1956 High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 91-63
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Bert Haas (91-63)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: High Point, North Carolina; Thomasville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Finch Field, Finch Field
Attendance: 64,625, Avg. 839

1956 High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms Roster

Playoffs - Fayetteville Highlanders 3 games, High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms 1

The High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms of the Carolina League ended the 1956 season with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the CL.

The Hi-Toms tallied 739 runs and yielded 666 runs. Curt Flood led hitters with significant playing time with a .340 average. Jack Taylor topped High with 22 wins, while Orlando Peña and Woody Rich added 15 or more victories as well Orlando Peña recorded a 2.42 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1956 High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Woody Rich, Bert Haas, Curt Flood and Orlando Peña.

Bert Haas 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
Jack Taylor	22	11	.667	2.46	40	31					289.0	225	100	79	21	80
Orlando Peña	19	12	.613	2.42	39	32					286.0	255	107	77	25	100
Woody Rich	17	12	.586	2.93	33	30					258.0	207	108	84	20	95
William Cooke	9	3	.750	3.08	21	15					117.0	96	47	40	5	56
Charles Brown	6	3	.667	4.13	21	7					85.0	80	42	39	13	55
Gus Carmichael	5	2	.714	4.03	8	8					58.0	62	28	26	7	17
Ward Wilson	3	3	.500	6.48	18	2					50.0	55	40	36	4	28
Rene Solis	3	4	.429	6.89	11	7					47.0	65	42	36	9	26
Pete Treece	3	6	.333	4.06	10	7					51.0	56	34	23	4	18
Amiel Solomon	2	4	.333	4.58	21	6					53.0	69	41	27	4	30
Dick Mills	1	1	.500	5.31	13	2					39.0	47	27	23	5	27
John Smith	1	2	.333		5						0.0
Sullivan	0	0			1						0.0
John Gordy	0	0			1						0.0
Bert Haas	0	0			2						0.0
Totals	91	63	.591	3.31	244	147	0	0	0	0	1333.0	1217	616	490	117	532	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
Curt Flood	154	559	559		190	24	8	29						.340	.340	.567	.907	317
Karl Kuehl	154	613	613		178	27	2	10						.290	.290	.390	.680	239
Bill Ford	152	550	550		153	34	3	21						.278	.278	.465	.744	256
Fred Harrington	133	458	458		119	21	1	5						.260	.260	.343	.603	157
Rene Solis	105	393	393		106	22	0	18						.270	.270	.463	.733	182
Gail Thomas	128	475	475		97	8	1	7						.204	.204	.269	.474	128
Jack Bossard	72	312	312		96	18	0	2						.308	.308	.385	.692	120
Haven Schmidt	105	324	324		79	13	2	10						.244	.244	.389	.633	126
Bert Haas	67	221	221		72	11	0	11						.326	.326	.525	.851	116
Thomas Swanson	63	214	214		54	9	0	2						.252	.252	.322	.575	69
Sergio Garcia	63	212	212		53	4	2	4						.250	.250	.344	.594	73
Nelvin Cooper	38	135	135		27	4	0	0						.200	.200	.230	.430	31
Jack Taylor	40	101	101		19	3	0	0						.188	.188	.218	.406	22
Woody Rich	41	102	102		16	3	0	0						.157	.157	.186	.343	19
Orlando Peña	41	110	110		15	0	0	1						.136	.136	.164	.300	18
Phil Marvier	32	94	94		13	1	0	1						.138	.138	.181	.319	17
Gerald Hornsby	20	56	56		11	3	0	1						.196	.196	.304	.500	17
Gus Carmichael	8	23	23		6									.261	.261	.261	.522	6
William Cooke	23	43	43		5	0	0	0						.116	.116	.116	.233	5
Jack Simpson	11	29	29		4	1	0	0						.138	.138	.172	.310	5
Charles Brown	21	22	22		3	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273	3
William Harris	6	16	16		2									.125	.125	.125	.250	2
Pete Treece	10	16	16		2	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	2
Amiel Solomon	21	17	17		1	0	0	0						.059	.059	.059	.118	1
Don Boyer	1	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
George Suggs	2	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dick Mills	14	10	10		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Smith	5	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Frederick Dauten	2	5	5		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ward Wilson	18	17	17		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1550	5139	5139	0	1321	206	19	122	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.257	.376	.633	1931	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jack Taylor	P	40					.000
Orlando Peña	P	39					.000
Woody Rich	P	33					.000
Amiel Solomon	P	21					.000
William Cooke	P	21					.000
Charles Brown	P	21					.000
Ward Wilson	P	18					.000
Dick Mills	P	13					.000
Pete Treece	P	10					.000
Gus Carmichael	P	8					.000
John Smith	P	5					.000
Sullivan	P	1					.000
John Gordy	P	1					.000
Totals		231	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.

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