1955 Salem Rebels Statistics
Team Record: 84-38
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Jack Crosswhite (84-38)
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 31,213, Avg. 512
Playoffs - Salem Rebels 2 games, Kingsport Cherokees 0
The Salem Rebels of the Appalachian League ended the 1955 season with a record of 84 wins and 38 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Rebels scored 803 runs, best in the league. Salem yielded 616 runs. Charlie Sedor led batters with significant playing time with a .339 average. Paul Johnston topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 3.1 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Orlando Cepeda and Chet Boak both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Jack Crosswhite 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Johnston | 20 | 4 | .833 | 3.10 | 29 | 22 | 200.0 | 207 | 100 | 69 | 25 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Ben Swaringen | 12 | 3 | .800 | 3.65 | 35 | 13 | 148.0 | 131 | 80 | 60 | 16 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Carmon Dugger | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.63 | 28 | 17 | 139.0 | 131 | 75 | 56 | 12 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Don Johnson | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.06 | 24 | 15 | 122.0 | 112 | 64 | 55 | 13 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Warren Rutledge | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.47 | 16 | 13 | 114.0 | 132 | 55 | 44 | 12 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Winfield Burns | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Franklin Wilders | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Willie Parrott | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dean Piatt | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Smith | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Huffman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Hawkins | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Sedor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ulysses Payton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Gibson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Delida | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Greene | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Isben Seif | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Drews | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 27 | .722 | 3.54 | 177 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 723.0 | 713 | 374 | 284 | 78 | 258 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Boak | 120 | 482 | 482 | 163 | 28 | 9 | 13 | .338 | .338 | .515 | .853 | 248 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Sedor | 112 | 419 | 419 | 142 | 18 | 8 | 5 | .339 | .339 | .456 | .795 | 191 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Weatherspoon | 105 | 387 | 387 | 118 | 19 | 7 | 19 | .305 | .305 | .537 | .842 | 208 | |||||||||||
| Manuel Valdez | 93 | 333 | 333 | 98 | 15 | 11 | 3 | .294 | .294 | .432 | .727 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Percise | 91 | 358 | 358 | 84 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .235 | .235 | .291 | .525 | 104 | |||||||||||
| Allen Barbee | 48 | 192 | 192 | 81 | 9 | 5 | 11 | .422 | .422 | .693 | 1.115 | 133 | |||||||||||
| Bob McKiernan | 67 | 235 | 235 | 58 | 6 | 4 | 4 | .247 | .247 | .357 | .604 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Lee Irby | 40 | 139 | 139 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 5 | .288 | .288 | .475 | .763 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Neil Ritter | 35 | 135 | 135 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .274 | .274 | .378 | .652 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Carmon Dugger | 52 | 110 | 110 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .318 | .318 | .418 | .736 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Franklin Jessee | 37 | 126 | 126 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .270 | .270 | .397 | .667 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Paul Johnston | 55 | 122 | 122 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .320 | .590 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Henry Cameron | 25 | 94 | 94 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .298 | .298 | .426 | .723 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Orlando Cepeda | 26 | 93 | 93 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .247 | .247 | .366 | .613 | 34 | |||||||||||
| Warren Rutledge | 23 | 56 | 56 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .321 | .571 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Isben Seif | 16 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .314 | .314 | .486 | .800 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Vasil Hoffich | 13 | 43 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .209 | .209 | .302 | .512 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Ben Swaringen | 36 | 64 | 64 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .141 | .141 | .156 | .297 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bob Belladella | 17 | 50 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .180 | .340 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Franklin Wilders | 12 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .300 | .500 | .800 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Don Johnson | 24 | 41 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .049 | .049 | .073 | .122 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Winfield Burns | 7 | 7 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Crosswhite | 2 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| John Delida | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Stroup | 1 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Smith | 3 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Edward DeLuca | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Drews | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bernie Ferrara | 6 | 21 | 21 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ken Fox | 3 | 10 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dean Piatt | 6 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Perez | 8 | 32 | 32 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Greene | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Pearson | 4 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Willie Parrott | 4 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Hawkins | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Miles McAfee | 2 | 5 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Lee | 3 | 11 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Huffman | 5 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1110 | 3657 | 3657 | 0 | 1033 | 149 | 57 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 | .282 | .415 | .698 | 1518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Swaringen | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Johnston | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Carmon Dugger | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Don Johnson | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Warren Rutledge | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Winfield Burns | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Dean Piatt | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Huffman | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Willie Parrott | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| William Smith | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| William Hawkins | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| James Drews | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| John Delida | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Ulysses Payton | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Greene | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Gibson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 167 | 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.
