1956 Brunswick Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 62-76
Finished 7th in the GGL
Manager: Frank Oceak (62-76)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Brunswick, Georgia
Ballpark: Edo Miller Park
Attendance: 30,714, Avg. 445
The Brunswick Pirates of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1956 season with a record of 62 wins and 76 losses, finishing seventh in the GGL.
The Pirates scored 593 runs and allowed 720 runs. Richard Babich and Ronald Hoenes led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .289 clip. Benny Rich topped Brunswick with 19 wins, while Donald Miller added 15 or more wins, too Benny Rich recorded a 2.64 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1956 Brunswick Pirates who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Julián Javier, Moose Stubing and Bo Belinsky.
Frank Oceak 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Rich | 19 | 9 | .679 | 2.64 | 34 | 30 | 256.0 | 208 | 101 | 75 | 6 | 154 | ||||||||||
| Donald Miller | 15 | 15 | .500 | 3.74 | 35 | 29 | 238.0 | 210 | 145 | 99 | 14 | 180 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Perry | 12 | 16 | .429 | 3.67 | 35 | 29 | 233.0 | 215 | 144 | 95 | 7 | 133 | ||||||||||
| Gerardo Torres | 7 | 5 | .583 | 1.80 | 14 | 13 | 110.0 | 78 | 36 | 22 | 4 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Rieman | 3 | 10 | .231 | 6.91 | 16 | 14 | 109.3 | 116 | 98 | 84 | 5 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Bo Belinsky | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.36 | 11 | 33.0 | 40 | 31 | 27 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Aloysius Drapcho | 2 | 6 | .250 | 2.83 | 25 | 6 | 108.0 | 101 | 47 | 34 | 4 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Ronald Gray | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sherman Anderton | 1 | 3 | .250 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Cowan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Lipstas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Rothgeb | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Richardson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Koski | 0 | 4 | .000 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 62 | 76 | .449 | 3.61 | 219 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1087.3 | 968 | 602 | 436 | 40 | 672 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Babich | 138 | 537 | 537 | 155 | 31 | 1 | 3 | .289 | .289 | .367 | .655 | 197 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Hoenes | 124 | 436 | 436 | 126 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .289 | .289 | .365 | .654 | 159 | |||||||||||
| Freddie Sisolak | 128 | 462 | 462 | 115 | 26 | 2 | 7 | .249 | .249 | .359 | .608 | 166 | |||||||||||
| Donald Whitcomb | 122 | 459 | 459 | 106 | 15 | 0 | 23 | .231 | .231 | .414 | .645 | 190 | |||||||||||
| Luis Recurt | 97 | 383 | 383 | 89 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .232 | .232 | .274 | .507 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Arthur DeVany | 116 | 388 | 388 | 81 | 10 | 0 | 14 | .209 | .209 | .343 | .552 | 133 | |||||||||||
| Robert Koski | 82 | 267 | 267 | 72 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .330 | .599 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Roy Stotler | 80 | 290 | 290 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 4 | .214 | .214 | .293 | .507 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Kelly Powell | 58 | 207 | 207 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .217 | .217 | .300 | .517 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Bubba Davis | 47 | 148 | 148 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .392 | .642 | 58 | |||||||||||
| Robert Lipstas | 55 | 178 | 178 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .202 | .202 | .264 | .466 | 47 | |||||||||||
| John Brumbaugh | 24 | 92 | 92 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .337 | .598 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Perry | 43 | 94 | 94 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .223 | .223 | .245 | .468 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Benny Rich | 36 | 92 | 92 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .163 | .163 | .207 | .370 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Jose Murillo | 21 | 74 | 74 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .189 | .189 | .243 | .432 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Marvin Jordan | 18 | 54 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .241 | .241 | .352 | .593 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Danny Douglas | 18 | 56 | 56 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .232 | .232 | .339 | .571 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Donald Miller | 37 | 88 | 88 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Moose Stubing | 13 | 44 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .227 | .455 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Julián Javier | 18 | 50 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .180 | .180 | .220 | .400 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Rieman | 19 | 44 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .114 | .114 | .136 | .250 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Gerardo Torres | 17 | 39 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .103 | .179 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Aloysius Drapcho | 25 | 37 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .054 | .054 | .135 | .189 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Gray | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bo Belinsky | 11 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Dworaczyk | 7 | 19 | 19 | 1 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Rothgeb | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Richardson | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Cowan | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sherman Anderton | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1385 | 4576 | 4576 | 0 | 1068 | 167 | 20 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .321 | .555 | 1470 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Perry | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Miller | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Benny Rich | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Aloysius Drapcho | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Rieman | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Gerardo Torres | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Bo Belinsky | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Sherman Anderton | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| John Rothgeb | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Richardson | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Gray | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Cowan | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 206 | 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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