1956 Little Rock Travelers/Montgomery Rebels Statistics
Team Record: 53-101
Finished 8th in the SA
Manager: Bud Souchock (53-101)
Location: Montgomery, Alabama; Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Paterson Field, Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 71,104, Avg. 923
The Little Rock Travelers/Montgomery Rebels of the Southern Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 53 wins and 101 losses, finishing eighth in the SA.Little Rock (32-57) transferred to Montgomery July 14.
The Travelers/Rebels scored 690 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 896 runs, most in the circuit. Andrew Frazier paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .279 clip. Hooks Iott topped Little Rock/Montgomery with 10 wins, while Charles Fowler registered a 4.25 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1956 Little Rock Travelers/Montgomery Rebels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bill Voiselle, Dixie Upright, Spider Wilhelm, Bud Souchock, Pete Taylor, Chuck Essegian, Hooks Iott, Eric Rodin, Marlin Stuart, Van Fletcher, Marv Rotblatt, Clyde Vollmer and Clem Koshorek.
Bud Souchock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hooks Iott | 10 | 11 | .476 | 5.02 | 44 | 29 | 192.0 | 229 | 124 | 107 | 10 | 102 | ||||||||||
| Van Fletcher | 8 | 14 | .364 | 6.32 | 35 | 25 | 158.0 | 215 | 130 | 111 | 37 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Marv Rotblatt | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.66 | 15 | 7 | 58.0 | 68 | 38 | 30 | 6 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Bill Voiselle | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.38 | 44 | 0 | 72.0 | 66 | 34 | 27 | 6 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Joe Tully | 5 | 13 | .278 | 5.79 | 48 | 17 | 171.0 | 196 | 122 | 110 | 13 | 90 | ||||||||||
| Marlin Stuart | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.62 | 25 | 3 | 74.0 | 102 | 57 | 38 | 8 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Charles Fowler | 4 | 11 | .267 | 4.25 | 27 | 24 | 146.0 | 124 | 80 | 69 | 9 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Andrew Pane | 4 | 13 | .235 | 4.30 | 30 | 21 | 138.0 | 146 | 84 | 66 | 6 | 96 | ||||||||||
| Pete Taylor | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.97 | 17 | 8 | 76.0 | 78 | 43 | 42 | 11 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Hugh Blanton | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.08 | 9 | 37.0 | 43 | 25 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Anthony | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.04 | 32 | 6 | 109.0 | 132 | 67 | 61 | 16 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Eric Rodin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ernest Nichols | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Louis Heyman | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Reeder | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.60 | 8 | 30.0 | 37 | 22 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 52 | 95 | .354 | 5.05 | 343 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1261.0 | 1436 | 779 | 708 | 122 | 599 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Frazier | 133 | 480 | 480 | 134 | 22 | 5 | 6 | .279 | .279 | .383 | .663 | 184 | |||||||||||
| R. C. Otey | 128 | 453 | 453 | 124 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .274 | .274 | .327 | .600 | 148 | |||||||||||
| Spider Wilhelm | 151 | 533 | 533 | 123 | 30 | 5 | 19 | .231 | .231 | .413 | .644 | 220 | |||||||||||
| Bill Wells | 124 | 473 | 473 | 121 | 22 | 5 | 8 | .256 | .256 | .374 | .630 | 177 | |||||||||||
| Clint Weaver | 126 | 428 | 428 | 114 | 11 | 4 | 22 | .266 | .266 | .465 | .731 | 199 | |||||||||||
| Red Prentice | 118 | 302 | 302 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .228 | .228 | .268 | .497 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Clyde Vollmer | 59 | 197 | 197 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 12 | .284 | .284 | .513 | .797 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Harry Minor | 111 | 258 | 258 | 52 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .202 | .202 | .275 | .477 | 71 | |||||||||||
| Eric Rodin | 47 | 159 | 159 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 5 | .302 | .302 | .547 | .849 | 87 | |||||||||||
| James Ranson | 42 | 152 | 152 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .303 | .303 | .447 | .750 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Louis Heyman | 59 | 171 | 171 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 7 | .181 | .181 | .327 | .509 | 56 | |||||||||||
| John Jones | 30 | 120 | 120 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .233 | .233 | .308 | .542 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Bud Souchock | 59 | 138 | 138 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .181 | .181 | .239 | .420 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Hooks Iott | 44 | 54 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .352 | .630 | 19 | |||||||||||
| John Vossen | 12 | 35 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Charles Fowler | 38 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .304 | .500 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Andrew Pane | 45 | 44 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Van Fletcher | 35 | 51 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .157 | .157 | .176 | .333 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Marlin Stuart | 25 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .280 | .320 | .600 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Joe Tully | 48 | 49 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .163 | .306 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Marv Rotblatt | 17 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .400 | .700 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Pete Taylor | 18 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Essegian | 14 | 44 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .205 | .341 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Rusty Burns | 8 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .179 | .179 | .321 | .500 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Bud Hull | 13 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Bill Voiselle | 44 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Lee Anthony | 32 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .182 | .273 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Blanton | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Reeder | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ernest Lawrence | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1598 | 4381 | 4381 | 0 | 1073 | 172 | 35 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .362 | .607 | 1588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Tully | P | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Voiselle | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Hooks Iott | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Van Fletcher | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Lee Anthony | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Andrew Pane | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Fowler | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Marlin Stuart | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Taylor | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Marv Rotblatt | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Hugh Blanton | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Dennis Reeder | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Ernest Nichols | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 336 | 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.
