1955 Waco Pirates Statistics

Big State League (BSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 74-69
Finished 2nd in the BSL
Manager: Stan Wentzel (74-69)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Waco, Texas
Ballpark: Katy Park
Attendance: 53,961, Avg. 755

1955 Waco Pirates Roster

Playoffs - Waco Pirates 4 games, Texas City Texans 3
Finals - Corpus Christi Clippers 4 games, Waco Pirates 0

The Waco Pirates of the Big State League ended the 1955 season with a record of 74 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the BSL.

Stan Wentzel 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
James Mehan	16	7	.696	4.14	27	23		14	3		187.0	176	98	86	27	72		129	7	0	4
Don Rowe	15	17	.469	4.04	38	33		18	3		256.0	260	144	115	24	139		226	2	2	12
Jack Brown	8	3	.727	2.40	11	10		8	1		75.0	54	28	20	2	35		84	4	1	3
Al Jackson	8	5	.615	2.79	15	15		9	2		116.0	102	42	36	4	65		88	2	0	7
Cleo Lewright	8	10	.444	3.93	25	20		8	1		135.0	118	73	59	17	81		91	2	1	8
Lloyd Carden	5	6	.455	2.79	29	5		2	1		84.0	90	43	26	4	41		4	5	0	0
Fred Waters	4	1	.800		10						0.0									0
Richard Schroyer	2	4	.333	7.43	9	9		2	0		46.0	47	39	38	10	30		39	1	0	4
Thomas Stricklin	1	0	1.000		1						0.0									0
Jack McGrath	1	0	1.000		10						0.0									0
Ron Necciai	1	0	1.000		2						0.0									0
Stan Patchell	1	0	1.000		12						0.0									0
Ramon Salgado	1	2	.333		7						0.0									0
Joseph Stelmack	1	3	.250		12						0.0									0
Bert Haysom	1	3	.250	4.87	23	2		0	0		61.0	55	38	33	6	46		40	3	1	1
James Scarth	0	0			1						0.0									0
Lee Beran	0	0			4						0.0									0
Ronald Gray	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Jim Dunn	0	2	.000		9						0.0									0
Robert Swanson	0	2	.000		2						0.0									0
Charlie Beene	0	3	.000		6						0.0									0
Totals	73	69	.514	3.87	255	117	0	61	11	0	960.0	902	505	413	94	509	0	701	26	5	39	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
Hermenio Cortes	141	610	546	89	171	38	5	20	122	2		46	63	.313	.364	.511	.875	279		3	5	10
Joe Duhem	135	581	515	98	167	33	5	13	87	13		43	63	.324	.382	.483	.866	249		7	13	3
Oscar Rodriguez	134	577	505	94	162	35	8	4	85	6		45	53	.321	.376	.446	.821	225		6	10	11
Stan Wentzel	123	496	435	76	132	21	1	26	87	5		54	45	.303	.377	.536	.913	233		0	3	4
Ken Toothman	112	525	429	94	126	22	3	9	43	13		82	32	.294	.408	.422	.830	181		3	8	3
Sammy Miley	97	398	358	41	119	20	2	2	46	5		28	14	.332	.382	.416	.798	149		3	5	4
Roberto Sanchez	115	473	415	73	103	21	7	8	43	4		47	80	.248	.329	.390	.719	162		4	5	2
William Phillips	83	303	280	33	66	10	2	5	31	0		15	53	.236	.276	.339	.615	95		2	2	4
Leonard Lindborg	54	202	185	18	52	5	0	10	25	1		12	57	.281	.323	.470	.794	87		1	1	3
Bill Jackson	64	248	195	37	41	6	1	11	30	2		46	56	.210	.363	.421	.784	82		2	3	2
Dutch Van Burkleo	35	139	124	21	34	6	0	9	23	1		11	20	.274	.343	.540	.883	67		2	2	0
Don Rowe	52	123	113	16	33	9	0	1	11	0		5	13	.292	.319	.398	.718	45		0	4	1
E. C. Leslie	31	142	125	16	29	3	0	0	11	4		13	6	.232	.314	.256	.570	32		2	2	0
James Mehan	30	85	68	16	18	5	1	1	15	0		13	17	.265	.383	.412	.794	28		0	4	0
Howie Goss	19	73	67	13	17	3	3	2	10	1		5	11	.254	.306	.478	.783	32		0	1	0
James Scarth	23	82	73	10	13	3	1	1	6	0		7	18	.178	.250	.288	.538	21		0	2	0
Fred Waters	15	26	22	6	10	0	2	0	1	0		4	2	.455	.538	.636	1.175	14		0	0	0
Al Jackson	18	55	48	11	9	1	1	2	7	0		5	19	.188	.264	.375	.639	18		0	2	0
Kenneth Meyer	22	44	35	4	8	1	1	1	6	0		8	6	.229	.364	.400	.764	14		0	0	1
Thomas Taylor	22	49	46	3	8	0	1	0	2	0		1	6	.174	.188	.217	.405	10		0	1	1
Jack Brown	15	34	32	4	7	2	0	0	2	0		2	9	.219	.265	.281	.546	9		0	0	0
Lloyd Carden	29	29	28	3	6	1	0	0	3	0		0	10	.214	.214	.250	.464	7		0	1	0
Stan Patchell	12	11	11	2	4	1	0	0	1	0		0	3	.364	.364	.455	.818	5		0	0	0
Cleo Lewright	25	49	42	3	4	1	0	0	0	0		4	24	.095	.174	.119	.293	5		0	3	0
Jack McGrath	11	11	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	2	.300	.364	.300	.664	3		0	0	0
Bert Haysom	23	22	22	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	6	.136	.136	.182	.318	4		0	0	0
Joseph Stelmack	12	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Lee Beran	4	0		1														0
Robert Swanson	2	0		2														0
Thomas Stricklin	1	0		1														0
Richard Schroyer	9	0		14														0
Jim Dunn	9	0		12														0
Ronald Gray	2	0		3														0
Ramon Salgado	7	0		5														0
Del Johnston	6	0		19														0
Ron Necciai	2	0		5														0
Charlie Beene	6	0		10														0
Totals	1500	5401	4743	855	1345	248	44	125	698	57	0	497	690	.284	.353	.433	.786	2056	0	35	77	49	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bill Jackson	1B	62	507	27	8	32	.985	8.613
Dutch Van Burkleo	1B	34	246	18	8	28	.971	7.765
Oscar Rodriguez	1B	19	127	4	2	12	.985	6.895
Stan Wentzel	1B	15	121	9	4	13	.970	8.667
Thomas Taylor	1B	11	73	6	1	7	.988	7.182
Ken Toothman	2B	112	282	260	18	59	.968	4.839
E. C. Leslie	2B	31	74	80	9	23	.945	4.968
Hermenio Cortes	3B	93	82	165	28	17	.898	2.656
Oscar Rodriguez	3B	43	35	105	10	10	.933	3.256
William Phillips	C	75	515	31	3	9	.995	7.280	16
Sammy Miley	C	64	425	34	5	5	.989	7.172	14
Joe Duhem	OF	130	246	11	12	3	.955	1.977
Stan Wentzel	OF	100	214	7	8	2	.965	2.210
Oscar Rodriguez	OF	65	120	6	2	1	.984	1.938
Leonard Lindborg	OF	50	108	6	7	2	.942	2.280
Hermenio Cortes	OF	45	64	7	4	1	.947	1.578
Sammy Miley	OF	26	41	1	1	1	.977	1.615
Howie Goss	OF	17	26	1	2	0	.931	1.588
Don Rowe	P	38	7	44	3	2	.944	1.342
Lloyd Carden	P	29	2	25	1	2	.964	.931
James Mehan	P	27	6	32	2	0	.950	1.407
Cleo Lewright	P	25	10	23	0	1	1.000	1.320
Bert Haysom	P	23	3	11	0	0	1.000	.609
Al Jackson	P	15	5	15	1	3	.952	1.333
Joseph Stelmack	P	12	1	4	1	0	.833	.417
Stan Patchell	P	12	0	6	0	1	1.000	.500
Jack Brown	P	11	1	13	2	1	.875	1.273
Fred Waters	P	10	4	7	1	1	.917	1.100
Jack McGrath	P	10	2	4	0	1	1.000	.600
Richard Schroyer	P	9						.000
Jim Dunn	P	9						.000
Ramon Salgado	P	7						.000
Charlie Beene	P	6						.000
Lee Beran	P	4						.000
Robert Swanson	P	2						.000
Ron Necciai	P	2						.000
Ronald Gray	P	2						.000
Thomas Stricklin	P	1						.000
James Scarth	P	1						.000
Roberto Sanchez	SS	115	185	276	25	47	.949	4.009
James Scarth	SS	16	25	54	3	11	.963	4.938
Kenneth Meyer	SS	10	12	24	2	6	.947	3.600
Totals		1388	3569	1316	173	301	.966	3.519	30	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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