1956 Pueblo Dodgers Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 68-70
Finished 5th in the WL
Manager: Ray Hathaway (68-70)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Pueblo, Colorado
Ballpark: Runyon Field
Attendance: 51,496, Avg. 746

1956 Pueblo Dodgers Roster

The Pueblo Dodgers of the Western League ended the 1956 season with a record of 68 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the WL.

The Dodgers scored 764 runs and allowed 820 runs.

Players from the 1956 Pueblo Dodgers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Maury Wills, Ray Hathaway, Chuck Coles and Larry Sherry.

Ray Hathaway 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
Larry Sherry	13	13	.500	4.39	33	31		13			209.0	194	117	102	25	132		184	8	0	11
Dick Spady	11	8	.579	5.14	35	14		6			147.0	169	110	84	16	71		72	6	1	2
Armando Suarez	8	5	.615	5.00	29	15		4			126.0	149	78	70	13	53		80	3	2	2
Joe Baliga	7	5	.583	5.13	21	11		2			86.0	86	52	49	12	39		52	3	0	4
Robert Faust	7	7	.500	4.15	19	11		6			91.0	89	59	42	9	45		75	6	0	4
James Mertlik	7	8	.467	4.98	40	16		5			141.0	158	100	78	11	103		107	4	0	4
Charles Ready	6	7	.462	4.89	45	4		1			114.0	118	73	62	10	80		94	9	0	13
William Wells	4	6	.400	6.45	14	12		5			67.0	87	65	48	6	53		41	2	0	5
Gene Hines	3	4	.429	5.85	15	8		1			60.0	50	49	39	9	68		37	1	0	15
Arnold Banals	1	0	1.000		4						0.0									0
Ron Wells	1	3	.250	7.84	7	6		0			31.0	43	21	27	6	25		21	1	0	1
Ray Hathaway	0	0			1						0.0									0
Berlyn Hodges	0	0			3						0.0									0
Tom Puehl					3						0.0
John Tobias	0	0			1						0.0									0
Kenny Hemphill	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Dick Wiegand	0	3	.000	5.85	19	4		0			60.0	65	48	39	8	41		44	2	0	3
Totals	68	70	.493	5.09	291	132	0	43	0	0	1132.0	1208	772	640	125	710	0	807	45	3	64	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
Charlie Soraci	127	550	516	69	165	26	4	6	55	12		18	22	.320	.344	.421	.764	217	4	4	6	6
Maury Wills	134	609	540	110	163	33	8	10	54	34		60	82	.302	.373	.448	.821	242	5	3	3	3
Donald Russell	138	613	517	105	158	32	7	20	97	6		81	88	.306	.400	.511	.911	264	15	2	11	2
Kenneth Worley	130	514	468	64	142	32	4	16	80	7		38	82	.303	.354	.491	.846	230	11	1	3	4
Lawrence Stankey	134	572	447	101	133	11	7	42	106	3		117	121	.298	.446	.635	1.082	284	4	4	3	1
Chuck Coles	128	518	455	61	127	26	3	24	87	2		54	61	.279	.360	.508	.868	231	2	5	2	2
Frank Jeffers	104	436	383	63	107	21	6	15	74	4		40	77	.279	.349	.483	.832	185	15	4	3	6
Bobby Lemmel	82	304	264	42	70	8	4	1	23	4		34	40	.265	.349	.337	.686	89	5	1	3	2
Robert Parker	36	149	130	21	30	5	2	2	15	3		17	14	.231	.324	.346	.670	45	6	1	1	0
Armando Suarez	46	81	76	7	21	4	1	2	16	0		2	11	.276	.291	.434	.725	33	0	0	2	1
Larry Sherry	37	91	86	8	21	2	1	2	9	0		1	17	.244	.253	.360	.613	31	2	0	4	0
Don Musto	15	58	51	6	16	4	0	0	9	0		6	4	.314	.386	.392	.778	20	0	0	1	0
Ron Wells	13	35	30	5	11	3	0	0	3	0		4	5	.367	.441	.467	.908	14	1	0	1	0
Donald Wildner	23	58	52	4	9	0	2	1	4	1		6	12	.173	.259	.308	.566	16	1	0	0	0
Dick Colloton	18	33	30	7	8	1	0	0	1	1		3	6	.267	.333	.300	.633	9	0	0	0	0
John Tobias	24	40	34	3	8	2	1	0	3	0		6	10	.235	.350	.353	.703	12	1	0	0	0
Gene Hines	15	24	22	4	6	1	0	0	2	0		1	7	.273	.304	.318	.623	7	1	0	1	0
Joe Baliga	24	33	29	6	6	1	0	0	4	0		3	9	.207	.281	.241	.523	7	0	0	1	0
James Mertlik	40	53	48	1	5	0	0	0	1	0		1	13	.104	.137	.104	.241	5	0	1	2	1
William Wells	14	26	24	3	4	1	0	1	2	0		2	7	.167	.231	.333	.564	8	0	0	0	0
Charles Ready	46	38	31	4	4	1	0	0	4	0		2	17	.129	.182	.161	.343	5	2	0	5	0
Robert Faust	19	36	32	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		0	9	.125	.125	.125	.250	4	2	0	4	0
Dick Spady	35	55	48	4	4	2	0	1	2	0		1	33	.083	.102	.188	.290	9	2	0	6	0
Ed Allen	8	13	13		3									.231	.231	.231	.462	3
Dick Wiegand	19	22	16	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	7	.125	.222	.125	.347	2	0	0	4	0
Berlyn Hodges	3	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Darrold Myers	2	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Arnold Banals	4	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Ray Hathaway	1	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Kenny Hemphill	2	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1421	4978	4359	703	1230	216	50	143	653	77	0	499	754	.282	.357	.453	.810	1975	79	26	66	28	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Lawrence Stankey	1B	134	977	80	18	97	.983	7.888
Bobby Lemmel	2B	76	201	203	17	51	.960	5.316
Robert Parker	2B	36	78	94	6	31	.966	4.778
Donald Russell	3B	138	140	214	29	21	.924	2.565
Kenneth Worley	C	128	805	68	25	14	.972	6.820	29
Donald Wildner	C	10	43	6	1	3	.980	4.900	1
Charlie Soraci	OF	127	195	8	5	1	.976	1.598
Chuck Coles	OF	126	288	13	9	2	.971	2.389
Frank Jeffers	OF	104	193	12	5	2	.976	1.971
Don Musto	OF	13	37	3	0	0	1.000	3.077
Charles Ready	P	45	8	13	1	0	.955	.467
James Mertlik	P	40	3	16	4	2	.826	.475
Dick Spady	P	35	6	12	2	0	.900	.514
Larry Sherry	P	33	9	35	5	2	.898	1.333
Armando Suarez	P	29	3	19	2	1	.917	.759
Joe Baliga	P	21	6	14	3	2	.870	.952
Dick Wiegand	P	19	2	18	2	0	.909	1.053
Robert Faust	P	19	4	12	1	0	.941	.842
Gene Hines	P	15	1	10	0	0	1.000	.733
William Wells	P	14	2	17	2	2	.905	1.357
Ron Wells	P	7						.000
Arnold Banals	P	4						.000
Tom Puehl	P	3						.000
Berlyn Hodges	P	3						.000
Kenny Hemphill	P	2						.000
John Tobias	P	1						.000
Ray Hathaway	P	1						.000
Maury Wills	SS	132	265	361	42	75	.937	4.742
Totals		1315	3266	1228	179	306	.962	3.417	30	0	0

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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