1956 Louisville Colonels Statistics
American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 60-93
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: Red Marion (0-0), Max Carey (0-0)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 78,842, Avg. 1,031
1956 Louisville Colonels RosterTeam Record: 60-93
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: Red Marion (0-0), Max Carey (0-0)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 78,842, Avg. 1,031
The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 60 wins and 93 losses, finishing eighth in the AA.
The Colonels scored 622 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 850 runs.
Members of the 1956 Louisville Colonels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ted Abernathy, Bob Addis, Julio Becquer, Dick Brodowski, Paul Burris, Bud Byerly, Neil Chrisley, Mel Clark, Vibert Clarke, Tex Clevenger, Bill Currie, Pompeyo Davalillo, Don Grate, Roy Hawes, Thornton Kipper, Earl Mossor, Carlos Paula, Bill Pleis, Tony Roig, Marv Rotblatt, José Valdivielso, Hal White and Tom Wright.
Red Marion and Max Carey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Abernathy | 12 | 16 | .429 | 3.90 | 36 | 31 | 19 | 2 | 231.0 | 229 | 122 | 100 | 10 | 92 | 10 | 212 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Dick Brodowski | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.55 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 178.0 | 199 | 107 | 90 | 19 | 76 | 3 | 111 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bob Thollander | 11 | 16 | .407 | 5.60 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 167.0 | 203 | 118 | 104 | 16 | 62 | 6 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tony Ponce | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.46 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 105.0 | 139 | 64 | 52 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Dave Benedict | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.97 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 114.0 | 142 | 79 | 63 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Vibert Clarke | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.89 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 103.0 | 116 | 70 | 56 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thornton Kipper | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.67 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 56 | 34 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bud Byerly | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.47 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tex Clevenger | 2 | 11 | .154 | 5.94 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 103.0 | 129 | 75 | 68 | 11 | 41 | 3 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ken Wild | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.62 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Isaac | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hal White | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lee Anthony | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Robertson | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Pleis | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tony Napoles | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Floyd Melliere | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Oscar Chinique | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jose Lopez | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jose Nakamura | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Earl Mossor | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Marv Rotblatt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Currie | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Casagrande | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.68 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 69 | 42 | 38 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 59 | 92 | .391 | 4.63 | 319 | 147 | 0 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 1187.0 | 1330 | 730 | 610 | 98 | 443 | 33 | 665 | 27 | 1 | 24 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Chrisley | 144 | 577 | 517 | 74 | 154 | 40 | 5 | 24 | 98 | 5 | 44 | 80 | .298 | .358 | .534 | .891 | 276 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Julio Becquer | 151 | 567 | 533 | 59 | 125 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 72 | 4 | 23 | 78 | .235 | .267 | .371 | .639 | 198 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Waldo Gonzalez | 124 | 493 | 455 | 55 | 111 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 29 | 71 | .244 | .295 | .310 | .605 | 141 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Pompeyo Davalillo | 79 | 353 | 318 | 39 | 84 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 28 | 25 | .264 | .324 | .324 | .648 | 103 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Eugene Herbert | 104 | 333 | 301 | 34 | 69 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 24 | 48 | .229 | .294 | .332 | .626 | 100 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Mel Clark | 57 | 228 | 216 | 25 | 67 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 1 | 10 | 12 | .310 | .342 | .500 | .842 | 108 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Parks | 89 | 277 | 254 | 24 | 66 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 21 | 48 | .260 | .314 | .409 | .724 | 104 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tony Roig | 55 | 239 | 213 | 30 | 61 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 23 | 50 | .286 | .360 | .408 | .768 | 87 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ray Holton | 64 | 237 | 208 | 31 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 24 | 14 | .269 | .347 | .394 | .742 | 82 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Moose Johnson | 55 | 205 | 171 | 25 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 18 | .246 | .355 | .298 | .653 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Casagrande | 93 | 206 | 181 | 18 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 21 | 31 | .215 | .302 | .276 | .579 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| José Valdivielso | 23 | 88 | 83 | 10 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .313 | .352 | .458 | .810 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Burris | 35 | 106 | 93 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .226 | .286 | .280 | .565 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ted Abernathy | 40 | 91 | 84 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .202 | .247 | .238 | .485 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Thollander | 38 | 75 | 71 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .225 | .257 | .366 | .623 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Brodowski | 36 | 81 | 71 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .225 | .295 | .310 | .605 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Addis | 15 | 39 | 38 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .316 | .333 | .368 | .702 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Ponce | 24 | 43 | 37 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .270 | .372 | .297 | .669 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vibert Clarke | 28 | 53 | 51 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .196 | .226 | .196 | .422 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Baldomero Alarcon | 11 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .229 | .243 | .286 | .529 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Julian Castro | 10 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .286 | .348 | .286 | .634 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tex Clevenger | 19 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .214 | .290 | .250 | .540 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dave Benedict | 35 | 40 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Modesto Perez | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | .444 | .444 | .444 | .889 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Thornton Kipper | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .222 | .222 | .278 | .500 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud Byerly | 19 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jesus Lovio | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dario Rubinstein | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Rafael Enoa | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Olmedo Suarez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hal White | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Marvin Stendel | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Pleis | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Currie | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Luis Morales | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Isaac | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Wild | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1429 | 4509 | 4097 | 475 | 1040 | 184 | 36 | 71 | 456 | 22 | 0 | 324 | 594 | .254 | .311 | .368 | .679 | 1509 | 87 | 28 | 33 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Becquer | 1B | 139 | 1116 | 101 | 20 | 110 | .984 | 8.755 | ||||
| Thomas Casagrande | 1B | 13 | 79 | 7 | 1 | 6 | .989 | 6.615 | ||||
| Tony Roig | 2B | 51 | 122 | 151 | 7 | 29 | .975 | 5.353 | ||||
| Moose Johnson | 2B | 49 | 100 | 153 | 18 | 37 | .934 | 5.163 | ||||
| Eugene Herbert | 2B | 49 | 76 | 133 | 7 | 28 | .968 | 4.265 | ||||
| Pompeyo Davalillo | 2B | 15 | 35 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 4.333 | ||||
| Pompeyo Davalillo | 3B | 65 | 82 | 127 | 11 | 17 | .950 | 3.215 | ||||
| Eugene Herbert | 3B | 49 | 33 | 69 | 2 | 4 | .981 | 2.082 | ||||
| Julio Becquer | 3B | 19 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.895 | ||||
| Jack Parks | C | 79 | 346 | 38 | 9 | 3 | .977 | 4.861 | 4 | |||
| Ray Holton | C | 59 | 305 | 35 | 3 | 8 | .991 | 5.763 | 4 | |||
| Paul Burris | C | 29 | 138 | 20 | 1 | 5 | .994 | 5.448 | 3 | |||
| Neil Chrisley | OF | 135 | 239 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .981 | 1.867 | ||||
| Mel Clark | OF | 55 | 103 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 1.927 | ||||
| Thomas Casagrande | OF | 29 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .913 | 1.448 | ||||
| Bob Addis | OF | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| Ted Abernathy | P | 36 | 15 | 54 | 5 | 3 | .932 | 1.917 | ||||
| Dave Benedict | P | 35 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .743 | ||||
| Bob Thollander | P | 29 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 3 | .952 | 1.379 | ||||
| Dick Brodowski | P | 27 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.259 | ||||
| Thomas Casagrande | P | 24 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Tony Ponce | P | 20 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.150 | ||||
| Tex Clevenger | P | 19 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .935 | 1.526 | ||||
| Bud Byerly | P | 19 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .632 | ||||
| Floyd Melliere | P | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thornton Kipper | P | 17 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .588 | ||||
| Vibert Clarke | P | 16 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.625 | ||||
| Ken Wild | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Lee Anthony | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Isaac | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Robertson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Lopez | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Pleis | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Earl Mossor | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Currie | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Nakamura | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hal White | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marv Rotblatt | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Napoles | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Oscar Chinique | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Waldo Gonzalez | SS | 124 | 241 | 408 | 52 | 81 | .926 | 5.234 | ||||
| José Valdivielso | SS | 23 | 50 | 78 | 9 | 14 | .934 | 5.565 | ||||
| Totals | 1312 | 3210 | 1603 | 171 | 370 | .966 | 3.668 | 11 | 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.
