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1955 Mississippi-Ohio Valley League Pitching Leaders

1954 Season

Classification: D

Overall: 504 games, 8 teams, approx. 126 games in season

Attendance: 831,319 (1,649/game)

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Allen Evans	27	KOK	D		21	10	.677	5.15	6.22	60	10	4	2	194.0	217	134	111	23	82	130	3	0	6	1.541	10.1	1.1	3.8	6.0	1.59
2	John Dewald*	19	MTT	D	PHI	17	9	.654	3.29	4.12	32	28	17	3	227.0	203	104	83	12	68	187	5	4	7	1.194	8.0	0.5	2.7	7.4	2.75
3	Ron Hagler	21	HNB	D		17	15	.531	4.46	5.72	40	29	24	2	250.0	278	159	124	22	126	187	5	1	10	1.616	10.0	0.8	4.5	6.7	1.48
4	Dave Wegerek	18	LAF	D	CLE	17	8	.680	2.59	4.15	34	27	16	2	219.0	190	101	63	6	101	196	6	0	16	1.329	7.8	0.2	4.2	8.1	1.94
5	Fritz Ackley	18	DBQ	D	CHW	16	4	.800	3.62	4.36	22	22	13	4	159.0	136	77	64	10	73	133	6	0	7	1.314	7.7	0.6	4.1	7.5	1.82
6	Richard Hicks*	19	DEC	D	STL	15	10	.600	3.42	4.03	31	26	16	2	192.0	151	86	73	8	118	152	4	0	15	1.401	7.1	0.4	5.5	7.1	1.29
7	Glen Rosenbaum	19	DBQ	D	CHW	15	3	.833	3.05	4.04	36	14	10	1	165.0	143	74	56	17	54	164	2	0	5	1.194	7.8	0.9	2.9	8.9	3.04
8	Bill Brown	23	CLI	D	PIT	13	6	.684	3.89	4.82	27	21	13	1	155.0	146	83	67	7	84	115	8	2	7	1.484	8.5	0.4	4.9	6.7	1.37
9	John Buzhardt	18	PRS	D	CHC	13	14	.481	4.55	6.46	36	23	15	0	184.0	226	132	93	12	62	110	6	2	5	1.565	11.1	0.6	3.0	5.4	1.77
10	Dick Ghelfi	20	DEC	D	STL	13	11	.542	3.47	4.07	27	24	17	1	197.0	164	89	76	15	86	146	5	1	3	1.269	7.5	0.7	3.9	6.7	1.70
11	Arthur Hirst*	22	MTT	D	PHI	13	9	.591	3.98	5.02	32	22	8	4	156.0	145	87	69	11	101	108	9	0	7	1.577	8.4	0.6	5.8	6.2	1.07
12	Bill Bethea*	25	CLI	D	PIT	12	8	.600	3.18	4.47	24	19	11	0	147.0	120	73	52	3	136	116	2	0	5	1.741	7.3	0.2	8.3	7.1	0.85
13	Benny Rich	22	CLI	D	PIT	12	11	.522	3.99	4.70	32	22	15	2	203.0	167	106	90	15	132	199	3	1	14	1.473	7.4	0.7	5.9	8.8	1.51
14	William Juhay*	20	MTT	D	PHI	11	3	.786	3.49	5.02	29	21	7	1	147.0	137	82	57	8	96	131	5	1	5	1.585	8.4	0.5	5.9	8.0	1.36
15	Edward Fouchey*	21	DBQ	D	CHW	10	5	.667	5.95	7.04	24	20	7	0	133.0	157	104	88	20	61	108	4	0	4	1.639	10.6	1.4	4.1	7.3	1.77
16	Ted Fowler	21	LAF	D	CLE	10	11	.476	3.18	5.24	29	20	12	3	153.0	134	89	54	4	71	147	9	1	7	1.340	7.9	0.2	4.2	8.6	2.07
17	Jim Golden	19	MTT	D	PHI	10	11	.476	3.88	4.33	26	20	11	2	160.0	144	77	69	7	78	137	3	0	6	1.388	8.1	0.4	4.4	7.7	1.76
18	Carl Mathias*	19	LAF	D	CLE	10	11	.476	5.57	7.05	29	23	8	1	152.0	139	119	94	8	150	197	9	1	13	1.901	8.2	0.5	8.9	11.7	1.31
19	Ed Schneider	19	DEC	D	STL	10	6	.625	3.10	3.89	29	12	8	1	125.0	106	54	43	10	43	67	9	0	3	1.192	7.6	0.7	3.1	4.8	1.56
20	William Morgan*	21	KOK	D		9	7	.563	5.15	6.00	23	18	7	0	138.0	151	92	79	9	56	101	5	0	8	1.500	9.8	0.6	3.7	6.6	1.80
21	Ray Snyders	19	KOK	D		9	9	.500	4.50	5.61	33	21	10	0	170.0	168	106	85	12	91	100	5	1	1	1.524	8.9	0.6	4.8	5.3	1.10
22	William Bontz*	19	DEC	D	STL	8	9	.471	4.68	6.07	29	17	6	4	123.0	112	83	64	8	78	113	3	0	4	1.545	8.2	0.6	5.7	8.3	1.45
23	Donald Miller	19	CLI	D	PIT	8	9	.471	4.47	6.43	31	17	7	0	133.0	126	95	66	5	116	110	8	0	11	1.820	8.5	0.3	7.8	7.4	0.95
24	Virgil Trout	22	HNB	D		8	11	.421	5.20	6.24	27	19	11	0	147.0	167	102	85	21	88	98	6	1	6	1.735	10.2	1.3	5.4	6.0	1.11
25	Jerry Coley	17	PRS	D	CHC	7	4	.636	5.72	6.88	23	11	4	1	85.0	89	65	54	9	59	55	7	0	4	1.741	9.4	1.0	6.2	5.8	0.93
26	Louis Dulac	21	DBQ	D	CHW	7	3	.700	4.25	5.04	15	12	7	0	91.0	108	51	43	18	38	64	2	0	4	1.604	10.7	1.8	3.8	6.3	1.68
27	Dave Gerard	18	PRS	D	CHC	7	9	.438	4.83	7.11	30	19	8	0	138.0	155	109	74	8	96	97	6	0	9	1.819	10.1	0.5	6.3	6.3	1.01
28	Richard Grant	20	DBQ	D	CHW	7	2	.778	3.47	4.55	11	11	7	1	83.0	82	42	32	10	23	59	4	0	4	1.265	8.9	1.1	2.5	6.4	2.57
29	Sixto Hechavarria	27	HNB	D		7	6	.538	5.56	8.00	21	5	4	0	81.0	93	72	50	10	43	50	3	0	8	1.679	10.3	1.1	4.8	5.6	1.16
30	Eddie Johnson	20	DEC	D	STL	7	7	.500	4.37	5.10	25	17	11	2	136.0	133	77	66	12	71	53	2	0	8	1.500	8.8	0.8	4.7	3.5	0.75
31	Harry Taylor	36	PRS	D	CHC	7	2	.778	3.82	4.50	13	12	8	1	92.0	101	46	39	7	23	64	0	0	2	1.348	9.9	0.7	2.3	6.3	2.78
32	Don Neves	18	DBQ	D	CHW	6	5	.545	4.95	6.41	24	9	3	1	80.0	84	57	44	11	58	37	1	0	5	1.775	9.5	1.2	6.5	4.2	0.64
33	Jim Powers*	19	PRS	D	CHC	6	5	.545	4.50	6.12	19	12	4	0	100.0	102	68	50	7	60	68	1	0	5	1.620	9.2	0.6	5.4	6.1	1.13
34	Glenn Dangleis	19	CLI	D	PIT	5	4	.556	4.79	5.73	25	2	0	0	77.0	80	49	41	8	46	44	7	0	2	1.636	9.4	0.9	5.4	5.1	0.96
35	Joe Drotar	18	CLI	D	PIT	5	2	.714			9												0
36	Dwight Feimster	21	KOK	D		5	9	.357	5.64	6.91	30	19	6	0	142.0	144	109	89	10	107	121	11	0	4	1.768	9.1	0.6	6.8	7.7	1.13
37	Cless Hinckley	24	MTT	D	PHI	5	4	.556	4.44	4.90	23	10	3	1	79.0	84	43	39	2	36	47	1	0	5	1.519	9.6	0.2	4.1	5.4	1.31
38	Bill Hopkins	20	PRS	D	CHC	5	4	.556	4.98	6.37	15	8	4	0	65.0	75	46	36	4	45	34	3	2	9	1.846	10.4	0.6	6.2	4.7	0.76
39	Warner Siebert	23	DEC	D	STL	5	11	.313	3.59	5.20	30	14	7	2	128.0	114	74	51	7	62	86	4	0	2	1.375	8.0	0.5	4.4	6.0	1.39
40	Kent Sterling*	35	LAF	D	CLE	5	6	.455	4.07	6.86	14	12	6	1	84.0	95	64	38	5	33	65	4	0	4	1.524	10.2	0.5	3.5	7.0	1.97
41	Thomas Trossen	21	LAF	D	CLE	5	2	.714			8												0
42	Charles Bauer	19	DBQ	D	CHW	4	5	.444	8.58	11.11	25	7	0	0	64.0	80	79	61	2	62	54	7	0	6	2.219	11.3	0.3	8.7	7.6	0.87
43	Martin Carr	20	CLI	D	PIT	4	2	.667	3.98	5.31	10	8	2	0	61.0	62	36	27	0	44	47	4	1	5	1.738	9.1	0.0	6.5	6.9	1.07
44	Leonard Casillas	22	PRS	D	CHC	4	6	.400	8.03	9.14	22	5	0	0	65.0	82	66	58	9	56	50	3	1	4	2.123	11.4	1.2	7.8	6.9	0.89
45	Dallas Green	20	MTT	D	PHI	4	3	.571	3.44	4.75	11	8	5	3	55.0	43	29	21	2	42	85	1	0	5	1.545	7.0	0.3	6.9	13.9	2.02
46	William Rouse	19	DBQ	D	CHW	4	6	.400	5.34	6.56	14	9	5	1	59.0	61	43	35	8	34	46	3	0	4	1.610	9.3	1.2	5.2	7.0	1.35
47	William Wright	21	KOK	D		4	5	.444	5.40	6.30	13	9	3	1	80.0	103	56	48	6	29	78	3	0	2	1.650	11.6	0.7	3.3	8.8	2.69
48	Clarence Clark*	19	LAF	D	CLE	3	6	.333	6.52	7.68	31	11	3	0	109.0	94	93	79	8	128	93	6	0	11	2.037	7.8	0.7	10.6	7.7	0.73
49	Eric Doughtie?	--	KOK	D		3	1	.750			6												0
50	Harold Keller	18	LAF	D	CLE	3	5	.375	4.50	5.86	15	7	5	0	66.0	57	43	33	2	77	83	2	0	7	2.030	7.8	0.3	10.5	11.3	1.08
51	Hal Larned*	19	LAF	D	CLE	3	2	.600			7												0
52	Gene Lippold	20	PRS	D	CHC	3	12	.200	5.46	6.94	27	17	7	0	140.0	180	108	85	13	57	74	12	1	8	1.693	11.6	0.8	3.7	4.8	1.30
53	Ken Ludwig	22	CLI	D	PIT	3	6	.333	4.92	6.24	12	11	6	0	75.0	83	52	41	5	39	59	1	0	5	1.627	10.0	0.6	4.7	7.1	1.51
54	Clark Mains	25	KOK	D		3	4	.429			9												0
55	Bob McLeod	18	HNB	D		3	6	.333	5.14	8.10	13	10	5	0	70.0	93	63	40	7	30	37	2	1	3	1.757	12.0	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.23
56	Keith Nims?	--	KOK	D		3	5	.375	5.90	6.34	14	11	3	1	61.0	65	43	40	7	40	58	5	0	5	1.721	9.6	1.0	5.9	8.6	1.45
57	Adrian Roof*	19	PRS	D	CHC	3	1	.750			8												0
58	Anthony Russo	20	KOK	D		3	1	.750	6.11	8.32	15	9	2	0	53.0	56	49	36	9	39	46	1	1	2	1.792	9.5	1.5	6.6	7.8	1.18
59	Cloyce Sowell	20	MTT	D	PHI	3	6	.333	5.67	7.50	18	3	1	0	54.0	61	45	34	6	35	34	4	0	3	1.778	10.2	1.0	5.8	5.7	0.97
60	Bill Burris	19	PRS	D	CHC	2	2	.500			4												0
61	George Doering	19	HNB	D		2	9	.182	5.77	7.31	25	12	3	0	117.0	134	95	75	11	70	79	11	0	5	1.744	10.3	0.8	5.4	6.1	1.13
62	Fred Farnsworth	22	MTT	D	PHI	2	3	.400	3.60	5.85	12	5	1	0	40.0	40	26	16	3	16	35	0	0	3	1.400	9.0	0.7	3.6	7.9	2.19
63	Tony Komisar*	18	LAF	D	CLE	2	0	1.000	4.37	5.40	14	1	0	0	35.0	35	21	17	4	17	36	1	0	1	1.486	9.0	1.0	4.4	9.3	2.12
64	Ric Lessmann*	17	HNB	D		2	9	.182	6.29	8.46	21	10	3	1	83.0	95	78	58	10	51	50	5	0	8	1.759	10.3	1.1	5.5	5.4	0.98
65	Lane Martin*	20	DEC	D	STL	2	3	.400	7.24	8.80	14	7	1	0	46.0	41	45	37	2	49	35	2	1	8	1.957	8.0	0.4	9.6	6.8	0.71
66	James Murphy	18	PRS	D	CHC	2	2	.500	6.28	6.49	13	3	1	0	43.0	46	31	30	2	43	24	2	0	7	2.070	9.6	0.4	9.0	5.0	0.56
67	Billy Rayburn	23	DBQ	D	CHW	2	4	.333	5.53	6.63	27	3	0	0	57.0	65	42	35	9	22	36	0	1	1	1.526	10.3	1.4	3.5	5.7	1.64
68	Dick Rigazio?	24	PRS	D	CHC	2	0	1.000			5												0
69	Louis Shade	23	MTT	D	PHI	2	4	.333	7.47	9.51	20	3	0	0	53.0	78	56	44	6	27	34	2	0	4	1.981	13.2	1.0	4.6	5.8	1.26
70	Richard Avery	20	KOK	D		1	1	.500			5												0
71	Armenio Badia	20	LAF	D	CLE	1	1	.500			4												0
72	Alan Bower	20	KOK	D		1	3	.250	5.79	9.43	12	6	1	0	42.0	51	44	27	3	32	36	4	0	3	1.976	10.9	0.6	6.9	7.7	1.13
73	David Chambers?	--	LAF	D	CLE	1	2	.333			9												0
74	Chuck Dobberstein	19	KOK	D		1	3	.250			5												0
75	Carl Forney	18	DEC	D	STL	1	2	.333	4.82	5.79	11	1	0	0	28.0	19	18	15	1	28	21	0	0	4	1.679	6.1	0.3	9.0	6.8	0.75
76	George Fort?	--	KOK	D		1	1	.500			2												0
77	Peter Fuhrman	22	LAF	D	CLE	1	0	1.000			1												0
78	Edmund Greicius	25	CLI	D	PIT	1	0	1.000			2												0
79	August Kurtz	19	DBQ	D	CHW	1	1	.500			6												0
80	John Leatherbury	20	CLI	D	PIT	1	1	.500			3												0
81	Dick Momford?	--	CLI	D	PIT	1	4	.200			6												0
82	Jerry Murphy?	--	LAF	D	CLE	1	0	1.000			6												0
83	Julio Navarro	21	HNB	D		1	7	.125	5.67	8.26	14	11	3	0	73.0	82	67	46	7	53	44	5	0	2	1.849	10.1	0.9	6.5	5.4	0.83
84	Ulysses Payton?	--	HNB	D		1	4	.200			9												0
85	Charles Pester	20	DBQ	D	CHW	1	3	.250	4.80	6.90	15	3	0	0	30.0	27	23	16	1	30	17	2	0	0	1.900	8.1	0.3	9.0	5.1	0.57
86	Bobby Prince?	--	DBQ	D	CHW	1	5	.167	5.74	7.43	17	6	4	1	69.0	74	57	44	10	41	40	4	0	4	1.667	9.7	1.3	5.3	5.2	0.98
87	Mark Sampson	19	MTT	D	PHI	1	0	1.000			5												0
88	Glenn Schultz?	--	CLI	D	PIT	1	0	1.000			3												0
89	Harold Sumner	22	PRS	D	CHC	1	1	.500			4												0
90	Fran Thomas	20	DEC	D	STL	1	2	.333	4.15	4.67	16	4	3	0	52.0	40	27	24	4	32	23	1	1	5	1.385	6.9	0.7	5.5	4.0	0.72
91	Robert Umfleet	25	HNB	D		1	3	.250			5												0
92	John Wiernicki?	--	CLI	D	PIT	1	0	1.000			5												0
93	Cedric Wolfman	16	CLI	D	PIT	1	0	1.000			4												0
94	Mark Wylie	30	LAF	D	CLE	1	1	.500			3												0
95	Jerry Armour	21	MTT	D	PHI	0	0				2												0
96	Dan Baker?	--	DBQ	D	CHW	0	1	.000			6												0
97	Jim Bowen*	21	LAF	D	CLE	0	0				2												0
98	James Bridgeman	18	PRS	D	CHC	0	0				4												0
99	Ronald Burbank?	--	DBQ	D	CHW	0	0				5												0
100	Dale Cartier*	20	KOK	D		0	0				1												0