1956 McCook Braves Statistics
Team Record: 35-28
Finished 4th in the NSL
Manager: Bill Steinecke (35-28)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: McCook, Nebraska
Ballpark: Cibola Stadium
Attendance: 32,224, Avg. 1,023
The McCook Braves of the Nebraska State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 35 wins and 28 losses, finishing fourth in the NSL.
The Braves scored 454 runs and conceded 427 runs. Nick Vancho led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .346 average. Richard Allen topped McCook with 11 wins and a team-best 3.36 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Bill Steinecke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Allen | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.36 | 20 | 13 | 118.0 | 109 | 67 | 44 | 15 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Bill Hamilton | 8 | 2 | .800 | 4.06 | 20 | 12 | 102.0 | 107 | 70 | 46 | 12 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Stephen Beckman | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.35 | 23 | 7 | 91.0 | 76 | 55 | 44 | 10 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Bernard Zeihen | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6.43 | 11 | 5 | 35.0 | 37 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Charles Townsend | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.30 | 13 | 6 | 50.0 | 67 | 46 | 35 | 4 | 38 | ||||||||||
| John Huda | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Leroy Cherek | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Rice | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.94 | 17 | 3 | 50.0 | 64 | 43 | 33 | 4 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Paul Lajoie | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jerome Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Moorefield | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Roberts | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Reagles | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Holmes | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 7.0 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 35 | 28 | .556 | 4.51 | 146 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 453.0 | 460 | 309 | 227 | 48 | 254 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles White | 64 | 238 | 238 | 72 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .303 | .303 | .366 | .668 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Nick Vancho | 45 | 188 | 188 | 65 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .346 | .346 | .505 | .851 | 95 | |||||||||||
| David Centi | 61 | 244 | 244 | 65 | 13 | 4 | 12 | .266 | .266 | .500 | .766 | 122 | |||||||||||
| John Stapp | 62 | 231 | 231 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .268 | .268 | .333 | .602 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Carlos Ramirez | 59 | 194 | 194 | 58 | 16 | 4 | 5 | .299 | .299 | .500 | .799 | 97 | |||||||||||
| John Brady | 61 | 211 | 211 | 57 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .270 | .270 | .360 | .630 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Zdanis | 59 | 188 | 188 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 4 | .239 | .239 | .378 | .617 | 71 | |||||||||||
| William Cronin | 36 | 133 | 133 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 4 | .248 | .248 | .421 | .669 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Stan Luckoski | 158 | 147 | 147 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .211 | .211 | .299 | .510 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Philip Cole | 23 | 87 | 87 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .310 | .310 | .494 | .805 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Richard Allen | 30 | 54 | 54 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .296 | .296 | .556 | .852 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Donald Peth | 5 | 18 | 18 | 7 | .389 | .389 | .389 | .778 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Bruno Terilli | 20 | 43 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .163 | .163 | .302 | .465 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Frank Barfield | 35 | 55 | 55 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .127 | .127 | .236 | .364 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Stephen Beckman | 25 | 30 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .433 | .633 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Bill Hamilton | 24 | 33 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .182 | .333 | 6 | |||||||||||
| John Huda | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .364 | .364 | .727 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Robert Burton | 10 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Charles Townsend | 13 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .438 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Leroy Cherek | 7 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerald Rice | 19 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bill Holmes | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bernard Zeihen | 11 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Reagles | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerome Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Roberts | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 861 | 2204 | 2204 | 0 | 580 | 107 | 23 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .394 | .657 | 868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Beckman | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Hamilton | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Allen | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Rice | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Townsend | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Bernard Zeihen | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| John Roberts | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Reagles | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| John Huda | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Leroy Cherek | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Holmes | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Lajoie | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Moorefield | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Jerome Johnson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 146 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
