1956 Tri-City Braves Statistics

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: B
Team Record: 59-72
Finished 6th in the NWL
Manager: Don Pries (59-72)
Location: Kennewick, Washington; Pasco, Washington; Richland, Washington
Ballpark: Sanders-Jacobs Field
Attendance: 78,761, Avg. 1,202

1956 Tri-City Braves Roster

The Tri-City Braves of the Northwest League ended the 1956 season with a record of 59 wins and 72 losses, finishing sixth in the NWL.

The Braves scored 674 runs and yielded 746 runs. Daniel Holden led all regular batters by hitting .310. Vern Kindsfather topped Tri-City with 18 wins and a team-best 3.36 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Don Pries 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
Vern Kindsfather	18	18	.500	3.36	43	31					241.0	244	127	90	19	86
David Kostenuk	9	15	.375	5.25	36	31					187.0	185	144	109	17	158
Evert Aldridge	7	9	.438	6.71	45	10					165.0	178	144	123	11	137
Theodore Kazek	5	6	.455	4.71	13	13					86.0	82	54	45	11	31
Edward Merseth	3	6	.333	3.53	21	12					97.0	111	60	38	10	30
Bill Baker	2	1	.667		5						0.0
John Caruso	2	6	.250	4.75	12	12					72.0	60	44	38	9	32
Harold Francis	2	6	.250	4.76	15	10					85.0	94	57	45	8	38
Lyle Richardson	1	1	.500		4						0.0
Tommy Perez	0	0			2						0.0
John Fisher	0	0			1						0.0
Totals	49	68	.419	4.71	197	119	0	0	0	0	933.0	954	630	488	85	512	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
Tommy Perez	121	432	432		124	19	3	21						.287	.287	.491	.778	212
Daniel Holden	112	397	397		123	31	5	9						.310	.310	.481	.791	191
Frank Mullany	110	388	388		97	12	1	0						.250	.250	.286	.536	111
Don Pries	92	313	313		91	12	1	0						.291	.291	.335	.626	105
Gene Faszholz	69	270	270		79	5	2	2						.293	.293	.348	.641	94
Milt Martin	79	285	285		74	10	2	9						.260	.260	.404	.663	115
Richard Scramaglia	84	300	300		74	9	2	1						.247	.247	.300	.547	90
Ernest White	42	136	136		35	7	2	0						.257	.257	.338	.596	46
David Kostenuk	63	107	107		27	4	0	3						.252	.252	.374	.626	40
James Hill	39	115	115		26	4	2	1						.226	.226	.322	.548	37
Vern Kindsfather	45	81	81		14	1	0	0						.173	.173	.185	.358	15
Evert Aldridge	49	57	57		7	0	0	0						.123	.123	.123	.246	7
Harold Francis	15	26	26		6	2	0	0						.231	.231	.308	.538	8
Theodore Kazek	13	30	30		6	1	0	1						.200	.200	.333	.533	10
Bill Baker	5	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
John Caruso	12	22	22		1	1	0	0						.045	.045	.091	.136	2
Edward Merseth	21	34	34		1	0	0	0						.029	.029	.029	.059	1
Lyle Richardson	4	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	975	2997	2997	0	786	118	20	47	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.262	.362	.624	1085	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Evert Aldridge	P	45					.000
Vern Kindsfather	P	43					.000
David Kostenuk	P	36					.000
Edward Merseth	P	21					.000
Harold Francis	P	15					.000
Theodore Kazek	P	13					.000
John Caruso	P	12					.000
Bill Baker	P	5					.000
Lyle Richardson	P	4					.000
John Fisher	P	1					.000
Totals		195	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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