1956 Evansville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 84-36
Finished 1st in the IIIL
Manager: Bob Coleman (84-36)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 60,910, Avg. 1,015
The Evansville Braves of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1956 season with a record of 84 wins and 36 losses, finishing first in the IIIL.
The Braves paced the league with 665 runs, sparked by 96 home runs. Evansville surrendered 464 runs. Lee Maye topped all regular batters by connecting at a .330 clip. Don Nottebart led the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.24 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1956 Evansville Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mike Krsnich, Lee Maye, Don Nottebart, Claude Raymond, Corky Withrow and Bob Botz.
Bob Coleman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Nottebart | 18 | 3 | .857 | 2.24 | 28 | 25 | 209.0 | 152 | 63 | 52 | 5 | 98 | ||||||||||
| Wendell Doss | 12 | 5 | .706 | 4.07 | 27 | 15 | 137.0 | 132 | 69 | 62 | 11 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Bob Botz | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.83 | 28 | 23 | 162.0 | 139 | 63 | 51 | 10 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Dale Hendrickson | 11 | 2 | .846 | 3.19 | 25 | 21 | 155.0 | 123 | 72 | 55 | 4 | 80 | ||||||||||
| Claude Raymond | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.57 | 31 | 4 | 98.0 | 83 | 40 | 28 | 3 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Larry Burgess | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.49 | 22 | 19 | 134.0 | 121 | 54 | 37 | 4 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Ollie Brantley | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.87 | 36 | 6 | 114.0 | 125 | 60 | 49 | 17 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Hickman | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.33 | 10 | 9 | 54.0 | 47 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Roger Clapp | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.81 | 23 | 0 | 59.0 | 51 | 33 | 25 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Dudley | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael Kirmer | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ernie Christoff | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Graham | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Buddy Zebrowski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Chronopoulos | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 91 | 45 | .669 | 3.03 | 251 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1127.0 | 976 | 485 | 379 | 58 | 497 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Maye | 119 | 482 | 482 | 159 | 16 | 7 | 24 | .330 | .330 | .541 | .871 | 261 | |||||||||||
| Billy Smith | 120 | 458 | 458 | 146 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .319 | .319 | .393 | .712 | 180 | |||||||||||
| William Rittman | 120 | 480 | 480 | 118 | 21 | 3 | 9 | .246 | .246 | .358 | .604 | 172 | |||||||||||
| Joe Unfried | 111 | 437 | 437 | 114 | 20 | 3 | 15 | .261 | .261 | .423 | .684 | 185 | |||||||||||
| Horace Garner | 85 | 314 | 314 | 111 | 23 | 4 | 13 | .354 | .354 | .576 | .930 | 181 | |||||||||||
| John Stratton | 107 | 437 | 437 | 110 | 22 | 3 | 11 | .252 | .252 | .391 | .643 | 171 | |||||||||||
| Roger Jongewaard | 89 | 294 | 294 | 81 | 17 | 2 | 7 | .276 | .276 | .418 | .694 | 123 | |||||||||||
| Mike Krsnich | 69 | 230 | 230 | 68 | 10 | 5 | 8 | .296 | .296 | .487 | .783 | 112 | |||||||||||
| Pepper Thomas | 81 | 265 | 265 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 4 | .211 | .211 | .302 | .513 | 80 | |||||||||||
| Bill McKeon | 42 | 147 | 147 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .354 | .639 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Frank Ensley | 57 | 120 | 120 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .317 | .575 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Bob Botz | 33 | 68 | 68 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .279 | .544 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Jack Burns | 22 | 73 | 73 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .219 | .219 | .260 | .479 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Don Nottebart | 28 | 76 | 76 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .197 | .368 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Ollie Brantley | 36 | 37 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .297 | .297 | .432 | .730 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Dale Hendrickson | 25 | 52 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .115 | .231 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Wendell Doss | 27 | 49 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .102 | .102 | .204 | .306 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Claude Raymond | 31 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .138 | .138 | .276 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Larry Burgess | 22 | 37 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .081 | .081 | .081 | .162 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Michael Kirmer | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Roger Clapp | 23 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Ernie Christoff | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Dudley | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Chuck Hickman | 10 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Graham | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Chronopoulos | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Corky Withrow | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1280 | 4130 | 4130 | 0 | 1118 | 181 | 33 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .271 | .400 | .671 | 1653 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Brantley | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Claude Raymond | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Don Nottebart | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Botz | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Wendell Doss | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Dale Hendrickson | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Clapp | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Burgess | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Hickman | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Kirmer | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Dudley | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Graham | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Charlie Chronopoulos | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Ernie Christoff | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Buddy Zebrowski | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 251 | 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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