1956 Columbia Gems Statistics
Team Record: 64-76
Finished 6th in the SAL
Manager: Hank Biasatti (64-76)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Ballpark: Capital City Stadium
Attendance: 49,604, Avg. 709
The Columbia Gems of the South Atlantic League ended the 1956 season with a record of 64 wins and 76 losses, finishing sixth in the SAL.
The Gems plated 608 runs and allowed 700 runs. Joseph Pahr led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .315 average. Ken Johnson topped Columbia with 12 wins and a team-best 3.42 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1956 Columbia Gems who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were George Brunet, Jerry Schypinski, Bob Davis, Don Plarski, Gus Keriazakos, Bill Kern, Bill Oster, Ken Johnson, Al Pinkston and Hank Biasatti.
Hank Biasatti 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Johnson | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.42 | 35 | 20 | 192.0 | 181 | 83 | 73 | 10 | 61 | ||||||||||
| William Riale | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.74 | 32 | 27 | 207.0 | 199 | 94 | 86 | 13 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Ken Wild | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.62 | 21 | 10 | 97.0 | 108 | 47 | 39 | 8 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Charles Wrinn | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.46 | 32 | 8 | 112.0 | 96 | 48 | 43 | 5 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Jack Hale | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.91 | 15 | 13 | 88.0 | 91 | 53 | 48 | 3 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Bob Davis | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6.00 | 30 | 20 | 132.0 | 154 | 100 | 88 | 11 | 89 | ||||||||||
| Jim Miller | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.29 | 16 | 10 | 86.0 | 88 | 49 | 41 | 6 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Fred Bourbeau | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.16 | 35 | 1 | 74.0 | 68 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Gus Keriazakos | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Reiss | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Carl Watson | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.42 | 27 | 3 | 50.0 | 46 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Raymond Steele | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Quinn | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Voegtlen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Avitable | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Willie Bartolovich | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hugh Holder | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Swanson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Oster | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stanley Guie | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Brunet | 0 | 6 | .000 | 3.86 | 10 | 10 | 56.0 | 44 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 79 | .444 | 4.02 | 341 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1180.0 | 1151 | 610 | 527 | 78 | 565 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Pahr | 130 | 504 | 504 | 159 | 28 | 6 | 9 | .315 | .315 | .448 | .764 | 226 | |||||||||||
| Buddy Reedy | 138 | 478 | 478 | 141 | 27 | 13 | 4 | .295 | .295 | .431 | .726 | 206 | |||||||||||
| Gilberto Valentin | 138 | 517 | 517 | 136 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .263 | .263 | .327 | .590 | 169 | |||||||||||
| William Robertson | 116 | 381 | 381 | 107 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .281 | .281 | .336 | .617 | 128 | |||||||||||
| Bill Kern | 74 | 267 | 267 | 90 | 17 | 4 | 6 | .337 | .337 | .498 | .835 | 133 | |||||||||||
| Alonso Brathwaite | 83 | 332 | 332 | 89 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .268 | .268 | .358 | .627 | 119 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Schypinski | 83 | 333 | 333 | 80 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .288 | .529 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Ron Esrang | 104 | 314 | 314 | 72 | 8 | 1 | 4 | .229 | .229 | .299 | .529 | 94 | |||||||||||
| Osmond Walker | 53 | 206 | 206 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .296 | .539 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Bill Stuifbergen | 61 | 195 | 195 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .282 | .482 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Bob Williams | 64 | 168 | 168 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .196 | .196 | .250 | .446 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Don Plarski | 50 | 139 | 139 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .187 | .187 | .223 | .410 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Carl Watson | 54 | 51 | 51 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .235 | .235 | .333 | .569 | 17 | |||||||||||
| William Riale | 32 | 69 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .188 | .362 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Al Isreal | 21 | 52 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .173 | .173 | .269 | .442 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Bob Davis | 33 | 53 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .170 | .170 | .245 | .415 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Charles Wrinn | 32 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .265 | .500 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Ken Wild | 27 | 38 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .237 | .447 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Ken Johnson | 35 | 65 | 65 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .123 | .123 | .154 | .277 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Orner | 12 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Jack Hale | 18 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .233 | .467 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Jim Miller | 20 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .292 | .542 | 7 | |||||||||||
| David Shea | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | .571 | .571 | .571 | 1.143 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Bourbeau | 35 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .267 | .467 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Guie | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| George Wegerek | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ralph Reiss | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .600 | .800 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Hank Biasatti | 11 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | |||||||||||
| George Brunet | 10 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Steele | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Oster | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hugh Holder | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| LeRoy Schmidt | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gus Keriazakos | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Quinn | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Bartolovich | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1536 | 4393 | 4393 | 0 | 1126 | 177 | 43 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .339 | .595 | 1488 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Johnson | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Bourbeau | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Wrinn | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| William Riale | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Davis | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Wild | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Miller | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Hale | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Reiss | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| George Brunet | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Raymond Steele | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Hugh Holder | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Stanley Guie | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Swanson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Quinn | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Willie Bartolovich | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Oster | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Gus Keriazakos | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Voegtlen | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Anthony Avitable | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 314 | 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.
