1956 Douglas Copper Kings Statistics
Team Record: 73-58
Finished 2nd in the AAL
Manager: Jerry Gardner (73-58)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Douglas, Arizona
Ballpark: Copper King Park
Attendance: 42,059, Avg. 642
The Douglas Copper Kings of the Arizona-Mexico League ended the 1956 season with a record of 73 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the AAL.
The Copper Kings scored 952 runs and surrendered 923 runs. Joseph Rosania paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .367 average. Leonard Lindborg topped Douglas with 14 wins, while George Perez recorded a 4.5 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1956 Douglas Copper Kings who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bob Lee, Jim Campbell, Larry Foss and George Perez.
Jerry Gardner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Lindborg | 14 | 12 | .538 | 4.74 | 37 | 23 | 205.0 | 230 | 144 | 108 | 23 | 95 | ||||||||||
| George Perez | 13 | 5 | .722 | 4.50 | 20 | 18 | 146.0 | 162 | 108 | 73 | 15 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Larry Foss | 11 | 8 | .579 | 5.26 | 33 | 16 | 142.0 | 153 | 114 | 83 | 7 | 123 | ||||||||||
| Keith LeNoue | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.40 | 11 | 5 | 60.0 | 71 | 41 | 36 | 2 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Richard Payne | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.84 | 17 | 11 | 94.0 | 121 | 78 | 61 | 16 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Jack Planck | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mort Ek | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.96 | 15 | 10 | 69.0 | 61 | 54 | 38 | 3 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Jim Cammel | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alex Perinis | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Salvador Andrade | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Emilio Ferrer | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chester Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Forrest Holman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Arent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Platt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Richardson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mal Walton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Lee | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 6 | 11.0 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| James Hayden | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9.53 | 8 | 4 | 34.0 | 46 | 44 | 36 | 7 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 56 | 48 | .538 | 5.27 | 188 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 761.0 | 857 | 596 | 446 | 73 | 469 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mal Walton | 125 | 543 | 543 | 197 | 34 | 11 | 24 | .363 | .363 | .599 | .961 | 325 | |||||||||||
| Richard Drain | 116 | 467 | 467 | 165 | 18 | 10 | 13 | .353 | .353 | .518 | .872 | 242 | |||||||||||
| George Arent | 124 | 491 | 491 | 162 | 33 | 2 | 32 | .330 | .330 | .601 | .931 | 295 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Rosania | 105 | 414 | 414 | 152 | 21 | 13 | 18 | .367 | .367 | .611 | .978 | 253 | |||||||||||
| Chester Mitchell | 116 | 479 | 479 | 152 | 20 | 9 | 18 | .317 | .317 | .509 | .827 | 244 | |||||||||||
| Donovan Lewis | 100 | 393 | 393 | 111 | 15 | 5 | 7 | .282 | .282 | .399 | .682 | 157 | |||||||||||
| Morris Cigar | 118 | 394 | 394 | 89 | 9 | 2 | 19 | .226 | .226 | .404 | .629 | 159 | |||||||||||
| Jim Campbell | 61 | 227 | 227 | 65 | 12 | 2 | 8 | .286 | .286 | .463 | .749 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Leonard Lindborg | 78 | 205 | 205 | 63 | 13 | 0 | 20 | .307 | .307 | .663 | .971 | 136 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Platt | 57 | 206 | 206 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 6 | .257 | .257 | .417 | .675 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Tony Iammatteo | 29 | 120 | 120 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 11 | .342 | .342 | .658 | 1.000 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Gardner | 40 | 87 | 87 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .287 | .287 | .471 | .759 | 41 | |||||||||||
| George Perez | 21 | 65 | 65 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .292 | .292 | .400 | .692 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Robert Riggenbach | 19 | 62 | 62 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .306 | .548 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Larry Foss | 39 | 57 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .140 | .281 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Forrest Holman | 11 | 31 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .194 | .387 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Mort Ek | 15 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .179 | .357 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Richard Payne | 17 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .219 | .375 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Keith LeNoue | 12 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .190 | .190 | .333 | .524 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Alex Perinis | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| James Hayden | 11 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .438 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Richard Hernandez | 4 | 16 | 16 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jose Castillo | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Lee | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Emilio Ferrer | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Salvador Andrade | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Planck | 7 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Cammel | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gary Weir | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1263 | 4416 | 4416 | 0 | 1350 | 205 | 58 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 | .306 | .501 | .807 | 2214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Foss | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| George Perez | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Payne | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Mort Ek | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Keith LeNoue | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Alex Perinis | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| James Hayden | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Cammel | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Planck | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Lee | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Salvador Andrade | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Emilio Ferrer | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Richardson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 146 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
