1956 Crestview Braves Statistics
Alabama-Florida League (AAL) - Class: D
Team Record: 51-69
Finished 5th in the AAL
Manager: Walt Dixon (51-69)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Crestview, Florida
Ballpark: Richbourg Field
Attendance: 8,100, Avg. 135
1956 Crestview Braves RosterTeam Record: 51-69
Finished 5th in the AAL
Manager: Walt Dixon (51-69)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Crestview, Florida
Ballpark: Richbourg Field
Attendance: 8,100, Avg. 135
The Crestview Braves of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1956 season with a record of 51 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the AAL.
The Braves scored 592 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 685 runs.
Jack Curtis played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Crestview Braves to do so.
Walt Dixon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heliodoro Moreno | 16 | 14 | .533 | 2.90 | 47 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 239.0 | 228 | 103 | 77 | 15 | 106 | 169 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Marvin Poppens | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.33 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 162.0 | 187 | 101 | 78 | 11 | 47 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Billy Carter | 11 | 12 | .478 | 5.02 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 174.0 | 193 | 123 | 97 | 15 | 72 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Jack Curtis | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 78.0 | 81 | 48 | 29 | 2 | 39 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Jim Tremel | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.78 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 96.0 | 121 | 63 | 51 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Ray Searcy | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.69 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 57 | 40 | 31 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Jerry Coley | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Sandefur | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Leron Rice | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Roberto Tano | 22 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| William Holcomb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ben Glaudi | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jesse Gates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Walt Dixon | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marion Chamberlain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harry Maynard | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Bull | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Del Walker | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Gorrondona | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Larry Fishel | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 48 | 65 | .425 | 4.09 | 245 | 93 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 798.0 | 867 | 478 | 363 | 51 | 321 | 0 | 460 | 21 | 2 | 28 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Oring | 115 | 507 | 459 | 60 | 142 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 19 | 35 | 26 | .309 | .360 | .383 | .743 | 176 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Walt Dixon | 119 | 512 | 403 | 82 | 132 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 103 | 6 | 97 | 44 | .328 | .461 | .556 | 1.017 | 224 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Elio Toboso | 104 | 485 | 410 | 81 | 107 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 17 | 64 | 53 | .261 | .366 | .361 | .727 | 148 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Van Howell | 101 | 421 | 361 | 56 | 97 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 53 | 9 | 54 | 67 | .269 | .370 | .416 | .785 | 150 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Douglas Stowell | 57 | 240 | 214 | 33 | 57 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 15 | 22 | 42 | .266 | .343 | .383 | .726 | 82 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Gary Smith | 53 | 238 | 199 | 29 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 37 | 37 | .251 | .369 | .286 | .655 | 57 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Natch Brocato | 65 | 295 | 223 | 45 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 64 | 58 | .224 | .412 | .283 | .694 | 63 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Arthur Fletcher | 46 | 170 | 157 | 10 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 13 | .293 | .331 | .325 | .656 | 51 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Dick McKee | 54 | 219 | 186 | 17 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 39 | .242 | .344 | .258 | .602 | 48 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Robert Irwin | 54 | 261 | 192 | 38 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 63 | 30 | .224 | .425 | .312 | .737 | 60 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| John McDowell | 36 | 131 | 117 | 19 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 12 | .325 | .397 | .410 | .807 | 48 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Phillips | 36 | 116 | 101 | 11 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 22 | .267 | .351 | .396 | .747 | 40 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Billy Carter | 47 | 79 | 58 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | .259 | .449 | .276 | .725 | 16 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Jerry Fishel | 23 | 66 | 59 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 27 | .254 | .333 | .441 | .774 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Heliodoro Moreno | 48 | 93 | 80 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .188 | .244 | .200 | .444 | 16 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Jack Curtis | 26 | 46 | 43 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .326 | .370 | .349 | .718 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Marvin Poppens | 38 | 65 | 56 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .250 | .323 | .268 | .590 | 15 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Morin | 31 | 89 | 82 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 29 | .171 | .236 | .207 | .443 | 17 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| James Newman | 16 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .273 | .304 | .318 | .623 | 14 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Larry Gagne | 13 | 48 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | .176 | .417 | .265 | .681 | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Douglas Reed | 6 | 26 | 26 | 5 | .192 | .192 | .192 | .385 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Searcy | 12 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Donald Davis | 13 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .129 | .182 | .161 | .343 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Coley | 11 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Purdy | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| George Scott | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Davis | 10 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .118 | .250 | .118 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Tremel | 19 | 41 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .074 | .286 | .074 | .360 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| William Holcomb | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Leron Rice | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Webb | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Gorrondona | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Del Walker | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Sandefur | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Thorpe | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Fishel | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Marion Chamberlain | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Bull | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerald Barber | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1198 | 4356 | 3684 | 541 | 970 | 129 | 20 | 56 | 437 | 104 | 0 | 572 | 619 | .263 | .368 | .355 | .722 | 1307 | 0 | 35 | 65 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Dixon | 1B | 117 | 917 | 41 | 22 | 78 | .978 | 8.188 | ||||
| Robert Irwin | 2B | 54 | 189 | 156 | 29 | 35 | .922 | 6.389 | ||||
| Dick McKee | 2B | 41 | 83 | 72 | 21 | 20 | .881 | 3.780 | ||||
| Elio Toboso | 2B | 23 | 69 | 49 | 7 | 9 | .944 | 5.130 | ||||
| John Oring | 3B | 109 | 183 | 229 | 34 | 21 | .924 | 3.780 | ||||
| John McDowell | C | 30 | 145 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .970 | 5.300 | 5 | |||
| Robert Phillips | C | 25 | 112 | 15 | 5 | 2 | .962 | 5.080 | 2 | |||
| Jerry Fishel | C | 19 | 107 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .960 | 6.316 | 0 | |||
| James Newman | C | 14 | 84 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .919 | 6.500 | 2 | |||
| Larry Gagne | C | 12 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .986 | 6.083 | 1 | |||
| Van Howell | OF | 101 | 208 | 13 | 9 | 4 | .961 | 2.188 | ||||
| Elio Toboso | OF | 77 | 147 | 20 | 7 | 4 | .960 | 2.169 | ||||
| Douglas Stowell | OF | 57 | 107 | 5 | 10 | 0 | .918 | 1.965 | ||||
| Arthur Fletcher | OF | 46 | 85 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .969 | 2.043 | ||||
| Bill Morin | OF | 26 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.962 | ||||
| Dick McKee | OF | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Dean Davis | OF | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Heliodoro Moreno | P | 47 | 6 | 60 | 4 | 7 | .943 | 1.404 | ||||
| Marvin Poppens | P | 38 | 6 | 43 | 2 | 2 | .961 | 1.289 | ||||
| Billy Carter | P | 35 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.057 | ||||
| Roberto Tano | P | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Tremel | P | 19 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 1.105 | ||||
| Jack Curtis | P | 14 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .850 | 1.214 | ||||
| Ben Glaudi | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Searcy | P | 12 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jerry Coley | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Fishel | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Sandefur | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walt Dixon | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leron Rice | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Del Walker | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Gorrondona | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marion Chamberlain | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Maynard | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Holcomb | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesse Gates | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Bull | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Brown | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Natch Brocato | SS | 64 | 104 | 173 | 38 | 28 | .879 | 4.328 | ||||
| Gary Smith | SS | 50 | 46 | 130 | 16 | 13 | .917 | 3.520 | ||||
| Totals | 1133 | 2744 | 1141 | 235 | 231 | .943 | 3.429 | 10 | 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.
