1956 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 81-74
Finished 4th in the SA
Manager: Phil Page (81-74)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 194,997, Avg. 2,516

1956 Birmingham Barons Roster

Playoffs - Atlanta Crackers 4 games, Birmingham Barons 0

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 81 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the SA.

The Barons scored 752 runs and surrendered 723 runs. Milt Graff led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .317 clip. John Wingo topped Birmingham with 14 wins, while John Gebhard recorded a 3.34 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1956 Birmingham Barons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Johnny Blanchard, Arnie Portocarrero, Don Richmond, Fritz Brickell, Art Ceccarelli, Tom Wright, John Gabler, Milt Graff, Johnny James, Ray Coleman, Don Leppert and Lloyd Merritt.

Phil Page 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
John Wingo	14	8	.636	4.83	33	26					177.0	168	103	95	17	89
John Gabler	13	7	.650	4.13	43	19					170.0	153	87	78	16	80
Will Parsons	13	12	.520	4.04	38	33					223.0	225	119	100	15	97
John Gebhard	10	5	.667	3.34	40	21					167.0	161	79	62	7	75
Arnie Portocarrero	10	10	.500	3.47	29	25					192.0	180	82	74	18	54
James O'Reilly	10	10	.500	4.45	43	24					164.0	163	95	81	17	86
Stan Johnson	9	9	.500	2.27	53	0					119.0	98	36	30	11	30
Lloyd Merritt	1	3	.250	4.71	38	0					65.0	69	40	34	1	39
Johnny James	0	0			2						0.0	3	6	5		4
Pat Utley	0	2	.000	5.79	7						14.0	12		9		13
Art Ceccarelli	0	3	.000	9.43	12	3					21.0	36	28	22	4	20
Totals	80	69	.537	4.05	338	151	0	0	0	0	1312.0	1268	675	590	106	587	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
Milt Graff	156	653	653		207	25	14	1						.317	.317	.403	.720	263
Fritz Brickell	150	563	563		158	17	8	11						.281	.281	.398	.679	224
John Jaciuk	154	574	574		148	11	8	13						.258	.258	.373	.631	214
Hal Grote	148	507	507		121	31	2	20						.239	.239	.426	.665	216
Johnny Blanchard	131	430	430		116	18	1	17						.270	.270	.435	.705	187
Sam Suplizio	115	385	385		112	17	1	7						.291	.291	.395	.686	152
George Prigge	106	294	294		80	10	4	4						.272	.272	.374	.646	110
Don Richmond	69	250	250		76	16	3	1						.304	.304	.404	.708	101
Gerry MacKay	91	302	302		75	12	6	10						.248	.248	.427	.675	129
Tom Wright	48	183	183		63	13	1	5						.344	.344	.508	.852	93
Don Leppert	67	212	212		59	10	0	1						.278	.278	.340	.618	72
Daniel Ryan	57	148	148		42	1	1	1						.284	.284	.324	.608	48
Vic Marasco	21	80	80		21	3	1	0						.262	.262	.325	.588	26
Frank Wehner	39	98	98		20	2	3	6						.204	.204	.469	.673	46
John Wingo	35	59	59		19	3	1	0						.322	.322	.407	.729	24
Bob Meisner	30	91	91		19	5	2	4						.209	.209	.440	.648	40
Neb Wilson	14	51	51		18	3	0	2						.353	.353	.529	.882	27
Arnie Portocarrero	30	71	71		14	1	0	0						.197	.197	.211	.408	15
Will Parsons	38	79	79		13	3	0	0						.165	.165	.203	.367	16
John Gabler	45	64	64		12	2	0	1						.188	.188	.266	.453	17
John Gebhard	40	49	49		11	0	0	0						.224	.224	.224	.449	11
Cart Howerton	7	28	28		10									.357	.357	.357	.714	10
James O'Reilly	43	47	47		4	0	1	0						.085	.085	.128	.213	6
Stan Johnson	54	28	28		3	0	0	0						.107	.107	.107	.214	3
Lloyd Merritt	38	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Pat Utley	7	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Art Ceccarelli	12	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1745	5262	5262	0	1422	203	57	104	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.270	.390	.660	2051	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Stan Johnson	P	53					.000
James O'Reilly	P	43					.000
John Gabler	P	43					.000
John Gebhard	P	40					.000
Will Parsons	P	38					.000
Lloyd Merritt	P	38					.000
John Wingo	P	33					.000
Arnie Portocarrero	P	29					.000
Art Ceccarelli	P	12					.000
Pat Utley	P	7					.000
Johnny James	P	2					.000
Totals		338	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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