1956 Durham Bulls Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 84-69
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Johnny Pesky (84-69)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Durham Athletic Park
Attendance: 41,934, Avg. 548

1956 Durham Bulls Roster

Playoffs - Danville Leafs 3 games, Durham Bulls 1

The Durham Bulls of the Carolina League ended the 1956 season with a record of 84 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the CL.

The Bulls scored 803 runs, best in the league. Durham conceded 727 runs. Robert Cruze topped the team with 16 wins, while Max Simmons, too added 15 or more wins, too Harry Coe earned a 2.9 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1956 Durham Bulls who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jim McManus, Chuck Daniel, Ron Shoop and Johnny Pesky.

Johnny Pesky 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
Robert Cruze	16	8	.667	3.28	43	21					206.0	212	107	75	13	68
Max Simmons	15	5	.750	2.51	35	4					111.0	86	33	31	5	49
Billy Mitchell	12	11	.522	3.45	30	21					185.0	200	96	71	11	42
Al Pehanick	10	9	.526	4.04	34	19					156.0	170	89	70	11	74
Harry Coe	8	6	.571	2.90	24	17					155.0	163	68	50	5	40
John Fickinger	7	8	.467	4.74	29	18					133.0	143	86	70	14	69
Joe Lewis	4	2	.667	2.51	10	8					61.0	45	22	17	2	36
Chuck Daniel	4	4	.500	2.86	15	9					85.0	90	36	27	3	26
Dick Bays	4	6	.400	4.44	12	10					77.0	83	53	38	7	34
Tom Kirkpatrick	2	3	.400	7.40	19	18					62.0	75	55	51	6	64
Bill Nolan	1	1	.500		4						0.0
Nikko Koleff	1	6	.143	6.38	10	7					55.0	66	51	39	9	35
Bob McDaniel	0	0			3						0.0
Totals	84	69	.549	3.77	268	152	0	0	0	0	1286.0	1333	696	539	86	537	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
Dale Ferris	125	403	403		125	21	10	13						.310	.310	.509	.819	205
Jim McManus	105	400	400		123	27	5	16						.308	.308	.520	.828	208
Stew Hein	91	376	376		115	11	5	8						.306	.306	.426	.731	160
Eugene Luck	99	373	373		101	19	5	4						.271	.271	.381	.651	142
Anthony Scariato	93	317	317		81	9	2	11						.256	.256	.401	.656	127
Dick Camilli	62	233	233		79	7	3	7						.339	.339	.485	.824	113
Jim Hughes	61	259	259		71	9	1	1						.274	.274	.328	.602	85
John Schroder	73	253	253		66	6	2	2						.261	.261	.324	.585	82
Joe Melago	55	202	202		61	8	1	3						.302	.302	.396	.698	80
Hollis Powell	66	223	223		59	12	7	10						.265	.265	.516	.780	115
Paul Lepley	54	196	196		51	6	0	0						.260	.260	.291	.551	57
Robert White	43	164	164		49	15	1	2						.299	.299	.439	.738	72
Robert Taylor	53	198	198		43	3	0	4						.217	.217	.293	.510	58
Emil Karlik	42	139	139		41	8	1	5						.295	.295	.475	.770	66
Richard Colone	41	148	148		37	10	1	6						.250	.250	.453	.703	67
Jim Johnson	60	171	171		37	6	1	0						.216	.216	.263	.480	45
Ron Shoop	73	202	202		36	9	2	1						.178	.178	.257	.436	52
Carl Wagner	37	112	112		21	5	0	2						.188	.188	.286	.473	32
Alfred Paschal	15	56	56		18	2	1	0						.321	.321	.393	.714	22
Robert Cruze	43	68	68		18	3	0	0						.265	.265	.309	.574	21
Billy Mitchell	30	73	73		16	2	1	0						.219	.219	.274	.493	20
Gene Neff	26	63	63		14	0	0	0						.222	.222	.222	.444	14
Jerry Paparella	21	63	63		13	3	1	0						.206	.206	.286	.492	18
Harry Coe	26	49	49		11	0	1	0						.224	.224	.265	.490	13
George Seidel	15	31	31		8	2	0	0						.258	.258	.323	.581	10
Joe Lewis	14	19	19		6	1	0	0						.316	.316	.368	.684	7
Chuck Daniel	15	29	29		6	1	0	0						.207	.207	.241	.448	7
Johnny Pesky	17	35	35		6	2	0	0						.171	.171	.229	.400	8
John Fickinger	29	46	46		6	0	0	0						.130	.130	.130	.261	6
Dick Bays	16	28	28		4	1	0	0						.143	.143	.179	.321	5
Max Simmons	35	36	36		4	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	4
Tom Kirkpatrick	19	22	22		3	1	0	0						.136	.136	.182	.318	4
Nikko Koleff	10	16	16		2	1	0	0						.125	.125	.188	.312	3
Al Pehanick	36	49	49		1	1	0	0						.020	.020	.041	.061	2
Bill Nolan	4	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob McDaniel	3	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1607	5062	5062	0	1332	211	51	95	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.381	.644	1930	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Robert Cruze	P	43					.000
Max Simmons	P	35					.000
Al Pehanick	P	34					.000
Billy Mitchell	P	30					.000
John Fickinger	P	29					.000
Harry Coe	P	24					.000
Tom Kirkpatrick	P	19					.000
Chuck Daniel	P	15					.000
Dick Bays	P	12					.000
Joe Lewis	P	10					.000
Nikko Koleff	P	10					.000
Bill Nolan	P	4					.000
Bob McDaniel	P	3					.000
Totals		268	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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