1956 Memphis Chicks Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 82-72
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Jack Cassini (0-0), Donald Griffin (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Russwood Park
Attendance: 163,832, Avg. 2,128

1956 Memphis Chicks Roster

Playoffs - Memphis Chicks 4 games, Mobile Bears 3
Finals - Atlanta Crackers 4 games, Memphis Chicks 3

The Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses, finishing second in the SA.

The Chicks scored 692 runs and gave up 699 runs. Gip Dickens led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .318. Al Papai topped Memphis with 20 wins, while Don Rudolph recorded a 3.19 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Don Rudolph, Jim Snyder, Jim Landis, Jim Marshall, Bruce Edwards, Barry Latman, Gordon Goldsberry, Tom Flanigan, Jerry Dahlke, Clem Koshorek, Paul Stuffel, John Romano, Marion Fricano, Al Papai, Joe Kirrene, Ed White, Buddy Peterson and Dixie Upright were all players from the 1956 Memphis Chicks who played in the Majors during their careers.

Jack Cassini and Donald Griffin 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
Al Papai	20	10	.667	3.69	36	34					266.0	279	131	109	17	76
Barry Latman	14	14	.500	3.85	34	28					215.0	190	102	92	22	116
Don Rudolph	11	10	.524	3.19	34	29					223.0	212	91	79	20	52
Billy Dufour	10	10	.500	3.21	29	27					182.0	163	83	65	13	75
Tom Flanigan	9	5	.643	3.75	49	2					108.0	109	56	45	10	34
Marion Fricano	5	3	.625	3.82	25	9					92.0	88	52	39	10	33
Jerry Dahlke	5	5	.500	3.93	32	0					55.0	57	28	24	3	20
Paul Stuffel	4	10	.286	6.83	31	19					108.0	115	89	82	9	83
Lowe Wren	3	3	.500	5.94	11	6					53.0	67	37	35	7	14
Phillip Brown	1	1	.500	7.43	11	0					23.0	29	20	19	4	13
James Smith	0	0			1						0.0
Al McKinney	0	1	.000	2.77	7						13.0	12		4		8
Totals	82	72	.532	3.99	300	154	0	0	0	0	1338.0	1321	689	593	115	524	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
Gip Dickens	141	507	507		161	31	11	23						.318	.318	.558	.876	283
Buddy Peterson	143	542	542		151	23	6	9						.279	.279	.393	.672	213
Ed White	145	526	526		150	27	9	12						.285	.285	.439	.724	231
Jim Marshall	147	527	527		139	20	13	28						.264	.264	.510	.774	269
Joe Kirrene	142	492	492		123	19	2	7						.250	.250	.339	.589	167
Donald Griffin	79	275	275		80	20	2	2						.291	.291	.400	.691	110
Jim Landis	92	288	288		74	7	3	3						.257	.257	.333	.590	96
Jim Snyder	94	305	305		69	9	0	1						.226	.226	.266	.492	81
Ron Cooper	55	195	195		50	13	1	11						.256	.256	.503	.759	98
Gordon Goldsberry	73	173	173		39	7	1	3						.225	.225	.329	.555	57
George Moskovich	55	181	181		35	4	1	2						.193	.193	.260	.453	47
John Romano	33	109	109		31	8	1	6						.284	.284	.541	.826	59
Lowe Wren	48	120	120		30	11	0	2						.250	.250	.392	.642	47
William Maley	60	152	152		30	5	0	2						.197	.197	.270	.467	41
Don Rudolph	37	80	80		16	2	1	0						.200	.200	.250	.450	20
Barry Latman	40	77	77		15	0	1	0						.195	.195	.221	.416	17
Al Papai	36	95	95		12	1	0	0						.126	.126	.137	.263	13
Billy Dufour	29	58	58		11	1	0	0						.190	.190	.207	.397	12
Paul Stuffel	39	35	35		6	1	1	0						.171	.171	.257	.429	9
Jerry Dahlke	35	16	16		3	1	0	1						.188	.188	.438	.625	7
Marion Fricano	27	23	23		3	0	0	0						.130	.130	.130	.261	3
Bruce Edwards	10	28	28		3	1	0	0						.107	.107	.143	.250	4
Tom Flanigan	49	21	21		2	1	0	0						.095	.095	.143	.238	3
Phillip Brown	11	5	5		1	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Eugene Sheets	3	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Al McKinney	8	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1631	4837	4837	0	1235	212	53	112	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.255	.391	.646	1889	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Tom Flanigan	P	49					.000
Al Papai	P	36					.000
Don Rudolph	P	34					.000
Barry Latman	P	34					.000
Jerry Dahlke	P	32					.000
Paul Stuffel	P	31					.000
Billy Dufour	P	29					.000
Marion Fricano	P	25					.000
Phillip Brown	P	11					.000
Al McKinney	P	7					.000
James Smith	P	1					.000
Totals		289	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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