1956 San Jose JoSox Statistics
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Dick Whitman (79-61)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: San Jose, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 41,176, Avg. 588
Playoffs - Fresno Cardinals 2 games, San Jose JoSox 0
The San Jose JoSox of the California League ended the 1956 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the CL.
The JoSox plated 797 runs and conceded 717 runs. Dick Whitman led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .391. Cliff Allmon topped San Jose with 17 wins, while Samuel Williams added 15 or more victories also Samuel Williams registered a 3.1 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1956 San Jose JoSox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Samuel Williams, Don Gile, Dick Whitman and Joe Brovia.
Dick Whitman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Allmon | 17 | 12 | .586 | 4.64 | 33 | 31 | 254.0 | 256 | 145 | 131 | 20 | 99 | ||||||||||
| Samuel Williams | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.10 | 28 | 24 | 203.0 | 189 | 86 | 70 | 8 | 52 | ||||||||||
| James Lee | 14 | 12 | .538 | 3.59 | 29 | 29 | 223.0 | 212 | 116 | 89 | 11 | 77 | ||||||||||
| William Sperling | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.47 | 31 | 15 | 161.0 | 171 | 102 | 62 | 6 | 114 | ||||||||||
| Donald Glenn | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.60 | 28 | 22 | 182.0 | 221 | 121 | 93 | 11 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Cless Hinckley | 8 | 3 | .727 | 5.05 | 33 | 9 | 98.0 | 119 | 75 | 55 | 7 | 32 | ||||||||||
| James Dougherty | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Green | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gene Rosen | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.74 | 7 | 7 | 47.0 | 48 | 40 | 30 | 4 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Robert Bartalini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Benjamin Gonzales | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Don Neves | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olmedo Suarez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Whitman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Floyd Brower | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 79 | 61 | .564 | 4.08 | 203 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1168.0 | 1216 | 685 | 530 | 67 | 488 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Whitman | 129 | 448 | 448 | 175 | 34 | 15 | 5 | .391 | .391 | .567 | .958 | 254 | |||||||||||
| Olmedo Suarez | 115 | 485 | 485 | 152 | 17 | 6 | 0 | .313 | .313 | .373 | .687 | 181 | |||||||||||
| Benjamin Gonzales | 135 | 509 | 509 | 142 | 20 | 7 | 5 | .279 | .279 | .375 | .654 | 191 | |||||||||||
| James Dougherty | 135 | 475 | 475 | 127 | 27 | 6 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .349 | .617 | 166 | |||||||||||
| Don Gile | 113 | 434 | 434 | 115 | 7 | 4 | 19 | .265 | .265 | .431 | .696 | 187 | |||||||||||
| Joe Brovia | 71 | 252 | 252 | 91 | 18 | 0 | 22 | .361 | .361 | .694 | 1.056 | 175 | |||||||||||
| Robert Poole | 118 | 393 | 393 | 87 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .221 | .221 | .272 | .494 | 107 | |||||||||||
| Robert Stegemeier | 70 | 237 | 237 | 55 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .232 | .232 | .295 | .527 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Jack Richards | 108 | 307 | 307 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .182 | .342 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Cliff Allmon | 50 | 136 | 136 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .316 | .316 | .412 | .728 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Julian Castro | 37 | 134 | 134 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .246 | .246 | .343 | .590 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Williams | 34 | 79 | 79 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .354 | .354 | .468 | .823 | 37 | |||||||||||
| William Sperling | 33 | 69 | 69 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .304 | .333 | .638 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Donald Glenn | 41 | 85 | 85 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .247 | .459 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Charles Reynolds | 22 | 67 | 67 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .179 | .179 | .254 | .433 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Edwin Bryan | 22 | 73 | 73 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .164 | .164 | .219 | .384 | 16 | |||||||||||
| James Lee | 31 | 79 | 79 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .127 | .127 | .152 | .278 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Donald Visconti | 16 | 51 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .196 | .373 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Roy Hollstien | 8 | 15 | 15 | 7 | .467 | .467 | .467 | .933 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Douglas Boehner | 16 | 58 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .103 | .207 | 6 | |||||||||||
| William Flowerday | 8 | 22 | 22 | 3 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Cless Hinckley | 35 | 34 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .088 | .088 | .088 | .176 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Gene Rosen | 7 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Green | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Floyd Brower | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Cecchi | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Bartalini | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Neves | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Raymond Avansino | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1369 | 4471 | 4471 | 0 | 1201 | 183 | 46 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .269 | .368 | .637 | 1647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cless Hinckley | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Cliff Allmon | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| William Sperling | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| James Lee | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Samuel Williams | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Glenn | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Rosen | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Don Neves | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Green | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Floyd Brower | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Bartalini | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 196 | 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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