1956 Visalia Cubs Statistics
Team Record: 67-73
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Eddie Bockman (67-73)
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 37,110, Avg. 530
The Visalia Cubs of the California League ended the 1956 season with a record of 67 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.
The Cubs scored 881 runs and gave up 879 runs. Al Gionfriddo led all regular batters with a .354 average. Pete Hernandez earned 24 wins on the mound for Visalia and a team-best 4.05 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Eddie Bockman and Al Gionfriddo both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Eddie Bockman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Hernandez | 24 | 10 | .706 | 4.05 | 36 | 34 | 287.0 | 286 | 148 | 129 | 24 | 109 | ||||||||||
| John Morrill | 11 | 11 | .500 | 5.23 | 31 | 27 | 196.0 | 228 | 138 | 114 | 20 | 118 | ||||||||||
| William Dials | 9 | 6 | .600 | 5.44 | 52 | 8 | 144.0 | 155 | 97 | 87 | 15 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Domenichelli | 7 | 16 | .304 | 5.13 | 28 | 21 | 156.0 | 182 | 104 | 89 | 16 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Ralph Pausig | 5 | 7 | .417 | 6.07 | 15 | 13 | 89.0 | 118 | 69 | 60 | 9 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Paul Benedetto | 3 | 5 | .375 | 7.76 | 24 | 11 | 87.0 | 89 | 84 | 75 | 10 | 85 | ||||||||||
| David Borges | 3 | 6 | .333 | 7.65 | 30 | 10 | 93.0 | 104 | 97 | 79 | 15 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Elmer Franklin | 2 | 6 | .250 | 9.00 | 11 | 7 | 41.0 | 58 | 47 | 41 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Klauser | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robin Shannon | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Nolan | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.73 | 14 | 8 | 77.0 | 110 | 61 | 49 | 7 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 67 | 73 | .479 | 5.56 | 250 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1170.0 | 1330 | 845 | 723 | 117 | 646 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Gionfriddo | 140 | 522 | 522 | 185 | 30 | 8 | 9 | .354 | .354 | .494 | .849 | 258 | |||||||||||
| Bud Heslet | 140 | 524 | 524 | 175 | 27 | 2 | 51 | .334 | .334 | .685 | 1.019 | 359 | |||||||||||
| Vic Colo | 140 | 563 | 563 | 150 | 19 | 7 | 2 | .266 | .266 | .336 | .602 | 189 | |||||||||||
| Willie Sampson | 136 | 541 | 541 | 147 | 23 | 6 | 4 | .272 | .272 | .359 | .630 | 194 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Bockman | 132 | 488 | 488 | 141 | 28 | 5 | 14 | .289 | .289 | .453 | .742 | 221 | |||||||||||
| Jerome Stack | 118 | 420 | 420 | 132 | 22 | 8 | 7 | .314 | .314 | .455 | .769 | 191 | |||||||||||
| Jack Steinagel | 90 | 306 | 306 | 90 | 16 | 1 | 15 | .294 | .294 | .500 | .794 | 153 | |||||||||||
| Joe Wilson | 66 | 236 | 236 | 63 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .267 | .267 | .377 | .644 | 89 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Santino | 59 | 225 | 225 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .218 | .218 | .289 | .507 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Howard Hantak | 60 | 208 | 208 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .216 | .216 | .274 | .490 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Gary Rushing | 53 | 178 | 178 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .230 | .230 | .365 | .596 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Pete Hernandez | 55 | 139 | 139 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .331 | .604 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Carl Brady | 30 | 60 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .317 | .550 | 19 | |||||||||||
| William Dials | 52 | 47 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .255 | .255 | .362 | .617 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Ernie Domenichelli | 28 | 55 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .127 | .127 | .182 | .309 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Pausig | 15 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .219 | .406 | 7 | |||||||||||
| David Borges | 30 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .192 | .192 | .423 | .615 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Paul Benedetto | 24 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .233 | .367 | 7 | |||||||||||
| John Morrill | 31 | 68 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Elmer Franklin | 11 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bill Nolan | 14 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 2 | |||||||||||
| James Warren | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Newton | 9 | 27 | 27 | 1 | .037 | .037 | .037 | .074 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robin Shannon | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Klauser | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1446 | 4746 | 4746 | 0 | 1314 | 209 | 47 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 | .277 | .415 | .692 | 1968 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Dials | P | 52 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Hernandez | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| John Morrill | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| David Borges | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Ernie Domenichelli | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Benedetto | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Pausig | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Nolan | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Elmer Franklin | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Robin Shannon | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Klauser | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 250 | 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.
