1956 Alexandria Aces Statistics

Evangeline League (EL) - Class: C
Team Record: 55-67
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: Red Smith (55-67)
Location: Alexandria, Louisiana
Ballpark: Bringhurst Field
Attendance: 48,049, Avg. 788

1956 Alexandria Aces Roster

The Alexandria Aces of the Evangeline League ended the 1956 season with a record of 55 wins and 67 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.

The Aces plated 596 runs and yielded 726 runs, most in the circuit. Ed Richardson led batters with significant playing time by hitting .319. Fred Stegall topped Alexandria with 15 wins and a team-best 3.22 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers. Red Smith served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Fred Stegall	15	13	.536	3.22	37	27					229.0	196	110	82	9	107
Tommy Harrison	11	9	.550	4.41	26	19					147.0	167	95	72	8	74
Rene DeHondt	8	7	.533	5.27	26	15					147.0	137	115	86	8	95
Jerry Tucker	7	3	.700	4.56	22	6					77.0	82	53	39	4	39
Billy Faulk	4	4	.500	3.45	12	9					60.0	48	44	23	5	36
John Lee	4	5	.444	3.62	15	7					82.0	64	49	33	6	55
John Coddington	4	12	.250	4.09	24	21					141.0	99	76	64	11	105
Gordon Zabasky	1	1	.500		7						0.0
Russell Harris	1	6	.143	5.40	11	9					50.0	57	46	30	6	29
Charles Jenkins	0	0			2						0.0
Dale Sanner	0	0			1						0.0
Tom Godwin	0	0			4						0.0
Joseph Lowrey	0	2	.000		12						0.0
James Wadkins	0	2	.000		3						0.0
Wayne Thrash	0	3	.000		10						0.0
Totals	55	67	.451	4.14	212	113	0	0	0	0	933.0	850	588	429	57	540	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Ed Richardson	113	433	433		138	24	8	6						.319	.319	.453	.771	196
Bobby Smith	115	433	433		105	16	4	0						.242	.242	.298	.540	129
Red Smith	100	357	357		104	24	1	8						.291	.291	.431	.723	154
Clyde Gisclair	88	333	333		101	19	4	6						.303	.303	.438	.742	146
John Yanchura	96	373	373		95	16	1	10						.255	.255	.383	.638	143
Benjamin Dye	67	255	255		87	23	3	3						.341	.341	.490	.831	125
Wayne Thrash	96	291	291		74	12	6	3						.254	.254	.368	.622	107
Kenneth Post	29	113	113		27	4	1	0						.239	.239	.292	.531	33
Tommy Harrison	53	134	134		26	3	0	0						.194	.194	.216	.410	29
Dale Sanner	28	101	101		23	4	1	1						.228	.228	.317	.545	32
Howard Sessums	25	95	95		22	5	2	1						.232	.232	.358	.589	34
Rene DeHondt	48	125	125		22	3	0	0						.176	.176	.200	.376	25
Billy Lynn	15	64	64		20	4	1	1						.312	.312	.453	.766	29
Charles LaCoste	20	76	76		16	1	0	1						.211	.211	.263	.474	20
Herky Payne	14	52	52		12	3	2	2						.231	.231	.481	.712	25
Russell Harris	17	26	26		11	1	1	0						.423	.423	.538	.962	14
John Coddington	25	47	47		11	0	0	0						.234	.234	.234	.468	11
Joey Loudermilk	12	42	42		10	2	0	0						.238	.238	.286	.524	12
J. C. Markham	23	48	48		10	3	1	0						.208	.208	.312	.521	15
Freddie Harrist	14	62	62		10	0	0	0						.161	.161	.161	.323	10
Fred Stegall	37	82	82		10	2	0	0						.122	.122	.146	.268	12
John Lee	15	33	33		8	4	0	0						.242	.242	.364	.606	12
Tom Godwin	16	41	41		6	1	0	0						.146	.146	.171	.317	7
Mervin Bergeron	7	22	22		5									.227	.227	.227	.455	5
Jerry Tucker	22	36	36		5	0	1	0						.139	.139	.194	.333	7
Joseph Lowrey	14	15	15		4	2	0	0						.267	.267	.400	.667	6
Claude Northrup	9	34	34		4									.118	.118	.118	.235	4
Nathan Bedford	10	27	27		3	1	0	0						.111	.111	.148	.259	4
James Thomas	5	20	20		2									.100	.100	.100	.200	2
Billy Faulk	13	21	21		2	2	0	0						.095	.095	.190	.286	4
Gordon Zabasky	7	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Roy Brown	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
James Wadkins	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Melvin Huff	2	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Charles Jenkins	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Rocco Stasi	3	6	6		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Duke McCollum	2	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1166	3823	3823	0	974	179	37	42	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.255	.354	.609	1353	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Fred Stegall	P	37					.000
Rene DeHondt	P	26					.000
John Coddington	P	24					.000
Jerry Tucker	P	22					.000
John Lee	P	15					.000
Joseph Lowrey	P	12					.000
Billy Faulk	P	12					.000
Russell Harris	P	11					.000
Gordon Zabasky	P	7					.000
James Wadkins	P	3					.000
Charles Jenkins	P	2					.000
Totals		171	0	0	0	0	.000

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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