1956 Thomasville Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 63-76
Finished 6th in the GGL
Manager: Rudy Rufer (0-0), George Pfister (0-0)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Thomasville, Georgia
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 21,697, Avg. 312
The Thomasville Dodgers of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1956 season with a record of 63 wins and 76 losses, finishing sixth in the GGL.
The Dodgers plated 586 runs and allowed 641 runs. William Jackson paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .276 clip. Dick Scott topped Thomasville with 15 wins and a team-best 2.12 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1956 Thomasville Dodgers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ed Palmquist, Dick Scott and Rudy Rufer.
Rudy Rufer and George Pfister 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Scott | 15 | 13 | .536 | 2.12 | 32 | 30 | 216.0 | 137 | 92 | 51 | 5 | 110 | ||||||||||
| Roy Polk | 13 | 10 | .565 | 2.55 | 29 | 27 | 198.0 | 132 | 90 | 56 | 1 | 129 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Mathis | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.71 | 24 | 21 | 173.0 | 153 | 73 | 52 | 12 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Ronald Forsythe | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.71 | 50 | 3 | 119.0 | 126 | 74 | 49 | 2 | 64 | ||||||||||
| James Bergey | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.38 | 13 | 10 | 72.0 | 66 | 40 | 27 | 2 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Robert Koczwara | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.38 | 29 | 13 | 125.0 | 122 | 62 | 47 | 7 | 55 | ||||||||||
| James Wexler | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.34 | 15 | 13 | 101.7 | 97 | 79 | 49 | 7 | 86 | ||||||||||
| Jim Moss | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Lawrence | 1 | 1 | .500 | 14 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Steinhour | 1 | 2 | .333 | 12 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Wright | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eric Johnson | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.20 | 15 | 4 | 49.3 | 47 | 33 | 23 | 2 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Walter Merrigan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| John Murta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eugene Lee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| James Craven | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Clancy | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marlin Erickson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 76 | .453 | 3.02 | 267 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1054.0 | 880 | 543 | 354 | 38 | 568 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Jackson | 134 | 508 | 508 | 140 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .276 | .276 | .325 | .600 | 165 | |||||||||||
| Francis Wilson | 136 | 560 | 560 | 128 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .229 | .229 | .275 | .504 | 154 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Mixon | 139 | 474 | 474 | 125 | 14 | 13 | 1 | .264 | .264 | .354 | .618 | 168 | |||||||||||
| Fred DeFalco | 113 | 372 | 372 | 95 | 14 | 6 | 4 | .255 | .255 | .358 | .613 | 133 | |||||||||||
| Robert Glaser | 118 | 404 | 404 | 83 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .205 | .205 | .250 | .455 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Robert Hurvitz | 111 | 343 | 343 | 71 | 13 | 4 | 4 | .207 | .207 | .303 | .510 | 104 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Conquy | 49 | 188 | 188 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 6 | .298 | .298 | .447 | .745 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Herring | 52 | 171 | 171 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .298 | .561 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Rudy Rufer | 38 | 131 | 131 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .282 | .282 | .366 | .649 | 48 | |||||||||||
| George Scott | 47 | 135 | 135 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .304 | .541 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Ed Palmquist | 38 | 109 | 109 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .321 | .596 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Richard Fallon | 39 | 130 | 130 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .223 | .223 | .269 | .492 | 35 | |||||||||||
| William Arellanes | 33 | 107 | 107 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .187 | .187 | .280 | .467 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Jack Baldwin | 26 | 91 | 91 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .209 | .209 | .330 | .538 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Robert Koczwara | 40 | 65 | 65 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .262 | .262 | .385 | .646 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Carl Brio | 27 | 65 | 65 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .215 | .215 | .246 | .462 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Roy Polk | 32 | 67 | 67 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .209 | .209 | .269 | .478 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Dick Scott | 36 | 82 | 82 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .207 | .378 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Arnie Smith | 31 | 56 | 56 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .232 | .321 | .554 | 18 | |||||||||||
| James Wexler | 33 | 55 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .327 | .509 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Freddie Bailey | 28 | 66 | 66 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .167 | .303 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Warren Simpson | 12 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .250 | .444 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Frank Slezak | 12 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .194 | .389 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Mathis | 24 | 54 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .093 | .093 | .093 | .185 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Gary Coultas | 22 | 48 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Wright | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Eric Johnson | 15 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | |||||||||||
| James Bergey | 14 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Lawrence | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Forsythe | 50 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .074 | .074 | .074 | .148 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Lee | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Steinhour | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Marlin Erickson | 14 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | |||||||||||
| James Wright | 8 | 14 | 14 | 1 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| William Clancy | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Craven | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Walter Merrigan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Moss | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Edward Horowitz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1524 | 4473 | 4473 | 0 | 1041 | 130 | 52 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .300 | .533 | 1344 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Forsythe | P | 50 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Scott | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Roy Polk | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Koczwara | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Mathis | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Eric Johnson | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Lawrence | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| James Bergey | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| James Steinhour | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Marlin Erickson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| William Clancy | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Moss | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Wright | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| James Craven | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| John Murta | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Walter Merrigan | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 251 | 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.
