1956 Dothan Cardinals Statistics
Alabama-Florida League (AAL) - Class: D
Team Record: 58-59
Finished 4th in the AAL
Manager: Whitey Ries (58-59)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Dothan, Alabama
Ballpark: Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 16,600, Avg. 284
1956 Dothan Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 58-59
Finished 4th in the AAL
Manager: Whitey Ries (58-59)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Dothan, Alabama
Ballpark: Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 16,600, Avg. 284
Playoffs - Donalsonville Seminoles 3 games, Dothan Cardinals 2
The Dothan Cardinals of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1956 season with a record of 58 wins and 59 losses, finishing fourth in the AAL.
The Cardinals plated 677 runs and surrendered 624 runs. Whitey Ries 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Beane | 10 | 3 | .769 | 1.19 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 83.0 | 71 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| John Andeits | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.29 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 123.0 | 110 | 59 | 45 | 8 | 65 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Donald Mitchell | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5.00 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 126.0 | 121 | 92 | 70 | 11 | 111 | 84 | 6 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Jack Pierce | 5 | 3 | .625 | 6.17 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 66 | 54 | 37 | 4 | 40 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Al Sanders | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.39 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 80.0 | 79 | 48 | 39 | 5 | 25 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Delane Hulsey | 4 | 2 | .667 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael Kosmicki | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 39 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 55 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Arlin Beatty | 3 | 9 | .250 | 3.94 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 80.0 | 69 | 49 | 35 | 7 | 41 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Marcus Davis | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Nelms | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.37 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 57.0 | 50 | 37 | 34 | 0 | 55 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Harvey Wagner | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Nemeth | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.07 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 36 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Thomas Foster | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.68 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 55 | 48 | 36 | 4 | 61 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tom Smith | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arnold Sewell | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Squibb | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Moore | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Whitey Ries | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Michael O'Connor | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Cox | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 51 | 52 | .495 | 4.33 | 254 | 86 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 769.0 | 722 | 480 | 370 | 45 | 528 | 0 | 472 | 46 | 5 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Napoleon | 117 | 535 | 456 | 98 | 147 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 77 | 17 | 65 | 14 | .322 | .411 | .469 | .881 | 214 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| Nicholas Aloise | 117 | 536 | 456 | 78 | 123 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 9 | 73 | 48 | .270 | .371 | .336 | .706 | 153 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Earl Dreisbach | 109 | 471 | 415 | 73 | 120 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 79 | 4 | 46 | 60 | .289 | .360 | .477 | .837 | 198 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Richard Bazinet | 116 | 519 | 441 | 86 | 115 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 60 | 18 | 60 | 75 | .261 | .356 | .383 | .739 | 169 | 5 | 13 | ||||
| William Bone | 102 | 449 | 366 | 70 | 99 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 60 | 14 | 68 | 43 | .270 | .389 | .366 | .755 | 134 | 3 | 12 | ||||
| Whitey Ries | 76 | 280 | 244 | 39 | 88 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 56 | 6 | 34 | 9 | .361 | .441 | .561 | 1.002 | 137 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Chuck Staniland | 79 | 310 | 277 | 42 | 67 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 44 | 0 | 28 | 59 | .242 | .316 | .430 | .746 | 119 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Kenneth McFadden | 56 | 223 | 185 | 32 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 38 | 56 | .259 | .386 | .324 | .710 | 60 | 0 | |||||
| John Delaney | 44 | 182 | 156 | 21 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 20 | 25 | .212 | .305 | .256 | .561 | 40 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Billy Boner | 34 | 103 | 89 | 19 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 24 | .326 | .412 | .506 | .917 | 45 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Edward Sweeney | 37 | 142 | 114 | 18 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 25 | 20 | .254 | .388 | .342 | .731 | 39 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Donald Colpoys | 31 | 121 | 96 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 23 | 13 | .271 | .417 | .406 | .823 | 39 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| John Andeits | 67 | 147 | 128 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 46 | .172 | .264 | .227 | .490 | 29 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| John Welsh | 35 | 108 | 77 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 17 | .195 | .415 | .273 | .688 | 21 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Donald Mitchell | 29 | 47 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .195 | .233 | .268 | .501 | 11 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Marvin Wiley | 10 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .269 | .296 | .423 | .719 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Michael Kosmicki | 25 | 33 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .233 | .258 | .267 | .525 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| William Beane | 23 | 42 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .206 | .325 | .235 | .560 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ray Carroll | 10 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .217 | .280 | .304 | .584 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Arlin Beatty | 22 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .179 | .233 | .214 | .448 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Charles Nelms | 13 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Marcus Davis | 10 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .172 | .250 | .422 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Harvey Wagner | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Nemeth | 12 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .176 | .263 | .176 | .440 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Thomas Foster | 23 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .167 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Delane Hulsey | 7 | 18 | 18 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Sanders | 19 | 36 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .094 | .171 | .094 | .265 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Pierce | 16 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .100 | .143 | .100 | .243 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Michael O'Connor | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Thomas | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| George Cox | 6 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Squibb | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Meyer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| C. B. Lindsey | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1261 | 4535 | 3864 | 660 | 1028 | 144 | 35 | 80 | 557 | 96 | 0 | 560 | 599 | .266 | .362 | .384 | .746 | 1482 | 0 | 21 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Dreisbach | 1B | 91 | 674 | 42 | 12 | 75 | .984 | 7.868 | ||||
| John Andeits | 1B | 19 | 133 | 8 | 2 | 12 | .986 | 7.421 | ||||
| William Bone | 2B | 101 | 300 | 246 | 19 | 85 | .966 | 5.406 | ||||
| Whitey Ries | 3B | 63 | 51 | 117 | 13 | 9 | .928 | 2.667 | ||||
| John Delaney | 3B | 42 | 56 | 59 | 17 | 5 | .871 | 2.738 | ||||
| Kenneth McFadden | 3B | 18 | 12 | 25 | 9 | 2 | .804 | 2.056 | ||||
| Chuck Staniland | C | 72 | 384 | 45 | 7 | 2 | .984 | 5.958 | 9 | |||
| John Welsh | C | 22 | 138 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .987 | 6.727 | 7 | |||
| Donald Colpoys | C | 19 | 122 | 18 | 12 | 0 | .921 | 7.368 | 7 | |||
| Billy Boner | C | 16 | 79 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 5.250 | 2 | |||
| Richard Bazinet | OF | 116 | 170 | 22 | 4 | 4 | .980 | 1.655 | ||||
| Ed Napoleon | OF | 111 | 263 | 9 | 10 | 2 | .965 | 2.450 | ||||
| Kenneth McFadden | OF | 45 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 1.600 | ||||
| Edward Sweeney | OF | 34 | 50 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .897 | 1.529 | ||||
| Earl Dreisbach | OF | 22 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.227 | ||||
| Billy Boner | OF | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| John Andeits | OF | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .583 | ||||
| John Andeits | P | 34 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .857 | .706 | ||||
| Donald Mitchell | P | 27 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .879 | 1.074 | ||||
| Thomas Foster | P | 22 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .591 | ||||
| Arlin Beatty | P | 19 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .842 | ||||
| Al Sanders | P | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .944 | ||||
| William Beane | P | 18 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .778 | ||||
| Arnold Sewell | P | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Kosmicki | P | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .438 | ||||
| Jack Pierce | P | 15 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .600 | ||||
| Whitey Ries | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .250 | ||||
| Robert Nemeth | P | 11 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .909 | ||||
| Charles Nelms | P | 10 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.700 | ||||
| Delane Hulsey | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Moore | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Cox | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marcus Davis | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Smith | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael O'Connor | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harvey Wagner | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Squibb | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nicholas Aloise | SS | 117 | 194 | 333 | 59 | 69 | .899 | 4.504 | ||||
| Totals | 1187 | 2769 | 1073 | 195 | 273 | .952 | 3.237 | 25 | 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.
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