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 Bill Currie, Webbo Clarke, Marv Rotblatt, Mel Clark, Pompeyo Davalillo, Earl Mossor, Bud Byerly, Ted Abernathy, Thornton Kipper, Paul Burris, Julio Becquer, Dick Brodowski, Tony Roig, Bill Pleis, Carlos Paula, Roy Hawes, Tex Clevenger, Bob Addis, Neil Chrisley, Tom Wright, Hal White, Don Grate and José Valdivielso.
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 | |||
| Webbo 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 | |||
| Floyd Melliere | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hal White | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lee Anthony | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Oscar Chinique | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Robertson | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Isaac | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Pleis | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jose Lopez | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tony Napoles | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jose Nakamura | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Currie | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Earl Mossor | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Marv Rotblatt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 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 | ||
| Webbo 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Currie | 5 | 3 | 3 | 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 | ||||||||||||||
| John Isaac | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hal White | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Luis Morales | 3 | 4 | 4 | 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 | ||||
| Webbo 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.
