1955 Waycross Bears Statistics
Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 72-65
Finished 3rd in the GGL
Manager: James Deery (0-0), Walter Widmayer (0-0), James Deery (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Waycross, Georgia
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 46,266, Avg. 675
1955 Waycross Bears RosterTeam Record: 72-65
Finished 3rd in the GGL
Manager: James Deery (0-0), Walter Widmayer (0-0), James Deery (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Waycross, Georgia
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 46,266, Avg. 675
Playoffs - Waycross Bears 3 games, Albany Cardinals 0
Finals - Brunswick Pirates 1 game, Waycross Bears 1 - Bad weather terminated the series.
The Waycross Bears of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1955 season with a record of 72 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the GGL.
The Bears paced the circuit with just 588 runs allowed. Waycross scored 635 runs, worst in the league,. James Deery, Walter Widmayer and James Deery 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Scranton | 20 | 10 | .667 | 2.34 | 42 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 258.0 | 202 | 103 | 67 | 4 | 91 | 206 | 13 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Johnnie Scroggs | 11 | 8 | .579 | 2.90 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 155.0 | 166 | 64 | 50 | 12 | 39 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Carl Gunter | 11 | 10 | .524 | 2.93 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 175.0 | 168 | 78 | 57 | 4 | 82 | 139 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Warren Tidwell | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.65 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 158.0 | 159 | 75 | 64 | 2 | 71 | 104 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| John McKinstry | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.56 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 86.0 | 86 | 50 | 34 | 1 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Carl Legursky | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.15 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 115.0 | 122 | 65 | 53 | 9 | 56 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Robert Hoffman | 4 | 7 | .364 | 2.48 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 80.0 | 67 | 33 | 22 | 0 | 51 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Roy Ellis | 3 | 3 | .500 | 18 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Quigley | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.17 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 47.0 | 40 | 34 | 27 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Joseph Hopkins | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Willis Barry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Pyle | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Rakestraw | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Schlett | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 72 | 65 | .526 | 3.13 | 242 | 127 | 0 | 64 | 13 | 0 | 1074.0 | 1010 | 502 | 374 | 33 | 451 | 0 | 712 | 38 | 3 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert MacConnell | 132 | 579 | 514 | 87 | 151 | 37 | 7 | 10 | 87 | 13 | 55 | 62 | .294 | .365 | .451 | .816 | 232 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Albert Engel | 133 | 614 | 518 | 78 | 136 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 82 | 54 | .263 | .365 | .328 | .693 | 170 | 3 | 9 | 2 | |||
| Arvie Pilgrim | 136 | 611 | 539 | 79 | 133 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 59 | 61 | 42 | .247 | .326 | .286 | .612 | 154 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||
| James Deery | 103 | 453 | 368 | 72 | 112 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 75 | 32 | .304 | .429 | .399 | .828 | 147 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||
| George Morgan | 112 | 436 | 375 | 45 | 105 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 51 | 43 | .280 | .368 | .320 | .688 | 120 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Ray Engel | 125 | 497 | 400 | 44 | 86 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 63 | 6 | 76 | 75 | .215 | .350 | .302 | .652 | 121 | 10 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Jack Davis | 107 | 409 | 346 | 40 | 77 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 47 | 64 | .223 | .316 | .286 | .602 | 99 | 2 | 10 | 4 | |||
| Joseph Edgley | 77 | 331 | 262 | 53 | 68 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 11 | 56 | 50 | .260 | .388 | .389 | .778 | 102 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Gayle Moore | 52 | 202 | 177 | 23 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 17 | .220 | .313 | .282 | .596 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Curt Borrett | 29 | 121 | 99 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 13 | .242 | .367 | .323 | .690 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| David Scranton | 43 | 105 | 97 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 36 | .186 | .218 | .227 | .445 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Harry Rutter | 27 | 119 | 95 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 31 | .179 | .345 | .284 | .629 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Farris | 32 | 75 | 68 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .191 | .247 | .221 | .467 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Warren Tidwell | 36 | 63 | 53 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | .226 | .328 | .226 | .554 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Johnnie Scroggs | 30 | 81 | 63 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 12 | .143 | .316 | .143 | .459 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Carl Legursky | 37 | 54 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .167 | .231 | .188 | .418 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| John McKinstry | 15 | 37 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .212 | .297 | .212 | .509 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carl Gunter | 29 | 64 | 62 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | .113 | .127 | .113 | .240 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Robert Hoffman | 13 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .094 | .171 | .094 | .265 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jim Quigley | 9 | 18 | 18 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Walter Widmayer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Roy Ellis | 18 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .100 | .357 | .100 | .457 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Robert Schlett | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Hopkins | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Rakestraw | 11 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Townley | 9 | 19 | 19 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie Crowe | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| George Pyle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1327 | 4963 | 4216 | 594 | 1029 | 173 | 25 | 30 | 461 | 132 | 0 | 619 | 626 | .244 | .344 | .318 | .662 | 1342 | 0 | 37 | 66 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert MacConnell | 1B | 83 | 756 | 29 | 19 | 71 | .976 | 9.458 | ||||
| George Morgan | 1B | 58 | 528 | 16 | 16 | 48 | .971 | 9.379 | ||||
| James Deery | 2B | 100 | 233 | 319 | 14 | 75 | .975 | 5.520 | ||||
| Robert MacConnell | 2B | 39 | 92 | 109 | 7 | 22 | .966 | 5.154 | ||||
| Arvie Pilgrim | 3B | 71 | 82 | 126 | 21 | 11 | .908 | 2.930 | ||||
| Ray Engel | C | 123 | 750 | 111 | 20 | 10 | .977 | 7.000 | 23 | |||
| Jimmy Farris | C | 13 | 59 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .971 | 5.231 | 6 | |||
| Albert Engel | OF | 133 | 306 | 9 | 7 | 3 | .978 | 2.368 | ||||
| Jack Davis | OF | 97 | 161 | 16 | 6 | 0 | .967 | 1.825 | ||||
| Arvie Pilgrim | OF | 66 | 102 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .945 | 1.576 | ||||
| George Morgan | OF | 47 | 59 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .924 | 1.298 | ||||
| Curt Borrett | OF | 28 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .914 | 1.143 | ||||
| Harry Rutter | OF | 27 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .938 | 1.667 | ||||
| David Scranton | P | 42 | 5 | 49 | 5 | 3 | .915 | 1.286 | ||||
| Warren Tidwell | P | 35 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .935 | .829 | ||||
| Carl Legursky | P | 34 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .559 | ||||
| Carl Gunter | P | 29 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .889 | .828 | ||||
| Johnnie Scroggs | P | 25 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Roy Ellis | P | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| John McKinstry | P | 15 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.133 | ||||
| Robert Hoffman | P | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Donald Rakestraw | P | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .636 | ||||
| Jim Quigley | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Schlett | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Hopkins | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Smith | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Pyle | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willis Barry | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Edgley | SS | 75 | 133 | 219 | 50 | 40 | .876 | 4.693 | ||||
| Gayle Moore | SS | 50 | 73 | 127 | 11 | 29 | .948 | 4.000 | ||||
| Robert MacConnell | SS | 15 | 31 | 40 | 5 | 7 | .934 | 4.733 | ||||
| Totals | 1267 | 3467 | 1313 | 209 | 329 | .958 | 3.773 | 29 | 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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