1955 Baltimore Orioles
[edit] Summary
The 1955 Baltimore Orioles finished with a record of 57-97. They scored 540 runs and belted 54 home runs to go along with a .240 batting average. The offense was powered by Gus Triandos, who led the team with 12 home runs, 65 RBI, and 133 hits.
The team allowed 754 runs and had a team ERA of 4.21. Jim Wilson led the pitching staff with 12 wins and 96 strikeouts.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Player Name | Pos | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | AVG |
| Infielders | ||||||||||||
| Wayne Causey | 3B | 68 | 175 | 14 | 34 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .269 | .234 | .503 | .194 |
| Billy Cox | 3B | 53 | 194 | 25 | 41 | 3 | 14 | 1 | .275 | .314 | .589 | .211 |
| Bob Hale | 1B | 67 | 182 | 13 | 65 | 0 | 29 | 0 | .376 | .407 | .783 | .357 |
| Don Leppert | 2B | 40 | 70 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .213 | .143 | .356 | .114 |
| Hank Majeski | 3B | 16 | 41 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .209 | .195 | .404 | .171 |
| Fred Marsh | 2B | 89 | 303 | 30 | 66 | 2 | 19 | 1 | .300 | .267 | .567 | .218 |
| Willie Miranda | SS | 153 | 487 | 42 | 124 | 1 | 38 | 4 | .313 | .310 | .623 | .255 |
| Jim Pyburn | 3B | 39 | 98 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .271 | .265 | .536 | .204 |
| Brooks Robinson | 3B | 6 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .182 | .091 |
| Kal Segrist | 3B | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .455 | .333 | .788 | .333 |
| Vern Stephens | 3B | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .167 | .453 | .167 |
| Gus Triandos | 1B | 140 | 481 | 47 | 133 | 12 | 65 | 0 | .333 | .399 | .732 | .277 |
| Eddie Waitkus | 1B | 38 | 85 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 2 | .344 | .294 | .638 | .259 |
| Bobby Young | 2B | 59 | 186 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .244 | .231 | .475 | .199 |
| Outfielders | ||||||||||||
| Cal Abrams | OF | 118 | 309 | 56 | 75 | 6 | 32 | 2 | .413 | .359 | .772 | .243 |
| Gil Coan | OF | 61 | 130 | 18 | 31 | 1 | 11 | 4 | .313 | .331 | .644 | .238 |
| Angelo Dagres | OF | 8 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .278 | .267 | .545 | .267 |
| Chuck Diering | OF | 137 | 371 | 38 | 95 | 3 | 31 | 5 | .355 | .334 | .689 | .256 |
| Jim Dyck | OF | 61 | 197 | 32 | 55 | 2 | 22 | 1 | .372 | .386 | .758 | .279 |
| Hoot Evers | OF | 60 | 185 | 21 | 44 | 6 | 30 | 2 | .307 | .400 | .707 | .238 |
| Bob Kennedy | OF | 26 | 70 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .250 | .157 | .407 | .143 |
| Roger Marquis | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Tex Nelson | OF | 25 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .342 | .194 | .536 | .194 |
| Dave Philley | OF | 83 | 311 | 50 | 93 | 6 | 41 | 1 | .367 | .418 | .785 | .299 |
| Dave Pope | OF | 86 | 222 | 21 | 55 | 1 | 30 | 5 | .302 | .333 | .635 | .248 |
| Wally Westlake | OF | 8 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .167 | .467 | .125 |
| Gene Woodling | OF | 47 | 145 | 22 | 32 | 3 | 18 | 1 | .329 | .352 | .681 | .221 |
| Catchers | ||||||||||||
| Tom Gastall | C | 20 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .185 | .418 | .148 |
| Les Moss | C | 29 | 56 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .413 | .464 | .877 | .339 |
| Hal Smith | C | 135 | 424 | 41 | 115 | 4 | 52 | 1 | .318 | .373 | .691 | .271 |
| Other | ||||||||||||
| Charlie Maxwell | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Team Totals | - | - | 5257 | 540 | 1263 | 54 | 503 | 34 | .311 | .320 | .630 | .240 |
| Player Name | G | GS | IP | W | L | Win % | SV | SO | BB | ERA | WHIP | |||
| Pitchers | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Alexander | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13.50 | 2.500 | |||
| Hal Brown | 15 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 4.11 | 1.351 | |||
| Harry Byrd | 14 | 8 | 65.3 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1 | 25 | 28 | 4.55 | 1.409 | |||
| Joe Coleman | 6 | 2 | 11.7 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1.80 | 2.479 | |||
| Fritz Dorish | 35 | 1 | 65.7 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 3.15 | 1.309 | |||
| Don Ferrarese | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 3.00 | 2.111 | |||
| Ted Gray | 9 | 1 | 15.3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 8.22 | 2.092 | |||
| Bob Harrison | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9.00 | 3.500 | |||
| Don Johnson | 31 | 5 | 68 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 1 | 27 | 35 | 5.82 | 1.824 | |||
| Lou Kretlow | 15 | 5 | 38.3 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 26 | 27 | 8.22 | 2.010 | |||
| Bob Kuzava | 6 | 1 | 12.3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3.65 | 1.138 | |||
| Chuck Locke | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .00 | 0.333 | |||
| Eddie Lopat | 10 | 7 | 49 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 4.22 | 1.347 | |||
| Jim McDonald | 21 | 8 | 51.7 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 7.14 | 2.050 | |||
| Bill Miller | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13.50 | 3.250 | |||
| Ray Moore | 46 | 14 | 151.7 | 10 | 10 | .500 | 6 | 80 | 80 | 3.92 | 1.371 | |||
| Erv Palica | 33 | 25 | 169.7 | 5 | 11 | .313 | 0 | 68 | 83 | 4.14 | 1.461 | |||
| Duane Pillette | 7 | 5 | 20.7 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 6.53 | 2.174 | |||
| Saul Rogovin | 14 | 12 | 71 | 1 | 8 | .111 | 0 | 35 | 27 | 4.56 | 1.493 | |||
| Art Schallock | 30 | 6 | 80.3 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 0 | 33 | 42 | 4.15 | 1.669 | |||
| Bill Wight | 19 | 14 | 117.3 | 6 | 8 | .429 | 2 | 54 | 39 | 2.45 | 1.279 | |||
| Jim Wilson | 34 | 31 | 235.3 | 12 | 18 | .400 | 0 | 96 | 87 | 3.44 | 1.220 | |||
| George Zuverink | 28 | 5 | 86.3 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 2.19 | 1.124 | |||
| Team Totals | 391 | 156 | 1388.6 | 57 | 97 | .370 | 20 | 594 | 625 | 4.21 | 1.460 | |||
[edit] Batting Leaders
| Category | ||
| Games | Willie Miranda | 153 |
| At Bats | Willie Miranda | 487 |
| Plate Appearances (approx.) | Willie Miranda | 536 |
| Batting Average | Gus Triandos | .277 |
| On-Base % | Gus Triandos | .333 |
| Slugging % | Gus Triandos | .399 |
| OPS | Gus Triandos | .732 |
| Runs | Cal Abrams | 56 |
| Hits | Gus Triandos | 133 |
| Total Bases | Gus Triandos | 192 |
| Doubles | Hal Smith | 23 |
| Triples | Willie Miranda | 6 |
| Home Runs | Gus Triandos | 12 |
| RBI | Gus Triandos | 65 |
| Walks | Cal Abrams | 89 |
| Strikeouts | Cal Abrams | 69 |
| Stolen Bases | Chuck Diering and Dave Pope | 5 |
| Caught Stealing | Cal Abrams and Chuck Diering | 8 |
| Sacrifice Hits | Hoot Evers and Bill Wight | 5 |
| Sacrifice Flies | Hal Smith | 6 |
| Grounded into Double Plays | Hal Smith | 16 |
[edit] Pitching Leaders
| Category | ||
| Wins | Jim Wilson | 12 |
| Losses | Jim Wilson | 18 |
| Saves | Fritz Dorish and Ray Moore | 6 |
| Won-Loss % | Ray Moore | .500 |
| ERA | Jim Wilson | 3.44 |
| WHIP | Jim Wilson | 1.220 |
| Innings Pitched | Jim Wilson | 235.3 |
| Games | Ray Moore | 46 |
| Games Started | Jim Wilson | 31 |
| Strikeouts | Jim Wilson | 96 |
| Complete Games | Jim Wilson | 14 |
| Shutouts | Jim Wilson | 4 |
| Batters Faced | Jim Wilson | 991 |
| Earned Runs Allowed | Jim Wilson | 90 |
| Hits Allowed | Jim Wilson | 200 |
| Walks Allowed | Jim Wilson | 87 |
| Home Runs Allowed | Jim Wilson | 17 |
| Wild Pitches | Jim Wilson | 7 |
| Hit Batsmen | Harry Byrd | 7 |
