1956 Charleston Senators Statistics
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
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.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Host | 13 | 15 | .464 | 4.01 | 40 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 229.0 | 219 | 120 | 102 | 15 | 92 | 3 | 145 | 10 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Hal Woodeshick | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2.75 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 157.0 | 135 | 53 | 48 | 9 | 61 | 0 | 72 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Joe Presko | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.73 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 152.0 | 155 | 78 | 63 | 15 | 46 | 4 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jim Bunning | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.53 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 163.0 | 142 | 70 | 64 | 17 | 56 | 0 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harry Byrd | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.06 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 153.0 | 171 | 76 | 69 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bobby Tiefenauer | 7 | 12 | .368 | 3.21 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 106 | 44 | 40 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Duke Maas | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.39 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 64.0 | 52 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bud Black | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.09 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 70.0 | 72 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bob Miller | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.90 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 67.0 | 61 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Pete Wojey | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dick Marlowe | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.58 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 71.0 | 89 | 47 | 44 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Van Fletcher | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Bruce | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Stump | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Lewis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Harry Coe | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Max Simmons | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 79 | .484 | 3.63 | 294 | 144 | 0 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 1238.0 | 1202 | 563 | 500 | 94 | 389 | 24 | 687 | 32 | 2 | 14 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Malmberg | 139 | 608 | 546 | 69 | 160 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 54 | 3 | 46 | 39 | .293 | .354 | .396 | .749 | 216 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Ron Samford | 124 | 526 | 484 | 66 | 131 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 8 | 27 | 48 | .271 | .315 | .376 | .691 | 182 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Reno Bertoia | 125 | 513 | 446 | 70 | 129 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 67 | 3 | 46 | 79 | .289 | .361 | .460 | .821 | 205 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Ed McGhee | 121 | 481 | 431 | 70 | 114 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 62 | 3 | 43 | 59 | .265 | .331 | .425 | .756 | 183 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Chuck Kress | 117 | 428 | 356 | 45 | 93 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 52 | 7 | 61 | 51 | .261 | .364 | .371 | .735 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Lou Limmer | 93 | 362 | 307 | 46 | 86 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 58 | 3 | 48 | 26 | .280 | .378 | .479 | .857 | 147 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Charley Lau | 110 | 383 | 322 | 32 | 83 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 53 | 1 | 49 | 48 | .258 | .361 | .429 | .790 | 138 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Chick King | 120 | 327 | 300 | 39 | 63 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 19 | 72 | .210 | .269 | .363 | .632 | 109 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Demeter | 47 | 188 | 174 | 23 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 26 | .241 | .294 | .391 | .685 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Walters | 39 | 150 | 138 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 27 | .254 | .313 | .464 | .777 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Hicks | 34 | 144 | 122 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 11 | .262 | .371 | .459 | .830 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Stewart | 51 | 164 | 128 | 27 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 32 | 20 | .250 | .398 | .453 | .851 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jim Robertson | 45 | 147 | 122 | 19 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 18 | .246 | .345 | .393 | .738 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Emil Karlik | 23 | 93 | 80 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 7 | .250 | .355 | .375 | .730 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coot Veal | 20 | 75 | 65 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | .246 | .338 | .338 | .676 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Walt Streuli | 15 | 54 | 51 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .216 | .259 | .314 | .573 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Bunning | 24 | 64 | 58 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .190 | .183 | .293 | .476 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Gene Host | 40 | 90 | 80 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 21 | .138 | .216 | .212 | .428 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carl Linhart | 12 | 40 | 39 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .256 | .256 | .282 | .538 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Presko | 33 | 55 | 49 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .204 | .264 | .388 | .652 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benjamin Downs | 21 | 52 | 45 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .200 | .308 | .289 | .597 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Hoffer | 16 | 36 | 32 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Byrd | 24 | 65 | 58 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .138 | .167 | .138 | .305 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Miller | 15 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .333 | .417 | .429 | .845 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dick Marlowe | 20 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud Black | 24 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .227 | .217 | .318 | .536 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ron Witucki | 7 | 24 | 24 | 5 | .208 | .208 | .208 | .417 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Hal Woodeshick | 26 | 61 | 57 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .088 | .133 | .088 | .221 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Sarna | 7 | 15 | 15 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Duke Maas | 11 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .143 | .182 | .143 | .325 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Tiefenauer | 47 | 35 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .071 | .212 | .107 | .319 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Harry Coe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Stump | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Pete Wojey | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Bruce | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Van Fletcher | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Max Simmons | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1582 | 5294 | 4658 | 621 | 1183 | 217 | 42 | 109 | 574 | 41 | 0 | 493 | 668 | .254 | .329 | .389 | .717 | 1811 | 93 | 44 | 61 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Limmer | 1B | 72 | 630 | 48 | 5 | 54 | .993 | 9.417 | ||||
| Chuck Kress | 1B | 48 | 398 | 34 | 2 | 38 | .995 | 9.000 | ||||
| Harry Malmberg | 1B | 34 | 322 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 1.000 | 9.912 | ||||
| Harry Malmberg | 2B | 84 | 191 | 249 | 7 | 58 | .984 | 5.238 | ||||
| Ron Samford | 2B | 43 | 82 | 120 | 4 | 24 | .981 | 4.698 | ||||
| Reno Bertoia | 2B | 34 | 78 | 89 | 4 | 18 | .977 | 4.912 | ||||
| Reno Bertoia | 3B | 61 | 64 | 116 | 22 | 10 | .891 | 2.951 | ||||
| Steve Demeter | 3B | 42 | 39 | 95 | 6 | 7 | .957 | 3.190 | ||||
| Harry Malmberg | 3B | 23 | 17 | 36 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 2.304 | ||||
| Charley Lau | C | 99 | 475 | 52 | 10 | 7 | .981 | 5.323 | 11 | |||
| Jim Robertson | C | 43 | 198 | 22 | 5 | 2 | .978 | 5.116 | 2 | |||
| Walt Streuli | C | 15 | 80 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .977 | 5.733 | 2 | |||
| Ed McGhee | OF | 120 | 249 | 12 | 3 | 4 | .989 | 2.175 | ||||
| Chick King | OF | 113 | 219 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .978 | 1.991 | ||||
| Chuck Kress | OF | 57 | 77 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .976 | 1.404 | ||||
| Bill Stewart | OF | 43 | 75 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .962 | 1.791 | ||||
| Ken Walters | OF | 33 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.606 | ||||
| Emil Karlik | OF | 22 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .907 | 1.773 | ||||
| Lou Limmer | OF | 16 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Carl Linhart | OF | 10 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 2.100 | ||||
| Benjamin Downs | OF | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Bobby Tiefenauer | P | 47 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 0 | .976 | .851 | ||||
| Gene Host | P | 40 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.425 | ||||
| Joe Presko | P | 33 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 3 | .952 | 1.212 | ||||
| Hal Woodeshick | P | 26 | 9 | 45 | 2 | 3 | .964 | 2.077 | ||||
| Harry Byrd | P | 24 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Bud Black | P | 24 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .792 | ||||
| Jim Bunning | P | 22 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Dick Marlowe | P | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Bob Miller | P | 13 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.385 | ||||
| Duke Maas | P | 11 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Max Simmons | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Van Fletcher | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pete Wojey | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Stump | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Coe | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Lewis | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Bruce | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Samford | SS | 70 | 131 | 231 | 13 | 49 | .965 | 5.171 | ||||
| Buddy Hicks | SS | 33 | 51 | 96 | 3 | 13 | .980 | 4.455 | ||||
| Reno Bertoia | SS | 33 | 59 | 84 | 8 | 15 | .947 | 4.333 | ||||
| Coot Veal | SS | 18 | 34 | 55 | 5 | 13 | .947 | 4.944 | ||||
| Totals | 1470 | 3689 | 1613 | 125 | 360 | .977 | 3.607 | 15 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
