1955 Spartanburg Peaches Statistics
Team Record: 74-44
Finished 1st in the TSL
Manager: Spud Chandler (74-44)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 35,925, Avg. 609
Playoffs - Spartanburg Peaches 3 games, Greenville Spinners 0
The Spartanburg Peaches of the Tri-State League ended the 1955 season with a record of 74 wins and 44 losses, finishing first in the TSL.
The Peaches led the circuit with 767 runs, fueled by 83 home runs. Spartanburg surrendered 533 runs, least in the league. Cob Jarvis paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .361 clip. Charles Kolakowski topped the squad with 13 wins, while John Luthern recorded a 2.23 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Spud Chandler and Dan Osinski both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Spud Chandler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Kolakowski | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.47 | 26 | 22 | 161.0 | 115 | 78 | 62 | 3 | 146 | ||||||||||
| John Luthern | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2.23 | 26 | 10 | 125.0 | 94 | 52 | 31 | 5 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Wally Seward | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2.92 | 19 | 17 | 148.0 | 122 | 61 | 48 | 1 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Jack Cohen | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.61 | 29 | 12 | 132.0 | 111 | 67 | 53 | 3 | 100 | ||||||||||
| Raymond Konkoleski | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.53 | 28 | 22 | 133.0 | 109 | 84 | 67 | 4 | 106 | ||||||||||
| Dan Osinski | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.70 | 12 | 9 | 74.0 | 36 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 62 | ||||||||||
| George Aitken | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.64 | 12 | 12 | 85.3 | 80 | 49 | 44 | 1 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Connie Hemphill | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.51 | 14 | 10 | 81.7 | 92 | 61 | 50 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Farrell | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gary Kolod | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Raymond | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Lang | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spud Chandler | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 73 | 44 | .624 | 3.53 | 185 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 940.0 | 759 | 485 | 369 | 21 | 673 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cob Jarvis | 117 | 435 | 435 | 157 | 26 | 14 | 5 | .361 | .361 | .520 | .880 | 226 | |||||||||||
| Bill Kallas | 119 | 460 | 460 | 141 | 33 | 4 | 2 | .307 | .307 | .409 | .715 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Paul Jones | 101 | 379 | 379 | 131 | 27 | 9 | 18 | .346 | .346 | .607 | .953 | 230 | |||||||||||
| Don Saner | 116 | 417 | 417 | 124 | 16 | 7 | 5 | .297 | .297 | .405 | .703 | 169 | |||||||||||
| Edward Cook | 113 | 389 | 389 | 110 | 21 | 6 | 13 | .283 | .283 | .468 | .751 | 182 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Vaughan | 101 | 340 | 340 | 86 | 14 | 3 | 10 | .253 | .253 | .400 | .653 | 136 | |||||||||||
| Jim Wilkinson | 80 | 264 | 264 | 72 | 15 | 2 | 6 | .273 | .273 | .413 | .686 | 109 | |||||||||||
| Bill Williamson | 72 | 237 | 237 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 14 | .224 | .224 | .464 | .688 | 110 | |||||||||||
| Bob Diers | 50 | 170 | 170 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 3 | .288 | .288 | .412 | .700 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Luby | 44 | 140 | 140 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .264 | .264 | .371 | .636 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Robert Mayhew | 17 | 69 | 69 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .362 | .362 | .551 | .913 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Richard Myers | 18 | 52 | 52 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .308 | .308 | .423 | .731 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Richard Hofleit | 13 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .366 | .366 | .439 | .805 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Charles Kolakowski | 27 | 60 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .250 | .450 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Melton | 19 | 53 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .208 | .208 | .321 | .528 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Wally Seward | 23 | 69 | 69 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .159 | .159 | .203 | .362 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Jack Cohen | 29 | 50 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 10 | |||||||||||
| John Luthern | 26 | 47 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .191 | .213 | .404 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Konkoleski | 28 | 49 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .184 | .184 | .224 | .408 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Dan Osinski | 12 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .280 | .280 | .480 | .760 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Connie Hemphill | 14 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .310 | .552 | 9 | |||||||||||
| George Aitken | 14 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .094 | .156 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Bob Hudson | 2 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Raymond | 8 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Rob Murphy | 7 | 13 | 13 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Gary Kolod | 4 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Farrell | 4 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Tolleson | 8 | 25 | 25 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Doug Dickey | 6 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Spud Chandler | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Carl Rogers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| Totals | 1196 | 3893 | 3893 | 0 | 1094 | 202 | 53 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 | .281 | .424 | .705 | 1651 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Cohen | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Raymond Konkoleski | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| John Luthern | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Kolakowski | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Wally Seward | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Connie Hemphill | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Dan Osinski | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| George Aitken | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Raymond | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Farrell | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Gary Kolod | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| John Lang | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Spud Chandler | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 185 | 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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