1955 Houston Lone Stars
Record: 81-63
Finish: 1st in PL South Division
Runs Scored: 856
Runs Allowed: 712
Exp W-L: 84-60
 
Ballpark: Hogg Field
Attendance: 2,850,742
Manager: Stefin

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 48-78, 10th in the Pioneer League
AA: 66-60, 4th in the Pioneer League
A: 65-61, 5th in the Pioneer League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost PL League Championship Serie 3-4 to Denver Grizzlies
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF *Joseph Sommers 29 136 469 105 126 25 9 20 80 66 15 128 122 .269 .424 .488 .912 112.6 20.2 3.4
CF #Christian Carpenter 28 138 490 105 148 31 11 14 109 63 6 96 56 .302 .412 .496 .908 113.0 20.9 2.0
2B  Toby Paschke 30 132 534 103 161 17 10 10 80 89 17 49 109 .301 .362 .427 .789 95.4 15.4 5.0
RF  Christopher Jones 25 134 512 92 151 32 3 14 90 65 3 58 41 .295 .367 .451 .818 93.0 15.6 2.2
1B *William Milligan 31 131 466 97 156 27 2 14 87 46 9 49 59 .335 .396 .491 .888 91.6 16.5 1.5
3B  Timothy Barcia 30 130 451 71 133 31 1 8 84 27 3 37 84 .295 .372 .421 .793 71.9 11.4 3.7
C *Mark Leonard 27 128 426 68 119 16 0 9 87 2 0 59 53 .279 .361 .380 .741 62.9 8.3 5.4
SS #Ricky Casiano 31 126 437 52 126 28 4 7 75 21 11 30 71 .288 .331 .419 .750 56.9 6.9 4.4
RF  Mark Fleck 30 96 248 53 80 14 8 7 45 27 8 13 42 .323 .357 .528 .886 44.1 7.8 0.9
3B  Bill Brier 35 71 132 20 30 6 1 0 8 3 3 12 24 .227 .299 .288 .587 10.5 0.0 2.1
2B  Michael Nagy 36 84 127 19 39 10 0 0 13 2 1 12 16 .307 .380 .386 .766 18.5 2.8 0.8
P  Gerald Adkisson 31 37 110 8 11 4 0 1 8 0 0 6 38 .100 .145 .164 .309 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Eduardo Garza 34 39 108 7 8 4 2 0 7 2 0 2 47 .074 .091 .148 .239 -1.9 0.0 0.0
C  Ralph Brogan 27 37 82 10 26 8 2 0 8 11 2 6 15 .317 .356 .463 .819 14.1 2.3 1.2
P  Richard Bush 34 28 80 7 16 5 0 0 4 4 0 2 29 .200 .229 .263 .491 5.0 0.0 0.0
C  Nicholas Gonser 25 34 79 7 17 9 0 2 14 2 0 1 14 .215 .244 .405 .649 6.9 0.2 0.8
1B *Robert Bradford 34 56 59 12 23 3 2 0 14 6 0 3 9 .390 .413 .508 .921 12.1 2.4 0.1
P  Victor Bell 33 22 47 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 23 .149 .245 .170 .415 2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bud Pulaski 24 28 36 1 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 9 .167 .231 .250 .481 2.0 0.0 0.0
LF  Edward Nicholes 31 24 37 5 14 2 1 2 3 1 1 4 8 .378 .439 .649 1.088 8.9 2.0 0.1
P  Gary Wadsworth 23 7 20 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 7 .150 .227 .150 .377 0.7 0.0 0.0
RF  Brian Ropp 33 6 11 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 .182 .250 .273 .523 0.9 0.0 0.3
1B  Cristian Otero 25 7 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Edward Brandon 34 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Stephen Hogg 28 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jeffrey McPeak 28 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Pettitt 23 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
1B *Keneth Hassler 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Markus McFadden 34 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Frederick Alexander 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 1752 4984 853 1404 274 56 109 825 438 79 578 889 .282 .358 .425 .783 820.7 132.8 34.1
  Rank among 10 PL teams 9 2 4 6 2 8 2 1 7 3 5 4 3 5 5 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Eduardo Garza 34 21 12 .636 39 39 0 294.3 287 133 23 133 182 4.07 20.1
 Gerald Adkisson 31 19 12 .613 37 37 0 285.0 307 146 14 74 144 4.61 15.6
 Richard Bush 34 11 10 .524 28 28 0 201.3 243 108 27 49 94 4.83 9.9
 Victor Bell 33 8 7 .533 22 18 0 146.0 173 78 8 46 87 4.81 6.7
 Bud Pulaski 24 8 6 .571 28 14 0 128.7 118 54 13 44 91 3.78 9.9
 Gary Wadsworth 23 4 2 .667 7 7 0 54.7 63 23 4 13 40 3.79 4.2
 Hai Orona 28 4 4 .500 40 0 25 37.7 43 16 2 15 22 3.82 6.1
 Stephen Hogg 28 2 3 .400 38 0 1 36.7 39 23 4 19 31 5.65 1.0
*Harry Pettitt 23 2 4 .333 33 1 3 35.0 46 24 3 16 7 6.17 0.8
 Jeffrey McPeak 28 1 3 .250 25 0 0 27.3 29 16 1 14 14 5.27 1.1
*Edward Brandon 34 1 0 1.000 18 0 0 23.3 25 16 1 11 7 6.17 0.4
 Frederick Alexander 24 0 0 .000 3 0 0 4.7 5 2 0 1 2 3.86 0.3
 Bruce Rollins 26 0 0 .000 4 0 0 4.0 5 5 2 1 2 11.25 0.0
*Markus McFadden 34 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.7 6 3 0 1 0 10.15 0.0
Team Totals 28.9 81 63 .563 324 144 29 1281.3 1389 647 102 437 723 4.54 76.1
Rank among 10 PL teams 3 3 9 3 8 6 2 3 1 10 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 24.9
M.Leonard 981.0 110 121 565 71 13 0 .980 27.4
R.Brogan 190.8 18 23 125 13 2 0 .986 26.7
N.Gonser 118.2 14 16 77 6 4 0 .954 13.6
Team Total 1290.0 142 160 767 90 19 0 .978 26.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.74
W.Milligan 1033.3 119 126 1033 77 8 90 .993 9.67
M.Fleck 177.0 19 28 165 16 0 17 1.000 9.20
R.Bradford 40.0 3 11 41 2 0 3 1.000 9.68
C.Otero 27.6 4 6 29 2 0 1 1.000 10.11
R.Brogan 16.7 0 9 21 1 0 1 1.000 11.86
B.Ropp 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1295.6 145 181 1291 98 8 113 .994 9.65
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.00
T.Paschke 1097.7 127 129 234 378 8 77 .987 5.02
M.Nagy 170.7 16 34 38 50 2 9 .978 4.64
B.Brier 13.0 1 4 2 5 1 0 .875 4.85
Team Total 1281.3 144 167 274 433 11 86 .985 4.97
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.38
T.Barcia 1075.7 125 127 82 192 18 20 .938 2.29
B.Brier 141.7 13 23 12 31 0 2 1.000 2.73
N.Gonser 45.0 4 11 6 10 0 1 1.000 3.20
J.Sommers 9.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1271.3 143 162 100 234 18 23 .949 2.36
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.33
R.Casiano 1038.5 125 125 163 308 24 53 .952 4.08
B.Brier 188.3 14 39 27 71 1 17 .990 4.68
B.Ropp 29.0 3 5 8 13 0 4 1.000 6.52
M.Nagy 12.7 1 3 2 6 0 1 1.000 5.69
T.Barcia 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
H.Orona 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1272.5 143 174 201 398 25 75 .960 4.24
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.06
C.Carpenter 1166.3 131 135 295 8 9 3 .971 2.34
M.Fleck 79.0 9 10 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.39
E.Nicholes 32.0 4 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.09
W.Milligan 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1281.3 144 151 327 8 9 3 .974 2.35
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 2.84
J.Sommers 1183.3 134 134 425 10 0 7 1.000 3.31
M.Fleck 94.0 10 11 34 1 0 1 1.000 3.35
C.Carpenter 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1281.3 144 147 459 11 0 8 1.000 3.30
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.24
C.Jones 1120.3 127 132 317 7 9 1 .973 2.60
M.Fleck 127.0 15 17 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.62
E.Nicholes 28.0 2 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
J.Sommers 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Nagy 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
T.Paschke 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1281.3 144 158 362 8 9 1 .976 2.60
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.91
E.Garza 294.3 39 39 16 39 1 0 .982 1.68
G.Adkisson 285.0 37 37 19 47 0 2 1.000 2.08
R.Bush 201.3 28 28 15 29 2 4 .957 1.97
V.Bell 146.0 18 22 8 18 0 1 1.000 1.60
B.Pulaski 128.7 14 28 10 16 0 1 1.000 1.82
G.Wadsworth 54.7 7 7 5 6 1 1 .917 1.81
H.Orona 37.7 0 40 2 3 1 1 .833 1.19
S.Hogg 36.7 0 38 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.21
H.Pettitt 35.0 1 33 5 8 0 3 1.000 3.34
J.McPeak 27.3 0 25 0 2 1 0 .667 0.66
E.Brandon 23.3 0 18 0 5 1 0 .833 1.93
F.Alexander 4.7 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
B.Rollins 4.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
M.McFadden 2.7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1281.3 144 324 82 183 7 14 .974 1.86
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Milligan .335
On-Base Pct Sommers .424
Slugging Pct Carpenter .496
OPS Sommers .912
XR Carpenter 113.0
Games Carpenter 138
At-Bats Paschke 534
Runs Carpenter, Sommers 105
Hits Paschke 161
Total Bases Carpenter 243
Singles Paschke 124
Doubles Jones 32
Triples Carpenter 11
Homeruns Sommers 20
RBIs Carpenter 109
Stolen Bases Paschke 89
Caught Stealing Paschke 17
Walks Sommers 128
Strikeouts Sommers 122
ERA Garza 4.07
Wins Garza 21
Losses Adkisson, Garza 12
Winning Pct Garza .636
Saves Orona 25
Games Pitched Orona 40
Games Started Garza 39
Complete Games Adkisson, Garza 14
Shutouts Adkisson, Garza 4
Innings Pitched Garza 294.3
Hits Allowed Adkisson 307
Homeruns Allowed Bush 27
Strikeouts Garza 182
Walks Allowed Garza 133
Walks per 9IP Bush 2.2
Hits per 9IP Garza 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Garza 5.6
WHiP Adkisson 1.34
OAVG Garza .256
OOBP Adkisson .326
OSLG Garza .362
OOPS Garza .697
Team All-Stars
Gerald Adkisson
Eduardo Garza
Mark Leonard
Player Salaries
Joseph Sommers $ 12,000,000
Toby Paschke $ 6,340,000
Christian Carpenter $ 6,000,000
Eduardo Garza $ 6,000,000
Richard Bush $ 5,000,000
Victor Bell $ 4,830,000
Mark Leonard $ 3,800,000
Gerald Adkisson $ 3,440,000
William Milligan $ 3,200,000
Gary Wadsworth $ 3,057,143
Timothy Barcia $ 3,000,000
Markus McFadden $ 3,000,000
Mark Fleck $ 2,740,000
Jeffrey McPeak $ 1,850,000
Stephen Hogg $ 1,500,000
Hai Orona $ 1,100,000
Michael Nagy $ 1,000,000
Christopher Jones $ 800,000
Edward Nicholes $ 666,667
Bill Brier $ 599,000
Ricky Casiano $ 550,000
Brian Ropp $ 550,000
Robert Bradford $ 480,000
Edward Brandon $ 370,000
Ralph Brogan $ 350,000
Harry Pettitt $ 300,000
Bud Pulaski $ 300,000
Bruce Rollins $ 300,000
Frederick Alexander $ 300,000
Keneth Hassler $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Jason Seger San Antonio Eduardo Garza
Tony Mauer
$1,000,000
2/18 Traded Kevin Pazos
Bill Mangels
Amadeo Vazquez
Theo Pettry
Round Draft Pick.
Los Angeles Joseph Sommers
Toby Paschke
William Milligan
Shawn Petree
$5,000,000
2/20 Signed     Timothy Barcia
2/27 Traded Myron Swartwood Minneapolis Harry Pettitt
3/1 Signed     Michael Nagy
3/15 Signed     Victor Demaria
3/15 Released Victor Demaria    
3/15 Signed     Victor Demaria
6/23 Traded Nicholas Gonser
Victor Demaria
Round Draft Pick.
Denver Ralph Brogan
7/7 Released Marlon Morris    
7/31 Traded Cristian Otero
Timothy Capozzi
Charles Weimer
Round Draft Pick.
San Francisco Gary Wadsworth
8/26 Waived Ricky Casiano Oklahoma  
9/1 Traded Conrad Dineen Oklahoma Ricky Casiano