1956 Dallas Eagles Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 94-60
Finished 2nd in the TL
Manager: John Davis (94-60)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Dallas, Texas
Ballpark: Eagles Stadium
Attendance: 165,052, Avg. 2,144

1956 Dallas Eagles Roster

Playoffs - Dallas Eagles 4 games, Fort Worth Cats 0
Finals - Houston Buffalos 4 games, Dallas Eagles 1

The Dallas Eagles of the Texas League ended the 1956 season with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the TL.

The Eagles plated 778 runs and yielded 606 runs. Joe Macko walloped 36 home runs for Dallas, while Don Taussig and Andre Rodgers added 15 or more as well. Joe Macko recorded 97 runs batted in. Arthur Dunham led batters with significant playing time with a .308 average. Bert Thiel topped the team with 18 wins, and Tom Bowers and Murray Wall also contributed 15 or more victories also Freddy Rodríguez earned a 2.34 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1956 Dallas Eagles who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Murray Wall, Freddy Rodríguez, Dom Zanni, Ray Murray, Fred Richards, Bert Thiel, Jim Davenport, Bobby Prescott, John Fitzgerald, Bob Schmidt, Andre Rodgers and Don Taussig.

John Davis 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
Bert Thiel	18	11	.621	3.11	34	33		18	4		249.0	230	99	86	20	56	6	113	5	0	3
Tom Bowers	17	7	.708	3.03	31	31		14	6		229.0	200	90	77	12	82	5	96	5	1	6
Murray Wall	16	7	.696	3.59	31	29		16	3		218.0	192	100	87	24	54	2	122	3	1	1
Hisel Patrick	13	4	.765	2.03	52	0		0	0		111.0	104	36	25	6	34	5	53	4	1	1
Freddy Rodríguez	12	8	.600	2.34	34	15		11	1		158.0	110	48	41	14	65	7	184	4	1	2
Joe Kotrany	7	4	.636	4.19	40	8		3	0		131.0	130	75	61	8	47	6	61	1	0	1
Neil Roberts	7	7	.500	3.14	30	18		6	2		146.0	126	65	51	8	92	8	73	3	0	4
John Fitzgerald	2	5	.286	4.91	11	10		3	1		44.0	39	29	24	1	38	2	35	0	1	5
James Singleton	1	2	.333		6						0.0
Dom Zanni	1	3	.250		6						0.0
James Mazzola	0	0			9						0.0
Arthur Dunham	0	0			1						0.0
Jim Tugerson	0	2	.000		9						0.0
Totals	94	60	.610	3.16	294	144	0	71	17	0	1286.0	1131	542	452	93	468	41	737	25	5	23	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
Wilcy Moore	156	663	599	76	171	29	9	6	85	10	4	48	45	.285	.341	.394	.735	236		4	9	3
Jim Davenport	154	655	577	97	154	28	6	14	74	8	1	58	66	.267	.333	.409	.742	236		3	10	7
Alex Cosmidis	141	615	527	87	145	27	3	3	40	12	8	75	33	.275	.373	.355	.728	187		7	6	0
Arthur Dunham	133	530	461	77	142	34	5	8	49	9	8	58	90	.308	.386	.456	.841	210		1	9	1
Joe Macko	129	549	469	100	133	24	5	36	97	3	3	53	99	.284	.372	.586	.959	275		18	1	8
Andre Rodgers	148	595	482	84	128	23	1	22	90	8	3	98	81	.266	.390	.454	.845	219		4	6	5
Don Taussig	148	566	502	77	126	28	5	15	91	9	4	57	66	.251	.324	.416	.740	209		0	1	6
Bob Schmidt	111	398	346	35	98	17	0	13	66	0	3	46	60	.283	.364	.445	.809	154		1	0	5
Mickey Sullivan	94	264	238	29	66	11	9	6	37	4	3	22	30	.277	.342	.475	.817	113		2	1	1
Bobby Prescott	29	96	82	15	22	4	1	4	17	1	0	11	18	.268	.347	.488	.835	40		0	1	2
Tom Bowers	34	98	84	6	21	7	0	1	6	0	0	3	15	.250	.273	.369	.642	31		0	10	1
Fred Richards	27	104	84	16	21	3	1	1	15	3	1	19	13	.250	.385	.345	.730	29		0	0	1
Murray Wall	37	88	84	10	19	3	4	2	4	0	2	2	23	.226	.244	.429	.673	36		0	2	0
Bert Thiel	35	101	96	8	19	6	1	0	6	0	1	0	9	.198	.198	.281	.479	27		0	5	0
Ray Murray	29	66	64	6	16	2	0	1	7	0	0	2	10	.250	.273	.328	.601	21		0	0	0
Ray Maurer	15	49	42	6	9	3	0	1	3	2	1	6	13	.214	.306	.357	.663	15		0	0	1
Joe Kotrany	41	51	45	5	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	16	.156	.191	.156	.347	7		0	4	0
Neil Roberts	31	54	48	3	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	20	.146	.196	.208	.404	10		0	3	0
Hisel Patrick	53	29	28	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.214	.207	.250	.457	7		0	0	1
Freddy Rodríguez	34	56	52	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	12	.115	.164	.115	.279	6		0	1	0
Frank Murray	16	51	42	8	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	8	1	.071	.235	.071	.307	3		1	0	0
John Fitzgerald	11	18	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	2		0	0	0
Harold Holland	1	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Jim Tugerson	9	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
James Singleton	6	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
James Mazzola	9	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dom Zanni	6	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1637	5721	4995	750	1323	250	50	134	696	70	43	574	726	.265	.343	.415	.758	2075	0	41	69	42	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Macko	1B	127	1222	73	10	119	.992	1.197
Fred Richards	1B	23	196	9	4	18	.981	8.913
Alex Cosmidis	2B	131	295	342	16	89	.975	4.863
Mickey Sullivan	2B	19	34	38	3	6	.960	3.789
Frank Murray	2B	14	25	27	2	5	.963	3.714
Jim Davenport	3B	151	119	338	24	32	.950	3.026
Bob Schmidt	C	102	549	42	13	7	.978	5.794	10
Ray Murray	C	13	50	5	3	0	.948	4.231	2
Don Taussig	CF	140	364	16	7	1	.982	2.714
Ray Maurer	CF	11	24	3	1	0	.964	2.455
Wilcy Moore	LF	155	327	8	7	0	.980	2.161
Hisel Patrick	P	52	4	19	3	4	.885	.442
Joe Kotrany	P	40	4	19	2	0	.920	.575
Bert Thiel	P	34	14	46	1	2	.984	1.765
Freddy Rodríguez	P	34	1	12	3	0	.812	.382
Murray Wall	P	31	10	36	4	1	.920	1.484
Tom Bowers	P	31	15	40	1	1	.982	1.774
Neil Roberts	P	30	9	22	1	1	.969	1.033
John Fitzgerald	P	11	2	2	0	0	1.000	.364
Jim Tugerson	P	9						.000
James Mazzola	P	9						.000
Dom Zanni	P	6						.000
James Singleton	P	6						.000
Arthur Dunham	P	1						.000
Arthur Dunham	RF	126	196	8	5	2	.976	1.619
Mickey Sullivan	RF	38	44	2	0	0	1.000	1.211
Bobby Prescott	RF	14	19	0	0	0	1.000	1.357
Andre Rodgers	SS	146	236	437	50	89	.931	4.610
Alex Cosmidis	SS	15	23	35	5	7	.921	3.867
Totals		1519	3782	1579	165	384	.970	3.529	12	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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