1956 Binghamton Triplets Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 81-58
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Freddie Fitzsimmons (81-58)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Binghamton, New York
Ballpark: Johnson Field
Attendance: 77,317, Avg. 1,112

1956 Binghamton Triplets Roster

Playoffs - Reading Indians 3 games, Binghamton Triplets 0

The Binghamton Triplets of the Eastern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 81 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the EL.

The Triplets plated 667 runs, tops in the circuit. Binghamton conceded 528 runs. Dick Sanders led all regular batters by connecting at a .305 clip. Zach Monroe topped the team with 16 wins, while Billy Bethel recorded a 2.23 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Frank Leja, Jim Bronstad, Steve Kraly, Johnny James, Russ Snyder, Lee Thomas, Eric MacKenzie and Zach Monroe were all players from the 1956 Binghamton Triplets who played in the Majors during their careers.

Freddie Fitzsimmons served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Zach Monroe	16	7	.696	2.67	31	24					192.0	155	74	57	11	86
Patrick Foley	12	9	.571	3.30	30	23					180.0	154	81	66	17	82
Billy Bethel	11	2	.846	2.23	21	17					129.0	100	36	32	5	26
Johnny James	11	2	.846	2.74	52	0					105.0	76	36	32	4	77
Jerry Buchanan	8	9	.471	3.77	26	21					148.0	147	73	62	6	68
Pat Utley	7	8	.467	3.02	27	20					137.0	123	51	46	7	84
Guy Grasso	7	8	.467	3.18	36	20					170.0	162	78	60	8	70
Steve Kraly	5	6	.455	3.14	14	11					86.0	97	32	30	4	30
Edward Dick	2	3	.400	8.25	10						24.0	32		22		16
Frank Lucas	1	0	1.000		7						0.0
Alfred Kipper	1	0	1.000		2						0.0
Vance Long	0	0			1						0.0
James Aiello	0	0			2						0.0
Frank Wehner	0	0			1						0.0
Jim Bronstad	0	0		6.55	4						11.0	16	8	8		5
Robert Bonebrake	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Bill Banker	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Hank Dunn	0	2	.000		4						0.0
Totals	81	58	.583	3.16	272	136	0	0	0	0	1182.0	1062	469	415	62	544	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
Russ Snyder	140	542	542		155	19	11	5						.286	.286	.389	.675	211
Dick Sanders	139	495	495		151	27	14	20						.305	.305	.537	.842	266
Jimmy Ludtka	118	425	425		95	18	5	9						.224	.224	.353	.576	150
Lamar North	100	316	316		81	13	1	4						.256	.256	.342	.598	108
Frank Wehner	82	274	274		72	13	2	16						.263	.263	.500	.763	137
Joseph Tesauro	80	245	245		67	18	3	1						.273	.273	.384	.657	94
Lee Thomas	50	173	173		45	11	0	2						.260	.260	.358	.618	62
Bob Meisner	63	192	192		45	8	3	6						.234	.234	.401	.635	77
Pablo Rivera	70	211	211		44	10	0	2						.209	.209	.284	.493	60
Bob Ruck	80	196	196		41	6	2	5						.209	.209	.337	.546	66
Frank Leja	43	153	153		37	8	1	6						.242	.242	.425	.667	65
Eric MacKenzie	70	171	171		34	7	2	1						.199	.199	.281	.480	48
Robert Maness	27	111	111		29	5	0	2						.261	.261	.360	.622	40
Hal Charnofsky	16	53	53		15	4	0	0						.283	.283	.358	.642	19
Zach Monroe	31	66	66		14	2	0	1						.212	.212	.288	.500	19
Bernie Schreiber	7	29	29		9									.310	.310	.310	.621	9
Patrick Foley	30	62	62		9	1	1	1						.145	.145	.242	.387	15
Jerry Buchanan	26	54	54		8	0	0	0						.148	.148	.148	.296	8
Steve Kraly	17	31	31		7	1	0	0						.226	.226	.258	.484	8
Richard Hearn	10	30	30		6	1	0	0						.200	.200	.233	.433	7
Pat Utley	27	42	42		6	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	6
Guy Grasso	36	52	52		6	1	0	0						.115	.115	.135	.250	7
Bill Davidson	17	31	31		5	0	1	0						.161	.161	.226	.387	7
Ray Maldonado	10	19	19		4	1	0	1						.211	.211	.421	.632	8
Curtis Hardaway	8	20	20		4									.200	.200	.200	.400	4
Johnny James	52	25	25		4	0	0	0						.160	.160	.160	.320	4
Hank Dunn	4	4	4		2									.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Billy Bethel	21	40	40		2	0	0	0						.050	.050	.050	.100	2
Frank Lucas	7	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Edward Dick	10	9	9		1	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Jim Johnston	7	21	21		1									.048	.048	.048	.095	1
Alfred Kipper	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bill Casanova	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Bronstad	4	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Al Ware	3	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1408	4107	4107	0	1000	174	46	82	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.243	.368	.612	1512	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Johnny James	P	52					.000
Guy Grasso	P	36					.000
Zach Monroe	P	31					.000
Patrick Foley	P	30					.000
Pat Utley	P	27					.000
Jerry Buchanan	P	26					.000
Billy Bethel	P	21					.000
Steve Kraly	P	14					.000
Edward Dick	P	10					.000
Frank Lucas	P	7					.000
Hank Dunn	P	4					.000
Jim Bronstad	P	4					.000
Robert Bonebrake	P	3					.000
Alfred Kipper	P	2					.000
James Aiello	P	2					.000
Vance Long	P	1					.000
Bill Banker	P	1					.000
Totals		271	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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