1956 Montgomery Rebels/Knoxville Smokies Statistics
Team Record: 53-87
Finished 8th in the SAL
Manager: Dick Bartell (0-0), Earl Weaver (0-0)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Montgomery, Alabama; Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium, Paterson Field
Attendance: 80,394, Avg. 1,148
The Montgomery Rebels/Knoxville Smokies of the South Atlantic League ended the 1956 season with a record of 53 wins and 87 losses, finishing eighth in the SAL.Montgomery (25-30) transferred to Knoxville June 18.
The Rebels/Smokies scored 565 runs and gave up 739 runs, most in the circuit. Jerry DelGaudio paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .267. Manny Fierro topped Montgomery/Knoxville with 13 wins, while Hal Dodeward recorded a 3.11 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Joe Scott played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Montgomery Rebels/Knoxville Smokies to do so.
Dick Bartell and Earl Weaver 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manny Fierro | 13 | 16 | .448 | 3.55 | 46 | 28 | 228.0 | 234 | 108 | 90 | 7 | 64 | ||||||||||
| George Aitken | 9 | 17 | .346 | 4.82 | 35 | 28 | 213.0 | 220 | 130 | 114 | 17 | 97 | ||||||||||
| Donald Rabung | 8 | 14 | .364 | 3.84 | 34 | 26 | 197.0 | 196 | 102 | 84 | 10 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Hal Dodeward | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.11 | 51 | 9 | 165.0 | 174 | 90 | 57 | 4 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Julie Hudson | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.84 | 40 | 13 | 145.0 | 155 | 89 | 78 | 13 | 87 | ||||||||||
| Merlin Beatty | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.17 | 28 | 20 | 138.0 | 139 | 83 | 64 | 5 | 65 | ||||||||||
| William Thomason | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas McCarthy | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lloyd Carden | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.22 | 36 | 4 | 98.0 | 105 | 52 | 46 | 5 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Jack Bowes | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Don Menner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Mapp | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 53 | 87 | .379 | 4.05 | 288 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1184.0 | 1223 | 654 | 533 | 61 | 478 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry DelGaudio | 130 | 465 | 465 | 124 | 17 | 4 | 10 | .267 | .267 | .385 | .652 | 179 | |||||||||||
| Jacques Monette | 119 | 426 | 426 | 110 | 19 | 6 | 17 | .258 | .258 | .451 | .709 | 192 | |||||||||||
| Carl Porter | 102 | 402 | 402 | 105 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .261 | .261 | .343 | .604 | 138 | |||||||||||
| Earl Weaver | 113 | 417 | 417 | 99 | 10 | 3 | 4 | .237 | .237 | .305 | .542 | 127 | |||||||||||
| John Malangone | 11 | 343 | 343 | 90 | 21 | 1 | 15 | .262 | .262 | .461 | .723 | 158 | |||||||||||
| Bill Casanova | 89 | 296 | 296 | 85 | 10 | 4 | 4 | .287 | .287 | .389 | .676 | 115 | |||||||||||
| Blas Fernandez | 98 | 357 | 357 | 79 | 8 | 6 | 5 | .221 | .221 | .319 | .541 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Eacie Welch | 74 | 197 | 197 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 4 | .218 | .218 | .330 | .548 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Jim McKeegan | 79 | 199 | 199 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .211 | .211 | .286 | .497 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Robert Stephens | 38 | 146 | 146 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .267 | .267 | .356 | .623 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Jim Engleman | 36 | 123 | 123 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 5 | .236 | .236 | .407 | .642 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Didier | 33 | 123 | 123 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .220 | .398 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Bo Waddle | 21 | 72 | 72 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .347 | .625 | 25 | |||||||||||
| George Aitken | 38 | 78 | 78 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .179 | .179 | .295 | .474 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Manny Fierro | 51 | 81 | 81 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .185 | .346 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Dick Hogan | 17 | 57 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .211 | .211 | .333 | .544 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Donald Rabung | 36 | 73 | 73 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .137 | .274 | 10 | |||||||||||
| William Liptak | 16 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .333 | .633 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Jimmie Cantrell | 16 | 34 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .382 | .647 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Merlin Beatty | 28 | 41 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .220 | .415 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Price West | 14 | 45 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .178 | .222 | .400 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bob Truss | 18 | 38 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .184 | .184 | .263 | .447 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Hal Dodeward | 52 | 44 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .159 | .159 | .318 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Larry Andersen | 14 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .316 | .526 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Lloyd Carden | 36 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Julie Hudson | 42 | 48 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .104 | .188 | 5 | |||||||||||
| William Thomason | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Grady Chavis | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Williamson | 14 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .069 | .069 | .103 | .172 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Thomas McCarthy | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Scott | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberto Costa | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Bowes | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Menner | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Mapp | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1368 | 4255 | 4255 | 0 | 1004 | 154 | 33 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 | .236 | .341 | .576 | 1449 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Dodeward | P | 51 | .000 | |||||
| Manny Fierro | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Julie Hudson | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Lloyd Carden | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| George Aitken | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Rabung | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Merlin Beatty | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas McCarthy | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| William Thomason | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Mapp | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Don Menner | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 285 | 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.
