1955 Vicksburg Hill Billies Statistics

Cotton States League (CSL) - Class: C
Team Record: 43-76
Finished 6th in the CSL
Manager: Fred Williams (43-76)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi
Ballpark: City Park
Attendance: 35,995, Avg. 605

1955 Vicksburg Hill Billies Roster

The Vicksburg Hill Billies of the Cotton States League ended the 1955 season with a record of 43 wins and 76 losses, finishing sixth in the CSL.

The Hill Billies plated 487 runs, worst in the circuit, and gave up 629 runs.

Fred Williams played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Vicksburg Hill Billies to do so.

Fred Williams 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
Paul Martin	10	7	.588	2.17	23	15		10	2		137.0	115	43	33	9	45		118	5	0	1
Edwin Gilman	8	10	.444	3.30	34	20		12	3		199.0	193	104	73	13	56		141	6	0	4
Raoul Santos	7	11	.389	3.49	32	17		7	0		165.0	156	81	64	6	40		86	1	0	3
Richard Marrs	4	6	.400	4.38	17	10		3	0		78.0	95	46	38	5	37		39	1	0	3
Tom Jayne	4	13	.235	6.40	20	14		2	0		83.0	111	73	59	6	45		51	4	1	4
Leamond Alford	1	2	.333		7						0.0									0
Robert Gilmore	1	4	.200	6.40	11	5		1	1		45.0	60	38	32	4	25		25	3	1	3
James Williams					31						0.0
Donald McCuin	0	0			11						0.0									0
Vance Byrd					28						0.0
Bob Rivich	0	0			1						0.0									0
Fred Williams	0	0			2						0.0									0
Benjamin Quintana	0	1	.000		3						0.0									0
Edgar Holtslander	0	1	.000		1						0.0									0
Del Walker	0	2	.000		4						0.0									0
Paul Petrovich	0	3	.000		4						0.0									0
Totals	35	60	.368	3.81	229	81	0	35	6	0	707.0	730	385	299	43	248	0	460	20	2	18	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
Bobby Cothran	120	569	460	75	122	15	2	3	31	11		93	44	.265	.396	.326	.722	150		8	6	2
Wallace Widholm	116	474	393	52	114	22	0	4	45	4		56	35	.290	.383	.377	.759	148		8	9	8
William Carr	119	501	428	52	107	23	2	6	56	9		62	63	.250	.343	.355	.699	152		1	6	4
Fred Williams	90	296	270	33	91	16	0	5	37	2		17	13	.337	.367	.452	.819	122		0	2	7
Charles Keller	85	351	327	39	88	18	0	5	41	3		15	23	.269	.300	.370	.670	121		1	4	4
Raymond Adams	78	343	299	36	67	8	4	0	14	3		25	24	.224	.292	.278	.570	83		5	11	3
David Dickerson	73	256	218	27	55	10	2	9	68	5		33	78	.252	.352	.440	.792	96		2	0	3
Gerald Ringel	53	222	191	30	51	9	1	5	36	4		19	23	.267	.332	.403	.735	77		2	5	5
Fred Babb	57	226	190	26	43	13	1	3	22	3		29	37	.226	.344	.353	.696	67		5	2	0
Jim Mayfield	57	178	152	14	37	10	1	3	16	0		14	39	.243	.316	.382	.697	58		3	7	2
Bob Rivich	58	191	173	22	34	8	0	5	25	0		14	50	.197	.265	.329	.594	57		2	2	0
Neil Holloway	22	86	72	10	24	4	1	0	9	1		11	13	.333	.424	.417	.840	30		1	1	1
Gene Pompelia	31	125	102	14	16	3	0	0	9	2		22	13	.157	.306	.186	.493	19		0	1	0
John Miller	30	101	89	11	15	1	1	0	11	3		11	19	.169	.260	.202	.462	18		0	1	0
Edwin Gilman	46	102	94	2	13	2	0	0	5	0		5	31	.138	.190	.160	.350	15		1	2	0
Walter Ford	12	54	45	9	10	3	0	1	6	0		6	2	.222	.314	.356	.669	16		0	3	0
Paul Martin	25	55	49	1	8	0	0	0	2	0		3	12	.163	.208	.163	.371	8		0	2	1
Richard Marrs	22	42	38	4	6	2	0	0	3	0		3	8	.158	.220	.211	.430	8		0	1	0
Buzzy Keller	12	28	25	2	5	2	0	0	0	0		2	4	.200	.259	.280	.539	7		0	1	0
Bill Cox	11	30	25	3	5	0	0	0	1	1		4	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	5		1	0	0
Jay Jeffries	10	37	27	9	5	1	0	0	2	0		9	7	.185	.389	.222	.611	6		0	1	0
Robert Gilmore	11	17	15	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		2	5	.200	.294	.267	.561	4		0	0	0
Raoul Santos	33	59	49	3	3	1	0	0	0	0		5	24	.061	.148	.082	.230	4		0	5	0
Donald McCuin	12	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	2		0	0	0
Tom Jayne	20	30	22	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		6	7	.091	.286	.091	.377	2		0	2	0
Del Walker	4	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Leamond Alford	8	9	9		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Paul Petrovich	4	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Coleman Bell	4	11	11		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Titus	4	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Howard Falatic	4	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Brodus Haynes	3	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1234	4426	3806	478	927	172	15	49	442	51	0	466	579	.244	.329	.335	.665	1276	0	40	74	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Fred Williams	1B	69	552	43	12	50	.980	8.623
Jim Mayfield	1B	52	378	31	10	33	.976	7.865
Charles Keller	1B	11	76	8	4	5	.955	7.636
Bobby Cothran	2B	101	237	264	25	56	.952	4.960
William Carr	2B	19	51	61	5	9	.957	5.895
William Carr	3B	73	65	146	11	16	.950	2.890
Gerald Ringel	3B	51	41	79	23	8	.839	2.353
Wallace Widholm	C	113	638	84	16	12	.978	6.389	14
Bob Rivich	C	16	84	16	3	3	.971	6.250	2
Charles Keller	OF	77	136	8	5	1	.966	1.870
David Dickerson	OF	68	93	6	7	1	.934	1.456
Fred Babb	OF	57	139	4	5	2	.966	2.509
Bob Rivich	OF	36	49	5	5	0	.915	1.500
Gene Pompelia	OF	30	72	7	5	2	.940	2.633
John Miller	OF	26	54	2	6	0	.903	2.154
Neil Holloway	OF	21	30	1	3	0	.912	1.476
Walter Ford	OF	12	8	0	2	0	.800	.667
Raymond Adams	OF	12	32	1	1	0	.971	2.750
Edwin Gilman	P	34	8	45	3	2	.946	1.559
Raoul Santos	P	32	7	44	3	4	.944	1.594
James Williams	P	31						.000
Vance Byrd	P	28						.000
Paul Martin	P	23	6	33	4	4	.907	1.696
Tom Jayne	P	20	5	18	2	3	.920	1.150
Richard Marrs	P	17	4	21	4	1	.862	1.471
Donald McCuin	P	11	1	5	2	0	.750	.545
Robert Gilmore	P	11	2	11	2	0	.867	1.182
Leamond Alford	P	7						.000
Del Walker	P	4						.000
Paul Petrovich	P	4						.000
Benjamin Quintana	P	3						.000
Fred Williams	P	2						.000
Bob Rivich	P	1						.000
Edgar Holtslander	P	1						.000
Raymond Adams	SS	65	100	126	17	19	.930	3.477
William Carr	SS	31	58	72	23	17	.850	4.194
Bobby Cothran	SS	19	24	44	9	8	.883	3.579
Totals		1188	2950	1185	217	256	.950	3.481	16	0	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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