1955 San Francisco Seals Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: Open
Team Record: 80-92
Finished 6th in the PCL
Manager: Tommy Heath (80-92)
Location: San Francisco, California
Ballpark: Seals Stadium
Attendance: 161,570, Avg. 1,879

1955 San Francisco Seals Roster

The San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1955 season with a record of 80 wins and 92 losses, finishing sixth in the PCL.

The Seals topped the circuit with 739 runs. San Francisco surrendered 773 runs, most in the league. Dave Melton paced the squad with 19 home runs and drove in 116 runs. Mike Baxes led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .323 clip. Gene Bearden paced the team with 18 wins, while Bill Bradford recorded a 3.14 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1955 San Francisco Seals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ewell Blackwell, Bob Greenwood, Junior Walsh, Wayne Belardi, Mike Baxes, Dave Melton, John Ritchey, Clarence Maddern, Wally Judnich, Joe Kirrene, Maurice Fisher, Bob DiPietro, Bill Evans, Bill Serena, Bill Bradford, Ted Beard, Chuck Stevens, Steve Nagy, Adrián Zabala, Ed Chandler and Gene Bearden.

Tommy Heath served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Gene Bearden	18	12	.600	3.52	43	34		17	2		248.0	268	111	97	12	66		84	1	0	4
Don Fracchia	14	12	.538	3.28	48	28		13	2		225.0	233	105	82	14	87		82	4	1	5
Bill Bradford	12	5	.706	3.13	51	8		4	1		149.3	141	74	52	11	42		63	4	0	0
Tony Ponce	10	12	.455	4.26	41	22		8	0		184.0	229	107	87	10	48		61	5	0	11
Junior Walsh	8	10	.444	4.29	32	22		8	1		165.7	161	82	79	8	71		60	6	1	13
Steve Nagy	6	12	.333	4.04	30	18		5	2		140.3	160	69	63	8	47		67	5	0	3
Bob Greenwood	5	15	.250	4.83	42	15		5	1		147.3	156	93	79	11	72		89	2	0	7
Ed Chandler	2	1	.667	8.15	7	2		0	0		17.7	23	17	16	1	9		5	0	0	1
Ewell Blackwell	1	1	.500	3.93	3	3		0	0		18.3	23	9	8	1	7		3	0	0	1
Jim Melton	1	1	.500	4.15	9	3		0	0		30.3	33	17	14	2	8		7	2	0	0
Lowell Creighton	1	1	.500	8.20	6	4		1	0		18.7	28	18	17	3	22		3	0	0	1
Bill Evans	1	1	.500	12.71	3	1		0	0		5.7	9	9	8	1	10		2	0	0	0
Maurice Fisher	1	6	.143	3.36	18	9		3	0		83.0	67	37	31	7	35		44	5	0	4
Pete Hernandez	0	0		5.25	3	2		0	0		12.0	18	7	7	1	3		5	1	0	0
Ralph Burns	0	1	.000	13.50	1	1		0	0		3.3	7	7	5	2	1		0	0	0	0
Adrián Zabala	0	2	.000	5.52	8	0		0	0		14.7	23	12	9	0	6		5	0	0	1
Totals	80	92	.465	4.02	345	172	0	64	9	0	1463.3	1579	774	654	92	534	0	580	35	2	51	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
Dave Melton	162	668	616	86	184	29	7	19	116	5		37	59	.299	.336	.461	.797	284	18	1	8	6
Mike Baxes	143	565	504	79	163	33	4	5	64	4		55	28	.323	.389	.435	.824	219	9	0	5	1
Jimmy Moran	135	578	533	67	143	13	1	2	34	1		26	13	.268	.305	.308	.613	164	7	2	17	0
Ted Beard	159	636	522	91	128	15	8	8	34	13		98	96	.245	.368	.351	.719	183	5	4	11	1
John Ritchey	130	449	375	52	107	15	1	6	41	10		61	28	.285	.388	.379	.767	142	7	4	6	3
Wally Judnich	112	426	373	57	105	26	2	7	49	1		44	40	.282	.355	.418	.773	156	13	1	3	5
Sal Taormina	122	399	333	56	87	13	2	10	45	1		59	43	.261	.375	.402	.778	134	5	3	2	2
Bob DiPietro	64	258	221	36	82	18	2	6	39	2		34	17	.371	.455	.552	1.007	122	7	1	1	1
Joe Kirrene	76	297	264	31	71	11	5	3	39	1		22	37	.269	.324	.383	.707	101	4	2	4	5
Reno Cheso	109	360	307	36	70	17	1	4	35	1		44	39	.228	.321	.329	.650	101	8	1	2	6
Bill Serena	74	287	246	32	69	17	1	9	41	0		32	50	.280	.366	.467	.834	115	5	3	3	3
Chuck Stevens	83	274	252	25	59	11	1	5	29	2		18	31	.234	.286	.345	.631	87	3	1	1	2
Wayne Belardi	51	218	193	31	52	9	0	13	43	1		18	29	.269	.335	.518	.853	100	3	3	0	4
Tony Tornay	68	183	161	12	34	9	0	2	13	0		18	16	.211	.293	.304	.597	49	10	1	2	1
Don Fracchia	65	106	99	12	30	6	1	3	21	0		3	21	.303	.324	.475	.798	47	3	0	4	0
Charles Righetti	38	144	120	8	29	2	2	1	7	0		18	8	.242	.345	.317	.662	38	6	1	5	0
Gene Bearden	48	106	98	4	22	4	0	1	5	0		3	17	.224	.248	.296	.543	29	1	0	5	0
Tony Ponce	42	59	56	4	15	0	0	0	3	0		1	9	.268	.281	.268	.549	15	2	0	2	0
Bob Greenwood	44	49	47	6	12	2	0	2	6	0		1	14	.255	.271	.426	.696	20	2	0	1	0
Bill Bradford	51	44	39	2	9	1	0	0	1	0		1	12	.231	.250	.256	.506	10	1	0	4	0
Clarence Maddern	18	67	56	4	9	1	1	2	8	0		8	2	.161	.254	.321	.575	18	2	0	0	3
Steve Nagy	33	52	45	3	6	1	0	0	3	0		4	13	.133	.200	.156	.356	7	1	0	2	1
Junior Walsh	32	61	54	2	6	2	0	1	4	0		3	26	.111	.158	.204	.362	11	0	0	4	0
Jim Stoll	6	16	15	0	4	2	0	0	3	0		1	3	.267	.312	.400	.712	6	2	0	0	0
Pete Hernandez	4	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0		0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3	0	0	0	0
Ewell Blackwell	3	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	1	0	0	0
Raul Dieppa	4	19	15	3	2	0	0	1	1	0		2	3	.133	.316	.333	.649	5	0	2	0	0
Maurice Fisher	18	27	25	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	8	.080	.080	.120	.200	3	1	0	2	0
Lowell Creighton	7	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0
Lou Landini	3	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Melton	9	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Ralph Burns	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Evans	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Mervyn Donahue	4	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	1	0	1	0
Ed Chandler	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0
Adrián Zabala	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1936	6399	5614	740	1506	259	39	110	687	42	0	612	679	.268	.341	.387	.728	2173	128	30	99	44	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Chuck Stevens	1B	66	590	31	7	47	.989	9.409
Bob DiPietro	1B	58	557	43	5	54	.992	1.345
Wayne Belardi	1B	51	437	32	3	45	.994	9.196
Jimmy Moran	2B	133	375	373	6	104	.992	5.624
Reno Cheso	2B	41	77	107	2	28	.989	4.488
Reno Cheso	3B	22	16	40	1	3	.982	2.545
Mike Baxes	3B	11	15	25	3	3	.930	3.636
Sal Taormina	3B	8	6	15	1	0	.955	2.625
John Ritchey	C	123	378	56	13	7	.971	3.528	10		38	100.0
Tony Tornay	C	65	204	39	2	3	.992	3.738	4		13	100.0
Reno Cheso	C	10	23	7	0	1	1.000	3.000	2		5	100.0
Jim Stoll	C	6	19	1	2	0	.909	3.333	0		0
Lou Landini	C	3	8	0	0	1	1.000	2.667	0		0
Mervyn Donahue	C	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333	0		0
Dave Melton	OF	161	404	15	6	4	.986	2.602
Ted Beard	OF	151	358	18	9	2	.977	2.490
Sal Taormina	OF	91	149	7	3	1	.981	1.714
Reno Cheso	OF	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Bob DiPietro	OF	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500
Bill Bradford	P	51	6	23	2	0	.935	.569
Don Fracchia	P	48	17	47	4	2	.941	1.333
Gene Bearden	P	43	9	38	9	1	.839	1.093
Bob Greenwood	P	42	5	11	3	0	.842	.381
Tony Ponce	P	41	18	28	5	3	.902	1.122
Junior Walsh	P	32	7	34	2	1	.953	1.281
Steve Nagy	P	30	12	39	3	3	.944	1.700
Maurice Fisher	P	18	8	21	2	1	.935	1.611
Ed Chandler	P	7	0	3	0	0	1.000	.429
Lowell Creighton	P	6	1	4	0	0	1.000	.833
Pete Hernandez	P	3	1	2	1	0	.750	1.000
Bill Evans	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Ralph Burns	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Baxes	SS	121	220	424	34	67	.950	5.322
Reno Cheso	SS	11	12	32	2	7	.957	4.000
Raul Dieppa	SS	4	7	9	5	3	.762	4.000
Dave Melton	SS	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Totals		1473	3957	1527	135	391	.976	3.723	16	0	56	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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