1956 Vidalia Indians Statistics
Team Record: 63-57
Finished 3rd in the GSL
Manager: Mark Wylie (63-57)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Vidalia, Georgia
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 17,273, Avg. 288
Playoffs - Douglas Reds 3 games, Vidalia Indians 2
The Vidalia Indians of the Georgia State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 63 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the GSL.
The Indians topped the circuit with just 549 runs allowed. Vidalia scored 644 runs. Danny Almeida and Charlie Smiley led all regular hitters by hitting .293. Dick Stigman paced the team with 17 wins and a team-best 1.44 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Dick Stigman played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Vidalia Indians to do so.
Mark Wylie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Stigman | 17 | 9 | .654 | 1.44 | 33 | 24 | 213.0 | 138 | 54 | 34 | 3 | 97 | ||||||||||
| Frank Yurman | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.25 | 18 | 16 | 116.0 | 95 | 44 | 29 | 3 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Marvin Gums | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.33 | 11 | 11 | 92.0 | 78 | 46 | 34 | 1 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Howard Cailor | 7 | 8 | .467 | 5.08 | 20 | 16 | 101.0 | 99 | 74 | 57 | 3 | 86 | ||||||||||
| Richard Betsch | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.40 | 19 | 11 | 86.0 | 78 | 68 | 42 | 5 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Larry Brinkley | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.91 | 14 | 2 | 47.0 | 42 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Harold Sims | 4 | 10 | .286 | 5.26 | 29 | 18 | 125.0 | 109 | 91 | 73 | 11 | 111 | ||||||||||
| Harold Keller | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.50 | 13 | 9 | 66.0 | 54 | 51 | 33 | 0 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Roger Harms | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mark Wylie | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.11 | 13 | 0 | 47.0 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||
| James Prescott | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.67 | 10 | 5 | 46.0 | 41 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Smiley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Danny Almeida | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clifford Dye | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clifford Copeland | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 57 | .525 | 3.37 | 202 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 939.0 | 769 | 496 | 352 | 32 | 588 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Almeida | 118 | 495 | 495 | 145 | 20 | 5 | 1 | .293 | .293 | .360 | .653 | 178 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Smiley | 119 | 427 | 427 | 125 | 22 | 11 | 9 | .293 | .293 | .459 | .752 | 196 | |||||||||||
| John Engler | 120 | 443 | 443 | 113 | 13 | 3 | 7 | .255 | .255 | .345 | .600 | 153 | |||||||||||
| Louis Holdener | 90 | 321 | 321 | 90 | 15 | 2 | 7 | .280 | .280 | .405 | .685 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Manuel Carrasquel | 75 | 288 | 288 | 76 | 10 | 4 | 3 | .264 | .264 | .358 | .622 | 103 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Tingle | 79 | 262 | 262 | 70 | 14 | 7 | 1 | .267 | .267 | .385 | .653 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Clint Hardwick | 47 | 197 | 197 | 55 | 9 | 4 | 3 | .279 | .279 | .411 | .690 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Donald Valesky | 57 | 206 | 206 | 51 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .248 | .248 | .311 | .558 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Joe Morlan | 53 | 188 | 188 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 2 | .266 | .266 | .356 | .622 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Richard Betsch | 74 | 205 | 205 | 49 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .293 | .532 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Patterson | 38 | 118 | 118 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 9 | .339 | .339 | .602 | .941 | 71 | |||||||||||
| William Dow | 43 | 148 | 148 | 35 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .236 | .236 | .365 | .601 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Richard Kowalczyk | 43 | 147 | 147 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .177 | .177 | .190 | .367 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Allen Belaj | 38 | 132 | 132 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .189 | .189 | .227 | .417 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Dick Stigman | 33 | 79 | 79 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .165 | .165 | .165 | .329 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Frank Yurman | 22 | 47 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .213 | .234 | .447 | 11 | |||||||||||
| David Henderson | 11 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .303 | .576 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Weiss | 10 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .308 | .308 | .577 | .885 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Mark Wylie | 17 | 29 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .310 | .586 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Howard Cailor | 21 | 41 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .171 | .341 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Harold Keller | 14 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .267 | .400 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Marvin Gums | 11 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .156 | .281 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Roger Harms | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Brinkley | 14 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | |||||||||||
| James Prescott | 10 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Harold Sims | 29 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .026 | .026 | .026 | .053 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Clifford Dye | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Clifford Copeland | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1206 | 3987 | 3987 | 0 | 1019 | 140 | 56 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .351 | .607 | 1400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Smiley | 1B | 119 | .000 | |||||
| Danny Almeida | 2B | 91 | .000 | |||||
| William Dow | 3B | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Kowalczyk | 3B | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Louis Holdener | C | 69 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Morlan | C | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Raymond Patterson | C | 22 | .000 | |||||
| John Engler | OF | 118 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Valesky | OF | 57 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Betsch | OF | 52 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Tingle | OF | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Clint Hardwick | OF | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Stigman | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Sims | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Howard Cailor | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Yurman | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Brinkley | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Mark Wylie | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Keller | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Marvin Gums | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| James Prescott | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Clifford Dye | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Clifford Copeland | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Harms | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Manuel Carrasquel | SS | 68 | .000 | |||||
| Allen Belaj | SS | 32 | .000 | |||||
| David Henderson | SS | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 989 | 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.
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