1956 Eau Claire Braves Statistics
Team Record: 70-52
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Joe Just (70-52)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Carson Park
Attendance: 36,650, Avg. 601
Playoffs - Duluth-Superior White Sox 1 game, Eau Claire Braves 0
The Eau Claire Braves of the Northern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 70 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Braves paced the circuit with just 558 runs allowed. Eau Claire scored 612 runs. Brent Holder led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .331 clip. Ron Piché topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.84 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1956 Eau Claire Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Em Lindbeck, Bob Uecker and Ron Piché.
Joe Just 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Piché | 16 | 7 | .696 | 2.84 | 31 | 24 | 212.0 | 186 | 86 | 67 | 14 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Dudley | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.10 | 30 | 17 | 186.0 | 163 | 78 | 64 | 12 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Jack Lutz | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.17 | 26 | 21 | 179.0 | 139 | 80 | 63 | 13 | 110 | ||||||||||
| Ed Banach | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.99 | 23 | 23 | 151.0 | 136 | 77 | 67 | 8 | 104 | ||||||||||
| Chal Port | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.50 | 25 | 1 | 60.0 | 57 | 32 | 30 | 6 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Christoff | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Dickson | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.52 | 19 | 14 | 106.0 | 110 | 73 | 65 | 6 | 67 | ||||||||||
| Michael Kirmer | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Stragier | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.80 | 17 | 3 | 45.0 | 44 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Larry Vroman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Walker | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill McColly | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Roberts | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Hasson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Lee | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Hickman | 0 | 3 | .000 | 18.00 | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 52 | .570 | 3.77 | 214 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 944.0 | 843 | 469 | 395 | 64 | 499 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert MacConnell | 122 | 495 | 495 | 158 | 23 | 5 | 12 | .319 | .319 | .459 | .778 | 227 | |||||||||||
| Brent Holder | 121 | 472 | 472 | 156 | 30 | 7 | 13 | .331 | .331 | .506 | .837 | 239 | |||||||||||
| Philip Williams | 121 | 439 | 439 | 117 | 26 | 4 | 12 | .267 | .267 | .426 | .692 | 187 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Flory | 116 | 465 | 465 | 116 | 16 | 3 | 5 | .249 | .249 | .329 | .578 | 153 | |||||||||||
| Bill McColly | 122 | 400 | 400 | 86 | 14 | 2 | 5 | .215 | .215 | .298 | .512 | 119 | |||||||||||
| James Hopkins | 89 | 328 | 328 | 77 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .235 | .235 | .299 | .534 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Edward Molaskey | 72 | 256 | 256 | 64 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .320 | .570 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Reed | 48 | 178 | 178 | 60 | 14 | 0 | 8 | .337 | .337 | .551 | .888 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Virgil Tieken | 63 | 194 | 194 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .299 | .562 | 58 | |||||||||||
| John Grace | 39 | 129 | 129 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .248 | .248 | .310 | .558 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Don Carter | 33 | 119 | 119 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .227 | .227 | .328 | .555 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Em Lindbeck | 32 | 82 | 82 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .305 | .305 | .476 | .780 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Bob Uecker | 45 | 129 | 129 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .171 | .171 | .326 | .496 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Dudley | 37 | 72 | 72 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .236 | .236 | .319 | .556 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Jack Lutz | 28 | 64 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .203 | .391 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Ron Piché | 33 | 76 | 76 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .132 | .158 | .289 | 12 | |||||||||||
| William Potter | 14 | 51 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Ed Banach | 24 | 52 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .173 | .173 | .250 | .423 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Ernie Christoff | 8 | 19 | 19 | 4 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Chal Port | 25 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .261 | .435 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Richard Dickson | 19 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Larry Vroman | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Edward Horbelt | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Kirmer | 10 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | |||||||||||
| James Hasson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chuck Hickman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Stragier | 17 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Hoffses | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Walker | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1265 | 4124 | 4124 | 0 | 1065 | 171 | 32 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .367 | .625 | 1513 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Piché | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Dudley | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Lutz | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Chal Port | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Banach | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Dickson | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Stragier | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Walker | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Kirmer | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Ernie Christoff | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Vroman | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Hickman | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Lee | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| John Roberts | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| James Hasson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 212 | 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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