1956 Magic Valley Cowboys Statistics
Team Record: 69-63
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: Al Zarilla (0-0), John Mudd (0-0), Billy Raimondi (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Twin Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 48,723, Avg. 738
The Magic Valley Cowboys of the Pioneer League ended the 1956 season with a record of 69 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the PL.
The Cowboys paced the league with 822 runs, powered by 110 home runs. Magic Valley yielded 735 runs. Dick Wright led the squad with 15 home runs and drove in 79 runs. Robert Pascal topped all regular hitters with a .364 average. John Buzhardt and Fred Dupree paced the team with 18 wins each, while John Buzhardt recorded a 3.57 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1956 Magic Valley Cowboys who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included J C Hartman, John Goetz, Al Zarilla and John Buzhardt.
Al Zarilla, John Mudd and Billy Raimondi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Dupree | 18 | 6 | .750 | 4.11 | 37 | 26 | 243.0 | 235 | 140 | 111 | 25 | 90 | ||||||||||
| John Buzhardt | 18 | 12 | .600 | 3.57 | 34 | 28 | 237.0 | 223 | 108 | 94 | 19 | 105 | ||||||||||
| Bob Shaffer | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.52 | 36 | 19 | 183.0 | 207 | 126 | 92 | 26 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Paul Martin | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.71 | 31 | 26 | 170.0 | 170 | 107 | 89 | 17 | 113 | ||||||||||
| John Goetz | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.79 | 35 | 12 | 141.0 | 141 | 110 | 75 | 13 | 124 | ||||||||||
| John Mudd | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.62 | 10 | 3 | 37.0 | 40 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Andy Anderson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.91 | 5 | 3 | 33.0 | 32 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Ernest Pastornicky | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.30 | 12 | 7 | 60.0 | 66 | 49 | 42 | 7 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Bob Castleman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Babb | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ron Goerger | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.00 | 1 | 3.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Hugh Rogers | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Enright | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 62 | .527 | 4.42 | 211 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1107.0 | 1118 | 691 | 544 | 110 | 604 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Pascal | 129 | 431 | 431 | 157 | 31 | 3 | 27 | .364 | .364 | .638 | 1.002 | 275 | |||||||||||
| Robert Picciano | 132 | 511 | 511 | 154 | 28 | 4 | 22 | .301 | .301 | .501 | .802 | 256 | |||||||||||
| Duane Hermon | 131 | 505 | 505 | 148 | 32 | 10 | 16 | .293 | .293 | .491 | .784 | 248 | |||||||||||
| J C Hartman | 132 | 508 | 508 | 139 | 25 | 3 | 0 | .274 | .274 | .335 | .608 | 170 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Mauney | 106 | 400 | 400 | 137 | 25 | 3 | 9 | .342 | .342 | .488 | .830 | 195 | |||||||||||
| Fred Babb | 131 | 519 | 519 | 127 | 27 | 2 | 9 | .245 | .245 | .356 | .601 | 185 | |||||||||||
| Louis McCotter | 130 | 459 | 459 | 125 | 24 | 5 | 7 | .272 | .272 | .392 | .664 | 180 | |||||||||||
| Dick Wright | 120 | 438 | 438 | 65 | 106 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 79 | 16 | .242 | .242 | .395 | .637 | 173 | ||||||||
| Buster Cloud | 48 | 149 | 149 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .242 | .242 | .336 | .577 | 50 | |||||||||||
| John Buzhardt | 36 | 90 | 90 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .278 | .489 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Fred Dupree | 42 | 90 | 90 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .267 | .478 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Bob Shaffer | 40 | 75 | 75 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Wallace Radford | 37 | 84 | 84 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .238 | .405 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Paul Martin | 32 | 66 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .197 | .348 | 13 | |||||||||||
| John Goetz | 36 | 52 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .192 | .346 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Al Zarilla | 11 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .350 | .350 | .700 | 1.050 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Ernest Pastornicky | 13 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .259 | .444 | 7 | |||||||||||
| John Mudd | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ron Goerger | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Hugh Rogers | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Enright | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Andy Anderson | 5 | 14 | 14 | 1 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Castleman | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1330 | 4464 | 4464 | 65 | 1232 | 235 | 35 | 110 | 79 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .418 | .694 | 1867 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Dupree | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Shaffer | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| John Goetz | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| John Buzhardt | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Martin | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Ernest Pastornicky | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| John Mudd | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Andy Anderson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Enright | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Castleman | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Hugh Rogers | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Goerger | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 209 | 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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