1956 Dallas Eagles Statistics
Team Record: 94-60
Finished 2nd in the TL
Manager: John Davis (94-60)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Dallas, Texas
Ballpark: Eagles Stadium
Attendance: 165,052, Avg. 2,144
Playoffs - Dallas Eagles 4 games, Fort Worth Cats 0
Finals - Houston Buffalos 4 games, Dallas Eagles 1
The Dallas Eagles of the Texas League ended the 1956 season with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the TL.
The Eagles plated 778 runs and yielded 606 runs. Joe Macko walloped 36 home runs for Dallas, while Don Taussig and Andre Rodgers added 15 or more as well. Joe Macko recorded 97 runs batted in. Arthur Dunham led batters with significant playing time with a .308 average. Bert Thiel topped the team with 18 wins, and Murray Wall and Tom Bowers also contributed 15 or more victories also Freddy Rodríguez earned a 2.34 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1956 Dallas Eagles who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Murray Wall, Dom Zanni, Freddy Rodríguez, Ray Murray, Fred Richards, Andre Rodgers, Jim Davenport, Bert Thiel, Don Taussig, John Fitzgerald, Bobby Prescott and Bob Schmidt.
John Davis 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bert Thiel | 18 | 11 | .621 | 3.11 | 34 | 33 | 18 | 4 | 249.0 | 230 | 99 | 86 | 20 | 56 | 6 | 113 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
Tom Bowers | 17 | 7 | .708 | 3.03 | 31 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 229.0 | 200 | 90 | 77 | 12 | 82 | 5 | 96 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
Murray Wall | 16 | 7 | .696 | 3.59 | 31 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 218.0 | 192 | 100 | 87 | 24 | 54 | 2 | 122 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
Hisel Patrick | 13 | 4 | .765 | 2.03 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111.0 | 104 | 36 | 25 | 6 | 34 | 5 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
Freddy Rodríguez | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.34 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 158.0 | 110 | 48 | 41 | 14 | 65 | 7 | 184 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
Joe Kotrany | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.19 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 131.0 | 130 | 75 | 61 | 8 | 47 | 6 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Neil Roberts | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.14 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 146.0 | 126 | 65 | 51 | 8 | 92 | 8 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
John Fitzgerald | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.91 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 44.0 | 39 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
James Singleton | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Dom Zanni | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
James Mazzola | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Arthur Dunham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jim Tugerson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Totals | 94 | 60 | .610 | 3.16 | 294 | 144 | 0 | 71 | 17 | 0 | 1286.0 | 1131 | 542 | 452 | 93 | 468 | 41 | 737 | 25 | 5 | 23 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wilcy Moore | 156 | 663 | 599 | 76 | 171 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 85 | 10 | 4 | 48 | 45 | .285 | .341 | .394 | .735 | 236 | 4 | 9 | 3 | ||
Jim Davenport | 154 | 655 | 577 | 97 | 154 | 28 | 6 | 14 | 74 | 8 | 1 | 58 | 66 | .267 | .333 | .409 | .742 | 236 | 3 | 10 | 7 | ||
Alex Cosmidis | 141 | 615 | 527 | 87 | 145 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 75 | 33 | .275 | .373 | .355 | .728 | 187 | 7 | 6 | 0 | ||
Arthur Dunham | 133 | 530 | 461 | 77 | 142 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 90 | .308 | .386 | .456 | .841 | 210 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
Joe Macko | 129 | 549 | 469 | 100 | 133 | 24 | 5 | 36 | 97 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 99 | .284 | .372 | .586 | .959 | 275 | 18 | 1 | 8 | ||
Andre Rodgers | 148 | 595 | 482 | 84 | 128 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 90 | 8 | 3 | 98 | 81 | .266 | .390 | .454 | .845 | 219 | 4 | 6 | 5 | ||
Don Taussig | 148 | 566 | 502 | 77 | 126 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 91 | 9 | 4 | 57 | 66 | .251 | .324 | .416 | .740 | 209 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
Bob Schmidt | 111 | 398 | 346 | 35 | 98 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 60 | .283 | .364 | .445 | .809 | 154 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
Mickey Sullivan | 94 | 264 | 238 | 29 | 66 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 30 | .277 | .342 | .475 | .817 | 113 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Bobby Prescott | 29 | 96 | 82 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .268 | .347 | .488 | .835 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Tom Bowers | 34 | 98 | 84 | 6 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .250 | .273 | .369 | .642 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
Fred Richards | 27 | 104 | 84 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | .250 | .385 | .345 | .730 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Murray Wall | 37 | 88 | 84 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | .226 | .244 | .429 | .673 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Bert Thiel | 35 | 101 | 96 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .198 | .198 | .281 | .479 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Ray Murray | 29 | 66 | 64 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .250 | .273 | .328 | .601 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Maurer | 15 | 49 | 42 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | .214 | .306 | .357 | .663 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Joe Kotrany | 41 | 51 | 45 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .156 | .191 | .156 | .347 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Neil Roberts | 31 | 54 | 48 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .146 | .196 | .208 | .404 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Hisel Patrick | 53 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .214 | .207 | .250 | .457 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Freddy Rodríguez | 34 | 56 | 52 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .115 | .164 | .115 | .279 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Frank Murray | 16 | 51 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .071 | .235 | .071 | .307 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Fitzgerald | 11 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Harold Holland | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Jim Tugerson | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
James Singleton | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
James Mazzola | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Dom Zanni | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1637 | 5721 | 4995 | 750 | 1323 | 250 | 50 | 134 | 696 | 70 | 43 | 574 | 726 | .265 | .343 | .415 | .758 | 2075 | 0 | 41 | 69 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Macko | 1B | 127 | 1222 | 73 | 10 | 119 | .992 | 1.197 | ||||
Fred Richards | 1B | 23 | 196 | 9 | 4 | 18 | .981 | 8.913 | ||||
Alex Cosmidis | 2B | 131 | 295 | 342 | 16 | 89 | .975 | 4.863 | ||||
Mickey Sullivan | 2B | 19 | 34 | 38 | 3 | 6 | .960 | 3.789 | ||||
Frank Murray | 2B | 14 | 25 | 27 | 2 | 5 | .963 | 3.714 | ||||
Jim Davenport | 3B | 151 | 119 | 338 | 24 | 32 | .950 | 3.026 | ||||
Bob Schmidt | C | 102 | 549 | 42 | 13 | 7 | .978 | 5.794 | 10 | |||
Ray Murray | C | 13 | 50 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .948 | 4.231 | 2 | |||
Don Taussig | CF | 140 | 364 | 16 | 7 | 1 | .982 | 2.714 | ||||
Ray Maurer | CF | 11 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 2.455 | ||||
Wilcy Moore | LF | 155 | 327 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .980 | 2.161 | ||||
Hisel Patrick | P | 52 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 4 | .885 | .442 | ||||
Joe Kotrany | P | 40 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .575 | ||||
Bert Thiel | P | 34 | 14 | 46 | 1 | 2 | .984 | 1.765 | ||||
Freddy Rodríguez | P | 34 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .382 | ||||
Murray Wall | P | 31 | 10 | 36 | 4 | 1 | .920 | 1.484 | ||||
Tom Bowers | P | 31 | 15 | 40 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 1.774 | ||||
Neil Roberts | P | 30 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.033 | ||||
John Fitzgerald | P | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
Jim Tugerson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
James Mazzola | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Dom Zanni | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
James Singleton | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Arthur Dunham | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Arthur Dunham | RF | 126 | 196 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .976 | 1.619 | ||||
Mickey Sullivan | RF | 38 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.211 | ||||
Bobby Prescott | RF | 14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.357 | ||||
Andre Rodgers | SS | 146 | 236 | 437 | 50 | 89 | .931 | 4.610 | ||||
Alex Cosmidis | SS | 15 | 23 | 35 | 5 | 7 | .921 | 3.867 | ||||
Totals | 1519 | 3782 | 1579 | 165 | 384 | .970 | 3.529 | 12 | 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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