1956 Amarillo Gold Sox Statistics
Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 87-52
Finished 1st in the WL
Manager: Chuck Stevens (87-52)
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Gold Coast Stadium
Attendance: 77,628, Avg. 1,117
1956 Amarillo Gold Sox RosterTeam Record: 87-52
Finished 1st in the WL
Manager: Chuck Stevens (87-52)
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Gold Coast Stadium
Attendance: 77,628, Avg. 1,117
Playoffs - Lincoln Chiefs 4 games, Amarillo Gold Sox 1
The Amarillo Gold Sox of the Western League ended the 1956 season with a record of 87 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the WL.
The Gold Sox tallied 909 runs and surrendered 813 runs.
Players from the 1956 Amarillo Gold Sox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Chuck Stevens, Maurice Fisher, Cuno Barragan and Cliff Ross.
Chuck Stevens served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Coen | 17 | 9 | .654 | 3.46 | 34 | 27 | 17 | 208.0 | 200 | 100 | 80 | 24 | 93 | 171 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Jack Venable | 12 | 4 | .750 | 5.55 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 128.0 | 152 | 87 | 79 | 20 | 66 | 130 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Hugh Blanton | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.65 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 116.0 | 112 | 57 | 47 | 14 | 36 | 104 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Kenneth Yoke | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.70 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 151.0 | 148 | 75 | 62 | 16 | 59 | 104 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Jim Tugerson | 11 | 6 | .647 | 5.67 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 154.0 | 169 | 110 | 97 | 34 | 58 | 132 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Andy Bush | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.57 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 56.0 | 57 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Fred Zirella | 3 | 1 | .750 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gale Pringle | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.71 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 63.0 | 71 | 39 | 33 | 12 | 26 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Earl Tucker | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hoyt Benedict | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| August Schmidt | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Berdrow | 2 | 3 | .400 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Willie Franco | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Audie Malone | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maurice Fisher | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.64 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 47.0 | 51 | 34 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Ralph Buckingham | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edwin Schneider | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ken Gaskins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Puehl | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ernie Funk | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Lovrich | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ron Mahrt | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cliff Ross | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gene Summerlin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Fuller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dick Green | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 85 | 47 | .644 | 4.22 | 301 | 110 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 923.0 | 960 | 525 | 433 | 137 | 359 | 0 | 742 | 14 | 4 | 30 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Cuitti | 138 | 611 | 514 | 132 | 187 | 21 | 2 | 46 | 139 | 3 | 85 | 62 | .364 | .451 | .681 | 1.132 | 350 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Billy Shields | 136 | 589 | 532 | 108 | 169 | 37 | 6 | 28 | 108 | 16 | 35 | 85 | .318 | .370 | .568 | .938 | 302 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Charles Bell | 126 | 587 | 517 | 92 | 148 | 35 | 2 | 20 | 72 | 8 | 53 | 86 | .286 | .358 | .478 | .835 | 247 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Chico Heron | 137 | 563 | 468 | 90 | 140 | 31 | 6 | 12 | 93 | 10 | 85 | 84 | .299 | .406 | .468 | .874 | 219 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Len Attyd | 117 | 520 | 458 | 77 | 117 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 56 | 7 | 52 | 62 | .255 | .337 | .424 | .761 | 194 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Frank Murray | 89 | 380 | 334 | 75 | 108 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 53 | 5 | 41 | 40 | .323 | .397 | .557 | .954 | 186 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Stevens | 98 | 370 | 305 | 71 | 102 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 67 | 1 | 50 | 25 | .334 | .427 | .518 | .945 | 158 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Cuno Barragan | 114 | 428 | 338 | 62 | 87 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 52 | 2 | 81 | 58 | .257 | .403 | .423 | .826 | 143 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| John Goodell | 71 | 303 | 254 | 57 | 78 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 1 | 38 | 40 | .307 | .397 | .524 | .920 | 133 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Jim Solt | 46 | 182 | 158 | 28 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 34 | 0 | 21 | 33 | .304 | .379 | .601 | .980 | 95 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Emil Tellinger | 25 | 101 | 87 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .299 | .376 | .494 | .870 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jack Venable | 52 | 54 | 47 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .277 | .352 | .383 | .735 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Coen | 34 | 90 | 79 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .152 | .202 | .165 | .367 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Hugh Blanton | 28 | 48 | 43 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .256 | .277 | .488 | .765 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Kenneth Yoke | 36 | 77 | 68 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .162 | .216 | .294 | .510 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Thomas | 9 | 33 | 33 | 10 | .303 | .303 | .303 | .606 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Russ Rosburg | 8 | 34 | 34 | 7 | .206 | .206 | .206 | .412 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Tugerson | 30 | 72 | 58 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 30 | .103 | .257 | .224 | .481 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Audie Malone | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Ralph Buckingham | 14 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .364 | .533 | .636 | 1.170 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Andy Bush | 8 | 24 | 24 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Berdrow | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Deyo | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Gale Pringle | 15 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .100 | .143 | .100 | .243 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Earl Tucker | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edwin Schneider | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hoyt Benedict | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Maurice Fisher | 11 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .053 | .000 | .053 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Franco | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Fuller | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Green | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerald Jacobs | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Cliff Ross | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| August Schmidt | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Zirella | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1420 | 5196 | 4472 | 853 | 1297 | 245 | 43 | 188 | 783 | 53 | 0 | 589 | 690 | .290 | .374 | .490 | .864 | 2192 | 95 | 33 | 67 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Stevens | 1B | 86 | 657 | 59 | 9 | 73 | .988 | 8.326 | ||||
| John Goodell | 1B | 26 | 186 | 14 | 5 | 19 | .976 | 7.692 | ||||
| Billy Shields | 1B | 16 | 141 | 7 | 4 | 8 | .974 | 9.250 | ||||
| Jim Solt | 1B | 14 | 84 | 6 | 3 | 6 | .968 | 6.429 | ||||
| Frank Murray | 2B | 86 | 191 | 217 | 21 | 51 | .951 | 4.744 | ||||
| Chico Heron | 3B | 125 | 78 | 226 | 40 | 22 | .884 | 2.432 | ||||
| Cuno Barragan | C | 107 | 686 | 61 | 9 | 13 | .988 | 6.981 | 17 | |||
| Jim Solt | C | 29 | 213 | 19 | 8 | 3 | .967 | 8.000 | 4 | |||
| Art Cuitti | OF | 137 | 203 | 10 | 14 | 1 | .938 | 1.555 | ||||
| Billy Shields | OF | 113 | 201 | 19 | 11 | 2 | .952 | 1.947 | ||||
| Len Attyd | OF | 104 | 260 | 15 | 10 | 4 | .965 | 2.644 | ||||
| John Goodell | OF | 34 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .950 | 1.676 | ||||
| Emil Tellinger | OF | 23 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .900 | 1.565 | ||||
| Jack Venable | P | 48 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .880 | .458 | ||||
| Mike Coen | P | 34 | 11 | 37 | 5 | 4 | .906 | 1.412 | ||||
| Kenneth Yoke | P | 28 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 1.214 | ||||
| Jim Tugerson | P | 27 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .630 | ||||
| Hugh Blanton | P | 24 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.250 | ||||
| Gale Pringle | P | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .733 | ||||
| Fred Zirella | P | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Tom Lovrich | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Earl Tucker | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Maurice Fisher | P | 11 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .800 | .727 | ||||
| Ernie Funk | P | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andy Bush | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ralph Buckingham | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Berdrow | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Fuller | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hoyt Benedict | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| August Schmidt | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Audie Malone | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Mahrt | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willie Franco | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cliff Ross | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edwin Schneider | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Green | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Summerlin | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Puehl | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Gaskins | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Bell | SS | 126 | 240 | 350 | 38 | 73 | .939 | 4.683 | ||||
| Totals | 1327 | 3280 | 1138 | 195 | 285 | .958 | 3.329 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
