1956 Lake Charles Giants Statistics
Team Record: 62-62
Finished 4th in the EL
Manager: Mike McCormick (62-62)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana
Ballpark: American Legion Park
Attendance: 48,482, Avg. 782
Playoffs - Lafayette Oilers 4 games, Lake Charles Giants 1
The Lake Charles Giants of the Evangeline League ended the 1956 season with a record of 62 wins and 62 losses, finishing fourth in the EL.
The Giants scored 572 runs and surrendered 563 runs. Sid Harvey and Artie Dillon topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .283 clip. Andrew Yetsko and Leo Quatro led Lake Charles with 14 wins each, while Andrew Yetsko recorded a 2.77 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Felipe Alou played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lake Charles Giants to do so.
Mike McCormick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Yetsko | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2.77 | 30 | 27 | 231.0 | 185 | 97 | 71 | 12 | 122 | ||||||||||
| Leo Quatro | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.81 | 29 | 26 | 201.0 | 187 | 108 | 85 | 21 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Craig Hoyal | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.70 | 33 | 1 | 60.0 | 62 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 14 | ||||||||||
| George Lastres | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.40 | 22 | 17 | 133.0 | 132 | 82 | 65 | 6 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Donald Norton | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.19 | 29 | 24 | 172.0 | 172 | 97 | 80 | 2 | 72 | ||||||||||
| George Bielik | 6 | 11 | .353 | 3.40 | 24 | 21 | 159.0 | 152 | 82 | 60 | 14 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Ronald Laumann | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.94 | 30 | 3 | 64.0 | 57 | 35 | 28 | 3 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Madaris | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stan Denny | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Billy Wilson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 61 | 56 | .521 | 3.59 | 218 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1020.0 | 947 | 532 | 407 | 62 | 486 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard LaFaive | 121 | 462 | 462 | 124 | 30 | 5 | 7 | .268 | .268 | .400 | .669 | 185 | |||||||||||
| Sid Harvey | 118 | 417 | 417 | 118 | 22 | 2 | 7 | .283 | .283 | .396 | .679 | 165 | |||||||||||
| Artie Dillon | 121 | 407 | 407 | 115 | 18 | 11 | 13 | .283 | .283 | .477 | .759 | 194 | |||||||||||
| Gene Johnson | 120 | 432 | 432 | 101 | 18 | 2 | 20 | .234 | .234 | .424 | .657 | 183 | |||||||||||
| Edward Kopacz | 108 | 384 | 384 | 93 | 23 | 6 | 13 | .242 | .242 | .435 | .677 | 167 | |||||||||||
| Arturo Martinez | 108 | 354 | 354 | 87 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .246 | .246 | .299 | .545 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Jack Elias | 90 | 332 | 332 | 85 | 15 | 3 | 7 | .256 | .256 | .383 | .639 | 127 | |||||||||||
| Charles Mayer | 90 | 302 | 302 | 71 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .235 | .235 | .305 | .540 | 92 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Lettieri | 42 | 194 | 194 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .237 | .237 | .325 | .562 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Yetsko | 37 | 99 | 99 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .273 | .273 | .384 | .657 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Vinton Gwinn | 14 | 53 | 53 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .377 | .377 | .585 | .962 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Donald Cassidy | 45 | 98 | 98 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .194 | .194 | .265 | .459 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Leo Quatro | 31 | 73 | 73 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .233 | .233 | .315 | .548 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Edward Russell | 22 | 76 | 76 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .224 | .224 | .355 | .579 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Adams | 28 | 93 | 93 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .183 | .183 | .204 | .387 | 19 | |||||||||||
| George Bielik | 24 | 59 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .169 | .169 | .186 | .356 | 11 | |||||||||||
| George Lastres | 23 | 46 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .174 | .326 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Donald Norton | 29 | 48 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .125 | .208 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Crosby | 7 | 19 | 19 | 3 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Felipe Alou | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | |||||||||||
| William Pazienza | 7 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Craig Hoyal | 33 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Laumann | 31 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Weatherspoon | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Madaris | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Wilson | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1274 | 4010 | 4010 | 0 | 992 | 171 | 41 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 | .247 | .370 | .618 | 1485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Hoyal | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Andrew Yetsko | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Laumann | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Leo Quatro | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Norton | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| George Bielik | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| George Lastres | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Wilson | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Madaris | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Stan Denny | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 218 | 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.
