1956 Yuma Sun Sox Statistics
Team Record: 66-65
Finished 5th in the AAL
Manager: Whitey Wietelmann (0-0), Bill Harris (0-0), Whitey Wietelmann (0-0)
Location: Yuma, Arizona
Ballpark: Panther Field
Attendance: 35,076, Avg. 536
Playoffs - Cananea Mineros 3 games, Yuma Sun Sox 0
The Yuma Sun Sox of the Arizona-Mexico League ended the 1956 season with a record of 66 wins and 65 losses, finishing fifth in the AAL.
The Sun Sox scored 992 runs and yielded 946 runs. Walt Tyler led all regular batters with a .392 average. Ivan Mills topped Yuma with 15 wins and a team-best 4.42 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Whitey Wietelmann and Rogelio Álvarez both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Whitey Wietelmann, Bill Harris and Whitey Wietelmann 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Mills | 15 | 7 | .682 | 4.42 | 20 | 20 | 169.0 | 168 | 102 | 83 | 16 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Jesus Vazquez | 11 | 12 | .478 | 6.36 | 40 | 20 | 167.0 | 214 | 143 | 118 | 22 | 90 | ||||||||||
| Richard Welage | 10 | 9 | .526 | 6.23 | 26 | 22 | 159.0 | 188 | 128 | 110 | 35 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Whitey Wietelmann | 9 | 7 | .562 | 5.74 | 25 | 17 | 138.0 | 165 | 116 | 88 | 25 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Rafael Lopez | 8 | 6 | .571 | 5.66 | 44 | 12 | 124.0 | 124 | 85 | 78 | 13 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Richard Meder | 5 | 3 | .625 | 6.86 | 20 | 10 | 84.0 | 119 | 74 | 64 | 13 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Don House | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7.20 | 13 | 5 | 55.0 | 85 | 55 | 44 | 14 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Allan Hoisington | 2 | 10 | .167 | 6.42 | 21 | 14 | 108.0 | 145 | 89 | 77 | 13 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Billy Poff | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Simpson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Patrick Waters | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Wilcox | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Heron McDaniel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Humberto Barbon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Edwin Bryan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Harris | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Norm Mathews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Elder | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Appledorn | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 62 | 57 | .521 | 5.93 | 229 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1004.0 | 1208 | 792 | 662 | 151 | 483 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Tyler | 130 | 531 | 531 | 208 | 43 | 17 | 12 | .392 | .392 | .605 | .996 | 321 | |||||||||||
| Humberto Barbon | 120 | 456 | 456 | 159 | 27 | 5 | 32 | .349 | .349 | .640 | .989 | 292 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Wilcox | 110 | 450 | 450 | 154 | 29 | 2 | 31 | .342 | .342 | .622 | .964 | 280 | |||||||||||
| Heron McDaniel | 131 | 530 | 530 | 139 | 24 | 7 | 13 | .262 | .262 | .408 | .670 | 216 | |||||||||||
| Jack Simpson | 97 | 372 | 372 | 119 | 21 | 1 | 19 | .320 | .320 | .535 | .855 | 199 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Elder | 76 | 316 | 316 | 97 | 22 | 6 | 13 | .307 | .307 | .538 | .845 | 170 | |||||||||||
| Edwin Bryan | 78 | 270 | 270 | 93 | 19 | 5 | 5 | .344 | .344 | .507 | .852 | 137 | |||||||||||
| Patrick Waters | 39 | 135 | 135 | 43 | 20 | 2 | 5 | .319 | .319 | .607 | .926 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Hank Robinson | 34 | 118 | 118 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 8 | .356 | .356 | .627 | .983 | 74 | |||||||||||
| William Harris | 40 | 143 | 143 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 7 | .266 | .266 | .476 | .741 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Gutierrez | 59 | 181 | 181 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .199 | .199 | .271 | .470 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Ivan Mills | 33 | 82 | 82 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .293 | .293 | .476 | .768 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Oscar West | 32 | 105 | 105 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .229 | .229 | .362 | .590 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Richard Welage | 29 | 66 | 66 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .318 | .591 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Jesus Vazquez | 45 | 72 | 72 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Rafael Lopez | 51 | 64 | 64 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .266 | .328 | .594 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Borzellino | 19 | 77 | 77 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .208 | .208 | .286 | .494 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Vincent Taiani | 40 | 115 | 115 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .139 | .139 | .183 | .322 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Whitey Wietelmann | 31 | 57 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .263 | .263 | .386 | .649 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Rogelio Álvarez | 12 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .325 | .325 | .500 | .825 | 20 | |||||||||||
| David Rush | 10 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .314 | .314 | .429 | .743 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Allan Hoisington | 21 | 44 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .205 | .205 | .273 | .477 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Willie Holmes | 13 | 31 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .258 | .258 | .387 | .645 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Padilla | 13 | 45 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .178 | .178 | .333 | .511 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Pedro Tineo | 11 | 30 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .333 | .533 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Richard Meder | 22 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .211 | .368 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Robertson | 4 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Don House | 13 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Norm Mathews | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Anile | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| George Davis | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe DiCarlo | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Herrick | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Billy Poff | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Victor Fraser | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1332 | 4458 | 4458 | 0 | 1346 | 267 | 52 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .302 | .302 | .493 | .795 | 2197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Lopez | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Jesus Vazquez | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Welage | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Whitey Wietelmann | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Allan Hoisington | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Ivan Mills | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Meder | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Don House | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Poff | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Norm Mathews | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Don Appledorn | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 215 | 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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