1955 York White Roses Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 64-65
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: George Staller (64-65)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: York, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 62,581, Avg. 970

1955 York White Roses Roster

Playoffs - Lancaster Red Roses 3 games, York White Roses 1

The York White Roses of the Piedmont League ended the 1955 season with a record of 64 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the PL.

The White Roses scored 685 runs and conceded 678 runs.

Bob Hale, George Estock, Alton Brown, Brooks Robinson, Gordie Sundin, George Staller, Ken Raffensberger and Jim Archer were all players from the 1955 York White Roses who played in the Majors during their careers.

George Staller 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
Ken Raffensberger	11	2	.846	3.03	17	8		4	1		86.0	101	37	29	3	18		60	0	0	2
Manuel Gonzalez	11	9	.550	3.42	31	20		4	0		158.0	145	77	60	6	102		108	10	0	7
Jim Archer	9	10	.474	2.88	33	23		8	3		175.0	169	77	56	7	72		111	2	1	6
Andy McAuliffe	4	4	.500	3.73	18	9		3	1		70.0	73	41	29	5	36		47	1	0	5
Dick Fitzgerald	3	4	.429	4.59	13	8		2	2		51.0	50	38	26	4	32		51	4	0	2
James Clingan	3	6	.333	4.61	29	13		2	0		121.0	128	82	62	5	72		84	7	1	5
Jack Bunce	1	0	1.000		4						0.0									0
Loren Oliver	1	0	1.000		4						0.0									0
Ennis Heathcock	1	0	1.000		6						0.0									0
George Estock	1	1	.500		8						0.0									0
Gordie Sundin	1	2	.333		5						0.0									0
LaVerne Schneider	1	2	.333		8						0.0									0
Charles Ferrante	0	0			1						0.0									0
George Staller	0	0			1						0.0									0
Arton Bertrand	0	0			3						0.0									0
Donald Rosburg	0	0			2						0.0									0
Robert Brennan	0	0			1						0.0									0
Alton Brown					27						0.0
Carl Brown					12						0.0
Thomas Lawson	0	0			4						0.0									0
Paul Kelecava					32						0.0
Alex Dobzanski	0	0			1						0.0									0
Bill Lajoie	0	1	.000		1						0.0									0
Paul Kovach	0	1	.000		1						0.0									0
Charlie Drummond	0	1	.000		4						0.0									0
Robert Anderson	0	3	.000		7						0.0									0
Reginald Pitre	0	5	.000		14						0.0									0
Totals	47	51	.480	3.57	287	81	0	23	7	0	661.0	666	352	262	30	332	0	461	24	2	27	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
Curly Holtzapple	129	571	518	76	151	26	9	7	77	7		34	34	.292	.336	.417	.753	216		4	9	6
Gene Oden	126	541	432	85	126	13	10	3	56	13		98	82	.292	.429	.389	.818	168		7	3	1
Brooks Robinson	95	415	354	72	117	17	3	11	67	1		47	64	.331	.415	.489	.903	173		6	5	3
Bernard Prais	107	455	402	66	117	14	4	4	44	15		46	56	.291	.366	.376	.742	151		3	2	2
Julio Rodriguez	126	562	483	85	116	22	2	9	51	20		58	49	.240	.322	.350	.672	169		4	9	8
Charles Ferrante	119	491	389	63	108	21	5	12	77	3		90	68	.278	.411	.450	.861	175		2	4	6
Bob Hale	61	279	248	58	88	12	12	8	65	0		21	9	.355	.396	.597	.992	148		1	1	8
Bill Lajoie	55	235	204	24	58	10	3	2	14	4		25	25	.284	.362	.392	.754	80		1	3	2
Leo Waszk	53	161	135	23	41	7	0	0	19	2		20	12	.304	.394	.356	.749	48		0	6	0
Enid Drake	43	154	129	16	35	6	1	1	13	0		20	14	.271	.359	.357	.716	46		0	1	4
Terry Sparks	34	125	97	19	28	4	1	3	18	0		26	25	.289	.440	.443	.883	43		1	0	1
Robert Barron	34	143	120	16	27	5	0	2	18	5		17	21	.225	.329	.317	.645	38		3	0	3
Alex Dobzanski	36	128	103	17	22	2	4	3	13	2		20	38	.214	.354	.398	.752	41		3	1	1
Fern Smathers	27	98	86	8	21	4	0	0	10	0		8	5	.244	.312	.291	.603	25		1	2	1
George Smith	34	113	90	10	21	3	1	0	7	0		16	10	.233	.346	.289	.635	26		0	6	1
Braxton Nail	33	110	90	7	18	4	2	0	16	0		14	25	.200	.318	.289	.607	26		2	3	1
Jim Archer	33	70	64	9	12	1	1	0	7	0		2	17	.188	.212	.234	.446	15		0	4	0
Bob Jenkins	7	26	26		9									.346	.346	.346	.692	9
Andy McAuliffe	20	33	31	2	9	3	0	1	5	0		2	11	.290	.333	.484	.817	15		0	0	0
Manuel Gonzalez	31	64	50	7	8	0	0	1	3	0		8	27	.160	.276	.220	.496	11		0	6	0
James Clingan	29	51	46	5	7	2	0	0	6	0		3	10	.152	.204	.196	.400	9		0	2	0
Dick Fitzgerald	15	22	15	5	4	2	0	0	0	0		4	3	.267	.450	.400	.850	6		1	2	0
Ken Raffensberger	17	34	29	0	3	1	0	0	2	0		3	19	.103	.188	.138	.325	4		0	2	0
Jack Bunce	4	4	4		2									.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
William McGarry	3	7	7		2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
Robert Reho	9	11	11		2									.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Donald Smith	3	12	12		2									.167	.167	.167	.333	2
George Staller	1	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
LaVerne Schneider	8	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Loren Oliver	5	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Robert Anderson	7	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Reginald Pitre	14	10	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	.167	.375	.167	.542	1		0	2	0
Arton Bertrand	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Brennan	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gordie Sundin	5	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Donald Rosburg	2	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Charlie Drummond	4	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
George Estock	8	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ennis Heathcock	6	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Thomas Lawson	4	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1351	4959	4215	673	1159	179	58	67	588	72	0	584	626	.275	.365	.393	.757	1655	0	39	73	48	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Charles Ferrante	1B	59	393	32	6	42	.986	7.203
Bob Hale	1B	54	427	36	10	37	.979	8.574
Gene Oden	1B	14	107	3	4	7	.965	7.857
Brooks Robinson	2B	54	143	137	11	39	.962	5.185
Gene Oden	2B	40	127	79	9	16	.958	5.150
George Smith	2B	28	65	55	5	16	.960	4.286
Robert Barron	2B	13	44	28	4	4	.947	5.538
Bernard Prais	3B	55	43	99	19	10	.882	2.582
Brooks Robinson	3B	40	41	89	3	6	.977	3.250
Julio Rodriguez	3B	16	13	25	6	3	.864	2.375
Robert Barron	3B	16	23	28	6	2	.895	3.188
Enid Drake	C	42	267	20	3	6	.990	6.833	4
Leo Waszk	C	37	207	19	11	3	.954	6.108	4
Braxton Nail	C	26	140	19	6	2	.964	6.115	4
Fern Smathers	C	22	135	6	6	0	.959	6.409	5
Julio Rodriguez	OF	108	229	17	7	4	.972	2.278
Gene Oden	OF	69	159	7	5	1	.971	2.406
Charles Ferrante	OF	58	96	4	2	0	.980	1.724
Bill Lajoie	OF	53	111	5	3	2	.975	2.189
Bernard Prais	OF	46	59	6	7	1	.903	1.413
Terry Sparks	OF	30	44	5	4	2	.925	1.633
Alex Dobzanski	OF	29	45	4	6	1	.891	1.690
Jim Archer	P	33	6	22	4	1	.875	.848
Paul Kelecava	P	32						.000
Manuel Gonzalez	P	31	10	31	4	4	.911	1.323
James Clingan	P	29	7	22	3	2	.906	1.000
Alton Brown	P	27						.000
Andy McAuliffe	P	18	0	9	4	0	.692	.500
Ken Raffensberger	P	17	0	8	2	0	.800	.471
Reginald Pitre	P	14	2	6	1	1	.889	.571
Dick Fitzgerald	P	13	1	7	0	0	1.000	.615
Carl Brown	P	12						.000
LaVerne Schneider	P	8						.000
George Estock	P	8						.000
Robert Anderson	P	7						.000
Ennis Heathcock	P	6						.000
Gordie Sundin	P	5						.000
Loren Oliver	P	4						.000
Thomas Lawson	P	4						.000
Charlie Drummond	P	4						.000
Jack Bunce	P	4						.000
Arton Bertrand	P	3						.000
Donald Rosburg	P	2						.000
George Staller	P	1						.000
Bill Lajoie	P	1						.000
Paul Kovach	P	1						.000
Charles Ferrante	P	1						.000
Alex Dobzanski	P	1						.000
Robert Brennan	P	1						.000
Curly Holtzapple	SS	128	200	403	43	71	.933	4.711
Totals		1324	3144	1231	204	283	.955	3.304	17	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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