1956 Phoenix Stars Statistics
Team Record: 70-59
Finished 4th in the AAL
Manager: Billy Capps (70-59)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 60,017, Avg. 930
The Phoenix Stars of the Arizona-Mexico League ended the 1956 season with a record of 70 wins and 59 losses, finishing fourth in the AAL.
The Stars tallied 999 runs and yielded 845 runs. Harvey Angelo led hitters with significant playing time with a .350 average. James Johnson topped Phoenix with 19 wins, while Ray Snyders recorded a 3.88 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Chuck Hinton played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Phoenix Stars to do so.
Billy Capps 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Johnson | 19 | 10 | .655 | 4.65 | 38 | 29 | 242.0 | 243 | 151 | 125 | 24 | 131 | ||||||||||
| William Dial | 13 | 10 | .565 | 5.96 | 38 | 27 | 201.0 | 246 | 182 | 133 | 28 | 125 | ||||||||||
| Ray Snyders | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.88 | 40 | 25 | 209.0 | 220 | 121 | 90 | 17 | 81 | ||||||||||
| William Russ | 9 | 3 | .750 | 5.20 | 28 | 15 | 135.0 | 146 | 88 | 78 | 14 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Ronald Kuhlman | 9 | 7 | .562 | 6.50 | 40 | 7 | 119.0 | 181 | 102 | 86 | 13 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Charles Schaaf | 8 | 7 | .533 | 5.21 | 21 | 15 | 121.0 | 127 | 85 | 70 | 21 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Ray Sorenson | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.76 | 34 | 6 | 89.0 | 106 | 65 | 57 | 13 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Douglas Pohlman | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.60 | 13 | 6 | 53.0 | 64 | 47 | 33 | 5 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Richard Mitchener | 2 | 3 | .400 | 9.20 | 12 | 6 | 46.0 | 70 | 51 | 47 | 6 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Charles Walker | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.13 | 10 | 8 | 47.0 | 52 | 40 | 32 | 3 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Leland Ferguson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Samford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harvey Angelo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Hutchinson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Capps | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Russell McDonald | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Bunce | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Art Tinsley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Medlock | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 83 | 69 | .546 | 5.36 | 303 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1262.0 | 1455 | 932 | 751 | 144 | 634 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Samford | 126 | 545 | 545 | 177 | 25 | 8 | 4 | .325 | .325 | .422 | .747 | 230 | |||||||||||
| Billy Capps | 123 | 508 | 508 | 175 | 31 | 2 | 8 | .344 | .344 | .461 | .805 | 234 | |||||||||||
| Pete Ethier | 130 | 504 | 504 | 166 | 36 | 5 | 25 | .329 | .329 | .569 | .899 | 287 | |||||||||||
| Harvey Angelo | 107 | 451 | 451 | 158 | 26 | 6 | 22 | .350 | .350 | .581 | .931 | 262 | |||||||||||
| George Blash | 114 | 435 | 435 | 143 | 20 | 3 | 23 | .329 | .329 | .547 | .876 | 238 | |||||||||||
| Alfredo Jimenez | 101 | 360 | 360 | 117 | 21 | 6 | 34 | .325 | .325 | .700 | 1.025 | 252 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Thompson | 63 | 216 | 216 | 77 | 13 | 3 | 8 | .356 | .356 | .556 | .912 | 120 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Coleman | 56 | 185 | 185 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .389 | .676 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Frank Benites | 39 | 130 | 130 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 3 | .362 | .362 | .500 | .862 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Joe Duffy | 49 | 165 | 165 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 6 | .206 | .206 | .376 | .582 | 62 | |||||||||||
| James Johnson | 41 | 98 | 98 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .378 | .643 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Gene Taylor | 37 | 120 | 120 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .217 | .217 | .383 | .600 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Hinton | 29 | 85 | 85 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .271 | .271 | .376 | .647 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Charles Schaaf | 23 | 55 | 55 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .345 | .345 | .400 | .745 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Ray Snyders | 40 | 81 | 81 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .235 | .235 | .346 | .580 | 28 | |||||||||||
| William Dial | 38 | 65 | 65 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .277 | .523 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Edward Garay | 22 | 57 | 57 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .228 | .228 | .316 | .544 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Bob White | 22 | 78 | 78 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .179 | .333 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Alex Dobzanski | 15 | 50 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .220 | .220 | .500 | .720 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Kuhlman | 42 | 53 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .189 | .189 | .264 | .453 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Douglas Pohlman | 15 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .346 | .346 | .538 | .885 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Ray Sorenson | 45 | 57 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Charles Walker | 12 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .450 | .700 | 9 | |||||||||||
| William Russ | 29 | 45 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .133 | .244 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Leland Ferguson | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | .444 | .444 | .444 | .889 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Mitchener | 12 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Charles Hutchinson | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Russell McDonald | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jack Bunce | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Art Tinsley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Medlock | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1354 | 4427 | 4427 | 0 | 1358 | 230 | 42 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .307 | .307 | .479 | .786 | 2122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Snyders | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Ronald Kuhlman | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| James Johnson | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| William Dial | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Sorenson | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| William Russ | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Schaaf | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Douglas Pohlman | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Mitchener | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Walker | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Russell McDonald | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Art Tinsley | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Medlock | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Leland Ferguson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Hutchinson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Bunce | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 298 | 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.
