1956 Columbus Foxes Statistics
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 2nd in the SAL
Manager: Skeeter Newsome (79-61)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 101,120, Avg. 1,445
Playoffs - Columbus Foxes 1 game, Augusta Tigers 0
Finals - Jacksonville Braves 2 games, Columbus Foxes 0
The Columbus Foxes of the South Atlantic League ended the 1956 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the SAL.
The Foxes scored 653 runs and surrendered 534 runs. Lenny Green led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .318. Artie Kay topped Columbus with 15 wins, while Jim Archer recorded a 2.5 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1956 Columbus Foxes who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Lenny Green, Ray Barker, Marv Breeding, Jim Archer, Alton Brown and Jim Snyder.
Skeeter Newsome 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artie Kay | 15 | 8 | .652 | 2.54 | 32 | 28 | 220.0 | 167 | 76 | 62 | 8 | 99 | ||||||||||
| Jim Archer | 14 | 12 | .538 | 2.50 | 34 | 29 | 227.0 | 200 | 80 | 63 | 14 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Dick Fitzgerald | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.88 | 20 | 20 | 122.0 | 92 | 50 | 39 | 12 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Michael Burack | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.82 | 29 | 24 | 160.0 | 161 | 80 | 68 | 15 | 62 | ||||||||||
| James Clingan | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.06 | 13 | 9 | 83.0 | 63 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Manuel Gonzalez | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.80 | 49 | 3 | 119.0 | 88 | 43 | 37 | 8 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Andy Bush | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.03 | 17 | 8 | 77.0 | 72 | 45 | 43 | 10 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Paul Kelecava | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Knowles Piercey | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roosevelt Evans | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.70 | 5 | 4 | 30.0 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Alton Brown | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.69 | 10 | 2 | 32.0 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Fred Zirella | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.03 | 15 | 7 | 58.0 | 61 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Franklin Thacker | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Luther Conger | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Mitchener | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Schaaf | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pat Gosney | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Smith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Al Schwegman | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.24 | 20 | 1 | 34.0 | 40 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 79 | 61 | .564 | 3.01 | 281 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1162.0 | 994 | 467 | 388 | 77 | 497 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Breeding | 127 | 519 | 519 | 158 | 21 | 9 | 6 | .304 | .304 | .414 | .719 | 215 | |||||||||||
| Lenny Green | 139 | 478 | 478 | 152 | 26 | 5 | 13 | .318 | .318 | .475 | .793 | 227 | |||||||||||
| Hank Moreno | 141 | 506 | 506 | 138 | 28 | 3 | 11 | .273 | .273 | .405 | .678 | 205 | |||||||||||
| Ray Barker | 137 | 497 | 497 | 125 | 20 | 3 | 17 | .252 | .252 | .406 | .658 | 202 | |||||||||||
| Miguel Gaspar | 118 | 390 | 390 | 101 | 9 | 0 | 1 | .259 | .259 | .290 | .549 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Curly Holtzapple | 94 | 367 | 367 | 99 | 19 | 2 | 4 | .270 | .270 | .365 | .635 | 134 | |||||||||||
| Don Moitoza | 115 | 377 | 377 | 86 | 17 | 5 | 6 | .228 | .228 | .347 | .576 | 131 | |||||||||||
| William Springfield | 77 | 274 | 274 | 83 | 13 | 5 | 8 | .303 | .303 | .474 | .777 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Gene Oden | 79 | 282 | 282 | 81 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .287 | .287 | .369 | .656 | 104 | |||||||||||
| Fern Smathers | 51 | 123 | 123 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .228 | .228 | .301 | .528 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Juan Senties | 37 | 140 | 140 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .179 | .179 | .221 | .400 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Cristello | 27 | 85 | 85 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .247 | .247 | .329 | .576 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Bob Van Eman | 25 | 66 | 66 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .303 | .303 | .424 | .727 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Michael Burack | 32 | 59 | 59 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .271 | .271 | .542 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Jim Snyder | 12 | 43 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .302 | .302 | .349 | .651 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Bernard Prais | 11 | 39 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .308 | .410 | .718 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Jim Archer | 35 | 80 | 80 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Dick Fitzgerald | 21 | 40 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .225 | .225 | .275 | .500 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Fred Zirella | 15 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .304 | .565 | 7 | |||||||||||
| James Clingan | 17 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Artie Kay | 32 | 64 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .078 | .078 | .094 | .172 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Scott | 11 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Dick Santaniello | 8 | 18 | 18 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Andy Bush | 17 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .115 | .115 | .269 | .385 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Manuel Gonzalez | 49 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .094 | .094 | .125 | .219 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Donald Smith | 14 | 39 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Al Schwegman | 20 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .500 | .700 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Roosevelt Evans | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Franklin Thacker | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Barron | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Knowles Piercey | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Alton Brown | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Luther Conger | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Kelecava | 6 | 13 | 13 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Schaaf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Mitchener | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1513 | 4665 | 4665 | 0 | 1218 | 192 | 39 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .365 | .626 | 1704 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Gonzalez | P | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Archer | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Artie Kay | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Burack | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Al Schwegman | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Fitzgerald | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Andy Bush | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Zirella | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Knowles Piercey | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| James Clingan | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Alton Brown | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Kelecava | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Roosevelt Evans | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Franklin Thacker | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Schaaf | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Luther Conger | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| George Smith | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Mitchener | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Pat Gosney | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 281 | 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.
