1955 Oklahoma 89ers
Record: 77-67
Finish: 2nd in PL South Division
Runs Scored: 829
Runs Allowed: 735
Exp W-L: 80-64
 
Ballpark: Clark Field
Attendance: 3,440,405
Manager: Yuda

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 80-47, 1st in the Pioneer League
AA: 65-62, 5th in the Pioneer League
A: 78-49, 1st in the Pioneer League
 
 
 
 
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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
CF *Manny Anguita 31 135 534 90 185 39 8 6 73 1 3 53 65 .346 .410 .483 .893 94.8 17.0 1.2
2B *Joe Whelan 31 85 322 68 100 24 5 13 57 30 9 54 48 .311 .412 .537 .949 69.3 12.0 4.2
1B *August Jones 30 85 296 53 81 17 0 7 35 1 0 62 45 .274 .398 .402 .800 50.6 7.5 2.2
2B  Michael Mitchell 29 99 326 42 95 24 2 11 60 2 0 16 43 .291 .324 .479 .802 48.1 6.6 1.5
LF  Shawn Despain 30 77 290 56 85 15 3 19 77 21 7 36 60 .293 .370 .562 .932 59.3 9.9 0.5
C  Larry Dancer 28 90 282 30 83 25 0 0 42 1 0 37 25 .294 .376 .383 .759 38.1 4.9 2.0
C #Eric Linder 33 83 263 40 75 12 1 5 43 0 0 22 33 .285 .337 .395 .732 34.9 3.7 2.0
CF *Leroy McKenzie 29 71 241 48 64 12 5 3 36 14 5 33 31 .266 .355 .394 .749 36.0 4.5 0.4
RF  Stephen Calderone 31 106 209 41 53 12 0 7 32 1 1 47 61 .254 .398 .411 .810 37.4 5.4 0.3
SS  William Salerno 27 79 215 32 61 16 0 3 38 11 2 28 25 .284 .369 .400 .769 33.0 4.7 4.1
1B #Rod Madera 28 54 212 46 72 19 4 13 48 0 0 26 29 .340 .408 .651 1.059 48.5 9.4 1.5
SS  Joel Monroy 30 53 189 23 58 7 1 0 13 4 2 25 30 .307 .389 .354 .743 27.1 3.8 2.4
RF *Leroy Thornsberry 31 53 190 36 70 11 0 5 40 3 1 17 25 .368 .422 .505 .927 36.1 6.5 0.3
3B  Vinny Velazquez 31 45 170 36 48 12 2 9 36 4 5 30 25 .282 .392 .535 .927 34.5 5.7 0.8
2B *James Carrillo 28 39 151 24 46 7 0 3 20 7 3 14 19 .305 .361 .411 .772 21.7 2.8 1.1
SS  Richard Davis 29 48 137 16 43 11 1 5 21 2 2 12 28 .314 .375 .518 .893 24.7 4.2 2.6
SS  Robert Raines 30 72 118 13 35 6 3 4 24 5 5 7 20 .297 .333 .500 .833 18.4 2.6 2.2
P  Dante Ruiz 29 38 102 7 7 5 0 1 7 0 0 4 36 .069 .102 .147 .249 -0.5 0.0 0.0
LF *Greg Wampler 28 41 109 20 41 8 2 5 19 3 2 8 6 .376 .425 .624 1.049 24.4 4.8 0.1
1B #James Defrancisco 32 29 90 23 29 6 0 3 14 2 1 15 12 .322 .421 .489 .909 18.0 3.0 0.2
C  Robert Nicol 30 34 90 12 29 3 0 5 23 0 0 13 15 .322 .410 .522 .932 18.6 3.3 0.6
P  Francis Wachter 30 26 80 5 12 3 0 0 8 0 0 1 30 .150 .169 .188 .356 1.1 0.0 0.0
P #David Caviness 34 41 73 5 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 13 .096 .165 .137 .302 -0.3 0.0 0.0
CF  Carlos Duque 30 33 60 9 15 4 0 1 12 1 2 8 20 .250 .348 .367 .714 7.3 0.6 0.1
CF  Robert Collins 25 55 62 17 15 4 1 1 5 15 8 2 7 .242 .277 .387 .664 6.7 0.2 0.1
1B *Kevin Pazos 30 41 51 12 18 3 0 1 8 2 0 6 2 .353 .431 .471 .902 9.6 1.7 0.3
RF #James Hudock 31 13 45 3 13 3 0 0 3 1 1 2 4 .289 .313 .356 .668 4.4 0.1 0.1
P *Justin Paige 28 17 44 5 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 .182 .200 .273 .473 1.7 0.0 0.0
P *Tony Delossantos 30 10 25 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .160 .214 .200 .414 1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Gallion 27 11 22 3 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .182 .217 .318 .536 1.6 0.0 0.0
LF  Carl Benda 33 6 22 2 3 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 5 .136 .174 .318 .492 1.5 0.0 0.0
RF *Rick Quist 28 17 19 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .263 .263 .421 .684 1.9 0.1 0.1
P *Donald Grant 31 8 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .071 .188 .071 .259 0.1 0.0 0.0
2B  William Waguespack 27 11 10 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .100 .100 .200 .300 0.3 0.0 0.1
C  Thomas Peete 30 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Jay Tyrrell 26 62 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .500 .900 0.8 0.2 0.0
P  Adrian Latta 31 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P #James Peden 33 37 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
SS #Ricky Casiano 31 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.2 0.1
1B *John Engel 28 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Eric Blakeslee 34 32 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Freddie Hernandez 31 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Earl Hilliard 31 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P #Rodney Self 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P #Edward Manos 29 76 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Bernal Morales 24 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Edward Hilliker 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Jaime Gall 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 1957 5102 830 1472 319 41 131 805 135 60 593 807 .289 .364 .444 .808 810.4 125.3 31.3
  Rank among 10 PL teams 1 4 1 1 4 4 3 10 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 4  
* - 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
 Dante Ruiz 29 16 11 .593 38 38 0 293.0 276 133 26 97 299 4.09 17.0
 David Caviness 34 12 10 .545 41 32 4 218.7 206 97 18 102 231 3.99 13.2
 Francis Wachter 30 16 6 .727 26 26 0 204.7 188 80 15 56 205 3.52 16.1
*Justin Paige 28 7 4 .636 17 17 0 106.7 110 62 9 54 112 5.23 4.3
*Tony Delossantos 30 3 4 .429 10 8 0 77.3 95 53 7 35 59 6.17 1.0
 Edward Manos 29 3 7 .300 76 0 3 76.3 64 34 7 45 72 4.01 6.4
 Bill Gallion 27 2 5 .286 11 11 0 71.3 76 38 6 21 43 4.79 2.4
*Jay Tyrrell 26 7 8 .467 62 0 22 62.0 60 37 12 29 48 5.37 6.0
*Donald Grant 31 3 2 .600 8 4 0 50.7 61 30 4 36 33 5.33 1.6
 James Peden 33 2 2 .500 37 0 2 48.0 49 21 6 17 35 3.94 3.5
 Eric Blakeslee 34 1 3 .250 32 0 1 38.0 46 29 3 19 37 6.87 0.0
 Adrian Latta 31 0 2 .000 11 1 0 21.0 28 13 1 9 15 5.57 0.4
*Lawrence Choice 30 3 1 .750 9 0 1 9.7 9 6 1 4 5 5.59 1.1
*Freddie Hernandez 31 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 8.3 12 8 2 3 9 8.64 0.0
 Earl Hilliard 31 0 0 .000 7 0 0 7.7 4 2 1 2 5 2.35 0.7
 Edward Hilliker 31 0 0 .000 2 0 0 5.0 8 1 1 1 4 1.80 0.6
 Rodney Self 24 0 0 .000 1 1 0 4.7 6 5 0 2 3 9.66 0.0
 Donald Shumate 23 1 2 .333 7 0 0 4.0 11 9 0 4 1 20.25 0.0
Team Totals 29.6 77 67 .535 402 138 33 1307.0 1309 658 119 536 1216 4.53 74.3
Rank among 10 PL teams 4 4 6 4 1 3 3 4 5 1 3  
* - 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
E.Linder 600.3 64 75 540 45 10 1 .983 27.0
L.Dancer 503.3 57 61 500 30 5 1 .991 21.8
R.Nicol 138.8 13 17 114 12 2 0 .984 31.6
T.Peete 9.0 1 1 14 2 1 0 .941 25.0
Team Total 1251.5 135 154 1168 89 18 2 .986 25.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.74
A.Jones 684.2 79 81 675 54 7 57 .990 9.59
R.Madera 460.3 51 53 468 40 4 28 .992 9.93
K.Pazos 98.6 22 24 103 8 1 9 .991 10.13
J.Defrancisco 66.0 5 12 64 4 0 6 1.000 9.27
M.Mitchell 53.0 6 6 50 5 2 2 .965 9.34
R.Nicol 50.2 6 6 62 3 1 4 .985 11.65
R.Quist 30.0 4 4 23 2 0 4 1.000 7.50
J.Engel 3.5 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 10.29
L.McKenzie 2.3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.83
Team Total 1448.1 173 188 1451 116 15 110 .991 9.74
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.00
J.Whelan 452.8 50 51 83 147 4 28 .983 4.57
J.Carrillo 317.6 36 37 81 113 2 23 .990 5.50
M.Mitchell 236.0 28 28 38 77 5 12 .958 4.39
R.Raines 30.0 2 6 6 7 0 4 1.000 3.90
W.Waguespack 11.6 3 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 4.66
R.Davis 9.0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.00
B.Morales 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Gall 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1057.2 120 128 212 350 11 68 .981 4.78
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.38
V.Velazquez 403.2 42 44 27 73 5 6 .952 2.23
M.Mitchell 400.0 46 51 23 83 9 8 .922 2.39
L.Dancer 140.7 14 14 8 13 0 0 1.000 1.34
J.Monroy 109.9 14 14 7 24 3 1 .912 2.54
R.Raines 36.3 1 10 4 10 0 0 1.000 3.47
R.Davis 12.6 1 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.86
W.Waguespack 7.5 1 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.40
J.Whelan 1.2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 7.50
Team Total 1111.4 119 140 71 208 17 15 .943 2.26
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.33
W.Salerno 581.0 67 79 67 185 10 25 .962 3.90
R.Davis 315.1 38 40 50 98 3 18 .980 4.23
J.Whelan 298.1 33 33 50 106 4 21 .975 4.71
J.Monroy 291.5 35 38 43 88 4 13 .970 4.04
R.Raines 256.0 26 52 35 73 1 15 .991 3.80
R.Casiano 8.8 1 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.09
W.Waguespack 4.4 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.09
B.Morales 2.6 3 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.92
R.Nicol 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Gall 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1757.9 203 250 248 555 22 92 .973 4.11
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.06
L.McKenzie 294.3 36 36 53 2 2 0 .965 1.68
G.Wampler 223.4 34 36 39 1 1 1 .976 1.61
J.Defrancisco 136.9 14 14 17 1 2 0 .900 1.18
S.Despain 118.3 11 15 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.36
J.Hudock 103.0 13 13 22 0 2 0 .917 1.92
S.Calderone 60.0 2 21 10 0 1 0 .909 1.50
R.Collins 37.3 2 13 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.45
C.Duque 24.7 1 8 8 1 0 1 1.000 3.28
L.Thornsberry 13.7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.97
C.Benda 13.2 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.36
J.Gall 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1024.8 114 161 191 5 8 2 .961 1.72
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 2.84
M.Anguita 1116.3 123 127 295 6 3 5 .990 2.43
L.McKenzie 135.2 14 18 28 2 1 1 .968 2.00
C.Duque 86.6 7 14 24 0 1 0 .960 2.49
R.Collins 81.0 9 11 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.56
V.Velazquez 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.Wampler 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1422.1 153 171 371 8 5 6 .987 2.40
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.24
S.Despain 533.3 55 56 120 1 5 0 .960 2.04
L.Thornsberry 395.5 44 48 74 2 2 1 .974 1.73
S.Calderone 343.0 39 42 83 1 3 1 .966 2.20
L.McKenzie 99.5 12 12 23 0 1 0 .958 2.08
C.Benda 33.8 4 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
R.Collins 15.7 1 6 7 0 1 0 .875 4.02
R.Quist 5.7 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.77
J.Engel 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1426.5 155 173 319 4 12 2 .964 2.04
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.91
D.Ruiz 293.0 38 38 17 25 2 3 .955 1.29
D.Caviness 218.7 32 41 10 28 3 1 .927 1.56
F.Wachter 204.7 26 26 9 30 4 1 .907 1.72
J.Paige 106.7 17 17 6 15 0 1 1.000 1.77
T.Delossantos 77.3 8 10 5 14 1 1 .950 2.21
E.Manos 76.3 0 76 3 11 1 0 .933 1.65
B.Gallion 71.3 11 11 4 13 1 1 .944 2.14
J.Tyrrell 62.0 0 62 5 11 0 0 1.000 2.32
D.Grant 50.7 4 8 2 8 1 1 .909 1.78
J.Peden 48.0 0 37 5 4 1 0 .900 1.69
E.Blakeslee 38.0 0 32 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.66
A.Latta 21.0 1 11 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.29
L.Choice 9.7 0 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.86
F.Hernandez 8.3 0 7 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
E.Hilliard 7.7 0 7 0 1 1 0 .500 1.17
E.Hilliker 5.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Self 4.7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
D.Shumate 4.0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1307.0 138 402 68 173 16 9 .938 1.66
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Anguita .346
On-Base Pct Anguita .410
Slugging Pct Anguita .483
OPS Anguita .893
XR Anguita 94.8
Games Anguita 135
At-Bats Anguita 534
Runs Anguita 90
Hits Anguita 185
Total Bases Anguita 258
Singles Anguita 132
Doubles Anguita 39
Triples Anguita 8
Homeruns Despain 19
RBIs Despain 77
Stolen Bases Whelan 30
Caught Stealing Whelan 9
Walks Jones 62
Strikeouts Anguita 65
ERA Wachter 3.52
Wins Ruiz, Wachter 16
Losses Ruiz 11
Winning Pct Wachter .727
Saves Tyrrell 22
Games Pitched Manos 76
Games Started Ruiz 38
Complete Games Ruiz 10
Shutouts Ruiz 3
Innings Pitched Ruiz 293.0
Hits Allowed Ruiz 276
Homeruns Allowed Ruiz 26
Strikeouts Ruiz 299
Walks Allowed Caviness 102
Walks per 9IP Wachter 2.5
Hits per 9IP Wachter 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Caviness 9.5
WHiP Wachter 1.19
OAVG Wachter .245
OOBP Wachter .309
OSLG Wachter .357
OOPS Wachter .666
Team All-Stars
Manny Anguita
Francis Wachter
Joe Whelan
Player Salaries
Justin Paige $ 15,000,000
Joe Whelan $ 10,270,000
David Caviness $ 9,500,000
Vinny Velazquez $ 6,770,000
Dante Ruiz $ 6,680,000
Francis Wachter $ 6,590,000
Shawn Despain $ 5,900,000
August Jones $ 5,000,000
Stephen Calderone $ 5,000,000
Carlos Duque $ 4,900,000
Eric Linder $ 4,500,000
Kevin Pazos $ 4,500,000
Michael Mitchell $ 4,500,000
Leroy McKenzie $ 4,000,000
Manny Anguita $ 3,500,000
Edward Hilliker $ 3,000,000
Larry Dancer $ 2,807,143
Richard Davis $ 2,500,000
Edward Manos $ 2,500,000
Jay Tyrrell $ 2,240,000
Jaime Gall $ 1,750,000
Donald Grant $ 1,250,000
Earl Hilliard $ 1,100,000
Robert Raines $ 1,000,000
Adrian Latta $ 500,000
William Salerno $ 469,286
Erubiel Ibaņez $ 350,000
Donald Shumate $ 300,000
Lawrence Choice $ 300,000
Robert Collins $ 300,000
Rodney Self $ 300,000
Matthew Foulk $ 300,000
Freddie Hernandez $ 300,000
Thomas Peete $ 300,000
James Peden $ 300,000
Rocky Wooster $ 300,000
Rick Quist $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Abraham Chee Portland James Carrillo
William Salerno
Round Draft Pick.
2/16 Signed     James Defrancisco
2/16 Signed     James Gonzalez
2/20 Signed     Adrian Latta
2/25 Claimed   Kansas City Andrew Hong
2/26 Signed     Eric Linder
2/28 Signed     Robert Nicol
3/5 Signed     Eric Blakeslee
3/14 Signed     Randy Nieto
3/14 Signed     Douglas Bridger
3/14 Signed     Steffen Sowa
3/14 Signed     Thomas Peete
3/14 Signed     James Hudock
3/14 Signed     James Davis
3/14 Signed     Clarence Gulley
3/14 Signed     Wilber Gullett
3/14 Signed     Devon Burcham
3/14 Signed     Dennis Pettengill
3/14 Signed     Henry Witcher
3/14 Signed     Scot Arnold
3/14 Signed     John Thomas
3/14 Signed     Freddie Hernandez
3/14 Signed     Kenneth Sinegal
3/14 Signed     Doug Puccio
3/14 Signed     James Winnett
3/14 Signed     Richard Wild
3/14 Signed     Danny Holmes
3/14 Signed     Bernard Wyrick
3/14 Signed     Joseph Davis
3/14 Signed     Robert Vandusen
4/14 Released Luis Prado    
4/14 Released Danny Holmes    
5/19 Released Luis Prado    
5/19 Released Danny Holmes    
5/19 Traded James Defrancisco Long Beach Rocky Wooster
Round Draft Pick.
6/2 Traded James Carrillo Minneapolis Patrick Nehring
Carlos Duque
Andrea Bader
6/2 Traded Melvin Wallace
Round Draft Pick.
San Diego Ramon Dearmas
6/2 Traded Tony Delossantos
Robert Lococo
Round Draft Pick.
San Diego Francis Wachter
6/2 Traded Devon Burcham
Round Draft Pick.
Vancouver William Waguespack
6/3 Claimed   San Francisco Jaime Gall
6/3 Claimed   Long Beach John Engel
6/16 Traded Rod Madera
Joel Monroy
Leroy Thornsberry
Greg Wampler
Round Draft Pick.
Denver Joe Whelan
August Jones
Carl Benda
$1,000,000
6/16 Released Andrea Bader    
6/23 Released James Davis    
6/23 Traded Robert Nicol
Lawrence Choice
Los Angeles Kevin Pazos
Leroy Mckenzie
6/23 Traded John Engel Denver Chadwick Kulick
Round Draft Pick.
6/23 Traded Ramon Dearmas
Patrick Nehring
Carl Benda
Minneapolis Shawn Despain
7/14 Released James Winnett    
7/14 Traded William Waguespack Dallas Terrance Shortt
Round Draft Pick.
7/14 Traded Eric Blakeslee Long Beach Richard Davis
7/15 Claimed   Long Beach Earl Hilliard
7/31 Traded Bill Gallion Vancouver Donald Grant
7/31 Traded Albert Hwang
Bernal Morales
Round Draft Pick.
Kansas City Vinny Velazquez
8/12 Claimed   Minneapolis Edward Hilliker
8/26 Claimed   New Orleans Erubiel Ibaņez
8/26 Claimed   Los Angeles Lawrence Choice
8/26 Claimed   Houston Ricky Casiano
9/1 Traded Ricky Casiano Houston Conrad Dineen