1955 Sandersville Giants Statistics
Team Record: 56-51
Finished 2nd in the GSL
Manager: Pete Pavlick (56-51)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Sandersville, Georgia
Ballpark: Sandersville Baseball Park
Attendance: 31,005, Avg. 580
Playoffs - Sandersville Giants 3 games, Hazlehurst-Baxley Red Sox 1
Finals - Douglas Trojans 3 games, Sandersville Giants 3 - Rain forced postponement of the series. Both were declared co-champions.
The Sandersville Giants of the Georgia State League ended the 1955 season with a record of 56 wins and 51 losses, finishing second in the GSL.
The Giants scored 645 runs and conceded 567 runs. Jack Elias led all regular hitters by connecting at a .332 clip. Leo Quatro topped Sandersville with 15 wins and a team-best 3.1 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Willie McCovey and Julio Navarro both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Pete Pavlick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Quatro | 15 | 5 | .750 | 3.10 | 29 | 22 | 183.0 | 160 | 97 | 63 | 10 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Andrew Yetsko | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.48 | 32 | 21 | 189.0 | 172 | 90 | 73 | 16 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Gilbert Bassetti | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.11 | 28 | 15 | 104.0 | 115 | 81 | 59 | 12 | 68 | ||||||||||
| Donald Hinrichs | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.31 | 15 | 12 | 78.0 | 84 | 57 | 46 | 9 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Donald Sager | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.84 | 46 | 1 | 76.0 | 75 | 39 | 24 | 6 | 29 | ||||||||||
| William DeJesus | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Petriello | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Craig Hoyal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gene Cockrell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Elias | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Delida | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Clements | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Kocak | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Julio Navarro | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 4 | 2 | 17.0 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 42 | 42 | .500 | 3.92 | 179 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 647.0 | 631 | 385 | 282 | 53 | 281 | 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 Elias | 96 | 382 | 382 | 127 | 21 | 5 | 12 | .332 | .332 | .508 | .840 | 194 | |||||||||||
| Willie McCovey | 107 | 410 | 410 | 125 | 24 | 1 | 19 | .305 | .305 | .507 | .812 | 208 | |||||||||||
| Pete Pavlick | 96 | 324 | 324 | 91 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .281 | .281 | .340 | .620 | 110 | |||||||||||
| Rudy Warren | 81 | 303 | 303 | 90 | 15 | 8 | 8 | .297 | .297 | .479 | .776 | 145 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Crosby | 100 | 364 | 364 | 90 | 14 | 1 | 5 | .247 | .247 | .332 | .580 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Richard LaFaive | 44 | 191 | 191 | 76 | 13 | 4 | 5 | .398 | .398 | .586 | .984 | 112 | |||||||||||
| William Hatcher | 89 | 315 | 315 | 72 | 10 | 2 | 4 | .229 | .229 | .311 | .540 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Gene Cockrell | 59 | 194 | 194 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .211 | .211 | .284 | .495 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Rocco Cambareri | 47 | 160 | 160 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .206 | .206 | .362 | .569 | 58 | |||||||||||
| William Pazienza | 63 | 152 | 152 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .211 | .211 | .329 | .539 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Yetsko | 44 | 95 | 95 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .263 | .263 | .442 | .705 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Bob Scott | 27 | 102 | 102 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .186 | .186 | .216 | .402 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Jimmy Farris | 22 | 71 | 71 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .254 | .493 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Waters | 25 | 78 | 78 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .205 | .397 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Leo Quatro | 30 | 57 | 57 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .316 | .561 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Robert Butts | 19 | 63 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .222 | .413 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Russell Bell | 22 | 61 | 61 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .180 | .295 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Gilbert Bassetti | 28 | 33 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .152 | .303 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Donald Sager | 46 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Donald Hinrichs | 15 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .040 | .040 | .040 | .080 | 1 | |||||||||||
| George Kocak | 4 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Cali | 4 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dan Carmichael | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Tally | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Anthony Clements | 9 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William DeJesus | 4 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph Petriello | 2 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Delida | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Palmer | 7 | 20 | 20 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Julio Navarro | 4 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Craig Hoyal | 5 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1104 | 3472 | 3472 | 0 | 894 | 134 | 28 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .374 | .632 | 1300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Sager | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Andrew Yetsko | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Leo Quatro | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Gilbert Bassetti | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Hinrichs | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Anthony Clements | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Julio Navarro | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| George Kocak | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| William DeJesus | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| John Delida | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Petriello | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 175 | 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.
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