1956 Corpus Christi Clippers Statistics
Team Record: 83-57
Finished 1st in the BSL
Manager: Sibby Sisti (83-57)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
Ballpark: Schepps Palms
Attendance: 112,625, Avg. 1,609
Playoffs - Corpus Christi Clippers 4 games, Wichita Falls Spudders 1
Finals - Port Arthur Chieftans 4 games, Corpus Christi Clippers 3
The Corpus Christi Clippers of the Big State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 83 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the BSL.
The Clippers plated 897 runs, tops in the circuit. Corpus Christi yielded 766 runs. Joseph Christian paced all regular batters with a .321 average. Carl Greene topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 3.82 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Sibby Sisti and Leo Posada both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Sibby Sisti 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Greene | 21 | 10 | .677 | 3.82 | 38 | 30 | 245.0 | 228 | 131 | 104 | 10 | 108 | ||||||||||
| Gustavo Muniz | 13 | 8 | .619 | 4.07 | 36 | 22 | 197.0 | 191 | 104 | 89 | 24 | 97 | ||||||||||
| Joel Whitlock | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.06 | 42 | 13 | 175.0 | 188 | 97 | 79 | 9 | 103 | ||||||||||
| Buddy Zebrowski | 9 | 7 | .562 | 5.62 | 36 | 17 | 136.0 | 145 | 97 | 85 | 11 | 89 | ||||||||||
| Dick Kelly | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.60 | 10 | 6 | 47.0 | 66 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Don Edinger | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.55 | 11 | 7 | 47.0 | 59 | 38 | 29 | 3 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Jim Spencer | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Herb Shankman | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.79 | 10 | 7 | 47.0 | 53 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Sibby Sisti | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mike Belkin | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ed Lampe | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Norris Dorsey | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Norman Chandler | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bert Johnson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Stuart | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Martin Perez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 46 | .586 | 4.38 | 227 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 894.0 | 930 | 524 | 435 | 65 | 480 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Christian | 140 | 557 | 557 | 179 | 40 | 17 | 15 | .321 | .321 | .535 | .856 | 298 | |||||||||||
| Keith Carpenter | 140 | 558 | 558 | 178 | 33 | 4 | 3 | .319 | .319 | .409 | .728 | 228 | |||||||||||
| Leo Posada | 135 | 489 | 489 | 147 | 29 | 11 | 15 | .301 | .301 | .497 | .798 | 243 | |||||||||||
| Dudley Whitley | 88 | 361 | 361 | 105 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .291 | .291 | .360 | .651 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Sibby Sisti | 101 | 350 | 350 | 104 | 24 | 3 | 4 | .297 | .297 | .417 | .714 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Roy Cato | 104 | 329 | 329 | 80 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .243 | .243 | .301 | .544 | 99 | |||||||||||
| Leonard Williams | 68 | 262 | 262 | 79 | 15 | 4 | 16 | .302 | .302 | .573 | .874 | 150 | |||||||||||
| Bill Robertson | 70 | 274 | 274 | 79 | 13 | 6 | 18 | .288 | .288 | .577 | .865 | 158 | |||||||||||
| Pete Hamman | 85 | 301 | 301 | 76 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .252 | .252 | .326 | .578 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Lacey | 100 | 292 | 292 | 66 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .226 | .226 | .298 | .524 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Jack Wilkinson | 41 | 169 | 169 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .302 | .302 | .391 | .692 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Benjamin Dye | 39 | 162 | 162 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .296 | .296 | .377 | .673 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Rufus Johnson | 44 | 168 | 168 | 47 | 6 | 6 | 4 | .280 | .280 | .458 | .738 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Carl Greene | 40 | 90 | 90 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .233 | .400 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Buddy Zebrowski | 36 | 54 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .352 | .574 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Don Edinger | 31 | 46 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .283 | .522 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Gustavo Muniz | 38 | 70 | 70 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .186 | .329 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Joel Whitlock | 44 | 64 | 64 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .141 | .141 | .266 | .406 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Carlos Ramirez | 7 | 30 | 30 | 6 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| William Gilmore | 10 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .174 | .174 | .478 | .652 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Mike Belkin | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Spencer | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Kelly | 10 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Ross Meagher | 6 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Norris Dorsey | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bert Johnson | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ed Lampe | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Stuart | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Herb Shankman | 12 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Martin Perez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1428 | 4723 | 4723 | 0 | 1314 | 235 | 68 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .413 | .691 | 1949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Whitlock | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Carl Greene | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Buddy Zebrowski | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Gustavo Muniz | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Herb Shankman | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Kelly | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Belkin | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Spencer | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Bert Johnson | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| James Stuart | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Martin Perez | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Lampe | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Norris Dorsey | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Norman Chandler | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 213 | 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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