1956 Jamestown Falcons Statistics
Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League (PONYL) - Class: D
Team Record: 52-62
Finished 5th in the PONYL
Manager: Pat Mullin (0-0), Don Lund (0-0), Wayne Blackburn (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Jamestown, New York
Ballpark: Russell Diethrich, Jr. Park
Attendance: 19,757, Avg. 347
1956 Jamestown Falcons RosterTeam Record: 52-62
Finished 5th in the PONYL
Manager: Pat Mullin (0-0), Don Lund (0-0), Wayne Blackburn (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Jamestown, New York
Ballpark: Russell Diethrich, Jr. Park
Attendance: 19,757, Avg. 347
The Jamestown Falcons of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1956 season with a record of 52 wins and 62 losses, finishing fifth in the PONYL.
The Falcons scored 693 runs and surrendered 713 runs.
Players from the 1956 Jamestown Falcons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Frank Kostro, Buck Rodgers, Pat Mullin, Howie Koplitz, Phil Regan and Bubba Morton.
Pat Mullin, Don Lund and Wayne Blackburn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Regan | 17 | 9 | .654 | 3.66 | 34 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 229.0 | 237 | 128 | 93 | 10 | 120 | 172 | 11 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Richard Jones | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.99 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 176.0 | 192 | 102 | 78 | 14 | 77 | 127 | 8 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Orville Ponte | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.81 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 88.0 | 109 | 57 | 47 | 4 | 42 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Alfred Henningham | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.93 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 115.0 | 119 | 85 | 63 | 11 | 65 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Marvin Caswell | 3 | 2 | .600 | 16 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Walter | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.66 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 51 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 34 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Don Verstraete | 3 | 7 | .300 | 6.86 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 63.0 | 85 | 65 | 48 | 6 | 43 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Bill Frentz | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Felts | 2 | 3 | .400 | 8.00 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 60 | 44 | 40 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bob Paffel | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Howie Koplitz | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.82 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 65.0 | 62 | 53 | 42 | 1 | 37 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| James Lumadue | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Buck Rodgers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gale Tyndall | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Page | 0 | 3 | .000 | 16 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 52 | 62 | .456 | 4.85 | 216 | 104 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 831.0 | 915 | 574 | 448 | 52 | 449 | 0 | 565 | 30 | 4 | 36 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Kostro | 114 | 530 | 455 | 97 | 151 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 83 | 8 | 63 | 31 | .332 | .411 | .433 | .844 | 197 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Jesse Queen | 114 | 534 | 438 | 96 | 132 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 55 | 23 | 84 | 70 | .301 | .416 | .420 | .836 | 184 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Roy Young | 114 | 515 | 409 | 89 | 117 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 19 | 87 | 67 | .286 | .409 | .374 | .783 | 153 | 2 | 11 | 6 | |||
| Wendell Antoine | 101 | 414 | 378 | 53 | 109 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 83 | 2 | 29 | 55 | .288 | .345 | .471 | .816 | 178 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bubba Morton | 63 | 278 | 238 | 49 | 77 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 42 | 8 | 34 | 31 | .324 | .415 | .504 | .919 | 120 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Robert Stewart | 68 | 284 | 242 | 38 | 64 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 34 | 27 | .264 | .359 | .355 | .715 | 86 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| James Spyhalski | 67 | 291 | 257 | 30 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 29 | 48 | .245 | .320 | .350 | .670 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| John Tasker | 56 | 260 | 189 | 39 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 66 | 50 | .317 | .490 | .444 | .935 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| James Lumadue | 52 | 214 | 169 | 35 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 44 | 26 | .278 | .427 | .385 | .812 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Lamothe | 39 | 167 | 140 | 22 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 24 | .264 | .377 | .321 | .699 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Buck Rodgers | 48 | 186 | 153 | 28 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 27 | 55 | .235 | .357 | .418 | .775 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Pat Mullin | 34 | 105 | 78 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 26 | 8 | .333 | .495 | .436 | .931 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Rowe | 28 | 93 | 82 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 19 | .268 | .326 | .293 | .619 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Dave Pleznac | 19 | 96 | 72 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 18 | .264 | .427 | .389 | .816 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| George Seidel | 18 | 55 | 49 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .367 | .418 | .469 | .888 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Phil Regan | 34 | 97 | 79 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 20 | .203 | .315 | .291 | .606 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Blackburn | 19 | 59 | 44 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 5 | .295 | .448 | .409 | .857 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Howie Koplitz | 18 | 47 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .289 | .426 | .447 | .873 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alfred Henningham | 34 | 46 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | .222 | .317 | .278 | .595 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Monson | 20 | 77 | 66 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .121 | .247 | .136 | .383 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Verstraete | 15 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .333 | .440 | .476 | .916 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Richard Jones | 29 | 67 | 65 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .108 | .121 | .185 | .306 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Paffel | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| William Felts | 16 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .312 | .353 | .312 | .665 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dick Walter | 15 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .263 | .263 | .421 | .684 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Orville Ponte | 16 | 43 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .119 | .140 | .190 | .330 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Frentz | 6 | 19 | 19 | 4 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Marvin Caswell | 16 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .214 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| William Page | 16 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thomas O'Brien | 15 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .136 | .321 | .182 | .503 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Mendler | 10 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .083 | .143 | .125 | .268 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 1219 | 4645 | 3885 | 689 | 1084 | 179 | 47 | 54 | 590 | 87 | 0 | 637 | 682 | .279 | .383 | .391 | .774 | 1519 | 0 | 40 | 42 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Tasker | 1B | 55 | 441 | 27 | 8 | 43 | .983 | 8.509 | ||||
| Robert Stewart | 1B | 24 | 159 | 16 | 6 | 13 | .967 | 7.292 | ||||
| Bubba Morton | 1B | 17 | 134 | 5 | 6 | 11 | .959 | 8.176 | ||||
| Wendell Antoine | 1B | 17 | 110 | 10 | 11 | 8 | .916 | 7.059 | ||||
| Roy Young | 2B | 113 | 279 | 251 | 25 | 69 | .955 | 4.690 | ||||
| Robert Stewart | 3B | 43 | 51 | 83 | 5 | 7 | .964 | 3.116 | ||||
| Dennis Lamothe | 3B | 39 | 46 | 73 | 18 | 5 | .869 | 3.051 | ||||
| James Lumadue | 3B | 33 | 26 | 57 | 10 | 4 | .892 | 2.515 | ||||
| Wendell Antoine | C | 72 | 482 | 42 | 14 | 12 | .974 | 7.278 | 15 | |||
| Robert Rowe | C | 22 | 123 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .978 | 6.045 | 5 | |||
| George Seidel | C | 15 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .972 | 4.600 | 1 | |||
| Jesse Queen | OF | 111 | 271 | 12 | 8 | 1 | .973 | 2.550 | ||||
| James Spyhalski | OF | 66 | 100 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .956 | 1.636 | ||||
| Buck Rodgers | OF | 46 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .942 | 1.065 | ||||
| Bubba Morton | OF | 43 | 83 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .947 | 2.093 | ||||
| Dave Pleznac | OF | 19 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .889 | 1.684 | ||||
| Ronald Monson | OF | 18 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.833 | ||||
| Pat Mullin | OF | 17 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .943 | 2.941 | ||||
| James Lumadue | OF | 17 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.647 | ||||
| Wayne Blackburn | OF | 12 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.667 | ||||
| Phil Regan | P | 34 | 10 | 40 | 3 | 2 | .943 | 1.471 | ||||
| Alfred Henningham | P | 32 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .781 | ||||
| Richard Jones | P | 29 | 3 | 30 | 8 | 3 | .805 | 1.138 | ||||
| Orville Ponte | P | 16 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .913 | 1.312 | ||||
| William Page | P | 16 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .688 | ||||
| William Felts | P | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Marvin Caswell | P | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .250 | ||||
| Dick Walter | P | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Don Verstraete | P | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .933 | ||||
| Howie Koplitz | P | 10 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.700 | ||||
| Bill Frentz | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Paffel | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gale Tyndall | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Buck Rodgers | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Lumadue | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Kostro | SS | 114 | 221 | 287 | 57 | 57 | .899 | 4.456 | ||||
| Totals | 1129 | 2818 | 1071 | 215 | 247 | .948 | 3.445 | 21 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
