1956 Beaumont Exporters Statistics
Team Record: 57-83
Finished 7th in the BSL
Manager: Ford Garrison (57-83)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Beaumont, Texas
Ballpark: Stuart Stadium
Attendance: 35,000, Avg. 500
The Beaumont Exporters of the Big State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 57 wins and 83 losses, finishing seventh in the BSL.Beaumont transferred to Texas City July 2, then returned to Beaumont July 8.
The Exporters scored 643 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 740 runs. William Stephens paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .288 clip. Bill Getz topped Beaumont with 14 wins, while Tom Baker earned a 2.52 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1956 Beaumont Exporters who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Les Fleming, Tom Baker and Ford Garrison.
Ford Garrison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Getz | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.57 | 35 | 26 | 207.0 | 192 | 101 | 82 | 11 | 110 | ||||||||||
| Tom Baker | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.52 | 21 | 12 | 118.0 | 109 | 45 | 33 | 4 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Charles Lankford | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.15 | 40 | 9 | 163.0 | 150 | 68 | 57 | 8 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Darold Satchell | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.21 | 30 | 15 | 114.0 | 90 | 79 | 66 | 6 | 114 | ||||||||||
| George Storti | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.45 | 17 | 12 | 91.0 | 75 | 54 | 45 | 8 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Dave Lutz | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.61 | 22 | 7 | 82.0 | 82 | 53 | 42 | 5 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Clifford Savage | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Schaffer | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Ghelfi | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.81 | 6 | 3 | 31.0 | 31 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Charles Purtle | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edwin Schneider | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.55 | 13 | 7 | 60.0 | 72 | 42 | 37 | 6 | 30 | ||||||||||
| George Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Kosis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Walter Radocay | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kenny Hilyer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Stephens | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Englehart | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Johnson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Howard Peterson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ron Unke | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Billy Hees | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harvey Cohen | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3.63 | 10 | 4 | 52.0 | 49 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 46 | 73 | .387 | 3.95 | 243 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 918.0 | 850 | 499 | 403 | 53 | 523 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Stephens | 140 | 535 | 535 | 154 | 27 | 5 | 18 | .288 | .288 | .458 | .746 | 245 | |||||||||||
| George Smith | 140 | 566 | 566 | 150 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .265 | .265 | .307 | .572 | 174 | |||||||||||
| John Slachta | 136 | 466 | 466 | 132 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .283 | .283 | .350 | .633 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Kenny Hilyer | 111 | 430 | 430 | 123 | 28 | 2 | 15 | .286 | .286 | .465 | .751 | 200 | |||||||||||
| Roberto Vea | 111 | 433 | 433 | 123 | 16 | 4 | 8 | .284 | .284 | .395 | .679 | 171 | |||||||||||
| Mickey Brdar | 114 | 411 | 411 | 105 | 11 | 10 | 4 | .255 | .255 | .360 | .616 | 148 | |||||||||||
| LaCoy Smith | 100 | 363 | 363 | 97 | 13 | 9 | 1 | .267 | .267 | .361 | .628 | 131 | |||||||||||
| Robert Kosis | 88 | 317 | 317 | 88 | 15 | 1 | 14 | .278 | .278 | .464 | .741 | 147 | |||||||||||
| Teddy Tate | 73 | 247 | 247 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .227 | .227 | .291 | .518 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Walter Radocay | 40 | 144 | 144 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .243 | .243 | .375 | .618 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Ford Garrison | 47 | 73 | 73 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .301 | .301 | .438 | .740 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Pete Aviotti | 19 | 71 | 71 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .282 | .282 | .394 | .676 | 28 | |||||||||||
| William Huffman | 23 | 61 | 61 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .361 | .623 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Bill Getz | 36 | 72 | 72 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Staniland | 27 | 81 | 81 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .185 | .185 | .309 | .494 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Darold Satchell | 33 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Grady Chavis | 14 | 44 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .250 | .432 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Barnes | 12 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .267 | .500 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Donald Mitchell | 12 | 34 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .206 | .206 | .265 | .471 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Dave Lutz | 24 | 33 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .212 | .364 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Tom Baker | 25 | 40 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .150 | .275 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Edwin Schneider | 14 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .294 | .529 | 5 | |||||||||||
| John DeWitt | 8 | 19 | 19 | 3 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Lankford | 45 | 51 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .059 | .059 | .118 | .176 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Billy Hees | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Purtle | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Clifford Savage | 5 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Harvey Cohen | 10 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .214 | .357 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Frank Johnson | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Unke | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Ghelfi | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Howard Peterson | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Les Fleming | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Schaffer | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1456 | 4636 | 4636 | 0 | 1214 | 191 | 41 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .369 | .631 | 1712 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Lankford | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Getz | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Darold Satchell | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Lutz | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Baker | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Edwin Schneider | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Harvey Cohen | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Schaffer | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Purtle | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Unke | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Ghelfi | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Hees | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Clifford Savage | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Howard Peterson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Johnson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| William Englehart | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 218 | 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.
