1956 Havana Sugar Kings Statistics
Team Record: 72-82
Finished 6th in the IL
Manager: Reggie Otero (0-0), Nap Reyes (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Havana, Cuba
Ballpark: Estadio Latinamerico
Attendance: 220,357, Avg. 2,862
The Havana Sugar Kings of the International League ended the 1956 season with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the IL.
The Sugar Kings scored 591 runs and gave up 589 runs.
Members of the 1956 Havana Sugar Kings who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Charlie Rabe, Bubba Harris, Pat Scantlebury, Ed Winceniak, Jay Heard, Connie Marrero, Elio Chacón, Owen Friend, Hal Bevan, Juan Delis, Sandy Consuegra, Minnie Mendoza, Don Nicholas, Don Gross, Vicente Amor, Rudy Minarcin, Raúl Sánchez, Dutch Dotterer, Jerry Lane, Danny Morejón, Joe Hatten and Nino Escalera.
Reggie Otero and Nap Reyes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Minarcin | 15 | 12 | .556 | 2.92 | 40 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 234.0 | 208 | 93 | 76 | 14 | 90 | 112 | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Raúl Sánchez | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.38 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 120.0 | 100 | 50 | 45 | 6 | 55 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Joe Hatten | 9 | 9 | .500 | 2.68 | 53 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 171.0 | 147 | 56 | 51 | 6 | 74 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Jerry Lane | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.18 | 36 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 157.0 | 167 | 82 | 73 | 15 | 68 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Emilio Cueche | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.68 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 84.0 | 78 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 32 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Pat Scantlebury | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.57 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 105.0 | 101 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 34 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Connie Marrero | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.40 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 45 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Gross | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.67 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 54.0 | 48 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Sandy Consuegra | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.57 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 63.0 | 59 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jay Heard | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.94 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 62.0 | 65 | 39 | 34 | 7 | 31 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Vicente Amor | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.08 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 86.0 | 82 | 48 | 39 | 10 | 42 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Charlie Rabe | 2 | 13 | .133 | 5.04 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 100.0 | 111 | 63 | 56 | 11 | 50 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bubba Harris | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jose Bracho | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.70 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Julian Ladera | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 72 | 82 | .468 | 3.32 | 337 | 154 | 0 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 1311.0 | 1240 | 575 | 483 | 91 | 536 | 0 | 672 | 31 | 5 | 33 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nino Escalera | 150 | 598 | 537 | 72 | 151 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 63 | 15 | 53 | 28 | .281 | .348 | .395 | .743 | 212 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Pablo Bernard | 143 | 543 | 506 | 53 | 137 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 24 | 28 | .271 | .303 | .346 | .648 | 175 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |||
| Hal Bevan | 113 | 479 | 424 | 44 | 128 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 62 | 2 | 45 | 30 | .302 | .368 | .384 | .753 | 163 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Angel Scull | 123 | 499 | 445 | 56 | 121 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 17 | 43 | 36 | .272 | .339 | .366 | .705 | 163 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Don Nicholas | 123 | 507 | 422 | 71 | 114 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 22 | 74 | 51 | .270 | .383 | .382 | .764 | 161 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Ultus Alvarez | 127 | 478 | 411 | 62 | 108 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 57 | 6 | 50 | 100 | .263 | .357 | .448 | .804 | 184 | 11 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Dutch Dotterer | 134 | 471 | 409 | 46 | 101 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 3 | 56 | 61 | .247 | .340 | .330 | .670 | 135 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Owen Friend | 94 | 368 | 336 | 40 | 68 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 49 | 0 | 30 | 71 | .202 | .266 | .366 | .632 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Juan Delis | 93 | 284 | 244 | 35 | 66 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 20 | 18 | .270 | .344 | .377 | .721 | 92 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Amado Ibanez | 65 | 189 | 174 | 15 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 19 | .195 | .254 | .247 | .501 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Oscar Sierra | 57 | 131 | 115 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 15 | .217 | .308 | .261 | .569 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rudy Minarcin | 40 | 87 | 73 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .164 | .247 | .288 | .535 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Lane | 37 | 58 | 51 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .176 | .222 | .176 | .399 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Raúl Sánchez | 56 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .242 | .265 | .242 | .507 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Ed Winceniak | 17 | 73 | 66 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .121 | .205 | .212 | .418 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Asdrubal Baro | 14 | 36 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | .259 | .444 | .407 | .852 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Rabe | 24 | 39 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .212 | .235 | .212 | .447 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Joe Hatten | 53 | 53 | 48 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .146 | .180 | .208 | .388 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Dick Bush | 11 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .464 | .300 | .764 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pat Scantlebury | 20 | 39 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .152 | .256 | .212 | .469 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Vicente Amor | 22 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .148 | .179 | .148 | .327 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Emilio Cueche | 33 | 44 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .108 | .250 | .108 | .358 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Gross | 10 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .200 | .294 | .200 | .494 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Connie Marrero | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Danny Morejón | 4 | 15 | 15 | 2 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Sandy Consuegra | 9 | 23 | 23 | 2 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Rene Friol | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Minnie Mendoza | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jay Heard | 18 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .071 | .235 | .071 | .307 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Elio Chacón | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Julian Ladera | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jose Bracho | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Montalvo | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1632 | 5196 | 4582 | 539 | 1141 | 174 | 42 | 65 | 482 | 68 | 0 | 479 | 535 | .249 | .324 | .348 | .672 | 1594 | 0 | 41 | 69 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nino Escalera | 1B | 66 | 564 | 30 | 9 | 51 | .985 | 9.000 | ||||
| Hal Bevan | 1B | 51 | 429 | 41 | 6 | 45 | .987 | 9.216 | ||||
| Ultus Alvarez | 1B | 28 | 263 | 16 | 3 | 24 | .989 | 9.964 | ||||
| Oscar Sierra | 1B | 16 | 95 | 10 | 1 | 10 | .991 | 6.562 | ||||
| Pablo Bernard | 2B | 68 | 166 | 178 | 8 | 42 | .977 | 5.059 | ||||
| Hal Bevan | 2B | 63 | 139 | 179 | 19 | 42 | .944 | 5.048 | ||||
| Amado Ibanez | 2B | 26 | 64 | 62 | 3 | 15 | .977 | 4.846 | ||||
| Owen Friend | 3B | 28 | 29 | 60 | 5 | 4 | .947 | 3.179 | ||||
| Amado Ibanez | 3B | 20 | 14 | 37 | 4 | 0 | .927 | 2.550 | ||||
| Dutch Dotterer | C | 131 | 645 | 78 | 8 | 11 | .989 | 5.519 | 10 | |||
| Oscar Sierra | C | 25 | 79 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .967 | 3.560 | 0 | |||
| Angel Scull | OF | 120 | 326 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .971 | 2.800 | ||||
| Don Nicholas | OF | 118 | 202 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .982 | 1.898 | ||||
| Nino Escalera | OF | 94 | 182 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .964 | 1.979 | ||||
| Ultus Alvarez | OF | 92 | 178 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .984 | 2.011 | ||||
| Juan Delis | OF | 56 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 1.589 | ||||
| Raúl Sánchez | P | 55 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Joe Hatten | P | 53 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .949 | .698 | ||||
| Rudy Minarcin | P | 40 | 15 | 38 | 3 | 2 | .946 | 1.325 | ||||
| Jerry Lane | P | 36 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Emilio Cueche | P | 23 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .522 | ||||
| Vicente Amor | P | 22 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .545 | ||||
| Charlie Rabe | P | 20 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.250 | ||||
| Pat Scantlebury | P | 17 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 1.882 | ||||
| Jay Heard | P | 17 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .882 | ||||
| Connie Marrero | P | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Don Gross | P | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Sandy Consuegra | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Bracho | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bubba Harris | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julian Ladera | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pablo Bernard | SS | 68 | 112 | 205 | 24 | 34 | .930 | 4.662 | ||||
| Owen Friend | SS | 63 | 107 | 163 | 20 | 35 | .931 | 4.286 | ||||
| Ed Winceniak | SS | 17 | 35 | 28 | 4 | 8 | .940 | 3.706 | ||||
| Totals | 1487 | 3794 | 1327 | 153 | 336 | .971 | 3.444 | 10 | 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.
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