1955 Eastern League Pitching Leaders

1954 Season 1956 Season

Classification: A

Overall: 551 games, 8 teams, approx. 137 games in season

Attendance: 1,126,359 (2,044/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	Don Minnick	24	REA	A	CLE	20	4	.833	2.78	3.31	30	26	20	5	223.0	204	82	69	19	56	106	4	1	4	1.166	8.2	0.8	2.3	4.3	1.89
2	Larry Shepard	36	WPT	A	PIT	16	7	.696	3.14	3.73	37	12	6	1	169.0	139	70	59	15	72	72	2	0	3	1.249	7.4	0.8	3.8	3.8	1.00
3	James Mazzola	23	WKB	A	NYG	15	10	.600	3.97	4.34	34	23	13	2	195.0	209	94	86	20	46	103	3	1	0	1.308	9.6	0.9	2.1	4.8	2.24
4	Hank Mason	24	SDY	A	PHI	14	9	.609	2.93	3.09	39	22	11	4	175.0	124	60	57	11	89	166	6	0	3	1.217	6.4	0.6	4.6	8.5	1.87
5	James Singleton*	23	WKB	A	NYG	14	5	.737	2.42	2.97	26	24	16	3	197.0	211	65	53	10	42	90	2	0	2	1.284	9.6	0.5	1.9	4.1	2.14
6	Jim Coates	22	BNG	A	NYY	13	8	.619	2.77	3.26	25	25	17	3	185.0	139	67	57	8	92	186	7	1	4	1.249	6.8	0.4	4.5	9.0	2.02
7	Donald Nance	22	REA	A	CLE	13	8	.619	2.81	4.13	28	26	14	2	192.0	188	88	60	12	66	84	10	0	2	1.323	8.8	0.6	3.1	3.9	1.27
8	Pat Utley	20	BNG	A	NYY	13	6	.684	4.19	4.62	34	26	11	2	187.0	159	96	87	11	124	152	2	0	2	1.513	7.7	0.5	6.0	7.3	1.23
9	Pete Mesa	25	REA	A	CLE	12	6	.667	4.30	4.64	22	20	11	2	157.0	150	81	75	15	74	102	4	0	5	1.427	8.6	0.9	4.2	5.8	1.38
10	Zach Monroe	23	BNG	A	NYY	12	11	.522	5.46	6.52	36	25	8	1	178.0	179	129	108	14	121	126	5	2	9	1.685	9.1	0.7	6.1	6.4	1.04
11	Hoyt Benedict	25	ALN	A	STL	11	7	.611	4.38	4.80	25	22	8	0	152.0	161	81	74	15	67	70	3	0	2	1.500	9.5	0.9	4.0	4.1	1.04
12	Don Dangleis	21	WPT	A	PIT	11	8	.579	4.50	5.05	28	23	10	1	148.0	153	83	74	14	52	68	3	0	3	1.385	9.3	0.9	3.2	4.1	1.31
13	Angelo LiPetri	25	SDY	A	PHI	11	6	.647	3.49	4.22	28	21	11	3	160.0	160	75	62	16	48	93	2	0	2	1.300	9.0	0.9	2.7	5.2	1.94
14	Bill Smith*	21	ALN	A	STL	11	5	.688	4.12	4.88	21	18	4	1	131.0	148	71	60	13	56	66	4	0	1	1.557	10.2	0.9	3.8	4.5	1.18
15	Don Cardwell	19	SDY	A	PHI	10	9	.526	3.77	4.39	32	19	7	2	160.0	151	78	67	16	59	152	5	1	4	1.313	8.5	0.9	3.3	8.6	2.58
16	Joseph Gushanas*	25	ELM	A	BRO	10	10	.500	4.99	6.66	35	22	7	0	173.0	188	128	96	7	128	105	2	2	12	1.827	9.8	0.4	6.7	5.5	0.82
17	Johnny James	21	BNG	A	NYY	10	6	.625	3.51	4.41	43	1	0	0	100.0	70	49	39	5	96	70	11	0	3	1.660	6.3	0.5	8.6	6.3	0.73
18	Ernest Nichols	24	ALB	A		10	10	.500	5.13	5.93	25	18	6	0	135.0	151	89	77	15	68	58	5	0	7	1.622	10.1	1.0	4.5	3.9	0.85
19	Dick Ricketts	21	ALN	A	STL	10	4	.714	3.52	3.76	14	14	8	1	110.0	95	46	43	9	50	95	0	0	3	1.318	7.8	0.7	4.1	7.8	1.90
20	Marvin Williams*	25	SDY	A	PHI	10	5	.667	3.18	4.46	23	15	3	1	119.0	84	59	42	6	81	104	4	0	2	1.387	6.4	0.5	6.1	7.9	1.28
21	Mike Hoffman	25	WPT	A	PIT	9	6	.600	3.83	4.85	57	4	1	0	167.0	158	90	71	10	105	63	4	0	10	1.575	8.5	0.5	5.7	3.4	0.60
22	Don Kildoo*	20	WPT	A	PIT	9	8	.529	4.01	4.75	18	17	4	2	110.0	103	58	49	11	69	58	4	0	3	1.564	8.4	0.9	5.6	4.7	0.84
23	Gene Lary	21	REA	A	CLE	9	4	.692	4.21	4.60	13	12	7	2	92.0	84	47	43	7	39	55	5	1	7	1.337	8.2	0.7	3.8	5.4	1.41
24	Tom Puehl	26	ELM	A	BRO	9	7	.563	4.71	5.66	20	14	6	0	105.0	106	66	55	6	32	66	1	0	3	1.314	9.1	0.5	2.7	5.7	2.06
25	Edward Yasinski	27	ALB	A		9	15	.375	4.62	5.58	41	19	8	1	195.0	210	121	100	16	81	128	0	1	4	1.492	9.7	0.7	3.7	5.9	1.58
26	Lester Fessette	24	ELM	A	BRO	8	8	.500	4.11	4.89	28	15	9	0	127.0	139	69	58	8	35	50	2	0	1	1.370	9.9	0.6	2.5	3.5	1.43
27	Ernest Lawrence	25	ALB	A		8	14	.364	4.63	5.80	39	26	15	1	214.0	252	138	110	17	92	111	1	0	3	1.607	10.6	0.7	3.9	4.7	1.21
28	Frank Lucas	23	BNG	A	NYY	8	4	.667	5.01	5.75	30	21	5	2	133.0	119	85	74	11	106	91	1	1	15	1.692	8.1	0.7	7.2	6.2	0.86
29	Sonny Senerchia	26	ALN	A	STL	8	8	.500	2.75	3.71	20	18	12	2	131.0	93	54	40	8	82	103	3	0	3	1.336	6.4	0.5	5.6	7.1	1.26
30	Tom Bigham	22	ELM	A	BRO	7	8	.467	3.69	4.97	24	19	5	0	134.0	121	74	55	7	71	71	4	0	8	1.433	8.1	0.5	4.8	4.8	1.00
31	Paul Doughty	28	ALB	A		7	6	.538	6.77	8.93	35	15	4	0	121.0	178	120	91	13	67	59	3	0	6	2.025	13.2	1.0	5.0	4.4	0.88
32	Don Erickson	23	SDY	A	PHI	7	9	.438	4.43	4.88	25	17	4	0	120.0	123	65	59	11	47	68	3	0	1	1.417	9.2	0.8	3.5	5.1	1.45
33	Cal Hogue	27	WPT	A	PIT	7	6	.538	4.67	5.41	21	19	9	1	133.0	137	80	69	7	76	89	5	1	11	1.602	9.3	0.5	5.1	6.0	1.17
34	Eugene Law	26	REA	A	CLE	7	5	.583	2.87	3.58	21	12	7	0	113.0	110	45	36	7	19	43	0	0	2	1.142	8.8	0.6	1.5	3.4	2.26
35	Basil Mitchell	23	ALN	A	STL	7	6	.538	4.03	4.55	24	8	2	1	87.0	90	44	39	10	35	30	2	1	3	1.437	9.3	1.0	3.6	3.1	0.86
36	Ronald Sheetz	21	WPT	A	PIT	7	10	.412	5.66	6.40	30	23	6	0	159.0	181	113	100	19	75	82	1	0	1	1.610	10.2	1.1	4.2	4.6	1.09
37	Don Brate*	24	ELM	A	BRO	6	10	.375	3.85	5.15	37	18	7	0	166.0	179	95	71	8	75	79	1	0	8	1.530	9.7	0.4	4.1	4.3	1.05
38	Guy Grasso	23	BNG	A	NYY	6	9	.400	4.40	5.44	35	13	1	0	129.0	139	78	63	9	70	54	1	1	4	1.620	9.7	0.6	4.9	3.8	0.77
39	Fernando Osorio	25	WKB	A	NYG	6	16	.273	4.76	6.23	34	24	8	1	172.0	221	119	91	16	44	90	1	0	6	1.541	11.6	0.8	2.3	4.7	2.05
40	Ben Smyth	25	REA	A	CLE	6	9	.400	2.38	3.97	40	4	1	0	102.0	96	45	27	4	38	36	2	0	3	1.314	8.5	0.4	3.4	3.2	0.95
41	Whit Ulrich	23	ALN	A	STL	6	5	.545	3.83	4.90	17	16	3	1	101.0	116	55	43	3	53	38	3	0	1	1.673	10.3	0.3	4.7	3.4	0.72
42	Rogers Fister	21	ALN	A	STL	5	4	.556	3.08	4.19	12	11	7	0	73.0	78	34	25	3	26	47	1	0	3	1.425	9.6	0.4	3.2	5.8	1.81
43	Melvin Greer	25	ALN	A	STL	5	5	.500	6.69	7.30	14	12	5	0	74.0	91	60	55	11	36	31	3	0	2	1.716	11.1	1.3	4.4	3.8	0.86
44	Leo Scarpa	21	ALN	A	STL	5	4	.556	3.75	4.31	25	4	2	1	96.0	99	46	40	11	30	33	4	0	3	1.344	9.3	1.0	2.8	3.1	1.10
45	Joseph Stupak*	24	WKB	A	NYG	5	5	.500	5.86	6.72	34	7	0	0	83.0	108	62	54	8	24	39	2	0	0	1.590	11.7	0.9	2.6	4.2	1.63
46	George Zackey	23	WKB	A	NYG	5	9	.357	4.10	6.35	22	12	5	0	112.0	113	79	51	10	66	71	4	2	6	1.598	9.1	0.8	5.3	5.7	1.08
47	Joe Hardgrove*	22	WKB	A	NYG	4	4	.500	6.91	8.67	19	11	3	1	82.0	114	79	63	11	39	47	2	1	1	1.866	12.5	1.2	4.3	5.2	1.21
48	Thomas McCarthy	25	BNG	A	NYY	4	6	.400	4.93	6.32	20	12	3	1	84.0	91	59	46	6	53	52	1	0	8	1.714	9.8	0.6	5.7	5.6	0.98
49	Robert Mische*	24	ALB	A		4	7	.364	5.37	6.58	36	15	4	0	134.0	145	98	80	11	91	49	4	0	5	1.761	9.7	0.7	6.1	3.3	0.54
50	Art Murray*	22	WPT	A	PIT	4	5	.444	3.27	3.76	13	5	1	1	55.0	48	23	20	2	24	29	0	0	1	1.309	7.9	0.3	3.9	4.7	1.21
51	Wally Seward*	22	REA	A	CLE	4	3	.571	3.00	3.63	9	6	4	0	57.0	49	23	19	2	22	32	0	0	2	1.246	7.7	0.3	3.5	5.1	1.45
52	Rich Smithson	19	SDY	A	PHI	4	2	.667	3.95	5.05	38	6	0	0	82.0	81	46	36	5	50	46	0	2	0	1.598	8.9	0.5	5.5	5.0	0.92
53	Jake Striker*	21	REA	A	CLE	4	0	1.000	2.05	2.05	12	6	5	1	57.0	28	13	13	2	22	40	1	0	1	0.877	4.4	0.3	3.5	6.3	1.82
54	Jack Bowes*	24	REA	A	CLE	3	4	.429	4.98	5.79	16	6	1	1	56.0	55	36	31	3	42	44	3	0	1	1.732	8.8	0.5	6.8	7.1	1.05
55	Melvin Chaplin	21	ELM	A	BRO	3	4	.429	6.63	6.87	8	5	3	0	38.0	55	29	28	4	15	7	1	0	2	1.842	13.0	0.9	3.6	1.7	0.47
56	Richard Duffy*	25	ALB	A		3	11	.214	6.49	7.53	18	15	5	0	104.0	149	87	75	16	77	75	2	0	4	2.173	12.9	1.4	6.7	6.5	0.97
57	Robert Faust	21	ELM	A	BRO	3	6	.333	3.62	5.13	26	12	4	1	107.0	104	61	43	2	64	74	5	1	3	1.570	8.7	0.2	5.4	6.2	1.16
58	Joe Ford	24	ALN	A	STL	3	3	.500	3.13	3.75	30	3	1	0	72.0	66	30	25	4	40	44	2	1	2	1.472	8.3	0.5	5.0	5.5	1.10
59	Allen Leach*	24	SDY	A	PHI	3	2	.600	5.36	6.21	10	8	2	0	42.0	40	29	25	2	33	32	0	0	3	1.738	8.6	0.4	7.1	6.9	0.97
60	Jim Post*	29	BNG	A	NYY	3	4	.429	3.66	4.92	18	5	0	0	64.0	51	35	26	3	53	57	2	0	3	1.625	7.2	0.4	7.5	8.0	1.08
61	Frederick Sherkel*	24	WKB	A	NYG	3	4	.429	5.67	6.85	15	4	1	0	46.0	59	35	29	7	23	26	1	0	0	1.783	11.5	1.4	4.5	5.1	1.13
62	Donald Tkacsik*	23	WKB	A	NYG	3	7	.300	5.42	7.15	21	10	2	1	78.0	99	62	47	9	46	64	5	0	5	1.859	11.4	1.0	5.3	7.4	1.39
63	Ken Barbao	23	WPT	A	PIT	2	2	.500	7.22	8.17	25	8	0	0	76.0	97	69	61	9	61	35	2	0	6	2.079	11.5	1.1	7.2	4.1	0.57
64	Milt Bayne*	23	ALN	A	STL	2	3	.400			6
65	Joe Bielemeier	28	ELM	A	BRO	2	2	.500			16
66	Paul Bletz	25	SDY	A	PHI	2	5	.286	3.86	4.78	10	7	0	0	49.0	61	26	21	6	13	22	0	0	2	1.510	11.2	1.1	2.4	4.0	1.69
67	Bob Conley	21	SDY	A	PHI	2	2	.500	5.21	6.16	8	7	1	1	38.0	47	26	22	4	17	22	0	0	0	1.684	11.1	0.9	4.0	5.2	1.29
68	Glen Harshbarger	24	REA	A	CLE	2	2	.500	3.00	3.30	4	4	3	1	30.0	29	11	10	2	10	12	3	0	0	1.300	8.7	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.20
69	Ray Hathaway	38	ELM	A	BRO	2	1	.667			5
70	James Herlihy	23	ELM	A	BRO	2	2	.500	6.13	7.09	19	2	0	0	47.0	48	37	32	3	42	26	2	0	5	1.915	9.2	0.6	8.0	5.0	0.62
71	Robert Hoch*	29	ALN	A	STL	2	2	.500	5.65	6.49	12	2	1	0	43.0	61	31	27	6	9	20	1	0	0	1.628	12.8	1.3	1.9	4.2	2.22
72	Thomas Lawson	25	SDY	A	PHI	2	1	.667	4.80	5.70	11	3	1	1	30.0	25	19	16	3	17	13	0	0	0	1.400	7.5	0.9	5.1	3.9	0.76
73	Danny McDevitt*	22	ELM	A	BRO	2	11	.154	5.56	7.38	17	14	3	1	89.0	92	73	55	3	68	55	8	0	6	1.798	9.3	0.3	6.9	5.6	0.81
74	Billy Ray Meyer	26	REA	A	CLE	2	2	.500	3.18	4.76	5	5	2	1	34.0	33	18	12	3	9	34	0	0	1	1.235	8.7	0.8	2.4	9.0	3.78
75	Harry Pritts*	26	WPT	A	PIT	2	2	.500	3.30	3.90	7	2	0	0	30.0	30	13	11	5	15	19	0	1	1	1.500	9.0	1.5	4.5	5.7	1.27
76	Charles Ready	24	ELM	A	BRO	2	5	.286	5.93	7.46	16	7	2	2	41.0	42	34	27	3	37	20	2	0	3	1.927	9.2	0.7	8.1	4.4	0.54
77	Mike Schultz	27	BNG	A	NYY	2	3	.400	6.34	7.36	21	2	1	0	44.0	58	36	31	3	23	19	1	0	1	1.841	11.9	0.6	4.7	3.9	0.83
78	Louis Shade	23	SDY	A	PHI	2	1	.667			14
79	Ed Smrekar*	23	SDY	A	PHI	2	4	.333	4.17	4.39	24	0	0	0	41.0	42	20	19	7	29	26	0	0	1	1.732	9.2	1.5	6.4	5.7	0.90
80	George Aitken	20	REA	A	CLE	1	1	.500	3.77	3.77	9	4	1	1	31.0	23	13	13	1	22	17	0	0	0	1.452	6.7	0.3	6.4	4.9	0.77
81	Roger Amodio	24	SDY	A	PHI	1	0	1.000			3
82	Richard Blow	34	ALB	A		1	0	1.000			3
83	Irving Burton	28	WKB	A	NYG	1	1	.500	4.37	5.14	5	5	1	0	35.0	31	20	17	2	19	22	1	0	0	1.429	8.0	0.5	4.9	5.7	1.16
84	Whammy Douglas	20	WPT	A	PIT	1	6	.143	5.11	5.59	13	13	4	0	74.0	81	46	42	4	37	37	0	0	4	1.595	9.9	0.5	4.5	4.5	1.00
85	Bob Duliba	20	ALN	A	STL	1	1	.500			5
86	Patrick Foley	24	BNG	A	NYY	1	0	1.000			9
87	Robert Hansen	26	WKB	A	NYG	1	1	.500			7
88	George Heller*	27	ALB	A		1	0	1.000			12
89	Roger Higgins	28	ALB	A		1	1	.500			4
90	Thaddeus Kapuscinski	27	ALB	A		1	3	.250	5.50	5.75	16	2	0	0	36.0	42	23	22	4	18	11	4	0	0	1.667	10.5	1.0	4.5	2.8	0.61
91	Alfred Kipper	25	BNG	A	NYY	1	2	.333			3
92	Marty Kutyna	22	ALN	A	STL	1	1	.500			4
93	Tom Lakos	32	ALB	A		1	1	.500			2
94	John Luthern	21	REA	A	CLE	1	2	.333			3
95	Marco Mainini	23	BNG	A	NYY	1	1	.500			9
96	Benny Malcolm	21	WPT	A	PIT	1	0	1.000			4
97	James Mehan	25	WPT	A	PIT	1	2	.333			7
98	Eddie Neville*	32	ALB	A		1	3	.250	4.63	6.17	6	6	1	0	35.0	49	24	18	5	14	24	3	0	0	1.800	12.6	1.3	3.6	6.2	1.71
99	Charlie Oubre	25	WKB	A	NYG	1	2	.333			4
100	Andrew Pane*	24	WKB	A	NYG	1	5	.167	7.85	8.31	8	6	2	0	39.0	43	36	34	3	30	33	0	0	1	1.872	9.9	0.7	6.9	7.6	1.10