1956 Charleston Senators Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 74-79
Finished 6th in the AA
Manager: Charlie Metro (0-0), Frank Skaff (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Ballpark: Watt Powell Stadium
Attendance: 150,318, Avg. 1,965
1956 Charleston Senators Roster

The Charleston Senators of the American Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 74 wins and 79 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.

The Senators tallied 669 runs and yielded 635 runs.

Members of the 1956 Charleston Senators who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Reno Bertoia, Bud Black, Bob Bruce, Jim Bunning, Harry Byrd, Steve Demeter, Van Fletcher, Roy Hawes, Buddy Hicks, Gene Host, Chick King, Chuck Kress, Charley Lau, Lou Limmer, Carl Linhart, Duke Maas, Harry Malmberg, Dick Marlowe, Ed McGhee, Bob Miller, Joe Presko, Jim Robertson, Ron Samford, Bill Stewart, Walt Streuli, Jim Stump, Bobby Tiefenauer, Coot Veal, Ken Walters, Pete Wojey, Hal Woodeshick and Tom Wright.

Charlie Metro and Frank Skaff 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
Gene Host1315.4644.014030141229.0219120102159231451024
Hal Woodeshick125.7062.752621102157.01355348961072704
Joe Presko97.5623.73331993152.015578631546482302
Jim Bunning911.4503.53222180163.0142706417560144000
Harry Byrd89.4714.06242191153.017176691433571401
Bobby Tiefenauer712.3683.2147200112.01064440629146500
Duke Maas63.6672.391196264.052171739136000
Bud Black42.6673.092452070.0722924515211101
Bob Miller43.5713.901384067.0612929325139102
Pete Wojey11.50060.00
Dick Marlowe15.1675.582082071.0894744723741100
Van Fletcher0080.00
Bob Bruce01.00020.00
Jim Stump01.00050.00
Joe Lewis01.00020.00
Harry Coe01.00030.00
Max Simmons02.00080.00
Totals7479.4843.63294144064901238.012025635009438924687322140

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
Harry Malmberg1396085466916032365434639.293.354.396.7492169763
Ron Samford1245264846613129544382748.271.315.376.69118210582
Reno Bertoia12551344670129267126734679.289.361.460.8212052948
Ed McGhee12148143170114134166234359.265.331.425.75618315214
Chuck Kress117428356459316175276151.261.364.371.7351324056
Lou Limmer933623074686152145834826.280.378.479.85714710223
Charley Lau1103833223283114125314948.258.361.429.7901386615
Chick King120327300396313672571972.210.269.363.6321092530
Steve Demeter47188174234212142101226.241.294.391.685684110
Ken Walters3915013820358072311127.254.313.464.777643100
Buddy Hicks341441221932525911911.262.371.459.830562210
Bill Stewart5116412827327251803220.250.398.453.851583031
Jim Robertson4514712219306041821818.246.345.393.738480223
Emil Karlik2393801420212130127.250.355.375.730301100
Coot Veal20756510162206195.246.338.338.676223010
Walt Streuli1554512112016035.216.259.314.573164000
Jim Bunning24645871130190010.190.183.293.476173042
Gene Host40908071141050721.138.216.212.428175120
Carl Linhart1240394101003005.256.256.282.538110010
Joe Presko3355496103024048.204.264.388.652193020
Benjamin Downs215245794003075.200.308.289.597130000
William Hoffer163632680002144.250.333.250.58381000
Harry Byrd2465585800050213.138.167.138.30582050
Bob Miller152721270103033.333.417.429.84590030
Dick Marlowe202220160003028.300.364.300.66460000
Bud Black242622052004004.227.217.318.53670031
Ron Witucki724245.208.208.208.4175
Hal Woodeshick2661574500030326.088.133.088.22150010
Tom Sarna715153.200.200.200.4003
Duke Maas112221130001017.143.182.143.32531000
Bobby Tiefenauer4735280210010513.071.212.107.31930020
Harry Coe31111.0001.0001.0002.0001
Jim Stump5551.200.200.200.4001
Pete Wojey6771.143.143.143.2861
Bob Bruce2220.000.000.000.0000
Van Fletcher8110.000.000.000.0000
Max Simmons8110.000.000.000.0000
Totals158252944658621118321742109574410493668.254.329.389.7171811934461380

Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Lou Limmer1B7263048554.9939.417
Chuck Kress1B4839834238.9959.000
Harry Malmberg1B34322150291.0009.912
Harry Malmberg2B84191249758.9845.238
Ron Samford2B4382120424.9814.698
Reno Bertoia2B347889418.9774.912
Reno Bertoia3B61641162210.8912.951
Steve Demeter3B42399567.9573.190
Harry Malmberg3B23173613.9812.304
Charley LauC9947552107.9815.32311
Jim RobertsonC431982252.9785.1162
Walt StreuliC1580621.9775.7332
Ed McGheeOF1202491234.9892.175
Chick KingOF113219651.9781.991
Chuck KressOF5777322.9761.404
Bill StewartOF4375230.9621.791
Ken WaltersOF33494011.0001.606
Emil KarlikOF2238140.9071.773
Lou LimmerOF16220001.0001.375
Carl LinhartOF1020110.9552.100
Benjamin DownsOF10171001.0001.800
Bobby TiefenauerP47103010.976.851
Gene HostP4035410.9831.425
Joe PreskoP33112923.9521.212
Hal WoodeshickP2694523.9642.077
Harry ByrdP241115011.0001.083
Bud BlackP2431611.950.792
Jim BunningP22101822.9331.273
Dick MarloweP2086011.000.700
Bob MillerP13711001.0001.385
Duke MaasP1121110.9291.182
Max SimmonsP8.000
Van FletcherP8.000
Pete WojeyP6.000
Jim StumpP5.000
Harry CoeP3.000
Joe LewisP2.000
Bob BruceP2.000
Ron SamfordSS701312311349.9655.171
Buddy HicksSS335196313.9804.455
Reno BertoiaSS335984815.9474.333
Coot VealSS183455513.9474.944
Totals147036891613125360.9773.6071500

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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