1956 Sandersville Giants Statistics
Team Record: 70-50
Finished 2nd in the GSL
Manager: Pete Pavlick (70-50)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Sandersville, Georgia
Ballpark: Sandersville Baseball Park
Attendance: 31,287, Avg. 521
Playoffs - Sandersville Giants 3 games, Thomson Orioles 2
Finals - Douglas Reds 3 games, Sandersville Giants 1
The Sandersville Giants of the Georgia State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 70 wins and 50 losses, finishing second in the GSL.
The Giants tallied 689 runs and yielded 606 runs. Frank Reveira led all regular hitters by connecting at a .332 clip. Gilbert Bassetti topped Sandersville with 21 wins and a team-best 2.26 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Pete Pavlick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Bassetti | 21 | 8 | .724 | 2.26 | 44 | 29 | 247.0 | 208 | 94 | 62 | 9 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Frank Slaughter | 11 | 13 | .458 | 4.19 | 37 | 20 | 174.0 | 147 | 114 | 81 | 9 | 136 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Williams | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.79 | 30 | 21 | 164.0 | 158 | 95 | 69 | 12 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Donald Sager | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.55 | 38 | 1 | 74.0 | 60 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Robert Ganser | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.30 | 33 | 16 | 136.0 | 133 | 85 | 65 | 4 | 86 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Madaris | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.57 | 27 | 17 | 126.0 | 119 | 80 | 64 | 10 | 90 | ||||||||||
| John Hagemann | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.32 | 22 | 9 | 73.0 | 66 | 51 | 35 | 4 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Raymond Berntsen | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Emmett Hungate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harold Turbyfill | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vernon White | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lynn Higby | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Kochis | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 50 | .583 | 3.59 | 249 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 994.0 | 891 | 548 | 397 | 53 | 543 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Pavlick | 113 | 418 | 418 | 122 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .292 | .292 | .342 | .634 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Frank Reveira | 102 | 352 | 352 | 117 | 22 | 3 | 12 | .332 | .332 | .514 | .847 | 181 | |||||||||||
| Allan Milley | 113 | 396 | 396 | 111 | 21 | 2 | 21 | .280 | .280 | .503 | .783 | 199 | |||||||||||
| Emmett Hungate | 120 | 444 | 444 | 105 | 21 | 3 | 19 | .236 | .236 | .426 | .662 | 189 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Sarver | 118 | 394 | 394 | 99 | 14 | 1 | 12 | .251 | .251 | .383 | .635 | 151 | |||||||||||
| Anderson Shumate | 118 | 420 | 420 | 89 | 19 | 3 | 5 | .212 | .212 | .307 | .519 | 129 | |||||||||||
| Harold Lanoux | 118 | 357 | 357 | 75 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .210 | .210 | .255 | .465 | 91 | |||||||||||
| Willie Chandler | 97 | 274 | 274 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .219 | .219 | .277 | .496 | 76 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Williams | 76 | 157 | 157 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .236 | .236 | .280 | .516 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Emory Ennis | 47 | 138 | 138 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .225 | .268 | .493 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Nick Francone | 42 | 137 | 137 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .197 | .197 | .255 | .453 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Frank Slaughter | 53 | 88 | 88 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .227 | .227 | .420 | .648 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Gilbert Bassetti | 45 | 79 | 79 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .177 | .177 | .190 | .367 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Robert Marburger | 8 | 29 | 29 | 7 | .241 | .241 | .241 | .483 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Madaris | 28 | 42 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .190 | .357 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Robert Ganser | 35 | 49 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .102 | .102 | .102 | .204 | 5 | |||||||||||
| John Hagemann | 23 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .417 | .583 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Howard Gershberg | 10 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Donald Sager | 38 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Vernon White | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Raymond Berntsen | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| George Kochis | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lynn Higby | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1319 | 3863 | 3863 | 0 | 939 | 148 | 20 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .355 | .598 | 1370 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Milley | 1B | 112 | .000 | |||||
| Anderson Shumate | 2B | 109 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Pavlick | 3B | 95 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Reveira | C | 91 | .000 | |||||
| Emmett Hungate | OF | 120 | .000 | |||||
| Daniel Sarver | OF | 102 | .000 | |||||
| Willie Chandler | OF | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Emory Ennis | OF | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Nick Francone | OF | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Williams | OF | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Gilbert Bassetti | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Sager | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Slaughter | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Ganser | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Madaris | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| John Hagemann | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Vernon White | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| George Kochis | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Raymond Berntsen | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Lynn Higby | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Turbyfill | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Lanoux | SS | 113 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1121 | 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.
