1956 Hazlehurst-Baxley Tigers Statistics

Georgia State League (GSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 49-71
Finished 5th in the GSL
Manager: Wayne Wallace (0-0), Stan Wasiak (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Baxley, Georgia; Hazlehurst, Georgia
Ballpark: Roland Cook Stadium
Attendance: 9,565, Avg. 159

1956 Hazlehurst-Baxley Tigers Roster

The Hazlehurst-Baxley Tigers of the Georgia State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 49 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the GSL.

The Hazlehurst- Tigers plated 538 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 670 runs. William Huffman paced all regular batters by hitting .326. Howard Peterson and Sam McIntyre topped Baxley with 10 wins each, while Howard Peterson registered a 2.64 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Jack Feller played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Hazlehurst-Baxley Tigers to do so.

Wayne Wallace and Stan Wasiak 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
Howard Peterson	10	7	.588	2.64	20	19					143.0	127	53	42	5	38
Sam McIntyre	10	14	.417	4.29	31	23					174.0	180	120	83	5	125
Raymond Taliaferro	5	3	.625	3.81	13	8					59.0	51	38	25	3	36
John Sorrentino	5	12	.294	5.01	37	20					151.0	148	111	84	5	90
Bob Williams	4	2	.667		6						0.0
Charles Nelms	4	10	.286	3.68	19	15					110.0	105	59	45	5	61
William Page	2	2	.500	4.41	11	7					51.0	57	28	25	3	33
Robert Merlob	2	3	.400	3.34	12	3					35.0	36	25	13	2	29
Anthony Russo	2	3	.400	4.50	10	7					44.0	44	26	22	2	38
Michael Kosmicki	2	5	.286	5.88	17	4					49.0	49	40	32	2	53
Don Verstraete	1	1	.500		3						0.0
Thomas Foster	1	2	.333		8						0.0
George Cox	1	3	.250		6						0.0
Larry Riggs	0	0			3						0.0
Allen Bruenjes	0	0			1						0.0
Donald Latham	0	0			1						0.0
Paul Langlois	0	0			9						0.0
Frank Kovacic	0	0			2						0.0
Gary Janeway	0	0			2						0.0
Louis Jakosh	0	0			1						0.0
Homer Graham	0	0			1						0.0
Donald Young	0	2	.000		4						0.0
John Willingham	0	2	.000	4.29	11	0					42.0	47	26	20	2	19
Totals	49	71	.408	4.10	228	106	0	0	0	0	858.0	844	526	391	34	522	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
William Huffman	96	359	359		117	22	6	1						.326	.326	.429	.755	154
Jerome Flanagan	58	214	214		59	9	3	4						.276	.276	.402	.678	86
William Shalata	65	250	250		57	12	1	0						.228	.228	.284	.512	71
Joseph Colon	50	166	166		43	5	2	0						.259	.259	.313	.572	52
Gordon Maxwell	35	140	140		41	6	5	1						.293	.293	.429	.721	60
Stan Hubert	41	143	143		38	4	1	0						.266	.266	.308	.573	44
John Willingham	61	155	155		38	8	1	1						.245	.245	.329	.574	51
Raymond Ruggles	51	190	190		36	4	0	0						.189	.189	.211	.400	40
Jack Feller	42	149	149		35	7	0	4						.235	.235	.362	.597	54
John Tasker	39	122	122		34	8	6	1						.279	.279	.467	.746	57
Ron Ott	43	141	141		34	7	2	0						.241	.241	.319	.560	45
Ronald Monson	52	147	147		31	3	1	3						.211	.211	.306	.517	45
James Spyhalski	22	86	86		26	1	4	1						.302	.302	.442	.744	38
Geral Hurley	31	109	109		24	5	0	1						.220	.220	.294	.514	32
Richard Barna	37	128	128		21	3	1	1						.164	.164	.227	.391	29
Richard Jezek	34	97	97		19	4	0	0						.196	.196	.237	.433	23
Stan Wasiak	28	59	59		17	1	1	0						.288	.288	.339	.627	20
Sam McIntyre	34	70	70		17	2	2	0						.243	.243	.329	.571	23
Glenn Whitmire	31	112	112		16	6	0	0						.143	.143	.196	.339	22
Joseph Cincotta	20	61	61		14	5	0	1						.230	.230	.361	.590	22
Jim Johnson	26	79	79		14	2	0	0						.177	.177	.203	.380	16
Gerald Linnell	17	67	67		13	1	1	2						.194	.194	.328	.522	22
Bob Williams	22	70	70		10	2	1	0						.143	.143	.200	.343	14
Howard Peterson	24	54	54		9	1	0	0						.167	.167	.185	.352	10
Gary Meyer	15	55	55		9	0	0	0						.164	.164	.164	.327	9
C. B. Lindsey	22	71	71		9	1	0	1						.127	.127	.183	.310	13
Frank Kovacic	18	39	39		8	0	3	0						.205	.205	.359	.564	14
Michael Kosmicki	19	20	20		6	2	0	0						.300	.300	.400	.700	8
Raymond Taliaferro	18	26	26		6	1	0	0						.231	.231	.269	.500	7
John Sorrentino	39	50	50		6	0	0	0						.120	.120	.120	.240	6
Herman King	5	13	13		4									.308	.308	.308	.615	4
Bob Kiser	6	21	21		4									.190	.190	.190	.381	4
Dennis Lamothe	3	14	14		3									.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Anthony Russo	10	14	14		3	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Eddie Knezevich	9	29	29		3									.103	.103	.103	.207	3
Thomas Foster	8	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
William Page	13	17	17		2	0	0	0						.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Charles Nelms	19	37	37		2	0	0	0						.054	.054	.054	.108	2
Gary Janeway	2	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Donald Young	4	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Paul Langlois	9	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
John Pfander	3	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Robert Merlob	12	11	11		1	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Frederick Palmitesso	2	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
George Cox	6	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Allen Bruenjes	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Don Verstraete	4	8	8		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1206	3638	3638	0	835	132	41	22	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.230	.306	.536	1115	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
John Tasker	1B	39					.000
William Huffman	2B	96					.000
Glenn Whitmire	2B	25					.000
Richard Barna	3B	32					.000
Stan Wasiak	3B	24					.000
C. B. Lindsey	3B	21					.000
Ron Ott	C	40					.000
Jack Feller	C	38					.000
John Willingham	C	23					.000
Joseph Cincotta	C	14					.000
William Shalata	OF	62					.000
Jerome Flanagan	OF	57					.000
Ronald Monson	OF	48					.000
Joseph Colon	OF	48					.000
Richard Jezek	OF	30					.000
Gordon Maxwell	OF	23					.000
James Spyhalski	OF	22					.000
Jim Johnson	OF	18					.000
Gerald Linnell	OF	16					.000
Gary Meyer	OF	15					.000
Frank Kovacic	OF	11					.000
John Sorrentino	P	37					.000
Sam McIntyre	P	31					.000
Howard Peterson	P	20					.000
Charles Nelms	P	19					.000
Michael Kosmicki	P	17					.000
Raymond Taliaferro	P	13					.000
Robert Merlob	P	12					.000
William Page	P	11					.000
Anthony Russo	P	10					.000
Paul Langlois	P	9					.000
Thomas Foster	P	8					.000
George Cox	P	6					.000
Donald Young	P	4					.000
Don Verstraete	P	3					.000
Larry Riggs	P	3					.000
Gary Janeway	P	2					.000
Donald Latham	P	1					.000
Louis Jakosh	P	1					.000
Homer Graham	P	1					.000
Allen Bruenjes	P	1					.000
Raymond Ruggles	SS	49					.000
Stan Hubert	SS	41					.000
Bob Williams	SS	15					.000
Geral Hurley	SS	14					.000
Totals		1030	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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