1956 West Palm Beach Sun Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 81-58
Finished 3rd in the FSL
Manager: Walt Novick (81-58)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Connie Mack Field
Attendance: 45,936, Avg. 661
The West Palm Beach Sun Chiefs of the Florida State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 81 wins and 58 losses, finishing third in the FSL.
The Sun Chiefs plated 616 runs and gave up 629 runs. Cookie Rojas led all regular hitters by hitting .275. Robert Dunn topped West Palm Beach with 15 wins and a team-best 2.2 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Cookie Rojas and Duane Richards both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Walt Novick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Dunn | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.20 | 29 | 22 | 188.0 | 120 | 59 | 46 | 4 | 118 | ||||||||||
| James Riggs | 14 | 6 | .700 | 2.91 | 42 | 18 | 192.0 | 138 | 76 | 62 | 2 | 116 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Ciccarella | 13 | 8 | .619 | 4.11 | 37 | 24 | 162.0 | 152 | 98 | 74 | 7 | 106 | ||||||||||
| William Ainsworth | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.13 | 37 | 19 | 187.0 | 163 | 84 | 65 | 3 | 126 | ||||||||||
| Duane Richards | 7 | 9 | .438 | 6.19 | 30 | 14 | 109.0 | 116 | 84 | 75 | 5 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Peter Rubenacker | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.00 | 26 | 16 | 117.0 | 125 | 68 | 52 | 3 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Johnston | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.06 | 9 | 7 | 50.0 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Keith Brown | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.60 | 13 | 4 | 52.0 | 44 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Gene Fedak | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Wigton | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Nichols | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walt Novick | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salvador Massa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Kelly | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Howser | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Luis Boullon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Yarbrough | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Maier | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul Diamond | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 58 | .583 | 3.46 | 265 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1057.0 | 894 | 510 | 406 | 26 | 668 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie Rojas | 129 | 476 | 476 | 131 | 19 | 6 | 1 | .275 | .275 | .347 | .622 | 165 | |||||||||||
| Dave Bristol | 117 | 441 | 441 | 121 | 21 | 6 | 4 | .274 | .274 | .376 | .651 | 166 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Howser | 96 | 349 | 349 | 99 | 14 | 8 | 5 | .284 | .284 | .413 | .696 | 144 | |||||||||||
| William Close | 74 | 274 | 274 | 81 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .296 | .296 | .383 | .679 | 105 | |||||||||||
| James Yarbrough | 101 | 339 | 339 | 78 | 17 | 4 | 5 | .230 | .230 | .348 | .578 | 118 | |||||||||||
| Jose Padilla | 134 | 403 | 403 | 72 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .221 | .400 | 89 | |||||||||||
| Charles Tulner | 67 | 235 | 235 | 71 | 11 | 5 | 5 | .302 | .302 | .455 | .757 | 107 | |||||||||||
| Luis Boullon | 118 | 318 | 318 | 69 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .217 | .217 | .283 | .500 | 90 | |||||||||||
| Richard Dickey | 71 | 246 | 246 | 57 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .232 | .232 | .297 | .528 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Hank DeVincent | 35 | 132 | 132 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .288 | .288 | .379 | .667 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Fehrenbach | 42 | 140 | 140 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .207 | .207 | .279 | .486 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Knezevich | 40 | 136 | 136 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .191 | .191 | .309 | .500 | 42 | |||||||||||
| James Loveland | 28 | 88 | 88 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .284 | .284 | .398 | .682 | 35 | |||||||||||
| James Caudle | 25 | 91 | 91 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .264 | .264 | .396 | .659 | 36 | |||||||||||
| James Riggs | 42 | 79 | 79 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .228 | .228 | .291 | .519 | 23 | |||||||||||
| William Ainsworth | 52 | 92 | 92 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .185 | .185 | .228 | .413 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Ciccarella | 43 | 60 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .233 | .450 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Robert Dunn | 30 | 59 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .203 | .220 | .424 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Walt Novick | 46 | 88 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .170 | .295 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Peter Rubenacker | 27 | 44 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .250 | .432 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Gus Montalbano | 7 | 22 | 22 | 5 | .227 | .227 | .227 | .455 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Colon | 14 | 43 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .116 | .116 | .209 | .326 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Charles Nichols | 7 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerald Johnston | 9 | 18 | 18 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Wigton | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Diamond | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Duane Richards | 32 | 36 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Gene Fedak | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Keith Brown | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Maier | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1422 | 4260 | 4260 | 0 | 1023 | 149 | 56 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .325 | .565 | 1383 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Riggs | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Ciccarella | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| William Ainsworth | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Duane Richards | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Dunn | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Peter Rubenacker | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Keith Brown | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Diamond | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Johnston | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Nichols | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Wigton | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Eddie Maier | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Fedak | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Kelly | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Salvador Massa | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 256 | 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.
