1956 Kokomo Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 51-75
Finished 8th in the MWL
Manager: Pete Reiser (51-75)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Kokomo, Indiana
Ballpark: Highland Park Stadium
Attendance: 49,437, Avg. 785
The Kokomo Dodgers of the Midwest League ended the 1956 season with a record of 51 wins and 75 losses, finishing eighth in the MWL.
The Dodgers plated 648 runs and gave up 759 runs. Don Miles topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .312. Jim Freeman and Eddie Picker led Kokomo with 12 wins each, while Jim Freeman recorded a 3.41 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1956 Kokomo Dodgers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Nate Smith, Ed Palmquist and Don Miles.
Pete Reiser 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Freeman | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.41 | 26 | 22 | 161.0 | 166 | 99 | 61 | 9 | 85 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Picker | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.89 | 33 | 20 | 171.0 | 166 | 80 | 74 | 20 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Emerson Unzicker | 8 | 16 | .333 | 4.26 | 26 | 23 | 186.0 | 192 | 103 | 88 | 14 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Harvey Mills | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.72 | 26 | 16 | 124.0 | 145 | 88 | 65 | 11 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Ronald Verspohl | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6.34 | 18 | 7 | 61.0 | 75 | 51 | 43 | 3 | 40 | ||||||||||
| LeRoy Han | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.00 | 15 | 4 | 39.0 | 40 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Dick Moseley | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Wexler | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Blind | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| German Guzman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Miles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Walter Zebrowski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Victorino Lopez | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Otto Lind | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Brandt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Palmquist | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Larry Rowley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Parr | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fred Oster | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walter Merrigan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Bafus | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.30 | 10 | 2 | 30.0 | 35 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Richard Hugaert | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Bayno | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Yoder | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Scott Breeden | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.59 | 6 | 4 | 17.0 | 22 | 20 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Eugene Lee | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Allen Evans | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 48 | 73 | .397 | 4.43 | 242 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 794.0 | 845 | 479 | 391 | 69 | 367 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Miles | 118 | 455 | 455 | 142 | 14 | 5 | 23 | .312 | .312 | .516 | .829 | 235 | |||||||||||
| Dick Moseley | 117 | 400 | 400 | 111 | 24 | 6 | 4 | .278 | .278 | .398 | .675 | 159 | |||||||||||
| Walter Zebrowski | 77 | 302 | 302 | 85 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .281 | .281 | .358 | .639 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Donald Bafus | 104 | 354 | 354 | 80 | 15 | 7 | 14 | .226 | .226 | .427 | .653 | 151 | |||||||||||
| Bob Yoder | 58 | 219 | 219 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 5 | .288 | .288 | .416 | .703 | 91 | |||||||||||
| Ed Palmquist | 52 | 189 | 189 | 62 | 6 | 6 | 4 | .328 | .328 | .487 | .815 | 92 | |||||||||||
| Richard Sasek | 68 | 227 | 227 | 62 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .339 | .612 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Al Durden | 66 | 220 | 220 | 53 | 4 | 5 | 16 | .241 | .241 | .523 | .764 | 115 | |||||||||||
| Nate Smith | 64 | 185 | 185 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .281 | .281 | .422 | .703 | 78 | |||||||||||
| Otto Lind | 53 | 194 | 194 | 52 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .268 | .268 | .443 | .711 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Bill Lachemann | 64 | 198 | 198 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 7 | .258 | .258 | .404 | .662 | 80 | |||||||||||
| Rich Ritzheimer | 44 | 152 | 152 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .296 | .533 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Jim Freeman | 39 | 84 | 84 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .298 | .583 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Ron Fountain | 23 | 84 | 84 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .298 | .536 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Harvey Mills | 44 | 89 | 89 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .191 | .202 | .393 | 18 | |||||||||||
| James Purbaugh | 26 | 65 | 65 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .292 | .523 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Picker | 41 | 66 | 66 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .197 | .197 | .273 | .470 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Emerson Unzicker | 30 | 70 | 70 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .171 | .343 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Richard Jennings | 8 | 31 | 31 | 8 | .258 | .258 | .258 | .516 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Hugaert | 18 | 35 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .229 | .229 | .400 | .629 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Walter Merrigan | 10 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .462 | .462 | .538 | 1.000 | 7 | |||||||||||
| David Russell | 13 | 47 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .128 | .149 | .277 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Jack Langer | 16 | 52 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .135 | .250 | 7 | |||||||||||
| George Ratos | 9 | 29 | 29 | 5 | .172 | .172 | .172 | .345 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Nidiffer | 8 | 26 | 26 | 4 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Eugene Lee | 11 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .188 | .312 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Victorino Lopez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Bayno | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Blind | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Allen Evans | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Verspohl | 18 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | |||||||||||
| James Wexler | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerald Fesenmaier | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| German Guzman | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Rowley | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Edward Horowitz | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ralph Lawrence | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Parr | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Oster | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Scott Breeden | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1255 | 3878 | 3878 | 0 | 1000 | 127 | 47 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .385 | .643 | 1494 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Picker | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Emerson Unzicker | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Harvey Mills | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Freeman | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Verspohl | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Walter Merrigan | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Lee | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Allen Evans | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Rowley | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Breeden | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| German Guzman | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Victorino Lopez | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Lawrence | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| James Wexler | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Parr | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Oster | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Dennis Blind | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Bayno | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Brandt | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 198 | 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.
