1956 San Jose JoSox Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Dick Whitman (79-61)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: San Jose, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 41,176, Avg. 588
1956 San Jose JoSox Roster

Playoffs - Fresno Cardinals 2 games, San Jose JoSox 0

The San Jose JoSox of the California League ended the 1956 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the CL.

The JoSox plated 797 runs and conceded 717 runs. Dick Whitman led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .391. Cliff Allmon topped San Jose with 17 wins, while Samuel Williams also added 15 or more victories also Samuel Williams registered a 3.1 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1956 San Jose JoSox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Joe Brovia, Don Gile, Dick Whitman and Samuel Williams.

Dick Whitman 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
Cliff Allmon1712.5864.643331254.02561451312099
Samuel Williams159.6253.102824203.01898670852
James Lee1412.5383.592929223.0212116891177
William Sperling125.7063.473115161.0171102626114
Donald Glenn1013.4354.602822182.0221121931173
Cless Hinckley83.7275.0533998.01197555732
James Dougherty101.00010.0
Dick Green11.50020.0
Gene Rosen16.1435.747747.0484030441
Robert Bartalini0010.0
Benjamin Gonzales0030.0
Don Neves0020.0
Olmedo Suarez0010.0
Dick Whitman0020.0
Floyd Brower0020.0
Totals7961.5644.0820313700001168.0121668553067488000000

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
Dick Whitman12944844817534155.391.391.567.958254
Olmedo Suarez1154854851521760.313.313.373.687181
Benjamin Gonzales1355095091422075.279.279.375.654191
James Dougherty1354754751272760.267.267.349.617166
Don Gile1134344341157419.265.265.431.696187
Joe Brovia712522529118022.361.361.6941.056175
Robert Poole118393393871810.221.221.272.494107
Robert Stegemeier7023723755522.232.232.295.52770
Jack Richards10830730749700.160.160.182.34256
Cliff Allmon50136136431001.316.316.412.72856
Julian Castro3713413433621.246.246.343.59046
Samuel Williams34797928411.354.354.468.82337
William Sperling33696921200.304.304.333.63823
Donald Glenn41858518110.212.212.247.45921
Charles Reynolds22676712201.179.179.254.43317
Edwin Bryan22737312210.164.164.219.38416
James Lee31797910200.127.127.152.27812
Donald Visconti1651519100.176.176.196.37310
Roy Hollstien815157.467.467.467.9337
Douglas Boehner1658586000.103.103.103.2076
William Flowerday822223.136.136.136.2733
Cless Hinckley3534343000.088.088.088.1763
Gene Rosen712122.167.167.167.3332
Dick Green2551.200.200.200.4001
Floyd Brower2110.000.000.000.0000
Ronald Cecchi5440.000.000.000.0000
Robert Bartalini1110.000.000.000.0000
Don Neves2110.000.000.000.0000
Raymond Avansino3550.000.000.000.0000
Totals13694471447101201183465700000.269.269.368.637164700000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Cless HinckleyP33.000
Cliff AllmonP33.000
William SperlingP31.000
James LeeP29.000
Samuel WilliamsP28.000
Donald GlennP28.000
Gene RosenP7.000
Don NevesP2.000
Dick GreenP2.000
Floyd BrowerP2.000
Robert BartaliniP1.000
Totals1960000.000

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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