1956 Ballinger Westerners Statistics

Southwestern League (SL) - Class: B
Team Record: 73-69
Finished 6th in the SL
Manager: Tony York (73-69)
Location: Ballinger, Texas
Ballpark: Cat Park
Attendance: 24,614, Avg. 347

1956 Ballinger Westerners Roster

The Ballinger Westerners of the Southwestern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 73 wins and 69 losses, finishing sixth in the SL.

The Westerners scored 881 runs and conceded 927 runs. Vince Magi walloped 30 home runs for Ballinger, while Kenny Jones, James Moore and Dale Scales each swatted 15 or more, too. James Moore drove in 122 runs. Kenny Jones led hitters with significant playing time with a .338 average. Edmond McKay and Ralph Mason topped the team with 18 wins each, plus Gene Lippold added 15 or more wins, too Gene Lippold recorded a 3.92 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Tony York played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Ballinger Westerners to do so.

Tony York 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
Edmond McKay	18	7	.720	5.31	40	25		17	2		249.0	246	156	147	24	132		168	16	1	9
Ralph Mason	18	17	.514	4.66	39	32		27	1		278.0	304	171	144	20	111		219	9	0	18
Gene Lippold	17	11	.607	3.92	42	28		21	2		257.0	293	160	112	25	79		156	18	0	11
Robert Leach	11	20	.355	6.42	42	33		21	1		262.0	331	217	187	42	110		126	13	1	3
Benjamin Bonine	5	3	.625	8.36	15	7		2	0		56.0	81	60	52	13	29		20	1	0	2
John Wortham	4	9	.308	7.84	19	15		3	0		93.0	114	95	81	14	53		50	12	0	2
Albert Werneke	0	0			1						0.0
James Moore	0	0			1						0.0
Robert Martin	0	0			2						0.0
Milton Isenberg	0	0			3						0.0
Joseph Giel	0	0			1						0.0
Phil Centineo	0	0			7						0.0
Douglas Alford	0	0			2						0.0
Jerry Ramey	0	2	.000		3						0.0
Totals	73	69	.514	5.45	217	140	0	91	6	0	1195.0	1369	859	723	138	514	0	739	69	2	45	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
James Moore	142	639	581	113	195	43	8	17	122	2		50	58	.336	.390	.525	.915	305		4	0	4
Kenny Jones	140	613	556	98	188	44	6	17	119	5		43	18	.338	.377	.531	.907	295		0	0	14
Dale Scales	142	665	586	119	170	37	10	21	102	3		68	105	.290	.364	.495	.859	290		4	1	6
Joseph Giel	134	597	511	101	144	27	9	14	84	4		73	87	.282	.374	.452	.826	231		5	4	4
Albert Werneke	138	579	495	77	137	22	6	4	70	9		74	61	.277	.369	.370	.738	183		1	4	5
Nicholas Capelli	142	686	556	111	128	22	0	10	67	6		115	56	.230	.363	.324	.686	180		4	5	6
Hugh Wise	113	484	430	60	116	26	5	4	66	6		40	59	.270	.328	.381	.710	164		1	6	7
Vince Magi	91	415	342	103	113	27	5	30	80	3		69	55	.330	.448	.702	1.150	240		4	0	0
Robert Martin	35	160	145	22	46	9	1	6	34	5		12	11	.317	.362	.517	.880	75		0	0	3
Charles Forbes	28	110	102	12	28	3	1	2	15	6		4	22	.275	.309	.382	.691	39		2	0	2
Robert Leach	49	117	110	6	26	6	0	0	7	0		4	16	.236	.263	.291	.554	32		0	3	0
Edmond McKay	41	112	103	14	22	2	1	0	4	0		7	33	.214	.264	.252	.516	26		0	2	0
Milton Isenberg	49	133	119	12	21	1	0	2	9	0		11	43	.176	.258	.235	.493	28		2	1	0
Ralph Mason	40	111	106	4	17	3	0	0	7	0		3	34	.160	.191	.189	.380	20		1	1	0
Gene Lippold	42	117	98	12	15	4	0	0	10	0		10	23	.153	.250	.194	.444	19		3	5	1
Tony York	33	48	42	7	14	3	0	2	7	0		6	9	.333	.417	.548	.964	23		0	0	0
Benjamin Bonine	16	29	26	2	8	0	1	0	1	0		2	6	.308	.357	.385	.742	10		0	1	0
Douglas Alford	8	28	28		8									.286	.286	.286	.571	8
John Wortham	19	35	31	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		3	16	.097	.176	.097	.273	3		0	1	0
Phil Centineo	7	7	7		2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
Jerry Ramey	3	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Totals	1412	5689	4978	873	1402	279	53	129	805	49	0	594	712	.282	.358	.437	.795	2174	0	31	34	52	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dale Scales	1B	142	1172	63	19	148	.985	8.697
Joseph Giel	2B	133	387	405	20	116	.975	5.955
Albert Werneke	3B	137	118	257	49	29	.884	2.737
Kenny Jones	C	140	803	53	9	6	.990	6.114	3
James Moore	OF	142	341	11	13	5	.964	2.479
Hugh Wise	OF	107	200	6	7	1	.967	1.925
Vince Magi	OF	91	155	4	7	1	.958	1.747
Milton Isenberg	OF	37	47	1	3	0	.941	1.297
Robert Martin	OF	30	55	1	3	0	.949	1.867
Charles Forbes	OF	27	62	0	6	0	.912	2.296
Gene Lippold	P	42	11	46	2	3	.966	1.357
Robert Leach	P	42	16	49	2	8	.970	1.548
Edmond McKay	P	40	3	32	1	3	.972	.875
Ralph Mason	P	39	9	31	5	2	.889	1.026
John Wortham	P	19	9	17	1	0	.963	1.368
Benjamin Bonine	P	15	2	11	1	1	.929	.867
Phil Centineo	P	7						.000
Jerry Ramey	P	3						.000
Milton Isenberg	P	3						.000
Robert Martin	P	2						.000
Douglas Alford	P	2						.000
Albert Werneke	P	1						.000
James Moore	P	1						.000
Joseph Giel	P	1						.000
Nicholas Capelli	SS	142	251	467	48	105	.937	5.056
Totals		1345	3641	1454	196	428	.963	3.788	3	0	0

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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