1955 Seattle Rainiers Statistics
Team Record: 95-77
Finished 1st in the PCL
Manager: Fred Hutchinson (95-77)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Ballpark: Sick Stadium
Attendance: 342,101, Avg. 3,978
The Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1955 season with a record of 95 wins and 77 losses, finishing first in the PCL.
The Rainiers led the league with just 624 runs allowed. Seattle scored 695 runs. Bill Glynn paced the team with 13 home runs Art Schult drove in 79 runs. Joe Ginsberg and Carmen Mauro topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .293. Elmer Singleton paced the squad with 19 wins and a team-best 2.2 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Bobby Balcena, Howie Judson, Al Widmar, Joe Ginsberg, John Oldham, Bob Kelly, Van Fletcher, Carmen Mauro, Jay Heard, Monty Basgall, George Schmees, Ewell Blackwell, Bill Kennedy, Larry Jansen, Moe Savransky, Marvin Williams, Lou Kretlow, Ryne Duren, Art Schult, Gene Hayden, Bob Swift, Gene Verble, Vern Stephens, Bill Glynn, Vic Lombardi, Rocky Krsnich, Elmer Singleton and Jerry Priddy were all players from the 1955 Seattle Rainiers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Fred Hutchinson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Singleton | 19 | 12 | .613 | 2.20 | 35 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 249.0 | 210 | 65 | 61 | 11 | 45 | 150 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Lou Kretlow | 14 | 3 | .824 | 2.41 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 149.7 | 111 | 41 | 40 | 4 | 74 | 110 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Howie Judson | 10 | 9 | .526 | 2.90 | 37 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 186.0 | 176 | 75 | 60 | 10 | 68 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| John Oldham | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.84 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 122.0 | 95 | 60 | 52 | 7 | 82 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Bill Kennedy | 8 | 6 | .571 | 1.92 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 93.7 | 74 | 38 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Vic Lombardi | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.61 | 25 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 182.0 | 188 | 83 | 73 | 8 | 52 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Larry Jansen | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.34 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 137.3 | 147 | 55 | 51 | 7 | 26 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jay Heard | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.91 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 76.0 | 66 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 36 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ewell Blackwell | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.02 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 94.0 | 97 | 43 | 42 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bob Kelly | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.55 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 63.3 | 77 | 35 | 25 | 3 | 33 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Brenner | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.53 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43.3 | 51 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ryne Duren | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.74 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 33.7 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Al Widmar | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Gene Hayden | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.86 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Van Fletcher | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.95 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Moe Savransky | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cal Humphreys | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Vern Kindsfather | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Jerry Priddy | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Lonnie Myers | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Robert Bartalini | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Fesler | 0 | 2 | .000 | 16.43 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Totals | 95 | 77 | .552 | 3.22 | 348 | 172 | 0 | 70 | 21 | 0 | 1504.7 | 1428 | 628 | 538 | 79 | 553 | 0 | 805 | 27 | 2 | 42 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen Mauro | 157 | 649 | 569 | 93 | 167 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 7 | 67 | 63 | .293 | .370 | .355 | .725 | 202 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Balcena | 150 | 595 | 536 | 76 | 156 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 9 | 42 | 36 | .291 | .346 | .401 | .747 | 215 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Art Schult | 151 | 573 | 516 | 62 | 148 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 79 | 5 | 40 | 40 | .287 | .338 | .399 | .737 | 206 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Joe Ginsberg | 147 | 547 | 475 | 48 | 139 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 66 | 6 | 59 | 22 | .293 | .370 | .406 | .776 | 193 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Bill Glynn | 128 | 527 | 466 | 56 | 126 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 56 | 7 | 51 | 66 | .270 | .340 | .408 | .747 | 190 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Gene Verble | 136 | 486 | 436 | 57 | 112 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 40 | 42 | .257 | .317 | .333 | .650 | 145 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Monty Basgall | 132 | 469 | 420 | 50 | 103 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 42 | 5 | 33 | 36 | .245 | .302 | .367 | .668 | 154 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Charles Righetti | 83 | 309 | 285 | 34 | 78 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 22 | .274 | .307 | .351 | .658 | 100 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Harvey Zernia | 101 | 285 | 248 | 27 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 31 | 31 | .254 | .336 | .327 | .662 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Vern Stephens | 52 | 177 | 160 | 22 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 16 | 21 | .338 | .398 | .525 | .923 | 84 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Schmees | 57 | 214 | 188 | 20 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 18 | .261 | .340 | .388 | .728 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Zuvela | 52 | 160 | 139 | 17 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 17 | 16 | .252 | .338 | .396 | .733 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ray Orteig | 39 | 113 | 98 | 15 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 8 | .296 | .342 | .469 | .812 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Vic Lombardi | 44 | 87 | 78 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .346 | .395 | .346 | .742 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Marvin Williams | 35 | 140 | 117 | 20 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 10 | .231 | .345 | .444 | .790 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rocky Krsnich | 34 | 132 | 117 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 17 | .231 | .313 | .325 | .638 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lou Ortiz | 23 | 83 | 74 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 9 | .297 | .358 | .405 | .763 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Singleton | 38 | 96 | 84 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .202 | .256 | .226 | .482 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Jack Bukowatz | 42 | 80 | 70 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | .229 | .316 | .243 | .559 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Watson | 26 | 83 | 74 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .216 | .275 | .230 | .505 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Priddy | 16 | 40 | 36 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .333 | .375 | .472 | .847 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lou Kretlow | 22 | 59 | 52 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .212 | .241 | .212 | .452 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bill Brenner | 22 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .400 | .429 | .600 | 1.029 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Swift | 15 | 49 | 44 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .182 | .245 | .205 | .449 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Oldham | 46 | 42 | 39 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .179 | .179 | .179 | .359 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ewell Blackwell | 21 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .194 | .194 | .194 | .387 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Larry Jansen | 26 | 49 | 44 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Howie Judson | 37 | 60 | 54 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .111 | .143 | .148 | .291 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kelly | 16 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .227 | .227 | .273 | .500 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Moore | 38 | 49 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .093 | .109 | .140 | .248 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Tony Martinich | 12 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .231 | .214 | .231 | .445 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Kennedy | 52 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .136 | .174 | .136 | .310 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jay Heard | 15 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .115 | .143 | .115 | .258 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bob Duretto | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 | .444 | .429 | .873 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Fesler | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Marvier | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ryne Duren | 7 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Van Fletcher | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herb Anderson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Hayden | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cal Humphreys | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Moe Savransky | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .375 | .000 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 2007 | 6349 | 5636 | 684 | 1498 | 253 | 30 | 79 | 652 | 54 | 0 | 533 | 610 | .266 | .329 | .363 | .692 | 2048 | 126 | 24 | 101 | 55 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Glynn | 1B | 127 | 1074 | 100 | 8 | 107 | .993 | 9.244 | ||||
| Marvin Williams | 1B | 26 | 205 | 18 | 0 | 30 | 1.000 | 8.577 | ||||
| Harvey Zernia | 1B | 24 | 161 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 1.000 | 7.500 | ||||
| Herb Anderson | 1B | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| George Schmees | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jerry Priddy | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Monty Basgall | 2B | 106 | 250 | 261 | 19 | 76 | .964 | 4.821 | ||||
| Jim Moore | 2B | 31 | 41 | 52 | 3 | 13 | .969 | 3.000 | ||||
| Harvey Zernia | 2B | 30 | 54 | 48 | 4 | 11 | .962 | 3.400 | ||||
| Lou Ortiz | 2B | 23 | 67 | 48 | 4 | 18 | .966 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jerry Priddy | 2B | 11 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.727 | ||||
| Marvin Williams | 2B | 7 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 4.286 | ||||
| Gene Verble | 2B | 5 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.400 | ||||
| Gene Verble | 3B | 60 | 37 | 54 | 6 | 5 | .938 | 1.517 | ||||
| Vern Stephens | 3B | 40 | 30 | 105 | 5 | 12 | .964 | 3.375 | ||||
| Rocky Krsnich | 3B | 34 | 37 | 68 | 19 | 14 | .847 | 3.088 | ||||
| Jack Bukowatz | 3B | 28 | 13 | 41 | 5 | 5 | .915 | 1.929 | ||||
| Harvey Zernia | 3B | 21 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 4 | .967 | 1.381 | ||||
| Monty Basgall | 3B | 19 | 16 | 36 | 6 | 2 | .897 | 2.737 | ||||
| Jerry Priddy | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Duretto | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Ginsberg | C | 140 | 668 | 86 | 8 | 8 | .990 | 5.386 | 5 | 32 | 100.0 | |
| Ray Orteig | C | 32 | 128 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .979 | 4.312 | 2 | 5 | 100.0 | |
| Bob Duretto | C | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carmen Mauro | OF | 149 | 363 | 9 | 8 | 2 | .979 | 2.497 | ||||
| Bobby Balcena | OF | 149 | 349 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .986 | 2.430 | ||||
| Art Schult | OF | 148 | 283 | 19 | 5 | 4 | .984 | 2.041 | ||||
| George Schmees | OF | 53 | 114 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.283 | ||||
| Jerry Zuvela | OF | 37 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .967 | 1.568 | ||||
| Harvey Zernia | OF | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Phil Marvier | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Vern Stephens | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Kennedy | P | 52 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .288 | ||||
| Howie Judson | P | 37 | 8 | 36 | 3 | 2 | .936 | 1.189 | ||||
| Elmer Singleton | P | 35 | 20 | 45 | 2 | 2 | .970 | 1.857 | ||||
| John Oldham | P | 35 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 0 | .914 | .914 | ||||
| Larry Jansen | P | 26 | 9 | 40 | 4 | 3 | .925 | 1.885 | ||||
| Vic Lombardi | P | 25 | 15 | 44 | 2 | 7 | .967 | 2.360 | ||||
| Lou Kretlow | P | 22 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .864 | ||||
| Bob Kelly | P | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Van Fletcher | P | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Bill Brenner | P | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| Jay Heard | P | 14 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.286 | ||||
| Al Widmar | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Ryne Duren | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Vern Kindsfather | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Fesler | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Moe Savransky | P | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jerry Priddy | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Lonnie Myers | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Cal Humphreys | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Hayden | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Robert Bartalini | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Verble | SS | 66 | 107 | 198 | 24 | 40 | .927 | 4.621 | ||||
| Richard Watson | SS | 25 | 38 | 62 | 5 | 13 | .952 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jack Bukowatz | SS | 7 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .938 | 4.286 | ||||
| Jim Moore | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1744 | 4266 | 1601 | 161 | 423 | .973 | 3.364 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 100.0 |
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.
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