1956 Bakersfield Boosters Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 48-92
Finished 8th in the CL
Manager: Art Lilly (0-0), Dick Wilson (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 25,085, Avg. 358

1956 Bakersfield Boosters Roster

The Bakersfield Boosters of the California League ended the 1956 season with a record of 48 wins and 92 losses, finishing eighth in the CL.

The Boosters scored 745 runs and allowed 1101 runs, most in the circuit. Dick Wilson led all regular batters with a .350 average. Red Lynn topped Bakersfield with 12 wins and a team-best 5.08 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Red Lynn and Jim Golden both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Art Lilly and Dick Wilson 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
Red Lynn	12	9	.571	5.08	24	18					140.0	162	95	79	11	52
Edward Culbert	7	10	.412	6.38	33	23					158.0	181	141	112	4	147
John Payne	6	13	.316	6.75	37	19					156.0	188	130	117	14	74
Jim Golden	4	8	.333	7.22	17	12					76.0	83	77	61	3	80
Billy Heil	3	3	.500	5.83	10	5					54.0	55	40	35	9	39
Raymond Yepiz	2	1	.667		6						0.0
Thomas Tucker	2	5	.286	6.31	21	4					67.0	92	58	47	6	42
Gary Graham	1	0	1.000		5						0.0
William Juhay	1	2	.333		6						0.0
Donald Tierney	1	2	.333		5						0.0
Richard Meder	1	2	.333		6						0.0
Robert Henry	1	7	.125	5.95	18	10					62.0	81	57	41	5	50
Robert Vruck	0	0			3						0.0
Dick Wilson	0	0			3						0.0
Darrold Myers	0	0			1						0.0
Richard Lindner	0	0			3						0.0
Harry McIlvain	0	0			6						0.0
Fernando Montalvo	0	0			1						0.0
Charles Pryor	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Peter Fannon	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Manuel Ortega	0	1	.000		10						0.0
Gene Rodrick	0	1	.000		5						0.0
Jack Roberts	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Thomas Feldstein	0	2	.000		6						0.0
Bruce Newlin	0	3	.000	6.39	14	3					38.0	61	38	27	1	22
Robert Good	0	4	.000	8.51	15	4					37.0	50	45	35	2	36
Totals	41	76	.350	6.33	264	98	0	0	0	0	788.0	953	681	554	55	542	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
Dick Wilson	137	520	520		182	35	3	33						.350	.350	.619	.969	322
Peter Fannon	106	437	437		149	32	1	10						.341	.341	.487	.828	213
Richard Conner	137	447	447		115	16	3	1						.257	.257	.313	.570	140
Manuel Ortega	124	410	410		97	16	2	2						.237	.237	.300	.537	123
Dallas Womack	76	249	249		78	9	2	12						.313	.313	.510	.823	127
Don Thompson	108	339	339		78	12	1	10						.230	.230	.360	.590	122
Billy Heil	91	316	316		75	9	0	16						.237	.237	.418	.655	132
Gene Caiafa	76	259	259		62	10	3	2						.239	.239	.324	.564	84
Art Lilly	61	185	185		55	11	0	1						.297	.297	.373	.670	69
Darrold Myers	57	196	196		47	8	1	2						.240	.240	.321	.561	63
Charles Pryor	45	160	160		43	9	0	1						.269	.269	.344	.612	55
Roy Cootes	35	141	141		31	1	0	0						.220	.220	.227	.447	32
Melvin Gemberling	36	122	122		26	3	0	0						.213	.213	.238	.451	29
Lewis Marliani	38	90	90		20	3	0	0						.222	.222	.256	.478	23
Jim Golden	31	56	56		18	3	0	3						.321	.321	.536	.857	30
Gil Hawkins	23	70	70		17	1	0	2						.243	.243	.343	.586	24
Donald Tierney	19	55	55		11	2	1	0						.200	.200	.273	.473	15
Maxie Chapman	11	34	34		8	1	0	0						.235	.235	.265	.500	9
Edward Culbert	34	53	53		8	0	0	0						.151	.151	.151	.302	8
Jack Ramsey	15	38	38		7	1	0	0						.184	.184	.211	.395	8
John Payne	37	48	48		7	0	0	0						.146	.146	.146	.292	7
Red Lynn	24	52	52		6	0	0	0						.115	.115	.115	.231	6
Bennie Dobbins	9	26	26		5									.192	.192	.192	.385	5
Dean Little	6	18	18		4									.222	.222	.222	.444	4
Raymond Yepiz	6	12	12		3									.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Robert Henry	20	16	16		3	0	0	0						.188	.188	.188	.375	3
Fernando Montalvo	6	18	18		3									.167	.167	.167	.333	3
Thomas Tucker	21	24	24		3	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	3
Don Brownfield	12	33	33		3	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	3
Horace Tucker	6	13	13		2									.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Richard Rautmann	5	17	17		2									.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Jack Roberts	4	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Richard Meder	6	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
William Juhay	6	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Bruce Newlin	15	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Robert Good	15	14	14		1	0	0	0						.071	.071	.071	.143	1
Gene Rodrick	5	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gary Graham	5	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Vruck	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Thomas Feldstein	6	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1477	4502	4502	0	1173	182	17	95	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.261	.372	.632	1674	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
John Payne	P	37					.000
Edward Culbert	P	33					.000
Red Lynn	P	24					.000
Thomas Tucker	P	21					.000
Robert Henry	P	18					.000
Jim Golden	P	17					.000
Robert Good	P	15					.000
Bruce Newlin	P	14					.000
Raymond Yepiz	P	6					.000
Richard Meder	P	6					.000
Harry McIlvain	P	6					.000
William Juhay	P	6					.000
Thomas Feldstein	P	6					.000
Gene Rodrick	P	5					.000
Gary Graham	P	5					.000
Jack Roberts	P	4					.000
Robert Vruck	P	3					.000
Richard Lindner	P	3					.000
Totals		229	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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