1956 Abilene Blue Sox Statistics
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 5th in the BSL
Manager: Al Evans (73-67)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Abilene, Texas
Ballpark: Blue Sox Stadium
Attendance: 83,700, Avg. 1,196
The Abilene Blue Sox of the Big State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing fifth in the BSL.
The Blue Sox plated 766 runs and yielded 765 runs. Al Isreal topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .326. Evans Killeen and Ben Swaringen led Abilene with 17 wins each, while Ben Swaringen recorded a 3.35 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1956 Abilene Blue Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included George Brunet, Al Silvera, Evans Killeen, Gordon MacKenzie, Chet Boak and Ed Donnelly.
Al Evans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Swaringen | 17 | 11 | .607 | 3.35 | 31 | 28 | 250.0 | 221 | 118 | 93 | 32 | 75 | ||||||||||
| Evans Killeen | 17 | 13 | .567 | 4.16 | 34 | 31 | 227.0 | 225 | 126 | 105 | 13 | 138 | ||||||||||
| Charles Kowalski | 11 | 8 | .579 | 4.33 | 32 | 24 | 183.0 | 162 | 101 | 88 | 13 | 119 | ||||||||||
| Rodney Tangeman | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.15 | 42 | 13 | 154.0 | 166 | 88 | 71 | 12 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Jack Hale | 6 | 3 | .667 | 5.55 | 17 | 10 | 73.0 | 85 | 56 | 45 | 11 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Hugh Holder | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.18 | 21 | 13 | 114.0 | 111 | 70 | 53 | 5 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Allen Chester | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6.30 | 16 | 3 | 40.0 | 38 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 40 | ||||||||||
| George Brunet | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.59 | 10 | 29.0 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 26 | ||||||||||||
| Ralph Reiss | 2 | 6 | .250 | 7.00 | 15 | 5 | 54.0 | 67 | 49 | 42 | 10 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Richard Jack | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Voegtlen | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Donnelly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Nonnenmocher | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gerard Lefebvre | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Wade | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Kinnamon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Quinn | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 73 | 67 | .521 | 4.35 | 244 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1124.0 | 1102 | 664 | 543 | 97 | 609 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Mayling | 136 | 519 | 519 | 144 | 31 | 6 | 32 | .277 | .277 | .545 | .823 | 283 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Mills | 136 | 506 | 506 | 143 | 28 | 5 | 19 | .283 | .283 | .470 | .753 | 238 | |||||||||||
| Al Isreal | 104 | 433 | 433 | 141 | 29 | 4 | 12 | .326 | .326 | .494 | .820 | 214 | |||||||||||
| Tom Venditelli | 131 | 478 | 478 | 137 | 22 | 4 | 4 | .287 | .287 | .374 | .661 | 179 | |||||||||||
| George Wegerek | 116 | 434 | 434 | 113 | 22 | 9 | 22 | .260 | .260 | .505 | .765 | 219 | |||||||||||
| Osmond Walker | 90 | 381 | 381 | 108 | 18 | 6 | 1 | .283 | .283 | .370 | .654 | 141 | |||||||||||
| Alfred DePhillips | 84 | 257 | 257 | 67 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .261 | .261 | .335 | .595 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Oody | 69 | 247 | 247 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .255 | .255 | .332 | .587 | 82 | |||||||||||
| LeRoy Schmidt | 51 | 198 | 198 | 57 | 9 | 2 | 5 | .288 | .288 | .429 | .717 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Alonso Brathwaite | 48 | 205 | 205 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .366 | .639 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Joe Ala | 38 | 147 | 147 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 5 | .299 | .299 | .463 | .762 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Paul Petrosky | 56 | 172 | 172 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .203 | .203 | .297 | .500 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Gordon MacKenzie | 22 | 85 | 85 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .247 | .247 | .388 | .635 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Evans Killeen | 36 | 97 | 97 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .196 | .196 | .309 | .505 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Ben Swaringen | 31 | 98 | 98 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .173 | .173 | .327 | .500 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Chet Boak | 9 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .306 | .306 | .528 | .833 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Holder | 21 | 41 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .268 | .268 | .390 | .659 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Charles Kowalski | 34 | 56 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .179 | .179 | .286 | .464 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Jim Barrett | 10 | 42 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .214 | .214 | .381 | .595 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Hal Gordon | 5 | 19 | 19 | 6 | .316 | .316 | .316 | .632 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Coppola | 6 | 26 | 26 | 6 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Ralph Reiss | 15 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .261 | .478 | 6 | |||||||||||
| George Brunet | 10 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .308 | .308 | .615 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Jack Hale | 17 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .138 | .138 | .276 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Rodney Tangeman | 42 | 38 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Frank Billings | 7 | 24 | 24 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Simpson | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Kinnamon | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Jack | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Wade | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Voegtlen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Nonnenmocher | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ed Donnelly | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Allen Chester | 16 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Quinn | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerard Lefebvre | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1369 | 4645 | 4645 | 0 | 1240 | 226 | 43 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .413 | .680 | 1918 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Tangeman | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Evans Killeen | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Kowalski | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Ben Swaringen | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Hugh Holder | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Hale | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Allen Chester | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Reiss | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| George Brunet | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Kinnamon | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Voegtlen | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Quinn | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Wade | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Nonnenmocher | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Jack | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Gerard Lefebvre | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Donnelly | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 244 | 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.
