1956 Fort Walton Beach Jets Statistics

Alabama-Florida League (AAL) - Class: D
Team Record: 63-55
Finished 3rd in the AAL
Manager: Bill Brightwell (63-55)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 14,550, Avg. 247

1956 Fort Walton Beach Jets Roster

Playoffs - Fort Walton Beach Jets 3 games, Graceville Oilers 1
Finals - Donalsonville Seminoles 4 games, Fort Walton Beach Jets 2

The Fort Walton Beach Jets of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1956 season with a record of 63 wins and 55 losses, finishing third in the AAL.

The Jets plated 626 runs and surrendered 654 runs.

Héctor Maestri played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Fort Walton Beach Jets to do so.

Bill Brightwell 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
Ernie Stinsa	14	8	.636	3.28	32	24		15	0		206.0	189	102	75	6	98		147	14	0	9
Rene Nodarse	11	6	.647	2.26	21	15		11	0		151.0	131	55	38	7	71		100	7	2	4
Esteban Nunez	11	6	.647	3.71	25	17		11	3		136.0	118	75	56	5	89		134	3	1	5
George Hodak	6	9	.400	5.05	29	15		6	0		123.0	124	88	69	6	83		77	5	0	7
Dick Fletcher	5	4	.556	3.62	17	10		5	0		97.0	114	57	39	8	54		46	0	0	2
John Allendorf	4	2	.667	4.66	18	7		3	1		58.0	57	46	30	3	48		26	2	1	7
Al Womack	3	3	.500	5.74	10	5		1	0		47.0	51	39	30	5	44		44	3	0	9
James Steinhour	2	1	.667		7						0.0
Bill Brightwell	1	2	.333	4.74	17	1		0	0		38.0	60	39	20	2	13		28	3	0	4
Miguel Alvarez					14						0.0
Donald Brown	0	0			1						0.0
Roberto Tano					6						0.0
Ben Glaudi					6						0.0
Albert Johnston	0	0			2						0.0
Ramon Ramos	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Scotty Richmond	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Thomas Davis	0	2	.000		5						0.0
Willie Maier	0	5	.000	5.56	12	4		0	0		34.0	50	27	21	0	15		21	0	0	2
Totals	57	50	.533	3.82	227	98	0	52	4	0	890.0	894	528	378	42	515	0	623	37	4	49	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
Bob Horne	116	515	450	80	131	14	9	9	78	27		58	98	.291	.377	.422	.799	190		4	3
Jim Crawford	100	431	395	51	114	18	4	3	57	11		28	49	.289	.340	.377	.718	149		3	5
Bill Brightwell	103	388	328	61	111	17	2	4	59	7		48	16	.338	.427	.439	.866	144		3	9
James Leon	103	500	404	75	111	11	3	1	47	13		77	72	.275	.400	.324	.724	131		7	12
John Wyatt	75	313	268	39	90	14	5	6	44	14		39	39	.336	.429	.493	.922	132		5	1
Robert Auten	69	314	242	54	69	6	0	0	18	11		63	44	.285	.436	.310	.746	75		2	7
William Carr	60	276	223	41	53	8	1	3	30	11		46	23	.238	.373	.323	.696	72		2	5
Bill De Roker	54	226	194	24	50	4		0	21	3		22	29	.258	.348	.278	.627	54		5	5
Donnie Ford	47	204	171	22	34	6	2	0	14	6		24	45	.199	.305	.257	.562	44		2	7
Neal Cobb	29	106	87	14	33	4	0	0	13	0		16	5	.379	.491	.425	.916	37		3	0
Ghislain Gaudreau	50	203	164	17	33	3	1	3	22	5		28	50	.201	.342	.287	.628	47		7	4
Donald Brown	34	148	128	17	31	6	0	2	17	6		17	41	.242	.336	.336	.672	43		1	2
Esteban Nunez	48	119	103	19	27	3	0	2	12	2		10	19	.262	.339	.350	.689	36		2	4
Jimmie Hodges	21	99	92	12	22	1	0	0	4	0		5	24	.239	.286	.250	.536	23		1	1
Rene Nodarse	31	88	74	13	19	4	1	2	12	1		9	22	.257	.345	.419	.764	31		1	4
Bernie Raines	35	131	102	16	19	3	1	2	18	3		27	13	.186	.362	.294	.656	30		1	1
Thomas Swanson	23	99	81	9	15	2	1	0	5	2		17	14	.185	.327	.235	.561	19		0	1
George Suggs	19	65	56	5	11	0	0	0	5	0		7	8	.196	.297	.196	.493	11		1	1
Ernie Stinsa	34	83	70	8	10	1	0	0	6	0		10	21	.143	.268	.157	.425	11		2	1
Donald Cox	24	96	74	7	10	2	1	1	13	2		17	11	.135	.304	.230	.534	17		1	4
Dick Fletcher	28	62	47	9	9	0	1	1	1	0		11	15	.191	.356	.298	.654	14		1	3
Al Womack	12	21	17	3	7	3	0	0	5	0		4	3	.412	.524	.588	1.112	10		0	0
George Hodak	30	53	41	7	7	0	0	1	4	2		8	17	.171	.320	.244	.564	10		1	3
Tony Perrotta	9	37	37		6									.162	.162	.162	.324	6
Charles Scroggins	11	27	22	5	4	1	0	0	0	0		5	8	.182	.333	.227	.561	5		0	0
James Steinhour	7	9	9		3									.333	.333	.333	.667	3
Ted Houghtling	11	38	30	3	3	0	0	0	3	2		5	11	.100	.250	.100	.350	3		1	2
Willie Maier	12	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	2
John Allendorf	18	19	15	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		3	6	.067	.222	.067	.289	1		0	1
Héctor Maestri	8	27	27		1									.037	.037	.037	.074	1
Thomas Davis	5	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Albert Johnston	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1228	4714	3966	613	1035	131	32	40	509	128	0	604	708	.261	.366	.340	.707	1350	0	56	88	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bill Brightwell	1B	58	404	18	5	33	.988	7.276
Donald Cox	1B	22	167	8	2	18	.989	7.955
Jimmie Hodges	1B	21	164	2	7	13	.960	7.905
Neal Cobb	1B	17	98	1	1	9	.990	5.824
Robert Auten	2B	69	174	153	32	32	.911	4.739
Bill Brightwell	2B	45	38	21	1	6	.983	1.311
William Carr	2B	41	148	93	17	25	.934	5.878
James Leon	3B	52	49	80	16	8	.890	2.481
Bill De Roker	3B	52	52	77	24	6	.843	2.481
Bob Horne	3B	30	38	59	15	6	.866	3.233
William Carr	3B	11	8	17	4	1	.862	2.273
Jim Crawford	C	83	547	75	21	3	.967	7.494	9
Bob Horne	C	21	118	9	3	2	.977	6.048	1
George Suggs	C	14	93	13	5	0	.955	7.571	3
Bob Horne	OF	97	175	10	14	1	.930	1.907
John Wyatt	OF	73	151	11	4	1	.976	2.219
Ghislain Gaudreau	OF	48	64	7	6	1	.922	1.479
Donald Brown	OF	33	96	9	3	0	.972	3.182
Bernie Raines	OF	25	42	3	3	2	.938	1.800
Thomas Swanson	OF	23	28	0	3	0	.903	1.217
Esteban Nunez	OF	14	18	4	0	0	1.000	1.571
Jim Crawford	OF	12	17	2	1	0	.950	1.583
Neal Cobb	OF	10	8	0	0	0	1.000	.800
Ernie Stinsa	P	32	6	36	4	1	.913	1.312
George Hodak	P	29	4	24	6	0	.824	.966
Esteban Nunez	P	25	3	20	3	1	.885	.920
Rene Nodarse	P	21	12	32	2	0	.957	2.095
John Allendorf	P	18	2	9	1	0	.917	.611
Dick Fletcher	P	17	0	13	1	2	.929	.765
Bill Brightwell	P	17	3	5	1	0	.889	.471
Miguel Alvarez	P	14						.000
Willie Maier	P	12	3	5	0	0	1.000	.667
Al Womack	P	10	1	12	2	1	.867	1.300
James Steinhour	P	7						.000
Roberto Tano	P	6						.000
Ben Glaudi	P	6						.000
Thomas Davis	P	5						.000
Ramon Ramos	P	3						.000
Scotty Richmond	P	2						.000
Albert Johnston	P	2						.000
Donald Brown	P	1						.000
James Leon	SS	50	94	135	21	15	.916	4.580
Donnie Ford	SS	47	95	137	15	19	.939	4.936
Totals		1195	2920	1100	243	206	.943	3.364	13	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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