1956 Salinas Packers Statistics
Team Record: 53-87
Finished 7th in the CL
Manager: Eddie Lake (53-87)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Salinas, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 33,630, Avg. 480
The Salinas Packers of the California League ended the 1956 season with a record of 53 wins and 87 losses, finishing seventh in the CL.
The Packers scored 641 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 907 runs. Will Tiesiera led all regular batters by hitting .313. Billy Joe Waters topped Salinas with 12 wins and a team-best 4.06 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Eddie Lake and Nap Gulley both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Eddie Lake 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Joe Waters | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.06 | 32 | 24 | 206.0 | 227 | 110 | 93 | 8 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Jim Cammel | 7 | 10 | .412 | 6.08 | 25 | 18 | 114.0 | 116 | 88 | 77 | 7 | 83 | ||||||||||
| Reese Dick | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.94 | 40 | 5 | 109.0 | 141 | 82 | 72 | 7 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Mike Dalton | 5 | 2 | .714 | 6.00 | 12 | 9 | 57.0 | 44 | 42 | 38 | 3 | 70 | ||||||||||
| John Lawless | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.63 | 31 | 5 | 101.0 | 92 | 56 | 52 | 9 | 58 | ||||||||||
| Ralph Burns | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.42 | 26 | 14 | 120.0 | 138 | 83 | 59 | 4 | 71 | ||||||||||
| Kent Geisler | 5 | 11 | .312 | 6.68 | 30 | 20 | 120.0 | 146 | 108 | 89 | 5 | 92 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Graham | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.55 | 17 | 14 | 91.0 | 89 | 56 | 46 | 5 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Jack Planck | 2 | 10 | .167 | 6.36 | 23 | 10 | 99.0 | 132 | 82 | 70 | 7 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Lake | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stanley Martysus | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Theodore Neal | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| LeRoy Vinyard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Donald Wangeman | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Gibbs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Binkley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Curry | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Raymond Estes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harley Resh | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harold Francis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Root | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Will Tiesiera | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Gaines | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Bellone | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Richardson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lowell Creighton | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 53 | 84 | .387 | 5.27 | 289 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1017.0 | 1125 | 707 | 596 | 55 | 616 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bellone | 134 | 508 | 508 | 143 | 18 | 5 | 6 | .281 | .281 | .372 | .654 | 189 | |||||||||||
| Will Tiesiera | 127 | 441 | 441 | 138 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .313 | .313 | .399 | .712 | 176 | |||||||||||
| LeRoy Vinyard | 96 | 390 | 390 | 104 | 20 | 4 | 4 | .267 | .267 | .369 | .636 | 144 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Lake | 119 | 330 | 330 | 103 | 12 | 2 | 12 | .312 | .312 | .470 | .782 | 155 | |||||||||||
| Nap Gulley | 71 | 263 | 263 | 83 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .316 | .316 | .445 | .760 | 117 | |||||||||||
| James Davins | 68 | 250 | 250 | 76 | 10 | 2 | 4 | .304 | .304 | .408 | .712 | 102 | |||||||||||
| John Bellone | 86 | 297 | 297 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 9 | .209 | .209 | .337 | .545 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Bob Warner | 64 | 220 | 220 | 61 | 11 | 0 | 2 | .277 | .277 | .355 | .632 | 78 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Crosby | 49 | 177 | 177 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .254 | .254 | .311 | .565 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Richard Stacy | 56 | 203 | 203 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .207 | .207 | .305 | .512 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Lawrence Kahler | 55 | 176 | 176 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 5 | .233 | .233 | .386 | .619 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Nick Huizar | 32 | 110 | 110 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .282 | .482 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Hazlewood | 43 | 129 | 129 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .209 | .380 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Billy Joe Waters | 40 | 84 | 84 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .250 | .440 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Graham | 18 | 38 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .316 | .579 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Jim Cammel | 26 | 44 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .250 | .477 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Reese Dick | 48 | 44 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .205 | .205 | .318 | .523 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Arturo Osuna | 11 | 38 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .342 | .553 | 13 | |||||||||||
| James Croasmun | 6 | 20 | 20 | 6 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Jagelski | 9 | 25 | 25 | 6 | .240 | .240 | .240 | .480 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Planck | 23 | 28 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Mike Dalton | 13 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .231 | .423 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Kent Geisler | 31 | 42 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .119 | .119 | .238 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Rich Soares | 12 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .179 | .321 | 5 | |||||||||||
| John Lawless | 32 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .121 | .121 | .121 | .242 | 4 | |||||||||||
| David Lowenthal | 12 | 35 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .086 | .086 | .086 | .171 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Burns | 26 | 36 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .111 | .194 | 4 | |||||||||||
| William Bayne | 6 | 17 | 17 | 2 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Kraft | 6 | 19 | 19 | 2 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| David Binkley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Root | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Harold Francis | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Wangeman | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lowell Creighton | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Louie Almendariz | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Dew | 8 | 14 | 14 | 1 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Stanley Martysus | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Raymond Estes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Richardson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Curry | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Gaines | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| William Gibbs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Theodore Neal | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1368 | 4112 | 4112 | 0 | 1048 | 167 | 27 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .348 | .603 | 1431 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reese Dick | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Joe Waters | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| John Lawless | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Kent Geisler | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Burns | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Cammel | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Planck | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Graham | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Dalton | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| James Gaines | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Theodore Neal | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Francis | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Wangeman | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Lowell Creighton | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Stanley Martysus | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Richardson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Raymond Estes | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| John Curry | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Harley Resh | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| William Gibbs | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| David Binkley | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 272 | 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.
