1956 New Orleans Pelicans Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 79-75
Finished 5th in the SA
Manager: Andy Cohen (79-75)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Ballpark: Pelican Stadium
Attendance: 96,753, Avg. 1,257

1956 New Orleans Pelicans Roster

The New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses, finishing fifth in the SA.

The Pelicans plated 817 runs and yielded 696 runs. Al Grunwald led all regular hitters with a .332 average. Don Kildoo topped New Orleans with 14 wins, while Chuck Churn recorded a 3.22 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Curt Raydon, Dick Barone, Al Grunwald, Hy Cohen, Joe Erautt, Tony Bartirome, Ron Blackburn, Whammy Douglas, Pete Naton, Howie Goss, Red Witt, Harry Fisher, Len Yochim, Gail Henley, John Powers, Chuck Churn and Nick Koback were all players from the 1956 New Orleans Pelicans who played in the Majors during their careers.

Andy Cohen 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
Don Kildoo	14	8	.636	3.31	42	27					204.0	180	90	75	11	108
Les Phillips	11	4	.733	3.05	41	2					112.0	88	42	38	6	39
Hy Cohen	11	7	.611	3.52	23	20					143.0	136	63	56	9	44
Chuck Churn	9	7	.562	3.22	51	10					176.0	153	75	63	13	76
Don Dangleis	8	7	.533	5.10	27	17					113.0	129	73	64	14	52
Red Witt	8	8	.500	3.62	32	28					149.0	118	72	60	7	96
Don Urquhart	4	5	.444	5.51	13	10					67.0	67	45	41	6	39
Harry Fisher	3	6	.333	4.31	33	4					94.0	95	52	45	8	58
Curt Raydon	3	7	.300	3.19	12	9					62.0	47	29	22	5	30
Al Grunwald	2	2	.500	4.50	8						34.0	33		17		22
Lloyd Carden	1	0	1.000	3.00	6						6.0	7		2		3
Joe Perrotta	1	1	.500	8.38	11	4					29.0	40	30	27	0	25
Art Murray	0	1	.000	9.00	5						3.0	1		3		8
Ron Blackburn	0	2	.000	4.80	7						15.0	5	11	8		5
Mike Hoffman	0	2	.000	5.73	8						22.0	23		14		12
Olaf Nelson	0	2	.000	6.23	5						13.0	16		9		11
Whammy Douglas	0	2	.000	9.90	4						10.0	20		11		3
Totals	75	71	.514	3.99	328	131	0	0	0	0	1252.0	1158	582	555	79	631	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
John Powers	153	574	574		179	32	12	39						.312	.312	.613	.925	352
Emil Panko	143	519	519		162	20	1	33						.312	.312	.545	.857	283
Al Grunwald	126	464	464		154	42	7	17						.332	.332	.562	.894	261
Dick Barone	151	571	571		154	26	5	5						.270	.270	.359	.629	205
Gail Henley	130	485	485		149	28	9	11						.307	.307	.470	.777	228
James Rice	149	484	484		134	27	6	5						.277	.277	.388	.665	188
Sonny Piver	95	319	319		85	9	9	3						.266	.266	.379	.646	121
Joe Erautt	93	283	283		68	10	2	2						.240	.240	.311	.551	88
David Jacobs	99	276	276		63	8	5	2						.228	.228	.315	.543	87
Harry Fisher	82	139	139		43	9	2	5						.309	.309	.511	.820	71
Pete Naton	42	135	135	15	31	6	0	5	20	0				.230	.230	.385	.615	52
Bill Onuska	36	98	98		29	5	1	2						.296	.296	.429	.724	42
Earl Weaver	26	101	101		23	4	0	0						.228	.228	.267	.495	27
Tony Bartirome	24	91	91		21	5	1	0						.231	.231	.308	.538	28
Frank Rice	20	69	69		19	5	1	3						.275	.275	.507	.783	35
Hy Cohen	25	51	51		11	0	0	0						.216	.216	.216	.431	11
Don Kildoo	42	66	66		9	1	0	0						.136	.136	.152	.288	10
Chuck Churn	53	60	60		8	2	0	0						.133	.133	.167	.300	10
Don Dangleis	30	41	41		7	0	0	0						.171	.171	.171	.341	7
Howie Goss	22	49	49		7	2	0	4						.143	.143	.429	.571	21
Don Urquhart	20	24	24		6	2	1	0						.250	.250	.417	.667	10
Harry Dunlop	9	26	26		6	0	0	0						.231	.231	.231	.462	6
Red Witt	38	50	50		6	0	1	0						.120	.120	.160	.280	8
Les Phillips	41	28	28		4	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	4
Curt Raydon	12	21	21		2	0	0	0						.095	.095	.095	.190	2
Mike Hoffman	9	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Joe Perrotta	11	9	9		1	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Nick Koback	5	14	14		1									.071	.071	.071	.143	1
Whammy Douglas	4	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Olaf Nelson	5	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ron Blackburn	7	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1702	5060	5060	15	1383	243	63	136	20	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.427	.700	2160	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Chuck Churn	P	51					.000
Don Kildoo	P	42					.000
Les Phillips	P	41					.000
Red Witt	P	32					.000
Don Dangleis	P	27					.000
Hy Cohen	P	23					.000
Don Urquhart	P	13					.000
Curt Raydon	P	12					.000
Joe Perrotta	P	11					.000
Mike Hoffman	P	8					.000
Ron Blackburn	P	7					.000
Lloyd Carden	P	6					.000
Olaf Nelson	P	5					.000
Art Murray	P	5					.000
Whammy Douglas	P	4					.000
Totals		287	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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