1955 Yuma Sun Sox Statistics
Team Record: 83-57
Finished 2nd in the AAL
Manager: Whitey Wietelmann (83-57)
Location: Yuma, Arizona
Ballpark: Panther Field
Attendance: 79,083, Avg. 1,130
The Yuma Sun Sox of the Arizona-Mexico League ended the 1955 season with a record of 83 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the AAL.
The Sun Sox scored 985 runs and gave up 909 runs. Joseph Ellison paced all regular batters with a .312 average. Whitey Wietelmann topped Yuma with 21 wins, while Bob Miller recorded a 4.53 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Lon Goldstein and Whitey Wietelmann both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Whitey Wietelmann 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitey Wietelmann | 21 | 13 | .618 | 4.86 | 55 | 28 | 257.7 | 294 | 158 | 139 | 31 | 97 | ||||||||||
| Bill Getz | 14 | 5 | .737 | 5.64 | 43 | 24 | 198.0 | 214 | 150 | 124 | 23 | 141 | ||||||||||
| Bob Miller | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.53 | 38 | 14 | 149.0 | 136 | 87 | 75 | 24 | 67 | ||||||||||
| Librado Cesena | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.70 | 14 | 9 | 76.7 | 85 | 48 | 40 | 9 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Welda Gibson | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.22 | 19 | 15 | 112.0 | 128 | 82 | 65 | 19 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Gene Armstrong | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.58 | 19 | 2 | 53.0 | 68 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Grover Blacksher | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6.07 | 9 | 7 | 56.3 | 62 | 41 | 38 | 7 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Jack Selby | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.40 | 12 | 7 | 50.0 | 49 | 41 | 30 | 8 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Virgil Frazier | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.36 | 8 | 5 | 43.7 | 52 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 21 | ||||||||||
| McRae Morrell | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russell Agne | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eugene Richardson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.41 | 5 | 5 | 32.7 | 36 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Dick Barry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Welsh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warren Cox | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oscar Reguera | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Daly | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Domenichelli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Walt Evans | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 46 | .617 | 5.07 | 240 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1029.0 | 1124 | 697 | 580 | 141 | 470 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frosty Kennedy | 135 | 541 | 541 | 163 | 25 | 6 | 30 | .301 | .301 | .536 | .837 | 290 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Ellison | 112 | 382 | 382 | 119 | 31 | 5 | 20 | .312 | .312 | .576 | .887 | 220 | |||||||||||
| Cesar Argudin | 75 | 326 | 326 | 100 | 15 | 3 | 12 | .307 | .307 | .482 | .788 | 157 | |||||||||||
| Jasper Goff | 94 | 327 | 327 | 96 | 19 | 4 | 17 | .294 | .294 | .532 | .826 | 174 | |||||||||||
| Lon Goldstein | 61 | 242 | 242 | 78 | 22 | 0 | 7 | .322 | .322 | .500 | .822 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Dominic Cannuli | 77 | 278 | 278 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 6 | .241 | .241 | .356 | .597 | 99 | |||||||||||
| Jim Johnson | 93 | 280 | 280 | 65 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .232 | .232 | .271 | .504 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Whitey Wietelmann | 94 | 243 | 243 | 64 | 9 | 2 | 7 | .263 | .263 | .403 | .667 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Peter MacKenzie | 54 | 193 | 193 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .280 | .280 | .409 | .689 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Jewel Smith | 45 | 183 | 183 | 52 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .284 | .284 | .415 | .699 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Donald Jordan | 43 | 170 | 170 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .229 | .229 | .347 | .576 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Menosse | 29 | 97 | 97 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .258 | .258 | .423 | .680 | 41 | |||||||||||
| George Grutzmacher | 25 | 73 | 73 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .288 | .288 | .575 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Bill Getz | 44 | 77 | 77 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .234 | .234 | .364 | .597 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Edwin Bryan | 19 | 49 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .306 | .306 | .449 | .755 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Bob Miller | 39 | 52 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .269 | .308 | .577 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Virgil Frazier | 16 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .348 | .348 | .391 | .739 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Gene Armstrong | 19 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .292 | .375 | .667 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Librado Cesena | 18 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .233 | .233 | .333 | .567 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Welda Gibson | 19 | 38 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .079 | .079 | .132 | .211 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Jack Selby | 15 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | |||||||||||
| McRae Morrell | 5 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Eugene Richardson | 9 | 12 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Cruz | 5 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick Barry | 4 | 8 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Jacobson | 8 | 24 | 24 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jerald Haley | 4 | 15 | 15 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Grover Blacksher | 9 | 16 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Walt Evans | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Donald Domenichelli | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Russell Agne | 3 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1176 | 3736 | 3736 | 0 | 1017 | 184 | 30 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .272 | .431 | .704 | 1612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitey Wietelmann | P | 55 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Getz | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Miller | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Welda Gibson | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Armstrong | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Librado Cesena | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Selby | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Grover Blacksher | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Richardson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| McRae Morrell | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Russell Agne | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Walt Evans | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Daly | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Warren Cox | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| James Welsh | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Oscar Reguera | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Domenichelli | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 231 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
