1956 Kinston Eagles Statistics
Team Record: 66-87
Finished 7th in the CL
Manager: Jack Paepke (0-0), Thomas Taylor (0-0)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Kinston, North Carolina
Ballpark: Grainger Stadium
Attendance: 37,834, Avg. 495
The Kinston Eagles of the Carolina League ended the 1956 season with a record of 66 wins and 87 losses, finishing seventh in the CL.
The Eagles tallied 689 runs and gave up 729 runs. Carl Long topped all regular hitters by hitting .291. Jim Duffalo led Kinston with 16 wins, while Cleo Lewright recorded a 2.38 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1956 Kinston Eagles who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jim Waugh, Jim Duffalo, Bill Bell and Bill Koski.
Jack Paepke and Thomas Taylor 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 Duffalo | 16 | 8 | .667 | 2.94 | 36 | 22 | 217.0 | 190 | 86 | 71 | 11 | 84 | ||||||||||
| Cleo Lewright | 13 | 10 | .565 | 2.38 | 32 | 20 | 204.0 | 172 | 79 | 54 | 13 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Leon Hurst | 12 | 14 | .462 | 2.70 | 36 | 22 | 203.0 | 180 | 89 | 61 | 7 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Joe Perrotta | 7 | 9 | .438 | 5.60 | 18 | 16 | 106.0 | 126 | 83 | 66 | 11 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Bill Bell | 6 | 13 | .316 | 4.56 | 25 | 19 | 154.0 | 123 | 94 | 78 | 12 | 130 | ||||||||||
| Gerardo Torres | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.91 | 10 | 4 | 46.0 | 49 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Jack Paepke | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.37 | 11 | 8 | 68.0 | 58 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Bill Koski | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.71 | 10 | 2 | 42.0 | 51 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Ken Barbao | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.33 | 10 | 7 | 46.0 | 53 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Florencio Rivera | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.03 | 28 | 3 | 76.0 | 76 | 51 | 34 | 10 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Jim Waugh | 1 | 8 | .111 | 6.37 | 16 | 8 | 65.0 | 70 | 57 | 46 | 9 | 68 | ||||||||||
| David Brennan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ward Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Payne | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.91 | 9 | 4 | 35.0 | 36 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 20 | ||||||||||
| James Hayden | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.00 | 8 | 6 | 36.0 | 37 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 66 | 87 | .431 | 3.83 | 251 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1298.0 | 1221 | 712 | 553 | 88 | 671 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Brennan | 152 | 586 | 586 | 157 | 33 | 4 | 9 | .268 | .268 | .384 | .652 | 225 | |||||||||||
| Carl Long | 142 | 537 | 537 | 156 | 21 | 2 | 18 | .291 | .291 | .438 | .728 | 235 | |||||||||||
| Willie Melendez | 144 | 524 | 524 | 145 | 25 | 5 | 3 | .277 | .277 | .361 | .637 | 189 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Taylor | 100 | 353 | 353 | 113 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .320 | .320 | .397 | .717 | 140 | |||||||||||
| Ray Swarts | 98 | 368 | 368 | 110 | 27 | 3 | 4 | .299 | .299 | .421 | .720 | 155 | |||||||||||
| Frank Washington | 93 | 323 | 323 | 82 | 19 | 5 | 9 | .254 | .254 | .427 | .681 | 138 | |||||||||||
| Lowell Johnson | 79 | 261 | 261 | 67 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .352 | .609 | 92 | |||||||||||
| William Robertson | 64 | 215 | 215 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 5 | .270 | .270 | .395 | .665 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Jack Falls | 75 | 231 | 231 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .251 | .251 | .320 | .571 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Jack Paepke | 75 | 206 | 206 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .262 | .262 | .325 | .587 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Dutch Van Burkleo | 59 | 186 | 186 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .204 | .204 | .317 | .522 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Jim Duffalo | 46 | 101 | 101 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .307 | .307 | .376 | .683 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Earl Fackler | 44 | 147 | 147 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .197 | .197 | .306 | .503 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Leon Hurst | 47 | 99 | 99 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Canuso | 40 | 124 | 124 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .218 | .411 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Lee Utt | 30 | 93 | 93 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .226 | .226 | .312 | .538 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Adrian Rechichar | 35 | 100 | 100 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .160 | .160 | .270 | .430 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Bill Bell | 36 | 78 | 78 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .205 | .372 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Mark Herring | 22 | 67 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .164 | .164 | .179 | .343 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Luis Recurt | 16 | 45 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .244 | .467 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Tom Robles | 32 | 86 | 86 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .116 | .116 | .116 | .233 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Grady Chavis | 16 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .239 | .435 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Cleo Lewright | 35 | 65 | 65 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .138 | .169 | .308 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Gerardo Torres | 11 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .316 | .579 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Joe Perrotta | 18 | 34 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .147 | .147 | .147 | .294 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Florencio Rivera | 38 | 39 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .128 | .128 | .256 | .385 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Jim Waugh | 16 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .278 | .500 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Richard Payne | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Koski | 12 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | |||||||||||
| James Hayden | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Thacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Barbao | 10 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1603 | 4996 | 4996 | 0 | 1273 | 227 | 42 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .353 | .608 | 1764 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Hurst | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Duffalo | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Cleo Lewright | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Florencio Rivera | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Bell | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Perrotta | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Waugh | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Gerardo Torres | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Koski | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Barbao | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Payne | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| James Hayden | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Ward Wilson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 239 | 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.
