1955 San Jose Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 98-48
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Sheriff Robinson (98-48)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: San Jose, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 59,024, Avg. 809
The San Jose Red Sox of the California League ended the 1955 season with a record of 98 wins and 48 losses, finishing second in the CL.
The Red Sox led the league with just 554 runs allowed. San Jose scored 860 runs. Gary Killingsworth topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .299. Jack Osborn paced the squad with 21 wins, while Ted Wills, Stan Willis and Eli Grba each also added 15 or more victories also Eli Grba earned a 2.67 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1955 San Jose Red Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ted Bowsfield, Don Gile, Marlan Coughtry, Ted Wills, Eli Grba and Jim Mahoney.
Sheriff Robinson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Osborn | 21 | 8 | .724 | 2.82 | 35 | 29 | 214.0 | 197 | 81 | 67 | 6 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Stan Willis | 19 | 6 | .760 | 3.28 | 31 | 26 | 206.0 | 153 | 86 | 75 | 4 | 123 | ||||||||||
| Eli Grba | 17 | 6 | .739 | 2.67 | 34 | 26 | 229.0 | 198 | 88 | 68 | 10 | 103 | ||||||||||
| Ted Wills | 15 | 8 | .652 | 2.92 | 31 | 22 | 188.0 | 153 | 76 | 61 | 6 | 99 | ||||||||||
| Ted Bowsfield | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.00 | 22 | 18 | 117.0 | 79 | 65 | 39 | 0 | 95 | ||||||||||
| Richard Simoni | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.41 | 21 | 9 | 101.0 | 80 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Allmon | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.21 | 22 | 9 | 92.0 | 93 | 56 | 43 | 5 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Orland Mecham | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.92 | 24 | 7 | 80.0 | 65 | 43 | 26 | 5 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Gene Rosen | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Lee | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.97 | 16 | 0 | 36.3 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 98 | 48 | .671 | 2.98 | 242 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1263.3 | 1049 | 544 | 418 | 43 | 677 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Hutzler | 132 | 497 | 497 | 146 | 25 | 8 | 5 | .294 | .294 | .406 | .700 | 202 | |||||||||||
| Jim Mahoney | 142 | 551 | 551 | 146 | 19 | 8 | 6 | .265 | .265 | .361 | .626 | 199 | |||||||||||
| Marlan Coughtry | 141 | 481 | 481 | 142 | 26 | 11 | 11 | .295 | .295 | .464 | .759 | 223 | |||||||||||
| James Greene | 134 | 485 | 485 | 138 | 22 | 9 | 3 | .285 | .285 | .386 | .670 | 187 | |||||||||||
| Gary Killingsworth | 103 | 395 | 395 | 118 | 24 | 5 | 1 | .299 | .299 | .392 | .691 | 155 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Snow | 76 | 310 | 310 | 103 | 16 | 6 | 4 | .332 | .332 | .461 | .794 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Don Speer | 67 | 240 | 240 | 65 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .271 | .271 | .379 | .650 | 91 | |||||||||||
| John Smith | 64 | 220 | 220 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .282 | .282 | .377 | .659 | 83 | |||||||||||
| James Atkinson | 95 | 244 | 244 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .246 | .246 | .307 | .553 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Nino Spatafore | 58 | 195 | 195 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .272 | .272 | .385 | .656 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Don Gile | 39 | 116 | 116 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 9 | .328 | .328 | .586 | .914 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Allan Milley | 40 | 140 | 140 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .214 | .214 | .414 | .629 | 58 | |||||||||||
| Art Preston | 39 | 116 | 116 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .319 | .569 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Stan Willis | 36 | 83 | 83 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .253 | .253 | .494 | .747 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Phil Stackpole | 30 | 82 | 82 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .280 | .524 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Eli Grba | 39 | 85 | 85 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .224 | .224 | .435 | .659 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Cliff Allmon | 34 | 44 | 44 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .386 | .386 | .659 | 1.045 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Jack Arrigo | 24 | 58 | 58 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .310 | .586 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Ted Wills | 33 | 65 | 65 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .262 | .508 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Jack Osborn | 36 | 72 | 72 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .181 | .181 | .194 | .375 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Walt Johnson | 12 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .200 | .367 | 6 | |||||||||||
| James Lee | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Richard Simoni | 21 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Ted Bowsfield | 26 | 41 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .073 | .073 | .098 | .171 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Orland Mecham | 25 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .115 | .192 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Gene Rosen | 6 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1468 | 4622 | 4622 | 0 | 1270 | 212 | 61 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .389 | .663 | 1796 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Osborn | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Eli Grba | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Wills | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Stan Willis | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Orland Mecham | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Bowsfield | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Cliff Allmon | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Simoni | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| James Lee | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Rosen | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 242 | 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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