1956 Erie Senators Statistics
Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League (PONYL) - Class: D
Team Record: 45-74
Finished 6th in the PONYL
Manager: Johnny Welaj (45-74)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Ainsworth Field
Attendance: 28,223, Avg. 474
1956 Erie Senators RosterTeam Record: 45-74
Finished 6th in the PONYL
Manager: Johnny Welaj (45-74)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Ainsworth Field
Attendance: 28,223, Avg. 474
The Erie Senators of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1956 season with a record of 45 wins and 74 losses, finishing sixth in the PONYL.
The Senators scored 661 runs and surrendered 744 runs, most in the circuit.
Johnny Welaj and Tom McAvoy both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Johnny Welaj 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Mitchell | 11 | 13 | .458 | 4.16 | 32 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 197.0 | 202 | 116 | 91 | 11 | 102 | 112 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Michael Kraich | 9 | 11 | .450 | 5.43 | 29 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 174.0 | 202 | 132 | 105 | 21 | 72 | 106 | 11 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| John Herbert | 9 | 16 | .360 | 4.57 | 33 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 193.0 | 225 | 146 | 98 | 21 | 60 | 89 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Tom McAvoy | 8 | 16 | .333 | 4.88 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 190.0 | 191 | 117 | 103 | 6 | 117 | 129 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Robert Jarchow | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5.05 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 130.0 | 122 | 93 | 73 | 4 | 92 | 96 | 11 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| James Hughes | 2 | 2 | .500 | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Riazzi | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Cramer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Willie Maier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Fiore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Smith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Welaj | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Al Womack | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 45 | 74 | .378 | 4.79 | 195 | 98 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 884.0 | 942 | 604 | 470 | 63 | 443 | 0 | 532 | 39 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Hubbard | 115 | 520 | 471 | 75 | 144 | 37 | 4 | 20 | 109 | 2 | 38 | 58 | .306 | .353 | .529 | .882 | 249 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Charles Stroup | 117 | 513 | 439 | 70 | 120 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 68 | 1 | 68 | 61 | .273 | .375 | .376 | .751 | 165 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Bill Urbanski | 85 | 381 | 345 | 50 | 116 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 30 | 22 | .336 | .396 | .414 | .811 | 143 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dario Rubinstein | 88 | 403 | 329 | 83 | 110 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 70 | 35 | .334 | .450 | .435 | .885 | 143 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Marvin Rockman | 112 | 447 | 374 | 35 | 76 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 7 | 55 | 62 | .203 | .310 | .238 | .548 | 89 | 5 | 8 | 5 | |||
| Herman Brown | 70 | 294 | 259 | 32 | 72 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 29 | 28 | .278 | .348 | .367 | .715 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Paul Potter | 64 | 249 | 235 | 40 | 68 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 19 | .289 | .316 | .345 | .660 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Don Gilbert | 60 | 269 | 202 | 41 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 60 | 46 | .282 | .451 | .465 | .916 | 94 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Robert Babiak | 77 | 339 | 270 | 39 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 57 | 60 | .211 | .359 | .296 | .655 | 80 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Ed Raczynski | 76 | 238 | 205 | 25 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 30 | 34 | .254 | .357 | .371 | .728 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Phil Bickel | 44 | 172 | 150 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 49 | .153 | .247 | .200 | .447 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Gary Mitchell | 37 | 88 | 77 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .247 | .326 | .260 | .585 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Welaj | 35 | 73 | 66 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .258 | .315 | .333 | .648 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Herbert | 38 | 84 | 71 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .211 | .293 | .310 | .603 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Walter Messina | 14 | 62 | 46 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | .304 | .484 | .370 | .853 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Luis Morales | 10 | 52 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 5 | .303 | .538 | .576 | 1.114 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Douglas Stowell | 9 | 24 | 24 | 8 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Hamscher | 11 | 47 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .175 | .298 | .275 | .573 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom McAvoy | 31 | 73 | 70 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 39 | .086 | .111 | .129 | .240 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Michael Kraich | 30 | 71 | 63 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 34 | .079 | .157 | .079 | .237 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jimmie Hodges | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .600 | .600 | .600 | 1.200 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Womack | 9 | 14 | 14 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Jarchow | 29 | 51 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .067 | .106 | .067 | .173 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Leo Weinzierl | 10 | 38 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .062 | .211 | .062 | .273 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Hughes | 13 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carmen Cononie | 5 | 15 | 15 | 1 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Riazzi | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Cramer | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Demont | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Donovan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Franklin | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Smith | 10 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1212 | 4569 | 3924 | 569 | 1009 | 174 | 29 | 50 | 512 | 51 | 0 | 547 | 639 | .257 | .350 | .354 | .705 | 1391 | 0 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Stroup | 1B | 116 | 1007 | 62 | 22 | 97 | .980 | 9.216 | ||||
| Bill Urbanski | 2B | 85 | 204 | 234 | 9 | 56 | .980 | 5.153 | ||||
| Walter Messina | 2B | 13 | 23 | 28 | 3 | 4 | .944 | 3.923 | ||||
| Luis Morales | 2B | 10 | 28 | 29 | 3 | 7 | .950 | 5.700 | ||||
| Dick Hamscher | 2B | 10 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 10 | .943 | 5.000 | ||||
| Marvin Rockman | 3B | 104 | 117 | 267 | 39 | 19 | .908 | 3.692 | ||||
| James Hubbard | 3B | 17 | 23 | 37 | 3 | 6 | .952 | 3.529 | ||||
| Herman Brown | C | 60 | 314 | 39 | 7 | 3 | .981 | 5.883 | 8 | |||
| Ed Raczynski | C | 59 | 298 | 18 | 19 | 0 | .943 | 5.356 | 11 | |||
| James Hubbard | OF | 87 | 149 | 14 | 9 | 4 | .948 | 1.874 | ||||
| Dario Rubinstein | OF | 82 | 158 | 8 | 9 | 3 | .949 | 2.024 | ||||
| Robert Babiak | OF | 77 | 200 | 7 | 14 | 1 | .937 | 2.688 | ||||
| Don Gilbert | OF | 60 | 93 | 8 | 13 | 1 | .886 | 1.683 | ||||
| Johnny Welaj | OF | 13 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.385 | ||||
| Leo Weinzierl | OF | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Herman Brown | OF | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| John Herbert | P | 33 | 15 | 38 | 5 | 1 | .914 | 1.606 | ||||
| Gary Mitchell | P | 32 | 8 | 47 | 6 | 1 | .902 | 1.719 | ||||
| Tom McAvoy | P | 31 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .906 | .935 | ||||
| Michael Kraich | P | 29 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .879 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Jarchow | P | 29 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 1.138 | ||||
| James Hughes | P | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .462 | ||||
| James Smith | P | 10 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| Al Womack | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Riazzi | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Welaj | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willie Maier | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Fiore | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Cramer | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Potter | SS | 63 | 113 | 189 | 29 | 43 | .912 | 4.794 | ||||
| Phil Bickel | SS | 44 | 66 | 110 | 19 | 27 | .903 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1115 | 2918 | 1244 | 224 | 289 | .949 | 3.733 | 19 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
