1956 Tifton Phillies Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 70-66
Finished 3rd in the GGL
Manager: Wes Griffin (0-0), Eddie Miller (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Tifton, Georgia
Ballpark: Eve Park
Attendance: 20,794, Avg. 306

1956 Tifton Phillies Roster

The Tifton Phillies of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1956 season with a record of 70 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the GGL.

The Phillies scored 734 runs and conceded 707 runs. Robert Hunt led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .277. Arthur Hirst topped Tifton with 15 wins, while Joe Graham recorded a 2.86 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Paul Penson played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Tifton Phillies to do so.

Wes Griffin and Eddie Miller 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
Arthur Hirst	15	11	.577	3.06	38	29					218.0	173	104	74	10	115
Jerome Kucharski	11	3	.786	3.77	25	15					124.0	88	67	52	2	102
Edwin Radzevich	9	8	.529	3.35	35	19					196.0	182	96	73	12	67
Joe Graham	8	7	.533	2.86	33	9					154.0	140	71	49	6	65
Fred Farnsworth	7	7	.500	4.01	20	16					137.0	159	82	61	10	41
Bill Davis	5	5	.500	3.79	15	12					80.7	70	45	34	5	49
Ed Hottell	5	9	.357	5.07	19	15					97.7	90	68	55	4	79
Jerry Kettle	3	1	.750	0.00	6						41.0					29
Robert Tittl	3	3	.500		9						0.0
Nelson Grant	2	4	.333		18						0.0
Henry Seecs	1	0	1.000		5						0.0
Fred Brancato	1	1	.500		4						0.0
James Mowbray	0	0			2						0.0
Tom Pakes	0	0			1						0.0
Stanley Corley	0	0			2						0.0
Donald Robinson	0	0			2						0.0
Paul Penson	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Mark Sampson	0	1	.000		3						0.0
William Tuttle	0	2	.000		5						0.0
Kenneth Menkel	0	3	.000		5						0.0
Totals	70	66	.515	3.42	248	115	0	0	0	0	1048.3	902	533	398	49	547	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
Robert Hunt	134	516	516		143	22	11	7						.277	.277	.403	.680	208
Fred Hopke	136	512	512		136	21	3	20						.266	.266	.436	.701	223
Donald Jacquin	133	488	488		133	24	3	7						.273	.273	.377	.650	184
Edward Miller	136	515	515		127	22	4	4						.247	.247	.328	.575	169
Virgil Willis	103	382	382		89	9	3	11						.233	.233	.359	.592	137
Ralph Platt	114	342	342		87	14	2	6						.254	.254	.360	.614	123
Mike Stopchuck	76	263	263		82	16	1	10						.312	.312	.494	.806	130
John Liddy	68	255	255		59	10	0	2						.231	.231	.294	.525	75
Henry Marockie	53	194	194		45	7	3	1						.232	.232	.314	.546	61
Billy Wyatt	66	233	233		45	4	1	1						.193	.193	.232	.425	54
Carmen Santoli	53	167	167		36	5	0	0						.216	.216	.246	.461	41
Jessie Thompson	34	114	114		24	3	0	0						.211	.211	.237	.447	27
Fred Farnsworth	36	75	75		15	3	0	1						.200	.200	.280	.480	21
Arthur Hirst	39	74	74		13	1	0	1						.176	.176	.230	.405	17
Jerome Kucharski	27	42	42		12	1	0	2						.286	.286	.452	.738	19
Randy Dale	12	42	42		10	3	0	0						.238	.238	.310	.548	13
Kenneth Menkel	24	43	43		10	4	0	1						.233	.233	.395	.628	17
Joe Graham	33	55	55		7	1	1	0						.127	.127	.182	.309	10
Donald Robinson	9	19	19		6									.316	.316	.316	.632	6
Edwin Radzevich	35	67	67		6	0	0	0						.090	.090	.090	.179	6
Bill Davis	16	30	30		5	2	0	0						.167	.167	.233	.400	7
Ed Hottell	20	35	35		5	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	5
Robert Tittl	9	13	13		3									.231	.231	.231	.462	3
Nelson Grant	21	15	15		2	0	0	1						.133	.133	.333	.467	5
Paul Penson	1	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Henry Seecs	5	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Mark Sampson	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jerry Kettle	6	15	15		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Tuttle	5	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
James Mowbray	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Fred Brancato	4	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1413	4524	4524	0	1102	172	32	75	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.244	.345	.589	1563	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Arthur Hirst	P	38					.000
Edwin Radzevich	P	35					.000
Joe Graham	P	33					.000
Jerome Kucharski	P	25					.000
Fred Farnsworth	P	20					.000
Ed Hottell	P	19					.000
Nelson Grant	P	18					.000
Bill Davis	P	15					.000
Robert Tittl	P	9					.000
Jerry Kettle	P	6					.000
William Tuttle	P	5					.000
Henry Seecs	P	5					.000
Fred Brancato	P	4					.000
Mark Sampson	P	3					.000
James Mowbray	P	2					.000
Stanley Corley	P	2					.000
Paul Penson	P	1					.000
Tom Pakes	P	1					.000
Totals		241	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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