1956 Nashville Vols Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 75-79
Finished 7th in the SA
Manager: Ernie White (75-79)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Redlegs
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Sulphur Dell
Attendance: 115,049, Avg. 1,494

1956 Nashville Vols Roster

The Nashville Vols of the Southern Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, finishing seventh in the SA.

The Vols plated 757 runs and yielded 746 runs. Tommy Brown led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .316. Bob Kelly topped Nashville with 13 wins and a team-best 3.63 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Members of the 1956 Nashville Vols who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Charlie Rabe, George Schmees, Matt Batts, Bobby Durnbaugh, Tommy Brown, Gene Hayden, Bob Schultz, Frank Smith, Don Robertson, Ken Landenberger, Sonny Senerchia, Cal Howe, Neal Hertweck, Bill Upton, James Atkins, Frank Baldwin, Bob Kelly, Dick Kokos, Jim Dyck and Stan Hollmig.

Ernie 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
Bob Kelly	13	16	.448	3.63	38	36					253.0	289	124	102	17	85
Roy Pardue	12	12	.500	4.01	41	32					229.0	228	117	102	19	66
John Brechin	11	10	.524	4.10	35	27					200.0	218	111	91	19	63
Jerry Davis	10	6	.625	3.77	32	17					136.0	112	68	57	9	78
Rick Botelho	8	12	.400	4.70	34	22					157.0	179	98	82	16	57
Cal Howe	7	6	.538	5.44	58	0					81.0	88	51	49	14	41
James Atkins	4	5	.444	4.05	13	7					60.0	69	34	27	7	15
Frank Smith	3	1	.750	5.20	24	0					45.0	41	29	26	8	22
Charlie Rabe	3	5	.375	4.44	15	8					71.0	77	41	35	2	32
George Schmees	0	0			5						0.0
Gene Hayden	0	0		4.91	7						11.0	11		6		7
Cal Humphreys	0	0		22.50	3						2.0	5		5		3
Bill Upton	0	1	.000	9.00	8						14.0	21		14		4
Sonny Senerchia	0	2	.000	33.00	3						3.0	8		11		11
Totals	71	76	.483	4.33	316	149	0	0	0	0	1262.0	1346	673	607	111	484	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
Ralph Brown	150	552	552		170	34	7	14						.308	.308	.471	.779	260
Larry Taylor	143	545	545		153	16	7	0						.281	.281	.336	.617	183
George Schmees	142	495	495		152	26	12	22						.307	.307	.541	.848	268
Bobby Durnbaugh	150	563	563		150	20	3	0						.266	.266	.313	.579	176
Tommy Brown	139	468	468		148	34	4	10						.316	.316	.470	.786	220
Charles Williams	125	450	450		125	30	0	6						.278	.278	.384	.662	173
Billy Werber	104	379	379		95	15	9	15						.251	.251	.456	.707	173
Michael Lutz	104	303	303		83	20	3	6						.274	.274	.419	.693	127
Matt Batts	98	299	299		77	7	0	7						.258	.258	.351	.609	105
Frank Baldwin	91	222	222		67	18	0	1						.302	.302	.396	.698	88
Stan Hollmig	35	127	127		43	9	3	3						.339	.339	.528	.866	67
Ken Landenberger	30	96	96		27	6	1	2						.281	.281	.427	.708	41
Bob Duretto	17	51	51		17	5	0	2						.333	.333	.549	.882	28
Bob Kelly	46	84	84		17	4	0	0						.202	.202	.250	.452	21
Rick Botelho	43	59	59		15	1	0	3						.254	.254	.424	.678	25
John Brechin	46	68	68		15	3	1	0						.221	.221	.294	.515	20
Don Robertson	31	86	86		14	4	3	3						.163	.163	.384	.547	33
Roy Pardue	41	77	77		11	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	11
Jimmy Bragan	15	46	46		10	0	0	0						.217	.217	.217	.435	10
Jerry Davis	36	39	39		6	3	0	0						.154	.154	.231	.385	9
James Atkins	13	23	23		5	0	0	0						.217	.217	.217	.435	5
Charlie Rabe	27	21	21		4	0	0	0						.190	.190	.190	.381	4
Keith Schmidt	7	10	10		3									.300	.300	.300	.600	3
Frank Smith	24	14	14		3	1	0	0						.214	.214	.286	.500	4
Neal Hertweck	23	49	49		3	0	0	0						.061	.061	.061	.122	3
Gene Hayden	7	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Jim Dyck	1	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Sonny Senerchia	3	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Dick Kokos	4	12	12		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jack Roberts	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bill Upton	8	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Cal Howe	58	7	7		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1762	5153	5153	0	1416	256	53	94	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.275	.400	.675	2060	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Cal Howe	P	58					.000
Roy Pardue	P	41					.000
Bob Kelly	P	38					.000
John Brechin	P	35					.000
Rick Botelho	P	34					.000
Jerry Davis	P	32					.000
Frank Smith	P	24					.000
Charlie Rabe	P	15					.000
James Atkins	P	13					.000
Bill Upton	P	8					.000
Gene Hayden	P	7					.000
Sonny Senerchia	P	3					.000
Cal Humphreys	P	3					.000
Totals		311	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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