1956 Atlanta Crackers Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 89-65
Finished 1st in the SA
Manager: Clyde King (89-65)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Ballpark: Ponce de Leon Park II
Attendance: 265,578, Avg. 3,449

1956 Atlanta Crackers Roster

Playoffs - Atlanta Crackers 4 games, Birmingham Barons 0
Finals - Atlanta Crackers 4 games, Memphis Chicks 3

The Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the SA.

The Crackers plated 827 runs, tops in the circuit. Atlanta gave up 729 runs. Frank DiPrima led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .298. Corky Valentine topped the team with 16 wins, while Dick Grabowski registered a 3.61 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1956 Atlanta Crackers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Thorpe, Sammy Taylor, Sammy Meeks, Jack Daniels, Terry Fox, Gabe Gabler, Charlie Bicknell, Chet Nichols, Earl Mossor, Joey Jay, Paul Burris, Corky Valentine, Don McMahon, Frank Sacka and Len Yochim.

Clyde King 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
Corky Valentine	16	7	.696	3.89	32	25					199.0	208	94	86	13	54
Vic Rehm	13	8	.619	4.22	37	33					211.0	206	110	99	10	134
Dick Grabowski	12	12	.500	3.61	35	28					212.0	186	96	85	14	99
Charlie Bicknell	10	8	.556	5.15	32	15		4			145.0	152	99	83	16	79		88
Earl Mossor	8	3	.727	3.54	20	15					117.0	106	57	46	10	65
Frederick Vogel	7	3	.700	5.72	44	2					74.0	78	55	47	4	52
Don McMahon	4	2	.667	2.00	14	1					36.0	23	9	8	0	17
Andrew Bratkowitz	4	6	.400	3.94	23	6					80.0	85	40	35	8	35
Terry Fox	4	8	.333	4.85	17	11					78.0	82	51	42	5	42
Joey Jay	3	0	1.000	2.92	7						40.0	28	18	13		18
Norman Chandler	1	0	1.000	6.00	6						9.0	10		6		4
Chet Nichols	1	2	.333	4.22	11	4					32.0	39	16	15	2	14
Bill Tosheff	1	2	.333	6.75	7						28.0	30		21		13
Jim Spencer	0	1	.000	3.13	18	0					23.0	20	10	8	2	16
Glenn Thompson	0	2	.000	11.25	3						8.0	8		10		8
Totals	84	64	.568	4.21	306	140	0	4	0	0	1292.0	1261	655	604	84	650	0	88	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
Frank DiPrima	149	550	550		164	28	3	13						.298	.298	.431	.729	237
Jack Daniels	152	556	556		143	27	4	34						.257	.257	.504	.761	280
Sammy Meeks	138	539	539		142	28	1	12						.263	.263	.386	.649	208
Bob Boring	127	452	452		124	25	4	19						.274	.274	.473	.748	214
Bob Thorpe	93	361	361		109	22	4	21						.302	.302	.560	.861	202
William Reynolds	114	386	386		108	28	8	12						.280	.280	.487	.767	188
Bob Montag	133	386	386		102	17	4	27						.264	.264	.539	.803	208
Clarence Riddle	111	390	390		101	12	7	19						.259	.259	.472	.731	184
Frank Sacka	109	353	353		97	14	2	11						.275	.275	.419	.694	148
Dick Sinovic	53	167	167		53	9	0	5						.317	.317	.461	.778	77
Bobby Willis	69	200	200		42	4	0	0						.210	.210	.230	.440	46
Jim Frey	25	87	87		22	4	0	1						.253	.253	.333	.586	29
Bill Wilhelm	32	98	98		19	5	0	0						.194	.194	.245	.439	24
Charlie Bicknell	35	54	54		18	4	1	1						.333	.333	.500	.833	27
Gabe Gabler	21	69	69	10	17	2	2	5	12	1				.246	.246	.551	.797	38
Paul Burris	26	72	72		15	3	0	0						.208	.208	.250	.458	18
Earl Mossor	24	47	47		12	1	0	1						.255	.255	.340	.596	16
Corky Valentine	32	68	68		10	2	0	1						.147	.147	.221	.368	15
Vic Rehm	39	72	72		9	2	0	0						.125	.125	.153	.278	11
Dick Grabowski	35	77	77		9	0	0	0						.117	.117	.117	.234	9
Eddie McHugh	26	41	41		8	3	0	0						.195	.195	.268	.463	11
Don McMahon	14	13	13		6	2	0	1						.462	.462	.846	1.308	11
Andrew Bratkowitz	23	25	25		6	0	1	0						.240	.240	.320	.560	8
Bill Robertson	10	26	26		4	1	1	0						.154	.154	.269	.423	7
Chet Nichols	11	10	10		3	1	0	0						.300	.300	.400	.700	4
Joey Jay	7	16	16		2									.125	.125	.125	.250	2
Norman Chandler	6	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Sammy Taylor	5	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Roy Cato	6	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Bill Tosheff	8	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Frederick Vogel	44	9	9		1	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Terry Fox	18	22	22		1	0	0	0						.045	.045	.045	.091	1
Jim Spencer	18	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Glenn Thompson	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1716	5174	5174	10	1351	244	42	183	12	1	0	0	0	.261	.261	.431	.692	2228	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Frederick Vogel	P	44					.000
Vic Rehm	P	37					.000
Dick Grabowski	P	35					.000
Corky Valentine	P	32					.000
Charlie Bicknell	P	32					.000
Andrew Bratkowitz	P	23					.000
Earl Mossor	P	20					.000
Jim Spencer	P	18					.000
Terry Fox	P	17					.000
Don McMahon	P	14					.000
Chet Nichols	P	11					.000
Bill Tosheff	P	7					.000
Joey Jay	P	7					.000
Norman Chandler	P	6					.000
Glenn Thompson	P	3					.000
Totals		306	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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