1956 Midland Indians Statistics
Team Record: 63-81
Finished 8th in the SL
Manager: Everett Robinson (0-0), Rudolph Briner (0-0), Juan Izaguirre (0-0)
Location: Midland, Texas
Ballpark: Municipal Park
Attendance: 77,601, Avg. 1,078
The Midland Indians of the Southwestern League ended the 1956 season with a record of 63 wins and 81 losses, finishing eighth in the SL.
The Indians scored 820 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 945 runs. Ike Jackson walloped 31 home runs for Midland, while Dick Hogan and Stephen Hill swatted 15 or more also. Ike Jackson drove in 138 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .347. John Stadnicki led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 4.02 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers. Everett Robinson, Rudolph Briner and Juan Izaguirre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Stadnicki | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4.02 | 34 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 235.0 | 255 | 134 | 105 | 24 | 51 | 155 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Joe Dominguez | 11 | 11 | .500 | 5.14 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 177.0 | 208 | 130 | 101 | 18 | 70 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Tommy Pollet | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.89 | 27 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 160.0 | 171 | 108 | 87 | 13 | 86 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Donald Graham | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.94 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 82.0 | 89 | 54 | 45 | 5 | 47 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| William Kulpaca | 4 | 7 | .364 | 7.10 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 90.0 | 116 | 88 | 71 | 9 | 55 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Glen Selbo | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.97 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 58.0 | 68 | 44 | 32 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Harold Hacker | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Juan Izaguirre | 1 | 7 | .125 | 4.45 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 91.0 | 116 | 67 | 45 | 18 | 15 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Hurley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Green | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dean Franks | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Thompson | 20 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Luverne Thompson | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Hoffman | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 45 | 60 | .429 | 4.90 | 223 | 102 | 0 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 893.0 | 1023 | 625 | 486 | 94 | 346 | 0 | 503 | 9 | 2 | 43 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Jackson | 135 | 597 | 539 | 102 | 187 | 38 | 6 | 31 | 138 | 5 | 47 | 72 | .347 | .401 | .612 | 1.013 | 330 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Stephen Hill | 143 | 661 | 603 | 108 | 184 | 29 | 10 | 23 | 95 | 6 | 50 | 116 | .305 | .359 | .501 | .859 | 302 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Juan Izaguirre | 135 | 580 | 528 | 72 | 155 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 74 | 0 | 39 | 23 | .294 | .340 | .398 | .737 | 210 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Glen Selbo | 129 | 565 | 478 | 100 | 151 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 72 | 9 | 77 | 39 | .316 | .408 | .433 | .841 | 207 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Leo Burkhalter | 132 | 526 | 483 | 55 | 111 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 8 | 32 | 58 | .230 | .282 | .308 | .591 | 149 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Barney Elser | 89 | 395 | 337 | 55 | 102 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 49 | 12 | .303 | .395 | .424 | .820 | 143 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Lawrence Koppe | 46 | 227 | 197 | 51 | 71 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 10 | .360 | .436 | .472 | .908 | 93 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Harl Pierce | 50 | 256 | 224 | 44 | 61 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 30 | 17 | .272 | .355 | .353 | .708 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dick Hogan | 50 | 217 | 179 | 48 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 48 | 3 | 35 | 46 | .318 | .433 | .765 | 1.199 | 137 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dick Viskozki | 51 | 225 | 183 | 33 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 34 | 22 | .295 | .398 | .393 | .792 | 72 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Donald Damiano | 42 | 193 | 170 | 22 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 45 | .247 | .321 | .394 | .715 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Fred Hoffman | 42 | 142 | 131 | 9 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 32 | .290 | .326 | .382 | .708 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Rudolph Briner | 39 | 146 | 129 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 16 | .271 | .331 | .372 | .703 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Alfredo Jimenez | 24 | 117 | 94 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 20 | .277 | .400 | .596 | .996 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Everett Robinson | 27 | 110 | 91 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 11 | .242 | .367 | .308 | .675 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Stadnicki | 41 | 109 | 97 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 21 | .206 | .257 | .299 | .556 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Duane Collins | 48 | 144 | 121 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 45 | .165 | .299 | .298 | .596 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Grace | 15 | 60 | 55 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .291 | .333 | .509 | .842 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tommy Pollet | 38 | 88 | 83 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 29 | .157 | .165 | .253 | .418 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Joe Dominguez | 29 | 74 | 65 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 31 | .138 | .233 | .185 | .417 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Donald Graham | 18 | 44 | 38 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .184 | .262 | .211 | .472 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| William Kulpaca | 22 | 38 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .143 | .189 | .286 | .475 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| William Close | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Hurley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Harold Hacker | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Ramsey | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Miller | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1358 | 5538 | 4884 | 795 | 1390 | 258 | 60 | 117 | 693 | 52 | 0 | 535 | 705 | .285 | .356 | .434 | .790 | 2119 | 0 | 31 | 46 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Izaguirre | 1B | 72 | 672 | 31 | 7 | 73 | .990 | 9.764 | ||||
| Everett Robinson | 1B | 25 | 231 | 12 | 3 | 25 | .988 | 9.720 | ||||
| Fred Hoffman | 1B | 23 | 167 | 13 | 3 | 8 | .984 | 7.826 | ||||
| Leo Burkhalter | 1B | 21 | 167 | 5 | 3 | 19 | .983 | 8.190 | ||||
| Stephen Hill | 2B | 59 | 149 | 180 | 7 | 45 | .979 | 5.576 | ||||
| Dick Viskozki | 2B | 49 | 145 | 123 | 12 | 39 | .957 | 5.469 | ||||
| Juan Izaguirre | 2B | 22 | 50 | 69 | 5 | 9 | .960 | 5.409 | ||||
| Stephen Hill | 3B | 74 | 67 | 172 | 32 | 19 | .882 | 3.230 | ||||
| Barney Elser | 3B | 40 | 29 | 73 | 8 | 12 | .927 | 2.550 | ||||
| Juan Izaguirre | 3B | 26 | 23 | 37 | 10 | 2 | .857 | 2.308 | ||||
| Leo Burkhalter | 3B | 10 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 0 | .882 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ike Jackson | C | 95 | 436 | 53 | 12 | 9 | .976 | 5.147 | 21 | |||
| Rudolph Briner | C | 37 | 168 | 10 | 7 | 0 | .962 | 4.811 | 2 | |||
| John Grace | C | 15 | 69 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .962 | 5.067 | 0 | |||
| Glen Selbo | OF | 121 | 251 | 10 | 13 | 2 | .953 | 2.157 | ||||
| Leo Burkhalter | OF | 92 | 190 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .975 | 2.109 | ||||
| Harl Pierce | OF | 50 | 98 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .972 | 2.120 | ||||
| Dick Hogan | OF | 44 | 76 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .953 | 1.864 | ||||
| Duane Collins | OF | 38 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .962 | 1.316 | ||||
| Ike Jackson | OF | 36 | 63 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .905 | 1.861 | ||||
| Alfredo Jimenez | OF | 24 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .917 | 1.833 | ||||
| Fred Hoffman | OF | 14 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.214 | ||||
| Juan Izaguirre | OF | 13 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.308 | ||||
| John Stadnicki | P | 34 | 8 | 29 | 5 | 3 | .881 | 1.088 | ||||
| Joe Dominguez | P | 28 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | .846 | 1.179 | ||||
| Tommy Pollet | P | 27 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.407 | ||||
| William Kulpaca | P | 22 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .545 | ||||
| Billy Thompson | P | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Izaguirre | P | 18 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.278 | ||||
| Donald Graham | P | 16 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .750 | ||||
| Dean Franks | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glen Selbo | P | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Donald Green | P | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luverne Thompson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Hoffman | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harold Hacker | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Miller | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Hurley | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lawrence Koppe | SS | 45 | 83 | 146 | 21 | 26 | .916 | 5.089 | ||||
| Donald Damiano | SS | 45 | 77 | 149 | 11 | 36 | .954 | 5.022 | ||||
| Barney Elser | SS | 41 | 65 | 124 | 20 | 21 | .904 | 4.610 | ||||
| Stephen Hill | SS | 11 | 26 | 35 | 10 | 9 | .859 | 5.545 | ||||
| Leo Burkhalter | SS | 11 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 6 | .918 | 4.091 | ||||
| Totals | 1376 | 3509 | 1445 | 237 | 371 | .954 | 3.600 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
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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