1956 Valdosta Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 94-45
Finished 1st in the GGL
Manager: Bill Adair (94-45)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Valdosta, Georgia
Ballpark: Pendleton Park
Attendance: 43,088, Avg. 620
The Valdosta Tigers of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1956 season with a record of 94 wins and 45 losses, finishing first in the GGL.
The Tigers paced the league with just 512 runs allowed. Valdosta scored 791 runs. Billy Ryckman led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .300. William McNeill topped the squad with 20 wins, while Roger Sheppard and Bob Dustal added 15 or more victories as well Roger Sheppard registered a 2.2 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1956 Valdosta Tigers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Grzenda, Fred Gladding and Bob Dustal.
Bill Adair 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William McNeill | 20 | 4 | .833 | 2.70 | 28 | 22 | 189.7 | 155 | 69 | 57 | 6 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Bob Dustal | 18 | 7 | .720 | 2.21 | 47 | 18 | 248.0 | 199 | 84 | 61 | 4 | 89 | ||||||||||
| Roger Sheppard | 17 | 13 | .567 | 2.20 | 36 | 29 | 262.0 | 203 | 95 | 64 | 8 | 126 | ||||||||||
| Joe Grzenda | 13 | 3 | .812 | 3.19 | 22 | 20 | 144.0 | 94 | 60 | 51 | 5 | 114 | ||||||||||
| Elvin Fleshman | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.89 | 21 | 19 | 121.3 | 78 | 52 | 39 | 0 | 123 | ||||||||||
| Fred Gladding | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2.76 | 35 | 21 | 199.0 | 166 | 83 | 61 | 4 | 86 | ||||||||||
| David Justus | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.75 | 13 | 7 | 49.3 | 41 | 40 | 37 | 2 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Kushner | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marvin Caswell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Trammel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oliver Powers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lynwood Jones | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 94 | 45 | .676 | 2.74 | 212 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1213.3 | 936 | 483 | 370 | 29 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Ryckman | 123 | 500 | 500 | 150 | 20 | 3 | 4 | .300 | .300 | .376 | .676 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Barton Dupon | 133 | 500 | 500 | 148 | 29 | 7 | 17 | .296 | .296 | .484 | .780 | 242 | |||||||||||
| James Cross | 139 | 549 | 549 | 148 | 16 | 3 | 4 | .270 | .270 | .332 | .601 | 182 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Welch | 133 | 501 | 501 | 143 | 21 | 3 | 9 | .285 | .285 | .393 | .679 | 197 | |||||||||||
| Jay Cooke | 139 | 477 | 477 | 130 | 22 | 6 | 16 | .273 | .273 | .444 | .717 | 212 | |||||||||||
| George McCue | 123 | 476 | 476 | 110 | 15 | 5 | 4 | .231 | .231 | .309 | .540 | 147 | |||||||||||
| Alex Sirota | 114 | 400 | 400 | 88 | 15 | 2 | 5 | .220 | .220 | .305 | .525 | 122 | |||||||||||
| Hollis Powell | 41 | 144 | 144 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .312 | .312 | .444 | .757 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Dean Miner | 46 | 155 | 155 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .232 | .232 | .284 | .516 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Scariato | 37 | 125 | 125 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .240 | .240 | .384 | .624 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Robert White | 22 | 83 | 83 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .289 | .289 | .470 | .759 | 39 | |||||||||||
| William McNeill | 50 | 91 | 91 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .275 | .505 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Richard Beck | 25 | 81 | 81 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .247 | .247 | .309 | .556 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Roger Sheppard | 38 | 100 | 100 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .180 | .180 | .240 | .420 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Frederick Williams | 17 | 58 | 58 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .362 | .638 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Monson | 17 | 50 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .320 | .560 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Bob Dustal | 51 | 85 | 85 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .129 | .141 | .271 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Joe Grzenda | 22 | 55 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .164 | .164 | .200 | .364 | 11 | |||||||||||
| William Maupin | 17 | 44 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .205 | .386 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Fred Gladding | 35 | 69 | 69 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .116 | .116 | .145 | .261 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Elvin Fleshman | 22 | 44 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .159 | .182 | .341 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Bill Adair | 12 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .357 | .357 | .857 | 1.214 | 12 | |||||||||||
| James Gilchrist | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Williams | 7 | 23 | 23 | 3 | .130 | .130 | .130 | .261 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| David Justus | 14 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Kushner | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl Stewmon | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Trammel | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| David Mendler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Marvin Caswell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Oliver Powers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1394 | 4674 | 4674 | 0 | 1199 | 187 | 34 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .357 | .614 | 1670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Dustal | P | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Sheppard | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Gladding | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| William McNeill | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Grzenda | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Elvin Fleshman | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| David Justus | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Kushner | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Lynwood Jones | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Trammel | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Oliver Powers | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 211 | 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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