||
| Ben Johnson | P | 32 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .656 | ||||
| Kent Peterson | P | 31 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .452 | ||||
| Jim Owens | P | 31 | 14 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .935 | 1.387 | ||||
| Jack Spring | P | 30 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
| Seth Morehead | P | 29 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 0 | .839 | .897 | ||||
| Angelo LiPetri | P | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
| Thornton Kipper | P | 11 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| Don Erickson | P | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Gene Snyder | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marvin Williams | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Casagrande | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Tully | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hank Mason | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Art Hartley | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Anderson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mickey Micelotta | SS | 127 | 213 | 440 | 31 | 94 | .955 | 5.142 | ||||
| Ted Kazanski | SS | 29 | 51 | 83 | 4 | 22 | .971 | 4.621 | ||||
| Totals | 1610 | 3688 | 1655 | 147 | 451 | .973 | 3.319 | 12 | 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.
