1956 Albany Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 70-68
Finished 4th in the GGL
Manager: Chase Riddle (70-68)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Albany, Georgia
Ballpark: Cardinal Stadium
Attendance: 26,949, Avg. 391
The Albany Cardinals of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1956 season with a record of 70 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the GGL.
The Cardinals paced the league with 795 runs. Albany yielded 675 runs. Chase Riddle led all regular hitters by hitting .353. Larry Kendig topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.45 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1956 Albany Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Duke Carmel, Gene Oliver and Jim Hickman.
Chase Riddle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Kendig | 20 | 10 | .667 | 2.45 | 51 | 18 | 242.0 | 196 | 89 | 66 | 12 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Jere Hill | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.26 | 17 | 14 | 110.3 | 82 | 52 | 40 | 2 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Dwight Cook | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.52 | 18 | 16 | 117.7 | 85 | 58 | 46 | 2 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Burlon Cloer | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.87 | 11 | 4 | 53.3 | 62 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Karl Haverly | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.23 | 15 | 12 | 78.0 | 77 | 39 | 28 | 4 | 33 | ||||||||||
| William Beane | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.95 | 15 | 12 | 84.7 | 102 | 76 | 56 | 4 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Charles Perry | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.10 | 20 | 13 | 119.0 | 90 | 55 | 41 | 5 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Petty | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.63 | 20 | 15 | 104.0 | 79 | 56 | 42 | 5 | 104 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Kolson | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.40 | 18 | 6 | 61.7 | 66 | 42 | 37 | 8 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Michael O'Connor | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.49 | 16 | 9 | 57.3 | 47 | 48 | 35 | 2 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Colin MacIvor | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Latham | 2 | 2 | .500 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Poland | 1 | 3 | .250 | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chase Riddle | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| C. B. Lindsey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Allen Bruenjes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Steele | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Keller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Squibb | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kedy Curl | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Peter Shultis | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 68 | .507 | 3.57 | 269 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1028.0 | 886 | 536 | 408 | 44 | 613 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Riddle | 137 | 464 | 464 | 164 | 39 | 3 | 24 | .353 | .353 | .606 | .959 | 281 | |||||||||||
| Jim Hickman | 137 | 536 | 536 | 144 | 17 | 7 | 14 | .269 | .269 | .405 | .674 | 217 | |||||||||||
| Jimmy Williams | 127 | 413 | 413 | 104 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .252 | .252 | .293 | .545 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Tom McDevitt | 82 | 314 | 314 | 103 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .328 | .328 | .411 | .739 | 129 | |||||||||||
| Don Pray | 84 | 311 | 311 | 81 | 17 | 2 | 4 | .260 | .260 | .367 | .627 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Dwight Cook | 105 | 304 | 304 | 71 | 13 | 3 | 4 | .234 | .234 | .336 | .569 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Clark | 66 | 237 | 237 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .253 | .253 | .333 | .586 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Joe Dugan | 67 | 230 | 230 | 58 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .252 | .252 | .339 | .591 | 78 | |||||||||||
| Richard Gunn | 48 | 184 | 184 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .277 | .533 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Richard Snyder | 51 | 175 | 175 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .234 | .234 | .389 | .623 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Steele | 43 | 115 | 115 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .322 | .557 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Ray Carroll | 51 | 148 | 148 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .270 | .446 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Rollie Rice | 31 | 103 | 103 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .282 | .495 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Edward Dreisbach | 25 | 85 | 85 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .224 | .224 | .282 | .506 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Donald Brown | 27 | 86 | 86 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .221 | .221 | .349 | .570 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Louie Brown | 30 | 91 | 91 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .209 | .209 | .341 | .549 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Duke Carmel | 18 | 55 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .345 | .618 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Jere Hill | 26 | 47 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .298 | .298 | .426 | .723 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Larry Kendig | 51 | 83 | 83 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .120 | .133 | .253 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Billy Boner | 16 | 50 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .180 | .180 | .220 | .400 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Gary Meyer | 13 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .194 | .389 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Charles Perry | 21 | 43 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .163 | .186 | .349 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Billy Orr | 16 | 44 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .159 | .182 | .341 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Earl Gabriel | 10 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .208 | .417 | 5 | |||||||||||
| William Beane | 15 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .231 | .423 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Kolson | 19 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .231 | .423 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Gene Oliver | 9 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .438 | .688 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Burlon Cloer | 12 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Petty | 21 | 39 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 3 | |||||||||||
| C. B. Lindsey | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Colin MacIvor | 11 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Robert Poland | 15 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Peter Shultis | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael O'Connor | 16 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Geral Hurley | 13 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .043 | .043 | .087 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Karl Haverly | 16 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .040 | .040 | .040 | .080 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Donald Latham | 12 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Kedy Curl | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Keller | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Squibb | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Federico | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1472 | 4429 | 4429 | 0 | 1109 | 176 | 36 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .351 | .601 | 1555 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Kendig | P | 51 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Petty | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Perry | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Kolson | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Jere Hill | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Michael O'Connor | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Karl Haverly | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| William Beane | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Poland | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Latham | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Colin MacIvor | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Burlon Cloer | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Kedy Curl | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Peter Shultis | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Squibb | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Keller | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Allen Bruenjes | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 239 | 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.
