1956 Grand Island Athletics Statistics
Team Record: 35-28
Finished 2nd in the NSL
Manager: Art Mazmanian (35-28)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Grand Island, Nebraska
Ballpark: Ryder Park
Attendance: 30,915, Avg. 981
The Grand Island Athletics of the Nebraska State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 35 wins and 28 losses, finishing second in the NSL.
The Athletics led the circuit with 467 runs, spearheaded by 39 home runs. Grand Island surrendered 423 runs. Leroy Scercy paced hitters with significant playing time with a .351 average. Robert Cacciarelli and Thurman French topped the team with 8 wins each, while Abe Baker earned a 2.65 ERA, leading regular hurlers. Art Mazmanian served as manager.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurman French | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.97 | 19 | 11 | 102.0 | 111 | 65 | 45 | 4 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Robert Cacciarelli | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.12 | 22 | 13 | 107.0 | 104 | 66 | 49 | 5 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Donald Spohn | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.61 | 15 | 11 | 84.0 | 94 | 60 | 43 | 5 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Abe Baker | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.65 | 16 | 6 | 68.0 | 58 | 33 | 20 | 0 | 41 | ||||||||||
| William Corrigan | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.41 | 18 | 8 | 51.0 | 55 | 46 | 25 | 2 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Marvin Black | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.35 | 13 | 6 | 31.0 | 36 | 40 | 15 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Wenford Banks | 2 | 3 | .400 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Don Swartz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maurice Oursland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stacey Henell | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Farmer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carl Ward | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harvey Kolstad | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Sewell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Gallagher | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William McCullough | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 35 | 28 | .556 | 4.00 | 144 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 443.0 | 458 | 310 | 197 | 17 | 246 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Horn | 62 | 255 | 255 | 74 | 16 | 7 | 3 | .290 | .290 | .443 | .733 | 113 | |||||||||||
| Leroy Scercy | 59 | 208 | 208 | 73 | 8 | 6 | 10 | .351 | .351 | .591 | .942 | 123 | |||||||||||
| Donald Brown | 60 | 251 | 251 | 73 | 7 | 8 | 3 | .291 | .291 | .418 | .709 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Jaskowski | 53 | 181 | 181 | 54 | 12 | 8 | 5 | .298 | .298 | .536 | .834 | 97 | |||||||||||
| Donnie Guthmiller | 43 | 136 | 136 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .279 | .279 | .404 | .684 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Billy Marrs | 52 | 166 | 166 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 6 | .223 | .223 | .380 | .602 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Albert Vassey | 37 | 117 | 117 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .308 | .573 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Alan Scott | 30 | 98 | 98 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .459 | .745 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Virgil Bernhardt | 45 | 125 | 125 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .272 | .472 | 34 | |||||||||||
| William Capps | 19 | 73 | 73 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 | .247 | .247 | .493 | 18 | |||||||||||
| John Morgan | 25 | 61 | 61 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .213 | .279 | .492 | 17 | |||||||||||
| David Farmer | 24 | 52 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .212 | .212 | .327 | .538 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Radcliff | 10 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .345 | .345 | .448 | .793 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Abe Baker | 24 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .323 | .323 | .484 | .806 | 15 | |||||||||||
| James Hakes | 33 | 76 | 76 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .132 | .184 | .316 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Robert Cacciarelli | 23 | 41 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .220 | .220 | .317 | .537 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Hickingbotham | 20 | 62 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .145 | .145 | .210 | .355 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Thurman French | 22 | 49 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .163 | .163 | .204 | .367 | 10 | |||||||||||
| William Corrigan | 18 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .312 | .562 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Donald Spohn | 16 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .129 | .129 | .258 | .387 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Al Ritt | 6 | 17 | 17 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| David Hand | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| William McCullough | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Leo Kernica | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Marvin Black | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Wenford Banks | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Swartz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Harvey Kolstad | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stacey Henell | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Gallagher | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Douglas Alexander | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 733 | 2113 | 2113 | 0 | 547 | 76 | 41 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .389 | .648 | 822 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Cacciarelli | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Thurman French | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| William Corrigan | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Abe Baker | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Spohn | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Marvin Black | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Wenford Banks | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Stacey Henell | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Harvey Kolstad | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| William McCullough | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Sewell | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Maurice Oursland | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Gallagher | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Carl Ward | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Don Swartz | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Smith | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 143 | 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.
