1956 Waycross Braves Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 79-59
Finished 2nd in the GGL
Manager: James Deery (79-59)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Waycross, Georgia
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 32,300, Avg. 468

1956 Waycross Braves Roster

The Waycross Braves of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1956 season with a record of 79 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the GGL.

The Braves tallied 659 runs and conceded 578 runs. Roger Morgan led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .290. David Scranton topped Waycross with 19 wins, while Willard Souillard earned a 2.2 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. James Deery 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
David Scranton	19	12	.613	2.91	35	31					247.0	211	104	80	7	86
Johnnie Scroggs	9	5	.643	2.79	43	1					116.0	96	47	36	6	32
Willard Souillard	9	6	.600	2.20	22	17					139.0	114	52	34	5	43
Gerald Stillings	9	6	.600	2.25	17	16					132.0	85	44	33	4	60
Millard Grissom	9	9	.500	4.33	27	17					133.0	147	77	64	10	55
Larry Vroman	8	5	.615	4.64	22	16					114.3	95	71	59	3	92
James Cahoon	8	8	.500	4.03	21	19					134.0	118	70	60	3	60
Norris Dorsey	3	2	.600	2.90	12	5					49.7	43	24	16	1	18
Dan D'Esposito	2	1	.667		4						0.0
Fred Hoffman	2	5	.286	4.68	15	10					59.7	54	41	31	1	53
Joseph Sarmer	1	0	1.000		7						0.0
John Roberts	0	0			3						0.0
Totals	79	59	.572	3.30	228	132	0	0	0	0	1124.7	963	530	413	40	499	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
Roger Morgan	138	520	520		151	25	5	11						.290	.290	.421	.712	219
Joaquin Perez	135	527	527		139	18	3	1						.264	.264	.315	.579	166
Arvie Pilgrim	137	527	527		131	12	1	0						.249	.249	.275	.524	145
Ray Engel	133	458	458		127	22	1	11						.277	.277	.402	.679	184
John Lowry	137	450	450		126	23	2	10						.280	.280	.407	.687	183
Ivy Johnson	131	460	460		114	18	5	2						.248	.248	.322	.570	148
Gayle Moore	107	366	366		98	15	1	2						.268	.268	.331	.598	121
Robert Zuccarini	81	278	278		71	18	2	8						.255	.255	.421	.676	117
Donnie Ford	41	140	140		31	0	1	0						.221	.221	.236	.457	33
Thomas Dandurand	50	150	150		29	7	0	2						.193	.193	.280	.473	42
Millard Grissom	30	59	59		19	3	0	0						.322	.322	.373	.695	22
James Deery	26	78	78		15	4	1	0						.192	.192	.269	.462	21
David Scranton	35	81	81		15	2	0	0						.185	.185	.210	.395	17
Johnnie Scroggs	49	55	55		12	0	1	0						.218	.218	.255	.473	14
Larry Vroman	22	33	33		8	0	0	0						.242	.242	.242	.485	8
Early Gordon	28	53	53		8	1	0	0						.151	.151	.170	.321	9
Gerald Stillings	18	49	49		7	2	0	0						.143	.143	.184	.327	9
James Cahoon	21	46	46		6	0	0	0						.130	.130	.130	.261	6
Willard Souillard	22	45	45		5	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	5
Charles White	3	10	10		3									.300	.300	.300	.600	3
Norris Dorsey	12	19	19		3	0	0	0						.158	.158	.158	.316	3
Fred Hoffman	15	18	18		2	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Dan D'Esposito	4	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Joseph Sarmer	7	8	8		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Roberts	3	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1385	4440	4440	0	1121	170	23	47	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.252	.333	.585	1478	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Johnnie Scroggs	P	43					.000
David Scranton	P	35					.000
Millard Grissom	P	27					.000
Larry Vroman	P	22					.000
Willard Souillard	P	22					.000
James Cahoon	P	21					.000
Gerald Stillings	P	17					.000
Fred Hoffman	P	15					.000
Norris Dorsey	P	12					.000
Joseph Sarmer	P	7					.000
Dan D'Esposito	P	4					.000
John Roberts	P	3					.000
Totals		228	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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