1956 Graceville Oilers Statistics
Alabama-Florida League (AAL) - Class: D
Team Record: 69-49
Finished 1st in the AAL
Manager: (69-49)
Location: Graceville, Florida
Ballpark: Sportsman Park
Attendance: 21,584, Avg. 366
1956 Graceville Oilers RosterTeam Record: 69-49
Finished 1st in the AAL
Manager: (69-49)
Location: Graceville, Florida
Ballpark: Sportsman Park
Attendance: 21,584, Avg. 366
Playoffs - Fort Walton Beach Jets 3 games, Graceville Oilers 1
The Graceville Oilers of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1956 season with a record of 69 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the AAL.
The Oilers topped the league with just 616 runs allowed. Graceville scored 722 runs. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Gargiulo | 17 | 11 | .607 | 2.77 | 33 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 208.0 | 200 | 96 | 64 | 9 | 57 | 113 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Chuck Dobberstein | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.53 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 153.0 | 137 | 81 | 60 | 5 | 58 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Robert Aspril | 10 | 9 | .526 | 2.88 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 150.0 | 122 | 72 | 48 | 7 | 75 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| John Jeanes | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.05 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 112.0 | 86 | 44 | 38 | 3 | 64 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Frank Clift | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.53 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 131.0 | 122 | 92 | 66 | 5 | 113 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| William Jamison | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.80 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 52 | 34 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Wayland Goza | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lester Temple | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alvis Whisenhunt | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Cooke | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Whigham | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sonny Wilson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas McClendon | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Phelan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Moore | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Lee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Ellis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keith Nims | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Gilbreath | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Calvin Saunders | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charley Grant | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Folk | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 46 | .586 | 3.32 | 217 | 89 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 799.0 | 719 | 419 | 295 | 30 | 389 | 0 | 578 | 18 | 2 | 35 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Grant | 116 | 459 | 433 | 100 | 154 | 29 | 6 | 25 | 112 | 11 | 17 | 39 | .356 | .380 | .624 | 1.004 | 270 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Joseph Lee | 110 | 503 | 422 | 84 | 127 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 89 | 9 | 76 | 101 | .301 | .409 | .445 | .854 | 188 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Wayland Goza | 116 | 488 | 420 | 75 | 105 | 23 | 2 | 17 | 75 | 2 | 49 | 52 | .250 | .342 | .436 | .778 | 183 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| Robert Whigham | 73 | 354 | 299 | 82 | 101 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 34 | 50 | 27 | .338 | .438 | .462 | .899 | 138 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Dick Kennedy | 101 | 414 | 351 | 61 | 100 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 47 | 9 | 53 | 32 | .285 | .382 | .385 | .766 | 135 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Ersell Beck | 103 | 433 | 354 | 65 | 100 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 28 | 72 | 63 | .282 | .405 | .325 | .730 | 115 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Clint Hardwick | 70 | 307 | 274 | 42 | 87 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 10 | 24 | 34 | .318 | .377 | .449 | .826 | 123 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Robert Fish | 92 | 329 | 306 | 43 | 67 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 9 | 20 | 78 | .219 | .269 | .379 | .648 | 116 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Thomas Barton | 69 | 290 | 225 | 45 | 62 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 59 | 72 | .276 | .430 | .356 | .786 | 80 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Richard Folk | 35 | 146 | 117 | 19 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 26 | 25 | .274 | .414 | .376 | .790 | 44 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Lee Frazier | 23 | 90 | 82 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 21 | .280 | .337 | .317 | .654 | 26 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Alex Gargiulo | 55 | 132 | 120 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .183 | .216 | .233 | .449 | 28 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Robert Aspril | 30 | 73 | 63 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .238 | .333 | .270 | .603 | 17 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Chuck Dobberstein | 25 | 62 | 53 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .226 | .281 | .226 | .507 | 12 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Lester Temple | 11 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .455 | .500 | .727 | 1.227 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Jeanes | 27 | 53 | 48 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .208 | .269 | .312 | .582 | 15 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Michael Shimchick | 8 | 22 | 22 | 8 | .364 | .364 | .364 | .727 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Harter | 9 | 26 | 26 | 5 | .192 | .192 | .192 | .385 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Cooke | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Phelan | 8 | 14 | 14 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Clift | 27 | 64 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 38 | .057 | .167 | .057 | .223 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| William Odum | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Sonny Hendrix | 6 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Allen Belaj | 5 | 14 | 14 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Sonny Wilson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Gilbreath | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Traylor | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Santulli | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Claude Culbreth | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas McClendon | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| William Jamison | 15 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .067 | .263 | .067 | .330 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alvis Whisenhunt | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Calvin Saunders | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1167 | 4386 | 3803 | 666 | 1062 | 168 | 37 | 79 | 568 | 131 | 0 | 488 | 674 | .279 | .365 | .405 | .770 | 1541 | 0 | 24 | 71 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayland Goza | 1B | 73 | 480 | 35 | 16 | 49 | .970 | 7.055 | ||||
| Robert Whigham | 1B | 30 | 207 | 19 | 13 | 13 | .946 | 7.533 | ||||
| Alex Gargiulo | 1B | 12 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .962 | 4.250 | ||||
| Charley Grant | 2B | 112 | 309 | 260 | 30 | 64 | .950 | 5.080 | ||||
| Joseph Lee | 3B | 85 | 84 | 154 | 39 | 24 | .859 | 2.800 | ||||
| Ersell Beck | 3B | 31 | 44 | 57 | 12 | 8 | .894 | 3.258 | ||||
| Dick Kennedy | C | 87 | 565 | 73 | 16 | 3 | .976 | 7.333 | 9 | |||
| Wayland Goza | C | 32 | 187 | 19 | 6 | 4 | .972 | 6.438 | 3 | |||
| Robert Fish | OF | 85 | 179 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .960 | 2.235 | ||||
| Clint Hardwick | OF | 68 | 123 | 10 | 9 | 4 | .937 | 1.956 | ||||
| Thomas Barton | OF | 60 | 67 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .921 | 1.167 | ||||
| Ersell Beck | OF | 54 | 83 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .938 | 1.667 | ||||
| Robert Whigham | OF | 47 | 89 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 2.085 | ||||
| Lee Frazier | OF | 22 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .932 | 1.864 | ||||
| Dick Kennedy | OF | 11 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Wayland Goza | OF | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Alex Gargiulo | P | 33 | 25 | 31 | 3 | 4 | .949 | 1.697 | ||||
| Robert Aspril | P | 26 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .500 | ||||
| Chuck Dobberstein | P | 25 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 1.320 | ||||
| John Jeanes | P | 24 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .375 | ||||
| Frank Clift | P | 24 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .792 | .792 | ||||
| William Jamison | P | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Robert Whigham | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayland Goza | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Phelan | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas McClendon | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lester Temple | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Cooke | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Nims | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Moore | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sonny Wilson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Calvin Saunders | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alvis Whisenhunt | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Lee | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charley Grant | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Gilbreath | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Folk | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Ellis | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Folk | SS | 34 | 63 | 88 | 15 | 16 | .910 | 4.441 | ||||
| Joseph Lee | SS | 24 | 52 | 52 | 17 | 0 | .860 | 4.333 | ||||
| Ersell Beck | SS | 15 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 3 | .885 | 3.067 | ||||
| Totals | 1109 | 2699 | 936 | 221 | 198 | .943 | 3.278 | 12 | 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.
