1956 Lafayette Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 78-49
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Ken Raffensberger (78-49)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
Ballpark: Clark Field
Attendance: 30,596, Avg. 482
Playoffs - Lafayette Oilers 4 games, Lake Charles Giants 1
The Lafayette Oilers of the Evangeline League ended the 1956 season with a record of 78 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the EL.
The Oilers scored 642 runs and allowed 512 runs. Giles Setzer led all regular batters by hitting .306. Dave Gerard topped Lafayette with 18 wins, while Dave Stenhouse and Bill Milone, too added 15 or more wins, too Dave Stenhouse registered a 1.92 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1956 Lafayette Oilers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ken Raffensberger, Dave Stenhouse, Ed Donnelly, Sammy Drake and Dave Gerard.
Ken Raffensberger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Gerard | 18 | 9 | .667 | 2.71 | 34 | 27 | 216.0 | 170 | 85 | 65 | 8 | 113 | ||||||||||
| Dave Stenhouse | 16 | 4 | .800 | 1.92 | 26 | 22 | 183.0 | 115 | 48 | 39 | 4 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Bill Milone | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.38 | 39 | 19 | 181.0 | 184 | 84 | 68 | 7 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Buck Grover | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.82 | 30 | 19 | 158.0 | 131 | 81 | 67 | 10 | 100 | ||||||||||
| Robert Moore | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.66 | 21 | 14 | 114.0 | 114 | 69 | 59 | 1 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Simon | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.76 | 7 | 5 | 46.0 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Ken Raffensberger | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.58 | 17 | 10 | 78.0 | 70 | 32 | 31 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||
| J. B. Richard | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.30 | 9 | 5 | 46.0 | 52 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Robert Millard | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.43 | 21 | 3 | 58.0 | 60 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Ed Donnelly | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Schandevel | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 76 | 47 | .618 | 3.30 | 213 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1083.0 | 931 | 483 | 397 | 39 | 516 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Ridge | 127 | 505 | 505 | 145 | 26 | 4 | 5 | .287 | .287 | .384 | .671 | 194 | |||||||||||
| Giles Setzer | 120 | 461 | 461 | 141 | 31 | 7 | 2 | .306 | .306 | .416 | .722 | 192 | |||||||||||
| Fred Caviness | 116 | 417 | 417 | 127 | 30 | 5 | 15 | .305 | .305 | .508 | .813 | 212 | |||||||||||
| David Wondra | 112 | 417 | 417 | 113 | 17 | 5 | 8 | .271 | .271 | .393 | .664 | 164 | |||||||||||
| Bob Rivich | 104 | 393 | 393 | 102 | 19 | 4 | 13 | .260 | .260 | .427 | .687 | 168 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Pearson | 121 | 445 | 445 | 98 | 16 | 4 | 10 | .220 | .220 | .342 | .562 | 152 | |||||||||||
| William Zimmerman | 103 | 358 | 358 | 91 | 14 | 4 | 11 | .254 | .254 | .408 | .662 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Michael Yaremchuk | 84 | 290 | 290 | 72 | 16 | 4 | 7 | .248 | .248 | .403 | .652 | 117 | |||||||||||
| Jack Bryant | 42 | 139 | 139 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .230 | .230 | .317 | .547 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Al Seeger | 27 | 97 | 97 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .268 | .268 | .412 | .680 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Gene Dziadura | 32 | 116 | 116 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .216 | .259 | .474 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Dave Stenhouse | 33 | 79 | 79 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .266 | .266 | .304 | .570 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Sammy Drake | 15 | 59 | 59 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .339 | .339 | .441 | .780 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Patrick | 23 | 48 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .292 | .542 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Robert Millard | 39 | 56 | 56 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .268 | .446 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Buck Grover | 32 | 57 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .175 | .175 | .281 | .456 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Larry Smith | 11 | 33 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .273 | .515 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Bill Milone | 39 | 57 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .140 | .281 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Dave Gerard | 37 | 81 | 81 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .099 | .099 | .123 | .222 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Simon | 7 | 16 | 16 | 6 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Carlson | 11 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .533 | .867 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Manuel Trabous | 10 | 38 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .132 | .158 | .289 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Robert Moore | 21 | 38 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .132 | .132 | .263 | 5 | |||||||||||
| J. B. Richard | 9 | 15 | 15 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Raffensberger | 17 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | |||||||||||
| James Weindel | 11 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .136 | .136 | .273 | .409 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ed Donnelly | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Rice | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1311 | 4279 | 4279 | 0 | 1099 | 203 | 44 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .378 | .635 | 1618 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Milone | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Gerard | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Buck Grover | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Stenhouse | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Moore | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Millard | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Raffensberger | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| J. B. Richard | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Simon | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Donnelly | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| James Schandevel | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 213 | 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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