1956 Wichita Braves Statistics
Team Record: 65-88
Finished 7th in the AA
Manager: George Selkirk (65-88)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 109,207, Avg. 1,428
The Wichita Braves of the American Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 65 wins and 88 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.
The Braves scored 700 runs and conceded 768 runs.
Carl Willey, Charlie White, Roberto Vargas, Bob Trowbridge, Bob Thorpe, Ben Taylor, Bob Talbot, Bob Ross, Bob Roselli, Humberto Robinson, Billy Queen, Taylor Phillips, Jim Pendleton, Chet Nichols, Don McMahon, Georges Maranda, Don Leppert, Joe Koppe, Joey Jay, Earl Hersh, Bob Hazle, Bob Hartman, Harry Hanebrink, Charlie Gorin, Bob Giggie, Chico García, Ed Charles, Don Bollweg and Charlie Bicknell were all players from the 1956 Wichita Braves who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
George Selkirk 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Gorin | 13 | 15 | .464 | 4.79 | 38 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 186.0 | 206 | 128 | 99 | 19 | 73 | 6 | 120 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |||
Humberto Robinson | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.41 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 145.0 | 135 | 65 | 55 | 16 | 56 | 8 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
Paul Cave | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.96 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 134.0 | 121 | 67 | 59 | 14 | 56 | 6 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |||
Roberto Vargas | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.33 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 103.0 | 120 | 71 | 61 | 9 | 50 | 5 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
Joey Jay | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.16 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 145.0 | 143 | 85 | 67 | 14 | 56 | 2 | 128 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
Georges Maranda | 5 | 8 | .385 | 6.36 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 109.0 | 143 | 82 | 77 | 9 | 44 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
Carl Willey | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.43 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 122.0 | 103 | 65 | 60 | 14 | 65 | 5 | 114 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||
Don McMahon | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.35 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 89.0 | 86 | 48 | 43 | 8 | 40 | 5 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
Bob Trowbridge | 3 | 3 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Bob Giggie | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.84 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 80.0 | 84 | 49 | 43 | 11 | 36 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
Taylor Phillips | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.79 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 32 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
Chet Nichols | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Bob Hartman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.94 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 40 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
Bob Ross | 1 | 6 | .143 | 3.91 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 69.0 | 75 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
Charlie Bicknell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals | 65 | 88 | .425 | 4.51 | 371 | 144 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 1251.0 | 1288 | 731 | 627 | 131 | 540 | 48 | 844 | 28 | 4 | 51 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chico GarcÃa | 144 | 587 | 516 | 60 | 144 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 5 | 51 | 18 | .279 | .349 | .349 | .698 | 180 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 6 | ||
Earl Hersh | 128 | 525 | 466 | 94 | 143 | 26 | 3 | 27 | 89 | 5 | 52 | 75 | .307 | .377 | .549 | .926 | 256 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Bob Talbot | 135 | 602 | 550 | 80 | 141 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 45 | 5 | 43 | 44 | .256 | .311 | .360 | .671 | 198 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
Harry Hanebrink | 146 | 590 | 511 | 75 | 137 | 21 | 6 | 20 | 77 | 1 | 63 | 35 | .268 | .354 | .450 | .805 | 230 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | ||
Bob Hazle | 124 | 431 | 376 | 64 | 107 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 46 | 1 | 53 | 42 | .285 | .373 | .452 | .825 | 170 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Billy Queen | 123 | 442 | 388 | 50 | 99 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 55 | 1 | 43 | 53 | .255 | .326 | .410 | .736 | 159 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
Jim Pendleton | 69 | 280 | 253 | 37 | 73 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 43 | 3 | 18 | 31 | .289 | .329 | .530 | .858 | 134 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
Alfred Facchini | 98 | 329 | 305 | 27 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 18 | 38 | .236 | .279 | .275 | .554 | 84 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Charlie White | 87 | 275 | 226 | 28 | 63 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 43 | 36 | .279 | .392 | .447 | .839 | 101 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Joe Koppe | 54 | 217 | 170 | 23 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 44 | 40 | .241 | .397 | .376 | .774 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Don Leppert | 70 | 182 | 165 | 19 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 42 | .230 | .297 | .424 | .721 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Eddie McHugh | 32 | 89 | 79 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .266 | .337 | .342 | .679 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Bob Thorpe | 22 | 72 | 70 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .286 | .292 | .357 | .649 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Ben Taylor | 22 | 90 | 79 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 20 | .241 | .333 | .456 | .789 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Roselli | 24 | 77 | 69 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .203 | .286 | .203 | .489 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roberto Vargas | 42 | 39 | 35 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .371 | .405 | .514 | .920 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Joey Jay | 28 | 56 | 50 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .200 | .273 | .340 | .613 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Charlie Gorin | 56 | 72 | 57 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .158 | .197 | .175 | .372 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
Ed Charles | 15 | 47 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .175 | .298 | .350 | .648 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Humberto Robinson | 31 | 53 | 46 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .130 | .196 | .217 | .413 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Don McMahon | 40 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .179 | .179 | .214 | .393 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Arnie Hallgren | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Bob Ross | 13 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .136 | .174 | .227 | .401 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Carl Willey | 46 | 41 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .083 | .132 | .111 | .243 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Paul Cave | 44 | 44 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .081 | .190 | .081 | .272 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Taylor Phillips | 13 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Bob Trowbridge | 8 | 16 | 16 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Bob Hartman | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Bob Giggie | 20 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .139 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Georges Maranda | 35 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .033 | .065 | .033 | .098 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Chet Nichols | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1693 | 5313 | 4676 | 634 | 1201 | 196 | 35 | 126 | 578 | 36 | 0 | 501 | 641 | .257 | .330 | .395 | .724 | 1845 | 102 | 25 | 77 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earl Hersh | 1B | 32 | 248 | 17 | 6 | 16 | .978 | 8.281 | ||||
Ben Taylor | 1B | 22 | 167 | 13 | 1 | 11 | .994 | 8.182 | ||||
Chico GarcÃa | 2B | 126 | 288 | 373 | 8 | 80 | .988 | 5.246 | ||||
Eddie McHugh | 2B | 17 | 49 | 47 | 6 | 8 | .941 | 5.647 | ||||
Ed Charles | 2B | 10 | 24 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .962 | 5.000 | ||||
Harry Hanebrink | 3B | 142 | 137 | 251 | 17 | 26 | .958 | 2.732 | ||||
Chico GarcÃa | 3B | 13 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .917 | 2.538 | ||||
Charlie White | C | 75 | 398 | 43 | 6 | 9 | .987 | 5.880 | 10 | |||
Don Leppert | C | 50 | 268 | 20 | 6 | 3 | .980 | 5.760 | 7 | |||
Billy Queen | C | 35 | 164 | 14 | 2 | 4 | .989 | 5.086 | 3 | |||
Bob Roselli | C | 21 | 107 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .959 | 5.619 | 1 | |||
Bob Talbot | OF | 133 | 323 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .988 | 2.489 | ||||
Bob Hazle | OF | 103 | 161 | 7 | 11 | 1 | .939 | 1.631 | ||||
Earl Hersh | OF | 100 | 164 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .950 | 1.710 | ||||
Billy Queen | OF | 80 | 110 | 4 | 8 | 3 | .934 | 1.425 | ||||
Jim Pendleton | OF | 50 | 77 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .977 | 1.680 | ||||
Bob Thorpe | OF | 18 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.611 | ||||
Carl Willey | P | 45 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .244 | ||||
Paul Cave | P | 44 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .857 | .545 | ||||
Roberto Vargas | P | 40 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .933 | .700 | ||||
Don McMahon | P | 40 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .964 | .675 | ||||
Charlie Gorin | P | 38 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 3 | .902 | .974 | ||||
Georges Maranda | P | 34 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .885 | .676 | ||||
Humberto Robinson | P | 31 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .926 | .806 | ||||
Joey Jay | P | 27 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.037 | ||||
Bob Giggie | P | 20 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
Bob Ross | P | 13 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.154 | ||||
Taylor Phillips | P | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .615 | ||||
Bob Hartman | P | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
Bob Trowbridge | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Chet Nichols | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Charlie Bicknell | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Alfred Facchini | SS | 75 | 153 | 237 | 21 | 51 | .949 | 5.200 | ||||
Joe Koppe | SS | 53 | 97 | 167 | 25 | 30 | .913 | 4.981 | ||||
Jim Pendleton | SS | 18 | 26 | 44 | 6 | 10 | .921 | 3.889 | ||||
Totals | 1544 | 3067 | 1495 | 168 | 276 | .964 | 2.955 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
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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