1956 Williamsport Grays Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 60-78
Finished 7th in the EL
Manager: John Fitzpatrick (60-78)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bowman Field 1924-
Attendance: 78,853, Avg. 1,143
1956 Williamsport Grays Roster

The Williamsport Grays of the Eastern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 60 wins and 78 losses, finishing seventh in the EL.

The Grays scored 544 runs and surrendered 633 runs. Tony Bartirome paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .305 clip. Don Schultz topped Williamsport with 13 wins and a team-best 2.76 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Tony Bartirome, Ron Blackburn, Joe Christopher, Brandy Davis, Nick Koback, Curt Roberts and Jim Waugh were all players from the 1956 Williamsport Grays who played in the Majors during their careers.

John Fitzpatrick 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
Don Schultz135.7222.76478140.01255343443
Jack Brown99.5003.622119144.01570588113
Jack Sanford814.3644.183323185.0177100861497
Harry Gilbert710.4124.142421137.01228263773
Charles Bullock715.3184.533020171.0181100861571
Benny Malcolm65.5453.181711102.0804136952
Ron Blackburn65.5453.491911116.01085445937
Dean Lakatosh38.2734.883018129.012486701974
Chuck Buheller11.50040.0
Bob Flynn0010.0
Bill Nordberg01.00060.0
Jim Waugh01.00030.0
Donald Tkacsik04.0004.205530.0342114210
Totals6078.4353.9124013600001154.096660750187570000000

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
Chuck Buheller13852852814020312.265.265.383.648202
Brandy Davis1395085081382153.272.272.350.622178
Tony Bartirome1154424421351970.305.305.380.686168
Rex Babcock1405075071312123.258.258.325.584165
Joe Christopher1204414411251314.283.283.345.628152
Alfred Cartmill116393393951223.242.242.305.547120
Harry Dunlop96296296741402.250.250.318.56894
Nick Koback68198198621602.313.313.424.73784
John Richardson5917417439640.224.224.305.52953
Gordon Figard7422022036206.164.164.255.41856
Bob Flynn4613013023014.177.177.285.46237
Charles Bullock33757519000.253.253.253.50719
Thomas Taylor27828219400.232.232.280.51223
Jack Brown22545417102.315.315.444.75924
Ron Blackburn30545413300.241.241.296.53716
Curt Roberts11373711111.297.297.459.75717
George Conrad1339399000.231.231.231.4629
Lee Utt1748489303.188.188.438.62521
Leroy Burbage1853539400.170.170.245.41513
Dean Lakatosh3043438110.186.186.256.44211
Jack Sanford3360607000.117.117.117.2337
Bennie Crumpton1430305011.167.167.333.50010
Don Schultz4835355100.143.143.171.3146
Elias Osorio817174.235.235.235.4714
Harry Gilbert2446464100.087.087.109.1965
Donald Tkacsik610103.300.300.300.6003
Benny Malcolm2038383100.079.079.105.1844
Bill Nordberg6551.200.200.200.4001
Dick Brockell5991000.111.111.111.2221
Jim Waugh3220000.000.000.000.0000
Totals14794574457401145164284600000.250.250.329.579150300000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Don SchultzP47.000
Jack SanfordP33.000
Dean LakatoshP30.000
Charles BullockP30.000
Harry GilbertP24.000
Jack BrownP21.000
Ron BlackburnP19.000
Benny MalcolmP17.000
Bill NordbergP6.000
Donald TkacsikP5.000
Jim WaughP3.000
Totals2350000.000

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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