1956 Gainesville G-Men Statistics
Team Record: 81-56
Finished 2nd in the FSL
Manager: Ray Wilson (81-56)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Gainesville, Florida
Ballpark: Harris Field
Attendance: 30,408, Avg. 444
The Gainesville G-Men of the Florida State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 81 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the FSL.
The G-Men surrendered 553 runs, least in the league. Gainesville plated 718 runs. German Pizarro paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .286 clip. Leo Giannecchini topped the team with 19 wins, while Hector Cruz added 15 or more wins, too Norman Frye recorded a 2.3 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1956 Gainesville G-Men who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Sadowski, Jim Donohue and Jim McKnight.
Ray Wilson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Giannecchini | 19 | 7 | .731 | 2.42 | 34 | 27 | 234.0 | 187 | 103 | 63 | 6 | 103 | ||||||||||
| Hector Cruz | 15 | 5 | .750 | 3.41 | 35 | 23 | 190.0 | 147 | 86 | 72 | 6 | 134 | ||||||||||
| Norman Frye | 11 | 3 | .786 | 2.30 | 19 | 16 | 129.0 | 93 | 49 | 33 | 5 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Rolando Basilio | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.40 | 31 | 24 | 180.0 | 177 | 90 | 68 | 7 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Harold Byfuss | 9 | 1 | .900 | 1.42 | 12 | 11 | 89.0 | 69 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Wright | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.30 | 28 | 4 | 90.0 | 93 | 39 | 33 | 8 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Jan Bell | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.01 | 19 | 7 | 70.0 | 68 | 54 | 39 | 5 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Jim Donohue | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.08 | 16 | 11 | 95.0 | 68 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 38 | ||||||||||
| C. B. Lindsey | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.65 | 10 | 4 | 51.0 | 42 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Rolando Ortega | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Latham | 2 | 2 | .500 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ulysses Holliman | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Lee | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Roberto Herrera | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Smith | 0 | 5 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 92 | 55 | .626 | 2.86 | 239 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1128.0 | 944 | 489 | 359 | 43 | 561 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McKnight | 137 | 524 | 524 | 144 | 16 | 3 | 7 | .275 | .275 | .357 | .632 | 187 | |||||||||||
| German Pizarro | 135 | 483 | 483 | 138 | 19 | 8 | 22 | .286 | .286 | .495 | .781 | 239 | |||||||||||
| Price Westbrook | 136 | 485 | 485 | 133 | 24 | 7 | 1 | .274 | .274 | .359 | .633 | 174 | |||||||||||
| Bob Sadowski | 136 | 498 | 498 | 131 | 24 | 8 | 3 | .263 | .263 | .361 | .624 | 180 | |||||||||||
| John Riddle | 137 | 520 | 520 | 128 | 19 | 8 | 4 | .246 | .246 | .337 | .583 | 175 | |||||||||||
| Ray Wilson | 129 | 453 | 453 | 122 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .269 | .269 | .318 | .587 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Jack Gallop | 67 | 250 | 250 | 56 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .280 | .504 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Weber | 69 | 182 | 182 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .286 | .544 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Roberto Herrera | 56 | 151 | 151 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .212 | .212 | .285 | .497 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Allen Harris | 50 | 138 | 138 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .217 | .406 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Donald Chilton | 24 | 80 | 80 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .225 | .225 | .312 | .538 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Phil Ra | 24 | 69 | 69 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .246 | .246 | .377 | .623 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Hector Cruz | 35 | 76 | 76 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .224 | .224 | .289 | .513 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Earl Gabriel | 23 | 66 | 66 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .197 | .197 | .288 | .485 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Rolando Basilio | 40 | 73 | 73 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .178 | .178 | .219 | .397 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Leo Giannecchini | 39 | 89 | 89 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .135 | .135 | .270 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Rolando Ortega | 10 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .438 | .438 | .500 | .938 | 8 | |||||||||||
| William Brown | 16 | 50 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .140 | .140 | .200 | .340 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Harold Byfuss | 13 | 33 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .212 | .394 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Norman Frye | 30 | 59 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .102 | .102 | .186 | .288 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Edward Dreisbach | 7 | 18 | 18 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Jan Bell | 19 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Wright | 28 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .231 | .346 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jim Donohue | 16 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .094 | .094 | .125 | .219 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Donald Latham | 10 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Tom Smith | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Robert Whitekiller | 5 | 14 | 14 | 1 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| C. B. Lindsey | 13 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ulysses Holliman | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Thomas | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Lee | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chester Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1426 | 4463 | 4463 | 0 | 1091 | 159 | 45 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .330 | .574 | 1472 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Cruz | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Leo Giannecchini | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Rolando Basilio | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Wright | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Norman Frye | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Jan Bell | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Donohue | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Byfuss | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Smith | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| C. B. Lindsey | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Latham | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Ulysses Holliman | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Lee | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 233 | 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.
