1956 Colorado Springs Sky Sox Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 66-72
Finished 6th in the WL
Manager: Jack Conway (66-72)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Ballpark: Memorial Field
Attendance: 59,282, Avg. 859

1956 Colorado Springs Sky Sox Roster

The Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Western League ended the 1956 season with a record of 66 wins and 72 losses, finishing sixth in the WL.

The Sky Sox tallied 789 runs and yielded 815 runs.

Players from the 1956 Colorado Springs Sky Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Sam Hairston, Jim McAnany, Jim Landis, Rudy Árias, Fritz Ackley and Russ Heman.

Jack Conway 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
Russ Heman	14	11	.560	4.37	33	28		14			208.0	206	128	101	30	110		186	11	0	14
Robert Lowe	12	7	.632	5.37	34	12		8			129.0	167	90	77	21	23		61	0	2	4
Rich Ramos	10	11	.476	4.47	26	25		10			175.0	186	100	87	16	76		144	7	0	5
Rudy Árias	8	5	.615	3.55	35	10		7			142.0	139	70	56	14	65		122	4	0	4
Charles Rabung	7	9	.438	6.05	28	16		7			125.0	136	91	84	20	60		57	7	0	3
Garland Brill	6	5	.545	5.34	35	5		1			91.0	103	62	54	14	42		74	2	0	8
Thomas Richards	4	9	.308	5.85	14	14		5			80.0	91	69	52	14	47		74	5	0	8
Dan Severino	2	5	.286	6.34	15	9		2			71.0	83	61	50	17	42		54	2	0	6
Phillip Brown	2	6	.250	5.11	16	10		2			74.0	82	51	42	7	51		61	3	0	7
Bob Bennett	1	0	1.000		6						0.0									0
William Zinck	0	0			1						0.0									0
Charley Schaffernoth	0	0			2						0.0									0
James Smith	0	0			1						0.0									0
Lowe Wren	0	0			3						0.0									0
Alois Zilian	0	0			7						0.0									0
Thomas Schmidt	0	1	.000		3						0.0									0
Bobby Winkles	0	1	.000		4						0.0									0
Fritz Ackley	0	2	.000	6.47	9	4		0			32.0	41	32	23	4	14		26	5	0	3
Totals	66	72	.478	5.00	272	133	0	56	0	0	1127.0	1234	754	626	157	530	0	859	46	2	62	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
Paul Griffith	134	625	517	119	174	26	12	10	62	11		104	65	.337	.446	.491	.938	254	4	0	2	2
Dick DiTusa	121	548	474	108	154	29	3	37	115	1		67	93	.325	.407	.633	1.040	300	16	1	2	4
Bobby Winkles	131	538	510	77	152	31	4	5	60	4		22	36	.298	.325	.404	.729	206	18	0	3	3
Sam Hairston	123	540	453	82	144	38	0	8	69	3		78	23	.318	.415	.455	.870	206	16	0	5	4
Eugene Sheets	116	466	421	66	134	24	2	21	96	2		35	42	.318	.369	.534	.904	225	11	2	3	5
Richard Means	129	558	496	98	121	20	7	19	76	8		50	96	.244	.319	.427	.746	212	9	5	6	1
Paul Brissette	101	400	364	51	95	14	1	6	35	3		28	59	.261	.314	.354	.668	129	8	2	2	4
Ron Cooper	73	297	256	39	71	16	3	10	48	0		37	73	.277	.366	.480	.847	123	2	0	2	2
Donald Prohovich	71	295	236	47	67	14	0	11	36	4		55	47	.284	.417	.483	.900	114	7	1	0	3
Don Bacon	62	235	201	25	54	4	1	2	20	2		28	28	.269	.362	.328	.690	66	2	2	3	1
William Pauletich	33	84	76	10	24	7	0	0	9	0		8	20	.316	.381	.408	.789	31	0	0	0	0
Jim McAnany	25	104	87	8	22	4	1	2	5	2		15	13	.253	.375	.391	.766	34	3	2	0	0
Jim Landis	13	59	49	18	21	7	1	3	12	1		5	9	.429	.509	.796	1.305	39	0	3	2	0
Rudy Árias	56	91	78	10	20	3	0	0	7	0		10	21	.256	.337	.295	.632	23	0	0	2	1
Robert Sagers	17	69	63	5	15	2	1	1	8	1		5	17	.238	.290	.349	.639	22	2	0	0	1
Rich Ramos	26	70	58	6	12	0	0	0	6	0		3	19	.207	.242	.207	.449	12	1	0	8	1
Charley Schaffernoth	22	39	36	2	8	3	0	1	3	0		3	7	.222	.282	.389	.671	14	2	0	0	0
Fritz Ackley	12	23	20	5	7	0	0	2	5	0		0	7	.350	.409	.650	1.059	13	0	2	1	0
Russ Heman	33	80	67	0	7	1	0	0	5	0		8	33	.104	.197	.119	.317	8	1	0	4	1
Thomas Richards	18	34	28	4	6	1	0	1	8	0		5	9	.214	.324	.357	.681	10	0	0	0	1
Dan Severino	19	30	29	7	6	1	0	1	2	0		0	6	.207	.207	.345	.552	10	0	0	1	0
Jerry Olesko	10	29	27	2	5	1	0	0	0	0		2	2	.185	.241	.222	.464	6	0	0	0	0
Robert Lowe	34	49	43	4	5	1	0	1	7	0		3	24	.116	.170	.209	.380	9	0	0	2	1
Charles Rabung	29	51	46	4	5	0	0	0	1	0		3	24	.109	.160	.109	.269	5	1	0	1	1
Lowe Wren	8	21	21		4									.190	.190	.190	.381	4
Phillip Brown	19	32	29	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	14	.103	.161	.103	.265	3	0	0	1	0
Garland Brill	37	33	26	1	2	0	0	0	3	0		6	16	.077	.250	.077	.327	2	0	0	1	0
Alois Zilian	7	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Barney Elser	6	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Thomas Schmidt	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1488	5418	4729	798	1340	247	36	141	699	42	0	582	803	.283	.362	.440	.802	2082	103	20	51	36	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Eugene Sheets	1B	69	538	28	9	46	.984	8.203
Richard Means	1B	49	297	28	6	32	.982	6.633
Dick DiTusa	1B	19	152	5	8	17	.952	8.263
Paul Brissette	2B	72	144	188	18	36	.949	4.611
Bobby Winkles	2B	60	136	169	13	40	.959	5.083
Don Bacon	3B	47	47	78	7	5	.947	2.660
Eugene Sheets	3B	33	21	47	9	2	.883	2.061
Paul Brissette	3B	22	11	36	9	3	.839	2.136
Robert Sagers	3B	16	8	28	5	4	.878	2.250
Paul Griffith	3B	16	10	16	3	2	.897	1.625
Bobby Winkles	3B	10	11	21	3	3	.914	3.200
Sam Hairston	C	119	801	77	18	3	.980	7.378	24
William Pauletich	C	19	136	5	3	2	.979	7.421	2
Paul Griffith	OF	118	228	15	4	2	.984	2.059
Dick DiTusa	OF	102	147	6	11	0	.933	1.500
Richard Means	OF	80	183	15	6	0	.971	2.475
Ron Cooper	OF	68	105	10	4	1	.966	1.691
Jim McAnany	OF	24	44	2	1	1	.979	1.917
Jim Landis	OF	12	32	1	0	1	1.000	2.750
Garland Brill	P	35	3	23	0	2	1.000	.743
Rudy Árias	P	35	5	34	1	2	.975	1.114
Robert Lowe	P	34	2	17	2	0	.905	.559
Russ Heman	P	33	8	33	4	0	.911	1.242
Charles Rabung	P	28	5	24	3	4	.906	1.036
Rich Ramos	P	26	5	31	3	1	.923	1.385
Phillip Brown	P	16	2	12	0	0	1.000	.875
Dan Severino	P	15	2	9	2	1	.846	.733
Thomas Richards	P	14	3	16	0	1	1.000	1.357
Fritz Ackley	P	9						.000
Alois Zilian	P	7						.000
Bob Bennett	P	6						.000
Bobby Winkles	P	4						.000
Lowe Wren	P	3						.000
Thomas Schmidt	P	3						.000
Charley Schaffernoth	P	2						.000
William Zinck	P	1						.000
James Smith	P	1						.000
Donald Prohovich	SS	69	113	200	17	30	.948	4.536
Bobby Winkles	SS	56	101	161	17	31	.939	4.679
Don Bacon	SS	14	23	39	6	6	.912	4.429
Totals		1366	3323	1374	192	278	.961	3.439	26	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.

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