1956 Corning Red Sox Statistics

Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League (PONYL) - Class: D
Team Record: 68-55
Finished 2nd in the PONYL
Manager: Elmer Yoter (68-55)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Corning, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 33,450, Avg. 544

1956 Corning Red Sox Roster

Playoffs - Olean Oilers 2 games, Corning Red Sox 1

The Corning Red Sox of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1956 season with a record of 68 wins and 55 losses, finishing second in the PONYL.

The Red Sox plated 677 runs and surrendered 573 runs.

Bill Monbouquette played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Corning Red Sox to do so.

Elmer Yoter 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
Bill Monbouquette	15	7	.682	2.45	27	22		16	1		184.0	171	67	50	6	65		177	6	1	6
Ron Jirsa	13	10	.565	4.12	29	11		10	1		164.0	183	99	75	3	61		139	5	2	9
Norm Tanner	12	8	.600	3.32	27	18		9	2		152.0	153	80	56	1	90		111	7	0	3
Marvin Shoemaker	7	4	.636	3.35	21	15		8	3		110.0	120	61	41	6	37		76	1	3	8
Ed Urness	7	8	.467	4.34	24	15		10	0		143.0	146	85	69	13	68		100	2	0	3
Ted Stone	4	0	1.000		5						0.0
Warren Hodgdon	4	6	.400	3.87	26	11		6	0		93.0	73	47	40	1	71		75	5	0	9
Thomas Griglak	3	2	.600		14						0.0
Dick Goyette	1	0	1.000		4						0.0
Harry Fenn	1	3	.250		7						0.0
John Zavada	1	4	.200		8						0.0
Carman Noiles	0	0			2						0.0
Donald Soderstrom	0	0			4						0.0
Louis Profumo	0	1	.000		2						0.0
John Bagonzi	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Dennis Abbott	0	1	.000		6						0.0
Totals	68	55	.553	3.52	208	92	0	59	7	0	846.0	846	439	331	30	392	0	678	26	6	38	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
William Hardy	123	575	522	93	142	29	5	2	49	14		43	58	.272	.330	.358	.688	187		3	5	2
George Lewis	115	489	415	77	127	29	2	32	100	1		61	53	.306	.403	.617	1.020	256		7	5	1
Richard Hidalgo	113	493	388	94	124	24	3	20	98	2		98	46	.320	.453	.552	1.005	214		0	3	4
Norman Bernard	104	423	353	43	98	21	4	5	65	11		62	63	.278	.384	.402	.787	142		1	4	3
Gale Dennis	78	334	274	68	88	18	1	13	51	1		53	62	.321	.432	.536	.968	147		1	5	1
John Scott	105	413	352	45	74	12	3	4	42	9		53	56	.210	.311	.295	.607	104		0	5	3
Dean Mickelson	77	348	299	49	71	11	7	5	47	3		39	56	.237	.330	.371	.702	111		4	3	3
James Greene	72	315	237	48	62	12	1	5	32	2		68	36	.262	.425	.384	.809	91		1	7	2
Jack Arrigo	86	332	272	29	57	8	1	5	29	0		42	73	.210	.341	.301	.643	82		14	1	3
Louis Deutschmann	50	215	183	37	50	13	2	4	26	0		28	49	.273	.369	.432	.801	79		1	1	2
Ed Urness	31	69	64	3	14	5	1	0	6	0		2	19	.219	.254	.328	.582	21		1	2	0
Ron Jirsa	30	73	67	9	14	3	1	0	5	0		2	30	.209	.232	.284	.515	19		0	4	0
Fred Bower	26	91	74	13	14	1	0	1	6	0		14	10	.189	.315	.243	.558	18		0	2	1
Armand Diferdinando	19	62	48	8	10	2	1	1	7	1		14	13	.208	.387	.354	.741	17		0	0	0
Bill Monbouquette	29	79	64	9	10	1	0	0	3	0		9	13	.156	.260	.172	.432	11		0	6	0
Marvin Shoemaker	29	51	46	2	9	0	1	0	3	0		2	7	.196	.229	.239	.468	11		0	3	0
Lee Howell	12	46	34	5	8	0	1	0	8	0		9	11	.235	.413	.294	.707	10		2	0	1
William Cottrell	14	54	45	9	8	3	0	0	3	3		8	6	.178	.315	.244	.559	11		1	0	0
Norm Tanner	27	60	50	5	8	3	0	0	4	0		1	11	.160	.176	.220	.396	11		0	9	0
Joseph Farrar	14	42	33	5	7	1	0	0	2	0		9	4	.212	.381	.242	.623	8		0	0	0
Ted Stone	5	13	13		5									.385	.385	.385	.769	5
John McDowell	11	33	32	4	5	0	0	0	2	0		1	6	.156	.182	.156	.338	5		0	0	0
Harry McKinney	7	24	24		4									.167	.167	.167	.333	4
Warren Hodgdon	26	35	30	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	9	.133	.188	.133	.321	4		2	3	0
Joseph DeCandido	7	15	15		3									.200	.200	.200	.400	3
John Zavada	12	20	19	3	3	0	0	0	4	0		0	4	.158	.158	.158	.316	3		0	1	0
Harry Fenn	7	8	8		2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Thomas Griglak	14	18	14	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		4	3	.143	.333	.143	.476	2		0	0	0
Charles Cooper	11	27	22	2	2	0	0	1	2	0		4	14	.091	.231	.227	.458	5		0	1	0
Dennis Abbott	6	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Dick Goyette	4	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Louis Profumo	2	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Bagonzi	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Donald Soderstrom	4	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1272	4775	4015	666	1027	196	34	98	595	47	0	626	712	.256	.359	.395	.754	1585	0	38	70	26	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
James Greene	1B	72	607	42	11	61	.983	9.014
Louis Deutschmann	1B	50	427	27	9	29	.981	9.080
John Scott	2B	60	146	152	17	28	.946	4.967
Dean Mickelson	2B	58	151	145	12	31	.961	5.103
Gale Dennis	3B	76	52	123	22	10	.888	2.303
John Scott	3B	29	30	56	12	9	.878	2.966
William Cottrell	3B	11	5	21	9	3	.743	2.364
Jack Arrigo	C	86	591	45	16	4	.975	7.395	23
George Lewis	C	19	50	9	6	1	.908	3.105	1
Fred Bower	C	15	103	7	5	1	.957	7.333	2
John McDowell	C	10	49	5	1	0	.982	5.400	1
Richard Hidalgo	OF	106	189	5	10	4	.951	1.830
Norman Bernard	OF	101	136	8	9	1	.941	1.426
George Lewis	OF	94	126	10	9	1	.938	1.447
Armand Diferdinando	OF	15	28	1	4	0	.879	1.933
Lee Howell	OF	12	10	1	1	1	.917	.917
John Scott	OF	10	11	0	1	0	.917	1.100
Joseph Farrar	OF	10	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.600
Ron Jirsa	P	29	6	38	4	2	.917	1.517
Norm Tanner	P	27	8	26	3	3	.919	1.259
Bill Monbouquette	P	27	8	28	0	1	1.000	1.333
Warren Hodgdon	P	26	4	14	0	1	1.000	.692
Ed Urness	P	24	14	25	2	1	.951	1.625
Marvin Shoemaker	P	21	4	27	0	1	1.000	1.476
Thomas Griglak	P	14	2	11	1	1	.929	.929
John Zavada	P	8						.000
Harry Fenn	P	7						.000
Dennis Abbott	P	6						.000
Ted Stone	P	5						.000
Donald Soderstrom	P	4						.000
Dick Goyette	P	4						.000
Louis Profumo	P	2						.000
Carman Noiles	P	2						.000
John Bagonzi	P	2						.000
William Hardy	SS	123	205	345	66	62	.893	4.472
Totals		1165	2978	1171	230	256	.947	3.561	27	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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