1956 Topeka Hawks Statistics
Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-68
Finished 4th in the WL
Manager: Hubert Bates (70-68)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Attendance: 103,938, Avg. 1,506
1956 Topeka Hawks RosterTeam Record: 70-68
Finished 4th in the WL
Manager: Hubert Bates (70-68)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Attendance: 103,938, Avg. 1,506
The Topeka Hawks of the Western League ended the 1956 season with a record of 70 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the WL.
The Hawks plated 806 runs and gave up 789 runs.
Terry Fox, Sammy Taylor, Willard Brown, Marshall Bridges, Chuck Cottier, Marv Rotblatt and Sherman Jones were all players from the 1956 Topeka Hawks who played in the Majors during their careers.
Hubert Bates 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Bridges | 18 | 11 | .621 | 3.90 | 39 | 31 | 19 | 242.0 | 208 | 129 | 105 | 22 | 151 | 213 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| John O'Donnell | 15 | 11 | .577 | 3.32 | 42 | 23 | 14 | 209.0 | 201 | 99 | 77 | 28 | 76 | 150 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Bill Roland | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.54 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 105.0 | 96 | 58 | 53 | 10 | 63 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Glenn Thompson | 6 | 6 | .500 | 6.03 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 109.0 | 124 | 78 | 73 | 10 | 74 | 87 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Herb Shankman | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.56 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 68.0 | 72 | 48 | 42 | 5 | 56 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Stewart Alton | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.96 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 77.0 | 88 | 59 | 51 | 13 | 52 | 75 | 9 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Marv Rotblatt | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.21 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 38.0 | 43 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Lester Fessette | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Sanoff | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Whit Ulrich | 1 | 1 | .500 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Terry Fox | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.42 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 59.0 | 59 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 31 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Cecil Davis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Allen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Bickett | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sherman Jones | 35 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Larry Ludtke | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Mulcahy | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Whitaker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael Jezierski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Nuxhall | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Larry Burgess | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Billy Joe Waters | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Willis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 64 | 56 | .533 | 4.49 | 293 | 104 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 907.0 | 891 | 530 | 452 | 100 | 522 | 0 | 757 | 21 | 9 | 36 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Taylor | 132 | 574 | 525 | 116 | 188 | 38 | 8 | 28 | 123 | 4 | 42 | 80 | .358 | .410 | .621 | 1.031 | 326 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Al Weygandt | 137 | 578 | 477 | 111 | 145 | 23 | 0 | 49 | 116 | 7 | 89 | 128 | .304 | .416 | .660 | 1.076 | 315 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| William Schimchak | 127 | 535 | 481 | 75 | 141 | 26 | 7 | 16 | 94 | 13 | 42 | 82 | .293 | .348 | .476 | .824 | 229 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Lee Bohlender | 85 | 384 | 340 | 58 | 94 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 46 | 9 | 34 | 44 | .276 | .341 | .432 | .774 | 147 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Michael Jezierski | 113 | 458 | 398 | 59 | 92 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 48 | 2 | 48 | 69 | .231 | .319 | .317 | .635 | 126 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Luby | 73 | 242 | 189 | 38 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 46 | 32 | .280 | .420 | .466 | .886 | 88 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Willis | 47 | 215 | 191 | 20 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 21 | 28 | .262 | .333 | .325 | .658 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Marshall Bridges | 57 | 131 | 114 | 23 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 31 | .272 | .336 | .395 | .731 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Jack Bloomfield | 29 | 100 | 87 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .299 | .384 | .333 | .717 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Willard Brown | 23 | 90 | 85 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .294 | .333 | .424 | .757 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Damiano | 37 | 148 | 126 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 24 | .198 | .308 | .302 | .610 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John O'Donnell | 61 | 127 | 111 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 19 | .216 | .296 | .297 | .593 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Cottier | 29 | 112 | 102 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 27 | .216 | .279 | .343 | .622 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Bickett | 36 | 103 | 87 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | .207 | .317 | .218 | .535 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Roland | 26 | 38 | 37 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .351 | .351 | .486 | .838 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Thompson | 24 | 51 | 47 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .277 | .314 | .319 | .633 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Whitehead | 19 | 63 | 47 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 16 | .234 | .419 | .383 | .802 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Sharp | 7 | 24 | 24 | 6 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Marv Rotblatt | 14 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .385 | .429 | .385 | .813 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Fox | 16 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .158 | .158 | .211 | .368 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Masser | 8 | 21 | 21 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Sherman Jones | 35 | 42 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .083 | .175 | .083 | .258 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alan Stone | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Sanoff | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Gideon Jarvis | 5 | 16 | 16 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Hugh Wise | 10 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .100 | .143 | .100 | .243 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stewart Alton | 23 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .080 | .148 | .160 | .308 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Whit Ulrich | 11 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .091 | .077 | .182 | .259 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Herb Shankman | 21 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .043 | .115 | .087 | .202 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Howard | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Joe Waters | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Nuxhall | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Ludtke | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Burgess | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Jones | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lester Fessette | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Edward Krewall | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Allen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1244 | 4226 | 3702 | 615 | 1003 | 166 | 24 | 133 | 581 | 42 | 0 | 427 | 703 | .271 | .348 | .437 | .785 | 1616 | 75 | 24 | 50 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Weygandt | 1B | 137 | 1004 | 78 | 12 | 98 | .989 | 7.898 | ||||
| Michael Jezierski | 2B | 52 | 103 | 112 | 8 | 29 | .964 | 4.135 | ||||
| Chuck Cottier | 2B | 28 | 71 | 77 | 5 | 19 | .967 | 5.286 | ||||
| Jack Bloomfield | 2B | 23 | 42 | 48 | 8 | 15 | .918 | 3.913 | ||||
| Jack Whitehead | 2B | 16 | 26 | 30 | 2 | 4 | .966 | 3.500 | ||||
| Dennis Luby | 2B | 12 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 6 | .980 | 4.083 | ||||
| Jack Bickett | 3B | 30 | 29 | 43 | 3 | 8 | .960 | 2.400 | ||||
| Dennis Luby | 3B | 27 | 26 | 31 | 8 | 6 | .877 | 2.111 | ||||
| Michael Jezierski | 3B | 11 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.364 | ||||
| Sammy Taylor | C | 131 | 942 | 71 | 21 | 7 | .980 | 7.733 | 16 | |||
| William Schimchak | OF | 127 | 207 | 19 | 12 | 2 | .950 | 1.780 | ||||
| Lee Bohlender | OF | 83 | 195 | 12 | 8 | 2 | .963 | 2.494 | ||||
| Dennis Luby | OF | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .762 | ||||
| Willard Brown | OF | 21 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.381 | ||||
| John O'Donnell | P | 42 | 9 | 40 | 3 | 4 | .942 | 1.167 | ||||
| Marshall Bridges | P | 39 | 11 | 40 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 1.308 | ||||
| Sherman Jones | P | 35 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 3 | .900 | .771 | ||||
| Bill Roland | P | 25 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .960 | ||||
| Stewart Alton | P | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .391 | ||||
| Glenn Thompson | P | 22 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .950 | .864 | ||||
| Herb Shankman | P | 21 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Terry Fox | P | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Marv Rotblatt | P | 13 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Whit Ulrich | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .636 | ||||
| Tom Mulcahy | P | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Sanoff | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Nuxhall | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Burgess | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Joe Waters | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Jezierski | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lester Fessette | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Ludtke | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Bickett | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Willis | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Whitaker | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cecil Davis | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Allen | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Jezierski | SS | 50 | 70 | 111 | 14 | 28 | .928 | 3.620 | ||||
| Bobby Willis | SS | 47 | 73 | 128 | 15 | 27 | .931 | 4.277 | ||||
| Donald Damiano | SS | 35 | 46 | 81 | 13 | 16 | .907 | 3.629 | ||||
| Totals | 1144 | 2946 | 1077 | 147 | 281 | .965 | 3.517 | 16 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
