1956 Monroe Sports Statistics
Team Record: 54-68
Finished 6th in the EL
Manager: Ed Head (54-68)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Monroe, Louisiana
Ballpark: Casino Park
Attendance: 25,831, Avg. 423
The Monroe Sports of the Evangeline League ended the 1956 season with a record of 54 wins and 68 losses, finishing sixth in the EL.
The Sports scored 513 runs and conceded 567 runs. Keith Mitchell paced all regular hitters with a .326 average. Gerald Neal topped Monroe with 11 wins, while John Davolio recorded a 2.36 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Bill Short and Rod Kanehl both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Ed Head 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Neal | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.35 | 23 | 20 | 153.0 | 135 | 81 | 57 | 4 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Richard Klinesmith | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.08 | 24 | 18 | 149.0 | 130 | 64 | 51 | 5 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Bill Short | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.40 | 26 | 23 | 167.0 | 146 | 88 | 63 | 7 | 117 | ||||||||||
| James Birkofer | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.93 | 21 | 15 | 126.0 | 132 | 85 | 69 | 9 | 60 | ||||||||||
| John Davolio | 6 | 11 | .353 | 2.36 | 20 | 19 | 149.0 | 137 | 59 | 39 | 5 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Gus Hartsoe | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.80 | 30 | 6 | 97.0 | 102 | 55 | 41 | 5 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Jim Robinson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Duke Addis | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.06 | 8 | 7 | 48.0 | 54 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Blair Farinholt | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.20 | 12 | 4 | 45.0 | 39 | 37 | 26 | 4 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Robert Bonebrake | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.43 | 11 | 7 | 67.0 | 66 | 43 | 33 | 9 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Pete Hoover | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Cimino | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Don Woodlief | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 51 | 68 | .429 | 3.65 | 187 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1001.0 | 941 | 546 | 406 | 53 | 497 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Mitchell | 109 | 438 | 438 | 143 | 17 | 11 | 6 | .326 | .326 | .457 | .783 | 200 | |||||||||||
| William Carr | 105 | 405 | 405 | 99 | 12 | 5 | 14 | .244 | .244 | .402 | .647 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Joe Miller | 98 | 350 | 350 | 93 | 16 | 5 | 7 | .266 | .266 | .400 | .666 | 140 | |||||||||||
| Morris Millet | 107 | 386 | 386 | 89 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .254 | .484 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Jim Johnston | 99 | 335 | 335 | 77 | 18 | 6 | 10 | .230 | .230 | .409 | .639 | 137 | |||||||||||
| Rod Kanehl | 58 | 223 | 223 | 57 | 8 | 4 | 5 | .256 | .256 | .395 | .650 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Donald Pierce | 69 | 251 | 251 | 57 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .227 | .227 | .315 | .542 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Frank Kabbes | 57 | 172 | 172 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .267 | .267 | .355 | .622 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Roy Mantle | 57 | 175 | 175 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .234 | .234 | .320 | .554 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Herman Creasey | 29 | 120 | 120 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .300 | .300 | .483 | .783 | 58 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Craig | 43 | 163 | 163 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .202 | .202 | .233 | .436 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Bill McGuckin | 24 | 97 | 97 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .247 | .247 | .371 | .619 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Adolf Hintze | 27 | 100 | 100 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .350 | .580 | 35 | |||||||||||
| William Connolly | 41 | 128 | 128 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .180 | .180 | .203 | .383 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Jack George | 30 | 96 | 96 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .219 | .271 | .490 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Richard Klinesmith | 45 | 114 | 114 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .254 | .421 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Phil Stevens | 14 | 57 | 57 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .298 | .544 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Bill Short | 32 | 78 | 78 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .141 | .141 | .154 | .295 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Billy Bentley | 8 | 31 | 31 | 9 | .290 | .290 | .290 | .581 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Paul | 12 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .216 | .216 | .432 | 8 | |||||||||||
| James Birkofer | 21 | 47 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .170 | .170 | .170 | .340 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Neal | 25 | 56 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .179 | .321 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Duke Addis | 8 | 20 | 20 | 6 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| John Davolio | 20 | 51 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .098 | .098 | .196 | .294 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Robert Bonebrake | 14 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .115 | .231 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Gus Hartsoe | 30 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Richard Lindsay | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Anthony Cimino | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Blair Farinholt | 13 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jim Robinson | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Russell Serzen | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pete Hoover | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1214 | 4032 | 4032 | 0 | 960 | 127 | 54 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .337 | .575 | 1360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Hartsoe | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Short | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Klinesmith | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Neal | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| James Birkofer | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| John Davolio | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Blair Farinholt | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Bonebrake | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Duke Addis | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Hoover | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Robinson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Anthony Cimino | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Don Woodlief | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 187 | 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.
