1956 Binghamton Triplets Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 81-58
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Freddie Fitzsimmons (81-58)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Binghamton, New York
Ballpark: Johnson Field
Attendance: 77,317, Avg. 1,112
1956 Binghamton Triplets Roster

Playoffs - Reading Indians 3 games, Binghamton Triplets 0

The Binghamton Triplets of the Eastern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 81 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the EL.

The Triplets plated 667 runs, tops in the circuit. Binghamton conceded 528 runs. Dick Sanders led all regular batters by connecting at a .305 clip. Zach Monroe topped the team with 16 wins, while Billy Bethel recorded a 2.23 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Jim Bronstad, Johnny James, Steve Kraly, Frank Leja, Eric MacKenzie, Zach Monroe, Russ Snyder and Lee Thomas were all players from the 1956 Binghamton Triplets who played in the Majors during their careers.

Freddie Fitzsimmons 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
Zach Monroe167.6962.673124192.015574571186
Patrick Foley129.5713.303023180.015481661782
Billy Bethel112.8462.232117129.01003632526
Johnny James112.8462.74520105.0763632477
Jerry Buchanan89.4713.772621148.01477362668
Pat Utley78.4673.022720137.01235146784
Guy Grasso78.4673.183620170.01627860870
Steve Kraly56.4553.14141186.0973230430
Edward Dick23.4008.251024.0322216
Frank Lucas101.00070.0
Alfred Kipper101.00020.0
Vance Long0010.0
James Aiello0020.0
Frank Wehner0010.0
Jim Bronstad006.55411.016885
Robert Bonebrake01.00030.0
Bill Banker01.00010.0
Hank Dunn02.00040.0
Totals8158.5833.1627213600001182.0106246941562544000000

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
Russ Snyder14054254215519115.286.286.389.675211
Dick Sanders139495495151271420.305.305.537.842266
Jimmy Ludtka118425425951859.224.224.353.576150
Lamar North100316316811314.256.256.342.598108
Frank Wehner822742747213216.263.263.500.763137
Joseph Tesauro80245245671831.273.273.384.65794
Lee Thomas50173173451102.260.260.358.61862
Bob Meisner6319219245836.234.234.401.63577
Pablo Rivera70211211441002.209.209.284.49360
Bob Ruck8019619641625.209.209.337.54666
Frank Leja4315315337816.242.242.425.66765
Eric MacKenzie7017117134721.199.199.281.48048
Robert Maness2711111129502.261.261.360.62240
Hal Charnofsky16535315400.283.283.358.64219
Zach Monroe31666614201.212.212.288.50019
Bernie Schreiber729299.310.310.310.6219
Patrick Foley3062629111.145.145.242.38715
Jerry Buchanan2654548000.148.148.148.2968
Steve Kraly1731317100.226.226.258.4848
Richard Hearn1030306100.200.200.233.4337
Pat Utley2742426000.143.143.143.2866
Guy Grasso3652526100.115.115.135.2507
Bill Davidson1731315010.161.161.226.3877
Ray Maldonado1019194101.211.211.421.6328
Curtis Hardaway820204.200.200.200.4004
Johnny James5225254000.160.160.160.3204
Hank Dunn4442.500.500.5001.0002
Billy Bethel2140402000.050.050.050.1002
Frank Lucas7221.500.500.5001.0001
Edward Dick10991000.111.111.111.2221
Jim Johnston721211.048.048.048.0951
Alfred Kipper2110000.000.000.000.0000
Bill Casanova1110000.000.000.000.0000
Jim Bronstad4330000.000.000.000.0000
Al Ware3880000.000.000.000.0000
Totals14084107410701000174468200000.243.243.368.612151200000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Johnny JamesP52.000
Guy GrassoP36.000
Zach MonroeP31.000
Patrick FoleyP30.000
Pat UtleyP27.000
Jerry BuchananP26.000
Billy BethelP21.000
Steve KralyP14.000
Edward DickP10.000
Frank LucasP7.000
Hank DunnP4.000
Jim BronstadP4.000
Robert BonebrakeP3.000
Alfred KipperP2.000
James AielloP2.000
Vance LongP1.000
Bill BankerP1.000
Totals2710000.000

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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