1956 Burlington Bees Statistics
Team Record: 46-75
Finished 6th in the IIIL
Manager: Ed McDade (46-75)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 68,260, Avg. 1,128
The Burlington Bees of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1956 season with a record of 46 wins and 75 losses, finishing sixth in the IIIL.
The Bees plated 518 runs and conceded 638 runs. Footer Johnson paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .278. Jim Montgomery topped Burlington with 11 wins, while Jim Dunn earned a 3.28 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1956 Burlington Bees who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Freddie Burdette, Dave Stenhouse, Footer Johnson, Jim Dunn, Sammy Drake and George Altman.
Ed McDade 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Montgomery | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.46 | 30 | 23 | 195.0 | 168 | 95 | 75 | 8 | 96 | ||||||||||
| Jim Dunn | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.28 | 21 | 15 | 137.0 | 124 | 62 | 50 | 8 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Carl Johnson | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.18 | 28 | 7 | 99.0 | 93 | 61 | 46 | 8 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Pete Spasoff | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.48 | 12 | 8 | 62.0 | 53 | 32 | 24 | 2 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Phil Tarpey | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.76 | 22 | 15 | 115.0 | 130 | 67 | 48 | 9 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Freddie Burdette | 4 | 11 | .267 | 3.94 | 23 | 16 | 112.0 | 123 | 63 | 49 | 6 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Joe Hinchman | 3 | 10 | .231 | 4.65 | 21 | 13 | 89.0 | 91 | 62 | 46 | 9 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Jim Speer | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.23 | 21 | 8 | 74.0 | 83 | 53 | 43 | 4 | 42 | ||||||||||
| John Mudd | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ernest Pastornicky | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hugh Rogers | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Walter Babcock | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Moore | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Rea | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Millard | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Stenhouse | 0 | 2 | .000 | 18.00 | 4 | 4.0 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne Tjaden | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.17 | 14 | 2 | 47.0 | 53 | 32 | 27 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 46 | 75 | .380 | 4.01 | 237 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 934.0 | 926 | 536 | 416 | 55 | 444 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footer Johnson | 121 | 474 | 474 | 132 | 20 | 4 | 2 | .278 | .278 | .350 | .629 | 166 | |||||||||||
| Scott Quakenbush | 118 | 459 | 459 | 127 | 19 | 1 | 4 | .277 | .277 | .349 | .625 | 160 | |||||||||||
| George Altman | 121 | 456 | 456 | 120 | 20 | 4 | 16 | .263 | .263 | .430 | .693 | 196 | |||||||||||
| David Hanrahan | 121 | 442 | 442 | 102 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .281 | .511 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Dom Campana | 102 | 371 | 371 | 98 | 15 | 0 | 13 | .264 | .264 | .410 | .674 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Don Voigt | 62 | 230 | 230 | 69 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .365 | .665 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Dick Tindall | 64 | 224 | 224 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .263 | .263 | .348 | .612 | 78 | |||||||||||
| Ed McDade | 75 | 220 | 220 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .309 | .568 | 68 | |||||||||||
| John Swiech | 58 | 176 | 176 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 3 | .256 | .256 | .352 | .608 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Dock Conners | 30 | 107 | 107 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .206 | .206 | .243 | .449 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Sammy Drake | 30 | 107 | 107 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .187 | .187 | .336 | .523 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Paddock | 16 | 54 | 54 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .259 | .259 | .407 | .667 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Al Seeger | 30 | 97 | 97 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .144 | .144 | .165 | .309 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Robert Machiorlete | 22 | 53 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .226 | .226 | .302 | .528 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Carroll Gholson | 10 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .303 | .303 | .424 | .727 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Freddie Burdette | 23 | 43 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .186 | .372 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Jim Dunn | 21 | 47 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .170 | .170 | .234 | .404 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Carl Johnson | 29 | 30 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jim Montgomery | 30 | 63 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .111 | .206 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Phil Tarpey | 22 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .200 | .343 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Cupito | 12 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Pete Spasoff | 12 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Lobitz | 6 | 24 | 24 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| John Olczak | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tommie Roberson | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ernest Pastornicky | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| John Mudd | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Speer | 21 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Patrick | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Hugh Rogers | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Rea | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Wayne Tjaden | 14 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Manuel Trabous | 15 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Joe Hinchman | 21 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .040 | .040 | .040 | .080 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Robert Millard | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Moore | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dave Stenhouse | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jack Bryant | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Rivich | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Walter Babcock | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1268 | 3922 | 3922 | 0 | 962 | 148 | 18 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .328 | .573 | 1287 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Montgomery | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Carl Johnson | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Freddie Burdette | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Phil Tarpey | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Speer | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Hinchman | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Dunn | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Wayne Tjaden | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Spasoff | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Rea | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| John Mudd | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Ernest Pastornicky | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Hugh Rogers | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Stenhouse | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Moore | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Walter Babcock | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Millard | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 237 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
