1956 Mobile Bears Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 82-73
Finished 3rd in the SA
Manager: Jo-Jo White (82-73)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Ballpark: Hartwell Field
Attendance: 81,727, Avg. 1,055

1956 Mobile Bears Roster

Playoffs - Memphis Chicks 4 games, Mobile Bears 3

The Mobile Bears of the Southern Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 82 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the SA.

The Bears paced the circuit with just 688 runs allowed. Mobile scored 715 runs. Gordy Coleman led hitters with significant playing time with a .316 average. Gene Lary topped the team with 19 wins, while Bill Dailey added 15 or more wins, too Bill Dailey recorded a 3.18 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1956 Mobile Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Walt Kellner, Gordy Coleman, Bill Dailey, Hank Izquierdo, Bob Cain, Ray Coleman, Carl Thomas, Bud Hardin, Dick Brown, Rod Graber, Pete Milne, Chris Kitsos and Don Minnick.

Jo-Jo White 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
Gene Lary	19	7	.731	3.88	30	26					204.0	215	106	88	25	90
Bill Dailey	15	8	.652	3.18	30	29					215.0	209	89	76	11	72
Norm Camp	10	14	.417	3.67	33	29					201.0	204	107	82	17	93
Bob Yanen	9	11	.450	3.83	26	22					162.0	146	81	69	19	61
Ben Smyth	7	7	.500	3.74	38	2					106.0	102	59	44	11	48
Billy Joe Davidson	6	8	.429	3.85	25	20					131.0	126	66	56	17	50
Billy Darden	5	3	.625	2.88	34	1					75.0	63	31	24	3	28
Carl Thomas	5	4	.556	2.61	13	13					100.0	64	38	29	8	50
Don Minnick	5	5	.500	4.74	11	9					76.0	75	47	40	11	32
Walt Kellner	1	1	.500	8.70	11	0					30.0	56	34	29	5	12
Donald Nance	0	2	.000	6.75	8						24.0	27		18		16
Bob Cain	0	3	.000	3.00	8						24.0	29		8		12
Totals	82	73	.529	3.76	267	151	0	0	0	0	1348.0	1316	658	563	127	564	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
Gordy Coleman	155	613	613		194	25	8	27						.316	.316	.515	.832	316
Jack Waters	153	544	544		148	23	8	3						.272	.272	.360	.632	196
Dick Brown	141	507	507		136	20	0	24						.268	.268	.450	.718	228
Rod Graber	113	417	417		130	16	8	5						.312	.312	.424	.736	177
Ted Bartz	120	423	423		116	16	8	10						.274	.274	.421	.695	178
Bud Hardin	123	426	426		109	12	2	1						.256	.256	.300	.556	128
Chris Kitsos	137	419	419		108	22	4	5						.258	.258	.365	.623	153
Bob Prentice	102	356	356		107	17	2	9						.301	.301	.435	.736	155
Steve Jankowski	107	309	309		67	11	4	8						.217	.217	.356	.573	110
Hank Izquierdo	56	178	178		37	7	1	3						.208	.208	.309	.517	55
Lavern Grace	43	139	139		34	9	1	3						.245	.245	.388	.633	54
Pete Milne	38	123	123		27	6	1	0						.220	.220	.285	.504	35
Gene Lary	35	77	77		18	4	2	0						.234	.234	.338	.571	26
Bob Van Eman	15	53	53		16	2	0	2						.302	.302	.453	.755	24
Don Minnick	19	37	37		12	3	0	1						.324	.324	.486	.811	18
Al Stringer	15	43	43		12	3	1	0						.279	.279	.395	.674	17
Billy Joe Davidson	26	46	46		9	2	0	0						.196	.196	.239	.435	11
Norm Camp	34	64	64		8	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	8
Ben Smyth	38	32	32		7	2	0	0						.219	.219	.281	.500	9
Carl Thomas	13	33	33		7	1	0	1						.212	.212	.333	.545	11
Donald McGinnis	13	41	41		7	2	0	2						.171	.171	.366	.537	15
Jim Tolleson	19	42	42		6	0	1	0						.143	.143	.190	.333	8
Bob Yanen	27	53	53		6	1	0	0						.113	.113	.132	.245	7
Billy Darden	34	19	19		5	1	0	0						.263	.263	.316	.579	6
Walt Kellner	11	6	6		2	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Bill Dailey	30	71	71		2	0	0	0						.028	.028	.028	.056	2
Donald Nance	8	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Bob Cain	8	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Totals	1633	5083	5083	0	1332	205	51	104	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.262	.384	.646	1951	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Ben Smyth	P	38					.000
Billy Darden	P	34					.000
Norm Camp	P	33					.000
Gene Lary	P	30					.000
Bill Dailey	P	30					.000
Bob Yanen	P	26					.000
Billy Joe Davidson	P	25					.000
Carl Thomas	P	13					.000
Don Minnick	P	11					.000
Walt Kellner	P	11					.000
Donald Nance	P	8					.000
Bob Cain	P	8					.000
Totals		267	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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