1956 Billings Mustangs Statistics
Team Record: 70-62
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Buck Elliott (70-62)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 75,887, Avg. 1,150
The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1956 season with a record of 70 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the PL.
The Mustangs led the league with just 611 runs allowed. Billings scored 662 runs, worst in the league,. Ronnie George paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .338 clip. Thomas Hull topped the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 2.41 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1956 Billings Mustangs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Campbell, Ellis Burton and Bob Lee.
Buck Elliott 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Hull | 22 | 10 | .688 | 2.41 | 39 | 31 | 258.0 | 231 | 91 | 69 | 12 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Dick Walega | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.27 | 27 | 27 | 194.0 | 188 | 119 | 92 | 10 | 124 | ||||||||||
| Jerry McClure | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.17 | 40 | 22 | 192.0 | 181 | 106 | 89 | 16 | 123 | ||||||||||
| Ronald May | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.56 | 28 | 15 | 124.0 | 109 | 67 | 49 | 8 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Ray Young | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.56 | 15 | 9 | 86.0 | 77 | 42 | 34 | 10 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Richard Donnelly | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.55 | 12 | 9 | 74.0 | 66 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Beene | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.41 | 19 | 4 | 51.0 | 59 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Keith LeNoue | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.57 | 16 | 7 | 67.0 | 57 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Eugene Zimmerlink | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Humberto Estrada | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lawrence Broughton | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Richardson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alex Perinis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Lee | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 7 | 20.0 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Ray Minjock | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harold Perry | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.21 | 13 | 2 | 38.0 | 55 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 62 | .527 | 3.61 | 232 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1104.0 | 1044 | 573 | 443 | 72 | 551 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie George | 110 | 393 | 393 | 133 | 27 | 1 | 9 | .338 | .338 | .481 | .819 | 189 | |||||||||||
| Ellis Burton | 132 | 476 | 476 | 127 | 18 | 4 | 21 | .267 | .267 | .454 | .721 | 216 | |||||||||||
| Richard Johnson | 131 | 502 | 502 | 114 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .227 | .227 | .263 | .490 | 132 | |||||||||||
| Earl Fackler | 95 | 383 | 383 | 108 | 10 | 7 | 6 | .282 | .282 | .392 | .674 | 150 | |||||||||||
| Dick Brockell | 113 | 412 | 412 | 108 | 12 | 0 | 5 | .262 | .262 | .328 | .590 | 135 | |||||||||||
| George Watts | 78 | 283 | 283 | 89 | 16 | 6 | 6 | .314 | .314 | .477 | .792 | 135 | |||||||||||
| John Stevenson | 99 | 319 | 319 | 81 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .254 | .254 | .332 | .586 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Tony Iammatteo | 72 | 273 | 273 | 68 | 16 | 2 | 8 | .249 | .249 | .410 | .659 | 112 | |||||||||||
| George Matile | 62 | 203 | 203 | 58 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .360 | .645 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Walter Johnson | 67 | 157 | 157 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .191 | .191 | .255 | .446 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Jim Campbell | 28 | 100 | 100 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .300 | .540 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Hull | 39 | 101 | 101 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .178 | .178 | .356 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Dick Walega | 46 | 77 | 77 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .247 | .455 | 19 | |||||||||||
| William Robertson | 19 | 75 | 75 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .173 | .173 | .253 | .427 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Jerry McClure | 45 | 74 | 74 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .135 | .135 | .216 | .351 | 16 | |||||||||||
| LeRoy Vinyard | 12 | 39 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .333 | .564 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Ray Young | 36 | 56 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .161 | .321 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Rosania | 15 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .216 | .216 | .270 | .486 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Keith LeNoue | 17 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .280 | .360 | .640 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Dick Hayes | 10 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .241 | .483 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Ronnie Wilkins | 9 | 26 | 26 | 5 | .192 | .192 | .192 | .385 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald May | 28 | 34 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .147 | .176 | .324 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Beene | 20 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Bianchini | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Donnelly | 13 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .120 | .120 | .240 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Buck Elliott | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .600 | .800 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Harold Perry | 13 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Lawrence Broughton | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Lee | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Minjock | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alex Perinis | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eugene Zimmerlink | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1344 | 4173 | 4173 | 0 | 1063 | 161 | 28 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .352 | .607 | 1469 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry McClure | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Hull | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald May | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Walega | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Charlie Beene | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Keith LeNoue | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Perry | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Donnelly | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Lee | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Zimmerlink | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Minjock | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Humberto Estrada | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Lawrence Broughton | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Richardson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Alex Perinis | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 217 | 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.
