1955 Schenectady Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 74-64
Finished 4th in the EL
Manager: Don Osborn (74-64)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Schenectady, New York
Ballpark: Schenectady Stadium
Attendance: 73,585, Avg. 1,066
Playoffs - Schenectady Blue Jays 3 games, Reading Indians 1
Finals - Allentown Cardinals 3 games, Schenectady Blue Jays 2
The Schenectady Blue Jays of the Eastern League ended the 1955 season with a record of 74 wins and 64 losses, finishing fourth in the EL.
The Blue Jays scored 662 runs and yielded 635 runs. Ed Bouchee led hitters with significant playing time with a .313 average. Hank Mason topped Schenectady with 14 wins and a team-best 2.93 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1955 Schenectady Blue Jays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Don Erickson, Don Cardwell, Bob Conley, Angelo LiPetri, Pancho Herrera, Paul Penson, Hank Mason, Ed Bouchee, Gene Snyder and Joe Erautt.
Don Osborn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Mason | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.93 | 39 | 22 | 175.0 | 124 | 60 | 57 | 11 | 89 | ||||||||||
| Angelo LiPetri | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.49 | 28 | 21 | 160.0 | 160 | 75 | 62 | 16 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Marvin Williams | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.18 | 23 | 15 | 119.0 | 84 | 59 | 42 | 6 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Don Cardwell | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.77 | 32 | 19 | 160.0 | 151 | 78 | 67 | 16 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Don Erickson | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.42 | 25 | 17 | 120.0 | 123 | 65 | 59 | 11 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Rich Smithson | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.95 | 38 | 6 | 82.0 | 81 | 46 | 36 | 5 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Allen Leach | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.36 | 10 | 8 | 42.0 | 40 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Louis Shade | 2 | 1 | .667 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Lawson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.80 | 11 | 3 | 30.0 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Bob Conley | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.21 | 8 | 7 | 38.0 | 47 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Ed Smrekar | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.17 | 24 | 0 | 41.0 | 42 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Paul Bletz | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.86 | 10 | 7 | 49.0 | 61 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Roger Amodio | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edward Zinker | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gene Snyder | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.95 | 21 | 11 | 80.0 | 57 | 56 | 44 | 2 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Leonard Wisneski | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Penson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Earl Hunsinger | 0 | 1 | .000 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 72 | 63 | .533 | 3.86 | 311 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1096.0 | 995 | 559 | 470 | 89 | 566 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Robbins | 132 | 519 | 519 | 161 | 40 | 8 | 22 | .310 | .310 | .545 | .855 | 283 | |||||||||||
| Ed Bouchee | 138 | 466 | 466 | 146 | 40 | 5 | 22 | .313 | .313 | .562 | .876 | 262 | |||||||||||
| Jack Hasten | 136 | 450 | 450 | 122 | 15 | 5 | 9 | .271 | .271 | .387 | .658 | 174 | |||||||||||
| Pancho Herrera | 109 | 377 | 377 | 116 | 20 | 6 | 19 | .308 | .308 | .544 | .851 | 205 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Claycomb | 120 | 419 | 419 | 94 | 15 | 3 | 11 | .224 | .224 | .353 | .578 | 148 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Simmons | 111 | 391 | 391 | 93 | 7 | 3 | 8 | .238 | .238 | .332 | .570 | 130 | |||||||||||
| John Pfeiffer | 116 | 438 | 438 | 90 | 16 | 2 | 8 | .205 | .205 | .306 | .511 | 134 | |||||||||||
| Larry Novak | 63 | 215 | 215 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 4 | .298 | .298 | .409 | .707 | 88 | |||||||||||
| George Triandos | 76 | 215 | 215 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 6 | .233 | .233 | .353 | .586 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Paul Simmons | 63 | 186 | 186 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .263 | .263 | .306 | .570 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Dave Kiley | 39 | 141 | 141 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 6 | .270 | .270 | .461 | .730 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Hank Mason | 40 | 60 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .217 | .217 | .283 | .500 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Angelo LiPetri | 30 | 62 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .177 | .177 | .194 | .371 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Ruddock | 31 | 64 | 64 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .172 | .203 | .375 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Don Cardwell | 40 | 72 | 72 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .153 | .153 | .333 | .486 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Robert Hardy | 18 | 55 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .345 | .527 | 19 | |||||||||||
| James Jadwin | 15 | 40 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .350 | .550 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Don Erickson | 25 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .237 | .395 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Marvin Williams | 29 | 38 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .132 | .132 | .184 | .316 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Lawson | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 | .364 | .636 | 1.000 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Allen Leach | 10 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Paul Bletz | 10 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Victor Comolli | 20 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .156 | .281 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Rich Smithson | 38 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .190 | .333 | 4 | |||||||||||
| George Huffman | 10 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .121 | .212 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Ed Smrekar | 26 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Louis Shade | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Gene Snyder | 22 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .048 | .095 | .143 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Rudolph Paparella | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Battavio | 3 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Conley | 8 | 14 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Erautt | 7 | 21 | 21 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Stanley Homer | 3 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Earl Hunsinger | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Roger Amodio | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph Leon | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Mohn | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Newman | 7 | 17 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Edward Zinker | 2 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1546 | 4498 | 4498 | 0 | 1124 | 193 | 42 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .394 | .644 | 1773 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Mason | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Rich Smithson | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Don Cardwell | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Angelo LiPetri | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Don Erickson | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Smrekar | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Marvin Williams | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Snyder | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Louis Shade | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Earl Hunsinger | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Lawson | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Allen Leach | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Bletz | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Conley | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Penson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Leonard Wisneski | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Amodio | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Zinker | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 311 | 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.
