1955 | Western Canada Baseball Season Stats


	1955 Season Stats

	WESTERN CANADA BASEBALL LEAGUE : Cliff Pemberton of Saskatoon emerged as the Western Canada League's top hitter for the 1955 season with an average of .360, Final Official averages compiled by Howe News Bureau reveal. Pemberton played in 62 games while blasting out 90 base hits in 250 at bats, his hit total being high for the league. Jim Shirley, a teammate, was runner up to Pemberton with a mark of .337, and was followed by Cal Bauer of Edmonton who hit .336. Fourth spot was captured by Len Breckner of Saskatoon who had .326, while Don Stewart of Lloydminster would up fifth with .324. Bauer topped the circuit in runs scored and home runs with 69 and 10 respectively. Len Farrell of Edmonton led in three departments, at bats, 285, total bases, 136, and doubles, 26. Norm Forbes of Edmonton, drove across the most runs with 57 RBI's, and Joe Pedrazzini of Regina dominated in triples with 9. Percy Trimont of Saskatoon, was recipient of the most bases on balls, 56, with Joe Gaitan of Regina winning the dubious honor of leading in times struck out, 52. Mario Herrera of Saskatoon led the circuit's speedsters with 30 stolen bases. Jim Harney of Edmonton and Art Stone of North Battleford produced the most sacrifice bunts, 9 each, and Jim Ryan of Edmonton, along with Tony Levaggi of Moose Jaw, had the most sacrifice flies to their credit of 5 apiece. Dale Bloom of Edmonton proved top hurler in the league by virtue of an amazing 1.72 earned run average based on the allowance of but 17 earned runs in 89 innings of work. Bloom won 9 and lost 3 for a .750 percentage. Charley Bogan of Saskatoon won the most games, 12, and ended up third in ERA with 2.38. Kirby Pain of Edmonton, who's feats included a no-hitter, was second in ERA with 2.23, while Regina's Ted Ellis placed fourth with a mark of 2.50. Bennie Griggs of Saskatoon started the most contests, 16, and worked the most innings, 121.* Tommy Garcia of North Battleford appeared in the most games, 22, and faced the most batters, 474. Bob Jones of Saskatoon struck out the most batters, 103. Edmonton led the circuit in team batting with an impressive .280 average, scoring 429 runs the most of any team, and topping the league in home runs with 35. Saskatoon won team fielding honors with a mark of .944, three percentage points higher than Edmonton who placed second. In addition, Edmonton turned in a triple play while leading in the manufacture of twin-killings with 68. * (A check of the actual numbers shows Garcia led the league in innings with 122) OFFICIAL WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE BATTING RECORDS * SEASON 1955 * RELEASEDE FOR PUBLICATION IN MORNING PAPERS OF TUESDAY, OCT. 11, 1955 *** COMPILEDE BY HOWE NEWS BUREAU, 30 N. LA SALLE ST., CHICAGO 2, ILLINOIS. 1955 TEAM BATTING AB R OR H TB 2B 3B HR SH SF SB BB HB SO LOB RBI PCT Edmonton 2253 429 335 631 896 104 28 35 43 21 62 280 13 344 461 356 280 Saskatoon 2209 388 299 612 788 83 30 11 46 19 103 300 17 267 535 325 277 Regina 2244 339 339 613 810 108 28 11 42 24 101 318 29 325 571 289 273 N Battleford 2253 341 403 584 798 94 24 24 52 22 40 274 28 353 518 285 259 Lloydminster 2105 309 459 540 725 90 25 15 30 20 47 324 21 327 551 263 257 Moose Jaw 2126 344 315 509 710 79 25 24 25 17 83 272 32 365 484 274 239 BATS LEFT #SWITCH HITTER Average : Cliff Pemberton* SKG - .360 Hits : Len Farrell EDE - 92 Doubles : Farrell EDE - 26 Triples : Joe Pedrazzini RGB - 9 Home Runs : Calix Bauer EDE - 10 Runs : Bauer EDE - 69 RBI : Norm Forbes EDE - 57 Stolen Bases : Mario Herrera SKG - 30 WCBL Min 10 Games G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Zenimura, Howard RGB* 14 47 12 18 2 0 0 1 16 11 3 .383 Carter, Suge RGB 14 55 11 21 6 1 0 0 10 2 16 .382 Bedford, Monte RGB 11 21 3 8 3 1 0 0 2 2 3 .381 Mickelsen, Noel RGB 15 48 5 18 1 1 0 0 3 2 4 .375 Pemberton, Clifford SKG* 62 250 49 90 19 7 1 6 25 13 51 .360 Shirley, James SKG 50 172 29 58 3 1 0 13 17 6 29 .337 Bauer, Calix EDE 63 259 69 87 9 7 10 15 28 10 53 .336 Breckner, Leonard SKG 59 236 32 77 12 3 4 3 18 19 52 .326 Stewart, Don LM* 57 207 35 67 7 7 2 14 40 20 33 .324 Farrell, Leonard EDE 65 285 65 92 26 3 4 11 19 23 32 .323 Worth, Arthur NB 41 153 22 49 9 3 7 2 11 11 33 .320 Forbes, Norman EDE* 56 216 46 68 13 4 9 2 22 27 57 .315 Garay, Edward EDE* 39 127 21 40 6 0 1 3 17 5 22 .315 Fabre, Sergio SKG 34 51 6 16 1 0 0 2 9 9 7 .314 Pedrazzini, Joseph RGB 61 238 44 74 13 9 3 9 27 31 38 .311 Valentine, James LM* 57 238 42 73 8 2 1 3 26 23 37 .307 Ford, John NB 66 259 51 79 8 7 1 9 22 19 36 .305 Valladares, Jose SKG 56 189 50 57 6 4 0 14 43 13 31 .302 Weekly, Max MJM 22 50 11 15 1 0 2 0 7 4 8 .300 Martin, Darrell MJM 18 50 5 15 1 2 0 0 6 12 1 .300 Rosell, Robert 1LM-45NB 46 115 14 34 5 1 0 3 28 17 12 .296 Rubio, Richard MJM 57 214 41 63 9 5 3 10 29 23 29 .294 Wylie, Kirby LM 19 58 7 17 1 1 0 0 13 9 8 .293 Shahzade, Arthur RGB 44 144 39 42 8 3 0 19 34 16 12 .292 Jones, Collins LM# 60 239 34 68 15 5 3 6 31 27 45 .285 Read, George RGB 61 215 34 61 12 2 3 10 24 24 39 .284 Barry, Richard LM* 53 187 21 53 8 2 0 1 24 14 25 .283 O'Farrill, Orlando NB 66 270 39 76 18 4 1 4 19 49 28 .281 Trimont, Percy SKG# 63 203 45 57 10 3 4 11 56 39 39 .281 Williams, Willie LM 59 211 47 59 13 4 5 3 33 18 33 .280 Pain, Kirby EDE 18 43 5 12 1 1 0 0 1 11 2 .279 Ryan, James EDE 64 230 50 64 11 0 5 2 47 31 46 .278 Zivanich, Roy MJM 60 241 34 66 10 2 4 3 23 17 41 .274 Peterson, James RGB 41 175 23 48 6 3 0 10 7 6 13 .274 Hager, Ronald RGB 52 209 27 57 9 0 0 13 38 24 21 .273 Johnson, James EDE 41 154 21 42 3 1 0 6 16 22 19 .273 McGuigan, Charles LM 19 66 12 18 6 0 0 7 13 17 5 .273 Doucette, John EDE 20 33 5 9 2 0 1 0 2 6 8 .273 Reyes, Leopoldo NB 63 258 37 70 16 1 2 4 20 19 26 .271 Morris, Jerry SKG 26 96 12 26 3 1 0 2 5 20 8 .271 Harney, James EDE 60 235 44 63 7 4 0 8 24 38 23 .268 Bogan, Charles SKG 24 56 9 15 2 0 0 1 4 10 6 .268 Schultz, William RGB 57 177 23 47 8 1 1 7 33 27 29 .266 Hague, Louis MJM 48 169 33 45 6 1 1 17 24 22 23 .266 Jackson, Gary EDE 62 209 29 55 13 0 2 5 34 23 35 .263 Dean, Roy NB 29 99 23 26 5 1 5 0 21 25 17 .263 McMahon, James RGB 66 257 33 67 8 4 1 11 21 39 29 .261 Nelson, Kenneth NB 66 253 29 66 9 4 3 1 24 29 35 .261 Kretschmar, Joseph SKG 65 230 40 60 7 4 0 15 33 27 30 .261 Johnson, Charles 25LM-34NB 59 232 33 60 10 1 4 2 9 19 44 .259 Karlson, Leonard EDE 52 155 30 40 2 3 1 5 24 26 22 .258 Gaitan, Joseph RGB 65 228 32 58 14 2 0 16 47 52 29 .254 Higa, Thomas MJM 63 220 30 55 7 6 2 2 33 32 35 .250 Stone, Arthur NB 60 198 39 48 7 1 1 11 31 36 25 .242 Ellis, Ted RGB 19 66 6 16 2 0 0 0 1 17 5 .242 Taylor, Roy MJM 38 108 9 26 4 1 0 1 6 11 15 .241 Loepp, James RGB 16 29 4 7 1 0 0 0 8 2 2 .241 Abel, David MJM 63 230 39 55 13 1 1 15 35 39 24 .239 Jones, Robert SKG 19 46 5 11 3 0 1 1 4 12 9 .239 Zayas, Roberto LM 62 256 52 60 8 3 1 9 41 41 12 .234 Garcia, Tom NB 31 73 7 17 4 0 0 1 1 13 10 .233 Shoemaker, Dennis RGB 12 13 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .231 Levaggi, Anthony MJM 57 184 35 42 9 1 5 6 34 51 32 .228 Feldstein, Thomas LM 21 40 7 9 3 0 0 0 12 14 0 .225 Lavin, Thomas LM 14 49 3 11 2 0 0 1 8 11 5 .224 McLeod, Jack SKG 44 108 15 24 2 1 0 4 22 15 9 .222 Bayless, Robert 11LM-2SKG-12NB* 25 79 11 18 8 0 1 1 12 27 8 .228 Holowaty, Robert 7MJM-3LM 10 18 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 .222 Streeter, Glen 17MJM-34LM 51 173 13 38 4 1 1 3 32 39 18 .220 Olson, Ellis RGB 30 73 15 16 4 1 0 1 14 21 6 .219 Sheffield, William MJM 63 250 52 54 12 2 6 11 33 41 27 .216 Mills, Patrick RGB 33 125 17 27 5 0 1 5 10 12 16 .216 Herrera, Mario SKG 66 256 57 55 6 2 0 30 35 19 21 .215 Martinez, Sergio NB 14 28 3 6 1 0 0 0 2 7 4 .214 Arnold, Roy MJM 60 213 33 45 4 2 0 17 30 40 25 .211 Peerless, Charles RGB 25 44 5 9 2 0 1 0 10 11 6 .205 Looney, Raymond LM 37 108 14 22 4 0 0 1 12 22 3 .204 Green, Louis NB 59 185 30 37 2 0 0 2 53 21 15 .200 Griggs, Bennie SKG 18 47 7 9 1 0 0 0 5 11 4 .191 Walker, Richard RGB 27 58 7 11 2 0 1 0 5 16 11 .190 Kulka, Stanley EDE 39 117 16 22 6 2 2 3 12 37 19 .188 Motley, Jack SKG 30 104 9 19 0 5 0 3 8 17 11 .183 Capinegro, Wayne NB* 16 50 6 9 0 0 0 0 1 20 7 .180 Huffman, Earl SKG 21 62 12 11 2 0 1 0 8 8 5 .177 Stites, William 7NB-5SKG 12 17 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 3 .176 Reniker, Ben MJM 18 44 6 7 0 1 0 1 6 14 2 .159 Bowman, Keith EDE 16 38 7 6 0 1 1 0 9 12 4 .158 Seaman, Jerry EDE 15 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 .158 Francis, Emil NB 11 19 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 .158 Penn, Daryl LM 10 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 .158 Belter, Edward EDE* 17 35 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 13 0 .143 Carlson, Raymond NB 11 30 3 4 0 0 0 0 4 13 2 .133 Arnold, Archie LM* 17 23 1 3 2 0 0 0 8 8 4 .130 Brown, Barney LM* 20 56 6 7 0 1 0 0 12 5 4 .125 Bloom, Dale EDE 14 32 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 12 4 .125 Watts, Ronald MJM 16 42 3 5 0 0 0 0 3 16 2 .119 Alvarez, Ruben MJM 12 34 2 3 2 0 0 0 5 19 2 .088 Bailey, William LM 15 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 1 .000 WCBL Less than 10 Games G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Lakeman, Norman EDE 1 1 1 1.000 Coupland, Robert EDE 3 6 3 .500 Mohr, Kenneth RGB* 2 4 2 .500 Bentley, Max SKG* 5 21 9 .429 Forss, Hal EDE 5 8 3 .375 Carlson, Roy EDE* 2 6 2 .333 Hessiam, Horace LM 1 3 1 .333 Wall, Victor RGB* 1 3 1 .333 Owens, Robert SKG 8 25 7 .280 Callihan, Vernon EDE 5 4 1 .250 Mitienko, Edward LM 1 4 1 .250 Dean, Leslie NB 5 16 4 .250 Williams, John NB 5 12 3 .250 Huber, John EDE 4 13 3 .231 Prediger, Peter LM* 7 24 5 .208 Prosofsky, Edward RGB 1 5 1 .200 Sashkiw, Normam EDE 4 11 2 .182 Phillips, Al EDE 8 6 1 .167 Branam, James NB 9 12 2 .167 Barrack, Edward LM 7 7 1 .143 Harris, Oliver LM 7 7 1 .143 Fredrickson, Neil LM 6 8 1 .125 Myers, Paul RGB* 6 8 1 .125 Beaugrand, Albert LM 3 9 1 .111 Duft, William LM 7 9 1 .111 Johnson, Gordon SKG 4 9 1 .111 Hobson, Lewis SKG* 9 17 1 .059 Becker, Stanley EDE* 4 10 0 .000 Dea, Murray EDE* 2 1 0 .000 Koroluk, Ernest EDE 2 2 0 .000 Maisonneuve, Roger EDE 6 2 0 .000 Dodds, Douglas LM* 3 1 0 .000 Finnie, Robert LM-NB* 5 9 0 .000 Flanagan, Earl LM 2 2 0 .000 Haroldson, Bruce LM 4 6 0 .000 Klotz, Elmer LM 1 0 0 .000 McGale, Peter LM* 1 3 0 .000 Swan, John LM 1 2 0 .000 Tesch, Oscar LM 7 9 0 .000 Syverson, Bud MJM 8 8 0 .000 Holdaway, Charles NB 2 1 0 .000 Lukov, Martin RGB 1 1 0 .000 McEwan, Bentley SKG 4 3 0 .000 Pendleton, Reginald SKG 2 3 0 .000 SKG = Saskatoon Gems, EDE = Edmonton Eskimos, MJM = Moose Jaw Mallards, RGB = Regina Braves, NB = North Battleford Beavers, LM = Lloydminster Meridians OFFICIAL WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE FIELDING RECORDS * SEASON 1955 * FOR PUBLICATION IN EVENING PAPERS OF WEDENESDAY, OCT. 12, 1955 * COMPILEDE BY HOWE NEWS BUREAU, 30 N. LA SALLE ST., CHICAGO 2, ILLINOIS. TEAM FIELDING G DP TP PB PO A E PCT Saskatoon 66 56 0 10 1700 755 147 944 Edmonton 65 68 1 13 1700 874 161 941 N. Battleford 66 63 0 11 1737 703 164 937 Moose Jaw 63 52 0 25 1670 764 163 937 Regina 66 62 0 22 1716 816 174 936 Lloydminster 62 59 0 12 1576 725 169 932 FINAL STANDINGS W L T PCT GB Saskatoon 46 20 0 .697 Edmonton 42 23 0 .646 3.5 Moose Jaw 34 29 0 .540 10.5 Regina 30 36 0 .455 16.0 N. Battleford 23 43 0 .348 23.0 Lloydminster 19 43 0 .306 25.0 INDIVIDUAL FIELDING (Ten or More Games) FIRST BASEMEN G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP PCT McLeod,SKG* 33 179 7 6 16 .969 Zivanich,MJM 53 490 25 6 35 .988 Breckner,SKG* 37 319 5 11 27 .967 Ryan,EDE 63 638 44 16 57 .977 Looney,LM 19 158 7 7 9 .959 Stewart,LM 12 71 2 2 9 .973 Taylor,MJM 15 100 4 5 3 .954 Carlson,NB 11 62 2 2 13 .970 Johnson,EDE-NB 47 349 20 18 30 .953 Pedrazzini,RGB* 61 586 39 20 54 .969 Bayless,LM-SKG-NB 24 178 11 10 18 .950 TRIPLE PLAY : Ryan SECOND BASEMEN G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP PCT Johnson,EDE 41 107 140 17 32 .936 McGuigan, LM 19 52 42 2 12 .979 Hager,RGB 26 71 67 10 15 .932 Taylor,MJM 22 46 38 2 7 .977 Zenimura,RGB 14 53 34 7 8 .926 Valentine,LM 31 93 76 5 22 .971 Farrell,EDE 14 48 41 9 14 .908 Valladares,SKG 50 128 132 9 36 .967 Sheffield,MJM 35 94 99 12 19 .941* Gaitan,RGB 30 59 73 6 17 .957 Rubio,MJM 17 34 42 10 8 .884* Stone,NB 60 186 144 17 40 .951 Karlson,EDE 11 16 31 6 5 .887 TRIPLE PLAY : Johnson THIRD BASEMEN G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP PCT Williams,LM 40 50 130 10 12 .947 Higa,MJM 63 41 140 27 11 .870 Pemberton,SKG 52 47 126 13 9 .930 Valentine,LM 16 20 33 8 7 .869 Harney,EDE 60 65 150 22 10 .907 Reyes,NB 21 17 29 7 9 .868 Mills,RGB 20 22 38 7 3 .896 Gaitan,RGB 25 18 58 12 8 .864 Ford,NB 53 68 93 19 13 .894 Carter,RGB 14 10 24 8 3 .810 SHORTSTOPS G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP PCT Farrell,EDE 54 100 207 27 31 .919Hager,RGB 26 33 76 16 17 .872 Sheffield,MJM 32 47 99 15 14 .907 Karlson,EDE 14 16 45 9 11 .871 O'Farrill,NB 66 121 204 34 34 .905 Valentine,LM 11 16 31 8 4 .855 Peterson,RGB 40 66 154 23 20 .905 Rubio,MJM 36 40 98 25 15 .847 Kretschmar,SKG 60 106 169 30 35 .902 Zayas,LM 17 29 48 15 5 .837 Williams,LM 17 38 50 12 12 .880 Lavin,LM 12 26 33 14 4 .808 TRIPLE PLAY : Farrell OUTFIELDERS G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP PCT Levaggi,MJM' 56 81 3 5 0 .944 Zivanich,MJM 15 22 2 0 1 1.000 Reyes,NB 51 73 6 6 2 .929 Morris,SKG 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 Streeter,LM 49 91 10 8 3 .927 Shahzade,RGB 37 57 2 1 0 .983 Jackson,EDE 62 84 5 8 2 .918 McMahon,RGB 66 156 9 4 1 .976 Motley,SKG 17 21 1 2 0 .917 Herrera,SKG 66 149 10 5 1 .970 Fabre,SKG 10 11 0 1 0 .917 Bauer,EDE 62 150 9 5 3 .970 Trimont,SKG 58 85 5 9 0 .909 Rosell,LM-NB 30 51 3 2 0 .964 Zayas,LM 46 93 3 10 3 .906 Hague,MJM 48 93 3 4 1 .960 Arnold,MJM 60 84 3 10 1 .897 Nelson,NB 63 176 13 8 2 .959 Read,RGB 55 77 6 10 0 .892 Huffman,SKG 15 20 3 1 0 .958 Breckner,SKG* 27 24 0 3 0 .889 Stewart,LM 42 85 3 4 0 .957 Worth,NB 23 39 1 5 0 .889 Forbes,EDE 55 56 5 3 1 .953 Mills,RGB 15 19 1 3 0 .870 Karlson,EDE 16 18 2 1 0 .952 Dean R,NB 29 30 2 6 0 .842 Jones,LM 50 115 5 7 1 .945 Gaitan,RGB 14 7 0 2 0 .778 CATCHERS G PO A E DP PB PCT G PO A E DP PB PCT Green,NB 59 355 47 7 6 8 .983 Abel,MJM 63 389 58 20 6 24 .957 Shirley,SKG 48 300 20 6 2 4 .982 Garay,EDE 37 161 18 9 3 4 .952 Schulz,RGB 48 253 28 11 3 9 .962 Barry,LM 50 196 51 14 6 12 .946 Olson,RGB 26 112 14 5 4 9 .962 Motley,SKG 10 54 8 6 2 1 .912 Kulka,EDE 31 142 20 7 5 9 .959 Johnson,LM-NB 14 50 7 6 1 3 .905 PITCHERS G PO A E DP PCT G PO A E DP PCT Fabre,SKG 19 3 14 0 0 1.000 Martinez,NB 14 4 7 1 0 .917 McLeod,SKG* 10 3 11 0 0 1.000 Jones,SKG 19 1 31 3 1 .914 Seaman,EDE 10 1 10 0 0 1.000 Bogan,SKG* 18 3 44 5 0 .904 Brown,LM* 10 2 26 1 1 .966 Loepp,RGB 14 6 20 3 2 .897 Doucette,EDE 17 7 17 1 2 .960 Pain,EDE* 17 10 32 5 2 .894 Walker,RGB 21 7 36 2 3 .956 Reniker,MJM 14 4 21 3 1 .893 Martin,MJM 14 6 35 2 2 .953 Bloom,EDE 14 5 19 3 1 .889 Bowman,EDE 16 13 27 2 3 .952 Worth,NB 11 5 11 2 1 .889 Bedford,RGB 10 3 17 1 2 .952 Rosell,LM-NB* 11 2 13 2 0 .882 Ellis,RGB 13 9 28 2 0 .949 Capinegro,NB* 14 11 18 4 0 .879 Belter,EDE* 17 4 14 1 0 .947 Feldstein,LM 14 4 9 2 1 .867 Looney,LM 12 1 16 1 1 .944 Watts,MJM 15 4 27 5 0 .861 Alvarez,MJM 12 3 26 2 2 .935 Shoemaker,RGB 11 2 10 2 0 .857 Garcia,NB 22 9 19 2 0 .933 Arnold,LM* 16 1 20 4 1 .840 Peerless,RGB* 18 5 22 2 0 .931 Weekly,MJM* 16 4 17 4 0 .840 Griggs,SKG 17 6 34 3 2 .930 Bailey,LM 15 2 7 2 1 .818 (1) Sheffield 2B was shown with an .898 fielding average, but the PO, A & E would result in a .941 FA (2) Rubio's 2B FA should be .884 rather than the .888 shown on the actual results. (3) Farrell SS PO, A & E show a FA of .919 rather than the .948 as originally shown. OFFICIAL WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE PITCHERS' RECORDS * SEASON 1955 * FOR PUBLICATION IN EVENING PAPERS OF WEDENESDAY, OCT. 12, 1955 * COMPILEDE BY HOWE NEWS BUREAU, 30 N. LA SALLE ST., CHICAGO 2, ILLINOIS. PITCHERS' RECORDS Includes pitchers in 66 or more innings rated according to earned run average per 9-inning game. * Throws left G GS CG W L IP AB R H HR BB SO HB WP ERA Bloom, Dale EDE 14 11 8 9 3 89 339 40 75 9 21 34 2 0 1.72 Pain, Kirby EDE 17 12 10 10 4 109 385 46 73 0 63 87 6 1 2.23 Bogan, Charles SKG* 18 15 11 12 4 117 456 59 115 2 40 82 7 2 2.38 Ellis, Ted RGB 13 12 11 9 3 101 383 39 87 1 21 60 1 0 2.50 Brown, Barney LM* 10 10 10 5 5 87 346 32 92 0 20 47 1 1 2.90 (1) Alvarez, Ruben MJM 12 9 8 5 5 96 352 38 80 6 46 75 3 3 2.91 Walker, RichardDixie RGB 21 13 12 7 9 120 463 59 115 5 40 68 7 2 3.00 Peerless, Charles RGB* 18 6 1 1 3 74 263 39 54 4 54 50 3 2 3.16 Watts, Ronald MJM 15 13 10 8 3 107 422 57 105 3 42 50 4 3 3.20 Belter, Edward EDE* 17 12 4 5 5 88 338 49 93 1 39 33 4 2 3.48 Reniker, Ben MJM 14 13 10 5 7 105 419 61 115 0 48 67 3 7 3.51 Griggs, Bennie SKG 17 16 7 9 4 121 453 67 111 6 72 88 9 1 3.72 Jones, Robert SKG 19 13 9 8 5 110 418 54 99 2 53 103 4 11 3.76 Bowman, Keith EDE 16 13 7 7 5 115 462 71 120 7 56 65 6 6 3.83 Garcia, Tom NB 22 14 10 3 9 122 474 63 125 8 47 81 2 3 3.84 McLeod, Jack SKG* 10 7 5 5 3 68 253 32 58 3 30 40 1 1 3.84 Weekly, Max MJM 16 10 9 7 5 105 426 69 107 4 44 71 1 8 3.94 Looney, Raymond LM 12 10 7 5 4 75 303 52 85 3 39 30 1 0 3.96 Martin, Darrell MJM 14 13 10 7 5 105 412 68 103 4 57 82 5 4 4.03 Capinegro, Wayne NB* 14 13 11 6 8 107 420 76 119 5 61 72 9 1 4.04 Martinez, Sergio NB 14 7 2 2 4 78 298 44 71 8 31 56 3 3 4.15 Doucette, John EDE 17 11 6 7 3 83 320 56 87 3 57 47 2 2 4.99 Loepp, James RGB 14 11 3 4 5 82 328 66 96 5 47 35 4 1 5.16 Worth, Arthur NB 11 10 6 3 7 79 328 57 94 4 30 34 3 1 5.24 Feldstein, Thomas LM 14 11 6 3 8 77 315 72 97 2 58 26 4 3 6.19 SHUTOUTS : Pain (3), Bloom (2), Reniker (2), Bogan (2), Brown, Alvarez, Griggs, Looney, Martin, Capinergro, Doucette BALKS : Belter (2), Reniker, Capinegro, Doucette (1) Howe News Bureau missed two games in which Brown pitched - a relief appearance August 14 and an 11-inning, complete-game tie August 24. (Brown allowed five hits and struck out 12 in the season-ending start) PITCHERS IN FEWER THAN 66-INNINGS WITH AT LEAST ONE DECISION RATEDE ACCORDING TO EARNEDE RUN AVERAGE PER 9-INNING GAME. G GS CG W L IP AB R H HR BB SO HB WP ERA Dean, Leslie NB 5 4 4 3 1 41 15 30 5 23 24 2 0 1.54 Mickelsen, Noel RGB 7 7 7 4 3 62 37 57 1 10 44 2 0 2.90 Fabre, Sergio SKG 19 1 1 8 1 58 22 50 1 29 34 0 0 2.95 Seaman, Jerry EDE 10 1 0 1 2 30 17 33 2 11 7 2 0 3.30 Hobson, Lewis SKG* 9 8 2 3 2 53 33 61 1 26 32 4 1 3.74 Tesch, Oscar LM* 7 2 0 0 2 23 18 26 0 19 11 2 1 4.30 Branam, James NB 8 4 1 2 3 32 22 29 1 30 23 1 3 4.50 Barry, Richard LM 5 1 0 1 0 22 15 23 0 16 8 2 1 4.50 Shoemaker, Dennis RGB 11 6 0 1 4 47 31 58 0 30 23 1 3 4.79 Forss, Hal EDE 4 0 0 1 1 15 10 15 0 17 6 1 0 4.80 Beaugrand, Albert LM* 3 2 0 0 1 19 12 19 0 17 6 0 1 5.21 Holowaty, Robert 6MJM-2LM 8 6 4 3 5 44 32 45 2 37 29 0 0 5.32 Ford, John NB 6 1 1 0 1 20 14 27 0 7 12 0 1 5.40 Barrack, Edward LM 6 0 0 1 1 15 15 21 0 10 6 1 0 5.40 Bailey, William LM 15 3 1 1 3 45 43 61 4 38 21 1 1 5.60 Read, George RGB 5 2 1 1 2 16 11 17 0 8 7 0 0 5.63 Harris, Oliver LM 6 2 1 0 2 23 25 36 0 10 10 1 2 5.87 Bedford, Monte RGB 10 6 2 3 4 52 44 69 4 27 26 4 3 5.88 Duft, William LM 6 1 0 0 3 19 23 18 1 29 14 2 6 6.63 Finnie, Robert 3NB-2LM* 5 3 0 0 3 23 21 29 0 17 14 2 1 6.65 Stites, William 6NB-3SKG 9 6 1 1 4 33 29 44 1 20 21 2 0 6.82 Williams, John NB 2 2 1 1 1 10 9 15 0 10 4 0 0 7.20 Dea, Murray EDE* 2 1 0 1 0 6 5 3 0 11 7 0 6 7.50 Arnold, Archie LM 16 9 1 1 4 63 72 84 2 55 23 2 3 7.86 Rosell, Robert 1LM-10NB* 11 5 1 2 4 44 51 64 5 32 17 2 2 8.18 Haroldson, Bruce LM 4 3 0 0 3 16 19 20 0 10 5 2 2 8.44 Fredrickson, Neil LM 4 3 0 0 3 18 23 27 2 15 5 0 0 8.50 Phillips, Al 5NB-3EDE 8 3 1 1 1 22 29 23 2 36 11 2 2 9.00 Myers, Paul RGB* 4 2 0 0 3 10 14 12 1 8 8 0 1 9.00 Dodds, Douglas LM* 3 0 0 1 0 4 4 4 0 7 2 1 0 9.00 Koroluk, Ernest EDE 2 1 0 0 1 6 7 6 0 8 2 0 110.50 Flanigan, Earl LM 2 1 0 1 0 4 6 4 0 6 2 0 013.50 SHUTOUTS : Dean, Mickelsen BALKS : Barrack, Phillips PITCHERS WITH NO DECISIONS LISTEDE IN ORDER OF INNINGS PITCHEDE. Callihan, Vernon EDE 5 14 MacEwen, Bentley SKG* 4 12 Wall, Victor RGB* 1 8 Nelson, Kenneth NB 2 6 Kirk, Donald SKG* 1 5 Motley, Jack SKG 1 4 Lakeman, Norman EDE 1 2 Klotz, Elmer LM 1 1 NO-RUN, NO-HIT GAME : Pain (Edmonton) vs Regina, July 15, score 5-0 ManDak LEAGUE : Minot Daily News, September 7, 1955 OUTFIELDER SETS 3 STANDARDS, DAVIS NO.2 HITTER BY 2 POINTS (By Larry Sullivan) Three hits on the final day of the season enabled Roy Weatherly to slip past the injured Butch Davis of Minot and become the 1955 Man-Dak League batting champion. Final official averages have the Williston slugger finishing with a .371 mark to Davis' .369 and taking his second bat title in succession. He clubbed .412 last year. Weatherly totaled 111 hits in 299 at bats, 23 doubles, four triples, 21 home runs and 61 runs batted in. He set three new league records -- homers, total bases and slugging -- and came close to establishing others. All told, seven important batting records were broken in 1955. Five men surpassed the base hit mark of 98, set in 1953 by Duke Bowman, John Washington and Herb Souell. Bismarck's Ray Dandridge lined 118 hits, Weatherly 111, Bill Jankowski of Bismarck 103 and Bob Easterbrook of Bismarck and Bob Betz of Williston, 99 each. Lloyd Gearhart slammed 17 home runs in 1954 while playing for Williston, but Weatherly this season blasted 21 and Easterbrook and Dickinson manager Ron Bowen 18 apiece. Weatherly far outstripped Bob Strader's total bases record of 163, piling up 205. Easterbrook listed 180. And the batting titlist topped his own slugging average of .676, upping it to .686. Easterbrook,. Betz and Bowen drove in 68 runs each, nudging Pete Hughes' 67 of 1953 for Winnipeg. Dickinson's Dick Morgan raised the times at bat level to 329, while Dandridge had 328. The former total of 322 was held by Strader of Winnipeg. Bill Raehse and Dandridge topped Strader's 24 doubles, Raehse with 26 and Dandridge with 25. Davis did not play during the final two weeks, except for pinch-hitting duties, and his average remained approximately the same. Weatherly declined from the .380s to .366 before the final game. The Minot outfielder closed with a .369 percentage. He was the M-D titlist in 1950 with .456 -- all time high -- and in 1951 with .406. Dickinson hurler Don Orwiler and recent Minot arrival George Wopinek batted .382 and .381 respectively, but did not qualify for the title. High stickers include Bill Hockenbury, Bismarck, .366; Dandridge, .360; Easterbrook, .359; Bill Cash, Bismarck, .357; Zoonie McLean, Minot, .351; Art Pennington, Bismarck, .349; and Dolph Regelsky and Betz, Williston, .348 and .343. Milt Joffe of Dickinson and Jankowski each collected nine triples. Among Minot Mallards, Duke Bowman picked up the most hits, 98. This tied his 1953 league record. McLean drove in 57 runs, Don Corcoran 55 and Duke 52. McLean notched 13 circuit clouts and Corcoran 11. Davis clipped 21 doubles. Other Mallard batting marks are Duke .321, Corcoran .301, Eddie Bowman .296, Dean Scarborough .289, Willie Patterson .280, Sugar Cain .254, and Dewey Williams .230. Minot players who left the club before the season ended include Bill Pinckard .348, Joe Monteiro .313, Tom Gatts .297 and Joe Massaro .279. Bismarck led the loop in team batting with .308, Williston came second with .303, Minot .301 and Dickinson .274. The Oilers cracked 103 home runs, Bismarck 97, Dickinson 61 and the Mallards 60. The Barons totaled 850 base hits, while Williston had 547 runs scored. Minot Daily News, September 10, 1955 CAIN LEADS M-D PITCHERS WITH 2.94 EARNEDE RUN MARK By Larry Sullivan Sugar Cain was the Man-Dak League's leading pitcher in 1955. The Minot curveballer gave up 2.94 earned runs per nine innings to edge out Bismarck's Mike Lotz, who had 2.95. Cain struck out 91, leading for the third straight year. Preston Elkins of Williston went undefeated in seven decisions and posted a 2.34 ERA, but did not have quite enough innings to qualify for the title. Official baseball rules require a pitcher to work one inning for each game scheduled for his team, or 78 in the Man-Dak League. Elkins, joining the Oilers in midseason, hurled only 73. Winningest pitcher of the year was Bill Rose of Dickinson with 10. But he also lost ten decisions, as did Dick Schoonover of Williston and Dickinson's Fred Brenzel. Other pitchers under 4.00 earned runs include Jonas Gaines, Bismarck, 3.27; Don Lee, Williston, 3.65; Schoonover, 3.67; Roger Higgins, Bismarck, 3.69; and Rabbit Cartledge, Minot, 3.89. Five twirlers totaled eight victories each -- Cain, Lotz, Gaines, Schoonover and Higgins. Lotz fanned 79 and Schoonover 73. Jim Michalec of Dickinson worked a top of 152 frames, Rose 149 and Schoonover 147. Schoonover allowed 176 hits while Walt Mitchell, who left Dickinson late in the season, issued 77 bases on balls. Minot's Tom Horton passed 72. Higgins was one of the best control pitchers ever to see action in the loop, walking only 11 in 117 innings. Other Mallard hurlers, with their won-lost records and ERA's, include Mel Duncan 2-1, 4.50; Stan Milankovich 4-2, 5.23; Tom Horton 3-4, 5.34; Dirk Gibbons 5-7, 5.44; and Ted Edmunds 4-3, 6.82 Williston Herald September 14, 1955 Oiler Infielders Walk Off with M-D Fielding Honors Williston Oiler infielders Bill Sharp, Dolph Regelsky and Ronnie Martin led the Man-Dak League in fielding at their respective positions during the 1955 season. As a team, the Oilers led the the league in fielding with a .964 percentage. Dickinson was second with .963, Bismarck ranked third with .956 and Minot finished last in fielding with a .953 mark. The Oilers' sweep of infield honors almost extended to the first base and catching departments. Frank Roelandt, the Oilers' steady receiver, was edged out by Bismarck's Bill Cash in the back stopping percentage .989 to .988 and Bill Raehse, the Oilers' first sacker, was nudged by Dickinson's Ron Bowen .991 to .990. Williston second baseman Bill Sharp led the league at his position with a .965 percentage. Regelsky was tops in the shortstopping department with an impressive .978 mark and hometown boy Martin topped the league's third basemen with a .950 percentage. Ray Berns of the Oilers had the best fielding average for outfielders but Bismarck's Art Pennington was named the official leader, since Berns didn't play as many contests. Bob Betz of the Oilers, ranked third with a .969 fielding mark and Roy Weatherly, the league's top batter, was eighth with .916. Don Petschow, who split the season with Minor and Dickinson, led the "handymen" with a .989 fielding average. Handymen are those who divided their time among a number of positions. Many of the other players in the league filled in at other spots occasionally, but only for short stints. Two new records were set. Ron Bowen established a new mark for putouts (730). That topped the old standard of 714, set by John Washington of Brandon in 1953. Dickinson's Buddy Afremow now holds league record for assists with 297. The old mark was established in 1951 by Minot's Zoonie McLean with 225. As a team the Oilers committed 110 errors during regular season's play. That was five miscues less than Dickinson committed to rank second in fielding behind the Oilers. Bismarck had 137 bobbles and Minot errored 144 times. Raehse had seven errors at first; Sharp 15 at second, Martin only 10 at third and Regelsky five at shortstop. Roelandt committed only four errors behind the plate and Berns had seven in the outfield. Betz committed four miscues in his right field garden and Weatherly was guilty of 12 bobbles in dividing his time between the center and left field positions. Average : Roy Weatherly WL - .371 Hits : Ray Dandridge BI - 118 Doubles : Bill Raehse WL - 26 Triples : Milt Joffe DI & Bill Jankowski BI - 9 Home Runs : Weatherly WL - 21 RBI : Bob Easterbrook BI, Bob Betz WL & Ron Bowen DI - 68 AB R H HR PCT Bismarck 2764 491 850 97 .308 Williston 2775 547 841 105 .303 Minot 2804 484 845 60 .301 Dickinson 2785 441 763 61 .274 ManDak FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Orwiler, Don DI 55 21 2 2 4 7 .382 Wopinek, George MI 21 8 2 1 1 5 .381 Weatherly, Roy WL 299 111 23 4 21 61 .371 Davis, Butch MI 255 94 21 3 6 37 .369 Hockenbury, Bill BI 134 49 8 2 10 30 .366 Dandridge, Ray BI 328 118 25 7 8 43 .360 Easterbrook, Bob BI 276 99 23 2 18 68 .359 Cash, Bill BI 255 91 10 5 15 61 .357 McLean, Zoonie MI 276 97 18 2 13 57 .351 Pennington, Art BI 229 80 11 2 11 46 .349 Pinckard, Bill MI 46 16 4 1 1 11 .348 Regelsky, Dolph WL 164 57 18 2 14 53 .348 Betz, Bob WL 289 99 15 3 8 68 .343 Berns, Ray WL 160 53 5 4 7 36 .331 Jankowski, Bill BI 311 103 15 9 3 38 .331 Raehse, Bill WL 282 91 26 8 15 59 .323 Bowman, Duke MI 305 98 20 3 2 52 .321 Gearhart, Lloyd BI 119 38 8 1 8 28 .319 Bowen, Ron DI 280 89 10 1 18 68 .318 Monteiro, Joe MI 249 78 20 2 14 51 .313 Petschow, Don DI 197 61 9 0 15 40 .310 Hayes, Terry WL 26 8 0 1 1 8 .308 Fischer, Don DI 233 71 8 2 2 23 .305 Jok, Dick DI 202 61 5 1 6 32 .302 Martin, Ronnie WL 255 77 14 0 3 28 .302 Corcoran, Don MI 289 87 17 5 11 55 .301 Roelandt, Frank WL 220 66 14 1 3 30 .300 Johnson, Earl A DI 282 84 13 7 6 39 .298 Gatts, Tom MI 64 19 3 2 0 8 .297 Healy, Dennis BI 128 38 4 2 0 9 .297 Geels, Bob DI 155 46 9 4 1 20 .297 Bowman, Ed MI 277 82 14 5 0 29 .296 Vaughan, Fred BI 174 51 8 0 7 31 .293 Joffe, Milt DI 321 94 11 9 7 40 .293 Scarborough, Dean MI 301 87 20 1 2 42 .289 Cihocki, Al BI 160 46 5 1 11 36 .288 Patterson, Willie MI 70 20 4 0 1 13 .286 Chepkauskas, Dan DI 50 14 3 2 2 10 .280 Morgan, Dick DI 329 92 11 1 6 42 .280 Massaro, Joe MI 226 63 13 0 2 37 .279 McDevitt, Tom WL 61 17 3 1 0 16 .279 Bourbeau, Bob DI 213 58 9 2 6 26 .272 Sharp, Bill WL 321 87 13 2 5 31 .271 Wilson, Jack WL 104 28 6 1 3 19 .269 Afremow, Buddy DI 314 83 16 2 1 34 .264 Cain, Sugar MI 59 15 3 0 1 6 .254 Scarpone, Sam BI 112 27 5 0 0 17 .241 Baxter, Dick DI 77 18 1 0 1 8 .234 Gomez, Preston BI 238 55 12 1 5 30 .231 Williams, Dewey MI 152 35 7 0 5 23 .230 Tabacchi, Ray DI 96 19 1 2 0 7 .198 Wolf, Pius BI 128 19 5 1 1 10 .148 FIELDING Team Fielding PO A E PCT Third Base PO A E PCT Williston 2101 911 110 .965 * Martin WL 71 121 10 .950 Dickinson 2131 906 115 .964 * Dandridge BI 81 174 17 .938 Bismarck 2139 842 137 .956 Bowman Duke MI 71 183 17 .937 * Minot 2085 851 144 .953 Bourbeau DI 69 136 21 .907 Fischer DI 65 81 16 .901 Catcher Shortstop Cash BI 398 32 5 .989 Regelsky WL 67 160 5 .978 Roelandt WL 302 26 4 .988 Afremow DI 144 297 19 .959 Johnson DI 268 31 4 .987 Gomez BI 147 188 16 .954 Williams MI 241 22 5 .981 McLean MI 132 137 29 .903 Scarpone BI 69 5 3 .961 First Base Outfielders Bowen DI 730 33 7 .991 Berns WL 92 0 7 .929 * Raehse WL 634 38 7 .990 Pennington BI 248 9 7 .973 Easterbrook BI 586 19 13 .979 Betz WL 121 6 4 .969 Patterson MI 151 8 5 .970 Joffe DI 224 9 12 .951 Davis MI 79 3 6 .932 Second Base Wolf BI 74 5 6 .929 Sharp WL 201 211 15 .965 Corcoran MI 192 6 16 .925 Bowman Ed MI 207 202 23 .947 Weatherly WL 123 8 12 .916 Vaughn BI 93 103 12 .942 Jankowski BI 109 29 14 .908 Cihocki BI 115 106 14 .940 Healy BI 70 37 12 .899 Tabacchi DI 56 86 9 .940 Handymen Petschow DI 341 17 4 .989 Morgan DI 202 13 4 .982 Scarborough MI 319 54 17 .956 Hockenberry BI 47 45 6 .939 Baxter DI 57 90 11 .930 BI = Bismarck Barons, WL = Williston Oilers, MI = Minot Mallards, DI = Dickinson Packers * The newspaper article showed Williston with a .964 percentage and Dickinson at .963. Duke Bowman was shown with a .927 percentage, and Berns at .989. The figures above are the percentages calculated from the PO and A shown. G GS CG W L IP AB R H HR BB SO HB WP ERA Fitzgerald John BI 1 0 8 7 4 3 1.13 Hogue Bobby WL 2 0 5 3 1 1 1.80 Elkins Preston WL 7 0 73 59 13 40 2.34 Cain Sugar MI 8 4 107 108 48 91 2.94 Lotz Mike BI 8 2 110 100 25 79 2.95 Gaines Jonas BI 8 3 113 102 39 70 3.27 Lee Don WL 5 2 74 70 26 60 3.65 Schoonover Dick WL 8 10 147 176 55 73 3.67 Higgins Roger BI 8 3 117 131 11 51 3.69 Cartledge Robert MI 1 3 44 45 16 33 3.89 Williams Edward WL 6 5 113 130 41 73 4.22 Heintzelman Ken BI 5 2 64 82 14 48 4.50 Duncan Mel MI 2 1 26 25 14 20 4.50 Hockenbury Bill BI 7 5 87 95 58 47 4.55 Rose Bill DI 10 10 149 161 33 70 4.65 Worth Art BI 2 3 32 29 16 13 4.78 Ahtipis Dan MI 2 3 38 32 15 21 4.98 Milankovich Stan MI 4 2 43 51 27 29 5.33 Rancher Joe BI 0 1 12 19 9 4 5.25 Mulcahy Tom WL 7 5 101 125 31 53 5.26 Beneke Ed BI 4 1 58 65 24 32 5.27 Michalec James DI 5 7 152 164 52 68 5.33 Horton Tom MI 3 4 91 91 72 43 5.34 Gibbons Dirk MI 5 7 106 133 46 59 5.44 Rynard Norm DI 1 1 16 18 8 5 5.63 Parker Fred WL 2 5 65 82 26 28 5.68 Washbum Bill MI 3 2 55 71 26 22 6.06 Karpinski Stanley WL 3 3 50 70 12 22 6.12 Mitchell Walt DI 3 5 74 87 77 36 6.33 McCoy Walt BI 3 6 56 83 33 25 6.43 Edmunds Ted MI 4 3 62 85 27 35 6.82 Baxter Dick DI 3 6 92 121 53 33 6.85 Haugstad Phil WL 0 1 13 16 11 7 6.92 Brenzel Fred DI 5 10 116 139 60 40 6.98 Dean Jack DI 1 2 21 24 8 13 7.71 Bumhardt Gail DI 0 1 8 11 4 4 7.88 Orwiler Don DI 1 6 65 116 19 44 8.17 Cincotta DI 0 2 12 19 3 8 8.25 Lettau Niel MI 3 6 63 99 36 27 8.29 Brown Barney MI 0 3 21 34 7 11 9.00 Furlong Bill BI 0 3 19 37 10 8 9.00 Martin Warren MI 2 2 21 20 37 8 13.28 Richardson Murray MI 1 0 1 1 4 1 18.00 ManDak League Records Batting .456 Butch Davis, Winnipeg, 1950 Hits 118 Ray Dandridge, Bismarck, 1955 Doubles 26 Bill Raehse, Williston, 1955 Home Runs 21 Roy Weatherly, Williston, 1955 RBI 68 Bob Easterbrook, Bismarck, 1955 Ron Bowen, Dickinson, 1955 Bib Betz, Williston, 1955 Total Bases 205 Roy Weatherly, Williston, 1955 Slugging .686 Roy Weatherly, Williston, 1955 Singles 81 John Washington, Brandon, 1953 Games Won 13 Neil Lettau, Minot, 1954 Putouts 730 Ron Bowen, Dickinson, 1955 Assists 297 Buddy Afremow, Dickinson, 1955 Strikeouts 123 Sugar Cain, Minot, 1953 ERA 2.94 Sugar Cain, Minot, 1953 SOUTHERN (SASKATCHEWAN) LEAGUE : Regina Red Sox outfielder Denny Cochrane, skip of a rink that was runner-up for the Dominion Junior Curling laurels a few years ago, is the new batting king of the Southern League. Cochrane edged out Assiniboia's Gord Skjerven by a slim .006 margin in clouting the ball at a .398 clip. He also led or tied for the lead 4 of the 5 offensive departments. The Crimson Hose fly-chaser cracked out the most hits, 35, scored the greatest number of runs, 31, and tied for the lead in the doubles and triples categories. Skjerven's .392 average was second while Jack Shupe of the Weyburn Beavers came in third at .359. Shupe was second in the number of base hits with 33 while Notre Dame rookie Eddie "Chief" Bearss was credited with 32. Ed Prosofsky of the pennant-winning Red Sox and Estevan's Nasie Schnell each had 31 hits. Schnell was the runner-up to Cochrane in runs scored with 28 while Al Manz of the Red Sox crossed the plate 25 times. Cochrane and Lorne Shanks of Assiniboia each had 8 doubles to tie for the lead in that department while Cochrane shared the 3-bagger lead with teammate Ken McEachern, each having 5. Bearss, the Hounds' 17 year old shortstop, took the home run honors with 4, one more than Cochrane and rookie Alex Korpan of Weyburn. Average : Denny Cochrane RGR - .398 Hits : Cochrane RGR - 35 Runs : Cochrane RGR - 31 Doubles : Cochrane RGR & Lorne Shanks AS - 8 Triples : Cochrane RGR & Ken McEachern RGR - 5 Home Runs : Ed Bearss ND - 4 SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT Cochrane, Denny RGR 88 31 35 8 5 .398 Skjerven, Gord AS .392 Shupe, Jack, WY 92 33 .359 RGR = Regina Red Sox, AS = Assiniboia Aces, WY = Weyburn Beavers, ND = Notre Dame Hounds, MJL = Moose Jaw Lakers, AV = Avonlea Arrows, RRC = Regina Royal Caps, ES = Estevan Maple Leafs BASIN LEAGUE : Shortstop Tom McDevitt of Chamberlain captured the Basin League batting title with a mark of .382, a comfortable margin ahead of outfielder Bill White of Valentine at .370. Al Ware of Winner finished third at .368. Paul Donovan of Watertown and Orville Rickey of Valentine tied for the lead in runs batted in with 35. Huron's Hank Ertman was the homer run king with 12. Ernie Trujillo of Winner was the top pitcher with a 5-0 mark. Harry Wise was the big winner with 12 victories against just two losses. (The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN, August 24, 1955) Average : Tom McDevitt CB - .381 Hits : Dirkes Rolston PC - 62 Home Runs : Hank Ertman HU - 12 BASIN LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT McDevitt, Tom CB 105 40 .381 White, Bill VH 151 56 .371 Ware, Al WP 125 46 34 .368 Rolston, Dikres PC 175 62 .354 Frazier, Shep YT 135 47 32 .348 Juelke Connie HU 172 32 59 8 4 11 35 .343 Ledwidge, Jerry CB 158 53 .335 Wahl, Kermit WLS 123 40 .325 Thiel Johnny HU 153 40 49 6 1 8 38 .320 (1) Tucker, Wayne CB 173 55 .318 Anderson, Dick HU 148 29 47 4 1 4 18 .318 Davis, Jack YT 130 41 .315 Burr, Bob VH 164 51 .311 Sorenson, Craig PC 157 48 .306 Schiltz, Ed MK 161 49 .304 Palamara, Frank CB 168 51 .304 Horning, Bill WLS 166 50 .301 Jorgenson, Merlyn YT 110 33 .300 McKee, Vern HU 174 33 52 9 1 10 34 .299 (1) Ertman, Hank HU 132 29 37 10 1 12 34 .280 (1) Kohorst, Elmer HU 141 22 39 6 2 4 24 .277 (2) Noble, Frank HU 171 24 46 6 0 4 24 .269 (2) Speck, Jerry HU 12 3 3 1 0 0 3 .250 (2) Ackerman Dick HU 174 31 43 8 1 9 25 .247 (2) Swota Andy HU 49 5 10 0 2 0 8 .204 (1) Watson, John HU 51 2 8 1 0 0 2 .157 (2) Lawler, Hal HU 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 .118 (1) Brittin Jack HU 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 .033 (1) Tauscher Don HU 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 .029 (2) Leap, Al MK 11 Utt, Lee PC 9 Donovan, Paul WLS 35 Rickey, Orville VH 35 Baer, Jack VH 33 HU = Huron Elks, YT = Yankton Terrys, VH = Valentine Hearts, WLS = Watertown Lake Sox, WP = Winner Pheasants, PC = Pierre Cowboys, CB = Chamberlain Chiefs, MK = Mitchell Kernels (1) The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN, June 12, 1956 (2) The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN, August 18, 1955 BASIN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP AB R H HR ER SH SF BB SO HB WP BK ERA Trujillo, Ernie WP 5 0 1.000 Wise, Harry YT 12 2 .857 Lawler, Hal HU 5 1 .833 46.3 21 41 20 32 27 3.89(1) Coombs, Ray WLS 8 3 .727 Hobaugh, Ed YT 5 2 .714 Brittin, Jack HU 7 3 .700 75.0 49 74 36 33 31 4.32(1) Shirley, Jack VH 7 3 .700 Swota, Andy HU 6 3 .667 92.3 50 97 41 37 65 4.00(1) Speck,Jerry HU 2 1 .667 30.3 25 38 20 12 22 5.93(2) Risinger, Tony VH 7 4 .636 Black, Bob WP