1956 San Antonio Missions Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 76-78
Finished 5th in the TL
Manager: Joe Schultz (76-78)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Ballpark: Mission Stadium
Attendance: 100,001, Avg. 1,299

1956 San Antonio Missions Roster

The San Antonio Missions of the Texas League ended the 1956 season with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the TL.

The Missions scored 780 runs and conceded 838 runs. Carl Powis led San Antonio with 22 home runs and drove in 94 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time with a .330 average. Babe Birrer topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.75 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1956 San Antonio Missions who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bobby Adams, Carl Scheib, Fred Marolewski, Dick Luebke, Dave Roberts, Hank Izquierdo, Willie Tasby, Babe Birrer, Carl Powis, Chuck Oertel, Brooks Robinson, Willard Brown, Bob Harrison, Bill Powell, Jim Clark, Alton Brown, Chuck Locke, James Atkins, Jim Snyder and Stan Hollmig.

Joe Schultz 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
Babe Birrer	13	8	.619	3.75	33	24		15	1		209.0	202	102	87	25	63	4	116	1	0	4
Carl Scheib	10	5	.667	4.56	34	14		6	0		150.0	160	88	76	27	29	0	75	6	0	0
James Atkins	10	12	.455	4.37	30	23		8	0		167.0	175	96	81	23	69	4	89	6	0	2
Dick Luebke	8	8	.500	5.05	53	13		3	0		148.0	167	96	83	16	75	3	84	4	0	3
Chuck Locke	7	8	.467	5.29	23	18		6	0		114.0	121	69	67	15	67	6	53	7	0	2
Bill Diemer	7	11	.389	4.43	38	14		2	0		132.0	132	81	65	21	79	7	72	8	0	3
Bob Schmitt	6	3	.667	5.00	40	8		1	0		108.0	101	70	60	5	77	1	52	4	1	7
Bob Harrison	4	6	.400	3.70	10	9		3	0		56.0	44	27	23	6	39	1	53	1	0	5
Roosevelt Evans	3	1	.750	5.37	31	2		1	0		62.0	65	43	37	5	57	5	39	4	1	7
Jim Melton	3	6	.333	7.02	14	10		2	0		59.0	86	53	46	10	24	1	35	5	0	2
Billy Bethel	2	4	.333	3.63	12	9		2	1		62.0	75	30	25	7	20	1	17	2	0	0
Michael Burack	1	1	.500		7						0.0
Kelly Searcy	1	1	.500		9						0.0
Bill Powell	1	3	.250	5.74	16	7		1	1		47.0	52	34	30	4	45	5	19	0	0	3
Pat Gosney	0	0			3						0.0
Alton Brown	0	1	.000		6						0.0
Totals	76	78	.494	4.66	359	151	0	50	3	0	1314.0	1380	789	680	164	644	38	704	48	2	38	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
Carl Powis	148	635	530	87	175	22	3	22	94	2	4	90	56	.330	.429	.508	.936	269		5	5	5
Brooks Robinson	154	644	577	72	157	28	6	9	74	1	2	54	57	.272	.336	.388	.724	224		4	4	5
Robert Caffery	151	707	577	102	156	29	4	8	57	9	10	115	46	.270	.390	.376	.767	217		0	13	2
Dave Roberts	147	659	539	109	148	28	9	7	67	6	9	99	58	.275	.387	.399	.786	215		4	10	7
Lavern Grace	90	281	254	28	76	14	1	6	51	0	2	23	21	.299	.361	.433	.794	110		2	1	1
Stan Hollmig	86	276	232	22	63	14	0	9	45	0	0	39	42	.272	.373	.448	.821	104		1	0	4
Chuck Oertel	55	232	201	24	57	6	1	2	24	2	0	22	14	.284	.355	.353	.708	71		2	4	3
Bobby Adams	46	175	155	30	48	8	3	6	23	0	2	14	29	.310	.372	.516	.888	80		2	3	1
Gene Oden	55	214	168	34	46	7	2	1	20	4	3	37	18	.274	.412	.357	.769	60		4	3	2
Martin Tabacheck	96	275	236	20	45	5	0	3	23	0	1	17	25	.191	.252	.250	.502	59		3	17	2
Carl Scheib	76	115	111	9	37	4	0	2	19	0	0	2	15	.333	.342	.423	.766	47		0	1	1
Willie Tasby	51	176	151	24	33	5	0	3	17	1	1	21	33	.219	.322	.311	.633	47		2	2	0
Hank Izquierdo	42	128	111	12	28	3	0	1	8	0	2	12	15	.252	.328	.306	.634	34		1	3	1
Babe Birrer	45	102	98	8	26	5	1	4	22	0	0	3	16	.265	.294	.459	.753	45		1	0	0
Curly Holtzapple	33	97	95	13	22	1	0	3	8	1	0	1	5	.232	.237	.337	.574	32		0	0	1
William Springfield	46	121	100	17	19	3	0	1	10	1	1	18	20	.190	.317	.250	.567	25		1	1	1
Witty Quintana	26	90	77	11	18	4	0	3	11	0	1	11	14	.234	.333	.403	.736	31		1	0	1
Jim Snyder	15	57	47	15	15	3	2	1	8	2	0	6	4	.319	.396	.532	.928	25		0	4	0
Chuck Locke	25	49	44	4	11	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	12	.250	.277	.341	.618	15		0	2	1
James Atkins	30	69	61	8	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	.164	.224	.197	.421	12		0	2	1
Bill Diemer	38	43	42	3	8	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	.190	.190	.286	.476	12		0	1	0
Jim Melton	19	26	23	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.304	.333	.304	.638	7		0	2	0
Don Moitoza	10	42	33	6	7	1	0	1	3	0	1	8	2	.212	.366	.333	.699	11		0	1	0
Bob Harrison	10	23	18	1	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	2	.333	.400	.389	.789	7		0	3	0
Bob Schmitt	40	42	37	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	13	.162	.225	.189	.414	7		0	2	0
Bob Musgrave	5	13	13		5									.385	.385	.385	.769	5
Dick Luebke	53	46	42	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	24	.119	.178	.119	.297	5		1	1	0
Charles Ferrante	9	12	12		3									.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Bill Powell	16	14	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.214	.214	.214	.429	3		0	0	0
Bill Lajoie	15	41	37	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	3	.081	.146	.081	.227	3		0	0	1
Pat Gosney	5	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Roosevelt Evans	35	15	9	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	.111	.467	.111	.578	1		0	0	0
Kelly Searcy	9	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Billy Bethel	12	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Alton Brown	6	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Michael Burack	7	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1706	5457	4682	676	1246	199	32	93	598	29	40	616	590	.266	.353	.382	.735	1788	0	34	85	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dave Roberts	1B	79	718	30	3	67	.996	9.468
Robert Caffery	2B	86	192	190	9	64	.977	4.442
Bobby Adams	2B	41	70	72	1	23	.993	3.463
Gene Oden	2B	37	110	92	11	22	.948	5.459
Brooks Robinson	3B	151	199	384	26	48	.957	3.861
Martin Tabacheck	C	96	394	34	4	8	.991	4.458	2
Lavern Grace	C	66	195	35	11	5	.954	3.485	7
Hank Izquierdo	C	42	205	22	3	1	.987	5.405	3
Carl Powis	CF	118	304	17	11	4	.967	2.720
Willie Tasby	CF	18	48	2	3	1	.943	2.778
William Springfield	CF	17	34	2	0	0	1.000	2.118
Dave Roberts	LF	47	81	2	3	0	.965	1.766
Stan Hollmig	LF	47	83	1	2	1	.977	1.787
Willie Tasby	LF	25	49	2	1	1	.981	2.040
Carl Powis	LF	15	26	2	1	2	.966	1.867
Lavern Grace	LF	14	21	2	0	0	1.000	1.643
Fred Marolewski	LF	11	26	1	1	0	.964	2.455
Chuck Oertel	LF	10	19	0	2	0	.905	1.900
Dick Luebke	P	53	5	23	1	2	.966	.528
Bob Schmitt	P	40	2	13	1	1	.938	.375
Bill Diemer	P	38	6	20	1	1	.963	.684
Carl Scheib	P	34	8	16	1	1	.960	.706
Babe Birrer	P	33	9	32	1	1	.976	1.242
Roosevelt Evans	P	31	2	15	2	1	.895	.548
James Atkins	P	30	2	31	1	1	.971	1.100
Chuck Locke	P	23	4	16	0	0	1.000	.870
Bill Powell	P	16	1	6	0	0	1.000	.438
Jim Melton	P	14	2	12	1	0	.933	1.000
Billy Bethel	P	12	1	10	1	1	.917	.917
Bob Harrison	P	10	0	8	2	0	.800	.800
Kelly Searcy	P	9						.000
Michael Burack	P	7						.000
Alton Brown	P	6						.000
Pat Gosney	P	3						.000
Chuck Oertel	RF	43	67	2	1	1	.986	1.605
Dave Roberts	RF	19	38	2	3	0	.930	2.105
Stan Hollmig	RF	16	8	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Lavern Grace	RF	16	10	0	0	0	1.000	.625
Gene Oden	RF	15	20	4	1	1	.960	1.600
Carl Powis	RF	13	22	1	1	0	.958	1.769
Robert Caffery	SS	80	115	203	24	40	.930	3.975
Witty Quintana	SS	23	41	76	8	8	.936	5.087
Curly Holtzapple	SS	23	38	71	5	24	.956	4.739
William Springfield	SS	18	44	41	2	8	.977	4.722
Totals		1545	3219	1492	149	338	.969	3.049	12	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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