1956 El Paso Texans Statistics
Team Record: 85-59
Finished 2nd in the SL
Manager: Pat McLaughlin (0-0), Art Lilly (0-0)
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 51,386, Avg. 714
Playoffs - El Paso Texans 4 games, Pampa Oilers 0
Finals - El Paso Texans 4 games, San Angelo Colts 1
The El Paso Texans of the Southwestern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 85 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the SL.
The Texans conceded 748 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. El Paso tallied 899 runs. Bill Sinton walloped 32 home runs for the team, while Doug Lewis, Don Hunter and Juan Armenteros each swatted 15 or more, too. Don Hunter drove in 142 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .359. Michael Gazella led the team with 17 wins, plus Jim Ackers, too added 15 or more wins, too Jim Ackers recorded a 3.22 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1956 El Paso Texans who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included John Wyatt, Bill Kirk, Hank Baylis and Jimmie Newberry.
Pat McLaughlin and Art Lilly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Gazella | 17 | 7 | .708 | 4.30 | 33 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 203.0 | 224 | 118 | 97 | 25 | 99 | 98 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Jim Ackers | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.22 | 41 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 240.0 | 219 | 120 | 86 | 19 | 116 | 144 | 11 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| Rufus McNeal | 12 | 6 | .667 | 4.17 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 166.0 | 168 | 91 | 77 | 12 | 93 | 105 | 4 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Thomas McNulty | 7 | 6 | .538 | 5.72 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 107.0 | 115 | 78 | 68 | 12 | 52 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Bill Kirk | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.96 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 76.0 | 62 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 38 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Earl Tucker | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.38 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 113.0 | 102 | 68 | 55 | 8 | 67 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| John Wyatt | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | 58 | 32 | 29 | 7 | 34 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Jerry Dale | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9.00 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 43.0 | 69 | 48 | 43 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Agamemnon Baca | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Smith | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Howard Anderson | 28 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stan Patchell | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Reynolds | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Don Hunter | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmie Newberry | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pedro Osorio | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dagoberto Nunez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 72 | 47 | .605 | 4.27 | 248 | 117 | 0 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 1011.0 | 1017 | 584 | 480 | 96 | 518 | 0 | 622 | 24 | 6 | 53 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Hunter | 144 | 630 | 527 | 116 | 189 | 44 | 5 | 27 | 142 | 0 | 86 | 49 | .359 | .447 | .615 | 1.061 | 324 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Ervin Ford | 130 | 569 | 539 | 102 | 187 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 73 | 22 | 21 | 37 | .347 | .371 | .499 | .870 | 269 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Bill Sinton | 144 | 617 | 540 | 102 | 180 | 39 | 6 | 32 | 132 | 0 | 73 | 90 | .333 | .412 | .606 | 1.018 | 327 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Doug Lewis | 135 | 607 | 541 | 103 | 175 | 33 | 5 | 16 | 100 | 3 | 48 | 37 | .323 | .376 | .492 | .868 | 266 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| Hank Baylis | 138 | 654 | 593 | 101 | 156 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 64 | 4 | 52 | 84 | .263 | .322 | .351 | .673 | 208 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Juan Armenteros | 125 | 506 | 423 | 88 | 135 | 33 | 4 | 17 | 84 | 21 | 69 | 47 | .319 | .416 | .537 | .953 | 227 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Stanley Hughes | 133 | 636 | 548 | 85 | 125 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 53 | 9 | 73 | 114 | .228 | .318 | .330 | .649 | 181 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |||
| John Warren | 113 | 463 | 420 | 57 | 114 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 36 | 31 | .271 | .329 | .374 | .703 | 157 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Rufus McNeal | 84 | 209 | 191 | 39 | 54 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 16 | 32 | .283 | .344 | .466 | .810 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Ackers | 44 | 103 | 97 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 29 | .186 | .218 | .278 | .496 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Thomas McNulty | 19 | 52 | 46 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .326 | .360 | .391 | .751 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Michael Gazella | 34 | 91 | 74 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 34 | .189 | .286 | .257 | .542 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Dagoberto Nunez | 12 | 35 | 29 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .310 | .429 | .586 | 1.015 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Earl Tucker | 31 | 54 | 48 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .188 | .264 | .292 | .556 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Dale | 10 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .261 | .320 | .304 | .624 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Kirk | 17 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .208 | .296 | .208 | .505 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Bennie Dobbins | 10 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .156 | .250 | .156 | .406 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Wyatt | 17 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .167 | .250 | .222 | .472 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Fred Smith | 6 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Agamemnon Baca | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmie Newberry | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fiquito Suarez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1356 | 5360 | 4734 | 846 | 1402 | 283 | 52 | 126 | 780 | 64 | 0 | 510 | 640 | .296 | .365 | .458 | .823 | 2167 | 0 | 26 | 49 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Lewis | 1B | 131 | 1223 | 61 | 17 | 138 | .987 | 9.802 | ||||
| John Warren | 1B | 15 | 84 | 16 | 2 | 7 | .980 | 6.667 | ||||
| Don Hunter | 2B | 128 | 333 | 355 | 14 | 113 | .980 | 5.375 | ||||
| Hank Baylis | 3B | 134 | 113 | 328 | 14 | 35 | .969 | 3.291 | ||||
| John Warren | C | 78 | 409 | 34 | 7 | 9 | .984 | 5.679 | 1 | |||
| Juan Armenteros | C | 72 | 397 | 25 | 8 | 3 | .981 | 5.861 | 1 | |||
| Bill Sinton | OF | 144 | 240 | 5 | 13 | 2 | .950 | 1.701 | ||||
| Ervin Ford | OF | 128 | 298 | 15 | 7 | 3 | .978 | 2.445 | ||||
| Juan Armenteros | OF | 53 | 97 | 10 | 5 | 3 | .955 | 2.019 | ||||
| Rufus McNeal | OF | 23 | 43 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .902 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Warren | OF | 18 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.611 | ||||
| Jim Ackers | P | 41 | 14 | 49 | 2 | 7 | .969 | 1.537 | ||||
| Rufus McNeal | P | 36 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .967 | .806 | ||||
| Michael Gazella | P | 33 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.030 | ||||
| Howard Anderson | P | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Earl Tucker | P | 23 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 1 | .875 | 1.217 | ||||
| John Wyatt | P | 17 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .889 | .941 | ||||
| Thomas McNulty | P | 17 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.176 | ||||
| Bill Kirk | P | 15 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.267 | ||||
| Jerry Dale | P | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Fred Smith | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jimmie Newberry | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stan Patchell | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Agamemnon Baca | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Reynolds | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dagoberto Nunez | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Hunter | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pedro Osorio | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stanley Hughes | SS | 133 | 228 | 448 | 41 | 94 | .943 | 5.083 | ||||
| Totals | 1305 | 3541 | 1469 | 147 | 425 | .971 | 3.839 | 2 | 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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