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)
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 OFFICIAL WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE BATTING RECORDS *** SEASON 1955 *** RELEASED
FOR PUBLICATION IN MORNING PAPERS OF TUESDAY, OCT. 11, 1955 *** COMPILED 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
WCBL Min 10 Games GP PA AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SHSB CS BB SO HB RBI PCT
Zenimura Howard RG* 14 47 12 18 20 2 0 0 1 1 16 11 0 3 .383
Carter Suge RGB 14 55 11 21 29 6 1 0 0 0 10 2 0 16 .382
Bedford Monte RGB 11 21 3 8 13 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 .381
Mickelsen Noel RGB 15 48 5 18 21 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 4 .375
Pemberton Clifford SKG* 62 250 49 90 126 19 7 1 5 6 25 13 2 51 .360
Shirley James SKG 50 172 29 58 63 3 1 0 5 13 17 6 3 29 .337
Bauer Calix EDE 63 259 69 87 140 9 7 10 1 15 28 10 2 53 .336
Breckner Leonard SKG 59 236 32 77 107 12 3 4 0 3 18 19 2 52 .326
Stewart Don LM* 57 207 35 67 94 7 7 2 0 14 40 20 2 33 .324
Farrell Leonard EDE 65 285 65 92 136 26 3 4 5 11 19 23 1 32 .323
Worth Arthur NB 41 153 22 49 85 9 3 7 3 2 11 11 0 33 .320
Forbes Norman EDE* 56 216 46 68 116 13 4 9 1 2 22 27 0 57 .315
Garay Edward EDE* 39 127 21 40 49 6 0 1 0 3 17 5 0 22 .315
Fabre Sergio SKG 34 51 6 16 17 1 0 0 0 2 9 9 0 7 .314
Pedrazzini Joseph RGB 61 238 44 74 114 13 9 3 2 9 27 31 1 38 .311
Valentine James LM* 57 238 42 73 88 8 2 1 2 3 26 23 1 37 .307
Ford John NB 66 259 51 79 104 8 7 1 8 9 22 19 1 36 .305
Valladares Jose SKG 56 189 50 57 71 6 4 0 6 14 43 13 0 31 .302
Weekly Max MJM 22 50 11 15 22 1 0 2 1 0 7 4 0 8 .300
Martin Darrell MJM 18 50 5 15 20 1 2 0 1 0 6 12 0 1 .300
Rosell Robert 1LM-45NB 46 115 14 34 41 5 1 0 2 3 28 17 3 12 .296
Rubio Richard MJM 57 214 41 63 91 9 5 3 3 10 29 23 7 29 .294
Wylie Kirby LM 19 58 7 17 20 1 1 0 1 0 13 9 0 8 .293
Shahzade Arthur RGB 44 144 39 42 56 8 3 0 1 19 34 16 3 12 .292
Jones Collins LM# 60 239 34 68 102 15 5 3 6 6 31 27 0 45 .285
Read George RGB 61 215 34 61 86 12 2 3 4 10 24 24 3 39 .284
Barry Richard LM* 53 187 21 53 65 8 2 0 5 1 24 14 3 25 .283
O'Farrill Orlando NB 66 270 39 76 105 18 4 1 4 4 19 49 5 28 .281
Trimont Percy SKG# 63 203 45 57 85 10 3 4 1 11 56 39 0 39 .281
Williams Willie LM 59 211 47 59 95 13 4 5 5 3 33 18 7 33 .280
Pain Kirby EDE 18 43 5 12 15 1 1 0 1 0 1 11 0 2 .279
Ryan James EDE 64 230 50 64 90 11 0 5 2 2 47 31 0 46 .278
Zivanich Roy MJM 60 241 34 66 92 10 2 4 0 3 23 17 0 41 .274
Peterson James RGB 41 175 23 48 60 6 3 0 5 10 7 6 0 13 .274
Hager Ronald RGB 52 209 27 57 66 9 0 0 1 13 38 24 3 21 .273
Johnson James EDE 41 154 21 42 47 3 1 0 3 6 16 22 1 19 .273
McGuigan Charles LM 19 66 12 18 24 6 0 0 2 7 13 17 2 5 .273
Doucette John EDE 20 33 5 9 14 2 0 1 1 0 2 6 0 8 .273
Reyes Leopoldo NB 63 258 37 70 94 16 1 2 5 4 20 19 3 26 .271
Morris Jerry SKG 26 96 12 26 31 3 1 0 6 2 5 20 2 8 .271
Harney James EDE 60 235 44 63 78 7 4 0 9 8 24 38 3 23 .268
Bogan Charles SKG 24 56 9 15 17 2 0 0 4 1 4 10 0 6 .268
Schultz William RGB 57 177 23 47 60 8 1 1 4 7 33 27 0 29 .266
Hague Louis MJM 48 169 33 45 56 6 1 1 1 17 24 22 6 23 .266
Jackson Gary EDE 62 209 29 55 74 13 0 2 5 5 34 23 0 35 .263
Dean Roy NB 29 99 23 26 48 5 1 5 0 0 21 25 0 17 .263
McMahon James RGB 66 257 33 67 86 8 4 1 7 11 21 39 2 29 .261
Nelson Kenneth NB 66 253 29 66 92 9 4 3 8 1 24 29 1 35 .261
Kretschmar Joseph SKG 65 230 40 60 75 7 4 0 5 15 33 27 3 30 .261
Johnson Charles 25LM-34NB 59 232 33 60 84 10 1 4 1 2 9 19 1 44 .259
Karlson Leonard EDE 52 155 30 40 51 2 3 1 2 5 24 26 2 22 .258
Gaitan Joseph RGB 65 228 32 58 76 14 2 0 1 16 47 52 0 29 .254
Higa Thomas MJM 63 220 30 55 80 7 6 2 6 2 33 32 9 35 .250
Stone Arthur NB 60 198 39 48 60 7 1 1 9 11 31 36 5 25 .242
Ellis Ted RGB 19 66 6 16 18 2 0 0 3 0 1 17 0 5 .242
Taylor Roy MJM 38 108 9 26 32 4 1 0 4 1 6 11 0 15 .241
Loepp James RGB 16 29 4 7 8 1 0 0 4 0 8 2 0 2 .241
Abel David MJM 63 230 39 55 73 13 1 1 2 15 35 39 3 24 .239
Jones Robert SKG 19 46 5 11 17 3 0 1 1 1 4 12 0 9 .239
Zayas Roberto LM 62 256 52 60 77 8 3 1 3 9 41 41 0 12 .234
Garcia Tom NB 31 73 7 17 21 4 0 0 1 1 1 13 0 10 .233
Shoemaker Dennis RGB 12 13 0 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 .231
Levaggi Anthony MJM 57 184 35 42 68 9 1 5 3 6 34 51 0 32 .228
Feldstein Thomas LM 21 40 7 9 12 3 0 0 0 0 12 14 0 0 .225
Lavin Thomas LM 14 49 3 11 13 2 0 0 0 1 8 11 0 5 .224
McLeod Jack SKG 44 108 15 24 28 2 1 0 0 4 22 15 0 9 .222
Bayless Robert 11LM-2SKG-12N 25 79 11 18 29 8 0 1 1 1 12 27 1 8 .228
Holowaty Robert 7MJM-3LM 10 18 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 1 .222
Streeter Glen 17MJM-34LM 51 173 13 38 47 4 1 1 1 3 32 39 0 18 .220
Olson Ellis RGB 30 73 15 16 22 4 1 0 0 1 14 21 1 6 .219
Sheffield William MJM 63 250 52 54 88 12 2 6 1 11 33 41 4 27 .216
Mills Patrick RGB 33 125 17 27 35 5 0 1 4 5 10 12 1 16 .216
Herrera Mario SKG 66 256 57 55 65 6 2 0 5 30 35 19 1 21 .215
Martinez Sergio NB 14 28 3 6 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 0 4 .214
Arnold Roy MJM 60 213 33 45 53 4 2 0 1 17 30 40 2 25 .211
Peerless Charles RGB 25 44 5 9 14 2 0 1 0 0 10 11 1 6 .205
Looney Raymond LM 37 108 14 22 26 4 0 0 1 1 12 22 0 3 .204
Green Louis NB 59 185 30 37 39 2 0 0 6 2 53 21 4 15 .200
Griggs Bennie SKG 18 47 7 9 10 1 0 0 1 0 5 11 0 4 .191
Walker Richard RGB 27 58 7 11 16 2 0 1 1 0 5 16 1 11 .190
Kulka Stanley EDE 39 117 16 22 38 6 2 2 4 3 12 37 3 19 .188
Motley Jack SKG 30 104 9 19 29 0 5 0 2 3 8 17 1 11 .183
Capinegro Wayne NB* 16 50 6 9 9 0 0 0 4 0 1 20 0 7 .180
Huffman Earl SKG 21 62 12 11 16 2 0 1 2 0 8 8 2 5 .177
Stites William 7NB-5SKG 12 17 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 3 .176
Reniker Ben MJM 18 44 6 7 9 0 1 0 0 1 6 14 0 2 .159
Bowman Keith EDE 16 38 7 6 11 0 1 1 4 0 9 12 0 4 .158
Seaman Jerry EDE 15 19 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 .158
Francis Emil NB 11 19 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 .158
Penn Daryl LM 10 19 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .158
Belter Edward EDE* 17 35 2 5 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 13 0 0 .143
Carlson Raymond NB 11 30 3 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 13 0 2 .133
Arnold Archie LM* 17 23 1 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 4 .130
Brown Barney LM* 20 56 6 7 9 0 1 0 0 0 12 5 0 4 .125
Bloom Dale EDE 14 32 5 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 12 0 4 .125
Watts Ronald MJM 16 42 3 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 16 0 2 .119
Alvarez Ruben MJM 12 34 2 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 5 19 0 2 .088
Bailey William LM 15 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 12 0 1 .000
WCBL Less than 10 Games GP PA AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SHSB CS BB SO HB 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
Wins : Bogan SKG - 12 Games : Garcia NB - 22 Games Started : Griggs SKG - 16 Complete Games : Walker RGB - 12 Innings : Garcia NB - 122 Strikeouts : Jones SKG - 103 ERA : Bloom EDE - 1.72 OFFICIAL WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE PITCHERS' RECORDS * SEASON 1955 * FOR PUBLICATION IN EVENING PAPERS OF WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12, 1955 * COMPILED BY HOWE NEWS BUREAU, 30 N. LA SALLE ST., CHICAGO 2, ILLINOIS. * Throws left WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE 66 or more IP G GS CG W L PCT IP AB H R ER HR BB SO HB WP ERA Bloom Dale EDE 14 11 8 9 3 .750 89 339 75 40 17 9 21 34 2 0 1.72 Pain Kirby EDE 17 12 10 10 4 .714 109 385 73 46 27 0 63 87 6 1 2.23 Bogan Charles SKG* 18 15 11 12 4 .750 117 456 115 59 31 2 40 82 7 2 2.38 Ellis Ted RGB 13 12 11 9 3 .750 101 383 87 39 28 1 21 60 1 0 2.50 Brown Barney LM* 10 10 10 5 5 .500 87 346 92 32 28 0 20 47 1 1 2.90 Alvarez Ruben MJM 12 9 8 5 5 .500 96 352 80 38 31 6 46 75 3 3 2.91 Walker Richard(Dixie) RGB 21 13 12 7 9 .438 120 463 115 59 40 5 40 68 7 2 3.00 Peerless Charles RGB* 18 6 1 1 3 .250 74 263 54 39 26 4 54 50 3 2 3.16 Watts Ronald MJM 15 13 10 8 3 .727 107 422 105 57 38 3 42 50 4 3 3.20 Belter Edward EDE* 17 12 4 5 5 .500 88 338 93 49 34 1 39 33 4 2 3.48 Reniker Ben MJM 14 13 10 5 7 .417 105 419 115 61 41 0 48 67 3 7 3.51 Griggs Bennie SKG 17 16 7 9 4 .692 121 453 111 67 50 6 72 88 9 1 3.72 Jones Robert SKG 19 13 9 8 5 .615 110 418 99 54 46 2 53 103 4 11 3.76 Bowman Keith EDE 16 13 7 7 5 .583 115 462 120 71 49 7 56 65 6 6 3.83 Garcia Tom NB 22 14 10 3 9 .250 122 474 125 63 52 8 47 81 2 3 3.84 McLeod Jack SKG* 10 7 5 5 3 .625 68 253 58 32 29 3 30 40 1 1 3.84 Weekly Max MJM 16 10 9 7 5 .583 105 426 107 69 46 4 44 71 1 8 3.94 Looney Raymond LM 12 10 7 5 4 .556 75 303 85 52 33 3 39 30 1 0 3.96 Martin Darrell MJM 14 13 10 7 5 .583 105 412 103 68 47 4 57 82 5 4 4.03 Capinegro Wayne NB* 14 13 11 6 8 .429 107 420 119 76 48 5 61 72 9 1 4.04 Martinez Sergio NB 14 7 2 2 4 .333 78 298 71 44 36 8 31 56 3 3 4.15 Doucette John EDE 17 11 6 7 3 .700 83 320 87 56 46 3 57 47 2 2 4.99 Loepp James RGB 14 11 3 4 5 .444 82 328 96 66 47 5 47 35 4 1 5.16 Worth Arthur NB 11 10 6 3 7 .300 79 328 94 57 46 4 30 34 3 1 5.24 Feldstein Thomas LM 14 11 6 3 8 .273 77 315 97 72 53 2 58 26 4 3 6.19
Fewer than 66 IP G GS CG W L PCT IP AB H R ER HR BB SO HB WP ERA Dean Leslie NB 5 4 4 3 1 .750 41 30 15 7 5 23 24 2 0 1.54 Mickelsen Noel RGB 7 7 7 4 3 .571 62 57 37 20 1 10 44 2 0 2.90 Fabre Sergio SKG 19 1 1 8 1 .889 58 50 22 19 1 29 34 0 0 2.95 Seaman Jerry EDE 10 1 0 1 2 .333 30 33 17 11 2 11 7 2 0 3.30 Hobson Lewis SKG* 9 8 2 3 2 .600 53 61 33 22 1 26 32 4 1 3.74 Tesch Oscar LM* 7 2 0 0 2 .000 23 26 18 11 0 19 11 2 1 4.30 Branam James NB 8 4 1 2 3 .400 32 29 22 16 1 30 23 1 3 4.50 Barry Richard LM 5 1 0 1 0 1.000 22 23 15 11 0 16 8 2 1 4.50 Shoemaker Dennis RGB 11 6 0 1 4 .200 47 58 31 25 0 30 23 1 3 4.79 Forss Hal EDE 4 0 0 1 1 .500 15 15 10 8 0 17 6 1 0 4.80 Beaugrand Albert LM* 3 2 0 0 1 .000 19 19 12 11 0 17 6 0 1 5.21 Holowaty Robert 6MJM-2LM 8 6 4 3 5 .375 44 45 32 26 2 37 29 0 0 5.32 Ford John NB 6 1 1 0 1 .000 20 27 14 12 0 7 12 0 1 5.40 Barrack Edward LM 6 0 0 1 1 .500 15 21 15 9 0 10 6 1 0 5.40 Bailey William LM 15 3 1 1 3 .250 45 61 43 28 4 38 21 1 1 5.60 Read George RGB 5 2 1 1 2 .333 16 17 11 10 0 8 7 0 0 5.63 Harris Oliver LM 6 2 1 0 2 .000 23 36 25 15 0 10 10 1 2 5.87 Bedford Monte RGB 10 6 2 3 4 .429 52 69 44 34 4 27 26 4 3 5.88 Duft William LM 6 1 0 0 3 .000 19 18 23 14 1 29 14 2 6 6.63 Finnie Robert 3NB-2LM* 5 3 0 0 3 .000 23 29 21 17 0 17 14 2 1 6.65 Stites William 6NB-3SKG 9 6 1 1 4 .200 33 44 29 25 1 20 21 2 0 6.82 Williams John NB 2 2 1 1 1 .500 10 15 9 8 0 10 4 0 0 7.20 Dea Murray EDE* 2 1 0 1 0 1.000 6 3 5 5 0 11 7 0 6 7.50 Arnold Archie LM 16 9 1 1 4 .200 63 84 72 55 2 55 23 2 3 7.86 Rosell Robert 1LM-10NB* 11 5 1 2 4 .333 44 64 51 40 5 32 17 2 2 8.18 Haroldson Bruce LM 4 3 0 0 3 .000 16 20 19 15 0 10 5 2 2 8.44 Fredrickson Neil LM 4 3 0 0 3 .000 18 27 23 17 2 15 5 0 0 8.50 Phillips Al 5NB-3EDE 8 3 1 1 1 .500 22 23 29 22 2 36 11 2 2 9.00 Myers Paul RGB* 4 2 0 0 3 .000 10 12 14 10 1 8 8 0 1 9.00 Dodds Douglas LM* 3 0 0 1 0 1.000 4 4 4 4 0 7 2 1 0 9.00 Koroluk Ernest EDE 2 1 0 0 1 .000 6 6 7 7 0 8 2 0 1 10.50 Flanigan Earl LM 2 1 0 1 0 1.000 4 4 6 6 0 6 2 0 0 13.50
NO DECISIONS G GS CG W L PCT IP AB H R ER HR BB SO HB WP ERA Callihan Vernon EDE 5 14 McEwan 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
SHUTOUTS : Pain (3), Bloom (2), Reniker (2), Bogan (2), Brown, Alvarez, Griggs, Looney, Martin, Capinergro, Doucette
BALKS : Belter (2), Reniker, Capinegro, Doucette
NO-RUN, NO-HIT GAME : Pain (Edmonton) vs Regina, July 15, score 5-0 SHUTOUTS : Dean, Mickelsen
BALKS : Barrack, Phillips * Howe News Bureau missed two games in which Barney 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) 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 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12, 1955 * COMPILED 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 .919* Hager,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 .90
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.
SKG = Saskatoon Gems, EDE = Edmonton Eskimos, MJM = Moose Jaw Mallards, RGB = Regina Braves,
NB = North Battleford Beavers, LM = Lloydminster Meridians
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.
Three pitchers - Vic Wall of Regina, Hugh Carr of Notre Dame and Paul Pearson of Assiniboia -- tied for the league lead in wins, each with 7. Tom Leverick of Regina had the top winning percentage with his 5-0 record. Pearson had the most starts, 14, and complete games, 11.
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 GP PA AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SHSB CS BB SO HB RBI PCT
Cochrane Denny RGR 88 31 35 8 5 .398
Skjerven Gord AS 74 29 .392
Shupe Jack WY 92 33 .359
Hingley Doug RRC 76 25 .329
Erfle Rube AS 64 21 .328
Smith Glenn MJL 58 19 .328
Source : Moose Jaw Times-Herald, September 1
Wins: Vic Wall RGR, Hugh Carr ND, Paul Pearson AS - 7
Won-Lost Pct : Tom Leverick RGR - 5-0, 1.000
Games : Pearson AS, Phil Resch ND - 14
Games Started : Pearson AS - 14
Complete Games : Pearson AS - 11
SOUTHERN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP AB H R ER HR BB SO HB WP ERA
Wall Vic RGR 11 9 7 7 2 .778
Carr Hugh ND 13 11 7 7 3 .700
Pearson Paul AS 14 14 11 7 6 .538
Skjerven Gord AS 9 6 5 6 2 .750
Leverick Tom RGR 9 5 5 5 0 1.000
Devine Jack MJL 12 9 7 5 6 .455
Resch Phil ND 14 9 6 5 6 .455
Allen Ken WY 7 7 7 4 1 .800
Nutzhorn Ray MJL 10 3 3 4 1 .800
Hogg Ralph WY 8 6 6 4 2 .667
Richardson Wes RGR 6 5 1 3 2 .600
Reyes Joe AV 5 5 2 3 2 .600
Woolley Lloyd RRC 8 6 2 3 2 .600
Heidt Ed RRC 7 5 5 3 2 .600
Blaisdell Wally MJL 11 7 4 3 4 .429
Peerless Charlie RGR 2 1 1 2 0 1.000
Martin Bill AV 2 2 1 2 0 1.000
Johnston Ralph ES 3 3 3 2 1 .667
Linnell Jimmy AS 7 6 3 2 2 .500
Harrison Cliff RRC 8 5 2 2 4 .333
Covert Keith WY 12 8 5 3 6 .333
Mohr Ken RGR 1 1 1 1 0 1.000
Forer Don AV 4 0 0 1 0 1.000
Harbourne Jack ES 1 0 0 1 0 1.000
Coutoreille Neil ES 1 1 1 1 0 1.000
Mitchell Hank RGR 4 2 0 1 1 .500
Kober Ken RGR 4 2 2 1 1 .500
Faford John ND 4 3 2 1 1 .500
Brown Bob RRC 4 2 0 1 1 .500
Tennant Merrill ES 4 3 3 1 2 .333
McFadyen George RRC 7 4 2 1 3 .250
Hoff Dave WY 7 6 3 1 4 .200
McKechney Gary ES 12 7 6 1 3 .250
Verpe Orval ES 11 10 3 1 6 .143
Rudichuk Roy RGR 1 1 0 0 0 .000
Cochrane Denny RGR 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Hayes Garth AS 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Hall John AS 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Steele Dale ND 4 0 0 0 0 .000
Germann Frank ND 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Bell Bob MJL 5 2 0 0 0 .000
Yeomans Bob MJL 2 1 0 0 0 .000
Smukowich Larry AV 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Kirkpatrick Jim AV 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Hall Ron AV 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Sanderson Archie AV 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Larter Ron RRC 3 0 0 0 0 .000
Prosofsky Pete RRC 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Abel Ted RRC 2 2 0 0 0 .000
Campbell Garnet AV 2 1 0 0 1 .000
Buttgereit Walter AV 2 0 0 0 2 .000
Zielinski Bill ES 3 1 0 0 1 .000
Myers Paul ES 1 1 1 0 1 .000
Archibald AV 1 0 1 .000
Campbell Gordon AV 6 3 0 0 2 .000
Prosofsky Les RRC 3 2 0 0 2 .000
McKechney Ron ES 4 1 0 0 3 .000
Griffin Dick ND 4 3 0 0 3 .000
White Dave MJL 3 3 0 0 3 .000
Source : Regina Leader-Post, August 23 & Game reports
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
SOUTHERN ALBERTA
Left-hander Jack Altman had an outstanding summer pitching for both the Vulcan Elks and Granum White Sox. The Fresno State Uniiversity product appeared in 21 games, winning 15 and losing just 3. He made 18 starts, completing all of them.
SOUTHERN ALBERTA
ALTMAN FINAL G GS CG W L PCT IP AB H R ER HR BB SO HB WP ERA
Altman Jack VU/GR 21 18 18 15 3 .833
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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.
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 Dandrgide 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 MANDAK FINAL GP PA AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SHSB CS BB SO HB 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 Ron 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 Chapkauskas 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 Source : Minot Daily News & Williston Herald Wins : Rose DI - 10 Won-Lost Pct : Elkins WL - 7-0 Innings : Rose DI - 149 ERA : Elkins WL - 2.34 MAN-DAK LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP AB H R ER HR BB SO HB WP ERA Fitzgerald, John BI 1 0 1.000 8 7 4 3 1.13 Hogue, Bobby WL 2 0 1.000 5 3 1 1 1.80 Elkins, Preston WL 7 0 1.000 73 59 13 40 2.34 Cain, Sugar MI 8 4 .667 107 108 48 91 2.94 Lotz, Mike BI 8 2 .800 110 100 25 79 2.95 Gaines, Jonas BI 8 3 .727 113 102 39 70 3.27 Lee, Don WL 5 2 .714 74 70 26 60 3.65 Schoonover, Dick WL 8 10 .444 147 176 55 73 3.67 Higgins, Roger BI 8 3 .727 117 131 11 51 3.69 Cartledge, Robert MI 1 3 .250 44 45 16 33 3.89 Williams, Edward WL 6 5 .545 113 130 41 73 4.22 Heintzelman, Ken BI 5 2 .714 64 82 14 48 4.50 Duncan, Mel MI 2 1 .667 26 25 14 20 4.50 Hockenbury, Bill BI 7 5 .583 87 95 58 47 4.55 Rose, Bill DI 10 10 .500 149 161 33 70 4.65 Worth, Art BI 2 3 .400 32 29 16 13 4.78 Ahtipis, Dan MI 2 3 .400 38 32 15 21 4.98 Rancher, Joe BI 0 1 .000 12 19 9 4 5.25 Mulcahy, Tom WL 7 5 .583 101 125 31 53 5.26 Beneke, Ed BI 4 1 .800 58 65 24 32 5.27 Milankovich, Stan MI 4 2 .667 43 51 27 29 5.33 Michalec, James DI 5 7 .417 152 164 52 68 5.33 Horton, Tom MI 3 4 .429 91 91 72 43 5.34 Gibbons, Dirk MI 5 7 .417 106 133 46 59 5.44 Rynard, Norm DI 1 1 .500 16 18 8 5 5.63 Parker, Fred WL 2 5 .286 65 82 26 28 5.68 Washbum, Bill MI 3 2 .600 55 71 26 22 6.06 Karpinski, Stanley WL 3 3 .500 50 70 12 22 6.12 Mitchell, Walt DI 3 5 .375 74 87 77 36 6.33 McCoy, Walt BI 3 6 .333 56 83 33 25 6.43 Edmunds, Ted MI 4 3 .571 62 85 27 35 6.82 Baxter, Dick DI 3 6 .333 92 121 53 33 6.85 Haugstad, Phil WL 0 1 .000 13 16 11 7 6.92 Brenzel, Fred DI 5 10 .333 116 139 60 40 6.98 Dean, Jack DI 1 2 .333 21 24 8 13 7.71 Bumhardt, Gail DI 0 1 .000 8 11 4 4 7.88 Orwiler, Don DI 1 6 .143 65 116 19 44 8.17 Cincotta, DI 0 2 .000 12 19 3 8 8.25 Lettau, Neil MI 3 6 .333 63 99 36 27 8.29 Brown, Barney MI 0 3 .000 21 34 7 11 9.00 Furlong, Bill BI 0 3 .000 19 37 10 8 9.00 Martin, Warren MI 2 2 .500 21 20 37 8 13.28 Richardson, Murray MI 1 0 1.000 1 1 4 1 18.00 * Minot Daily News, September 10, 1955 BI = Bismarck Barons, WL = Williston Oilers, MI = Minot Mallards, DI = Dickinson Packers 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
* 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.
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
INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE
For the second straight season, import Wilmer Fields dominated the offensive statistics in the Intercounty League. Fields, of the Oshawa Merchants, took the batting crown with a .425 average and led the circuit in hits, 77, home runs, 12, and RBI, 55.
Harry Schaeffer of Oshawa topped the hurlers with a 12-3 mark, leading in wins and winning percentage. Harry Fisher, who was second to Fields in the batting race, with a .375 average, was second in pitching, finishing 12-4 for the Brantford Red Sox. Al Dumouchelle of St. Thomas had 11 wins. Don Robertson of the Red Sox registered the most strikeouts, 116.
Average : Fields OS - .425
Hits : Fields OS - 77
Home Runs : Fields OS - 12
RBI : Fields OS - 55
Stolen Bases : Lefevre Roy OS - 15
INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE GP PA AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SHSB CS BB SO HB RBI PCT
Fields Wilmer OS 181 44 77 16 12 55 .425
Fisher Harry BRS 184 38 69 10 46 .375
LeFevre Roy OS 203 62 73 18 15 37 .360
Leveille Rollie OS 191 28 68 35 .356
Lawing Butch STT 152 32 52 29 .342
Clifford Shanty BRS 194 28 66 10 40 .340
Wilkes Jimmy BRS 16 Breard Stan BRS 16 McMackon Gord LDN 14 Lipka Stan BRS 13 Halkard Jim STT 13 10 McLennan Don LDN 10 McGratton Tom BRS 10 34 Thomas Fred OS 9 42 Glenn Doc STT 9 Source : The Evening Reporter, Galt, August 30, 1955 & Intercounty Record Book Wins : Schaeffer OS - 12
Won-Lost Pct : Schaeffer OS - .857 Strikeouts : Robertson Don BRS - 116 INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP AB H R ER HR BB SO HB WP ERA Schaeffer Harry OS 12 2 .857 Fisher Harry BRS 12 4 .750 Maldovan Johnny KR 9 3 .750 Florcyk Gene STT 9 4 .692 Dumouchelle Al STT 11 6 .647 Allan Bill KR 10 6 .625 Robertson Don BRS 116 Source : The Evening Reporter, Galt, August 30, 1955 & Intercounty Record Book OS=Oshawa Merchants, KR=Kitchener Panthers, STT=St. Thomas Elgins, LND=London Majors, BRS=Brantford Red Sox, GT=Galt Terriers
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 GP PA AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SHSB CS BB SO HB 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 a
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 a
Ertman Hank HU 132 29 37 10 1 12 34 .280 a
Kohorst Elmer HU 141 22 39 6 2 4 24 .277 b
Noble Frank HU 171 24 46 6 0 4 24 .269 b
Speck Jerry HU 12 3 3 1 0 0 3 .250 b
Ackerman Dick HU 174 31 43 8 1 9 25 .247 b
Swota Andy HU 49 5 10 0 2 0 8 .204 a
Watson John HU 51 2 8 1 0 0 2 .157 b
Lawler Hal HU 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 .118 a
Brittin Jack HU 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 .033 a
Tauscher Don HU 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 .029 b
Leap Al MK 11
Utt Lee PC 9
Donovan Paul WLS 35
Rickey Orville VH 35
Baer Jack VH 33
Source : The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN, August 24, 1955
(a) The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN, June 12, 1956
(b) The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN, August 18, 1955
Wins : Wise YT - 12
BASIN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP AB H R ER HR BB SO HB WP ERA
Trujillo Ernie WP 5 0 1.000
Wise Harry YT 12 2 .857 0.89 c
Lawler Hal HU 5 1 .833 46 41 21 20 32 27 3.89 a
Coombs Ray WLS 8 3 .727
Hobaugh Ed YT 5 2 .714
Brittin Jack HU 7 3 .700 75 74 49 36 33 31 4.32 a
Shirley Jack VH 7 3 .700
Swota Andy HU 6 3 .667 92 97 50 41 37 65 4.00 a
SpeckJerry HU 2 1 .667 30 38 25 20 12 22 5.93 b
Risinger Tony VH 7 4 .636
Black Bob WP 3 2 .600
Evans Bill PC 6 4 .600
Ridenour Bob VH 6 4 .600
Tauscher Don HU 5 5 .500 96 70 31 28 44 90 2.62 b
Manier Dave PC 6 6 .500
Stewart Norm WLS 5 5 .500
Gumpert Randy MK 5 5 .500
Saban Bob YT 5 5 .500
Shrake Joe CB 4 4 .500
Bauer Russ CB 3 3 .500
Swigart Hal WP 6 9 .400
The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN, August 24, 1955
(a) The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN, June 12, 1956
(b) The HURONITE and THE DAILY PLAINSMAN, August 18, 1955
(c) 1969 Rapid City Yearbook
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
PRINCE GEORGE & DISTRICT LEAGUE
Gary Tuttle, the hard hitting second baseman for the Quesnel Clippers captured the 1955 batting title finishing the season with a .463 average. Ed Chorney of the Prince George Athletics was right on his heels with a .433 mark. Willie McDermid of the Willow River Red Sox topped the loop in home runs, with six. Fred Kapphahn of the Athletics was the top hurler with a 9-1 won/lost record.
PRINCE GEORGE & DISTRICT GP PA AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SHSB CS BB SO HB RBI PCT Tuttle Gary QCP 54 25 .463 Chorney Ed PGA 104 45 .433 Bare Hugh QLM 52 22 .423 Munk Otto QLM 57 23 .404 McDermid Willie WRR 99 40 .404 Berdusco Johnny PGA 110 42 .382 Young Don PGC 65 24 .369 Stettner Andy PGA 80 29 .363 Punt Phil QLM 72 26 .361 McDermid Ken WRR 81 29 .358 Source : Quesnel Cariboo Observer, August 25, 1955
QCP=Quesnl Clippers, QLM=Quesnel Lumbermen, PGA=Prince George Athletics, PGC=Prince George Canadas,
WRR=Willow River Red Sox
OKANAGAN MAINLINE LEAGUE
Geordie Taylor is the 1955 batting champion of the Okanagan-Mainline Baseball League. The Summerland Macs' outfielder ended the season with a .424 average in 66 at bats to top Bruno Ceconn of Oliver who posted a .409 mark and Sam Drossos of Penticton at an even .400. Taylor tied for the most hits, 28, and was second in runs batted in, with 24. Penticton's Wendell Clifton who finished fourth, with a .373 average, was the circuits most productive swatter leading in RBI with 25, and doubles, 9, while tying for the lead in hits, with 28, scoring 20 runs, third best, and clouting three homers. Drossos and Ron Evenson of Kamloops each had five home runs to tie in that category. Doug Kilburn of Summerland had the most thefts, 13, and Lloyd Burgart of Penticton scored the most runs, 27.
Pitchers Bill Martino of Oliver and Bill Eyre of Summerland tied for the most wins, each finishing with 8-2 records. Bob Radies, of Oliver, who had a better winning percentage with his 7-1 mark also had the better ERA, 3.33, the tops among regulars. Len Gatin of Kamloops pitched in just two games, one a no-hitter, and didn't allow any scores. Wendell Clifton was the league's workhorse with 15 games started and 98 innings pitched. Eyre was tops in strikeouts with 102 in 86 innings.
AVE : Taylor SUM - .424
RUNS : Burgart PEN - 27
HITS : Taylor SUM, Clifton PEN - 28
2B : Clifton PEN - 9
3B : Raptis PEN, Weeks OLE - 2
HR : Drossos PEN, Evenson, Buchanan KO - 5
RBI : Clifton PEN - 25
SB : Kilburn SUM - 13
OKANAGAN MAINLINE LEAGUE GP PA AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SHSB CS BB SO HB RBI PCT
Taylor Geordie SUM 66 28 4 24 .424
Ceconn Bruno/Clarence OLE 44 18 .409
Drossos Sam PEN 50 17 20 5 23 .400
Clifton Wendell PEN 75 20 28 9 3 25 .373
Martino Bill OLE 54 20 .370
Posnikoff Joe PEN 49 16 17 2 11 .347
Adams Ray VER 58 20 .345
Schnider Richie OLE 65 21 .323
Janicki Wally VER 65 21 .323
Slater Don KO 42 10 13 7 .310
(Other Penticton) Getz Dick PEN 11 2 4 2 .364 Russell Bud PEN 75 25 22 3 20 .293 Raptis Bill PEN 59 17 17 18 .288 John Ed PEN 52 15 14 9 .269 Nicholson Bill PEN 23 4 6 5 .261 Burgart Lloyd PEN 78 27 20 1 14 .256 Moore Doug PEN 59 14 15 1 10 .254 Richards Charlie PEN 48 10 12 6 .250 Mori Elmer PEN 22 5 4 3 .182 * Drossos George PEN 52 17 9 1 6 .173 Preen Charlie PEN 3 1 0 .000
(Other Kamloops) Fowles Len KO 28 8 10 10 .357 Connors Joe KO 29 7 9 3 .310 Evenson Ron KO 46 18 14 11 .304 Beecroft Gordie KO 48 15 14 16 .292 Saklofsky Bob KO 58 20 16 7 .276 Buchanan Buck KO 69 19 19 14 .275 Nagle Baz KO 25 6 6 4 .240 Fowles Jack KO 63 11 15 11 .238 MacDonald Bill KO 43 7 9 9 .209 Rota Frank KO 48 9 9 7 .188 Marriott Bill KO 22 6 4 1 .182 Brkich John KO 30 3 5 4 .167 Stewart Ken KO 19 0 2 3 .105 Elliott Kim KO 18 2 1 1 .056 OKANAGAN MAINLINE LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP AB H R ER HR BB SO HB WP ERA Gatin Len KO 2 2 2 0 16 3 0 0 3 18 0.00 Radies Bob OLE 7 7 1 73 76 42 27 26 65 3.33 Martino Bill OLE 12 8 2 75 73 44 34 41 56 4.08 Roth Bill VER 3 3 1 24 28 22 11 14 6 4.13 Getz Dick PEN 3 3 1 29 24 22 14 17 23 4.34 Eyre Bill SUM 8 8 2 86 68 55 46 55 102 4.81 Nagle Baz KO 8 7 5 2 60 38 44 32 49 72 4.80 John Eddie PEN 2 2 0 18 16 19 11 16 9 5.50 Clifton Wendell PEN 15 5 6 98 97 92 61 68 95 5.60
(Other Kamloops) Fowles Jack KO 1 0 0 7 4 1 1 1 2 1.29 Beecroft Gordie KO 5 1 1 24 25 21 14 20 15 5.25 Elliott Kim KO 6 3 3 39 49 43 31 28 20 7.15 Saklofsky Jim KO 2 0 1 3 4 7 3 5 1 10.11 Brkich John KO 3 0 1 9 14 16 13 11 8 13.00
In the newspaper story, Mori was shown with 9 hits in 22 ABs but with a .181 AVE and was listed
just ahead of .173 (George Drossos)- thus an obvious typo & hits changed to 4.
Sources : Penticton Herald & Kamloops Sentinel, September 14, 1955
KO=Kamloops Okonots, KWO=Kelowna Orioles, OLE=Oliver OBCs, PEN=Penticton Red Sox, SUM=Summerland Macs, VER=Vernon Canadians
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE
Tom Neill of Rochester Royals is the 1955 batting champion of the Southern Minnesota Baseball League finishing with a .399 average to top teammate Sam Hill's .385. Neill was also the circuit's leading slugger with 23 home runs. Hill led the loop in doubles, with 20, and hits, 84, both new league standards. Al Neil of Albert Lea drove in the most runs, 62, a league record. Mike Sichko of Albert Lea also set a league record with 51 runs.
Orinthal "Andy" Anderson of the Royals led the pitchers with a 2.07 earned run average, well ahead of the runner-up Lou Ciola, at 2.95. Loyal Bloxam of Fairmont was the winningest hurler with 13 victories while Vic Stryska of Faribault had the best winning percentage, .800, on 12 wins and just three loses. Bloxam also led in strikeouts with 105. With 156 innings, Jim Lawler of Winona was the league's workh
AVE : Neill ROC - .399
RUNS : Sichko LEA - 51
HITS : Hill ROC - 84
HR : Neill ROC - 23
RBI : Neil LEA - 62
SB : Frey MAK, Kindall WIN - 9
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT
Neill Tom ROC 47 188 38 75 10 0 16 0 48 .399
Hill Sam ROC 49 218 43 84 20 3 10 2 32 .385
Neil Al LEA 49 192 47 71 11 0 23 0 62 .370
McCarthy Jerry ROC 49 193 35 69 13 0 6 0 32 .358
Pfasterer Kent MAK 40 166 26 59 11 3 4 5 22 .355
Brown Frank AUS 49 210 34 74 18 1 13 0 41 .352
Taylor Don FAR 49 191 39 67 13 1 11 2 49 .351
Boiko Frank FAR 49 194 34 66 17 3 4 3 27 .340
King Jim FAI 39 124 36 41 10 0 4 2 24 .331
Newberry Dick WO 49 209 32 69 15 1 5 1 19 .330
Schlaffer Augie WO 47 179 30 58 7 0 11 0 36 .324
Dahlke Don FAI 49 205 35 66 17 2 7 0 39 .322
Frey Charlie MAK 48 190 44 61 16 3 14 9 36 .321
Campau Bill AUS 26 72 12 23 1 0 5 0 14 .319
Sichko Mike LEA 49 204 51 65 9 1 15 5 41 .319
Wopinek Ed MAK 34 145 24 46 4 2 10 1 27 .317
Restaino Emil FAI 48 196 33 62 10 2 2 3 38 .316
Albrecht Ed MAK 35 86 12 27 5 0 2 0 14 .314
Workman Hank FAI 42 153 37 48 8 1 13 2 40 .314
Seguso Art WO 49 182 29 57 8 0 17 0 46 .313
Ankoviak Bill LEA 49 192 48 60 11 1 15 0 45 .313
Weiss Charley MAK 49 173 39 54 8 1 19 2 50 .312
Gilmore Roy AUS-WIN 30 174 34 54 4 1 11 0 37 .310
DeWitt Clyde FAI 22 68 9 21 2 0 1 1 7 .309
Marquardt Del LEA 49 192 26 59 5 1 5 1 27 .307
House Sam AUS 48 176 22 54 8 3 3 8 24 .307
Leach Bill WIN 50 180 28 55 9 1 8 0 34 .306
Schultz Howie FAR 49 203 38 62 12 1 11 1 42 .305
Swartz Len WIN 29 82 11 25 2 0 2 2 7 .305
Anderson Orinthal(Andy) ROC 43 151 28 46 10 0 11 1 26 .305
Ackerman Jerry FAR 49 181 28 55 15 0 9 0 42 .304
Tracy Bert WIN 50 198 33 60 9 0 11 1 27 .303
Banton Herb FAI 36 142 17 43 11 1 2 0 28 .303
Fahringer Al WO 32 123 16 37 9 0 3 0 15 .301
Gregory Gus FAR 35 143 22 43 4 3 3 0 18 .301
Langston Sid WIN 37 147 21 44 6 0 12 0 23 .299
Gearhart Lloyd ROC 26 101 24 30 2 0 13 1 27 .297
Riggenbach Bob AUS 39 156 27 46 4 3 1 5 13 .295
Balance Bob WO 36 112 14 33 2 0 3 0 12 .295
Sivinski John LEA 49 187 35 55 7 1 11 1 39 .294
Hastings Bob WIN 32 113 23 33 4 0 8 0 20 .292 (1)
Freels Bob AUS-WIN 33 93 12 27 3 0 4 1 12 .290
Dolan Shanty MAK 14 59 6 17 2 0 1 0 5 .288
Noback Glen FAR 40 153 27 44 10 1 4 0 13 .288
Raso Joe AUS 49 183 21 52 7 1 2 2 17 .284
Taylor Gail FAR 43 156 24 44 5 0 1 2 20 .282
Barnacle Bill ROC 31 103 22 29 4 0 3 0 11 .282
Kaess Dick FAR 49 204 35 57 5 0 4 4 16 .279
Pinckard Bill ROC 28 97 19 27 7 0 7 8 20 .278
Berdella Johnny ROC 48 180 21 50 11 0 0 0 13 .278
Ciola Lou AUS 27 69 9 19 3 1 0 0 3 .275
Folkes Fred MAK 44 171 30 47 7 1 1 5 7 .275
Linden Walt ROC 48 178 24 48 10 0 7 1 44 .270
Triplett Jack WIN 38 175 25 47 6 0 3 1 23 .269
Gleason George WIN 30 99 15 26 7 0 2 0 12 .263
Lindgren Red AUS 49 195 22 51 7 0 3 1 24 .262
Gasper Pete FAR 33 111 15 29 5 0 2 0 8 .261
Baud Andy WO 46 185 25 48 4 1 2 5 16 .259
Spaeter Bill FAI 36 143 22 37 6 0 2 2 11 .259
Bartholomew Bob FAI 12 51 9 13 3 0 0 0 2 .255
Carlson Irv LEA 49 216 40 55 11 1 3 3 16 .255
McCabe Bob LEA 48 179 23 45 10 0 6 1 21 .251
Loomis Dick MAK 34 128 12 32 10 0 2 1 12 .250
McNulty Jim FAI 28 104 17 26 5 0 2 1 12 .250
Gendreau Ronnie WO 46 157 19 39 4 0 6 1 20 .248
Jennings Bill AUS 48 185 23 45 4 1 6 2 24 .243
Karras Steve WO 47 178 26 43 5 1 5 3 19 .242
Lawler Jim WIN 29 63 5 15 3 0 3 0 10 .238
Letlow Lou MAK 24 80 10 19 4 0 0 6 7 .238
Gatts Tom MAK 21 80 10 19 2 0 1 0 5 .238
Radsavage Al WIN-WO 29 118 16 28 4 0 5 3 15 .237
Hancock Fred ROC 49 204 43 48 8 0 9 0 29 .235
Baker Willard MAK 35 113 11 26 2 0 1 2 17 .230
Wilson Grady FAI 49 212 37 48 11 0 7 0 26 .226
Colasinski Joe FAI 49 198 20 43 6 0 3 0 25 .217
Anderson John ROC 25 58 6 12 2 0 1 0 3 .207
Pritts Harry FAI 23 69 7 14 3 0 0 2 4 .203
Rhodes Dusty MAK 49 193 23 39 9 0 2 3 18 .202
Kindall Jerry WIN 36 149 27 30 5 0 6 9 18 .201
Bawek Ken AUS 16 55 3 11 1 0 0 0 3 .200
Miller Don WIN 15 51 6 10 1 0 0 3 1 .196
Erps Bob LEA 29 105 7 20 1 0 1 0 12 .190
Lopez Monte WO-AUS 27 57 7 10 2 0 3 0 9 .175
Olive Gene WO 30 126 18 22 2 0 5 2 10 .175
Grebin AUS 20 63 4 11 2 0 1 1 6 .175
Poliak John LEA 32 90 4 15 1 0 14 0 5 .167
Wilkins Dewey LEA 23 56 5 9 0 0 0 0 2 .161
Edmunds Vern WO 24 50 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 .120
Bloxam Loyal FAI 24 69 1 7 1 0 0 0 1 .101
(1) Hastings was shown with 133 AB, which would have been a .248 average.
Given the printed average of .293, it's a reasonable guess that there's
a typo in the ABs (should have been 113).
AUS=Austin, FAI=Fairmont, FAR=Farimbaut, LEA=Albert Lea, MAK=Mankato,
ROC=Rochester, WIN=Winona, WO=Waseca-Owatonna
Source : Albert Lea Sunday Tribune, October 9, 1955 ERA : Anderson ROC - 2.07
WINS : Bloxam FAI - 13
PCT : Stryska FAR - .800
GMS STARTED : Edmunds V. WO - 18
INNINGS : Lawler WIN - 156
SO : Bloxam FAI - 105
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LEAGUE W L PCT IP H R BB SO ERA Anderson Orinthal(Andy) ROC 4 2 .667 61 16 43 2.07 Ciola Lou AUS 9 9 .500 149 55 68 2.95 Wilkins Dewey LEA 12 7 .632 154 36 90 3.28 Anderson John ROC 11 6 .647 146 37 94 3.44 VanCuyk John ROC 5 3 .625 67 21 62 3.51 Stryska Vic FAR 12 3 .800 134 28 57 3.56 Ferullo Carmen LEA 5 2 .714 78 16 29 3.56 Bloxam Loyal FAI 13 4 .765 146 62 105 3.70 Pritts Harry FAI 12 4 .750 140 41 98 3.74 Griffith Charley FAR 11 4 .733 125 53 77 3.74 Underhill Gary AUS 1 1 .500 33 13 33 3.78 DeWitt Clyde FAI 8 6 .571 133 50 64 3.91 Lively Bud FAR 5 9 .357 123 20 88 4.15 Mainaini Marco MAK 3 2 .600 58 25 42 4.18 Marquardt Rollie LEA 6 5 .545 115 68 61 4.24 Conant John MAK 2 4 .333 46 14 20 4.30 Lopez Monte WO-AUS 9 9 .500 150 67 88 4.32 Edmunds Vern WO 7 10 .412 118 42 77 4.50 Felker Whitey WIN 3 6 .333 85 53 50 4.56 Linde Lyman ROC 5 4 .556 92 40 28 4.59 Alton Stu WO 2 5 .286 78 55 65 4.62 Herr Johnny MAK 3 4 .429 70 43 41 4.67 McCarthy Jerry MAK 3 6 .333 75 41 60 4.80 Hobaugh Ed WIN 3 1 .750 31 14 21 4.89 Sherman Bill WO 1 6 .143 66 35 32 4.91 March Art LEA 6 6 .500 93 24 45 4.95 Washburn Bill AUS 2 3 .400 49 24 38 5.14 Albrecht Ed MAK 8 7 .533 133 53 77 5.22 Carlson Vance ROC 2 1 .667 42 13 19 5.23 Lawler Jim WIN 5 10 .333 156 64 98 5.43 Sipple Charles MAK 1 4 .200 45 16 24 6.15 Speck Jerry AUS 1 3 .250 35 16 12 6.36 Edmunds Ted ROC 3 3 .500 32 17 13 6.68 McGrath Jack WIN 5 3 .625 40 11 23 6.98 Schmudlach Don WO 0 3 .000 35 17 21 7.71
AUS=Austin, FAI=Fairmont, FAR=Farimbaut, LEA=Albert Lea, MAK=Mankato,
ROC=Rochester, WIN=Winona, WO=Waseca-Owatonna
Source : Albert Lea Sunday Tribune, October 9, 1955
COMOX & DISTRICT LEAGUE
Ray Downey, Courtenay Legion shortstop,is the batting king of the Comox and District Baseball League for the 1955 season. Downey easily captured the title finishing with a .450 average in 80 at bats well ahead of the second place finisher teammate Earl Woods, at .408. Vern Ferguson of the Campbell River Cougars was third, batting .404. Another Legionnaire, Ron Lund, was fourth, hitting .402.
AVE : Ray Downey CNL - .450
HITS : Ferguson CRC - 38
COMOX & DISTRICT LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT
Downey Ray CNL 80 36 .450
Woods Earl CNL 71 29 .408
Ferguson Vern CRC 94 38 .404
Lund Ron CNL 92 37 .402
Moore W.(Bill) CNL 90 35 .389
Harrison Dave COM 21 8 .381
Haramboure John CRC 82 31 .378
Roses Bill CUC 81 30 .370
Marshall Don(Smoothie) CRC 76 28 .368
Telosky Andy CNL 28 10 .357
Kolybaba W.(Bill) COF 71 25 .352
Smith Jack COM 80 28 .350
Burtt Vic COF 63 22 .349
Gray Ron CNL 87 30 .345
Montgomery Skip CNL 61 21 .344
Kanic Joe CRC 102 35 .343
Hawkins Johnny COM 86 29 .337
Blinston Allan COM 61 20 .328
L'Oiseau Joe COF 78 25 .321
Orr Freddie CNL 100 32 .320
Milburn John CUC 72 23 .319
Bueckert Frank(Buck) COF 94 30 .319
Conti Ty CRC 83 26 .313
Palek W.(Bill) CRC 20 6 .300
Sommen J COF 67 19 .284
McDonald Skip CRC 82 23 .280
Thulin H CRC 36 10 .278
Schilling Jergen CRC 59 16 .271
Young Bob COF 53 14 .264
Moncrief Bill(Bronco) CUC 46 12 .261
Vesterback Gus COM 50 13 .260
Garat J CRC 82 21 .256
Gribling Gerry COF 67 17 .254
Jefferson Allan CNL 66 16 .242
Downey Dick CNL 62 15 .242
McCormick Len COF 42 10 .238
Murphy Gerry OF CUC 59 14 .237
Pearse Ben CUC 77 18 .234
Schmidt Izzie CNL 31 7 .226
Cameron Ron CRC 40 9 .225
Milburn Roy(Gus) CUC 48 10 .208
Pratt Gordon(Pro) COM 58 12 .207
Moore Roy CNL 63 13 .206
Woitte Tony COF 55 11 .200
Ross Alex CRC 50 10 .200
Hutton Tom CUC 48 9 .188
Cass Jim COF 43 8 .186
Pearse Norm CUC 60 11 .183
Cochrane A./George CUC 28 5 .179
Feely Tom COM 62 11 .177
Pearson R. CRC 34 6 .176
Allen Ken CUC 47 8 .170
Murdock Jack(Pickle) CUC 44 7 .159
Pratt Ron COM 38 6 .158
Fiscus Bud CRC 13 2 .154
Bosomworth Ennis COM 82 12 .146
Morrison D.(Blacky) CUC 27 3 .111
Wilson Ricky COM 29 3 .103
Super George COM 39 4 .103
Enns Hank CRC 11 1 .091
Spiers R. CRC 23 2 .087
McGuiness A. COM 26 2 .077
Aitken Ronnie CUC 14 1 .071
CNL=Courtenay Legion, COF=Comox RCAF Knights, COM=Comox Valley Tigers,
CRC=Campbell River Cougars, CUC=Cumberland Cubs
Source : Comox District Free Press, August 3, 1955
CENTRAL ALBERTA LEAGUE
J.Thompson of Stettler captured the batting title for the 1955 season in the Central Alberta League finishing far ahead of the crowd with a .556 average in 35 at bats. Don Loewen of Carstairs was the runner-up at .462 and N. Altic of Penhold compiled a .405 mark. Lefty Don Kirk of Carstairs topped the circuit in wins, with 6, and innings pitched, 59. Dave Martin of Red Deer had the lowest ERA at 2.04 and Pat Chapman of Stettler the best winning percentage with his 5-0 won-lost record.
CENTRAL ALBERTA LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT Thompson J. STE 45 25 .556 Loewen Don CS 52 24 .462 Altic N. PHD 42 17 .405 Ing Cy CS 48 19 .396 Chapman Pat STE 38 15 .395 Wilson STE 23 9 .391 Gibson Pat RD 68 26 .382 Umari Bob RD 56 21 .375 Wik STE 48 18 .375 Hunter B. LAC 57 21 .368 McLellan Charlie RD 57 21 .368 Ing Ken RD 67 24 .358 St.John Del RD 49 17 .347 Mantle R. LAC 56 19 .339
RED DEER Gibson Pat RD 68 26 .382 Umari Bob RD 56 21 .375 McLellan Charlie RD 57 21 .368 Ing Ken RD 67 24 .358 St.John Del RD 49 17 .347 Morris Chuck RD 27 9 .333 Martin Dave RD 39 12 .308 Berlando Jimmy RD 40 12 .300 Makos John RD 41 11 .268 Service Bill RD 51 12 .235 Gazeley Pete RD 26 5 .192 Armeneau Wes RD 44 8 .182 Hill Charlie RD 53 7 .132 CARSTAIRS Devost Marcel CS 8 4 .500 Loewen Don CS 52 24 .462 Ing Cy CS 48 19 .396 Williams T. CS 45 14 .311 Dodds Murray CS 13 4 .308 Casebear Lloyd CS 12 3 .250 Noble Harold CS 38 9 .237 Kirk Don CS 35 8 .229 Ing Bruce CS 9 2 .222 Leismer Ron CS 43 9 .209 Able Dave CS 30 6 .200 Brookman Johnny CS 7 1 .143 Lausten CS 23 1 .043 Foss CS 10 0 .000 PENHOLD Moore E. PHD 12 5 .417 Altic N. PHD 42 17 .405 Kitzel/Kitzul V. PHD 10 4 .400 Ford PHD 25 8 .320 McKinnon PHD 39 12 .308 Lowery PHD 11 3 .273 Gillrie J. PHD 37 10 .270 Paquette PHD 15 4 .267 Hill PHD 22 5 .227 Essler PHD 26 5 .192 Moir Bill PHD 49 9 .184 Paul PHD 33 5 .152 Waite PHD 8 1 .125 Larsen PHD 10 1 .100 McCorrister PHD 13 1 .077 Shenfield Ivor PHD 8 0 .000 STETTLER Thompson STE 45 25 .556 Chapman Pat STE 38 15 .395 Wilson STE 23 9 .391 Wik STE 48 18 .375 Baker STE 17 5 .294 Ball STE 47 12 .255 Chapman Guff STE 43 10 .233 Stewart D. STE 38 8 .211 Raymond STE 34 7 .206 Chapman H. STE 17 3 .176 Stewart D. STE 16 2 .125 Welsh STE 9 1 .111 CLIVE Ferguson Fraser CVE 49 14 .286 Knight W. CVE 11 3 .273 McNair CVE 35 9 .257 Parson CVE 44 11 .250 Boston CVE 45 11 .244 Pasutto CVE 31 7 .226 Barclay CVE 31 7 .226 Knight CVE 37 8 .216 Robertson G. CVE 48 10 .208 Duncan CVE 21 4 .190 Robertson S. CVE 45 8 .178 Ferguson V. CVE 35 6 .171 Northcott CVE 15 2 .133 Wallin CVE 30 2 .067 Ferguson R. CVE 4 0 .000 LACOMBE Hunter B. LAC 57 21 .368 Mantle R. LAC 56 19 .339 Smales LAC 28 9 .321 Todd LAC 27 8 .296 Daniels P. LAC 44 12 .273 Miller V. LAC 19 5 .263 Miller P. LAC 16 4 .250 Lalor LAC 53 12 .226 Beattie LAC 29 6 .207 Springman LAC 28 5 .179 Seegar R. LAC 46 8 .174 Hutchison LAC 23 3 .130 Lembiez LAC 20 2 .100 Bates LAC 14 0 .000 Stock LAC 16 0 .000
Source : Red Deer Advocate September 7, 1955
CENTRAL ALBERTA LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H BB SO WP ERA
Berlando Jimmy RD 0 1 .000 13 0.68
Loewen Don CS 1 0 1.000 10 1.80
Martin Dave RD 3 2 .600 40 2.04
Kirk Don CS 6 1 .857 59 2.15
Chapman Pat STE 5 0 1.000 35 3.06
Makos John RD 4 1 .800 43 3.53
Miller LAC 1 3 .250 29 3.72
DeVost Marcel CS 3 0 1.000 21 3.80
Gazeley Pete RD 4 0 1.000 28 4.23
Knight CVE 3 5 .375 57 4.55
Morris Chuck RD 3 0 1.000 20 5.03
Wik STE 1 0 1.000 13 5.54
Laren PHD 0 1 .000 16 5.74
McNair CVE 2 0 1.000 15 5.87
Robertson CVE 2 3 .400 38 5.92
Seeger LAC 1 7 .125 51 6.00
Sortwell PHD 0 2 .000 16 6.75
Stewart STE 1 2 .333 17 7.27
Hunter B. LAC 0 1 .000 14 7.54
Welsh STE 0 2 .000 8 7.56
Moore E. PHD 0 1 .000 13 7.62
Shefield PHD 1 3 .250 21 8.27
Source : Red Deer Advocate September 7, 1955
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Creston, BC and the Kimberley Dynamos played in a five-team circuit with clubs from Idaho and Montana. Only the Kimberley batting statistics have been uncovered so far. Red Matthews led the club with a .396 average, topping Les Lilley, who finished league play with a .364 mark.
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT
Only Kimberley available
Matthews Red KID 48 6 19 6 2 0 .396
Lilley Les KID 77 23 28 6 1 2 .364
Port Andy KID 40 12 14 3 2 0 .350
Garinger Elmer KID 63 12 22 3 1 2 .349
Dixon Derrel KID 24 6 8 0 0 1 .333
Pearson Bob KID 44 6 14 3 0 0 .318
Garinger Cec KID 65 12 19 2 2 3 .292
Brummet Tony KID 82 18 22 7 1 2 .268
Craig Barry KID 27 7 7 2 0 0 .259
Boisvert Pete KID 50 10 11 2 0 0 .220
Kuntz Vern KID 29 5 6 0 0 0 .207
Johnson Ed KID 50 8 10 1 0 0 .200
Ratcliffe Jim KID 46 7 8 1 0 0 .174
Putsey Jim KID 8 0 1 0 0 0 .125
Blayney Dave KID 10 0 1 0 0 0 .100
King Art KID 9 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cederburg Paul KID 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Source : Kimberley Dynamos statistician
HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE
Veteran minor league first-baseman Roger Rada of the Kentville Wildcats was league batting champ in 1955 with a .368 average in some 200 at bats. Halifax catcher Chuck Arnold followed at .368. Others who topped the .300 mark were Eugene (Bucky) Luck, Halifax, .314; Saint John’s University coach Jack Kaiser at .312; and Charlie Mellen (Stellarton) at .302.
Holy Cross grad Dick Santaniello was the stolen base leader with 18 and sparkled defensive in the Truro outfield. Hometown favorite Chook Maxwell was close behind with 15 thefts while playing alongside Santaniello in the Bearcats’ garden.
The Kentville Wildcats were the leading defensive squad with a .956 fielding average, followed closely by the Larrupers at .953
Liverpool’s Don MacLeod, a Charlottetown native, led the pitching brigade with an 11-2 record and Jim Raugh (Halifax) was the only other ten game winner. Moe Drabowsky of the Truro Bearcats was the strikeout leader with 103 in 121 inning pitched. Halifax won the league championship when veteran playing coach Artie Hoch hit a walkoff homerun into the center-field bleachers off Drabowsky. It was the last homerun hit off the young phenom before he joined the Chicago Cubs in the middle of the 1956 season.
HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT LIVERPOOL LARRUPERS Seaman Danny 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 .750 Rudderham Jackie 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 Kaiser John 57 205 43 64 19 2 6 33 .312 Hadlock Ed 11 36 5 11 2 0 1 7 .306 Kubiszyn Jack 57 226 39 67 14 0 8 35 .296 Massa Gordon 50 176 24 52 9 0 6 29 .295 Coccodrilli Bob 57 196 32 57 12 1 3 29 .291 Lewis George 57 216 48 62 14 2 10 33 .287 Davins Jim 57 215 43 61 12 1 14 55 .284 Powers John 53 220 31 62 13 0 3 13 .282 Casagrande Leo 17 27 6 7 0 0 0 6 .259 Moran Neil 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 MacLeod Don 24 49 6 11 2 0 0 1 .224 Cote Ron 23 51 5 10 4 0 1 10 .196 Richards Don 18 34 4 6 2 0 3 6 .176 Buss Ray 56 184 34 31 6 2 4 14 .168 Whalen Bill 8 10 2 1 0 0 0 2 .100 (1) Wright Glen 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Shumock 3 Kaulback John 3 TRURO BEARCATS Mentis Bob(Cook) 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .500 Case George 18 28 5 9 2 0 1 6 .321 Kozuck Ron 48 177 25 52 5 4 0 28 .294 Sticka Charley 51 205 31 59 8 2 9 35 .288 Santaniello Dick 55 230 35 66 9 9 4 32 .287 Ferrara Sal 55 195 31 55 2 5 3 28 .282 Maxwell Stan(Chook) 52 198 33 54 4 4 1 15 .273 Carter Dick 48 173 31 47 9 4 7 21 .272 Kennel Bob 53 184 15 49 5 2 4 18 .266 Eason Ron 22 36 2 9 0 2 0 1 .250 Schifino Bill 39 136 19 33 1 0 1 14 .243 Drabowsky Moe 20 40 2 9 5 0 0 1 .225 Martens Dave 18 28 1 5 2 0 0 2 .179 Flanagan Bob 21 73 6 12 3 1 0 4 .164 Rochford Bill 13 33 0 3 0 0 0 0 .091 Fisher Pete 17 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 .048 Player George 7 Beckman Steve 2 HALIFAX CARDINALS Arnold Chuck 35 135 27 49 12 2 8 30 .363 Condy W.A.(Buddy) 9 37 8 13 2 0 1 5 .351 (1) Luck Eugene(Bucky) 59 236 47 74 14 0 5 32 .314 Stafford Don 57 195 33 57 8 4 11 45 .292 Crouch Jack 20 57 8 16 2 0 0 3 .281 Cloyd Jim 10 25 4 7 2 0 2 3 .280 Carter Billy 16 60 10 16 0 3 4 .267 Marcano Lou 10 32 5 8 0 0 0 1 .250 Holt Bill 59 230 38 55 11 4 1 20 .239 Rogers Hosea 56 193 38 46 1 1 8 26 .238 (1) Hoch Art 46 149 20 34 8 1 4 22 .228 Galascione Steve 12 41 4 9 1 0 0 5 .220 Cockrell Andy 45 142 20 31 2 1 0 11 .218 Tippery Ken 59 197 29 43 9 1 0 20 .218 Buckley Ed 20 42 3 9 5 8 3 11 .214 Kuykendall Jim 24 45 4 9 2 0 1 5 .200 Bujnowski Tom 30 69 6 13 4 0 0 4 .188 Overstreet Wyn 13 21 1 3 0 0 0 2 .143 Raugh Jim 23 37 2 5 0 0 0 1 .135 (1) Fatzinger Harleigh 19 30 2 4 1 0 0 2 .133 Sime Dave 29 3 .103 Murray Meredith(Spud) 1 2 1 0 .000 Duffy Russ 3 KENTVILLE WILDCATS Rada Roger 50 193 30 71 8 4 1 40 .368 McCallum Arnie 1 3 1 .333 Meade Dick 73 22 1 3 0 .301 DeGraaf Bill 55 189 39 54 7 3 3 21 .286 Rowe Bob 55 194 29 54 11 4 11 39 .278 Collard Ray 49 180 24 50 13 1 2 18 .278 Prohovich Don 52 177 26 49 7 3 2 24 .277 Maetoza Matt 45 167 40 38 9 2 1 22 .228 Powell Clarence 40 134 14 28 12 3 0 12 .209 Wade Bill 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 Mendez Hugh 19 38 6 7 1 0 0 1 .184 Bailey Jim 12 24 4 4 0 0 0 0 .167 Thelander Ted 14 30 4 5 0 0 0 0 .167 Julian Charles(Libby) 31 97 8 16 3 0 1 5 .165 Bunker Dick 28 57 9 9 2 0 0 3 .158 Anderson George 6 20 1 3 0 0 1 1 .150 Lamontagne Ray 26 81 11 9 0 1 0 6 .111 Lindop Al 15 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 .077 Bober John 9 31 2 2 1 0 0 2 .065 Pelcher Jim 15 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bushing Bill 1 Lyons Ed 1 DARTMOUTH ARROWS Corcoran Bill 12 Severino Dan 18 30 2 9 0 0 1 3 .300 Turney Jack 57 225 44 65 10 4 3 32 .289 Dempsey Len 50 177 25 50 6 1 3 32 .282 Holt Lynwood 43 148 22 41 6 0 2 15 .277 Scariato Bob 57 191 39 52 10 1 9 35 .272 Heller George 10 15 0 4 1 0 0 0 .267 Boudreau Don 49 157 19 40 8 2 3 21 .255 (1) Brown, Bob 84 21 .250 Gracey Colin 31 108 16 27 4 1 3 14 .250 Donatucci John 5 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 .231 Clark Johnny 186 23 42 3 0 1 14 .226 Norskey Al 1 5 1 1 .200 Walsh Bill 12 21 2 4 0 1 0 4 .190 Stokoe John 22 50 8 8 1 0 0 6 .160 Stanton John 163 27 26 1 1 0 14 .160 Principe Johnny 5 20 2 3 0 0 1 3 .150 Rossano Ken 29 78 10 11 2 0 1 12 .141 Petreshene Vic 11 37 2 4 0 0 0 1 .108 Blackburn Tom 20 22 2 2 1 0 0 0 .091 Corkum Chet 8 Guttmann Murray 5 Addis Duke 2 MacVicar Jim(Lefty) 1 STELLARTON ALBIONS King Jim 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 McNulty Jim 5 9 2 5 1 0 1 5 .556 Parent Leo 28 85 21 30 2 2 10 29 .353 Liebler Joel 86 27 .314 Mellen Charley 57 182 43 55 13 3 4 34 .302 Joe Johnson 7 22 9 6 1 1 0 3 .273 Benjamin Stan 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Brady Gil 56 199 29 47 8 1 4 23 .236 (1) O'Connor Tom 33 103 7 23 4 1 1 12 .223 Bitetti John 46 169 25 36 6 2 1 11 .213 Brady Walter 33 119 21 25 17 2 1 2 .210 Stephans Jack 54 180 21 36 6 1 2 17 .200 Henrichs Russ 30 43 2 8 0 0 1 2 .186 (1) Ready Dave 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 .182
Stover Brad 48 158 19 28 6 0 2 11 .177 Gobielle Lou 55 175 14 31 4 1 1 13 .177 Garland Bill 11 29 8 5 0 0 1 2 .172 McGuire Martin 12 29 4 5 0 0 1 4 .172 McGrath John 13 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .167 Kennedy Jim 24 53 3 8 0 0 1 4 .151 Wisniewski (Yogi) 11 27 3 4 0 0 0 1 .148 Fiorino Charles 15 48 1 5 0 0 0 5 .104 Day 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lamabe Jack 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McCoy John 6 Bartsch Bruce 4 Kline Dave 2 Pervere (Boody) 1 (1) Paper showed Whalen at .200, hits & at bats result in .100. Condy shown at .378,
should be .351. Rogers shown at .233, should be .238. Raugh shown at .108, should be
.135. Buckley shown at .218, should be .214. Lindop shown at .077, should be .071.
Boudreau shown at .261, should be .255. Brady shown at .231, should be .236. Henrichs
shown at .182, should be .186.
Source: Halifax Chronicle Herald.
HALIFAX & DISTRICT LEAGUE G W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO ERA
LIVERPOOL LARRUPERS
Moran Neil 2 0 1.000 17 10 8 6 4
MacLeod Don 11 2 .846 91 55 26 55 71
Cote Ron 9 4 .692 112 81 47 64 86
Hadlock Ed 7 4 .636 90 87 34 22 70
Richards Don 6 6 .500 100 71 40 76 95
Kaulback John 0 0 .000 11 6 5 5 5
Casagrande Leo 0 0 .000 25 30 35 22 23
Shumock 0 1 .000 12 18 16 7 5
Rudderham Jackie 0 1 .000 6 5 8 1 0
TRURO BEARCATS
Player George 3 1 .750 33 31 30 10 16
Eason Don 8 4 .667 98 101 51 36 68
Drabowsky Moe 6 6 .500 121 86 52 61 103
Rochford Bill 4 4 .500 88 73 35 33 60
Martens Dave 3 3 .500 58 53 35 32 41
Case George 2 2 .500 35 34 25 10 17
Fisher Pete 1 5 .167 58 49 34 35 35
Beckman Steve 0 0 .000 2 2 3 3 3
HALIFAX CARDINALS
Overstreet Wyn 3 0 1.000 55 48 34 46 30
Murray Meredith(Spud) 1 0 1.000 8 11 4 2 4
Raugh Jim 10 6 .625 104 87 44 46 48
Buckley Ed 4 3 .571 79 87 49 20 55
Fatzinger Harleigh 3 3 .500 81 83 50 41 59
Duffy Russ 1 1 .500 12 9 5 11 6
Bujnowski Tom 6 7 .462 84 90 42 29 63
Kuykendall Jim 3 6 .333 90 77 47 34 57
KENTVILLE WILDCATS
Bailey Jim 4 2 .667 71 58 38 44 45
Thelander Ted 5 3 .625 64 55 40 40 43
Bunker Dick 6 6 .500 105 75 36 65 69
Pelcher Jim 3 3 .500 37 34 20 17 16
Lindop Al 3 4 .429 60 47 36 66 65
Bushing Bill 0 0 .000 5 7 2 3 1
Mendez Hugh 0 1 .000 16 20 17 24 5
DeGraaf Bill 0 3 .000 32 38 31 10 14
DARTMOUTH ARROWS
Walsh Bill 7 5 .583 81 75 46 48 57
Stokoe John 7 5 .583 110 93 58 50 63
Guttmann Murray 1 1 .500 28 28 18 12 15
Severino Dan 3 5 .375 61 50 42 43 40
Corcoran Bill 3 5 .375 55 47 35 35 29
Heller George 1 2 .333 31 29 19 12 27
Blackburn Tom 2 5 .286 76 68 40 38 58
MacVicar Jim(Lefty) 0 0 .000 3 5 4
Addis Duke 0 0 .000 2 1 4 5 5
Corkum Chet 0 3 .000 20 23 16 23 18
STELLARTON ALBIONS
McNulty Jim 3 1 .750 21 20 13 4 9
Bartsch Bruce 1 1 .500 16 11 20 27 12
Henrichs Russ 5 7 .417 118 100 65 45 63
Kennedy Jim 6 10 .375 122 106 55 89 106
Parent Leo 2 4 .333 50 51 38 23 20
McCoy John 1 2 .333 22 23 17 14 21
McGuire Martin 2 5 .286 57 61 44 36 38
McGrath John 1 3 .250 35 45 30 15 14
Ready Dave 0 0 .000 7 9 6 5 8
Kline Dave 0 0 .000 6 4 1 4 3
King Jim 0 0 .000 3 4 1 2
Lamabe Jack 0 0 .000 3 4 2 3 1
Pervere (Boody) 0 0 .000 0 1 3 2 0
Benjamin Stan 1 4 4
Liebler Joel 2 9 9