1956 Charlotte Hornets Statistics
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 3rd in the SAL
Manager: Rollie Hemsley (79-61)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 108,255, Avg. 1,546
Playoffs - Jacksonville Braves 1 game, Charlotte Hornets 0
The Charlotte Hornets of the South Atlantic League ended the 1956 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the SAL.
The Hornets scored 630 runs and allowed 542 runs. Glen Zimmerman paced all regular batters by connecting at a .284 clip. Evelio Hernández topped Charlotte with 18 wins, while Bob Saban added 15 or more victories as well Bobby Lee Brown registered a 2.28 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1956 Charlotte Hornets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Garland Shifflett, Webbo Clarke, Rollie Hemsley, Ted Sadowski, Ken Wood, Roger McKee, Dan Dobbek, Harmon Killebrew, Evelio Hernández, Bob Allison, Roy Dietzel and Gene Verble.
Rollie Hemsley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evelio Hernández | 18 | 4 | .818 | 2.46 | 35 | 26 | 205.0 | 169 | 71 | 56 | 5 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Bob Saban | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.65 | 34 | 21 | 187.0 | 160 | 68 | 55 | 11 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Lee Brown | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.28 | 24 | 22 | 170.0 | 132 | 50 | 43 | 4 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Garland Shifflett | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.00 | 32 | 27 | 219.0 | 208 | 88 | 73 | 10 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Ted Sadowski | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.74 | 26 | 18 | 149.0 | 122 | 68 | 62 | 11 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Douglas Clark | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.75 | 26 | 1 | 59.0 | 55 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Webbo Clarke | 3 | 10 | .231 | 4.39 | 16 | 10 | 80.0 | 87 | 51 | 39 | 6 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Langhamer | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.62 | 27 | 9 | 87.0 | 90 | 47 | 35 | 4 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Del Norwood | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roy Dietzel | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tony Napoles | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ottis Jacobs | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Gotovac | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dwight Feimster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ramon Romero | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jose Nakamura | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 79 | 61 | .564 | 2.97 | 253 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1156.0 | 1023 | 466 | 381 | 52 | 467 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Wood | 135 | 479 | 479 | 128 | 19 | 6 | 17 | .267 | .267 | .438 | .706 | 210 | |||||||||||
| Gene Verble | 120 | 454 | 454 | 118 | 20 | 3 | 4 | .260 | .260 | .344 | .604 | 156 | |||||||||||
| John Grice | 121 | 437 | 437 | 116 | 8 | 3 | 9 | .265 | .265 | .359 | .625 | 157 | |||||||||||
| Glen Zimmerman | 111 | 402 | 402 | 114 | 20 | 6 | 0 | .284 | .284 | .363 | .647 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Dave Drapp | 129 | 423 | 423 | 112 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .265 | .265 | .326 | .591 | 138 | |||||||||||
| Harry Warner | 99 | 330 | 330 | 89 | 12 | 8 | 8 | .270 | .270 | .427 | .697 | 141 | |||||||||||
| Harmon Killebrew | 70 | 249 | 249 | 81 | 16 | 7 | 15 | .325 | .325 | .627 | .952 | 156 | |||||||||||
| Bob Allison | 122 | 344 | 344 | 80 | 10 | 6 | 12 | .233 | .233 | .401 | .634 | 138 | |||||||||||
| Joe Montalvo | 80 | 248 | 248 | 68 | 9 | 1 | 7 | .274 | .274 | .403 | .677 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Philip Mateja | 86 | 212 | 212 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .241 | .241 | .297 | .538 | 63 | |||||||||||
| John Marr | 67 | 176 | 176 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .193 | .193 | .250 | .443 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Adolf Hintze | 47 | 137 | 137 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .241 | .241 | .307 | .547 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Roger McKee | 32 | 113 | 113 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 4 | .257 | .257 | .460 | .717 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Garland Shifflett | 38 | 78 | 78 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .244 | .474 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Herman Brown | 18 | 59 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .237 | .458 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Evelio Hernández | 35 | 79 | 79 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .165 | .165 | .177 | .342 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Lee Brown | 24 | 60 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .183 | .183 | .217 | .400 | 13 | |||||||||||
| James Foster | 11 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .333 | .600 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Webbo Clarke | 22 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .278 | .472 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bob Saban | 34 | 64 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .109 | .109 | .156 | .266 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Ted Sadowski | 26 | 46 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .152 | .283 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Langhamer | 28 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .217 | .435 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Douglas Clark | 26 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Del Norwood | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Gotovac | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Julian Castro | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ramon Romero | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John O'Lari | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jose Nakamura | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dan Dobbek | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ottis Jacobs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rollie Hemsley | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Roy Dietzel | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Kordas | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1528 | 4554 | 4554 | 0 | 1148 | 161 | 50 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 | .252 | .363 | .615 | 1652 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evelio Hernández | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Saban | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Garland Shifflett | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Langhamer | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Sadowski | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Douglas Clark | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Lee Brown | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Webbo Clarke | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Gotovac | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Del Norwood | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Ramon Romero | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Nakamura | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Roy Dietzel | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Tony Napoles | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Ottis Jacobs | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Dwight Feimster | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 253 | 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.
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