1956 Mobile Bears Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 82-73
Finished 3rd in the SA
Manager: Jo-Jo White (82-73)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Ballpark: Hartwell Field
Attendance: 81,727, Avg. 1,055
1956 Mobile Bears Roster

Playoffs - Memphis Chicks 4 games, Mobile Bears 3

The Mobile Bears of the Southern Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 82 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the SA.

The Bears paced the circuit with just 688 runs allowed. Mobile scored 715 runs. Gordy Coleman led hitters with significant playing time with a .316 average. Gene Lary topped the team with 19 wins, while Bill Dailey added 15 or more wins, too Bill Dailey recorded a 3.18 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1956 Mobile Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bill Dailey, Gordy Coleman, Walt Kellner, Dick Brown, Rod Graber, Bud Hardin, Ray Coleman, Carl Thomas, Bob Cain, Hank Izquierdo, Pete Milne, Chris Kitsos and Don Minnick.

Jo-Jo White served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Gene Lary197.7313.883026204.0215106882590
Bill Dailey158.6523.183029215.020989761172
Norm Camp1014.4173.673329201.0204107821793
Bob Yanen911.4503.832622162.014681691961
Ben Smyth77.5003.74382106.010259441148
Billy Joe Davidson68.4293.852520131.012666561750
Billy Darden53.6252.8834175.0633124328
Carl Thomas54.5562.611313100.0643829850
Don Minnick55.5004.7411976.07547401132
Walt Kellner11.5008.7011030.0563429512
Donald Nance02.0006.75824.0271816
Bob Cain03.0003.00824.029812
Totals8273.5293.7626715100001348.01316658563127564000000

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
Gordy Coleman15561361319425827.316.316.515.832316
Jack Waters1535445441482383.272.272.360.632196
Dick Brown14150750713620024.268.268.450.718228
Rod Graber1134174171301685.312.312.424.736177
Ted Bartz12042342311616810.274.274.421.695178
Bud Hardin1234264261091221.256.256.300.556128
Chris Kitsos1374194191082245.258.258.365.623153
Bob Prentice1023563561071729.301.301.435.736155
Steve Jankowski107309309671148.217.217.356.573110
Hank Izquierdo5617817837713.208.208.309.51755
Lavern Grace4313913934913.245.245.388.63354
Pete Milne3812312327610.220.220.285.50435
Gene Lary35777718420.234.234.338.57126
Bob Van Eman15535316202.302.302.453.75524
Don Minnick19373712301.324.324.486.81118
Al Stringer15434312310.279.279.395.67417
Billy Joe Davidson2646469200.196.196.239.43511
Norm Camp3464648000.125.125.125.2508
Ben Smyth3832327200.219.219.281.5009
Carl Thomas1333337101.212.212.333.54511
Donald McGinnis1341417202.171.171.366.53715
Jim Tolleson1942426010.143.143.190.3338
Bob Yanen2753536100.113.113.132.2457
Billy Darden3419195100.263.263.316.5796
Walt Kellner11662000.333.333.333.6672
Bill Dailey3071712000.028.028.028.0562
Donald Nance8551.200.200.200.4001
Bob Cain8771.143.143.143.2861
Totals163350835083013322055110400000.262.262.384.646195100000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Ben SmythP38.000
Billy DardenP34.000
Norm CampP33.000
Gene LaryP30.000
Bill DaileyP30.000
Bob YanenP26.000
Billy Joe DavidsonP25.000
Carl ThomasP13.000
Don MinnickP11.000
Walt KellnerP11.000
Donald NanceP8.000
Bob CainP8.000
Totals2670000.000

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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