1956 Boise Braves Statistics
Team Record: 74-58
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Mickey Livingston (0-0), Bobby King (0-0), George McQuinn (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Boise, Idaho
Ballpark: Braves Field 1955-1963
Attendance: 87,732, Avg. 1,329
The Boise Braves of the Pioneer League ended the 1956 season with a record of 74 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the PL.
The Braves plated 776 runs and allowed 631 runs. Joe Trenary led batters with significant playing time with a .284 average. Del Coursey and Robert Arendt topped Boise with 15 wins each, while Robert Arendt recorded a 2.97 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Mickey Livingston and Bob Uecker both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Mickey Livingston, Bobby King and George McQuinn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Arendt | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.97 | 34 | 28 | 212.0 | 176 | 90 | 70 | 10 | 98 | ||||||||||
| Del Coursey | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.23 | 29 | 26 | 192.0 | 167 | 85 | 69 | 11 | 104 | ||||||||||
| Noel Mickelsen | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.37 | 27 | 20 | 171.0 | 172 | 84 | 64 | 17 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Paul Sereduk | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.23 | 56 | 3 | 142.0 | 144 | 81 | 51 | 14 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Jim Espinola | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.86 | 31 | 24 | 163.0 | 173 | 104 | 88 | 6 | 93 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Chronopoulos | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.84 | 30 | 8 | 93.0 | 87 | 56 | 50 | 9 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Phillip Misley | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.17 | 12 | 7 | 54.0 | 47 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Michael Kirmer | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Runyan | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Garcia | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Johnson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Melvin McGavock | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Gerald Rice | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Quigley | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ed Lampe | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.37 | 15 | 6 | 52.0 | 40 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Graham | 0 | 5 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 58 | .561 | 3.69 | 270 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1082.0 | 1008 | 562 | 444 | 72 | 560 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Jacobs | 129 | 496 | 496 | 127 | 33 | 3 | 9 | .256 | .256 | .389 | .645 | 193 | |||||||||||
| Bobby King | 116 | 439 | 439 | 122 | 13 | 6 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .335 | .613 | 147 | |||||||||||
| William Dennis | 95 | 343 | 343 | 108 | 21 | 2 | 8 | .315 | .315 | .458 | .773 | 157 | |||||||||||
| Joe Trenary | 108 | 373 | 373 | 106 | 16 | 7 | 6 | .284 | .284 | .413 | .697 | 154 | |||||||||||
| Leonard Williams | 77 | 293 | 293 | 103 | 17 | 1 | 24 | .352 | .352 | .662 | 1.014 | 194 | |||||||||||
| Rufus Johnson | 73 | 299 | 299 | 101 | 18 | 4 | 10 | .338 | .338 | .525 | .863 | 157 | |||||||||||
| Bob Jacoby | 109 | 387 | 387 | 101 | 24 | 3 | 13 | .261 | .261 | .439 | .700 | 170 | |||||||||||
| Howard Rouse | 105 | 345 | 345 | 100 | 12 | 1 | 8 | .290 | .290 | .400 | .690 | 138 | |||||||||||
| Jack Bickett | 68 | 247 | 247 | 71 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .287 | .287 | .360 | .648 | 89 | |||||||||||
| Al Forthmann | 67 | 244 | 244 | 70 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .287 | .287 | .369 | .656 | 90 | |||||||||||
| Bob Uecker | 53 | 173 | 173 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 13 | .312 | .312 | .647 | .960 | 112 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Hansen | 48 | 174 | 174 | 47 | 15 | 0 | 4 | .270 | .270 | .425 | .695 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Lou Balsz | 31 | 106 | 106 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .236 | .236 | .330 | .566 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Chronopoulos | 48 | 74 | 74 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .324 | .324 | .365 | .689 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Richie Morse | 26 | 81 | 81 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .346 | .605 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Paul Sereduk | 56 | 49 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .306 | .306 | .429 | .735 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Robert Arendt | 36 | 77 | 77 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .195 | .195 | .416 | .610 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Noel Mickelsen | 27 | 61 | 61 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .213 | .279 | .492 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Mickey Livingston | 21 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .281 | .281 | .406 | .688 | 13 | |||||||||||
| A. J. White | 12 | 42 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .214 | .214 | .405 | .619 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Bernard McLaughlin | 5 | 20 | 20 | 7 | .350 | .350 | .350 | .700 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Espinola | 32 | 54 | 54 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .167 | .296 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Del Coursey | 29 | 71 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .085 | .085 | .085 | .169 | 6 | |||||||||||
| William Garcia | 12 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .357 | .500 | 5 | |||||||||||
| William Gilmore | 7 | 15 | 15 | 2 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Graham | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ed Lampe | 16 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Phillip Misley | 13 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Richard Runyan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerald Rice | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Quigley | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Melvin McGavock | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Kirmer | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1449 | 4563 | 4563 | 0 | 1268 | 237 | 37 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .416 | .694 | 1897 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Sereduk | P | 56 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Arendt | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Espinola | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Charlie Chronopoulos | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Del Coursey | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Noel Mickelsen | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Lampe | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Phillip Misley | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Kirmer | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Graham | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Runyan | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Quigley | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Rice | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Johnson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Melvin McGavock | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 265 | 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.
