1956 Plainview Ponies Statistics
Team Record: 76-68
Finished 5th in the SL
Manager: Jodie Beeler (0-0), Frank Tornay (0-0)
Location: Plainview, Texas
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 43,892, Avg. 610
The Plainview Ponies of the Southwestern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 76 wins and 68 losses, finishing fifth in the SL.
The Ponies topped the circuit with 1159 runs, spearheaded by 238 home runs. Plainview surrendered 1073 runs. Frosty Kennedy crushed 60 homers for the team, while Frank Tornay, Don Stokes, Robert Brown and Rusty Burns each walloped 15 or more also. Frosty Kennedy accounted for 184 RBI. Don Stokes and Rusty Burns paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .365. Jack Cardey led the team with 16 wins, plus Willie Neal, too added 15 or more wins, too Jack Cardey recorded a 5.67 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Cliff Ross and Jodie Beeler both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Jodie Beeler and Frank Tornay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Cardey | 16 | 12 | .571 | 5.67 | 36 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 246.0 | 286 | 177 | 155 | 25 | 97 | 113 | 11 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Willie Neal | 15 | 6 | .714 | 6.21 | 42 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 219.0 | 297 | 175 | 151 | 29 | 73 | 154 | 6 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Charlie Davidson | 7 | 7 | .500 | 7.81 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 106.0 | 133 | 105 | 92 | 24 | 72 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Cliff Ross | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.78 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 98.0 | 82 | 67 | 52 | 8 | 61 | 104 | 6 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| George Zackey | 4 | 4 | .500 | 7.73 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 71.0 | 93 | 71 | 61 | 13 | 44 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Mike Conovan | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.58 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 58 | 44 | 31 | 5 | 35 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Edwin Schneider | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Billy Thompson | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reuben Phillips | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Tornay | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Audie Malone | 22 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Frosty Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Howard Anderson | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gene Armstrong | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Cantrell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cecil Davis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Verde Dickey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dean Franks | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Green | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Harrington | 20 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Roy Gilliam | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Hasselman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Smith | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 50 | 43 | .538 | 6.17 | 263 | 96 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 790.0 | 949 | 639 | 542 | 104 | 382 | 0 | 550 | 30 | 1 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Stokes | 138 | 638 | 551 | 155 | 201 | 46 | 2 | 17 | 88 | 1 | 83 | 34 | .365 | .449 | .548 | .997 | 302 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Frosty Kennedy | 144 | 654 | 562 | 151 | 184 | 28 | 5 | 60 | 184 | 1 | 81 | 69 | .327 | .413 | .715 | 1.129 | 402 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Robert Brown | 134 | 615 | 527 | 135 | 176 | 48 | 1 | 36 | 155 | 3 | 74 | 71 | .334 | .423 | .634 | 1.057 | 334 | 10 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jack Poppell | 127 | 618 | 535 | 117 | 157 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 23 | 64 | 44 | .293 | .372 | .355 | .727 | 190 | 7 | 5 | 7 | |||
| Rusty Burns | 108 | 498 | 419 | 119 | 153 | 30 | 3 | 38 | 124 | 0 | 68 | 68 | .365 | .457 | .723 | 1.180 | 303 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Frank Tornay | 108 | 490 | 427 | 114 | 146 | 29 | 3 | 32 | 107 | 4 | 46 | 48 | .342 | .405 | .649 | 1.054 | 277 | 5 | 4 | 8 | |||
| Richard Hutzler | 104 | 448 | 398 | 72 | 129 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 93 | 6 | 44 | 58 | .324 | .393 | .523 | .915 | 208 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Sam Goodsoozian | 67 | 307 | 277 | 59 | 91 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 25 | 11 | .329 | .382 | .466 | .848 | 129 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Verde Dickey | 77 | 307 | 268 | 40 | 62 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 2 | 32 | 63 | .231 | .310 | .373 | .684 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Donald Blaha | 34 | 160 | 148 | 24 | 43 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 11 | 22 | .291 | .338 | .554 | .892 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Willie Neal | 66 | 174 | 159 | 23 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 40 | .245 | .305 | .371 | .676 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gideon Jarvis | 26 | 109 | 93 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 23 | .280 | .376 | .441 | .817 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| George Zackey | 40 | 113 | 103 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 47 | .252 | .319 | .388 | .707 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Cardey | 39 | 110 | 97 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .247 | .275 | .361 | .635 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Charlie Davidson | 38 | 104 | 85 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 23 | .224 | .324 | .306 | .629 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Jodie Beeler | 19 | 67 | 50 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 5 | .360 | .522 | .980 | 1.502 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John McMahon | 8 | 27 | 27 | 9 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Quinton Gray | 13 | 54 | 50 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .180 | .241 | .340 | .581 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cliff Ross | 21 | 42 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .175 | .195 | .175 | .370 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| James DiTolla | 15 | 61 | 48 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .146 | .293 | .312 | .606 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Dale Perry | 11 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .375 | .444 | .562 | 1.007 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Conovan | 12 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .273 | .304 | .273 | .577 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Edwin Schneider | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Van Butler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Smith | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Cecil Davis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roy Gilliam | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Hasselman | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1371 | 5657 | 4921 | 1118 | 1542 | 312 | 38 | 238 | 1019 | 51 | 0 | 615 | 688 | .313 | .391 | .537 | .929 | 2644 | 0 | 45 | 29 | 47 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frosty Kennedy | 1B | 102 | 842 | 29 | 12 | 87 | .986 | 8.539 | ||||
| Donald Blaha | 1B | 28 | 264 | 21 | 4 | 23 | .986 | 1.179 | ||||
| Jodie Beeler | 1B | 14 | 118 | 11 | 1 | 13 | .992 | 9.214 | ||||
| Jack Poppell | 2B | 98 | 293 | 287 | 21 | 77 | .965 | 5.918 | ||||
| Robert Brown | 2B | 24 | 47 | 67 | 6 | 9 | .950 | 4.750 | ||||
| James DiTolla | 2B | 15 | 34 | 46 | 2 | 14 | .976 | 5.333 | ||||
| Frank Tornay | 3B | 49 | 41 | 76 | 7 | 6 | .944 | 2.388 | ||||
| Frosty Kennedy | 3B | 38 | 17 | 89 | 10 | 4 | .914 | 2.789 | ||||
| Verde Dickey | 3B | 31 | 22 | 46 | 7 | 6 | .907 | 2.194 | ||||
| Robert Brown | 3B | 30 | 23 | 51 | 10 | 4 | .881 | 2.467 | ||||
| Richard Hutzler | C | 100 | 569 | 34 | 19 | 4 | .969 | 6.030 | 9 | |||
| Verde Dickey | C | 30 | 161 | 16 | 7 | 1 | .962 | 5.900 | 0 | |||
| Quinton Gray | C | 13 | 72 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 5.769 | 9 | |||
| Don Stokes | OF | 134 | 322 | 15 | 14 | 2 | .960 | 2.515 | ||||
| Rusty Burns | OF | 108 | 133 | 6 | 17 | 1 | .891 | 1.287 | ||||
| Robert Brown | OF | 87 | 156 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .942 | 1.862 | ||||
| Gideon Jarvis | OF | 25 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .913 | 1.680 | ||||
| George Zackey | OF | 23 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .837 | 1.565 | ||||
| Willie Neal | OF | 16 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.312 | ||||
| Verde Dickey | OF | 14 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Willie Neal | P | 42 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 3 | .941 | .762 | ||||
| Jack Cardey | P | 36 | 11 | 53 | 6 | 2 | .914 | 1.778 | ||||
| Audie Malone | P | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charlie Davidson | P | 22 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.045 | ||||
| George Zackey | P | 20 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .824 | .700 | ||||
| Kenneth Harrington | P | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cliff Ross | P | 19 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .684 | ||||
| Billy Thompson | P | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Conovan | P | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Fred Hasselman | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dean Franks | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Reuben Phillips | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Howard Anderson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edwin Schneider | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Tornay | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roy Gilliam | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Armstrong | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Smith | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Green | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cecil Davis | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frosty Kennedy | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Verde Dickey | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Cantrell | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sam Goodsoozian | SS | 67 | 108 | 186 | 24 | 44 | .925 | 4.388 | ||||
| Frank Tornay | SS | 53 | 113 | 163 | 18 | 29 | .939 | 5.208 | ||||
| Jack Poppell | SS | 27 | 58 | 116 | 13 | 21 | .930 | 6.444 | ||||
| Totals | 1389 | 3536 | 1404 | 231 | 353 | .955 | 3.557 | 18 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
