1956 Panama City Fliers Statistics

Alabama-Florida League (AAL) - Class: D
Team Record: 45-73
Finished 6th in the AAL
Manager: Al Lakeman (45-73)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Panama City, Florida
Ballpark: Lions Park
Attendance: 19,923, Avg. 338

1956 Panama City Fliers Roster

The Panama City Fliers of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1956 season with a record of 45 wins and 73 losses, finishing sixth in the AAL.

The Fliers plated 628 runs and surrendered 764 runs, most in the league.

Al Lakeman played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Panama City Fliers to do so.

Al Lakeman 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
Dale Bruns	11	15	.423	4.50	41	22		7	0		176.0	178	118	88	15	108		103	10	0	7
Richard Day	5	6	.455	4.06	31	11		1	0		113.0	111	76	51	3	88		76	5	1	9
Oliver Powers	4	4	.500	4.26	17	10		4	0		74.0	71	49	35	3	65		52	2	2	16
Gary Janeway	4	9	.308	4.21	32	14		2	1		124.0	133	89	58	3	83		88	9	1	0
Lynwood Jones	3	4	.429	5.30	13	5		3	0		56.0	66	42	33	5	28		24	1	0	5
Stanley Klick	3	8	.273	5.87	22	11		0	0		95.0	123	91	62	5	76		62	2	0	9
Harold Ainsworth	2	3	.400		9						0.0
Robert Green	2	4	.333	5.67	15	8		1	0		54.0	62	46	34	2	40		25	1	0	3
Jerry Eaton	1	0	1.000		6						0.0
Chris Andrews	1	0	1.000	3.75	12	0		0	0		24.0	24	17	10	2	10		14	2	1	2
David Justus	1	5	.167	7.88	10	8		0	0		40.0	40	44	35	3	69		38	4	0	1
Keith Nims					19						0.0
Clifford Adams					21						0.0
Al Lakeman	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Gale Tyndall	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Totals	37	60	.381	4.83	253	89	0	18	1	0	756.0	808	572	406	41	567	0	482	36	5	52	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
Chris Andrews	102	427	359	77	102	11	0	3	51	25		56	24	.284	.387	.340	.726	122		4	8
J. C. Sells	67	289	254	41	79	13	2	3	36	4		31	29	.311	.388	.413	.801	105		1	3
Dan Briner	44	219	181	49	53	9	3	0	25	7		33	18	.293	.407	.376	.783	68		2	3
Gary Morrison	51	226	185	38	52	7	3	10	39	10		35	50	.281	.401	.514	.914	95		2	4
Raymond Billingsley	64	277	235	31	51	9	3	1	23	16		35	54	.217	.331	.294	.625	69		5	2
Wib Estermyer	39	180	158	20	49	9	1	0	39	5		18	22	.310	.381	.380	.760	60		0	4
Dave Pleznac	64	276	210	39	48	3	6	5	25	15		61	65	.229	.407	.371	.778	78		2	3
Gordon Maxwell	42	187	155	26	47	10	3	4	30	2		27	26	.303	.419	.484	.903	75		4	1
Norm Manning	66	255	223	35	45	12	1	2	26	6		30	37	.202	.299	.291	.591	65		1	1
Earl Haskins	56	230	188	33	42	9	2	3	21	10		31	44	.223	.348	.340	.689	64		5	6
Thomas Gonzalez	38	159	139	19	40	6	1	1	20	2		18	14	.288	.369	.367	.736	51		0	2
Frank Franchi	36	123	104	18	33	6	1	2	16	0		15	13	.317	.418	.452	.870	47		3	1
Al Lakeman	36	131	111	18	29	8	1	2	22	0		14	23	.261	.354	.405	.760	45		2	4
Thomas Pike	31	128	111	12	27	6	0	0	10	4		15	24	.243	.339	.297	.636	33		1	1
Donald Meadows	18	81	66	11	26	5	0	0	13	3		13	8	.394	.494	.470	.963	31		0	2
Claude Horn	30	133	101	17	24	4	0	1	13	6		30	18	.238	.421	.307	.728	31		2	0
William Maupin	35	144	131	21	22	3	0	1	11	0		4	23	.168	.232	.214	.446	28		7	2
Richard Day	59	120	110	12	21	3	0	1	12	2		6	21	.191	.239	.245	.485	27		1	3
Harold Creel	42	144	120	16	21	0	1	0	12	2		20	25	.175	.303	.192	.494	23		2	2
Richard Jezek	18	66	61	6	14	1	0	0	7	0		5	21	.230	.288	.246	.534	15		0	0
Thomas O'Brien	21	86	71	10	13	1	0	1	2	0		14	9	.183	.326	.239	.565	17		1	0
Dale Bruns	41	68	51	9	12	0	0	0	5	1		11	19	.235	.381	.235	.616	12		1	5
Gerald Linnell	15	66	60	3	12	3	0	0	8	0		3	16	.200	.250	.250	.500	15		1	2
Richard LoCicero	21	72	58	6	11	1	0	0	6	1		10	17	.190	.338	.207	.545	12		3	1
Joseph Appello	15	60	51	4	10	2	0	0	5	2		9	10	.196	.317	.235	.552	12		0	0
Gary Janeway	33	53	48	5	7	0	0	0	4	2		3	8	.146	.196	.146	.342	7		0	2
Oliver Powers	18	28	22	3	4	0	0	0	3	0		3	7	.182	.280	.182	.462	4		0	3
Clarence Brooker	9	30	30		4									.133	.133	.133	.267	4
Carl Stewmon	5	17	17		3									.176	.176	.176	.353	3
Lynwood Jones	14	24	18	3	3	1	0	0	2	0		6	7	.167	.375	.222	.597	4		0	0
David Mendler	4	14	14		2									.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Robert Green	17	20	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	7	.118	.250	.118	.368	2		0	0
Frederick Palmitesso	6	20	20		2									.100	.100	.100	.200	2
Terry Hinton	6	24	24		2									.083	.083	.083	.167	2
Stanley Klick	23	39	27	4	2	0	0	0	2	0		11	18	.074	.342	.074	.416	2		0	1
Harold Ainsworth	9	11	11		1									.091	.091	.091	.182	1
David Justus	11	15	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.071	.133	.071	.205	1		1	0
Jerry Eaton	6	9	9		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gale Tyndall	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1214	4453	3766	587	916	142	28	40	488	125	0	570	683	.243	.350	.328	.678	1234	0	51	66	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
J. C. Sells	1B	67	576	24	10	36	.984	8.955
Gary Morrison	1B	45	386	14	13	31	.969	8.889
Chris Andrews	2B	21	45	40	8	5	.914	4.048
Richard LoCicero	2B	20	40	38	4	10	.951	3.900
Earl Haskins	2B	20	60	42	7	9	.936	5.100
Thomas O'Brien	2B	17	38	43	7	9	.920	4.765
Gordon Maxwell	2B	17	35	34	6	7	.920	4.059
Earl Haskins	3B	33	57	61	9	3	.929	3.576
Thomas Gonzalez	3B	26	27	54	9	4	.900	3.115
Gordon Maxwell	3B	13	9	29	4	1	.905	2.923
William Maupin	C	32	195	18	14	3	.938	6.656	7
Harold Creel	C	30	197	30	11	2	.954	7.567	8
Frank Franchi	C	27	139	15	6	1	.962	5.704	2
Al Lakeman	C	19	99	10	3	1	.973	5.737	1
Dave Pleznac	OF	63	98	6	13	1	.889	1.651
Raymond Billingsley	OF	62	138	10	8	2	.949	2.387
Chris Andrews	OF	51	86	7	3	3	.969	1.824
Dan Briner	OF	44	115	2	8	1	.936	2.659
Thomas Pike	OF	23	28	2	4	0	.882	1.304
Richard Jezek	OF	18	22	4	3	0	.897	1.444
Wib Estermyer	OF	17	25	6	6	0	.838	1.824
Gerald Linnell	OF	15	30	1	1	1	.969	2.067
Joseph Appello	OF	13	16	2	4	0	.818	1.385
Gordon Maxwell	OF	12	9	2	2	1	.846	.917
Richard Day	OF	11	1	2	1	0	.750	.273
Thomas Gonzalez	OF	10	6	1	0	1	1.000	.700
Dale Bruns	P	41	4	29	4	2	.892	.805
Gary Janeway	P	32	3	28	4	1	.886	.969
Richard Day	P	31	6	10	2	1	.889	.516
Stanley Klick	P	22	6	17	2	2	.920	1.045
Clifford Adams	P	21						.000
Keith Nims	P	19						.000
Oliver Powers	P	17	3	1	1	0	.800	.235
Robert Green	P	15	2	10	1	0	.923	.800
Lynwood Jones	P	13	1	6	0	0	1.000	.538
Chris Andrews	P	12	4	7	0	1	1.000	.917
David Justus	P	10	1	10	2	1	.846	1.100
Harold Ainsworth	P	9						.000
Jerry Eaton	P	6						.000
Al Lakeman	P	3						.000
Gale Tyndall	P	2						.000
Norm Manning	SS	59	74	153	29	21	.887	3.847
Chris Andrews	SS	27	46	50	14	7	.873	3.556
Donald Meadows	SS	18	40	53	8	6	.921	5.167
Wib Estermyer	SS	14	22	43	7	7	.903	4.643
Totals		1097	2689	914	238	181	.938	3.284	18	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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