1956 Pocatello Bannocks Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 51-81
Finished 8th in the PL
Manager: Joe Lutz (0-0), Lou Stringer (0-0)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Pocatello, Idaho
Ballpark: Halliwell Baseball Park
Attendance: 43,474, Avg. 659

1956 Pocatello Bannocks Roster

The Pocatello Bannocks of the Pioneer League ended the 1956 season with a record of 51 wins and 81 losses, finishing eighth in the PL.

The Bannocks scored 683 runs and conceded 957 runs, most in the circuit. Lou Stringer led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .306 clip. Peter Simone topped Pocatello with 9 wins, while John Tierney recorded a 4.65 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

John Wyatt, Lou Stringer, Bill Kirk, Don Williams, Joe Lutz, Don Plarski and Gordon MacKenzie were all players from the 1956 Pocatello Bannocks who played in the Majors during their careers.

Joe Lutz and Lou Stringer 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
Peter Simone	9	10	.474	5.07	37	18					181.0	225	126	102	11	92
Bill Kirk	7	1	.875	5.44	22	11					86.0	107	66	52	6	56
Arthur Bock	7	13	.350	5.81	37	21					172.0	175	136	111	8	157
Willard King	6	7	.462	5.01	17	14					97.0	122	64	54	4	25
John Tierney	5	9	.357	4.65	27	15					120.0	130	77	62	6	72
Thomas McNulty	4	7	.364	5.48	12	11					87.0	89	64	53	16	53
Bob Aylmer	3	2	.600	8.00	15	3					45.0	53	51	40	3	33
Bob Quinn	2	4	.333	7.82	8	6					38.0	44	38	33	5	34
Robert Voegtlen	2	5	.286	7.11	23	9					76.0	87	72	60	8	82
Manny Terrazas	2	6	.250	6.39	23	5					69.0	76	69	49	4	88
John Wyatt	2	8	.200	8.84	11	10					58.0	85	73	57	6	47
Richard Wright	1	0	1.000		3						0.0
Gerald Rooks	1	2	.333		8						0.0
Harvey Kolstad	0	0			1						0.0
Paul Sherwood	0	0			3						0.0
Frank Layana	0	0			1						0.0
Bob Casey	0	0			2						0.0
Don Williams	0	0		9.00	1	0					2.0	2	2	2		2
Donald Robinson	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Raymond Lish	0	1	.000	6.32	12	1					37.0	46	29	26	2	12
Anthony Avitable	0	5	.000	8.14	13	6					42.0	62	47	38	4	44
Totals	51	81	.386	5.99	279	130	0	0	0	0	1110.0	1303	914	739	83	797	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
Lou Stringer	120	395	395		121	17	3	20						.306	.306	.516	.823	204
Mike Coppola	103	363	363		110	17	2	28						.303	.303	.592	.895	215
Jim Barrett	99	377	377		106	14	3	4						.281	.281	.366	.647	138
Gordon MacKenzie	106	410	410		102	14	10	4						.249	.249	.361	.610	148
Joe Ala	68	259	259		83	15	4	2						.320	.320	.432	.753	112
Don Plarski	63	254	254		75	12	0	1						.295	.295	.354	.650	90
John Janocha	107	341	341		73	17	3	1						.214	.214	.290	.504	99
Bob Casey	84	320	320		69	7	1	2						.216	.216	.262	.478	84
Richard Rogers	83	235	235		65	11	2	13						.277	.277	.506	.783	119
Frank Billings	49	171	171		46	8	3	0						.269	.269	.351	.620	60
William Anderson	37	114	114		26	3	2	1						.228	.228	.316	.544	36
Raymond Radcliff	49	147	147		26	3	0	1						.177	.177	.218	.395	32
Bud Plaster	28	95	95		25	5	1	5						.263	.263	.495	.758	47
Al Della Valle	32	118	118		24	11	0	0						.203	.203	.297	.500	35
Peter Simone	55	95	95		23	3	2	0						.242	.242	.316	.558	30
Charles Secrest	26	93	93		22	1	2	1						.237	.237	.323	.559	30
Arthur Bock	71	124	124		21	3	1	2						.169	.169	.258	.427	32
Ted Rokos	26	90	90		20	2	0	0						.222	.222	.244	.467	22
Tony Cannizzo	26	69	69		17	7	0	3						.246	.246	.478	.725	33
John Cunningham	11	35	35		7	1	2	1						.200	.200	.429	.629	15
Bill Kirk	29	37	37		7	0	1	0						.189	.189	.243	.432	9
John Tierney	27	42	42		7	1	0	0						.167	.167	.190	.357	8
Bob Quinn	11	17	17		6	0	0	0						.353	.353	.353	.706	6
Joe Lutz	10	18	18		6	0	1	3						.333	.333	.944	1.278	17
Raymond Lish	15	24	24		6	0	0	1						.250	.250	.375	.625	9
Thomas McNulty	12	30	30		6	1	0	0						.200	.200	.233	.433	7
Ernie Schuerman	7	19	19		4									.211	.211	.211	.421	4
Willard King	18	32	32		4	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	4
Robert Voegtlen	23	22	22		3	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273	3
Paul Sherwood	3	2	2		2									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2
Bob Aylmer	15	12	12		2	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Anthony Avitable	14	12	12		2	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Manny Terrazas	23	19	19		2	0	0	1						.105	.105	.263	.368	5
John Wyatt	11	20	20		1	0	0	0						.050	.050	.050	.100	1
Gerald Rooks	9	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Wright	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Donald Robinson	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1476	4417	4417	0	1119	173	43	94	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.253	.376	.629	1660	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Peter Simone	P	37					.000
Arthur Bock	P	37					.000
John Tierney	P	27					.000
Robert Voegtlen	P	23					.000
Manny Terrazas	P	23					.000
Bill Kirk	P	22					.000
Willard King	P	17					.000
Bob Aylmer	P	15					.000
Anthony Avitable	P	13					.000
Thomas McNulty	P	12					.000
Raymond Lish	P	12					.000
John Wyatt	P	11					.000
Gerald Rooks	P	8					.000
Bob Quinn	P	8					.000
Richard Wright	P	3					.000
Paul Sherwood	P	3					.000
Donald Robinson	P	3					.000
Don Williams	P	1					.000
Frank Layana	P	1					.000
Harvey Kolstad	P	1					.000
Totals		277	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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