1956 Roswell Rockets Statistics
Team Record: 53-90
Finished 9th in the SL
Manager: Tom Jordan (0-0), Hal Simpson (0-0)
Location: Roswell, New Mexico
Ballpark: Fair Park Stadium
Attendance: 18,367, Avg. 257
The Roswell Rockets of the Southwestern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 53 wins and 90 losses, finishing ninth in the SL.
The Rockets plated 927 runs and conceded 1158 runs. Daniel Howard paced Roswell with 28 home runs, while Mike Lucas, Joe Bauman and Hal Simpson each walloped 15 or more as well. Hal Simpson drove in 123 runs. Roberto Fernandez topped all regular batters by hitting .367. James Kenaga led the team with 6 wins and a team-best 7.55 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Tom Jordan played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Roswell Rockets to do so.
Tom Jordan and Hal Simpson 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Kenaga | 6 | 11 | .353 | 7.55 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 124.0 | 169 | 117 | 104 | 24 | 75 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||||
Edward Konick | 5 | 4 | .556 | 7.68 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 68.0 | 105 | 65 | 58 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Fidel Alvarez | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.55 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 66.0 | 94 | 57 | 48 | 10 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Ralph Buckingham | 3 | 7 | .300 | 6.73 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 91.0 | 136 | 87 | 68 | 13 | 42 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||||
Julio Ramos | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8.47 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 34.0 | 54 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Dennie Brenek | 1 | 10 | .091 | 7.71 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 84.0 | 128 | 93 | 72 | 9 | 45 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
John Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
George Payte | 33 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hal Simpson | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Vincent Lupica | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mike Lucas | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
James Waldrip | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Everett Moore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tom Jordan | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Gene Armstrong | 31 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Leon Boykin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Buford | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Calo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
David Exter | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Roberto Fernandez | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Richard Goodell | 32 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dean Higgins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Harry Young | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 20 | 38 | .345 | 7.36 | 280 | 56 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 467.0 | 686 | 452 | 382 | 79 | 220 | 0 | 249 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roberto Fernandez | 143 | 669 | 629 | 132 | 231 | 64 | 4 | 13 | 116 | 7 | 29 | 44 | .367 | .393 | .544 | .937 | 342 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
Hal Simpson | 143 | 654 | 534 | 113 | 189 | 38 | 4 | 25 | 123 | 0 | 92 | 42 | .354 | .457 | .581 | 1.038 | 310 | 18 | 0 | 10 | |||
Everett Moore | 129 | 538 | 487 | 79 | 154 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 68 | 5 | 37 | 94 | .316 | .362 | .466 | .828 | 227 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
Daniel Howard | 67 | 306 | 280 | 80 | 110 | 18 | 4 | 28 | 78 | 4 | 21 | 82 | .393 | .441 | .786 | 1.227 | 220 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
Joseph Borzellino | 99 | 401 | 345 | 43 | 85 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 49 | 44 | .246 | .343 | .316 | .659 | 109 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
Gerald Linneman | 84 | 346 | 319 | 58 | 84 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 25 | 35 | .263 | .319 | .348 | .667 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Mike Lucas | 85 | 367 | 333 | 54 | 81 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 59 | 4 | 24 | 59 | .243 | .297 | .456 | .753 | 152 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
Larry Roseborough | 78 | 270 | 241 | 36 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 27 | 35 | .261 | .335 | .386 | .720 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Jorge Lopez | 42 | 181 | 164 | 27 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 18 | .311 | .354 | .439 | .793 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
Joe Bauman | 52 | 234 | 167 | 51 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 38 | 0 | 64 | 43 | .287 | .485 | .623 | 1.108 | 104 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Frank Calo | 31 | 135 | 123 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .293 | .319 | .431 | .749 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
Vincent DiGiantomasso | 27 | 133 | 110 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 11 | .255 | .366 | .345 | .712 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
Ralph Buckingham | 38 | 92 | 82 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .268 | .348 | .390 | .738 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Donald Booher | 35 | 147 | 121 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 7 | .165 | .275 | .174 | .448 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||
John Hogan | 27 | 64 | 60 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .283 | .328 | .433 | .761 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Fidel Alvarez | 20 | 49 | 42 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .333 | .429 | .738 | 1.167 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Victor Napolitano | 15 | 65 | 58 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .241 | .323 | .328 | .651 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Clyde Baxley | 13 | 42 | 39 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .231 | .286 | .385 | .670 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dennie Brenek | 16 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .200 | .265 | .233 | .498 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Carl Bellotti | 8 | 30 | 30 | 6 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Tom Galli | 5 | 19 | 19 | 5 | .263 | .263 | .263 | .526 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Edward Konick | 13 | 31 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .172 | .200 | .207 | .407 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Julio Ramos | 10 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .267 | .353 | .400 | .753 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Phillip Tombs | 9 | 19 | 19 | 4 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
James Kenaga | 28 | 56 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 16 | .098 | .327 | .098 | .425 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Mike Brito | 8 | 18 | 18 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Jack Freeman | 6 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Norman Durham | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Phil Rizzo | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Leon Boykin | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
James Waldrip | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1249 | 4981 | 4392 | 806 | 1306 | 246 | 44 | 130 | 675 | 31 | 0 | 478 | 621 | .297 | .368 | .462 | .830 | 2030 | 0 | 40 | 21 | 50 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Lucas | 1B | 85 | 656 | 50 | 13 | 63 | .982 | 8.306 | ||||
Joe Bauman | 1B | 51 | 422 | 39 | 8 | 43 | .983 | 9.039 | ||||
Jorge Lopez | 2B | 42 | 124 | 108 | 6 | 24 | .975 | 5.524 | ||||
Gerald Linneman | 2B | 33 | 63 | 63 | 6 | 12 | .955 | 3.818 | ||||
Donald Booher | 2B | 29 | 82 | 72 | 6 | 19 | .962 | 5.310 | ||||
Vincent DiGiantomasso | 2B | 18 | 36 | 57 | 4 | 12 | .959 | 5.167 | ||||
Roberto Fernandez | 3B | 57 | 43 | 122 | 21 | 9 | .887 | 2.895 | ||||
Gerald Linneman | 3B | 50 | 50 | 89 | 14 | 11 | .908 | 2.780 | ||||
Everett Moore | 3B | 35 | 35 | 53 | 14 | 7 | .863 | 2.514 | ||||
Larry Roseborough | C | 74 | 317 | 39 | 13 | 5 | .965 | 4.811 | 12 | |||
Frank Calo | C | 28 | 125 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .986 | 5.143 | 1 | |||
Hal Simpson | OF | 143 | 274 | 6 | 11 | 0 | .962 | 1.958 | ||||
Everett Moore | OF | 95 | 244 | 10 | 21 | 3 | .924 | 2.674 | ||||
Roberto Fernandez | OF | 84 | 206 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .995 | 2.595 | ||||
Daniel Howard | OF | 66 | 109 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .904 | 1.712 | ||||
John Hogan | OF | 23 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .878 | 1.565 | ||||
Ralph Buckingham | OF | 12 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
George Payte | P | 33 | .000 | |||||||||
Richard Goodell | P | 32 | .000 | |||||||||
Gene Armstrong | P | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
James Kenaga | P | 28 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .893 | ||||
Ralph Buckingham | P | 18 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.278 | ||||
Harry Young | P | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
Vincent Lupica | P | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
Dennie Brenek | P | 15 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 0 | .783 | 1.200 | ||||
Edward Konick | P | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.615 | ||||
David Exter | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
Thomas Buford | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
Fidel Alvarez | P | 13 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
Mike Lucas | P | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
Julio Ramos | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Hal Simpson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Tom Jordan | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
James Waldrip | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Roberto Fernandez | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
John Smith | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Everett Moore | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Dean Higgins | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Frank Calo | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Leon Boykin | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Joseph Borzellino | SS | 98 | 173 | 324 | 31 | 51 | .941 | 5.071 | ||||
Totals | 1311 | 3061 | 1178 | 198 | 276 | .955 | 3.233 | 13 | 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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