1956 Austin Senators Statistics
Team Record: 72-82
Finished 6th in the TL
Manager: Connie Ryan (72-82)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Austin, Texas
Ballpark: Disch-Falk Field
Attendance: 129,722, Avg. 1,685
The Austin Senators of the Texas League ended the 1956 season with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the TL.
The Senators scored 651 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 659 runs. Bobby Malkmus led Austin with 15 home runs and drove in 88 runs, while leading all regular batters by hitting .264. Ben Johnson topped the team with 14 wins, and Bill Tosheff recorded a 2.81 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Leo Thomas, Mike Clark, Hank Edwards, Ben Taylor, Marshall Bridges, Ben Johnson, Georges Maranda, Paul Burris, Ralph Beard, Connie Ryan, Bobby Malkmus, Chi-Chi Olivo, Willard Brown, Ted Wilks, Ray Shearer, Nat Peeples, Bill Connelly and Carl Linhart were all players from the 1956 Austin Senators who played in the Majors during their careers.
Connie Ryan 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 Johnson | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.39 | 38 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 236.0 | 233 | 98 | 89 | 20 | 72 | 8 | 98 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Mike Lemish | 12 | 17 | .414 | 3.83 | 48 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 214.0 | 212 | 100 | 91 | 12 | 83 | 17 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Chi-Chi Olivo | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.18 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 153.0 | 146 | 66 | 54 | 14 | 43 | 8 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bill Tosheff | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.81 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 160.0 | 139 | 62 | 50 | 15 | 72 | 6 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Mike Clark | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.78 | 48 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 188.0 | 174 | 93 | 79 | 14 | 96 | 8 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bill Connelly | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.06 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 144.0 | 140 | 66 | 49 | 7 | 97 | 6 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Andrew Bratkowitz | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.96 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 67.0 | 72 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ted Wilks | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Georges Maranda | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stewart Alton | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Phillip Misley | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.37 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 68.0 | 74 | 46 | 33 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ralph Beard | 22 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Sinovic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Herb Shankman | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connie Ryan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noel Oquendo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall Bridges | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Frey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Roland | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Glenn Thompson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Kelly | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 71 | 77 | .480 | 3.42 | 332 | 142 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 1230.0 | 1190 | 557 | 467 | 89 | 528 | 54 | 606 | 17 | 1 | 24 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Malkmus | 152 | 640 | 560 | 90 | 148 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 88 | 21 | 8 | 64 | 70 | .264 | .339 | .423 | .762 | 237 | 2 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Ben Taylor | 119 | 514 | 459 | 63 | 117 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 52 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 64 | .255 | .322 | .362 | .683 | 166 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Jack Caro | 124 | 488 | 418 | 49 | 108 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 52 | 62 | .258 | .340 | .306 | .647 | 128 | 2 | 12 | 4 | ||
| Leo Thomas | 96 | 414 | 341 | 55 | 102 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 59 | 25 | .299 | .406 | .334 | .741 | 114 | 4 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Arnie Hallgren | 120 | 481 | 403 | 52 | 102 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 71 | 54 | .253 | .366 | .305 | .672 | 123 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Theodore Laguna | 137 | 503 | 449 | 43 | 98 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 56 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 55 | .218 | .277 | .339 | .615 | 152 | 4 | 8 | 7 | ||
| Dick Sinovic | 77 | 333 | 300 | 43 | 77 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 30 | .257 | .319 | .370 | .689 | 111 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Paul Rambone | 92 | 364 | 311 | 40 | 71 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 57 | .228 | .331 | .379 | .710 | 118 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Nat Peeples | 66 | 208 | 170 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 32 | .200 | .330 | .324 | .654 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Gill Daley | 35 | 139 | 125 | 9 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 15 | .240 | .294 | .328 | .622 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Harry Warner | 29 | 115 | 97 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | .268 | .374 | .495 | .869 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Connie Ryan | 45 | 96 | 82 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 15 | .293 | .385 | .378 | .763 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Streeter | 17 | 61 | 53 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | .264 | .361 | .302 | .663 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Tosheff | 55 | 93 | 83 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .169 | .239 | .169 | .408 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jim Solt | 32 | 105 | 88 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 18 | .159 | .279 | .261 | .540 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bill Connelly | 29 | 64 | 54 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .204 | .306 | .259 | .566 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chi-Chi Olivo | 41 | 52 | 48 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .208 | .240 | .229 | .469 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ed Barr | 20 | 73 | 51 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 7 | .196 | .431 | .235 | .666 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Lemish | 48 | 66 | 61 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .148 | .175 | .180 | .355 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ben Johnson | 38 | 93 | 76 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23 | .118 | .227 | .145 | .372 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Hank Edwards | 14 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .250 | .324 | .281 | .606 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Bloomfield | 15 | 47 | 39 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .179 | .304 | .231 | .535 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Clark | 48 | 65 | 56 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .125 | .169 | .125 | .294 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Rocco Ippolito | 6 | 19 | 19 | 6 | .316 | .316 | .316 | .632 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Glenn Thompson | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Phillip Misley | 27 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .174 | .240 | .261 | .501 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yale Lary | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Andrew Bratkowitz | 15 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .105 | .227 | .105 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Herb Shankman | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Hopkins | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Stewart Alton | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ross Meagher | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Wesley Parma | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Burris | 13 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .040 | .143 | .040 | .183 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Georges Maranda | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Carl Linhart | 7 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dick Kelly | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Marshall Bridges | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ted Wilks | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1576 | 5212 | 4506 | 565 | 1074 | 178 | 26 | 61 | 476 | 83 | 36 | 560 | 621 | .238 | .324 | .330 | .654 | 1487 | 0 | 28 | 84 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Taylor | 1B | 119 | 1050 | 80 | 5 | 113 | .996 | 9.496 | ||||
| Harry Warner | 1B | 29 | 239 | 22 | 2 | 22 | .992 | 9.000 | ||||
| Bobby Malkmus | 2B | 141 | 422 | 407 | 21 | 105 | .975 | 5.879 | ||||
| Leo Thomas | 3B | 89 | 63 | 171 | 21 | 14 | .918 | 2.629 | ||||
| Paul Rambone | 3B | 63 | 55 | 146 | 9 | 21 | .957 | 3.190 | ||||
| Theodore Laguna | C | 131 | 608 | 79 | 5 | 12 | .993 | 5.244 | 7 | |||
| Jim Solt | C | 13 | 50 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .948 | 4.231 | 1 | |||
| Paul Burris | C | 12 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 3.583 | 0 | |||
| Ray Shearer | CF | 67 | 179 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .979 | 2.806 | ||||
| Nat Peeples | CF | 23 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.522 | ||||
| Ed Barr | CF | 17 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .940 | 2.765 | ||||
| Dick Sinovic | LF | 76 | 108 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .957 | 1.447 | ||||
| Nat Peeples | LF | 35 | 60 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .970 | 1.857 | ||||
| Gill Daley | LF | 25 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 2.000 | ||||
| Arnie Hallgren | LF | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Mike Lemish | P | 48 | 9 | 40 | 2 | 0 | .961 | 1.021 | ||||
| Mike Clark | P | 48 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 5 | .959 | .979 | ||||
| Chi-Chi Olivo | P | 40 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Ben Johnson | P | 38 | 11 | 38 | 2 | 1 | .961 | 1.289 | ||||
| Bill Tosheff | P | 36 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 4 | .906 | .806 | ||||
| Bill Connelly | P | 24 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Ralph Beard | P | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Phillip Misley | P | 20 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .950 | ||||
| Andrew Bratkowitz | P | 15 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.267 | ||||
| Stewart Alton | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Kelly | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ted Wilks | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glenn Thompson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Herb Shankman | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Georges Maranda | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Sinovic | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Roland | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Noel Oquendo | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Connie Ryan | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Frey | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marshall Bridges | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arnie Hallgren | RF | 108 | 243 | 16 | 4 | 5 | .985 | 2.398 | ||||
| Gill Daley | RF | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
| Jack Caro | SS | 123 | 239 | 444 | 37 | 78 | .949 | 5.553 | ||||
| Jerry Streeter | SS | 15 | 20 | 45 | 4 | 5 | .942 | 4.333 | ||||
| Paul Rambone | SS | 14 | 24 | 49 | 3 | 11 | .961 | 5.214 | ||||
| Totals | 1469 | 3615 | 1699 | 144 | 402 | .974 | 3.617 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
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.
