1956 Michigan City White Caps Statistics
Team Record: 55-71
Finished 7th in the MWL
Manager: Al Shinn (55-71)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Michigan City, Indiana
Ballpark: Ames Field
Attendance: 48,765, Avg. 774
The Michigan City White Caps of the Midwest League ended the 1956 season with a record of 55 wins and 71 losses, finishing seventh in the MWL.
The White Caps scored 632 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 722 runs. John McDougal led all regular batters by hitting .277. Charlie Alsop topped Michigan City with 14 wins and a team-best 2.64 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers. Al Shinn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Alsop | 14 | 7 | .667 | 2.64 | 25 | 20 | 191.0 | 164 | 74 | 56 | 8 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Bill Bauernfeind | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.42 | 39 | 8 | 113.0 | 122 | 56 | 43 | 5 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Chico Zayas | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.87 | 20 | 13 | 98.0 | 82 | 67 | 53 | 3 | 103 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brown | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.89 | 23 | 11 | 88.0 | 105 | 69 | 38 | 3 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Ronald Perry | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.43 | 14 | 2 | 35.0 | 41 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Chris Riddell | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.62 | 14 | 11 | 72.0 | 72 | 37 | 29 | 5 | 31 | ||||||||||
| James Fleming | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob McLeod | 2 | 10 | .167 | 7.12 | 19 | 13 | 86.0 | 126 | 87 | 68 | 10 | 46 | ||||||||||
| James Coman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Doug Shrader | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gus Carlson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Virgil Trout | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.50 | 13 | 9 | 56.0 | 67 | 46 | 28 | 2 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Daniel Hagler | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.72 | 11 | 4 | 40.0 | 50 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Al Shinn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Murawski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Raymond Berntsen | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Gondek | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Luis Quinones | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russell Helzer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Hartsfield | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.20 | 12 | 3 | 30.0 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 49 | 64 | .434 | 4.17 | 227 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 809.0 | 849 | 517 | 375 | 42 | 441 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McDougal | 126 | 433 | 433 | 120 | 22 | 5 | 7 | .277 | .277 | .400 | .677 | 173 | |||||||||||
| Alberto Costa | 98 | 337 | 337 | 93 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .276 | .276 | .332 | .608 | 112 | |||||||||||
| Al Giordano | 78 | 265 | 265 | 88 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .332 | .332 | .438 | .770 | 116 | |||||||||||
| Robert Murawski | 100 | 334 | 334 | 88 | 15 | 4 | 6 | .263 | .263 | .386 | .650 | 129 | |||||||||||
| John Stanton | 99 | 288 | 288 | 67 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .274 | .507 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Victor Spatafora | 91 | 310 | 310 | 64 | 11 | 4 | 4 | .206 | .206 | .306 | .513 | 95 | |||||||||||
| Fritz Heiss | 71 | 231 | 231 | 61 | 8 | 2 | 8 | .264 | .264 | .420 | .684 | 97 | |||||||||||
| Gordon Bretzing | 63 | 231 | 231 | 52 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .225 | .225 | .325 | .550 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Bob McLeod | 73 | 165 | 165 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 3 | .267 | .267 | .370 | .636 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Doug Shrader | 48 | 153 | 153 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .248 | .248 | .320 | .569 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Mike Zban | 38 | 123 | 123 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .187 | .187 | .317 | .504 | 39 | |||||||||||
| James Lewis | 29 | 90 | 90 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .211 | .211 | .333 | .544 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Al Shinn | 33 | 54 | 54 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .481 | .815 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Alsop | 33 | 79 | 79 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .228 | .228 | .380 | .608 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Buck Rader | 27 | 84 | 84 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .310 | .524 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Leon Franklin | 28 | 75 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .293 | .520 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Chico Zayas | 35 | 72 | 72 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .236 | .444 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Nespo | 12 | 38 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .289 | .289 | .474 | .763 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Bill Bauernfeind | 44 | 48 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .229 | .396 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Bill Brown | 30 | 49 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .122 | .122 | .204 | .327 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Perry | 17 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .571 | .857 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Virgil Trout | 13 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .250 | .450 | 5 | |||||||||||
| William Cali | 5 | 17 | 17 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Glenn Thompson | 11 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Juan Davila | 9 | 30 | 30 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Carlos Dore | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| James Coman | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Daniel Hagler | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Luis Quinones | 12 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Sawyer | 9 | 22 | 22 | 2 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Raymond Berntsen | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Hartsfield | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ray Charles | 10 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Chris Riddell | 18 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .040 | .040 | .040 | .080 | 1 | |||||||||||
| James Fleming | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gus Carlson | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Cassidy | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Russell Helzer | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Cruz | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1326 | 3705 | 3705 | 0 | 899 | 138 | 38 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .243 | .338 | .580 | 1251 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bauernfeind | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Charlie Alsop | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Brown | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Chico Zayas | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Riddell | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Perry | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Virgil Trout | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| James Hartsfield | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Daniel Hagler | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| James Fleming | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Luis Quinones | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| James Coman | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Gondek | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Gus Carlson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Raymond Berntsen | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Russell Helzer | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 205 | 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.
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