1956 Jacksonville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 87-53
Finished 1st in the SAL
Manager: Ben Geraghty (87-53)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 129,047, Avg. 1,844
Playoffs - Jacksonville Braves 1 game, Charlotte Hornets 0
Finals - Jacksonville Braves 2 games, Columbus Foxes 0
The Jacksonville Braves of the South Atlantic League ended the 1956 season with a record of 87 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the SAL.
The Braves paced the league with 682 runs, sparked by 97 home runs. Jacksonville yielded 505 runs, fewest in the league. Ed Barbarito led all regular batters by connecting at a .310 clip. Juan Pizarro earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad, while William Allen, too added 15 or more wins, too Juan Pizarro recorded a 1.77 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1956 Jacksonville Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Terry Fox, Roger McCardell, Nat Peeples, Harvey Gentry, Juan Pizarro, Joe Morgan, Ed Charles, John Wyatt, Al Pinkston, Mike Roarke, Adrián Zabala, Chuck Cottier and Dick Phillips.
Ben Geraghty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Pizarro | 23 | 6 | .793 | 1.77 | 31 | 31 | 274.0 | 149 | 74 | 54 | 8 | 149 | ||||||||||
| William Allen | 15 | 10 | .600 | 2.88 | 28 | 28 | 197.0 | 174 | 78 | 63 | 10 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Zieser | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.12 | 27 | 20 | 150.0 | 119 | 59 | 52 | 12 | 45 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Nelson | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.76 | 18 | 17 | 114.0 | 106 | 48 | 35 | 8 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Don Jaber | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.45 | 23 | 17 | 128.0 | 108 | 58 | 49 | 8 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Adrián Zabala | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.21 | 32 | 2 | 56.0 | 58 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Stewart Alton | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.91 | 7 | 7 | 55.0 | 49 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Robert Hines | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wendell Doss | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Spencer | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Roger Clapp | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 9.0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Wyatt | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 2 | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Jack Hannah | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Terry Fox | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.00 | 4 | 12.0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 77 | 43 | .642 | 2.87 | 194 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1001.0 | 785 | 386 | 319 | 60 | 437 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Barbarito | 136 | 509 | 509 | 158 | 19 | 2 | 27 | .310 | .310 | .515 | .825 | 262 | |||||||||||
| Dick Phillips | 135 | 541 | 541 | 156 | 13 | 5 | 15 | .288 | .288 | .414 | .702 | 224 | |||||||||||
| Joe Morgan | 132 | 476 | 476 | 143 | 24 | 8 | 9 | .300 | .300 | .441 | .742 | 210 | |||||||||||
| Mike Roarke | 114 | 359 | 359 | 99 | 12 | 1 | 13 | .276 | .276 | .423 | .699 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Ed Charles | 95 | 347 | 347 | 86 | 10 | 4 | 11 | .248 | .248 | .395 | .643 | 137 | |||||||||||
| Bob Hartsfield | 83 | 233 | 233 | 60 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .258 | .258 | .330 | .588 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Nat Peeples | 58 | 200 | 200 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .265 | .265 | .385 | .650 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Roger McCardell | 55 | 128 | 128 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .289 | .289 | .453 | .742 | 58 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Reed | 53 | 168 | 168 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .208 | .208 | .304 | .512 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Juan Pizarro | 32 | 113 | 113 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .257 | .257 | .345 | .602 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Bill Robertson | 35 | 123 | 123 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .203 | .203 | .350 | .553 | 43 | |||||||||||
| William Reynolds | 18 | 71 | 71 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .324 | .563 | 23 | |||||||||||
| William Allen | 28 | 72 | 72 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .236 | .403 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Nelson | 18 | 39 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .154 | .154 | .282 | .436 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Don Jaber | 27 | 42 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .119 | .119 | .190 | .310 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Clarence Zieser | 27 | 43 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .116 | .116 | .116 | .233 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Cottier | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Joe Polich | 9 | 22 | 22 | 2 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Stewart Alton | 9 | 24 | 24 | 2 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Hannah | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Wendell Doss | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Adrián Zabala | 32 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Robert Hines | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Fox | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Spencer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Wyatt | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roger Clapp | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1129 | 3556 | 3556 | 0 | 935 | 114 | 32 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .395 | .658 | 1404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrián Zabala | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Juan Pizarro | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| William Allen | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Clarence Zieser | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Don Jaber | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Nelson | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Stewart Alton | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Hines | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Wendell Doss | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Spencer | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Terry Fox | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Hannah | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Clapp | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| John Wyatt | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 194 | 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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