1956 Greensboro Patriots Statistics
Team Record: 75-79
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Eddie Popowski (75-79)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 39,738, Avg. 516
The Greensboro Patriots of the Carolina League ended the 1956 season with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.
The Patriots plated 677 runs and conceded 657 runs. George Contratto paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .319 clip. Kenneth Deal topped Greensboro with 13 wins and a team-best 2.19 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1956 Greensboro Patriots who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ted Wills, Arnold Earley, Lou Clinton and Ken McBride.
Eddie Popowski 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Deal | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.19 | 61 | 1 | 140.0 | 85 | 48 | 34 | 4 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Ted Wills | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.20 | 19 | 17 | 135.0 | 104 | 50 | 48 | 13 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Herbert Benner | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.50 | 35 | 14 | 149.0 | 112 | 72 | 58 | 8 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Jack Thomas | 9 | 6 | .600 | 1.98 | 16 | 16 | 123.0 | 82 | 39 | 27 | 8 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Ken McBride | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.64 | 36 | 19 | 177.0 | 135 | 64 | 52 | 12 | 68 | ||||||||||
| Arnold Earley | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.10 | 26 | 21 | 154.0 | 118 | 70 | 53 | 8 | 88 | ||||||||||
| Marvin Shoemaker | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.16 | 13 | 8 | 67.0 | 74 | 41 | 31 | 3 | 26 | ||||||||||
| John Zavada | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.83 | 11 | 9 | 54.0 | 55 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Ross | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.22 | 13 | 11 | 81.0 | 79 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Ronald Cote | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.30 | 8 | 5 | 44.0 | 43 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Ted Stone | 2 | 9 | .182 | 4.62 | 16 | 11 | 76.0 | 69 | 49 | 39 | 7 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Ed Urness | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Norman Luoni | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Norm Tanner | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Don Schenk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Schulte | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Burns | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Graham | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Al Antinelli | 0 | 6 | .000 | 6.23 | 11 | 9 | 52.0 | 61 | 38 | 36 | 4 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 75 | 79 | .487 | 3.29 | 290 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1252.0 | 1017 | 567 | 457 | 76 | 623 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Contratto | 153 | 595 | 595 | 190 | 23 | 8 | 2 | .319 | .319 | .395 | .714 | 235 | |||||||||||
| Douglass Hubacek | 154 | 572 | 572 | 160 | 28 | 9 | 24 | .280 | .280 | .486 | .766 | 278 | |||||||||||
| Robert Fidler | 150 | 552 | 552 | 152 | 18 | 8 | 9 | .275 | .275 | .386 | .661 | 213 | |||||||||||
| John Pfeiffer | 150 | 536 | 536 | 139 | 15 | 1 | 26 | .259 | .259 | .437 | .696 | 234 | |||||||||||
| Andy Madalone | 147 | 519 | 519 | 126 | 24 | 5 | 1 | .243 | .243 | .314 | .557 | 163 | |||||||||||
| Lou Clinton | 90 | 337 | 337 | 82 | 12 | 2 | 15 | .243 | .243 | .424 | .668 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Leroy Bradley | 76 | 214 | 214 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 3 | .243 | .243 | .341 | .584 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Art Preston | 51 | 172 | 172 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .320 | .564 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Jack Elkins | 62 | 191 | 191 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 10 | .215 | .215 | .382 | .597 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Marshall Radebach | 56 | 179 | 179 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 7 | .212 | .212 | .385 | .598 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Robert Walsh | 65 | 192 | 192 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 5 | .161 | .161 | .286 | .448 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Robert Cannon | 44 | 130 | 130 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .208 | .208 | .331 | .538 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Freddie Duvall | 43 | 130 | 130 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .323 | .523 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Ted Wills | 27 | 64 | 64 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .266 | .266 | .391 | .656 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Adams | 22 | 67 | 67 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .254 | .254 | .313 | .567 | 21 | |||||||||||
| James Greene | 29 | 87 | 87 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .253 | .448 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Arnold Earley | 34 | 62 | 62 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .161 | .161 | .258 | .419 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Marvin Shoemaker | 13 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 | .296 | .296 | .593 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Cote | 11 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .207 | .276 | .483 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Jack Thomas | 16 | 35 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Herbert Benner | 36 | 43 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .116 | .116 | .186 | .302 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Ted Stone | 16 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .200 | .360 | 5 | |||||||||||
| John Zavada | 11 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Armand Diferdinando | 7 | 22 | 22 | 3 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken McBride | 37 | 51 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .098 | .157 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Weaver | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Cullen Deck | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Phil Stackpole | 9 | 17 | 17 | 2 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Antinelli | 12 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Deal | 61 | 40 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Norm Tanner | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ed Urness | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Graham | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Atkinson | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Ross | 14 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .043 | .043 | .087 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Burns | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Norman Luoni | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gale Dennis | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Harry Hoitsma | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Hirsch | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Schulte | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1650 | 5017 | 5017 | 0 | 1219 | 187 | 36 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .363 | .606 | 1820 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Deal | P | 61 | .000 | |||||
| Ken McBride | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Herbert Benner | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Arnold Earley | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Wills | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Thomas | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Stone | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Marvin Shoemaker | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Ross | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| John Zavada | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Al Antinelli | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Cote | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Urness | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Norm Tanner | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Norman Luoni | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Schulte | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Graham | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Burns | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Don Schenk | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 290 | 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.
